#but we did not see werepire coming

[drulalovescas]

"spn fandom has the worst gaydar ever"

POSSIBLY

"the supernatual cast have been so openly affectionate and horny for each other that we failed to see the obvious signs"

PROBABLY

"we were told for years that the gayest love story that ever graced our screens was only platonic so we're preconditioned to think they're just buddies"

MOST DEFINITELY

[adidegmez]

spn s11 spoilers

s11 ep1(out of the darkness, into the fire)

crowley isnt dead he cant be. yes he is still alive. old dean is back. i love him he might be tough but he is sweet carina and kind and funny… sam is sick. baby has the mark!!and the darkness which makes sense.

s11 ep2(form and void)

A demon(king of hell) came for exorcism, perfect. poor jenna i liked her. im glad sam find the cure. cas will be better, hopefully.

s11 ep3(the bad seed)

Rowena is very short compared to Sam. Actually, everyone is much shorter than Sam, but I don't know, the height difference between the two is too much. Next to Sam, I would be like Rowena. he is too tall. Cas survived, finally.

s11 ep4(baby)

baby. baby is their home. baby is their happy place. i love seeing them happy. i needed seeing them happy, it was nice. john! werepire, i love dean so much. i would want to ride baby. if dean knew what she did he couldve killed her. this ep made me feel like i was with them in the baby. He shot the sheriff's deputy. ghoulpire:). The baby suffered as much as Dean and Sam. i thought we would see Chuck.

s11 ep5(thin lizzie)

finn wolfhard. I've never seen anything with him in it before but I know he's in Stanger Things and Ghostbusters. I didn't know we'd see him here. Len is a good guy. what happened to crowley?

s11 ep6(our little world)

cowley became an uncle but he acts like a father. dean and crowley they were bff's(in crowleys eyes). i hope they could still be friends. why didnt sam kill demons?

s11 ep7(plush)

i love donna. Sam is right to be afraid of clowns, by the way. is Charlie really dead? i still cant believe she is dead.

s11 ep8(just my imagination)

i knew about sully (because i saw spoilers,again). i thought this ep was going to be funny. and dean blames himself, again. dean is the best big brother. i kmow sam is dealing with something but all i can think about is dean. lucifer is coming, god isnt. The boys never found complete peace. They probably won't be able to access it until they die. I really want them to be happy but it seems impossible. Sometimes they have small happiness but it is not enough.

s11 ep9(o brother where art thou?)

amara finally became the darkness. if lucifer is in the cage where is michael/adam. hi luci. lucifer might be the most terrifying thing in this Show(especially in this episode). Dean should go to Sam as soon as possible. Did Rowena cast the spell wrong on purpose? Dean has to be there if Sam is going to say yes to Lucifer. If God comes, he will deserve every bad thing that happens to him. How many times was the world destroyed? He did not interfere with anything. he still doesn't interfere. Amara may be a little right, her brother betrayed her after all. Of course, there are parts where Lucifer is right. It's better if he doesn't come from now on. Where and what was he doing all this time?

s11 ep10(the devil in the details)

voicemail was funny. well, lucifer is not that terrifying now. but in cage he was. im not sure the darkness is the bad guy. i knew cas would be the vessel to lucifer someday but i didnt know it was today. wow. cas will be back(hopefully). rowena is dead im not upset. she really hates crowley. i hope lucifer can beat the darkness.

s11 ep11(into te mystic)

They had an deal but never followed it. But once Sam complied. Why? I still can't understand this. Dean was in purgatory. If he was in heaven, I would understand, sam would say Dean is in a good place and leave it, but Dean was in purgatory and suffered a lot. Why didn't Sam save him? dean is the vulnerable one. the darkness threw him off balance. and cas(lucifer) misha is so good. and jensen and dean he is georgeous. I can't take my eyes off him, most of the time I just look at Dean in every scene he is in. There are 4 seasons left and I want to see as much of him as possible.

s11 ep12(don't you forget about me)

jody and alex they deserved to be happy and they found eachother and now they are happy. and claire. dean and his love for food. claire is like a sister to winchesters, they are hilarious together. I miss the old plate, I still can't get used to the new one. I can't even say it's new anymore, but KAZ 2Y5 was different, idk. It was used for about 2 seasons, but I liked it more.

s11 ep13(love hurts)

dean has a death wish. what is he doing. why is he risking his life for others? well thats because this is who he is. still i want him safe. i didnt think dean would tell the truth to sam.

s11 ep14(the vessel)

i still cant believe Charlie is dead. misha is amazing. im scared. lucifer makes me anxious. well, at leat they kearned about lucifer. boys went through so much they still suffer, when can we just see them happy? i want cas back.

s11 ep15(beyond the mat)

dean was deppesed at the home but when he is on case, he is in a completely different mode. he sure knows how to hide his feelings. he does this perfect. Still, it makes me happy to see him happy. i love dean so much. sometimes he acts like a little boy(These scenes are one of my favorite scenes). i dont trust the demon who helped crowley. im glad he is out but i think lucifer wanted him out. did crowley really believed her? he looks disappointed. well, in the end he got away. dean:). The good characters on this show have all done something bad at least at some point in their lives. but they always tried to fix it. And that's what I love about this show.

s11 ep16(safe house)

i missed the old guys(They'd definitely be mad at me if they heard me call them old). i loved them so much. Why did the woman hide the scar on her daughter's leg and didn't tell the Winchesters? its really nice to see bobby and rufus again. dean is bobby, and sam is rufus it fits. sam and dean, of course they are bobby's boys. Dean was very confident that he would win rock paper scissors. but he still lost. Both of their facial expressions were perfect. dean is soft with kids. I love this side of him so much. i know winchesters will be safe, they'll beat the monsters but what if they cant this time. I assume bobby and dean saw each other since they were out of time in the nest. I'm glad bobby and dean were able to see each other again.

s11 ep17(red meat)

When we jumped to 48 hours ago, I thought we would only continue with that time. This time they chose a different narrative style. and i liked it. im gonna kill corbin. he killed sam. he cant be dead i know but still he killed him, well mabe he is dead, but he will come back. they always do. sheriff shot dean. sam how are you alive? i knew he wouldnt die that easy but dean checked he thought he was dead. how is he alive? i thought dean would try to contact crowley or even lucifer. wow sam was amazing. He killed 3 werewolves despite being seriously injured. and ran. dean didnt talked about billie because he knew sam would kill him for that. winchesters really do anything for the other one(exvcept one time sam didnt and i really cant undertstand why).

s11 ep18(hell's angel)

Why did Crowley kill that man? ruth conell! i knew we would see rowena again. but she is with the darkness. misha is amazing. lucifer is funny. Jimmy carries a demon, an angel and the devil inside him. he is really strong. of course you'll bring cas home. he'll come back. he has to.

s11 ep19(the chitters)

i thought jessie saved his brother in 19.. . at first i thought they were dean and sam. i think dean thought about john. when he was talking about revenge. I have many things to say about John, but I'm lazy right now. I can only say that I still don't hate John right now, I see that people in the fandom hate him a lot. revenge broke him. But he still tried to do good things for Dean and Sam. Most of the time he couldn't make it happen, but he tried and wanted it to happen. And I think that's enough not to hate him for now at least.

s11 ep20(don't call me shurley)

hi Chuck:) . i knew he would be god someday. but i don't know if he was God from the beginning or if God took his body in later times. i thought he would come in later seasons. i didnt think he would come this season. He spills beer on his shirt and irons it. perfect dean, perfect. metatron was good then power corrupted him. now whe is trying to convince god to save people. he is right. i think i like him more than chuck(god). Was Chuck just an act from the beginning? This is what I can understand from here. Metatron defends humanity. I guess he always loved humanity. especially their work. Was Sam having the amulet from the beginning?!! i dont know what to think about chuck. He could have done so much, he could have prevented so many bad things, but he didn't. only now intervened When there is no hope left. and again dean and sam was suffering. they almost died again. i think metatron saved the earth.

s11 ep21(all in the family)

kevin!!!!! the pain in deans eyes… donnt cofuse me with your dad … at least john winchester tried to protect his kids. Chuck did nothing and He still wouldn't have done anything if it wasn't for Metatron. He would let everything disappear. Did Chuck's hand shake when Sam was talking about Amara fog, or was it just me? yes, the mutant Ninja turtle:). i love dean so much. i know i say this a lot but these scenes make me so happy. I wish Dean treated Chuck the way Percy Jackson treated Zeus. There is Poseidon to protect Percy, but no one can save Dean from Chuck (except Amara, but Dean prefers Chuck to Amara), so he tries to show respect. rip metatron. he sacrificed himself for the universe. i knew Chuck would save them. Because who else could save them? father son Reunion.

s11 ep22(we happy few)

Chuck and lucifer I can't stop laughing. Chuck know his son well. boys dont know what to do. I think the Winchesters are reviewing their lives right now. From simple monster hunting, they fell into the middle of the drama between God and Lucifer. lucifer is a teenager. Of course, Crowley is trying to take advantage of the situation. Chuck is acting like a mom. The apology scene is so good, especially the part where Dean and Sam explain the apology is my favorite. lucifer is happy now. he got his apology. Of course Sam is trying to sacrifice himself. It was going to be either Dean or Sam anyway, but since Amara and Dean had a bond, this job was left to Sam. i dont think ucifer s permanently dead. he'll retur probably. did she just kill god?! what happened to crowley? Did he only hit Amara once? i cant think anyone that could save them now.

s11 ep23(alpha and omega)

carry on gains more and more meaning every season. i love it so much. cas is back! cas is their brother and i like it. Did only the Man of Letter members in America die? Are there still other members in other countries? Dean's imitation of Rowena was very good and funny. amara is just confused. her brother betrayed her because of who she is. this really feels like the end. i know its not but still it was never like this. this Show is always about family, especially siblings. there is always dean and sam then Michael and lucifer now god and the darkness. its really beautiful. i like this ending. i knew mary was coming back(i saw spoilers, again) and i know that this isnt good. she should've stayed dead(like dean and sam remebered her). sam isnt dead. he cant be. Charlie didnt come back i still cant believe she is dead. I don't think I will ever believe it. even mary retuned why cant she.

[scripted-downfall]

Season 11 anon here! And this might be short compared to my previous rambling because I’ve only watched two more episodes. I’ve just watched 11x04 and 11x05. I think 11x04 “Baby” would have been better had it been placed somewhere else in the series. It felt like there was so much tension in the first three episodes and then suddenly Sam has sex in the back of Dean’s car and all is forgiven and it feels like that episode is pushing for a reset and for Sam’s slate to be wiped clean. Other than that I loved seeing Dean’s fun goofy side shine. Like “werepires” it’s just chef’s kiss. I love it. And then I got into episode five “Thin Lizzie” and at first I was excited finally a standard haunting and then that wasn’t it, so that was disappointing. But I saw your post and ask about soulless Sam and regular Sam. And pairing that with how Len and the babysitter react when soulless I’ve begun thinking about morals and values. So the definition I’m using just so we’re on the same page cause in my personal experience things can get muddled in topics like this because people can hold slightly different personal definitions. Anyway, for me, values are personal beliefs and morals come in depending on culture and outside influences helping decide what is good and what is bad. Perhaps values show who you are without consequence and morals are who you become after outside forces are imposed on said values. Once the soul is gone, the morals go with it, as the person no longer has the outside societal influence or good and bad they are left with who they are at the core. Len seemed to just be good at his core. But if we look at the babysitter, while technically she was an axe murderer once her soul was eaten, protecting and caring for the boy was still a priority for her, perhaps because caring (and I’m using caring in less of an emotional sense and more of a providing sense) for the boy (and maybe other children) is something she believes in without morals telling her she should. So one value being “children should be protected” didn’t conflict with her morals so it didn’t change when she lost her soul vs the value that “bad parents deserve to be punished/killed” did conflict with her morals and therefore without her soul/morals in the way she was able to act on that value. I have some thoughts on Len and how he’s too hard on his soulless self but this is already get much longer than I anticipated and it’s not that relevant. Anyway, taking the moral/value theory and applying it to Sam, I’d argue that most of Sam’s morals are weak, as he often as he is doing the same things (your examples were Roy/Lester, the anger Sam holds, his want to be a “strong and effective hunter”) just that with his soul Sam holds more shame/guilt about that action when caught. Not to mention as time goes on he shows less remorse, like claiming he’d release the darkness again despite the consequences. Another thing you mentioned was his abandonment of Dean, first with the fairies (I still can’t believe they had Dean microwave one) and then in purgatory. In the first instance (soulless) he didn’t care and in the second there was no one around to catch him ignoring his morals therefore no consequences, no shame, no guilt really, certainly not enough to change his course of action. And finally, to the point that is bothering me the most, soulless Sam allowing Dean to get turned by that vampire. For me, it shows that caring for Dean/Deans’s wellbeing isn’t in Sam’s values rather it might be his strongest moral. The. I saw you mention a “selfish” Sam anon and I’m thinking that might be what I’m getting at is that Sam at his core, in his values, is selfish. All of his motivations boil down to him and his feelings and how things affect him. This is far longer than I anticipated, anyway I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. Also ld love to hear how you think the value/morals theory would apply to Dean, because we’ve seen him with a corrupted soul (demon!Dean) but not soulless. Part of me holds the belief that like the babysitter, he’d possiblystill have a caretaker value

Hello again!  And welcome back!

