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[minefield-of-a-ninja]

All fics are 18+ ONLY unless otherwise noted

SERIES

*at least three parts or chapters

28 Days - AU Dean Winchester x several AU SPN characters

Summary: Dean Winchester is an addict and an alcoholic, a USMC veteran, a father, and an older brother. As Battalion Chief with Lawrence Fire & Medical, Dean comes under investigation when he makes a dangerous and impulsive decision, defying his superiors and abandoning the team he is supposed to lead. He is given the choice to go to rehab for 28 days, or jail. His lawyer insists on rehab, and Dean begrudgingly abides.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Emma Winchester, Jack Kline, Victor Henriksen, Jo Harvelle, Gordon Walker, Bille, Crowley, Rowena, Missouri, Meg, Pamela, Gabriel, Lydia, Casey, Jamie, Carmen, Tessa 

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, emergency action, fire, drug use, thoughts of death and dying, teen endangerment, references to underage drug addiction and prostitution, partially told through flashbacks 

Words: 33K

Author’s notes: Inspired by the film 28 Days and following canon themes from SPN, this is a fic about Dean, a firefighter who goes to rehab, not about Dean as a firefighter.

And Then There Were Three - Winchester brothers x original female character

Summary: Natalie and Dean are in a “not serious” relationship until one night, she and Sam take a step that will change things forever.

Warnings/tags: 18+ONLY, rough sex, squirting, anal sex, butt plug, bondage, dirty talk, orgasm control, double penetration, polyamory, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 13,500

Black Tie Optional: sequel to Plus One - Dean Winchester x Vanessa (OFC)

Summary: The last time we saw Vanessa, she was swooning over Dean’s lasting impression. Now, we fast-forward a year to see what she’s up to.

Pairing: Dean Winchester x OFC Vanessa Martinelli, (eventual) Sam Winchester x OFC Emma Olsen

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, HBO RomCom bullshit

Words: 17K

Combat Baby - Dean Winchester x Jo Harvelle

Summary: canon divergent - Dean’s sweet, but Jo likes him nasty

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, rough sex, biting, dirty talk, brief name-calling, exhibitionism, role play, squirting

Words: 3,073 WORK IN PROGRESS

God Only Knows - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: One weekend, years ago, lives rent-free in both of their minds. Three-part mini-series.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, pining, clothed sex, couch sex, hungover sex, fluff, roomies to lovers, idiots in love

Words: 5,500

If We Make It Through December - Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum

Summary: Donna is horrified to learn that the boys have never had a proper Christmas, so she invites them to her house for the holiday.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Donna Hanscum, Sam Winchester, Jody Mills, Claire Novak, Kaia Nieves, Patience Turner, Alex Jones

Warnings/tags: there was no rebar, 18+ ONLY, fluff, light angst, domesticity, holiday celebrations

Words: 12K

The Kinda Girl You Like - Winchester brothers x original female character

Summary: After Sam reveals to Sofie his sub that he likes to watch, she decides that they should act on it. Then he tells her what exactly it is that he likes to watch…

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sub-sharing, bondage, rimming, the jockey is my favorite sex position, dirty talk, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 6,500

Leaving Heaven - Dean Winchester x Taziana Smith (OFC)

Summary: Tazi is a bounty hunter of mostly human things. She isn’t firmly seated in the supernatural world, but she’s familiar enough that she’s recruited by an old friend of John Winchester’s to capture and deliver a brief acquaintance of her own.

Characters: MOC/Knight of Hell/Demon Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Crowley, Lee Webb, original characters

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, brief dub-con, mentions of the foster system, references to past rape, commiserating over childhood trauma, threats of sexual violence

Words: 16,500 WORK IN PROGRESS

The Mud On Your Boots - Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum 

Summary: Dean and Donna finally give in.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, dirty talk, fluff, consent is sexy, period sex, fisting, blood as lube, shower sex

Words: 8k (permanent hiatus)

Plus One - Dean Winchester x Vanessa (OFC)

Summary: Vanessa hates weddings until she meets a handsome stranger who agrees to help her mix things up for the night.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, fingery things, squirting, and Dean has no refractory period bc this is fic

Words: 9,600

Pretty Reckless - MOC Dean Winchester x pre-slayer Faith Lehane

Summary: AU where s10 Dean stumbles upon another hunter so much like himself. When their connection grows inexplicably stronger, they find an answer they never thought existed.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Faith Lehane, Sam Winchester, Castiel, Crowley, Cain

Warnings/tags: 19+, rough sex, prostate massage, magical bond

Words: 15K

Run Me Like A River - AU Dean Winchester x AU Jessica Jones

Summary: AU wherein Jessica Jones is super-powered by gov’t experiments to create elite soldiers, the Winchesters are military officers in humanity’s War Against Evil, and they have all gone AWOL from their assigned roles. Dean and Jess embark on a relationship that ends abruptly and explosively until Dean calls her for help on a very personal case.

Characters: Jessica Jones, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Arthur Ketch, Malcolm is Jess’s cat 

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, major character death, unhealthy relationship dynamics, bondage, rough sex, anal sex, ptsd

Words: 14K

Seasons - Dean Winchester x unnamed female character

Summary: She is his safe haven, untouched by anything else or anyone. 

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, canon divergent - no Cassie or Lisa, non-linear storytelling, four seasons, angst, hurt/comfort, references non-con unprotected sex, loss of a pregnancy

Words: 12K

Temporary Scars - Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum x Benny Lafitte

Warnings/tags: 18+, Angst, Donna has intimacy issues, Dean’s the sweetest, self-sabotage, sort of established relationship, Benny’s swoony as fuck, Dean’s in love, polyamory, pregnancy kink

Words: 4,500 (permanent hiatus)

Unopened At Your Feet - AU Sam Winchester x female narrator, AU Dean Winchester x female narrator

Summary: This is the story of how I broke my own heart.

Characters: Female Narrator, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Becky Rosen, Meg Masters, Benny Lafitte

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, weed-smoking, canon-compliant date-rape/roofie (Becky), love triangle

Words: 12,470 WORK IN PROGRESS

Where Is My Shiny Gun? -  Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum (voyeur Sam Winchester)

Summary: canon divergent - Sam finds himself in a quandary when he realizes he has feelings for Donna by way of the obvious mutual attraction between her and Dean.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, Sam is kinky, Dean is adorable, so is Donna, Dean likes to give Donna massages, Sam directing while masturbating, brief spanking + breast slapping, brief knife play - no blood, W*ncest adjacent

Word Count: 7,800

ONE-SHOTS

A Fight For Love & Glory - Winchesters x you (female)

Summary: You’re struck by sex pollen, so Sam and Dean agree to help you out.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sex pollen, feelings of guilt, ass play, dirty talk, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 2K

Bad Girls Underneath -  Ruby 2.0 x Dean Winchester x Jo Harvelle

Summary: Ruby and Jojo get hit by a sex curse again; this time, they need Dean’s help.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, magical-dick/male-gaze bullshit, probably too much commentary and emotional complication, why am I like this, I’m sorry, sometimes I can’t help myself, fisting, brief choking

Words: 2,600

Cactus - Dean Winchester x Meg Masters x Castiel

Summary: Post-battle, exhausted and wanting, Dean and Meg and Cas take care of each other.

Warnings/Tags: 18+ ONLY, dreamlike sex, a little choking, Dean’s always hungry

Words: 3,200

Caveat Emptor - Dean Winchester x original female character

Summary: Gabriela Cruz invests in a Victorian mansion in the middle of America where the rule of Buyer Beware is absolute. When her twin sister goes missing, a couple of federal agents show up. Lucky for Gabi, Dean and Sam Winchester are on the case.

Characters: Gabriela Cruz, Camila Cruz, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Ed Zeddmore, Harry Spangler

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, language, mentions death of family members, cursed object, mentions of blood + gore, sarcasm, twin dynamics, explicit sex

Words: 4,600

Crazy On You – Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: You’ve had a shitty day, but this beautiful, unfamiliar boy will make it all better.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, Impala Sex, there’s a knife but not in a bloody way

Words: 4K

Crossroads and Bound - Dean Winchester x female demon reader

Summary: He agreed to this.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, femdom, Dean’s tied to a chair, wearing a cock ring, face sitting, things might get a little rough, but it’s all in good fun, squirting

Words: 2,250

The Curve Of Your Pretty Gown - Dean Winchester x female reader

Request: Hey hon! Ok, so it’s my birthday today, so maybe a story about Dean surprising me/ the reader by turning up unannounced to wish me/the reader a ‘happy birthday’ and there’s lots of smut ❤️

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, a little angst

Words: 2,200

Deep - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Dean shows you more about pleasure than ‘deep’.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, Dean being perfect, sensual massage, Dean being the best lay ever, biting, Dean being a fairytale prince, the jockey is my favorite sexual position, try it, it’s amazing, talking during sex, gratuitous use of terms of endearment bc it’s Dean

Words: 3K

Discord and Rhyme - Knight of Hell/Demon Dean x female reader

Summary: He’s on the prowl.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, rough anal sex, crying during sex, blood during sex, there’s a lot of purple prose and excessive descriptions of taste and smell here, sexual coercion, dirty talk

Words: 1,750

Ennui - Knight of Hell/Demon Dean x unnamed female character

Anonymous Prompt: “I really want demon dean stalking someone but I don’t know how to do that with consent? But guh just the thought of him.

Characters: Knight of Hell/Demon Dean Winchester x unnamed female character

Tags/warnings: 18+ only; this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester; stalking; exhibitionism; voyeurism; dirty talk; horny on aisle 3; fuck it, we ball

Words: 2,400

Equilibrium - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: They have balance.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, established relationship, cock warming

Words: 1,400

Get Down, Make Love - Winchester brothers x original female character

Summary: Steph decides to cut loose and push the envelope with her favorite fellow hunters.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, hot tubbing, drunk sex (consensual), dirty talk, mfm spitroast, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 3,200

Hark and Hush - Purgatory Dean x wolf spirit in a female body

Summary: This is the story of how Dean Winchester hunted, became enamored with, and slew the ancient spirit of the Big Bad Wolf.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, stalking, blood, gore, rough sex, character death

Words: 2,200

Hide Your Love Away – Dean Winchester x female hunter reader

Summary: Mutual hunters seek comfort for a night and a lifetime of memories.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, ass play

Words: 3,600

His Sword - Michael/Dean x female prostitute

Summary: Michael takes some time to remind Dean who’s in control.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, edge play, bondage, knife play, blood play, choking, rough sex, name-calling, character death

Words: 2,300

Just My Imagination - Dean Winchester x female Zanna

Summary: After Mary leaves the boys a second time, Dean needs a reset, or to blow off some steam – something. He heads out on a snowy evening the night before Christmas and finds just the right thing.

Warnings/tags: mature, Hallmark channel fuckery

Words: 2,800

One Night Only (23 in 1) - Dean Winchester x Mila (original female character)

Summary: While on a job in the middle of America, Dean enjoys a rigorous night of mutual gratification with a local art student.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, ass play, shower sex, dirty talk

Words: 5,500

River - Dean Winchester x Ty (Original male character), Dean x Benny implied

Summary: It’s Dean’s first winter after sending Benny back to Purgatory.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, implied underage prostitution, semi-public sex

Words: 1,600

Rules Are Rules - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Dean hasn’t been himself lately. The Mark has seen to that.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, hand around the throat, rough sex, squirting

Words: 2,400

Shattered Like A Stone - Demon Dean Winchester x original female character

Summary: The Mark is demanding, and the demon in Dean can’t deny it any more than he can deny her; it just might get everything it wants tonight.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, rough sex, bondage, multiple object insertion, suicidal ideation, darkfic, self-destruction, bloody sex, sadism and masochism, anal sex, Jameson as lube, spit as lube, face fucking, Daddy as title, misogynist language, choking, strangulation, assisted suicide

Words: 6,800

Some Stranger’s Hand - 2009 Dean Winchester x 2014 Risa (The End)

Summary: He lost everything.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, plush pink pillow lips for my Eloise

Words: 1,700

Spark, Flicker, Blaze - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Somewhere along the line, her life became something she didn’t like. On her 35th birthday, she makes a decision to change all of that.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, overly descriptive orgasms, Dean’s the best birthday present ever

Words: 2,200

Stuff & Thangs That Are Awesome… And Not Awesome - Dean Winchester x female character (1st person POV)

*TWD Crossover

Prompt(s): 1) Dean has been arrested twice for indecent exposure – once was in a grocery store. 2) Jensen or Dean x Reader, a small public place, he pins you to the wall, covers your mouth and fucks you. 