I do agree that “Baby” kinda came out of nowhere… I still love it, of course, don’t get me wrong — as you said, it has Dean’s goofy side; it also showcases a lot of the rest of his character, too, since, for all Baby’s both of their homes, she’s Dean’s more so than she is Sam’s — and I confess that I went into the episode knowing enough about it that I wasn’t too caught off-guard when the episode was a lot less… high-stakes, almost?  Than the ones before it.  Nonetheless, definitely agree that, tone-wise, it’s a bit removed from the episodes before it.  And I completely get what you’re saying about “Thin Lizzie”... I really miss the Monster of the Week episodes — though I will say: I grew up with X-Files, and I distinctly remember there being a marked shift in my enjoyment between MOW and arc episodes, whereas I feel like Supernatural was kept more consistent across the two types, which is nice — so it definitely would have been nice if this ep were back to the regular-haunting sides of things.

I love this point (and also, may I just say how much I appreciate that you defined your operational definition!  It’s definitely useful, and has, honestly, helped me arrange my own thoughts on the difference between the two; I agree with how you characterized them!  Anyway, thanks, and nice touch!)  I do agree with your summaries of Len and the babysitter, too.  I, personally, tend to think of ‘soullessness’ in terms of D&D alignments (and I’m hoping this makes some degree of sense, and isn’t just off-topic or something, but)... you’ve got the lawful vs. chaotic side of things, and losing one’s soul pushes one’s alignment towards chaotic (e.g. not bound by authority/laws, more likely to go against those rules, which is the “loss of morals” side of things you were talking about) but doesn’t affect the good vs. evil side of things.  Thus, at root, Len (and, kinda, the babysitter, since she’s kinda still trying to do good, and it just presents in a violent, problematic way) is good, and losing his soul didn’t change that.  

As for Sam… I definitely agree that he doesn’t really have great values, and the various things you bring up are on point.  They kinda inspired a whole essay thing about Sam’s alignment — accessible here — which addresses the soulless Sam bit… I hope you’ll do me the honor of taking a look!  And, before I continue, I do want to say that I’d love to hear your thoughts about Len!  I don’t know the extent to which my subsequent feedback will be interesting — to be honest, I might rewatch the episode(s) at some point to have better points to bring up — but I’d love to hear!  (And, btw, if you’re concerned about length, please feel welcome to spread stuff out across multiple asks!  I’m ambivalent when it comes to format, so the only real difference between one long ask and a bunch of short ones is how quickly I’ll be able to write them up :)  Anyway, it’s up to you!)

I definitely agree that Sam is selfish.  (And yeah, I’ve had a number of conversations with the person dubbed Selfish-Sam anon :)  They were basically the first person to ever send me asks, in fact!  I don’t know if you’ve checked out the posts — last I heard, anon had paused in their rewatch, so the last few posts have been less SPN-centric — but here’s a link to all posts under their tag, should you want to check them out!)  He cares about his brother, to some degree, but, as you say, it’s far more moral than it is value.  Which, as I mentioned in the linked post, is why his interactions with Dean often suffer.  Sam is shown time and time again to say that he’ll be there (for Dean, yes, but for other people — e.g. Kevin — too) but not back it up with actions.  He asks Dean to talk to him, claims he won’t judge, and then derides him for it.  He says he won’t drink demon blood/develop his powers, and then he does anyway.  So on and so forth.  He knows what he wants to do, but he doesn’t really know how to stick to that because his inner motivation is selfish.

I'm addressing the Dean part in a separate post, too, just in the interest of keeping this answer short enough so as not to be oppressive... Here's the link!

Thank you so much for the ask (and I'm still answering the second ask; it'll be posted soon!) and I'm glad you reached out again! Until next time!

[liopleurodean]

Season 11, Episode 4: Baby

11x04 Baby THEE episode of all time

(I specifically rushed the last six episodes so that I could watch this on my birthday)

Aw yeah

THE LEGOS

Poor Baby is a mess

Sleepy Dean

THE CAR WASH

I wanna see the shorts

That's good

Dean, you're not fine

Anything works

Nice fade

I doubt it, but worth a shot

Dude. Really?

It looks disgusting

Sam...

Aw, Cas

It's awesome

Yeah, he'll be fine

Okay, how many times are they gonna use the caption [engine purring]?

Has food!

Whoa! What's that about Swayze?

Dean...

Logic.

He was in there a while

Why are the windows down?

Sam!

Well, he definitely learned to have fun

Yikes

Dean.

Interesting

Dean knows exactly what happened

NIGHT MOVES

This is the reason Night Moves is on my Dean playlist

Dean's getting into it 😂

Bob Seger!

Better than Sammy

MY BROTHER'S 67 CHEVY!!!

This is great

Oh, that's so pretty

Ah!!!! The camerawork!!!! The lighting!!!!! Baby has never been more beautiful

Oh, Dean... 😂

Okay, Dean

He put a blanket down because he knew you'd kill him if he got anything on the upholstery

Absolutely!

He didn't deny it 😂

Dean. You're 37, not dead

He thinks about it. He doesn't let himself go any further

Dean.

Great question

Must be a dream

Interesting

Of course he has

Has been for a while

Touche

Yeah, well. Didn't work out

Yeah.

Oh, Sam...

You saw Hell, Sam

As always

That was weird

I'll rate it 5 stars

That's sweet

That's concerning

Not like Azazel

He looked kinda weird

Screw John Winchester

But they already knew that

So... just keep going?

Yeah...

Dean is confused™

Spill the tea, Sam

Dean would know

SMART DEAN TRUTHER

Maybe

Makes sense

HIS DREAM

AAAAAHHHHHHH

I'm gonna cry now 😭

They need hugs so bad

Because they like messing with people

I think that's the point

Still worth looking into

I miss that 😭😭😭

And there it is

WEREPIRE

Say it, Sam. WEREPIRE.

Yikes

Uh oh

Yeah...

That's nice

Well now Dean has to try it

No. Not the valet

This is not living, Sam

Listen. Normally, I'm okay with valet, but not when the drivers are that young. It's just asking for trouble

See that smile on her face? She's up to no good

Oh boy

At least they have taste

...but not in music

Recipe for disaster

Yikes

Good riddance

She definitely didn't

That was a quick stop

Dean, no...

Nope. You shouldn't have tipped her

This is scintillating

Dean, why did you leave your phone?

This conversation is horrible

WEREPIRE.

That's lame

Interesting

Cas...

Demons?

Oh great

Dean's a little preoccupied

HE SAID IT

This is great

Yikes

HE SAID IT. HE SAID THE LINE

Season eleven was what? 2016? Cas, the next solar eclipse was in a year. Not that far away

He's a little busy

That's weird

THE WIPER

Waste of bullets

Seriously?

We're doing this Leviathan-style, I guess

It sounds like a Mogwai

Good idea

That is really weird

Uh oh

This'll be fun

That is a long way to drive backward

Interesting shot

It's possible

German.

A ghoulpire!

So, a drachma?

That's convenient

But only before 1982

I knew that too

Don't worry about it, Cas

The purse?

Don't open the cooler

Yeah...

Oh boy

Don't do it

Dean.

Good plan

Not even remotely

Yeah. Of course

Oh no

What did she do?

He doesn't know anything

Yikes

Wow, there is a lot of room in that backseat. I've got a pretty big car, and I don't think I could do that

This is great

Uh oh

Dang it, Sam!

Ah, here we are

So the head can be reattached?

There's the purse

Well, duh

Definitely not dumb

Ah, the hairpin!

Too many

That's not good

Against the Darkness

You'd be surprised

Mm, I doubt that

Of course he is

It wasn't personal

Yeah, that's not gonna happen

Oh-!

That won't do much

Yeah, there we go

Ew

Just use all of them

And there goes another window

Yikes

Yup, there it is

That's one way to chop off a head

Yeah, me too. She's a mess

Poor girl

Yeah

Come on Baby, I know you can do it

Come on

Yeah, there she is!

And there's the 180°. Gets me every time

Still gorgeous

Looks like they're all okay

Good thing they came

Of course

Sam, the monsters were scared of Eve. That doesn't mean much

Yeah, okay 😂

You're both a mess

THANK YOU, SAM

You got it, Baby

Oh, I can't look 😭 I'm so sorry, Baby

YOU CAN SEE PAST THE HEADLIGHTS 😭😭😭

And her engine doesn't sound right either 😭

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 235

Baby/Death in Heaven

“Baby”

Plot Description: shot entirely from within the impala, this episode follows Sam and Dean as they hunt a ghoul-like creature and try to make sense of an ominous dream

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: I’m GUESSING Dean’s not actually dead there, but he IS majorly unconscious

First of all, what a fucking weird episode concept

We are missing Jensen in shorts because it’s shot from inside the impala??? Rude. Like, if every other show can have scantily clad women washing cars, spn should show us Dean in shorts again. They may not even be scant

Sam, that’s not much of a smoothie

How does Cas know everything about pop culture now but doesn’t know what Netflix is??

How many years back y’all work that w****go case with Heather? Because y’all haven’t had time in the past like…six or seven

I can’t believe Dean’s not more annoyed with Sam for having sex in the back of his car.

It’s hard to be mad about seeing small moments between them in the car. Things normal people would say on long car trips, not always end of the world type shit and lying to each other all the time

WHY IS JOHN THERE??? GET OUT OF THAT CAR. It’s young John so not…AS bad as the John we all know and hate…but now I hate him too

It’s SO REFRESHING to hear them actually talk about what’s going on. Of course Dean is miffed that Sam didn’t tell him he got infected but………they’re talking about their literal DREAMS now. My heart is so soft

I don’t understand how what Dean is saying is any different than what fake dream John told Sam. That it’s up to them to bring down the Darkness, and that there’s no help…though I never really thought about what “god helps those who help themselves” means.

Good. Don’t indulge Dean calling a werewolf vampire hybrid a werepire

I knew his opposition to valet was about the car and not paying for it

Aaaaaaaand that’s why you don’t joyride the car you’re supposed to be valet parking, kids

“I’m mostly confused. I’m not sure how orange correlates with black in a way that is new” never ever change, Castiel

Dean, stop trying to make werepire happen. It’s not going to happen. Yeah, whisper is a lame name for whatever this…isn’t, actually.

The best thing about putting Cas on speaker while he’s in infodump mode is that he doesn’t realize Dean’s not there til he hears gunshots and Dean comes back in saying that it turns out he did shoot the deputy.

However, shooting him with silver bullets and decapitation DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE WORKED. HOW.

If no one says “what’s in the box?” even once it’s a waste of putting the deputy’s still growling head in a cooler

Dean, DEFINITELY don’t try to make ghoulpire happen. DEAN. Stop calling it a ghoulpire. You sound ridiculous

Oh shit. The original victim’s wife is one of the……..ghoulpires (I don’t have subtitles on so I’m not going to try to spell out a name I can barely remember. Dammit, Dean). She beat Dean unconscious and stole the impala. She might be the alpha ghoulpire. (I’ve now typed that enough times to have my phone recognize it. Great.)

$20 says the purse left by the valet girl’s friend she went joyriding with has a penny in it minted before 1982

K she’s not the alpha. The deputy is. Omg…the hairpin Piper lost after her romp with Sam is find to get the handcuffs off Dean. The knife will decapitate him and the purse WILL have the penny. I’m sure of it.

Poor Baby. She doesn’t deserve this. She’s got no windows left. I know Dean will fix her up but damn.