Characters: Dean Winchester, Bobby Singer, Rick Grimes, Shane Walsh

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, Rick Grimes eye-fucking, Shane Walsh having a pissing contest with a young, cocky Dean Winchester

Words: 1,300

Supernova - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Since Dean’s had the Mark and the Blade, he’s pulled away from you, afraid of hurting you. You miss him, and you’ve had it. One night you push him to the edge.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, bondage, blood play, biting, bruising, knifeplay, rough sex, dubcon/mindfuck

Words: 2,500

Triptych - Dean Winchester x bisexual female couple

Summary: Dean’s on a case and meets two beautiful women. One of them is recently divorced, and the new couple invites Dean to help them kick off their new life together.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sex toy, Dean’s real good at sex

Words: 4,700

Wait Till My Brother Gets Home - Winchester brothers x female reader

Summary: She wants to lose control.

Warnings/tags: 18+ Only, rough sex, hair pulling, mfm spit roast, bruising and chafing during sex, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 2,450

When We Fall Then We’ll Know Each Other - Dean Winchester x Benny Lafitte (voyeur Castiel)

Prompt: “There’s nothing wrong with women, but a woman can’t hold you down and fuck you like I can.” 

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, cum and spit as lube, anal sex, voyeurism

Words: 1,400

QUICK AND DIRTY

*1K words or less

Barbed Wire Carnival - Choose your own Winchester

Summary: Absence of feeling.

Warnings/tags: mature, angst, dark descriptions

Words: 300

Brimstone - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: He’s exactly what she wants.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY surprise, bitch

Words: 450

Bring It On Home - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Let’s pretend Dean wouldn’t be terrified to welcome love into his life.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, established relationship, comfort, fluff, handsy Dean

Words: 1K

Communion - Dean Winchester x female reader

prompt: Fluffy dean or Jensen smoking weed plz, ty

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, marijuana use

Words: 1K

Crash Through The Surface - Dean Winchester x Jasen (original male character)

Summary: Dean remembers his First.

Warnings/tags: mature, bi-sexual Dean, references to prostitution

Words: 800

Custard Pie - Dean Winchester x female reader

Prompt: Dean/OFC based on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Custard Pie.’

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY oral sex

Words: 800

Drag You To The Shore - Dean Winchester x GN reader

Prompt: Dean Winchester settled in between someone’s legs on the bed. Like his back to their chest, their legs wrapped around him, heels keeping his thighs open while they jerk him off, explicit but soft vibes.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY

Words: 800

Fall Away Into - Dean Winchester x Ruby 2.0 x female reader (voyeur Sam Winchester)

Prompt: “Dean x reader x Ruby 2.0 with Sam watching from the corner.”

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY drug-induced sex, OOC Dean, mff spit roast, use of the word bitch during sex, rough sex, hate sex, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 530

Foxholes - Annie Hawkins x Bobby Singer/Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

Summary: Annie recalls time spent with each man and what their facial hair told her about them.

Warnings/tags: mature language and references to sexual activity

Words: 349

The Gazelle - AU Dean Winchester x AU Benny Lafitte x female reader

Summary: They aim to please.

Warnings/tags: mature, power exchange, Denny apparent

Words: 1K

The Good Slayer - Dean Winchester x Faith Lehane

Prompt: Dean and our girl Faith. (This is a sequel of sorts for Pretty Reckless.)

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, talking during sex

Words: 800

Hollow - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

prompt: Would anyone be willing to write something with Dean [or Jensen] x reader to the song Love on the Brain by Rihanna

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, dirty talk, rough sex, angst

Words: 1K

I’ll Keep Them Still - Dean Winchester x Jo Harvelle

Summary: Dean remembers promises and pictures in his mind. And he remembers her.

Warnings/tags: mature, songfic, angst, dream/afterlife sequences, purple prose, I’m sorry

Words: 1K

Just One More Peaceful Day - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

Prompt: angsty Dean with the line “I can still remember just the way you taste” from the song “It’s been a while” by Staind

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, blood play, knife play, mentions of addiction

Words: 700

Laissez Les Bons Temp Rouler -  Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: He’s got a dirty mouth when he’s drunk. 

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, dirty talk, a dirty public bathroom during Mardi Gras

Words: 600

Lifting the Veil - Choose Your Own Winchester

Summary: You’ve been missing something of paramount importance - until now.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, infidelity, squirting

Words: 1K

Mind Blown - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Mind-blowing orgasms can sometimes be literal.

Warnings/tags: mature, transient global amnesia after sex, dirty talk

Words: 560

Nihilism - Knight of Hell/Demon Dean x female reader

Prompt: Can you tell me about the morning after going several rounds with Dean he rolls over in bed and adjusts the covers, causing you to forget your shift to be his good girl a couple more times?

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother's Dean Winchester, name-calling, rough sex, nihilistic themes, Knight of Hell Dean, fantasies of being fucked to death? Idk it’s one of mine, might as well be yours, you’re female AFAB in this scenario

Words: 800

One For Tomorrow, One Just For Today - Dean Winchester x female reader

Prompt: before leaving on a hunt, Dean sings “Love Me Two Times” to his lady.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLT, Dean can actually sing, and he does it during sex

Words: 660

The Prerogative To Have A Little Fun - Donna Hanscum x Jody Mills x Winchester brothers (kinda)

Prompt: Donna’s visiting Jody for the weekend and the boys swing by on their way home from a hunt. Dean mows the lawn, Sam fixes a leaky shower head, Dean makes dinner, and they both do the dishes. Meanwhile, the ladies sit back and enjoy the domestic display.

Warnings/tags: mature, men doing manly things, inspired by Shania Twain’s song “Man! I Feel Like A Woman”, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 1K

Recompense - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Dean is sorry for hurting the ones he loves.

Warnings/tags: mature, angst, Dean saying hurtful things then trying to make up for it

Words: 500

Scream - Dean Winchester x past-female reader

Summary: Dean tells us the real reason he loves “All Saint’s Day” as much as he does.

Warnings/tags: mature, references to coming untouched, getting turned on by scary movies

Words: 320

Soft Cell - Dean Winchester + teenage female

Prompt: Dean + reader dancing in the bunker

Warnings/tags: one F-bomb bc Dean

Words: 720

Through The White Night - AU Dean Winchester x original female character

Summary: 18th Century matrimony isn’t as simple as it is today.

Warnings/tags: mentions of wall sex and finger-y things

Words: 560

Wish - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: You want it to be love – but it isn’t. You want him – but you can’t have him. 

Warnings/tags: mature, sepia-toned angst ™ @boondoctorwho

Words: 765

With Pleasured Hands - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: He’s got secrets she has yet to uncover

Warnings/tags: mature

Words: 500

[thoughtslikeaminefield]

Just got to read Chpt 2 of 28 days and it’s Beautiful. You’ve made every one of these characters I know and love fit seamlessly into their new rolls and I couldn’t be more excited to read on. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for taking the time to message me! I'm so glad you're enjoying it, and I hope you continue to do so!

If you're reading this and you haven't read 28 Days, take a peek and lmk what you think!

28 Days - AU Dean Winchester x several AU SPN characters

Summary: Dean Winchester is an addict and an alcoholic, a USMC veteran, a father, and an older brother. As Battalion Chief with Lawrence Fire & Medical, Dean comes under investigation when he makes a dangerous and impulsive decision, defying his superiors and abandoning the team he is supposed to lead. He is given the choice to go to rehab for 28 days or jail. His lawyer insists on rehab, and Dean begrudgingly abides.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Emma Winchester, Jack Kline, Meg Masters, Billie, Pamela Barnes, Missouri Moseley, Gabriel, Lydia, Casey, Bobby Singer, Castiel, Jo Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Crowley, Rowena, Tessa, Victor Henriksen, Nick Iblis (Lucifer), Zeke Gadreel, Constance Welsh

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sexually explicit, dubious consent, emergency action, fire, drug use, angst, thoughts of death and dying, flashbacks, teen endangerment, references to underage drug addiction and prostitution, drug and alcohol withdrawal, Dean Winchester goes to therapy

Words: 33K (epilogue to come)

Author’s notes: Inspired by the film 28 Days and following canon themes from SPN, this is a fic about Dean, a firefighter who goes to rehab, not about Dean as a firefighter.

[overnightheartbeats]

Diego Powell — Connections *to be updated

Family

Father - Stephen Powell

Mother - Pamela Powell Reeves

Older Brother - Luke Powell 

Romantic

Diego x Isla (with @/ chingcna)

Platonic/Friendships

Diego x Kim (with @/ ruinedsoulsrp)

It’s Complicated

Diego x Tessa (with @/ cursivebloodlines)

[nickelkeep]

SPN Femslash February Master Post

Thank you to everyone who liked, reblogged, kudoed and commented on my stories this month. My confidence has skyrocketed, and I feel like I’m back on my way to being the writer I was before FF.net tore me down.

If you want to just see the series I put together, it’s available on AO3 here. Otherwise, you can see the full list below!

#1 – Time after Time – Favorite ship – Jody x Donna Rating: G Jody is having a rare night alone at home. It's something that she normally enjoys, but she's finding herself rather lonely for once.

#2 – Silver and Sunset – Sunset – Jody x Donna Rating: G Jody and Donna get to spend some time together at Donna's place, away from the girls, their jobs, and most of all hunting... right?

#3 – Fire and Brimstone – Favorite ship with an antagonist(s) – Lilith x Ruby Rating: Explicit TW: Dubious Consent, Consensual Non-Consent Ruby has been captured by Lilith's Minions. How far will Lilith go to get the information she needs?

#4 – Sage and Luck – Magic – Rowena x Charlie Rating: G Charlie and Rowena are helping the brothers with a case when Charlie hits a dead end and a headache. Rowena offers her assistance. #5 – Treble and Ink – Alternate Universe – Pamela x Charlie Rating: G A new shop has moved in across the street from Charlie's Comic Book shop. Dean convinces her to go check it out. 

#6 – Cypress and Pomegranates – Favorite ship with a woman of color – Billie x Rowena Rating: G Spoiler Warnings for Season 14 Rowena has been looking for an answer to Dean's problem. Frustrated at a lack of a solution, she lashes out.

#7 – Secrets and Flowers – Flowers – Jody x Donna Rating: G Donna suggests that Jody picks up Gardening as a hobby. She agrees, but only because Donna says that she'll pick out the flowers for the garden. Donna picks out a unique grouping of flowers that Jody gets to decode.

#8 – Push and Pull – Lyrics inspired – Jody x Donna Rating: Teen Jody and Donna take a rare girl's night out to a dance club. Jody isn't the biggest fan of dancing, until Donna shows her why she should be.

#9 – Emerald and Gold – Favorite ship with a character that’s only been in one episode – Charlie x Dorothy Rating: Teen Warning: Canon-Typical Violence After the War in Oz, Charlie volunteered to go capture her ID. She figured that it wouldn't be a walk in the park, but what happened was anything but expected.

#10 – Lightning and Bottles – Storm – Charlie x Dorothy Rating: G Charlie experiences her first storm in Oz, and Dorothy teaches her a little bit about the weather. #11 – Pride and Revelation – Pride – Charlie x Dorothy Rating: G Charlie is in love with her roommate, Dorothy, but the feeling isn't mutual. Things get a little weird when Dorothy asks if she can tag along to Pride.

#12 – Sight and Circumstance – Favorite ship with a reaper(s) – Tessa x Pamela Rating: Teen TW: Attempted Non-Con Every Reaper is Assigned a Medium. That Medium helps the Reaper with difficult souls that don't want to cross. In return, the Reaper protects the Medium. Pamela will always remember how she met her medium. 

#13 – Lipstick and Liquor – Longing – Claire x Kaia Rating: Teen TW: Alcohol Use/Abuse It's been almost a year since Kaia's death and Claire is still missing her and longing for her.

#14 – Leftovers and Valentines – Valentine’s Day – Jody x Donna Rating: Teen Donna doesn't like the fact that she's alone for Valentine's Day, but won't admit it. So she covers by working a Double so others can have the day off. #15 – Hunter and Witch –  An unusual couple – Mary x Rowena Rating: G Mary doesn't like how close her boys are to Rowena. She doesn't understand why it gets under her skin, until the witch starts to get under hers.

#16 – Before and Always – Favorite OT3 or OT+ – Charlie x Dorothy x Gilda Rating: G Charlie finds out that her two best friends are dating. While they're explaining what's going on, Charlie reminisces about their past.

#17 – Timing and Opportunities – Inspired by a quote – Jody x Donna Rating: G Donna never realized that Jody would change her life in such a way. Donna's memories of how she and Jody went from Friends to Lovers.

#18 – Poppies and Mahonia – Free Day – Charlie x Dorothy Rating: G More Tales from Charlie and Dorothy's time in Oz. Dorothy finds Charlie's curiosity adorable and explains how some of things work in Oz.

#19 – Serpents and Grace – Favorite ship with an angel(s) – Anna x Ruby Rating: G Anna is approached by a demon with information that the Angels should have. The introduction to questioning her superiors is a lesson she didn't expect.

#20 – Crimson and Cracks – Red – Charlie x Rowena Rating: G Rowena is holding the rift open for the Winchesters to come back from the Alternate Universe. The last thing she expects is to see the face that has been haunting her dreams. #21 – Visits and Bribes – “They’ve never met but that doesn’t stop me from shipping them.” – Charlie x Pamela Rating: Teen Dean, Sam, and Charlie have hit a roadblock on their case. Charlie suggests calling in the medium that the brothers knows. They do, but the medium needs a little persuasion to make the trip.

#22 – File and Agency – Crossover – Charlie x Scully (X-Files) Rating: Explicit Agent Scully is stuck on desk duty when another FBI agent comes in demanding what should be an unknown file.

#23 – Judge and Executioner – Favorite ship with a demon(s) – Anna x Ruby Rating: G Anna continues to meet with the demon who provided information about the start of the apocalypse. Continuation of Serpents and Grace

#24 – Run and Gun – Power couple – Jody x Donna Rating: Teen Jody and Donna are lounging around when Sam calls them and asks them to take on a hunt.

#25 – Stars and Wishes – Favorite ship with a hunter(s) – Charlie x Dorothy Rating: G More tales from Charlie's time in Oz with Dorothy #26 – Magic and Technology – Opposites attract – Charlie x Rowena Rating: G Rowena is brought to the Men of Letters Bunker for help translating a spell. She meets Charlie for the first time, and they don't exactly see eye to eye.

#27 – Salt and Burn – Favorite ship with one of the Wayward Sisters – Jody x Donna Rating: G A quick snippet in to how Jody and Donna work on a hunt together.

#28 – Death and Taxes – Free Day –  Anna x Ruby Rating: G Third Part of the Serpents and Grace story. Anna and the Demon continue meeting, and consequences catch up to them.

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March 12, 2022

4x15: Death Takes a Holiday

Written by: Jeremy Carver

Directed by: Steve Boyum

Original air date: March 12, 2009

Plot Synopsis:

Sam and Dean try to find out why people in a small town are having near death experiences with alarming frequency by going into the spirit world.

Features:

Dean holding a grudge, flooredbythelord.com, demons kidnapping a reaper, astral projection, Tessa the Reaper, Sam and Dean being taught how to punch by a ten year old ghost, the true Alastair vessel, reaping the reapers, the death of Pamela Barnes.

My Thoughts:

I’m gonna make this one quick because it’s nearly midnight and I want to go to bed!

Reapers were SO cool in the early seasons. I miss when they had to literally go into the veil and skirt dying to talk to them. None of this “they can act like people” nonsense of season 9 when that one slept with Cas for no reason.

I LOVE Alastair as a villain. This actor went so much harder than he had to and it pays off big time. He’s creepy without being camp and just inhuman enough to feel unsettling whenever he’s on screen. The directing supports it really well too, always using angles that are just slightly off from what we’re used to to build in the unease.

Cas at the end is everything. I love season 4 Cas, he’s still so mysterious. I love watching him start to learn disobedience from Dean.

If I was more awake I think I’d have way more to say but this is just a great episode!

Notable Lines:

“I mean, you and me, we're like the poster boys of the unnatural order. All we do is ditch death.”

“You know, I've done things. Horrible things. And someone upstairs still decided to give me a second chance.”

“You made an exception for me.” “You’re different.”

“That's the big secret. We're all scared.”

Laura’s (completely subjective) Episode Rating: 9.7

IMdB Rating: 8.7

In Conclusion: I wish Cas would pop into more scenes with great one liners, deliver a ton of homoerotic longing, and then disappear again.

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January's New Releases

2021 told 2020 to hold it's beer and what a month January has been! Publishing YA also came out swinging with a slew of new books (many already bestsellers) in what we hope will be another banner year for BIPOC stories. Click below to find books for your TBR list. 

Week of January 5th

The Life I’m In by Sharon G. Flake Scholastic Inc

My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block wondering why I can’t find my old self.

In The Skin I’m In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka’s life miserable, Char.

Now in Sharon Flake’s latest and unflinching novel, The Life I’m In, we follow Charlese Jones, who, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully. Turned out of the only home she has known, Char boards a bus to nowhere where she is lured into the dangerous web of human trafficking. Much is revealed behind the complex system of men who take advantage of vulnerable teens in the underbelly of society. While Char might be frightened, she remains strong and determined to bring herself and her fellow victims out of the dark and back into the light, reminding us why compassion is a powerful cure to the ills of the world.

Sharon Flake’s bestselling, Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel The Skin I’m In was a game changer when it was first published more than twenty years ago. It redefined young adult literature by presenting characters, voices, and real-world experiences that had not been fully seen. Now Flake offers readers another timely and radical story of a girl on the brink and how her choices will lead her to either fall, or fly. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant Balzer + Bray

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she’s a true leading lady is in her own writing—in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend and #1 devoted reader.

When Tessa is accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, she’s excited to finally let her stories shine. But when she goes to her first workshop, the words are just…gone. Fortunately, Caroline has a solution: Tessa just needs to find some inspiration in a real-life love story of her own. And she’s ready with a list of romance novel-inspired steps to a happily ever after. Nico, the brooding artist who looks like he walked out of one of Tessa’s stories, is cast as the perfect Prince Charming.

But as Tessa checks each item off Caroline’s list, she gets further and further away from herself. She risks losing everything she cares about—including the surprising bond she develops with sweet Sam, who lives across the street. She’s well on her way to having her own real-life love story, but is it the one she wants, after all?

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite Inkyard Press

ISN’T BEING HUMAN ENOUGH? When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered. Perfect. Angelic.

One of the good ones.

Even as the phrase rings wrong in her mind–why are only certain people deemed worthy to be missed?–Happi and her sister Genny embark on a journey to honor Kezi in their own way, using an heirloom copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book as their guide. But there’s a twist to Kezi’s story that no one could’ve ever expected–one that will change everything all over again.

Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis Inkyard Press

If Romeo and Juliet got the Hamilton treatment…who would play the leads? This vividly funny, honest, and charming romantic novel by Dana L. Davis is the story of a girl who thinks she has what it takes…and the world thinks so, too.

Jerzie Jhames will do anything to land the lead role in Broadway’s hottest new show, Roman and Jewel, a Romeo and Juliet inspired hip-hopera featuring a diverse cast and modern twists on the play. But her hopes are crushed when she learns mega-star Cinny won the lead…and Jerzie is her understudy.

Falling for male lead Zeppelin Reid is a terrible idea–especially once Jerzie learns Cinny wants him for herself. Star-crossed love always ends badly. But when a video of Jerzie and Zepp practicing goes viral and the entire world weighs in on who should play Jewel, Jerzie learns that while the price of fame is high, friendship, family, and love are priceless.

The Awakening of Malcom X by Ilyasah Shabazz & Tiffany D. Jackson Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)

In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken — emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X.

Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X’s young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X: A Novel, it can be read as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights.

When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris HarperCollins

When you look like us—brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades—people think you’re trouble. No one looks twice at a missing black girl from the projects because she must’ve brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister, Nicole, got too caught up with her boyfriend—a drug dealer—and his friends.

But she’s been gone too long now.

If I hadn’t hung up on her that night, she’d be spending time with our grandma. If I was a better brother, she’d be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list. It’s time to step up and do what the Newport News police department won’t.

Week of January 12th

Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne Crown Books for Young Readers

She looks me hard in my eyes & my knees lock into tree trunks My eyes don’t dance like my heartbeat racing They stare straight back hot daggers. I remember things will never be the same. I remember things.

With gritty and heartbreaking honesty, Mahogany L. Browne delivers a novel-in-verse about broken promises, fast rumors, and when growing up means growing apart from your best friend.

The Meet-Cute Project by Rhiannon Richardson Simon & Schuster

Mia’s friends love rom-coms. Mia hates them. They’re silly, contrived, and not at all realistic. Besides, there are more important things to worry about—like how to handle living with her bridezilla sister, Sam, who’s never appreciated Mia, and surviving junior year juggling every school club offered and acing all of her classes.

So when Mia is tasked with finding a date to her sister’s wedding, her options are practically nonexistent.

Mia’s friends, however, have an idea. It’s a little crazy, a little out there, and a lot inspired by the movies they love that Mia begrudgingly watches too.

Mia just needs a meet-cute.

Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) by Angie Thomas Balzer + Bray

If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad’s in prison.

Life’s not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mav’s got everything under control.

Until, that is, Maverick finds out he’s a father.

Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it’s not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he’s expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he’s different.

When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can’t just walk away. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He’ll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.

Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink Feiwel and Friends

Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of WEB. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals.

Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family’s financial situation is in turmoil. Also, as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington, she believes, through education and tolerance, that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict.

Though they’ve attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can’t turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon.

But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are.

Week of January 19th

Thirty Talks Weird Love by Alessandra Narváez Varela Cinco Puntos Press

Out of nowhere, a lady comes up to Anamaría and says she’s her, from the future. But Anamaría’s thirteen, she knows better than to talk to some weirdo stranger. Girls need to be careful, especially in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico—it’s the 90’s and fear is overtaking her beloved city as cases of kidnapped girls and women become alarmingly common. This thirty-year-old “future” lady doesn’t seem to be dangerous but she won’t stop bothering her, switching between cheesy Hallmark advice about being kind to yourself, and some mysterious talk about saving a girl.

Anamaría definitely doesn’t need any saving, she’s doing just fine. She works hard at her strict, grade-obsessed middle school—so hard that she hardly gets any sleep; so hard that the stress makes her snap not just at mean girls but even her own (few) friends; so hard that when she does sleep she dreams about dying—but she just wants to do the best she can so she can grow up to be successful. Maybe Thirty’s right, maybe she’s not supposed to be so exhausted with her life, but how can she ask for help when her city is mourning the much bigger tragedy of its stolen girls?

This thought-provoking, moving verse novel will lead adult and young adult readers alike to vital discussions on important topics—like dealing with depression and how to recognize this in yourself and others—through the accessible voice of a thirteen-year-old girl.

Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall Atheneum/Dlouhy

Things can change in a second:

The second Frankie Green gets that scholarship letter, he has his ticket out of Jamaica.

The second his longtime crush, Leah, asks him on a date, he’s in trouble.

The second his father gets shot, suddenly nothing else matters.

And the second Frankie joins his uncle’s gang in exchange for paying for his father’s medical bills, there’s no going back…or is there?

As Frankie does things he never thought he’d be capable of, he’s forced to confront the truth of the family and future he was born into—and the ones he wants to build for himself.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Dutton Books for Young Readers

“That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?”

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.

If I Tell You the Truth by Jasmin Kaur HarperCollins

Told in prose, poetry, and illustration, this heartrending story weaves Kiran’s and Sahaara’s timelines together, showing a teenage Kiran and, later, her high school–aged daughter, Sahaara.

Kiran is a young Punjabi Sikh woman who becomes pregnant after being sexually assaulted by her fiancé’s brother. When her fiancé and family don’t believe her, she flees her home in India to Canada, where she plans to raise the child as a single mother. For Kiran, living undocumented means constant anxiety over finances, work, safety, and whether she’ll be deported back to the dangers that await her in Punjab.

Eighteen years later, Kiran’s daughter, Sahaara, is desperate to help her mother, who has been arrested and is facing deportation. In the aftermath, Kiran reveals the truth about Sahaara’s conception. Horrified, Sahaara encourages Kiran to speak out against the man who raped her—who’s now a popular political figure in Punjab. Sahaara must find the best way to support her mother while also dealing with the revelation about her parents.