That’s actually smart…instead of sifting through the pennies to find one minded before 1982, just shove them all in the ghoulpire’s mouth and hope for the best. Which does seem to have worked

I take it back. She’s got her passenger’s side windows left. To think we started this episode with a fresh wash, and now Dean’s rolling her totally busted up, engine barely working, hardly any windows left (and the ones she does have are covered in blood) out of the Oregon town. Poor Baby

“Death in Heaven”

Plot Description: with cybermen in the streets of London, old friend unite against old enemies

Does that mean we’re gonna get Not Vriska, Jenny, and Strax?? Perhaps a little River??

Ok, Clara, you pretended to be the Doctor once, let’s not get carried away and think you can pull that off again in the face of the cybermen

Missy calling the cybermen her boys is hilarious. I love it

Oh, Oswin! And Kate Stewart!! I AM excited to see her back! Both of them, really, but kind of mostly Kate

Join me in this episode where I try to figure out if I like Kate or Missy more of if I can simply simp for both

🎵I think I’ve seen this film before, and I didn’t like the ending 🎶 (and I mean like…three days ago on supernatural)

(I’m also now thinking about how I’m going to have to purchase season 4 of Sherlock…and within the next month because we are winding down on this project)

Why…would you incapacitate the Doctor??

I’m trying to trust the process but am I supposed to believe that human consciousnesses are being literally rained down into graves and THAT is somehow going to create more cybermen? Does that make sense to anyone else??

This guy working in the morgue would not survive the first five minutes of a Supernatural episode

The differences between how members of the government treat the Doctor and his authority on Earth is incredibly interesting. Harriet Jones immediately went behind Ten’s back to shoot retreating aliens out of the sky. Kate said Twelve’s word is literally law as soon as he boards this plane

The Doctor’s disdain for the military never fails to make me happy.

EXCUSE ME?? He’s president of EARTH? The DOCTOR?!?!

I had no idea Clara was canonically like a month older than me. She always seemed younger. Is Jenna younger than me? (Quick google break) She’s older than me! By like 8 months but STILL!!

I knew from the moment this cyberman showed up, it was Danny. But the sad head fall as he said “correct” when Clara (still trying to pretend to be the Doctor) said she’s an excellent liar. Oh it’s heartbreaking

The Master tried to either enslave or destroy the ENTIRE human race and Oswin is still like “she wasn’t even the worst” also…love that she used Missy’s new pronouns. Trans inclusive radical misogynist Steven Moffat wrote this one

Gotta love the Doctor’s subtle way of telling people “you’d make a really good companion.” When you only have to say “all of time and space?” And people know? Hell yeah

Everyone’s being advised to stay the hell away from cemeteries so of course we’re gonna plop Clara down in the middle of one. Makes sense

I can’t even take the trope of sex pollen in fanfic seriously, how are you going to try to make me take cyber-pollen seriously??

That’s a really good question. How DO you win a war against an enemy who can weaponize the dead?

I saw a post here the other day that I wish I had either reblogged or liked or thrown in my drafts about how the worst thing you can do to the Doctor is interrogate or torture him. Because the person being interrogated or tortured is the only irreplaceable person in the room, and you’ve just given the person whose main weapon is words a stage where their words are the most important thing. And it’s a little bit what Missy’s doing here. She fed info to UNIT about 3W, the company she founded to figure out how to turn the dead into cybermen, so it would bring everyone together including the Doctor to do her big reveal. I love her

(Oh this is a LONG episode)

I love her even more now. She’s singing “Hey Mickey” but replacing Mickey with Missy. We stan a bitch with audacity and confidence who’s definitely unhinged

Sorry rando guards and Oswin, but it was also really delicious when Missy killed you

They really need to stop underestimating how many cybermen are around

This is TORTURE. I don’t even like Danny that much but it’s AWFUL to have to watch him hear Clara say that she’ll always trust and forgive the Doctor. That she’s his best friend and he’s hers…….and she’s never lie to the Doctor. OMG.

YEAH! How shit do you feel now, Clara??

Missyyyyyyyyy, why’d you have to go and kill Kate too??

Missy has exactly zero hinges. I love her so much

Omg, yeah. Justified.

Yes, it was cool that the Doctor called the TARDIS to him and dove into it but…please. Some decorum.

I’m not saying that Danny’s necessarily wrong about the Doctor, I’m just saying that his hatred towards him has been the most complex of all the companions’ attachments. And I do think that Danny does…or did underestimate Clara a bit

There’s no way she did all this solely to give the Doctor an army as a birthday gift…oh…look, the Doctor has taken some undue authority roles over the years but that’s not what he wanted. And to make him the general of this army of cybermen because the only thing that will keep humanity alive is going out and conquering the rest of the universe is DIABOLICAL (I say kicking my feet and giggling)

See? Yeah. He’s an idiot with a box and a screwdriver (his words). So he gives the army to Danny, who gives the order to burn the clouds turning people into cybermen. I’ll admit it is a nice full circle moment

How did Kate survive that fall? *the dawning realization* one of the cybermen who was near the plane was her father. He caught her and saved her and I’m CRYING (I’ve seen very little Old Who, but I’m still crying)

Danny sending the kid he either couldn’t save or got killed (I truly wasn’t paying attention at that point) back to earth to live his life as he should

Omg, they’re lying to each other worse than the Winchesters. He didn’t find Gallifrey and she’s not still with Danny. Missy lied and Danny’s very dead now. Wtf? Why are they like this??

Oh thank god someone finally said that the two of them weren’t alright. BUT I WASNT EXPECTING IT TO BE ACTUAL SANTA CLAUS

[stillwinchester]

Not even an Apocalypse

Dean shifts from foot to foot, waiting for Cas next to the Impala. Now, he sees how stupid his idea is. He looks at the sunflower on the seat, embarrassed at the thought that he bought it for Cas. Guys don't give each other shits like this. Even if it's the first date.

Cas appears in the garage three minutes later, to Dean surprised, he doesn't wear his coat or tie. Just a simply white shirt (Dean smirks after he notices Cas undid two buttons) and black trousers. He comes closer and passes him a single red rose from behind his back.

“It's for you,” he whispers. Dean hesitates for a moment, but he takes a gift, eventually.

“You bought me a flower?” He feels less stupid now, when Cas did the same thing as he, but he's not sure what to think about that. He has never gotten a flower before.

“I thought it's accurate for a date.”

“Yeah, it is. I have something for you too.”

Dean reaches to the car for a sunflower to give it to Cas. He gets a big grin in exchange.

“Oh, thank you! It's beautiful!”

They get in the car, Dean starts the engine, and they leave the bunker. Cas plays with his sunflower for a moment, then puts it away on the dashboard. Dean watches the road with a long face. There's silence between them, and after a few minutes there's a tension in the air. Cas clears his throat to bring Dean's attention, but Dean doesn't react, so eventually, he speaks:

“You seem upset.”

“What? I'm not upset,” says Dean fast, still watching the road.

“You didn't turn on the radio, and you're very quiet...”

“I'm not upset, Cas. I'm-” Dean gulps. “I'm nervous.”

Cas tilts his head and furrows, not understanding why Dean feels like that. He was excited about the thought they're going for the first official date, but maybe it's not Dean's thing? Maybe he's just doing it for him, forcing himself to be romantic.

“Why?” asks Cas, wanting to understand.

“Isn't that obvious?” Dean finally looks at him. “I'm going on a first date with an amazing, hot guy, and I want it to be a special evening. I don't wanna screw up anything.”

Cas breathes with relief and even gives him a half-smile.

“Should I be nervous too?”

“What? Why?”

“Because 'the hot guy' asked me out,” he explains, and Dean gives him a confused look. “We've known each other twelve years, and even if the Apocalypse started tonight, which is highly risky in our lives, it still would be a wonderful date. The perfect one.”

Dean relaxes a little bit, Cas is right. They have been through so much together, nothing could separate them now.

“Yeah... Actually, it will be weird if we don't find a vampire nest or at least, a werewolf,” he tries to joke.

“Or maybe a group of werepires?”

Dean looks at Cas again, blinks, and bursts out laughing. He wipes tears from the corner of his eyes with the back of his hand.

“Jeez, I can't believe you said it!”

“I can express my affection for you in many ways.”

“Oh, so that was a love confession?”

“Maybe.”

“So, I werepire you too.”

Cas smiles, Dean smiles back, and there's no nervousness between them anymore. They're going on their perfect date, and nothing can destroy their plans!

Cas slowly rests his hand on Dean's knee, and Dean squeezes it gently. They're holding hands for the rest of their journey.

[you-cant-spell-subtext-without]

Adventurous Eaters Club

I’m back! I’ve actually also got a post coming up for Onion Pie from this book, but that one is a lot more complex (friends how the heckles do I put videos up on this hellsite? Is it truly. just one per post?  Can I embed?  Send assistance.), so for now!  Let’s make what Misha and Vicki call:

(I call this Toad in a Hole.  Anyone else?)

Just as a reminder of how all of this works:

One hundred percent of author proceeds from Misha’s cookbook go to charity, including the following: 

The Edible Schoolyard 

The Garden School Foundation 

Whatcom Farm-to-School Fund

One week after each blogpost I do for this little adventure, I will count up the notes on that post and donate $1 per note to one of the above, or to @randomactsorg​.

If you make a donation to any of these (in any amount!) or buy Misha’s cookbook and send me the receipt in my asks I will match your donation AND you can pick the next thing I cook!

Let’s get brekky started, under the cut!

This is a pretty easy recipe, and a fun way to eat eggs.  It’s also great if you are low on supplies and/or funds because all it requires is: bread, butter, eggs, and salt.  

Because breakfast isn’t served here without the additions of onions and bacon, I added those and a few more seasonings.  You do not have to.

Start with bread.

Excuse whatever is happening with my cutting board, I promise its clean.

Also, OP why is the bread on a cutting board.  It’s pre-sliced, you say!

Ah, well it’s because we must now make the pirate eyes (or nests. or holes for the toad.  whatever you want to term them).

The book says to use the rim of a drinking glass, and I took this very seriously:

The Jim Beam logo denotes that yes, this glass truly is for Drinking.  Dean, sit down it’s not time for whiskey yet.

(also please excuse claw-hand.  shiver me timbers, etc.)

Press this into each slice to make a hole.

Not the prettiest I’ve ever seen but it’ll do, toad.  It’ll do.

Whilst rimming your bread, also preheat a cast-iron (or any other, but cast-iron is preferred always) skillet over medium heat and melt some butter in it.

Because I am awesome, I already had mine on to caramelize some onions.

Simply scooch them over to the side and place your bread and cutouts, browning on one side for about 2 minutes.

Flip em over and crack an egg into each one (I prefer to crack into a ramekin or small shallow bowl first but it’s not necessary.

Look at ‘em, gorgeous.

Misha adds a sprinkle of salt here.  I added salt, pepper, and a smidge of garlic powder.  Next, the book says to cover the pan and let the eggs set for ab three minutes, then pop it out and you’re done.

Because I was trying to get L to eat these, I actually flipped them over to get the eggs a little firmer (spoiler alert, he did not eat these bc “eggs are disgusting mommy” and therefore next time they will remain pretty and sunny side up).

Anyway, if you like them firmer, you can flip once you see the bubbles in the whites start to set, and the underside will look like this:

Once out - I topped with the onions and some hot sauce because we are refined here.

If you’re vegetarian, you can stop at this juncture of my modifications and dig in.

Werewolves, werepires, wendigos, etc. may add bacon.

(cooked on a sheet pan at 400 F for approximately 15 minutes while making everything else, then drained on paper towels and broken up into thirds.  I used 6 total slices).

I like to put the pirate eyes on top like lil’ hats:

aren’t they cute?! have a profile view.

and of course, Misha’s no-frills version which is also perfectly splendid in its delightful simplicity:

Happy eating!

[boykisserbuckley]

let the wolves come crashing through

this was gonna be a joke but i wrote 2k by accident. oops. anyway this is the werepire fic based off of that anon i got a while ago

“Buck,” Eddie says, “Halloween isn’t until next month.”

“Eddie,” Buck parrots, “I’m aware of that fact, thanks.”

They're at the station, settling down after a call. The crew is spread over the couches, taking whatever rest they can before the alarm rings again; and, as usual, that means they devolve into ribbing and jokes at the other's expense. Buck had just finished laughing uproariously at Hen's last quip when Eddie had cut in, and honestly, he's not entirely sure whether or not this is the lead up to a joke.

"Right," Eddie says. He lifts an eyebrow. "So what's with the teeth?" 

Buck blinks at him. "...the teeth?" 

"Yeah," Eddie insists, narrowing his eyes. "It looks like you're wearing fake fangs, or something."

Buck just looks even more confused. He opens his mouth to respond, and Eddie catches another flash of those sharp canines—unnaturally sharp. Like he's wearing some knock-off party store vampire teeth.