We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya #2) by Hafsah Faizal Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The battle on Sharr is over. The dark forest has fallen. Altair may be captive, but Zafira, Nasir, and Kifah are bound for Sultan’s Keep, determined to finish the plan he set in motion: restoring the hearts of the Sisters of Old to the minarets of each caliphate, and finally returning magic to all of Arawiya. But they are low on resources and allies alike, and the kingdom teems with fear of the Lion of the Night’s return.

As the zumra plots to overthrow the kingdom’s darkest threat, Nasir fights to command the magic in his blood. He must learn to hone his power into a weapon, to wield not only against the Lion but against his father, trapped under the Lion’s control. Zafira battles a very different darkness festering in her through her bond with the Jawarat—a darkness that hums with voices, pushing her to the brink of her sanity and to the edge of a chaos she dare not unleash. In spite of the darkness enclosing ever faster, Nasir and Zafira find themselves falling into a love they can’t stand to lose…but time is running out to achieve their ends, and if order is to be restored, drastic sacrifices will have to be made.

Lush and striking, hopeful and devastating, We Free the Stars is the masterful conclusion to the Sands of Arawiya duology by New York Times–bestselling author Hafsah Faizal.

Week of January 26th

Written in Starlight (Woven in Moonlight #2) by Isabel Ibañez Page Street Kids

If the jungle wants you, it will have you…

Catalina Quiroga is a Condesa without a country. She’s lost the Inkasisa throne, the loyalty of her people, and her best friend. Banished to the perilous Yanu Jungle, Catalina knows her chances of survival are slim, but that won’t stop her from trying to escape. It’s her duty to reclaim the throne.

When Manuel, the son of her former general, rescues Catalina from a jaguar, a plan forms. Deep in the jungle, the city of gold is hidden, home to the fierce Illari people, who she could strike an alliance with.

But the elusive Illari are fighting a battle of their own—a mysterious blight is corrupting the jungle, laying waste to everything they hold dear. As a seer, Catalina should be able to help, but her ability to read the future in the stars is as feeble as her survival instincts. While searching for the Illari, Catalina must reckon with her duty and her heart to find her true calling, which could be the key to stopping the corruption before it destroys the jungle completely.

The Knockout by Sajni Patel Flux

If seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar is going to alienate herself from the entire Indian community, she might as well do it gloriously. She’s landed the chance of a lifetime, an invitation to the US Muay Thai Open, which could lead to a spot on the first-ever Olympic team. If only her sport wasn’t seen as something too rough for girls, something she’s afraid to share with anyone outside of her family. Despite pleasing her parents, exceling at school, and making plans to get her family out of debt, Kareena’s never felt quite Indian enough, and her training is only making it worse.

Which is inconvenient, since she’s starting to fall for Amit Patel, who just might be the world’s most perfect Indian. Admitting her feelings for Amit will cost Kareena more than just her pride–she’ll have to face his parents’ disapproval, battle her own insecurities, and remain focused for the big fight. Kareena’s bid for the Olympics could very well make history–if she has the courage to go for it.

Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony #1) by J. Elle Denene Millner Books/Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

“Make a way out of no way” is just the way of life for Rue. But when her mother is shot dead on her doorstep, life for her and her younger sister changes forever. Rue’s taken from her neighborhood by the father she never knew, forced to leave her little sister behind, and whisked away to Ghizon—a hidden island of magic wielders.

Rue is the only half-god, half-human there, where leaders protect their magical powers at all costs and thrive on human suffering. Miserable and desperate to see her sister on the anniversary of their mother’s death, Rue breaks Ghizon’s sacred Do Not Leave Law and returns to Houston, only to discover that Black kids are being forced into crime and violence. And her sister, Tasha, is in danger of falling sway to the very forces that claimed their mother’s life.

Worse still, evidence mounts that the evil plaguing East Row is the same one that lurks in Ghizon—an evil that will stop at nothing until it has stolen everything from her and everyone she loves. Rue must embrace her true identity and wield the full magnitude of her ancestors’ power to save her neighborhood before the gods burn it to the ground.

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I typically do Twin Peaks takes, but since Supernatural has been parasitically living off a major artery of mine since November 5th, I’ve decided to vent and list (some of) the things I wanted from the show but never got because reasons, musings, and headcanons. Some of these would require major rewrites to the overall show. I don’t take that as a net loss. Some of these takes may have been addressed at some point, but there are so many episodes and I haven’t even see all them, so bear with me. Possible edits and add-ons may occur:

The Roadhouse never gets burned down. The culture and community of the hunters gets a larger focus. Where do they all get their supplies for summoning spells, healing, protection spells, etc? I guess a normal grocery store or new age store, but how cool would it be if there some sort of underground hunters’ farmers’ market?

Hunters that practice magic regularly and for reasons other than hunting.

More hunters like the doctor in season 6 that specialize in medicine, maybe supernatural ailments too. There are cures for getting turned into vampires and werewolves (under certain circumstances). Could there be other cures for different monsters?

More psychic mediums like Missouri. Or just more Missouri. 

It’s implied that physics are naturally gifted, but what if normal people could also develop those skills? What if one of the brothers dips their toes in conducting seances and divination?

Hunters like Frank, who are more tech-based. Exploring divides in hunters that like traditional methods vs modern ones.

Maybe a more nuanced look at hunting? It’s interesting how pretty much every hunter we’ve met got into it because of some tragedy in life, which is fine, but I’m curious how many do it because that’s just the world they know. They’re not exactly in it for heroics or revenge, but simply because they’re familiar with this supernatural world and interact with it as such?

We learn Meg’s real name and what the hell was up with her relation to Azazel. And the guy that was apparently his son and her brother. Were they literally Azazel’s kids, or were they just very loyal to him to garner those titles?

More time with Ellen and Jo before they end up dying (or just don’t die at all... That could be nice).

You know that season 6 episode where Balthazar stops the Titanic from sinking, and it starts a domino affect alternate timeline where Ellen never died and married Bobby? That, but no alternate timeline. It’s just part of the show. Because it would be cute and they’d make a great Ma and Pop duo.

Ellen wasn’t surprised when she met Sam and Dean, so she must have known about them when she met John years ago. Was she aware of the life they lived? Did she ever have any concern, especially after her husband died and she forbid Jo from ever hunting?

How many hunters met the Winchesters and witnessed the absolutely screwed up situation going on and either shook their heads or thought there was absolutely nothing wrong?

More Pamela.

Rufus doesn’t die.

Lisa and Ben STAY.

Garth and Kevin Dream Team.

Garth, Kevin, AND Charlie.

All the above STAY AROUND AND ALIVE.

Claire gets a bigger role and sticks around for more seasons.

Ben decides he wants to hunt, but Dean disapproves, so he and Claire team up.

Anna stays. Not as a love interest to Dean, but a foil to Cas. His pushy and rude big sister that wants him to Chill TF Out. 

Jo x Charlie. I will not elaborate.

No angel-on-angel romance. I swear to god. The writers revoked that right when they had them keep calling each other brother and sister.

Tessa doesn’t die.

Reapers aren’t angels.

Tessa is the one reaper the brothers ever meet and interact with, so I like to think that, because of their important place in the Grand Plan, Death trusts her with the task of reaping them.

Tessa appreciates this, but really, Really wishes he picked someone else.

Turns out Death assigned her this task specifically because of her sardonic attitude towards the brothers. 

Rufus was Jewish, so are there any Jewish-specific spells and incantations that could be used on demons and ghosts?

Speaking of which, Dean uses some Yiddish and Hebrew phrases, stuff that’s fairly unlikely for a gentile to know (he says “dayenu” at one point), and he’s an aggressively non-religious character at that (also Sam doesn’t make any Jewish references, as far as I know). This could be accredited to a ton of things: John dumped him at a Jewish friend’s house when he was kid, Bobby picked it up from Rufus and Dean got it from Bobby, a past girlfriend was Jewish, etc.

Or, some of these characters still die, but they get more screen time and better plots.

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The End: extraordinary true stories that inspired right-to-die comedy drama

by: Frances Whiting, News Corp Australia Network for Geelong Advertiser

Writing confronting new comedy-drama series The End took Samantha Strauss back to her own beginnings.

Back to Queensland’s Gold Coast and its shimmering light; back to her childhood home with E Street actor Marcus Graham smouldering from posters on her bedroom walls; back to her ballet shoes, tied with pink ribbon, and back to a family story that has whispered in her ear for decades.

The End — produced for Foxtel by See Saw Films, the team behind award-winning films The King’s Speech and Lion, plus television series Top of The Lake — is an exploration of how we live, die, and all the messy business that goes on in between.

Back to her beginning for The End, screenwriter Sam Strauss. Picture: David Swift

It centres on young palliative care doctor Kate Brennan (Frances O’Connor), a woman devoted to prolonging her patients’ lives as long as possible.

Kate’s mother Edie Henley (Dame Harriet Walter), however, has other ideas. Following decades of unhappiness, and an unwelcome discovery about her late husband’s fidelity, Edie decides to take her own life.

The attempt is unsuccessful, messy and distressing so Kate — living on the Gold Coast, having long ago fled the small pocket of England where Edie still resides — decides to bring her mother to Australia.

Moving Edie to a five star, Gold Coast retirement village, despite its manicured gardens and aqua aerobics classes proves, not unlike Edie’s unsuccessful suicide attempt, both messy and distressing for both women.

But like the light that dances over the Gold Coast’s sweeping beaches just before dawn and dusk — a light locals know as the “magic hour” — it is also the start of something equally magical.

For Strauss, increasingly in demand as a scriptwriter and producer, and the co-creator of the hit Australian teen drama series Dance Academy, writing The End, was, in part, her own family’s story. It was also a springboard to the ongoing debate about the right to live – and die – as we want to.

“I grew up in Southport on the Gold Coast,” Strauss, now 40, says from her home in Sydney.

“So filming there was a homecoming of sorts for me.

“I moved back in with my parents for a time, it was great, I got my washing done and food cooked, it was heaven,” Strauss laughs.

“I loved filming there. It’s been a mission of mine to show the Gold Coast in its true beauty, I don’t think there’s ever been a show that’s done that, stripped away all the glitz, to go into its Hinterland, and its quieter places, and of course its beautiful light, that magic hour.

“We did one incredible scene with 100 nude extras at dawn at Currumbin Beach,” Strauss laughs, “and I think what we all really enjoyed was filming at a retirement village in Hope Island, where we used the residents as cast members, and they were absolutely wonderful.”

Strauss’s love letter to the Gold Coast opens with a harrowing scene of Edie’s botched suicide attempt thousands of kilometres away at her home in England, a scene that has its origins in Strauss’s own family history.

“I had a grandmother whose husband died by suicide and she had also gone through cancer and all sorts of things.

“She had been living in New South Wales, and my family were on the Gold Coast, so she moved there to live in a retirement village.

“She was 80, and she had this incredible brain, and artist’s soul, and when she first arrived she was not happy, she wore brown dresses and was sort of all hunched over.

“I remember my mother and father were worried about her, and my mother said, ‘We need to treat this place like high school and get her into the cool group’,” Strauss laughs.

“Not the Queen Bee set, no, but the naughty ones, the rebels. Mum bought a round of drinks for everyone, there was a great restaurant there and quite a party scene, and away she went.”

Six months after her arrival, Strauss chuckles, her grandmother had swapped her shapeless, brown shifts for bright red dresses, was dancing on table tops, and had acquired both a zippy new car and a best friend named Pamela.

Pamela is delightfully played in the series by beloved Australian actress Noni Hazelhurst, who viewers first meet when she greets Edie with a Welcome basket and a cheeky “We’ve got champagne, we’ve got gin, we’ve got Xanax …”

Strauss shows a nuanced understanding of the rhythm of retirement homes like Emerald Fields; beneath the table top dancing there are stories of loves lost and longing; of lives well lived and otherwise, and raw, honest exchanges on declining health and approaching death.

This is because Strauss herself became a part of that rhythm, moving in with her grandmother at her retirement village, where the kindling for The End was first found among its Zimmer frames and zumba classes.

“ I was in that strange place where I was a bit lost,” Strauss remembers.

“I had just finished my film degree (at the Gold Coast’s Bond University) and she had a spare bedroom, so I moved in with her for a while.

“I really liked all the conversations I had there, one 80-year-old woman told me how she had worn out her vibrator, and I liked the idea that you can change your attitude at the very end.

Life and soul … Noni Hazelhurst plays the sassy Pamela. Picture: supplied

“I liked the idea that you can grow old in a way that is fun and not depressing.

“Obviously where my grandmother lived was a very nice place, but I like that it felt like a time of not withering away, but growing.

“There’s a scene where Edie puts a torch under her chin and says ‘I’m a glow worm, watch me glow,’ and that’s what it felt like for us watching our grandmother just sort of blossom again there.”

Strauss says it was also a time of reflection among the residents, including her grandmother, on dying.

“Some of them went to workshops on how to end their lives, they followed (euthanasia advocate) Philip Nitschke, and they were very clear on what they wanted, as was my grandmother.

“When it was the time of her choosing to go, she wanted a glass of whiskey and a Nembutal and that was her plan.”

Instead Strauss’s grandmother’s cancer returned and she died soon after the diagnosis.

“I always had that discussion with her on how she wanted it to be.

“My father is a doctor and death and the right to have a say in your own death has always been a very open discussion in my family. Dying with dignity is something many people believe in and want to happen, as is palliative care, and I have enormous respect for palliative care nurses and doctors.

The right-to-die debate is brought into focus in The End by Brooke Satchwell, who plays one of Kate’s patients. Picture: supplied

“I wanted to show both points of view with The End, and a lot of it is about this hard stuff, but I hope it’s done with a lens that finds the humanity in it, in the idea that whenever things seem impossible, there is light as well.”

Strauss has had experience with that too, turning a very dark time in her own life into light when at just 18 years old, and a promising ballet dancer, she broke her back.

“I had danced all my life, and was pretty determined to make it my career.

“I danced for about 50 hours a week in a hot tin shed in Bundall (a Gold Coast Suburb) with these truly terrifying teachers who would just yell at you.

“There was no nurturing and it was hard for my sensitive, writer’s soul, but I loved it.”

Then, Strauss says, one day during an outdoors training session, an instructor “pushed me too hard” and she broke a vertebrae in her back, shattering both her movement and her dreams.

“Basically I lay on a couch for a year, in between X Rays and treatment, and I can see now I was probably depressed, while my parents looked after me. They were totally there for me, and it can’t have been easy.”

But Strauss’s couch time was not wasted; she read obsessively, escaping to other worlds when her own seemed so hopeless.

Sam Strauss relied on her own experiences to create The End. Picture: Mark Taylor

“I read this book called Alex, the story of an Olympic swimmer by the New Zealand author called Tessa Duder. Because I could relate to it, that book saved me,” Strauss says emphatically.

In the book the title character is an athlete who must rise above personal tragedy to achieve her dreams; and somewhere in its pages, Strauss too found the strength to get off the couch and chase hers.

“My mum made me get off the couch, actually,” Strauss laughs, “but reading all those stories made me realise I wanted to be a part of that, to be someone who told stories too, and so I enrolled at Bond to do a film degree.”

One of Strauss’s first assignments at university was to write a short film. She set hers in a retirement village, and so the first flickers of what would become The End were born.

Like the series she would one day create about it, Strauss too, has come full circle.

The End debuts on Foxtel on February 2. Sunday, only in The Binge Guide: exclusive interview with The End’s Harriet Walters and Frances O’Connor.

credits: Geelong Advertiser Australia

[queen-of-deans-booty]

Death Takes a Holiday- Part 4

Pairing: Dean x Reader

Word Count: 1,851

Warnings: typical supernatural violence, language, angst, blood, you know the usual

Author’s Note: I do not own anything from Supernatural. All credit goes to their respective owners. Any and all comments on these are appreciated. I really want to hear what you guys think about this one!

Feedback is the glue that holds my writing together.

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After a long and painful process, Cole got you up to speed about everything there is to know. Before it was too late, you three headed down to the funeral home only to discover it was covered in demonic symbols. The living walked past, not noticing the symbols at all. The walls of the funeral home are covered in glowing blue diagrams, mostly six-sided figures, some in circles and some in squares, all with lines through them and squiggles inside the triangles thus formed.

“This looks like New Jack City. Can nobody can see this?” Dean asked.

“Maybe it's demon invisible ink. Only see it in the veil,” you shrugged.

“Any idea what it's for?”

“Only one way to find out,” you said before walking inside the home. Going around the stairs, you didn’t find anything out of the ordinary until you came to the main room where you saw a demon guarding two reapers inside an eight-pointed star with squiggles on each point. Inside the star was Tessa and another reaper.

“Dude check me out,” Dean whispers before walking to the man. After the first few steps, he flickered away only to reappear behind the man. He tapped him on his shoulder, only to punch him in the face, knocking him down. Dean flickered away so when the man stood up, he didn’t see anyone standing there. Until suddenly Sam appeared and got in a punch only for you to appear right next to him, punching him in the jaw. Dean appeared, and the demon began crawling away in pain behind a coffin on the dais.

“You know, this ghost thing, it's, it's kind of rad,” Dean chuckled. Out of the blue, another man, presumably a demon, came out from behind the curtain carrying a chain, clearly in pain. The first demon jumped over the coffin and out of the way just as the second demon pulls the chains tight, hooking it onto a candle stand.

“This is iron,” you groaned, knowing it would do some damage if you touched it. From across the room, an older man walked into the room before smirking.

“Boys, lady, find the place okay?” he asked as his eyes turned white. Alastair. After turning them back to normal, he walked up to the chain but didn’t touch it. One demon handed him a shotgun which he cocked it. Pointing it at Dean, he shot him causing him to disintegrate.

“Dean!”

“Rock salt's not so much fun anymore, is it?” the demon laughed as Dean reappeared.

“Alastair. You bastard.”

“Well, go on. Why don't you try some of your mojo on me now, hotshot?” he smirked at Sam. “It's hard to get it up when you're not wearing your meat, huh?”

“Go to hell,” Sam growled.

“Ah, if only I could,” he said as he walked away to the reapers. “But they just keep sending me back up to this arctic shithole.”

“To kill death?” you asked.

“No, to kill death twice. It takes two to break a seal. I figured another one would show up, though. They're like lemmings,” he chuckled as he cocked the shotgun before shooting Sam. Just like Dean, he disintegrated into nothing, and Alastair walked back up to the chains.

“By the way, it's, uh, good to see you again, Dean. Y/N.”

“You can shoot us all you want, but you can't kill us,” Dean growled just as Sam appeared with his arms wrapped around his torso.

“Ah, is that so?” he asked just as he shot you, turning you to dust. Pain surrounded your body for the time you spent gone until you reappeared, and then the pain died down.

“Pamela,” you whispered, hoping she was alright. The demon laughed before grabbing a scythe, turning it over in his hands as he waited for midnight to come.

“Anywho... Moon's in the right spot. The board is set. Let's get started, shall we?”

“You're gonna kill a reaper with that? It's little on the nose, don't you think?” Dean asked, trying to stall.

“Is it? An old friend lent it to me. You know, he doesn't really ride a pale horse? But he does have three amigos, and they're just jonesing for the apocalypse,” he explained as he knelt by the old man reaper. “It pays to have friends in low places,” Alastair grabbed the demon by the collar and hauled him up, putting the scythe behind his neck. “Don’t you think?”

“Hic cruor messorius, illud sigillum, quod luciferem reverendum obstringit, aperiat ut resurgat!” Alastair sliced the reapers neck, killing him instantly. As soon as that happened, a blue-white light shone, causing you to shield your eyes. The demon lowered the reaper to the floor before walking over to Tessa and grabbing her, doing the exact same thing to her.

Sam nudged you and Dean before looking at the chandelier above the trap. Getting his drift, you started to concentrate on the chandelier so you could drop it to the floor and either hurt Alastair, or free Tessa. Alastair began the spell again, and you stared at the chandelier before it broke, dropping to the ground and scratching the trap which freed Tessa.

She flickered away only to appear by the chains. Removing them, you smirked at Alastair before flickering away yourself. Reappearing outside of the funeral home, you didn’t notice Sam with you.

“Where's your brother?”

“We’ll go find him, you get out of here,” Dean said and she didn’t argue with that. Quickly leaving the scene of the crime, you walked all over town before entering an alleyway. Sam was nowhere to be seen, and as soon as you passed another building, you heard his voice again.

“You can't run,” Alastair smirked, “Dean, Y/N. Not from me.”

The demon made advancements to you and Dean, but before he could get to you, bolts of lightning struck him, and when they were gone so was the demon.

“What the hell was that? What happened?” you asked.

“I happened,” the angel’s gruff voice said from behind you. “You, Dean, and Sam just saved a seal. We captured Alastair. Y/N, this was a victory.”

“Well, no thanks to you,” Dean scoffed.

“What makes you say that?”

“Were you here the whole time?”

“Enough of it.”

“Well, thanks for your help with the rock salt,” you glared.

“That script on the funeral home—we couldn't penetrate it.”

“That was angel proofing?”

“Why do you think I recruited you, Dean, and Sam in the first place?”

“What do you mean you recruited us?”

“That wasn't your father Bobby who called, Y/N. It wasn't Bobby who told Sam about the seal.”

“That was you?” Dean asked, surprised.

“If you want our help, why the hell didn't you just ask?”

“Because whatever I ask, you seem to do the exact opposite.”

“So, what now, huh? The people in this town, they just gonna start dying again?” you asked.

“Yes.”

“These are good people. What, you think you can make a few exceptions?”

“To everything there is a season.”

“You made an exception for me, for Y/N,” Dean sighed.

“You're both different,” he said right before you heard a flap of wings, and Castiel was gone. As soon as he was gone, Tessa appeared.

“Dean? Y/N? I could use your help.”

“With what?” you asked.

Seeing Cole’s mother cry over her dead son made your heart break. When Tessa brought you and Dean over to his house, you knew Cole had to move on. His mother was in so much pain.

“Hey, Cole,” Tessa said, making the young boy swiftly turn around. He looked at you with pained eyes.

“You promised,” he sniffled. Walking over to Cole, you bent down to his level before staring into his eyes.

“Don’t you see how unhappy she is?”

“That's why I want to stay with her.”

“As long as she feels you around, she’ll be in pain because she can’t let go. Because you can’t let her go.”

“Why won't anybody tell me what's on the other side?”

“Because I don’t know what’s on the other side. No one does but going there is a hell of a lot better than staying over here.”

“Why?” he grew even more sad.

“Because one day you’re still going to be here, and she won’t, and they’ll be nothing left for you here. It’s okay to be scared.”

“I’m not scared,” he sniffled as he stepped back from you. Standing up, you sighed and looked at Dean for some help.

“We're all scared. That's the big secret. We're all scared.”

“Aren’t you two coming?”

“It’s not our time, but I'm sure I'll be there sooner than you think,” Dean answered. Cole looked back at his mom before going over to Tessa. He hugged her, and she used her powers to bring him to the other side. As soon as he was gone, his mother didn’t look so sad anymore.

“Look out for that boy,” Dean said once you joined him.

“Look out for yourself, Dean. Both of you.”

“What do you mean?” you asked.

“The angels have something good in store for both of you. A second chance. Really? 'Cause I'm pretty sure, deep down, you both know something nasty's coming down the road. Trust your instincts, Dean, Y/N. There's no such thing as miracles.”

“What are you saying?” you asked, but she vanished without another word. Looking at Dean, you didn’t know whether to believe her or not just as your world got ripped from you. One moment you were in Cole’s house, the next you were gasping awake on the bed in the motel room. Dean wasn’t that far behind. Looking at Sam and Pamela, you noticed blood coming out of her abdomen as she sipped a drink.

“What happened?” you asked as you got up.

“Dean, where’s Tessa?” Sam asked.

“No, I can help you, I can heal you,” you got tears at this.

“Stop,” Pamela said in a stern voice.

“You don't deserve this,” you sniffled.

“Yeah, I don't. I told you I didn't want anything to do with this. Do me a favor? Tell that bastard Bobby Singer to go to hell for ever introducing me to you three in the first place,” she coughed, clearly in pain.

“Take it easy, Pamela. If it's any consolation, you're going to a better place,” Dean tried to help.