Buck gapes for a second, and then intelligently says, "Huh?"

"The teeth, man," Eddie repeats. "Why are they so sharp? What the hell are you wearing them for?" 

Eddie glances at Hen and Chim, and they're both just staring at him. Did they not see it? Why aren't they saying anything? 

"Eddie," Buck says slowly. He still looks so openly, adorably baffled. "...these are just my teeth." 

Eddie stares at him. He stares back. Neither of them blink. 

"I'm so confused," Eddie says finally. "Is this a prank or something?" 

Buck shares a look with Hen and Chim, tilts his head. Eddie looks back and forth between them. And then, suddenly, Buck sits up.

"Oh," he says, like he's just had a realization. "Oh my god, did I not tell you?" 

"Tell me what?" 

Hen snorts, and Buck shoots her a glare. Eddie has no idea what's happening.

"I thought you knew," Buck groans. "This is going to take so much explaining—" 

He cuts himself off and pinches the bridge of his nose. He looks up helplessly at Chim, then at Hen, but they both shrug. 

"You're on your own for this one, Buckaroo," Chim says. Buck sighs.

"Okay, okay," Buck says, and hops to his feet. "Come on."

He grabs Eddie by the wrist and practically drags him from the room, heading for the stairs. Hen and Chimney's laughter follows them from the loft, all the way to the bay doors, and Eddie is still hopelessly lost.

~~~

"Let me get this straight," Eddie says twenty minutes later, leaning back against his seat. "You're...a what?"

They're holed up in the back of the firetruck, for privacy, which is really mostly for Eddie's benefit—Buck knows most people don't react well when informed that their best friend is a so-called "creature of the night" and they didn't notice. It had taken a little demonstration to get Eddie to believe him, believe he wasn't just pranking, and now the poor guy is looking a little shell-shocked. 

"Werewolf-vampire hybrid," Buck explains again, smiling hesitantly. "Uh, the scientific classification is homo lycanthropus vampiris. Or something. Technically." 

"And you've always been that," Eddie says. 

"Yeah," Buck agrees. 

"And you're not just fucking with me," Eddie says again. He still looks unsure of the whole thing. 

"Definitely not just fucking with you," Buck agrees again. 

"Show me again," Eddie demands. Buck does. 

"Okay," Eddie says. He's still staring at Buck like it hasn't quite clicked, like he doesn't understand, but he's nodding. "Okay. I'm, uh—I'm gonna need a minute, I think." 

"Right, yeah," Buck says. "You want me to just…?" 

He gestures at the half-open door of the truck, already climbing out of his seat to head for it before Eddie can even agree. He hops out and shoots a look at Hen and Chimney, who are peeking over the railing of the loft to look down at him. Hen raises an eyebrow, and Buck just shrugs. He glanced back at Eddie, who's staring at his hands with a confused furrow to his brow, then backs away. The guy needs a minute. That's understandable. He needs to process.

And then the alarm rings. 

Buck hoists himself back into the truck on instinct, sliding in next to Eddie like usual. He cringes at the look on Eddie's face and offers, "Sorry." 

Then the others climb in across from them and they're off. They still have jobs to do—processing will have to wait. 

~~~

A few tense calls later, the crew piles back into the station for the end of their shift. Eddie had been quiet since his talk with Buck, and the others had let him be for a time—but now, as they're stripping their gear in the locker room and packing up to head home, he's looking at Buck like he wants to start asking questions.

"So you're like, half vampire, half werewolf, right?" Eddie asks, as the locker room empties out. Buck straightens up with his duffel bag slung over his shoulder. 

"I guess?" Buck shrugs. He's not usually comfortable with all the questions, so he's a little on edge. But this is Eddie, so he'll deal. 

"Does that mean your dad was a werewolf, your mom was a vampire, or something?" 

"Other way around, but yeah." 

"So you were like...a werewolf vampire baby." 

"Yeah?" Eddie zips up his own bag and slings it over his shoulder, heading for the door. Buck follows. 

"I bet you had a crazy biting phase as a kid," Eddie says, flashing a grin. Buck lets out a startled laugh, because that's definitely not the direction he thought this was going to go. 

"Wait, is Maddie—" Eddie starts, and his eyes go wide again. 

"Yes," Buck says before he can finish, "We both are. Did you seriously just not notice?" 

"I'm not exactly the most observant," Eddie grumbles. He unlocks his truck and grabs Buck's bag from him, slinging it into the back seat alongside his own. 

Buck hops into the passenger seat, and it's quiet for another moment as they pull out of the parking lot and onto the road. He fiddles with the radio for a moment, trying to find a good station, but he can see Eddie fidgeting out of the corner of his eye, so he gives up and flips it off again.

"Alright, spit 'em out," Buck sighs, shooting Eddie an unimpressed look. "I know you've got more questions, and your fidgeting is annoying. What do you want to know?" 

"Uh, well," Eddie pauses, then starts again, "They're probably stupid." 

"They usually are," Buck deadpans. Eddie glares at him. "Ask them anyway."

"Fine, but if you laugh at me, you're walking the rest of the way." 

"No I'm not," Buck says, grinning when Eddie lifts a disparaging eyebrow at him, "but continue." 

"Okay, first of all, do you drink blood?" Eddie asks. Buck fights back a smile at the earnest and mildly concerned curiosity in his voice. 

"Sometimes," he answers honestly. "Not always. Bobby's cooking tastes better anyway." 

"Can you turn into a wolf?" Eddie asks, and it seems that now he's started, he can't stop—the questions keep coming. "If you can turn into a wolf, are you like, a vampire wolf? Do you drink wolf blood? Or do you still drink human blood as a wolf? Is it like a video game buff, where you stop being a vampire when you're a wolf? Or are they stackable, so you're both at once? Or—"

"Oh my god, Eddie," Buck cuts him off, unable to stifle his laugh this time. "Did you just compare my life to a video game?"

He was expecting shock, disbelief, maybe even anger, because those would be logical reactions to discovering the supernatural. But really, this response is just so Eddie. 

"Hey! I told you not to laugh," Eddie gripes half-heartedly. "Don't make me stop this car." 

"I'm sorry," Buck gasps out between bouts of laughter. "That's just—you're so ridiculous, I'm sorry—"

He dissolves into laughter again, and Eddie just makes a grumbled noise of indignation. They drive for another block before Buck gets a handle on himself again, enough to actually answer Eddie's questions.

"Okay, okay, I'm good, I'm done," Buck says, shifting in his seat and trying to compose himself. He sits up and holds his hand up, counting on his fingers as he answers. 

"Yes, I can turn into a wolf. No, I don't drink wolf blood. I mean, I guess I could? But I don't have to. I don't even know how that would work," he pauses and considers for a second, before shaking his head and continuing, "anyway, no, I don't drink human blood as a wolf either, but I guess I could do that too. If I wanted. And no, it's not like a video game buff, that's so—"

He snorts again, quickly covering his mouth to stifle another chuckle. "Sorry, sorry, I'm not gonna laugh again, I swear." 

"You can turn into a wolf," Eddie repeats. He's still looking at the road, but his voice is awestruck. 

"Yeah, it's pretty cool," Buck admits, "I'll show you sometime, maybe." 

Eddie goes quiet for a moment, and they're just pulling into his driveway when Buck speaks again. 

"And I'm not 'both at once' or whatever," he explains, "I'm a hybrid. It's like, a third option. An entirely seperate thing." 

"So you're..." Eddie thinks for a moment, "...a vampwolf."

Buck stares at him, face twisted into a mildly offended grimace. "Absolutely not." 

"A vampirewolf," Eddie says, turning to climb out of the truck. 

"No," Buck says. He follows him out, grabbing their bags from the back on his way. 

"Werevampire?" Eddie tries. He pays his pockets for his house key. Buck raises an unimpressed eyebrow at him.

"No," Buck says, pulling the key out of Eddie's back pocket and handing it to him. Eddie smiles gratefully at him and moves to unlock the door.

"Wampire," Eddie says, and Buck just looks vaguely disgusted.

"What are you doing?" 

"Well I can't just call you a hybrid," Eddie tells him, "that sounds too clinical. It's weird. What am I supposed to call you?" 

"Just call me Buck, man." 

"Terrible idea. How about a...vaere-volf," Eddie puts on an over-the-top fake accent, sounding like a character out of an old Dracula movie.

"I hate you," Buck says, and steps inside. "Can we order a pizza?" 

"Yeah, I was thinking of trying that new sauce," Eddie agrees, "with the garlic and chicken? It looked good." 

"Sounds alright," Buck says. "You know I'll eat pretty much anything."

He flops onto the couch and grabs Eddie's laptop, pulling it towards him and flipping it open to make the order. He's just clicking onto the pizza place's website when Eddie suddenly looks up and says, "Hold on." 

"What?" Buck looks up at him. 

"Can you even eat garlic?" Eddie asks. He looks worried, suddenly. "I thought vampires couldn't have garlic? Dogs can't have garlic. Does that apply to werewolves too? Was I about to feed you something you're allergic to?" 

"Slow down, dude," Buck says, trying not to laugh again. "The garlic thing, about vampires, is a myth. I love garlic. I want so much garlic on this pizza. It's fine." 

The honest concern on Eddie's face is a little endearing, if Buck is being honest. He knows Eddie is just asking all the questions so that he can understand, and that's fine. It's nice, even.

"Okay, okay. As long as we're not ordering anything potentially dangerous for…" Eddie pauses, thinking, and then grins cheekily at Buck. "...a were-pire."