“You’re lying, but what the hell, right? Everybody's got to go some time,” she sighed before beckoning Sam closer to her. When he got close enough, he began whispering in his ear. Whatever she said, it freaked him out because he was wide-eyed and trembling.

He pulled away as soon as she started coughing again. She leaned back on the headboard of Sam’s bed just as a trickle of blood ran out of her mouth. She became still after that, and you knew Tessa had reaped her soul.

“Pamela!” Dean yelled, but her head only lolled to the side.

“What did she say to you?” you asked Sam, but he only looked away. “Samuel Winchester, what did she say to you?!”

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Us, July 8

Cover: Bombshell Scientology Lawsuit -- Leah Remini, Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley 

Page 1: First Look -- Elisabeth Moss 

Page 2: Red Carpet -- lovely in lavender -- Sofia Carson, Sanaa Lathan, Ava Duvernay, Emilia Clarke

Page 3: Maren Morris, Natalia Dyer, Brie Larson, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Meagan Good 

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Chloe Grace Moretz vs. Olivia Wilde, Nicole Kidman vs. Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner vs. Bella Thorne 

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Kumail Nanjiani, Eva Longoria, Keegan-Michael Key, Diplo, Melissa McCarthy on Lizzo 

Page 8: Contents

Page 10: Hot Pics -- BET Awards -- Lizzo, Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X, Rihanna and Cardi B 

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Page 18: LGBTQ Pride -- Lisa Vanderpump, Halle Berry honors Alison Moed, Taylor Swift and Todrick Hall 

Page 19: Heidi Klum, Tituss Burgess, Jonathan Van Ness, Evan Rachel Wood 

Page 20: Hollywood dudes love pampering too -- James Franco, Patrick Dempsey and Jillian Dempsey, Will Smith, Jason Behr, Billy Porter 

Page 23: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Kendall Jenner, Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Alba, Ewan McGregor 

Page 24: Hollywood Dads -- John Legend 

Page 26: Love Lives -- Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell are getting married 

Page 28: Ciara and Russell Wilson coordinate their outfits, Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson’s marriage is four decades strong, Pamela Anderson and Adil Rami’s date nights are for relaxing 

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[thoughtslikeaminefield]

This is gonna be a rough one! Always love your writing 💕

Thank you for reading and giving feedback! It will be a bumpy ride, but I hope it will be cathartic. This is an important story for me to tell!

28 Days

Summary: Dean Winchester is an addict and an alcoholic, a USMC veteran, a father, and an older brother. As Battalion Chief with Lawrence Fire & Medical, Dean comes under investigation when he makes a dangerous and impulsive decision, defying his superiors and abandoning the team he is supposed to lead. He is given the choice to go to rehab for 28 days, or jail. His lawyer insists on rehab, and Dean begrudgingly abides.

Characters/pairings: Dean Winchester x Casey/Jamie/Carmen/Tessa (more to be added), Sam Winchester, Jack Kline, Victor Henriksen, Jo Harvelle, Gordon Walker, Bille, Crowley, Rowena, Missouri, Meg, Pamela, Gabriel (more to be added)

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sexually explicit, emergency action, fire, drug use, thoughts of death and dying, teen endangerment, references to underage drug addiction and prostitution (more to be added)

Author’s notes: Inspired by the film 28 Days and following canon themes from SPN, this is a fic about Dean, a firefighter who goes to rehab, not about Dean as a firefighter.

[nickelkeep]

Sight and Circumstance

Pamela’s first visitor came when she was four. It was her grandmother, a few days after she had died. Pamela didn’t understand death, so she didn’t say goodbye to her grandmother, and she thought her beloved Nonna was just there to play.

It wasn’t until another figure came up and tapped Nonna on the shoulder and told her to say goodbye to Pamela, that she knew that it was the last time she would see her grandmother. Nonna looked at her granddaughter, told her to be brave, that she had an angel watching her, and held her arms out for a hug. Pamela hugged her Nonna tightly and promised that she wouldn’t cry.

Pamela’s parents didn’t believe her at first. She was four, and children always had imaginary friends. But when they changed frequently from Nonna, to a young man who was killed in a car accident, to a young boy who had lost his fight with cancer, they started to become wary of her.

There was no solace from her family when her visitors and visions became more frequent. They would call her names like freak and monster. They would force her to church and confession. The Pastor did an exorcism to rid her of the demons that possessed her. Modern medicine did nothing for her.

She ran away for the first time at 16. A spirit had come to her, a young girl who was looking for her mom. The little girl hadn’t realized that she died, and Pamela took the time to comfort her and help her accept that she was going to Heaven. A reaper had come to take the little girl, and they were so kind to her, but it didn’t help the heartbreak that Pamela was feeling. That little girl was loved, she was going to be missed, and she was taken away too soon. If she died, her parents would be relieved. After the reaper left, she ran around her room in a frenzy, packing clothes and necessities into her school bag. She told her mom she was going to the library to study, not that her mother paid her mind, and left.

Pamela had made it to the next town over before any issues came up. There had never been any reason for her to come to this town, so she figured it would be a clever place to hide for the evening before she kept running. What she didn’t expect were the two guys that followed her in their pickup truck.

As the truck rumbled up next to her, the guy driving whistled at her. “Hello there gorgeous. Need a lift?”

“Nope. Almost to my aunt’s house.”

“Really?” The other guy in the passenger seat leaned forward and over. “You sure about that?”

“Yep. Just a few more blocks and I’m there.” Pamela squared her shoulders to appear more confident.

The guys looked at her and then looked at each other. The passenger guy continued his taunting. “See, there’s no homes up ahead. Just a few warehouses and businesses.”

The driver leaned out of his window further as his passenger slid back to his side of the truck. “How about you hop on in the back. You’re clearly lost pretty thing.”

Pamela heard a car door opening. As soon as she heard the door close, she attempted to bolt, but the driver had grabbed her arm as she had turned around. The passenger had sprinted around the truck to grab her. She screamed, but she knew it would be useless. The guys had called her bluff and they were in an area of town that was scarcely populated.

The driver was getting out of his truck when lightning struck a nearby pole. The guys froze while Pamela tried to escape from the passenger guy’s arms.

“Let her go.” A silky voice whipped through the air, and another woman was standing where there hadn’t been one previously. She was light and lithe, but a fierceness emanated from her, intimidating the guys tormenting Pamela.

“This ain’t your business lady.” Driver guy spoke up, his chin jutted out in defiance. “We’re just taking her home.”

Lightning struck again as the woman walked closer, and she pulled a scythe out from behind her back. “Do not, make me tell you again.”

The guy holding Pamela let her go and ran past his friend, diving into the truck. The driver backed up slowly and got in, before slamming his door shut and gunning it out of the area.

Pamela had collapsed from fear and shock as the other woman walked up to her. “Pamela? Are you ok?” She offered her hand down, which Pamela hesitantly took.

“Do I know you?”

The woman looked at herself and smiled. It was kind and soft, much like the rest of her face. While her presence before had been large and intimidating, she wasn’t much taller than Pamela. “Not in this form you don’t.” She emitted a small laugh, which caused Pamela’s heart to skip a beat.

“Not in this form?” Pamela parroted back, her confusion evident. Even though she should probably be terrified, she found herself oddly at ease. “You take other forms?”

“You could say that. But I much prefer this one.” The woman let go of Pamela’s hand and carded her fingers through her short black hair before pulling gently at the leather jacket she was wearing. “I’m your Reaper, Pamela.”

“My what?” Pamela backed up slowly. “Are you going to kill me?”

The Reaper held up her finger. “That sounded more impressive and explanatory in my head. May I start over?”

Pamela nodded vigorously. “I would prefer that actually.”

“I am a Reaper. I am assigned to you. You are my Medium.”

It suddenly clicked. “You helped the little girl today.”

“Yes, and every other spirit you talk to. I help ferry them across. You’re the one who convinces them that it’s time to go.”

“What’s your name?”

“I have many names. Some you can’t pronounce, some you can. Recently? I’ve been Tessa.”

“So, Tessa. Are you like a Guardian Angel?”

“Nope. Reaper.” She swung her scythe around again. “Angels have the big fluffy wings and answer to the man upstairs.”

“And you answer to? Satan?”

Tessa scoffed. “No. Death is their own entity. Angels asked us to protect mediums, since you work closely with the spirits that won’t go home.” She smiled softly at Pamela. “And you, Pamela, as I mentioned before, are my medium. I won’t let anything happen to you.” She paused. “I’m sorry I upset you earlier that you ran.”

“You didn’t upset me.”

“Did your interaction with the little girl upset you?”

“It wasn’t me talking with her that upset me.” Pamela pulled at a string on her hoodie. “It was me comparing myself to her.”

“You don’t believe that anyone will miss you if you left.”

Pamela fought back tears. “Am I wrong? You’ve been with me for how long Tessa?” Pamela paused, waiting for an answer. “How long?”

“Since your power manifested.”

“So, when you’re with me, you’ve seen how I’ve been treated. You’ve seen what they’ve done to me.” Pamela let the tears fall freely, not bothering to wipe them away. “You know I’m not crazy. But my own family has put me through exorcisms. They’ve tried to lock me away. I’ve been on how many medications since I was 8?” She heatedly stared Tessa in the eye. “Look at me and tell me that they would miss me.”

Tessa closed the small gap between them and gently caressed Pamela’s cheek. “I would miss you if something ever happened to you.” She leaned up and softly kissed Pamela’s forehead. “Let’s get you home. I will be there more for you, so you know you have someone who cares about you.” Tessa reluctantly stopped touching Pamela’s cheek to take her hand, before whispering the words to return them home.

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[archived-deadpoolxandxfriends]

I am weak...

And added some more muses to my roster.

I now have the following open for plotting and threads (the latest muses I’ve added are in bold):

Betsy Braddock/Psylocke - Marvel/X-Men

Bucky Barnes/the Winter Soldier - Marvel/The Avengers

Clint Barton/Hawkeye - Marvel/The Avengers

Dean Winchester - Supernatural

Delphine Lasalle - Atomic Blonde

Finn - Star Wars

Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk - Marvel/The Avengers

Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman - Marvel/The Avengers

Jessica Jones - Marvel/Defenders

Jock Brannigan - OC (no bio yet but I can tell you anything you need to know about him)

Minerva McGonagall - Harry Potter

Mystique - Marvel/X-Men

Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy - DC

Rowena Mitchell - OC (no bio yet but I can tell you anything you need to know about her)

Steve Rogers/Captain America - Marvel/The Avengers

Ted Tonks - Harry Potter

Tessa Reece - OC

Thor Odinson - Marvel/The Avengers

Tommy Shepherd/Speed - Marvel/Young Avengers

Wade Wilson/Deadpool - Marvel/X-Men

[durenjtmusings]

The Great SPN Meta Scavenger Hunt: Round 2  - The Exclamatories, Expletives and Key Words/Phrases Listicle

(or TL;DR - “Suck as it may, our perky nipples are defcon screwed with signs of douchery, so shut your cakehole, you whackjob, before I make your posh spice ass have a code brown moment and use you for an angel condom. Asshat.”)

[No abstract here because writing them is hard and f*ck that sh*t it is 4 am.]

Introduction:

Thanks to @elizabethrobertajones​ for kickstarting my “SPN Character Voice Database” project with this challenge. The verbal creativity and qualities of each character’s “voice’ has always been one of the things that has greatly entertained me about Supernatural. So, in attempting to write SPN fanfic, I am pretty obsessed about making character’s dialogue *sound* right. @chiisana-sukima​  and I were chatting recently about our struggles to 'write’ the boys swearing convincingly (I make then swear lamely and she has to take swears out) and BOTH of us are struggling with making Sam swear right (tip – turns out, that’s because he doesn’t very much). [I think this is the presenting problem or sorta the research question, but again, 4 am and not getting paid so ;P]

In the spirit of scientific investigation, I have begun to address this problem in a typically “academic” way – I collected and analyzed unique character language patterns data for all 12 of the initial SPN episodes (using Excel and everything). Analysis consisted of *highly subjective* qualitative and quantitative methodologies using the rubric below (thanks to @k-vichan​ for the rubric framework from their “Dean the Action Hero” entry)

Review of Existing Research:

As far as I know – this research is unique in fandom – if someone has already done this, PLEASE let me know so I can do something ELSE with my time.