Buck just groans. "No."

~~~

Later, as they're finishing up the last slices of pizza and watching the end credits of a Marvel movie scroll across the screen, Eddie turns to look at Buck again.

"Just one more time," he says, "remind me this is really happening." 

"Definitely happening," Buck says.

"Remind me you're not just fucking with me," Eddie says.

"Definitely not just fucking with you," Buck assures him again.

"Okay," Eddie says, and seems to finally settle into the idea. "Can I see the teeth again?" 

AO3 | Ko-Fi

[easypeasybreezy]

These Days Are Ours

IT’S STILL THE 31ST!! I am the master at meeting deadlines XD. Anyways, this was written for @idabbleincrazy‘s song challenge. My prompt was Happy Days. Also fills the square Hurt!Sam/Protective!Gabriel for @gabriel-spn-bingo :)

~1400 words, Sabriel, rated T, canon typical violence. Also, this is a song fic fffff.

Summary- Sam and Gabriel are stuck on a case and run into some trouble.

***

Sam stabbed at his salad as the sounds of the Cunninghams working through whatever problem they had this episode blared on from the TV in the middle of the diner. Gabriel sat across from him at the table, eating his dinner without a care. This was their seventh day working this case, and their seventh meal at this nearly empty diner that always seemed to have Happy Days playing on loop. One week of not getting anywhere on this case, and one week of alone time with Gabriel.

At first Sam was thrilled to be on a case with Gabriel while Dean, Cas, and Jack were doing their own thing. But being in his constant presence was starting to wear him thin, even with the amazing nights they had in the hotel room. Plus, neither he nor Gabriel could figure out what they were hunting, and that was worrying. The stupid diner with its classic television wasn’t helping matters either.

“I swear, if I have to listen to one more episode of Happy Days, I might go insane,” said Sam, unable to keep quiet about it anymore.

Gabriel looked up from his pasta. “Hmm, you don’t like it? But the Fonz!” he exclaimed, then he started to hum the theme song.

“I don’t care,” Sam answered, abandoning his fork on the plate. “It’s just, we’ve gotten nowhere on this case for a whole week, and this diner that we have to eat at cause it quote, ‘has the only edible food in town’ seems only capable of playing Happy Days on the extra loud TV.”

“Well, it is the best food,” Gabriel said with a grin, taking another bite and continuing to hum the song.

“And you, it’s like- like you don’t even care!” Sam felt a headache coming on from his incessant humming. “Stop! Just, stop,” he snapped.

Stopping mid-hum, Gabriel looked at Sam with a frown. “Why don’t you tell me how you really feel,” he muttered, pushing the noodles around with his fork.

Sam sighed, feeling bad about lashing out. “Sorry Gabe. I love you, but I still need some alone time. Being together twenty-four seven is tiring.” 

Gabriel froze, his mouth hanging open, fork centimeters from his face. He slowly set it down, then regained his composure. “You do?”

“I do what?” Sam questioned, annoyance melting into confusion. Gabriel didn’t offer any hints, so Sam thought back to what he had said. Then it hit him. “Oh my god. Did I just-?”

“Mhm,” Gabriel nodded at him. 

“Wow, um okay, I’m just gonna, uh, go to the bathroom real quick.” Sam quickly pushed his chair back and stood up, bumping the table as he left. The glasses shook but nothing fell, so he made his exit without a look back. 

Did he really just say he loved Gabriel? They were technically dating- but actually, were they? Maybe it was more a friends with benefits thing. They never really talked about labels, or feelings, or anything like that. For that matter, did he love Gabriel? Sam thought about his trademark grin, the way his eyes would glint when he told a joke, him standing on the bunker staircase wings spread out behind him, and was almost shocked when he realized that yeah, he did.

He turned into the hallway leading to the bathroom with a groan. Whatever their situation was, there was no way Gabriel could actually love him. Leaving the table was the right decision- he couldn’t face Gabriel’s reaction.

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days,

Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days,

And great, now the next episode was starting, and he had to hear the theme song. Hopefully the sound wouldn’t reach the bathroom.

“Sam Winchester.”

Spinning around to see who said that, Sam felt a burning hot pain across his side and stomach. He fell to his knees with a gasp, hand moving to his body to find blood spilling out. 

“I was getting bored waiting for you and your angel to find me,” the voice continued. 

Sam could now see the man in front of him, seemingly normal in his tan jacket and jeans, but with bloody claws protruding from his fingers. 

These days are ours

Happy and free. 

“Sam!” Gabriel ran in from around the corner. He looked momentarily stunned by the sight in front of him, but then his face grew serious. “You get away from him.”

The monster smiled, and Sam was surprised to see fangs grow in his mouth. Was he an actual werepire? Sam almost felt bad that Dean wasn’t there. 

“Or what? You couldn’t even find me,” he jeered, brandishing his claws

Feels so right it can’t be wrong,

Rockin’ and rollin’ all week long.

Gabriel moved in front of Sam, blade appearing in his hand. “You’re nothing to me,” he spat out, anger seeping through his calm demeanor. 

Growling, the monster rushed towards Gabriel who deftly stepped aside, dodging the attack. The fight ended in a flash as after mere seconds Gabriel stabbed the monster through the chest.

“You will never hurt Sam or anyone again.” Gabriel pulled his blade out with a grunt, then swung it around. The monster’s head landed on the ground with a thump.

Saturday, what a day

Groovin’ all week with you

Maybe it was the lack of blood getting to him, but Sam couldn’t take his eyes off of Gabriel, finding the scene incredibly attractive. But then he felt his strength leaving him and fell back against the wall. Gabriel ran to his side, kneeling on the ground next to him. He moved his arm out of the way to inspect the wound, grimacing. Then Gabriel positioned his hands over it, and Sam realized what he was doing.

“You can’t- your grace is still too low,” Sam protested.

“Shut up,” Gabriel shot back. His hands started to faintly glow.

These Happy Days are yours and mine (oh Happy Days)

These Happy Days are yours and mine, Happy Days.

Somehow through the haze, Sam realized that the song was over. Finally. At least that wouldn’t be the last thing he heard. Sam refocused on Gabriel, his breath growing labored and vision narrowing. “I’m sorry,” he managed to get out.

Gabriel let out a frustrated groan. “I love you too, okay?”

Sam gasped as the wound slowly started closing. He could feel Gabriel’s grace coursing through him, his strength returning. Gabriel’s hands started to shake, but then all the pain was gone. He was completely healed. Removing his hands from over Sam, Gabriel smiled, then fell back next to his legs.

“Gabriel!” Sam scrambled up on his knees next to him. 

“I’m okay,” he groaned, pushing himself up and sitting. “Just need a breather, whew.” Gabriel wiped sweat off his forehead, his hand shaking. 

Only then did Sam realize what Gabriel had just confessed to him. Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he decided to grab Gabriel’s face and pull him in for a kiss. Thankfully he was well enough to kiss back, though maybe with enthusiasm than he’d usually have. Sam pulled away after a few moments. “Thank you,” he murmured, then chuckled breathlessly, removing his hands. 

“What is it?” Gabriel asked, a small smile on his face. 

“Nothing, it’s just I- I guess we are dating.”

Gabriel let out a disbelieving bark of laughter. “Yeah Sam, we are. I suppose the declarations of love helped you with that one. You know, after all the sex we had.”

Sam felt a little dumb, and couldn’t help the flush that spread across his face.

“Now let’s get out of here. I did just chop the head off some guy.”

“Uh, yeah of course.” Sam had almost forgotten the headless corpse a few feet away from them as he was so caught up in the moment. He helped a still unsteady Gabriel off the ground and supported him as they made their way to a side door. “Maybe, should we- the body?” Sam asked as they were halfway out the door.

“Just leave it,” said Gabriel, waving a hand in dismissal. “Their food actually wasn’t that good.” 

“Yeah,” Sam chuckled, then let the door shut behind them and headed towards the car. 

When they got inside, Gabriel spoke up. “You were right, Sam. I wasn’t being serious enough with the case.” Then he paused and frowned before continuing. “Also, Happy Days does suck, and I’m fine with never hearing that song again.”

Laughing, Sam pulled the car out of the parking lot and sped away from the diner. “I couldn’t agree more.”

[mrsmess]

Faves and fails of SPN (season 11)

Favorite episodes in chronological order:

11:1 Out of the darkness into the fire - And Crowley out of the fire into the orgy. And poor Cass. Sam asking the relevant questions, making the relevant comments. ”We have to change”. Let’s just see how much follow through comes from it. ”Do what you do, but you have to let me do what i do too.” Mr Mess’s reaction to the Darkness being a girl ”Well, at least she’ll be Dead in like two episodes.” Lol. Also; naming the big bad The Darkness

Deputy Jenna: [about the baby] ”I have no idea what I’m doing.”

Me [in Dean-voice] ”We don’t either and our baby is the world!”

Mr Mess: ”Saving the world, one poopy diaper at a time!”

11:4 Baby - About a car. Wow. This is awesome! Technically this stopped being a rewatch two episodes back so I am ecstatic to get to see this gem of an episode for the first time! Gives me hope for the remaining seasons. Seriously though: dreamy roadtrip two brothers in a car should be an obligatory episode format at least once each season. This makes my overall top list of episodes all seasons.

11:5 Thin Lizzie - Ghostfacers-references! ”Your weird serial killed-fetish” and Cass bingeing The Wire. Lol! Wow, is this the Cheshirecat Inn? The boys are fun this episode. I have to remember that most of my issues w Supernatural is surrounding the intro- and outroepisodes and that the best stuff is always in the gooey middle of the seasons. Interesting thoughts on how differently soullessness affects people.

11:7 Plush - Oh yes! Oh yes! Yes, officer? A plush bunny killed my worthless husband. Here for it. Sam can’t look at the clown! I’m dying. Oh! Full on clown-time! And Donna! I’m so happy! The story’s sad too.

11:8 Just my imagination - Sparkles! Nooooo! Brilliant concept! Sam has an imaginary friend <3 The boys dressing up as Mr Rogers. My heart. Dean trying to name creatures: a manicorn, werepire. :D The Totoro-reference. The conclusion is kinda lame and unearned, but I love the episode anyway. ”Okay. Not happening. Good talk.”

11:10 The devil in the details - Lucifer bringing it. Making very good points. Ambriel is cute, and the Darkness wearing literal Darkness - neat . But the whole thing about the brothers, Cass, being vulnerable to negging and plan manipulation centered around their relationship and importance is kinda... old? Would they even listen to trash talk at this point? The reference to Lucifer, the comic.

11:11 Into the mystic - good song, freaky banshee. And hey, Supernatural, I was gonna scold you for going all ick at age differences under the circumstances, but then: The brothers talking about the golden girls. Lol. Eileen, and Mildred - yay! Kudos to the show’s contingency having Sam apologize for the first half of season 8. Less kudos for blaming a fictional character for real life bad writing. #notforgivennotforgotten.

11:12 Don’t you forget about me - YES. Just yes. Ramdeen and Newton are both great and I love ’em. I love Dean and Sam at the dinner table.

11:14 The vessel - time for a retro nazi adventure! I love it, obviously.

11:16 Safe house - I love monster of the week stuff! But it’s rly getting hilarious, the brothers having the exact same discussion everytime they work a case inrelated to the season’s big bad. Especially since I need zero explanation. Got all the rationale built in right here *taps head*. Bobby! Oh god! And Rufus! This episode needs no more. ”Not it!” And a losing game of rock-paper-scissors. Lol. ”How messed up is our lives that you seeing a vision of me dead, is actually kind of comforting?” True.

11:17 Red meat - Yeah I get it, this is a good episode- tight and terrifying, and Sam is one badass motherfucker, but Dean! Going straight for the dealmaking w/o even making sure Sam’s dead. That is hilarious. ”He was just mostly dead.” Dying!

11:19 The chitters - I like this, mostly because I have no idea what’s going on. Partly because of the reference to It. Because of the gay hunters. The brothers being funny w each other. Monsters in the woods, my kinda shit.

Fail episodes in chronological order:

11:21 All in the family - Hey, god? You should probably be careful who you call a disappointment. Also, I’m laughing at how mismatched Dean and Amara are, and she’s so confused by his hesitation, it’s hilarious.

11:20 Don’t call me Shurley - Meta. Please tell me Chuck isn’t actually god. Fine. Chuck is god. God is Chuck. Guess that explains him being so useless. Goodness! When did Metatron become one of the good guys?

Honorable mentions:

The witch in Love hurts - I like her.

Oh brother where art thou is mostly main plotline. Yawn. Bring back Sully! But Lucifer appearing in the cage - *chills* And Rowena having her fangirl moments is pretty funny.

Lucifer and Crowley measuring up, power, sass- and it’s awesome!

Teenage!Lucifer is a it of fun. The brothers co-counselling God and Lucifer, lovely.

Things that makes you go hmm:

The fact that Lucifer needs consent from other angels to possess them, I would’ve thought it a bit more interesting if he didn’t. It would make an interesting point about free will and the lack of it, and it would spare Cass from looking stupid.

Didn’t Sam kill the Darkness sickness with fire in like the first episode? Why doesn’t he do that in Don’t call me Shurley?

Summing up:

Darnit I am enjoying this season. It’s frickin comforting. But the finale is a bit of a let down, and I’m never anything but annoyed with Amara. But then again, kudos for having a finale w some kind of peaceful sollution .

[thelastspeecher]