Definitions of Key Terms:

Exclamatory – ‘throw-away’ words which, if removed from the sentence, have no real effect – they are there for punctuation, character flavor, etc. and often start or end a sentence. Includes ‘pet words’ for people like son, boy, douche, Giraffe, etc. For my purposes, I did NOT count ah, well, alright or OK, because EVERYONE USES THEM ALL THE TIME in this show. Some words counted in this category ONLY if they were NOT used ‘correctly’ in context – examples (correct usage in brackets):  Hell (the place), God (the person/entity), hey (to get you to turn around), c’mon (to get you to come with someone) and man (to indicate a male person).

Expletive – swears, substitute swears and blasphemes (technically all exclamatories, but in a class by themselves). These were casually assigned ‘strength’ by how much I got in trouble for saying them when a kid (words like friggin’ were counted for strength as if they were the swear they replaced). We were not a religious family so blasphemes were all counted as lamer than more scatological swears.

Key Words and Phrases – Crack stuff said by characters that ‘define their voice’ – things that make them uniquely them. Fun phrases and sayings. Includes innocuous stuff like “Seriously?”, “You’ve gotta be kidding me,” and chick. Sometimes a colloquialism was counted, like ‘ain’t been’ because it seemed unique to the character. NOTE: Cas is a special case here – his entries tended to be overly formal words no one else ever really says OR cases where he starts to use human idioms at ALL.

Method:

Re-watched all initial episodes over the course of 5 days and recorded all entries in the above 3 categories by character, with extras grouped as a block. Then grouped all recurring characters of note in a “friends and family” group for easier analysis, creating 4 main groups: Dean, Sam, F&F and Xtras. These four groups were then analyzed in the following categories and assigned scores by one completely biased reviewer.

Quantity - actual # of items recorded across ALL characters. Repetitions were counted individually.

Variety - (scale of 1-5) measures how unique and interesting items are for this episode, as well as ‘strength’ of expletives.

Originality - 5 points per item that made me chuckle or raised my eyebrow the 1st time I watched the episode

Sam vs Dean - % of Sam items to Dean items as an integer. Sam hardly swears, so we want to give him lots of credit for when he DOES do so. This also serves as a measure of ‘balance’ in verbal creativity for the episode.

Family & Friends - (scale of 1-5) QVO (see above) across other core characters (+1 bonus point if Cas had ANY)

Xtras - (scale of 0-5) QVO across any Xtras

Impress me – 5 points per character whose performance REALLY stood out to me (purely subjective, don’t argue with the researcher)

Controlling for Bias: @chiisana-sukima and I also discussed how the writer for each episode had a lot to do with language, so we’ve included that data in the results. Other items that may affect the data include a) how much silence there was built into the script, b) how MANY characters appeared in the episode, and c) how plot affected the character (Demon!Dean, Demon!Bobby, Leviathan!Cas, dead-hallucination Bobby-in-Sam’s-head, etc.). For my purposes, if they LOOKED and tried to ACT like the character, their words were categorized for that character. But, essentially, I didn’t sweat this stuff and did whatever I wanted, because no one is paying me, so there.

Results:

SO – no surprise this is stupidly long and full of illustrative screencaps. Read below the cut for the Fun stuff! {Oh, and pre-emptively: “Screw you, my math is perfect.”}

1.1 Pilot (Kripke)

Dean: Whoa; easy tiger, are you kidding me?; hell, gig, dude, not bad, scored (got); do some digging (research), cakehole, check it out, c'mon, I betcha, here's the deal; dude, took a swan dive, "what the...", I'm super, chick, what a bitch (she is), I don't get it, no chick flick moments, bitch, hey man, dude, five-o, take off, crap, boobs, nice work (well done), saved your ass, screwed up, shag ass, whatever, helluva,

Sam: crap, hell, hey, c'mon, the damn thing, working overtime on a Millertime shift; man, dean; jim, jack and jose; I swear, man; kinda, hey, genius (deprecating), hey, jerk, hell, we got work to do.

F&F: John –hell, (sports reference) ; Mary - oh my God

Xtras: hell, smartass, hell, Hell

Quantity – 60    

Variety – 4    

Originality – 20  [cakehole; no chick flick moments; working overtime on a Millertime shift; jim, jack and jose]

Sam vs Dean – 18/35  or 51

Family & Friends – 1

Xtras – 1

Impress me – 10 [Dean, of course, made a strong first impression in this pilot episode, but comparatively this is one of Sam’s strongest episodes as well.]

          Total = 142

2.1 In My Time of Dying (Kripke)

Dean: man, c'mon, gimme, thank god, screw you, c'mon, lay some mojo on me, c'mon, what the hell kinda, hey, frickin', man, dude, full on Swazy'd that mother. What the…, get the hell away, now what?, sorta, you gotta be kiddin' me, god, I'll be damned, damn straight, I'm screwed, son of a bitch (angry), chick, far too laid back, hell, cut me a break, I'll pass, not into (x) chicks, what the hell, ditch it,  c'mon, c'mon,

Sam: I swear to god, you wanna bet, lay some mojo on, thumbs up our asses, I got it covered, hey, aw man, pissed (mad), what's going on?, go to hell,  hey, man, hey, c'mon, man,

F&F: John - our only card, meet up with, hey, pick it up (for me), hey, dude, buttin' heads, I seen; Bobby – you got it (yes), damn; Tessa - freaked, I'm dealing, flipped out; YED - get the hell out

Xtras: oh my god

Quantity –   64  

Variety –    2.5  

Originality –  5 [full on Swazy'd that mother]

Sam vs Dean – 15/34  or 44

Family & Friends – 2

Xtras – 0

Impress me – 0  [Really kinda banal, noting major happened verbally in this episode. Dean was lively, but not really inventive.]

         Total = 117.5

3.1 The Magnificent Seven (Kripke)

Dean: freaky, weirdo, bupkiss, drivin' me crazy, I aint sweatin' it, get this, spiffy, whackjob, stupidx3 (in one sentence), showtime!, sit here with our junk in our hands, send [him] packing, hell warmed over, poor bastards, chick, whatever it takes to get you through the night, goose chase, welch out of it, so help me god, tuff, whatever, sons of bitches, raise hell,

Sam: ah, god; beats me, man, my god, what the hell, good bet, stark raving psycho, bustin' my ass,  

F&F: Bobby - (double negative), pack it up, damn it, half-cocked, this joker, son (at Dean),

Xtras: "Hell's Bells", Hell, bastards, damn fools, man, rat's ass, piss poor, damn

Quantity –   47 

Variety –    3 [very little repetition, several new words by several characters]

Originality – 15  [whackjob, sit here with our junk in our hands, stark raving psycho]

Sam vs Dean – 8/25  or 32

Family & Friends – 1

Xtras – 2 [more quantity and variety than previously]

Impress me –  0 [ solid performances, but no one really stood out]

          Total = 100

4.1 Lazarus Rising (Kripke)

Dean: Preachin' to the choir, dammit, bad mojo, some [one's] bitch boy, badass, hell yes, damn,  douche her up, bit it (die), freaky, weirdo, crap, I'm game, bring it,  work him over, perky nipples, cut me loose (from Hell), tell you squat, "don't come crawling to me when they show up on your doorstep with vaseline and a firehose", whatever had the juice to, bad mofo, peachy, (serious) as a heart attack, bigtime [knife], get caught with pants down, helluva, "ring the dinner bell" (call up bad guy), get the hell out, I'm not buying (it - belief),

Sam: hell, they booked up here, thank god, what the hell's goin' on, hell,

F&F: Bobby - dead set on it, took off, what in the hell, aint been, sticky question, damn thing (2 x), kid (at Sam), you can't be serious; Pamela - Grumpy (at Sam); ruby: getting pretty slick

Xtras: damn, gotah Hell

 Quantity – 47    

Variety –   4 [Dean’s range alone here pulls this up from a 3]  

Originality – 20  [douche her up ; perky nipples; don't come crawling to me … vaseline and a firehose;  Grumpy]

Sam vs Dean – 5/29  or 17

Family & Friends – 2.5 [about avg quantity and variety]

Xtras – 1 [pretty lame]

Impress me – 5 [Dean really lit this episode up – back from the dead and spittin’ words!]

          Total = 96.5

5.1 Sympathy for the Devil (Kripke)

Dean:  What the hell, keep our heads down, whatever, hey, stupid bastard, asshat, sons of bitches, cram it with walnuts, ugly; two-faced douche, jack squat, you dicks, son of a bitch, hey, bitch blood, yeah, right wavy gravy; thank god, angel condom (vessel), son of a bitch, eat me, big dicks, what the hell, screw him, screw [them], crap (adj), give 'em hell, crap, a snowball's chance, hell, man,

Sam:  Jeeze, hey, ass, meatsuit (posessed human), hey,

F&F: Bobby - Romeo (at Sam), ass, kid (at Sam), damn, snot-nosed son of a bitch, kick your friggin' ass, we're boned, nine kinds of crazy, boy x2 (at Dean and at Sam), damn (adj); Chuck - x the crap out of him, oh God; oh crap, sucks ass; Nick (pre-Luci) - man, why the hell; Meg (dark) - pain in the ass; Zachariah - Chucklehead, screwing around

Xtras: holy crap

Quantity –  55  

Variety –   4 [nice range from both Dean and F&F]  

Originality – 25  [asshat; cram it with walnuts, right wavy gravy, angel condom, nine kinds of crazy]

Sam vs Dean – 5/30  or 17

Family & Friends – 4 [nice quantity and variety, with some originality and group participation as well]

Xtras – 0 [boring really]

Impress me – 15  [Dean, of course, stood out again, but also this was a standout episode for Bobby, and Chuck because like 50% of his total episode lines counted]

         Total = 110

6.1 Exile on Main Street (Gamble)

Dean: crap (adj), chicks, dig (like), man, freakin', how the hell, [?] what the hell, c'mon x2, you gotta be kidding me, god knows why, sue me, damn, sons of bitches, stick my neck out, whatever, you bet,

Sam: Hey, crap, go gunnin' for (hunt), that's nasty,

F&F:   Bobby - dammit, mi casa es su casa, damn  

Xtras: thank god, what the hell, my god, shook loose, helluva, oh my god, you son of a bitch

Quantity –   30  

Variety –  2 [softer curses, common, some repetition – generally blah]    

Originality –  0 [not an danged thing new]

Sam vs Dean – 4/16  or 25

Family & Friends – 1 [only Bobby and lame showing]

Xtras – 3 [Better quantity than everyone but Dean, decent quality]

Impress me –  0 [for obvious reasons]

          Total = 61

 7.1 Meet the New Boss (Gamble)

Dean: this is nuts, c'mon x2, ah well; stick your neck out, figure it out, off the deep end, pissed, pray to god, kicked in the daddy pills, scuzzy, piece of…, thingy, hear us out, (X) is our bitch, both of you put your junk away, really?, crap, piehole, out of the cards, hey x2,

Sam: I guess (yes), seriously?, hey, friggin', crap, hey,  

F&F:  Bobby - diddly, c'mon, kid (Sam), sport (Sam), son of a bitch, Jenga (eureka); Cas - genitals, cannot abide, atone, unpleasant; Crowley - bollocks, jig is up, bend them right over, come on, giraffe (at Sam), mash us like peas; Death - you're joking, shut up; Lucifer - long time no spooning, right on, yank the wool off of your eyes

Xtras: heck, oh my god,

 Quantity –  49  

Variety –      3  [pulled up by some Dean inventiveness and the variety in F&F]

Originality – 10  [kicked in the daddy pills; long time no spooning ]

Sam vs Dean – 6/20 or 30

Family & Friends – 4 +1 [more than DEAN! And. Of course, Crowley’s imaginativeness, And Cas HAD some!]]