No title bc I’m lazy, but here.  I randomly got inspired to write out a scene in the Werepire Stangie AU that I’ve talked about before.  Specifically, the scene wherein Stan and Ford talk about the possibility of Stan having a kid that is a vampire like he is.  This particular scene takes place directly after Stan and Angie broke the news that they’re expecting, a good while after Stan and Angie get married (not in a church, for obvious vampire reasons).  Also, Stan and Ford have more or less made up.  Okay, now that the background is out of the way, enjoy some brotherly interactions.

              Stan took a seat on the couch next to Ford.  Ford smiled at him.

              “Congratulations, Stanley.  You must be excited to be a father.”

              “Heh.  Yeah,” Stan said.  He looked down at the floor.  “I’m- if my kid turns out half as good as Angie, I’m golden.”  He swallowed and put his hands on his knees.  “Look, Stanford, just- give it to me straight, okay?”

              “Give what-”

              “Is my kid gonna be like me?” Stan asked.  Ford frowned.

              “I mean, he or she will inherit your genetic material, so your child will, no doubt, be like you in some regards.”

              “No, Ford, I mean…”  Stan’s fingers curled into fists.  “Is my kid gonna be a- a-”  He snorted humorlessly.  “What did Lute call me when he found out?  A member of the legion of the undead?”

              “…Oh.”  Ford rubbed the back of his neck.  “What answer would you like?”

              “The one where my kid can go outside during the day.  Or won’t need a juice box of blood packed every day for lunch. Or won’t count everything he drops, or-”

              “You don’t want your child to be a vampire.”

              “No shit, Poindexter.  Being a vampire, it’s- I mean, it’s how I met Angie, so that’s all right, but-”  Stan ran a hand through his hair.  “I don’t wanna subject an innocent child to it.  Angie’s kid deserves better than to be like me.” He sounded defeated.  “Please, just- tell me my kid will be a werewolf or- or normal.”

              “I can’t tell you that,” Ford said softly.  Stan’s face crumpled.

              “That’s what I was worried about.  God.”  Stan covered his face with his hands.  “I just wanted to be a good dad, and I’m already fucking up.”

              “No, I-”  Ford grimaced.  “Please don’t let that be your takeaway from our conversation.  I have no doubts you’ll be a fully capable father.  We might have had our differences, but it’s impossible for me to come to a different conclusion after seeing how invested you’ve been in becoming a parent.”  Stan glanced at him.

              “Really.”

              “Yes.  But if you’re looking for comfort as to whether your child will be vampiric, I can’t provide you with that comfort.  I have no idea of whether your vampirism will be passed down to your offspring.  I didn’t think you’d be able to reproduce at all, due to your condition.”

              “Yeah.  I remember.” Stan looked away.  “By the way, good job with that, genius.”

              “Stan.”

              “Whatever.”

              “I’ll let it slide, because you’re under stress.”

              “How generous,” Stan muttered, eyeing Ford.  Ford frowned at him.  “…I’ll behave.”

              “As I was saying, I can’t tell you whether or not your child will be a vampire.”  Ford rubbed his chin.  “Actually, it’s likely a multiple birth.  Lycanthropes rarely have singletons.”

              “Uh, what?”

              “That’s besides the point,” Ford said, waving a hand.  Stan sat up straighter.

              “No, say that again about it being more than one kid.”

              “You and Angie will cross that bridge during the first sonogram. Look.  Is it the worst thing in the world if your child is a vampire?”

              “Being a vampire isn’t exactly a walk in the park, Sixer,” Stan snapped.  “Especially since I can’t go for a walk in the park unless it’s nighttime.”

              “Yes, yes.  But you’ve learned how to make it work.  Would you not like to pass on what you’ve learned to your son or daughter?  Impart wisdom?” Ford asked.  A slow smile began to creep across Stan’s face.

              “…That sounds kinda nice.”

              “And you can’t truthfully tell me you don’t want your child to be like you. In high school, you told me you wanted a son named Stan Jr., whom you could teach to box.”

              “I still want that.”

              “Exactly.  You would be over the moon to have your child share something with you.”

              “…Yeah.”

              “And if you need help coming up with ways to work around the difficulties of vampirism, I’m here.  I’m this close to cracking the high-strength sunscreen so that you can go outside in the sun.”

              “Heh.  Whattaya know.  Having a genius brother obsessed with the supernatural is useful.”  Stan sighed softly.

              “…Are- did I fix the problem?” Ford asked, surprised.

              “Not completely.  I’m still terrified of being a dad, even though I want to be.  And I still don’t want my kid to be a vampire.  I meant it when I said that the kid should be like Angie. The more it takes after her, the better off it’ll be.”  Stan grinned. “Man, I’m gonna be a dad.”

              “Yes, you are.”

              “And you’re gonna babysit when Angie and I want to go out or whatever, right?” Stan asked.  “I mean, we might be a vampire and werewolf, but we need alone time sometimes.”

              “It depends on where I’m at with my research.”

              “Eh.  Fair enough.” Stan looked at Ford.  “Now.  What was that about it being more than one kid?”

[postmodernmulticoloredcloak]

Oh - Bobo left us a message in code, didn’t he?

You know, the Empty said that it wouldn't come for me until I had finally given myself permission to be happy, but with everything we have going on, with... with Michael still out there, I don't see that happening anytime soon. This life may be a lot of things, but it's rarely happy. I'm sorry. Hey. At least we have Krunch Cookie Crunch. Yeah. We do. Did you take the decoder ring out of the box? Maybe. The secret password is... “cookietacular”.

What is the decoder ring for? The deal with the Shadow, which Cas and Jack are discussing in the scene? Or maybe Michael’s possession of Dean that is the big thing in the episode? Or something else?

Of one thing I’m sure: the secret password is Dean or Destiel. “Cookietacular” sounds like something Dean would say - Dean who likes his silly portmanteaux and gets excited when he comes up with vampirates and werepires and enjoys croissookies and just loves his plays with words. And Cas is the one saying the word here, and Cas is also the only one who accepted to say werepire, but Dean didn’t hear it... So the secret password is Dean, or Dean in the context of his relationship with Cas, the portmanteau that has been in fact discussed on the show.

So how can we interpret this moment?

Interpretation 1 - Cas says that he’s safe because he won’t give himself permission to be happy any time soon. Jack asks, have you considered the secret thing that is spoken in codewords? And Cas answers, ah my relationship with Dean - maybe.

Interpretation 2 - Cas says life is shit but at least we have family (the cereal). Jack asks if he’s taken the secret thing that is spoken in codewords out the family box. Cas says maybe. The secret password is Dean and his relationship with him.

Interpretation 3 - Cas mentions the Michael problem as one of the things that make life shitty, and that’s what the exchange is about. It’s about getting Dean out of the depths of his mind Michael has apparently shoved him into; and to get him out, the secret password is Dean and their relationship.

Thoughts??

[missjackil]

Miss Jacki’s Top 30 Favorite Episodes

#14

Baby 11x04

This episode never fails to make me smile! Such a good meta to tell a story from the POV of The Impala. I know J2 loved doing this one, and it really begins the massive bro feels that is season  11. After the terrible fights between the brothers that had part of almost every season since the beginning, and the depressing, near fatal arc that was the Mark of Cain, finally, the Winchester boys are on the same page!! Nothing in the series has done my heart so good as for the world to be crumbling to ashes around them, but they’re cruising down the road with the radio blasting, singing Night Moves together 😍💖

Now, I heard a story about this scene, told by a man. I cant remember what man, though he worked on this episode. I cant link you so, take it as you will.. The story went that, They knew they wanted the brothers to be driving down the road playing a good old classic and wasnt sure what song to use, and Eugenie said “Oh, Night Moves, definitely” and they thought it was great and all agreed. It was supposed to just be J2 ad libbing as soon as the music starts and they would edit parts together later. Jared would be on vacation that week, so they did the Night Moves scene first, and would finish the rest of his scenes when he got back (this is why he wasnt in much of the 2nd half) so as soon as the music starts, the boys are making it up as they go. The “One of the greatest rock writers in history Samuel” “It’s Sam” on their own, the show runners loved it so they kept it, then Sam sings “Out in the back seat of my brother’s 67 Chevy” they loved that too, and wanted to keep it BUT there were a couple problems, much of what the song has already sung, sounds like it applies to Sam “I was a little too tall, coulda used a few pounds” etc and what followed “Working on mysteries without any clues” so Sam singing about the backseat sounds a little... provokative, especially since Sam has never had sex in the car in canon LOL so in order to keep the line, without it implying wincest, was to write into the story that Sam had sex in the car. So, we got Piper. The part where Dean comes back to the car to find Sam with Piper, was recorded while Jared was on vacation, and he literally phoned in his end of the conversation, and then the story adjustments were made later. 

Like I said, I cant find a link, it was something I came accross early in my SPN days , and it makes sense as to why it was randomly thrown in that Sam was having sex in the car when he never has before, and apparently, not even there when it happens ( when shes looking for her hair pin, you can tell Sam isnt in the car)

The Night Moves scene is to me, the happiest scene in the series. I love seeing Sam smile.and how he says “Dont... Night Moves me” as if this is something Dean has done before. I love  them full on laughing, eating, singing and bickering “you’re not even looking at the road!” and just loving being together and not caring the world is doomed. I dont care what happens on the show, no one can ever convince me these 2 are not the center of each others universe. So the show progresses and Sam is exhausted and has a snooze in the back seat, where he dreams about their father. This is a good scene, Sam looks genuinely spooked... As much as I love JDMs John, I love Matt Cohen’s John too. He’s always more calm and rational. as John would have been before all the trouble happened. Ive always felt like young John was like Sam, and older John was more like Dean. Was this done on purpose? I think it probably was, so we could see the similarities better. 

Sam is startled awake, and Dean is researching, “Welcome to the Winchester Motel, where we dont have cable, but we do have room service” and hands Sam a beer. This becomes one of the longest and best conversations we get to see the boys have. Sam comes clean about having been infected, I expected Dean to be angry he kept that from him, but he wasnt. He did show concern, but who wouldnt? I know some of you complain “But its none of his business!! Sam doesnt have to tell him anything!!??” while that’s true, when you love someone, you want to know when they’re sick, or in some kind of trouble... even if you cant help them, when you love someone, you reserve the right to worry about them. It can hurt deeply when you find out your loved one held back something important from you.... but Dean let it slide and let Sam talk. It did Sam some good obviously, as he was calm enough to go back to sleep and gave Dean the Winchester “I love you” with “Goodnight Jerk”and Dean returned the jesture with an “i love you too” “goodnight bitch” and Sam smiled. 

The boys settle in to sleep and leave us with an instant iconic shot of them sleeping next to each other from overhead. The episode could have ended here and I would be fine. The rest was kinda boring IMO especially when Sam isnt there anymore and Dean is dealing with the “Werepires” this is the only reason why this episode didnt make my top 10.  Ive watched this episode well over 100 times and still love to know its up next in my binge  queue. Im so happy SPN is brave enough to think outside the box and do different things... sometimes it doesnt work, but in this case it did... very much!

[caranfindel]

Recap/review 14.10: “Nihilism”

THEN: Michael. Gadreel! Poughkeepsie! Jack dying. Jack’s soul. You didn’t think to question? Snap!

NOW: We open on a bar scene, complete with a passed-out drunk in a hoodie. I notice the moose head immediately, but The Husband is the one who pointed out to me that there was also a taxidermied squirrel holding a beer. This is Rocky’s Bar, guys! As in Rocky the Flying Squirrel.

Hey, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!

The door opens and it takes me a minute to recognize the woman who enters as Pamela Barnes, neither blind nor dead (and also not having aged at all in ten years, damn her), wearing a shirt that says to hell and back. It’s raining, and she complains that people are shopping like it’s the end times. I feel you, Pamela. I hate it when we get a snow prediction and everyone has to go make the run on bread and milk. She produces a bag of limes and we see it’s Dean behind the bar. Ah, so this is where the mystery bar flashback in 14.09 came from! He needs the limes for his house special, a shot of tequila and a beer.

(Sidebar: A tequila drinker, I’m not. I could go for a whiskey, which is normally Dean’s drink of choice. You know when we last saw him drink tequila? I haven’t noticed it since he was a demon, threatening to rip Sam’s throat out. With his teeth.)

Pamela asks about Sam, and Dean tells her he’s still on a ghoul hunt with Cas, but should be home tonight. A woman in a suit comes in, continuing a conversation in which she attempts to buy Dean’s bar. I wonder if she’s a Scooby Doo shady real estate type? He assures her it’s still not for sale. “This bar? I’ve never had anything this nice,” he says. {sob!}

There’s a lot of interesting Easter eggs in this bar beyond the moose and squirrel. The Impala’s original Kansas tag. “Daphne loves Fred” carved into the bar. (Even in the bar of his dreams, Dean can’t hook up with Daphne.) A neon “Texas Star” sign. An anime calendar in the office. Probably more things that I haven’t caught.

Later, Dean’s at a desk going over paperwork. Pamela comes in with a couple of shotglasses. They banter and drink and they’re adorable, and then she brings up selling the bar and he says “Sell this bar? This is my dream.” (duh duh duuuuuhhh!) Then we see him in the walk-in refrigerator. Pamela calls him out because they’ve trouble - it’s a werewolf, or one of Michael’s werepire hybrids, coming to settle a score because the Winchesters killed his entire nest. Turns out Unconscious Hoodie Guy (who I halfway expected to be Sam) is his buddy. They attack, but Dean wins easily. As Pamela wipes the blood off his pretty pretty face, she comments on the monsters who keep coming in to kill him. “What can I say?” he grins. “I’m famous.”

Title card!

Hitomi Plaza. “Now, this just feels right,” Michael!Dean says. He’s inexplicably wearing a suit now. Did Dean’s clothes change into a suit when Michael snapped his fingers? He does something painful to TFW and gives a monologue about hope, explaining that he saw every single thing they did (through Dean’s eyes, thanks to his “open door”). While he talks, Sam is getting something out of his pocket. Cas lunges at Michael, apparently to provide a distraction while Sam makes a little molotov cocktail of holy oil and tosses it at Michael. While the archangel is preoccupied, Cas snaps the magic handcuffs on him. I guess whatever Bobby did to juice them up actually worked.

(Sidebar: I covered the names of the guest stars on first watch, as you do, but now I see the name Thunderbird Dinwiddie? Originally Pamela’s actress went by Traci. Did she change her name after that, or has she always been named Thunderbird and Traci was her nickname?)

Sam pleads with Dean to come out and take over, but it doesn’t work. And suddenly we hear a lot of sirens outside. Oh yeah, Michael’s monster army. Sam’s phone rings - it’s Maggie. She rounded up every hunter she could find and they’re getting reports of monsters attacking, but to infect, not to kill. So, Maggie’s in charge. Huh. Okay. I mean, not the choice I would have made, but. Okay.

Sam’s plan is to take Michael downstairs and put him in the trunk of the Impala. “But Garth is in the trunk,” Jack points out. “It’s a big trunk,” Sam says. Oh, god. I laughed at that. I’m not proud.

Suddenly we hear monsters slavering at the door. Jack jams it shut with the broken Testicle Spear, and Cas holds it with angelic powers, but they don’t have any other way out of the penthouse. “It’s not like any of us can fly,” Jack says. “Well, one of us can,” says Michael. “Shut up,” Sam snaps. Oh god. I laughed again.

Jack asks Sam “are we going to die here?” and poor Sam looks so distressed and Michael just smirks but then Sam gets an idea and yells for Jessica. You know, his own personal reaper. He knows she’s watching. The reaper who shows up is an unfamiliar one named Violet. “It’s my shift. We have shifts now because you mess up so, so many things.” Bless you, Violet. Sam asks her for help, and she is just full of emotional support but not much else. Jack and Cas are confused, because they can’t see her. But Michael can. He tells her that in his world, they locked Death away and enslaved the reapers, and she’s all, aren’t you a creepy one. At first she says she wouldn’t help them even if she could, but then she seems to get a message from elsewhere, and them boom, they’re in the bunker.

I would have broken all the rules to rescue this poor distressed cinnamon roll. ALL THE RULES.

Sam asks how she did that, and she says “I didn’t. Have fun.” And she’s gone. And I’m thinking wait, the Impala is still in Kansas City, and Garth is still in the trunk. This is not good.

Later. Jack asks if Michael should be in the dungeon, and Sam says that if the cuffs won’t hold him, the dungeon won’t either. “I can hear you,” Michael points out. They move six feet away. “Really?” Yeah, I’m enjoying Jensen as Michael, finally.

Sam explains to Jack and Cas that when he was possessed by Gadreel, the angel created a dream world inside his head. (Apparently someone told Jack the story of Gadreel, because he’s following right along.) And Crowley was able to come in and tell him how to kick Gadreel out. But Crowley’s dead. Oooooh, is De Facto King of Hell Sam going to call up a minion and have them break into Dean’s head? (And why does Sam suspect Dean is in a dream world in the first place, since 1. Michael didn’t do that the first time he possessed him, and b. Michael wants Dean to see his world destroyed, in order to crush him. Discuss.)

Maggie calls again and says they’re almost at Hitomi Plaza, even though Sam specifically told her not to go there. He asks her to get Garth out of the trunk (oh, good, but please warn her that he’s been Michaelized and he’s going to attack them, and also, have someone drive the car back to the bunker!) and she tells him the monsters have stopped attacking and are all heading west.

“Remind me, Castiel,” Michael says, all smooth and evil. “We’re west of Kansas City now?” Why, yes, they are. A 4 hour 22 minute drive. Cas is, oddly enough, surprised that Michael is bringing his monster crew to the bunker, and gathers Jack to “lock it down.”

(Sidebar: Remember when we first found out about the bunker, and it was supposed to be completely impenetrable? Ha ha ha.)

“Yes, put a chair against the door, that’ll help” says Michael. Dang, I really like this snide little bastard. He tells Sam that nothing has changed. “Tonight, everybody dies. And Sam, the last thing you’ll see, is this pretty smile, as I rip you apart.”

(WITH MY TEETH?)

Next we see Sam rolling out a bit of equipemnt. “It’s the messed-up British Men of Letters thing they use to get inside people’s heads,” he tells Cas. Oh Sam, throwing your technical jargon around. But I do feel compelled to point out that this wasn’t a BMoL thing. Toni found it in the bunker. Americans are messed up too, Sammy. Sam thinks if he can get into Dean’s head, like Crowley did, he might be able to get him to expell Michael.

Back at Rocky’s Bar, Pamela asks, again, if Dean has heard from Sam. And Dean replies, again, that he’s “working that ghoul thing in Wichita with Cas,” but they should be home tonight. They drink again, the wannabe bar buyer comes in again, they fight the monsters again, later, rinse, repeat. After a few rounds of this, Dean says he’s having “some serious deja vu.” I bet you are, sweetie.

Back at the bunker, Jack is alone with Michael. Michael says he’s insulted that a nothing like Jack has been left to guard him, and I honestly don’t think it was such a good idea either. He starts playing mind games with Jack, telling him that Dean didn’t care when he died, “because you’re not Sam.” And yes, he could have stopped right there and I would have been happy, but he continues. “You’re not Cas. You’re a new burden that he was handed. You’re a weak, helpless thing.” Boy, I hope none of that influences Jack later!

Cas calls him away and tells him not to believe anything Michael says, because he’s lying. “No I’m not, and I can still hear you,” Michael says, to my delight. Jack is clearly affected by the conversation and stomps off.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Lebanon, Maggie and her crew (Maggie’s crew, for fuck’s sake; there really isn’t anyone better to lead this group?) get a call saying some monsters have broken through and are on their way. Her inspirational speech is “Sam needs our help,” and okay, maybe she’s got this under control after all, because that’s enough for me. A van pulls up and Team Maggie points their guns at it.

Bunker. Michael is working on Cas now, telling him that his own version of Castiel wouldn’t have been so “anemic.” Yeah, well, I killed your Castiel, he says. No, he doesn’t, but he should. Instead, he brings up loyalty and compassion, which is basically saying here, Michael, here is what’s important to me, use it against me. He tells Cas he wants to destroy their world “because I can,” and then reveals that he and Lucifer thought God would come back to them when they fought, but nothing happened. And now, with Dean’s memories, he knows why.

God, Chuck, is a writer. And like all writers, he churns out draft after draft. My world, this world, nothing but failed drafts. And when he realizes that they’re flawed, he moves on and tries again.

No, that’s not… why would he do that?

Because he doesn’t care! About you, me, anything. Now, at first I thought I’d do it better. Show him. Be more god than God. But now? I just want to burn everyone of his little worlds until I catch up to the old man.

And then what?

Even God can die.

I’ve got to confess, I like this. We’ve never had any motivation for Michael’s destructiveness, but this? Destroying his father’s works because he’s angry over being abandoned? This actually works pretty well for me. It’s not new (it was Lucifer’s M.O. too, wasn’t it?) and it doesn’t really explain why Michael set out to destroy this world before he accessed Dean’s memories, but I like it.

(Sidebar: I’m also horrified, because does that mean the characters in my unfinished fics feel the same way? Because there are so many of them. Are they wandering around, lost and sad, saying Someday the Goddess will return and tell us whether we were supposed to burn this monster’s carcass at night or during the day, and someday Sam will actually leave the ER bay and get his MRI, and all questions will be answered, and until then we wait and pray? And are they eventually going to get angry enough to rise up against me and destroy all my other unfinished fics? And then me?)

Yep. This is how you die.

Outskirts. Team Maggie approaches the van and finds it empty. Because everybody got out while all of Team Maggie was watching them? Someone named Tiger runs into the woods following some tracks, ignoring Maggie’s feeble instructions not to go into the woods CHASING MONSTERS WHO WILL TURN YOU INTO A MONSTER alone. This won’t end well. Tiger returns and says the monsters are now on foot and no one says “cool, Tiger, but I think we’re gonna test you with silver just to be sure, ‘kay?”

(Sidebar: Would Sam or Dean have thought to test Tiger? Discuss. Personally, I think they would have, unless the plot required that they didn’t.)

Bunker. Sam’s fiddling with the Messed-Up BMoL AMoL Thing (oh, he’s soldering, and why is that sexy?)

It’s because Sam’s doing it, and he’s using his big Sam hands.

Jack asks if it will work, and Sam is honest and says he doesn’t know. Jack suggests that he might be able to do something using the magic that keeps him alive.

Burn off your soul?

Not all of it.

Jack. Dean wouldn’t want to be saved. Not that way.

You don’t know what you’re walking into.

Last time he was possessed, he said it felt like he was drowning. This time…

What?

Probably be worse.

Yes, it should be worse. Whatever Michael is doing to Dean right now should be SO MUCH WORSE than feeling like he was drowning. Or, it should be just letting him watch through Michael’s eyes. Either of those would make a lot of sense.

You know what else would make sense? Sam saying “I’ve been without a soul, and this is what it’s like, and I don’t want you to risk it.” But okay.

Michael sits quietly as Cas applies the apparatus to his head, so I guess he’s not only angel-powerless, but human-powerless as well. Or he’s just enjoying the science project, which he gives “a solid B minus.” Oh, poor Sam. I’m sure it would be an A if he graded on a curve. Sam’s wired up as well, and Cas clutches him to “hitch a ride.”

Jack asks what he should do, and Cas tells him to pray. Which I guess is something an angel would say, but come on, Cas. You know what to expect from that. Sam adds that he should make sure no one kills them. So, you know, no pressure. Michael points out that he’s not chained up inside Dean’s head, and Sam’s adorably concerned. And off they go.

The inside of Dean’s mind actually looks a lot like The Empty. Cas does a glowy thing with his hand and looks for him, and while he can’t see anything, he can hear all of Dean’s bad memories. And there are a lot of them. “So much trauma in Dean’s mind,” Cas says. “So many scars.” He says if he knew what he was looking for, he could go to it, but since he doesn’t know, he has to wade through all of Dean’s bad memories.

Well, we’ve already got this set, so…

Wait, says Sam. Would Michael bury Dean in trauma? Because Dean thrives on trauma. He suggests that if Michael wanted to distract him, he’d give him something he’s never had before - contentment. So Cas starts scanning Dean’s good memories, and Sam hears one he doesn’t recognize. “This bar? I’ve never had anything this nice.” That’s got to be it; the one that never happened. Yay Sam! Cas does the glowy eyes and boom, they’re in Rocky’s Bar.

“Hey, there they are,” Dean says cheerfully. “Kill a ghoul, get a beer.” The beer tap proudly advertises FB Beer Company (as in Family Business, Jensen’s brewery) and the names of the beers (Cosmic Cowboy and Fox Rye) are so prominent that I suspect they are actually Family Business Beers.

“I’ve got this great IPA from Austin,” Dean says, and okay, we’ve gone past the clever nod and wink and are in a full-blown advertisement, I think. Then the angel Anael/Sister Jo walks in and says “Oh, that’s a great brewery, and they have tours and a playground for the kids.” (NO, NOT REALLY.)

Sam and Cas are both stunned when Pamela walks in, neither blind nor dead, and Sam tells Dean that none of this is real. When he mentions Michael, Dean and Pamela disappear, because it’s time for the drinking-in-the-office portion of this recurring dream. They watch Dean go through the drinking and the walk-in and the monster-killing, with Dean and Pamela not remembering any of it. Sam reminds him that Pamela was blinded, and Dean gets a flashback of that event. When it ends, Dream!Pamela is blind, complete with her freaky white contacts. “You can thank Feathers here for that one,” she says, although it was actually completely her fault. He told her not to look. The music goes all slow and distorted and Sam says Pamela’s not just blind, she’s dead, and Dean flashes back to that too.

Dean fights it, but then Sam says Poughkeepsie and it all comes back. “I remember,” Dean says. “I remember everything.”

And you know I love Sam being the one to get through to him, but it’s not like Poughkeepsie is some magic spell. It’s just a code word for “drop everything and run,” and it only worked with Gadreel because it was coming from someone other than Dean. If Dean had doubted this was actually Sam, it probably would have been effective. But it wouldn’t have triggered Dean’s memories like that in this situation. I appreciate that they took the time to remind us that you can be oblivious in your own mind, inside a dream world, but that’s not what’s happening here. Gadreel created the dream world for Sam. Dean created this one on his own. And what does that say about Michael’s plan to crush Dean by forcing him to witness the horror Michael was wreaking on his world? I think it says we decided to back off from that. Because if Michael wanted Dean to witness what happened when he snapped his fingers, why would he allow him to hide in his dream bar?