Xtras – 0 [Frickin’ BOring]

Impress me – 0  [Crowley was a near thing, but not really]

          Total = 97

8.1 We Need to Talk About Kevin (Carver)

Dean: you son of a bitch, you bastard, keep your nose clean, dammit, my ass, things got hairy towards the end, in the wind, turned tail on, knee deep in god's armpit, bully for you, damn, no signs of douchery, So what? You dropped your peanut butter in her chocolate?; 31 flavors of bottom-dwelling nasties, dental apocalypse (vamp), lookin' for a soul train, hey, wow, come sniffing around, I got bupkiss, sweet mother of god, come again?, wipe the slate clean, bastard, Spanky, by a long shot, jackass, hitting the head, helluva lot, beat a dead horse,

Sam: what the.., frickin', right, I did not have a roadmap (no clue), hey, throw a bitchfit, check this out, dude, it sucks, might suck, what the hell,

F&F: Crowley - Heavens no, sky's the limit, throw me a bone, hullo boys, moose (Sam), last time we danced (met), chop chop (hurry), meatsuit; Benny - what the hell, jackass, hump my soul (carry), howya holdin'up?,  keep your nose clean; Kevin - hell, eat me x2, what the hell,

Xtras: dude, bitch, dumbass

Quantity –    62

Variety –      5 [avg to strong performances from ALL involved, even the xtras]

Originality –  25 [knee deep in god's armpit; no signs of douchery; 31 flavors of bottom-dwelling nasties, dental apocalypse; hump my soul]

Sam vs Dean – 11/31  or 35

Family & Friends – 4 [good quantity variety and strength.]

Xtras – 1 [pretty basic]

Impress me – 10 [Dean, absolutely on this one; & Kevin – for eat me x2 said with absolute conviction]

          Total = 142

9.1 I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here (Carver)

Dean: whatever the hell, pissed at, we'll work it out, man, screw it, with ears on (listening), jimmied ourselves out, man, all due respect, don't be a pouter (speak up), son of a bitch, what the hell, hey, pissed, what the hell, dammit, whoa, give a damn, bite me, what the hell, you kidding me?, no way in hell, what the hell, dammit, dudn't mean squat, hell, hell no, angelic pacemaker, whoa, handsy, hell,

Sam: seriously? friggin' crapfest, shuttup (no/negative), the thing is, I bet you get off on this, what the hell, crap, we got work to do

F&F: Bobby - hell yes, you didn't do jack, suck as that may, idjits, basackwards crazy, son (Sam) x2; Cas – devote; Death - not my bag;

Xtras: what the hell x2

Quantity – 51    

Variety –  3 [lotta repetitive hell in this one, most not terribly strong, either]    

Originality –  15  [angelic pacemaker; friggin' crapfest; suck as that may]

Sam vs Dean – 9/31  or 29

Family & Friends – 3 [on the strength of Bobby alone, really]

Xtras – 0 [dull, dull, dull]

Impress me – 5 [Bobby (or Sam, however you want to think about it) for a dead guy with a small part, he was pretty verbally lively]

         Total = 106

10.1 Black (Carver)

Dean: oops, bitch, douche, you sold me out, you all suck, two-bit skank, sure as hell, knock yourself out, whatever jam he's in, damn sure,

Sam: you got it (yes), get this, jumped the gun, kick his butt, son of a bitch, meatsuit, what the hell, look buddy, turn tail, army recruiting ad that spit you out

F&F: Cas - I'm sensing awkardness, like a million dollars, put up much of a fight?; Crowley - you're budgin' it, moose x3, what's eating you up, out of your depth, what tickles me, what makes you lose your chickens, good luck with that, demon chum, does the tin man have a sheet metal willie?, fetid petri dish of broken dreams and beer, out with the club circuit and in with the stadium tour, my bad, midwifing you back to life; Cole - chicken wing (arm in sling), ass over teakettle, hurt like son of a bitch, I'm karma,

Xtras: eat me, jackass, douche, code brown moment, your funeral, screwed up

Quantity –  58

Variety –      4.5 [only because I’d like to see the variety more balanced among characters]

Originality –  25  [army recruiting ad that spit you out; what makes you lose your chickens; does the tin man have a sheet metal willie?; fetid petri dish of broken dreams and beer, code brown moment]

Sam vs Dean – 10/10  or 100

Family & Friends – 5+1  [Crowley, oh dear lord, was masterful, plus Cole was fun too. And Cas HAD some!]

Xtras – 4 [the Gas and Sip counter guy Rocked]

Impress me – 15 [Crowley OMG; the Gas and Sip counter guy xtra OMG, Sam – for EQUALING Demon!Dean in verbal skills this episode]

         Total = 212.5

11.1 Out of the Darkness and into the Fire (Carver)

Dean: What the hell, easy buddy, stay cool, heyx3, is this like a Magic Mike moment?, whoa, take it easy, everybody goes '28 days later'?, hell, like a sunnofa bitch, dudn't it, sumpin' straight, untenable, bite us in the ass, horse sense, we broke it we bought it, where the hell, defcon screwed, shove x up his ass, hell yes, farting sawdust, frickin', no way, c'mon x2, godspeed (good luck), screwy, kick her ass,

Sam: seriously? we know jack, you were on a roll, these things have a shelf life, hey, our crap, only half of the bumper sticker, hey, sons of bitches

F&F: Cas – transgressions; Crowley - you excrement, old school it is, daddy's home;

Xtras:  freaking out

Quantity –  43

Variety –    4 [actually quite a creative episode, verbally, with little repetition and not a lot of boring exclamations]  

Originality – 30  [is this like a Magic Mike moment; everybody goes '28 days later'; untenable;  defcon screwed ; farting sawdust ; only half of the bumper sticker]

Sam vs Dean – 9/29  or 31

Family & Friends – 1+1 [Because Cas]

Xtras – 0  [I mean, really]

Impress me – 5 [Dean kicked it for me this episode]

         Total = 115

12.1 Keep Calm and Carry On (Dabb)

Dean: flat on his ass, be pissed (mad), c'mon, new duds, whoa x7, hell yeah, what’s his face, bitch, (freak),

Sam: screw you, accent in a pantsuit, screw you, Screw.You., go to hell, screw you

F&F:  Mary - come again?,  sweetheart,

Xtras: Holy Mother…, hold up (wait), no way, were a bitch, chick, psycho, fricking, (demons): busted bitch, dude, gross,  posh spice ass

Quantity – 24

Variety –  3 [and not a 2 purely due to the xtras]    

Originality –  10 [accent in a pantsuit, posh spice ass]

Sam vs Dean – 6/15  or 40

Family & Friends – 1 [and not a 0 only because the way Mary says sweetheart to Baby melts me]

Xtras – 4 [good solid showing here]

Impress me – 10  [Sam – because, well Duh, Screw. You.  And the xtras]

          Total = 92

Conclusions:

In general, it looks like writers wanted to keep to at LEAST above 100 on the “@Durenjtmusings Verbal Inventiveness Rubric” for decent verbal variety in a script. Both Carver and Kripke were pretty good at this. Dabb should take note.

Ranking of episodes:

Worst - 6.1 Gamble – 61  (note that both Gamble’s scores were low – not judging, just holding it up for ridicule)

12.1 Dabb - 92

4.1 Kripke - 96.5

7.1 Gamble - 97

3.1 Kripke - 100

9.1 Carver - 106

5.1 Kripke - 110

11.1 Carver - 115

2.1 Kripke - 117.5

8.1 Carver & 1.1 Kripke – 142  (Both good showings, although I like 8.1 better, personally.)

Best - 10.1 Carver - 212.5 (Aaaaannd, Crowley wins this episode the trophy – who is surprised? Plus someone hire that Gas and Sip counter guy - comedy timing gold. Also, of note, Demon!Dean talked less, and less creatively -  letting his sneering and violence say everything for him, evidently. Because of this, however, Sam EQUALLED Dean for verbal inventiveness this episode, for perfect brother balance. Yea for the Mark.)

Bonus: Results Presented Chronologically – in case you care:

1.1 Kripke - 142

2.1 Kripke - 117.5

3.1 Kripke - 100

4.1 Kripke - 96.5

5.1 Kripke - 110

6.1 Gamble - 61

7.1 Gamble - 97

8.1 Carver - 142

9.1 Carver - 106

10.1 Carver - 212.5

11.1 Carver - 115

12.1 Dabb - 92

Final Thoughts: I have begun to note a number of fun cross-episode meta things – like Sam tends to echo expletives that someone else has already said in an episode, Angels are REALLY boring verbally except for Zachariah, and Dean is way more verbally creative when he’s just come back from exile (hell, purgatory, etc.) – but I’m holding on to this until I have more data on the 250+ episodes I have left to analyze.

Extra Credit for the Obsessed Experts: Go back over JUST Dean’s collected words and see how much of the episode you can visualize from his verbal creativeness alone.

Also - this was fun and I am clearly a compulsive academic…someone please stop me before it is too late.

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Supernatural One Shots

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by Fandoms_Are_Life37

A collection of Supernatural one-shots and imagines. Some will be between characters/ships, some will be (x reader). Generally, I try to make them gender-neutral, so unless it is specified otherwise in the title, these are for anyone!

 Includes Adam Winchester, Amara, Anna, Alex Jones, Ash, Balthazar, Bela Talbot, Benny, Bobby Singer, Castiel Novak, Claire Novak, Charlie Bradbury, Crowley McCloud, Dean Winchester, Ellen Harvelle, Gabriel, Garth Fitzgerald IV, Hannah, Jack Klein, Jessica Moore, Jo Harvelle, Jody Mills, John Winchester, Kevin Tran, Lisa Braden, Lucifer, Mary Winchester, Meg Masters, Michael, Pamela Barns, Ruby, Sam Winchester, Samandriel, Tessa, and anyone else you guys want!

 Requests are open. I do all types of one-shots, so anything you want is fine. You can comment or DM/PM me.

 All characters listed above, the universe, and general plot belong to CW, and the writers of Supernatural

Words: 6523, Chapters: 6/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Supernatural

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Adam Milligan, Amara (Supernatural), Anna Milton, Alex Jones (Supernatural), Ash (Supernatural), Balthazar (Supernatural), Bela Talbot, Benny Lafitte, Bobby Singer, Castiel, Claire Novak, Charlie Bradbury, Crowley (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Ellen Harvelle, Gabriel (Supernatural), Garth Fitzgerald IV, Hannah (Supernatural), Jack Kline, Jessica Moore, Jo Harvelle, Jody Mills, John Winchester, Kevin Tran, Lisa Braeden, Lucifer (Supernatural), Mary Winchester, Meg Masters, Michael (Supernatural), Pamela Barnes (Supernatural), Ruby (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, Samandriel (Supernatural), Tessa (Supernatural)

Additional Tags: one shots, Requests, requests are open, collection of oneshots, Supernatural - Freeform, CW, x Reader, Romance, Regular, Sad, Angst, Smut, Fluff, Fanfiction, Imagines, Angels

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Supernatural One Shots

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by Fandoms_Are_Life37

A collection of Supernatural one-shots and imagines. Some will be between characters/ships, some will be (x reader). Generally, I try to make them gender-neutral, so unless it is specified otherwise in the title, these are for anyone!

 Includes Adam Winchester, Amara, Anna, Alex Jones, Ash, Balthazar, Bela Talbot, Benny, Bobby Singer, Castiel Novak, Claire Novak, Charlie Bradbury, Crowley McCloud, Dean Winchester, Ellen Harvelle, Gabriel, Garth Fitzgerald IV, Hannah, Jack Klein, Jessica Moore, Jo Harvelle, Jody Mills, John Winchester, Kevin Tran, Lisa Braden, Lucifer, Mary Winchester, Meg Masters, Michael, Pamela Barns, Ruby, Sam Winchester, Samandriel, Tessa, and anyone else you guys want!

 Requests are open. I do all types of one-shots, so anything you want is fine. You can comment or DM/PM me.

 All characters listed above, the universe, and general plot belong to CW, and the writers of Supernatural

Words: 6523, Chapters: 6/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Supernatural

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Adam Milligan, Amara (Supernatural), Anna Milton, Alex Jones (Supernatural), Ash (Supernatural), Balthazar (Supernatural), Bela Talbot, Benny Lafitte, Bobby Singer, Castiel, Claire Novak, Charlie Bradbury, Crowley (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Ellen Harvelle, Gabriel (Supernatural), Garth Fitzgerald IV, Hannah (Supernatural), Jack Kline, Jessica Moore, Jo Harvelle, Jody Mills, John Winchester, Kevin Tran, Lisa Braeden, Lucifer (Supernatural), Mary Winchester, Meg Masters, Michael (Supernatural), Pamela Barnes (Supernatural), Ruby (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, Samandriel (Supernatural), Tessa (Supernatural)

Additional Tags: one shots, Requests, requests are open, collection of oneshots, Supernatural - Freeform, CW, x Reader, Romance, Regular, Sad, Angst, Smut, Fluff, Fanfiction, Imagines, Angels

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