Whatever. (handwave!)

So much pretty in this scene, especially Sam’s blood-splattered throat {blows a kiss to director Amanda Tapping} and Dean doing that THING with his TONGUE behind his TEETH, mmmm, yes.

Pamela disappears, and there’s a slow clap from the other side of the bar. Uh oh. Michael’s here! Dean orders him out, but Michael says he doesn’t really mean that. He says Dean only feels responsibility toward Cas because “he’s the one who gripped you tight and raised you from Perdition, or whatever,” and he does that in a robotic Castiel imitation AND I LOVE IT. He also claims Dean was happiest when Sam left for Stanford. “You don’t even like them,” he says. “They’re not your family, they’re your responsibilities. They’re a weight around your neck.” Well, that would have been more effective if you hadn’t told us in the previous episode that Dean was too squirmy because he loves Sam (and Cas and Jack and whatever but Sam).

However, Cas suddenly realizes Michael is stalling. Oooh, why would he be doing that? Maybe because it’s been 4 hours and 22 minutes since everyone left Kansas City. Maggie and her crew arrive to find Sam and Cas still hooked up to the Messed-Up Thing, unable to help defend the bunker. She tells Tiger to lock the door and instructs everyone else to get ready to shoot. I’m thinking I’d have been outside the bunker, rather than waiting to defend it until the monsters get inside, but I don’t have Maggie’s awesome leadership skills.

Inside Dean’s head, TFW figures out that Michael doesn’t have any angelic powers. No problem, he’ll crush them with his bare hands. They fight karate movie style, with one person attacking Michael at a time. In the bunker, Michael smiles happily, because inside Dean’s head, he’s winning. Oh, and the monsters are here. And Tiger didn’t lock the door because he’s a monster now, DUH MAGGIE. The monsters come in and Jack watches the hunters get pummelled and finally he puts out his hand and gets glowy yellow eyes and yells NO and they all disintegrate. But it obviously took a lot out of him.

Back to Dean’s head. Michael says they clearly haven’t thought this through, because if Dean does manage to eject him, “you’ll be nothing but blood and bone.” This stops him for a second, but then he says “then we don’t kick him out; we keep him in.” He shoves Michael into the walk-in and jams the handle. “My mind, my rules,” he says. “I got him. I’m the cage.” Oooooh!!!!

Aftermath! Maggie tells Sam that the monsters have all gone their separate ways without Michael’s control. She says she didn’t know Jack could still do angel magic, and Sam looks away in distress and says “I didn’t either.” In the kitchen, Cas is lecturing Jack, telling him that using the magic burns away his soul. Jack claims it was an accident, and Cas would have been killed. Cas says it doesn’t matter because he’s doomed anyway, remember? (NO HE DOESN’T.) He tells Jack that he’s seen what happens when you lose your soul, and it’s not pretty. (I mean, it’s very pretty. It’s sexy as hell.) Jack promises it won’t happen again. I’m pretty sure he’s lying.

In his bedroom, Dean does some angsty mirror-gazing while Michael bangs and screams inside the walk-in in his mind. “It’s just you,” he tells himself. “It’s all you.” (OH CRAP the last time Dean said “it’s all you” was right after he tried to brain Sam with a hammer and WHY DOES THIS EPISODE KEEP REMINDING ME OF DEMON!DEAN???)

Then we hear a familiar voice - it’s Billie! “I did say I’d see you again soon,” she says, and DAMN THEY REMEMBERED THAT. GOOD. She does a little “told you so,” reminding him that she warned him about the dangers of jumping between worlds. He thinks it was worth it, but oh, guess what? You know that library with all the Dean Winchester deathfic? Well, all of those books have been rewritten. Now they all end with Michael escaping and using Dean as his vessel to destroy our world. Dean asks how she even knows that, did she re-read all of them, and she says here, look at my AO3 tags, look how every single fic in this series has the exact same tags and there’s no more mauled by ghouls or death by taco or tw: cannibalism. (NO SHE DOESN’T SAY THAT.)

What she does say is there’s one story that hasn’t been written over as Michael!Dean destroys the world. She hands it to Dean and he opens it and reads it and goes from anxious to confused to horrified.

What am I supposed to do with this?

That’s up to you.

He looks at the book again and then looks up with tears in his eyes, but Billie is gone.

WELL.

None of this is okay.

(Sidebar: Someone in the writer’s room really liked Infinity War, didn’t they? The last episode had the Finger Snap of Doom, and now we’ve got Dr. Strange’s every iteration of this ends with us losing, except one, and that’s not really a good one either. Maybe next week, Ant Man will show up outside the bunker.)

Wow. Once again, I’m surprised to say I really like this. My knee-jerk reaction was that the one good ending required Dean to die. But no, he wouldn’t react that way to his own death. This is something else. This is someone else. This is something horrible happening to someone he loves. What, and who? Sam is an obvious guess. They’ve been reminding us lately that Dean loves him (IN CASE YOU FORGOT, HA HA.) And there’s Cas, but Cas has his own issues. Or Jack? They’ve been hitting us with that relationship too. Mary, even? If this something awful turns out to be the way to get rid of Mary, I’m cool with that. (Jack, not so much.)

It’s hard not to think it’s Sam, though. It’s hard to imagine Dean’s immediate reaction being such horror (and grief?) for anyone other than Sam. Someone else, he’d be angry. He’d be in denial.

I’m sure I’m wrong. They probably even spoiled it in the previews for next week. (WHICH I DID NOT WATCH. PLEASE HELP ME REMAIN UNSPOILED.)

[lefthologramdeer]

Bad Dreams and the King of Hell

Words: 1342

Warnings: curses

AN: just something I thought of when I couldn’t sleep.

"No!" Y/N screamed as she jumped out of her sleep. She was covered in a cold sweat and frantically searching for the lamp on her night stand.

She finally found the switch and turned on the light causing it to cast a shadow on the half of the bed that was empty.

Y/N hated nights when Crowley was out hunting with the boys. She never slept well and always had nightmares when he was gone.

She sat up and leaned her back against the headboard then grabbed his pillow to snuggle up to. Y/N tried to focus on her breathing as she breathed in the smell of Crowley's cologne that still lingered on the pillow.

"Damn those Winchesters!" She shouted to the empty room. She had been friends with Sam and Dean for years, longer than she and Crowley had been together, but she still cursed them every time they needed his help.

Y/N sat with her knees pulled to her chest, hugging Crowley's pillow for what felt like an eternity. When her breathing was nearly back to normal, she grabbed her phone off of the night stand.

She smiled when she saw that she had a phone call and two texts from Crowley.

Crowley: I tried calling you my love, but you did not answer. I hope you are sleeping soundly.

Crowley: We just stopped in a hotel for the night. I don't know how much longer I can't deal with Moose and Not Moose.....Let me know if you need me and I'll pop right over. I love you, my Queen.

Y/N teared up reading his words. She wanted him to pop in so bad. She wanted to feel his arms around her as she drifted off to sleep, but she also knew that she needed to learn how to be by herself when he wasn't around.

She debated on texting him back, but finally gave in.

Y/N: I was sleeping, sorry I missed your call. Hopefully they aren't giving you too much trouble. Love you too.

Y/N didn't want to include anything about her nightmare, she was still trying to forget it. And she knew that if she told him about it he would come to her rescue. She was trying to learn how to rescue herself, and she couldn't do that if he was always doing it.

Her face lit up when she saw that Crowley was typing back a response.

Crowley: If you were sleeping, why are you up now? It wasn't another nightmare was it?

Y/N frowned trying to think of a reply that wouldn't make him worry.

Y/N: Nope. Just had to pee, then i saw your texts. I'm fine.

That had to work, she thought to herself as she tried to make herself comfortable.

Crowley: Are you sure? I could be there in a second if you need me to.

Y/N started to get a little angry. She had missed him, she always did when he was gone, but did he think that she was not capable of taking care of herself?

Y/N: Positive. You help the boys then get your butt back here. I'm going back to sleep.

She put her phone back on the nightstand and shut off the lamp. She rolled over onto Crowley’s side hoping it would calm her so she could sleep.

After two hours of tossing and turning, Y/N finally fell back to sleep, the scent of Crowley left on the sheets lulling her into a calming state.

 "Crowley!" She screamed as she jumped out of her sleep again. Sweat was beading on her forehead and her hair was matted to it.

"Son of a bitch!" She shouted as she tried to catch her breath. Y/N reached for her phone on the nightstand where she left it and texted Crowley.

Y/N: Please come home. I had a nightmare again. I thought I could manage without you here but I need to see that you are okay. Please.

She threw her phone on her bed as she sat up and pulled her knees to her chest, resting her head on them.

"Are you okay my pet?" Crowley asked from the edge of the bed, causing Y/N to jump.

"You are back!" Y/N yelled, throwing the blankets off of her and jumping out of bed.

Crowley closed the distance between them and pulled Y/N into a tight hug. "Of course I'm back. You needed me."

"I'm sorry." She said as tears started filling her eyes.

Crowley chuckled and pulled her in tighter. "Never apologize for wanting me here with you."

They stood like that for a few minutes until Y/N calmed down. Crowley released Y/N from the hug and took a step back. "Do you want to talk about it?" He asked as he wiped the tears from her cheeks.

"Not really." She told him as she took his hand and guided him to their bed. "How is the hunt going?"

"It's going well. Although tweedle dee and tweedle dumb have no bloody idea what they are doing." Crowley answered as he let Y/N guide him to the bed.

"No different than any other hunt I guess." She giggled. "When do you think you'll be home officially?"

"I'm hoping tomorrow or the day after."

Y/N sighed, not liking his answer. She sat down on the bed and pulled Crowley down with her.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" He asked her when he saw the worry in Y/N's eyes.

She wrapped her arms around his middle and rested her head on his chest. "It was awful. I didn't just have one nightmare, I had two. I thought the first one was bad....the second one was terrifying." She told him as the tears started again.

Crowley squeezed her to his chest as he waited for her to continue.

"Remember what Sam went through when Gabe was messing with him? That's what happened in my dream." She cried.

"So a piano fell on me?" He asked and she nodded in response.

"A piano, then a dunk old man ran you over, then you fell in the shower. Then about a hundred more ways that you died. And I had to just stand there and watch." She sobbed into his chest.

"Shh shh, it's okay. I'm fine." He tried to calm her as he rubbed soothing circles into her back.

She allowed him to comfort her, and calmed her breathing. "The second one was worse." She whispered into his chest.

"You can tell me about it if you want." He told her.

Y/N took a deep breath and pulled back to look Crowley in his eyes. "It was scary. Every monster was coming after you. Vamps, demons, werepires, Jefferson Starships...all of them. They were all ripping you apart. I couldn't do anything to stop them." She began crying again.

"My love, I'm sorry you had to see that." He pulled her back into a hug. "But I'm okay. Those were just dreams."

"I know, and they always happen when you are away. I think it's because I'm always worried about something going wrong."

"I know how to handle myself my love." He chuckled.

"I know that. And the boys also promised me that they will protect you. I still worry though."

Crowley pulled away to hold Y/N's face in his hands. "I have an idea. What if I come home when you are going to bed and stay with you until you fall asleep?"

"That sounds great." Y/N sniffled.

"Good." He kissed her. "Now let's get you back to bed." Crowley pulled the blankets down so she could get into bed. He took his spot in bed and pulled her closer to him.

Y/N placed her head on his chest and snuggled into his side.

"I can have Juliet come stay with you while I'm gone if you'd like?" Crowley asked.

"That would be perfect." She yawned, causing Crowley to giggle.

"I've missed you." She whispered.

"I've missed you too my Queen."

Tags: @padasteph-nie @coffee-obsessed-writer @kazosa @sorenmarie87 @waywarddaughter

[perfackles]

Can an Angel of the Lord overcome temper tantrums and kids who have had too much sugar (and access to too many hammers) get the kids to sleep on time?? 

this fake babysitter’s club book was nearly titled Castiel’s First Time (babysitting) but my fingers wouldn’t let me do that 

- A note to Castiel: It ain’t babysitting if its your own kid. 

I really wish we’d had a flashback of Dean telling Castiel that they hadn’t come into the world fully-fledged hunters and had struggled as kids. Cas wouldn’t have seen that (or, so I believe/assume). It would have been a nice moment. But yay to Cas recognising his own strength. 

I’m so weak for Sam with the grief beard in the FBI suit?? Like what is this new-found kink?? It’s?? All kinds of glorious?? 

Not even slightly surprised about Lucifer/Nick/Whatever. Nor do I care. Please let him go now. 

The scene with Jack and his grandparents was one of the most awkward things I have witnessed. 

But that twist with Michael just leaving?? What?? Did anyone call that? I’m surprised, so kudos to them for actually surprising me. 

“I own you”, Michael trying to calm Dean, he knows what he likes to hear ;) 

I wondered if we were getting werepires or something happening, Dean would have liked that. 

I think 14x03 Dean and Castiel should both dress like cowboys to pretend it is for the comfort of the other. While Sam puts on his FBI suit and just slowly rotates so I can see all angles. My needs are simple.