#they unsupernaturaled it

[mean-vampyre]

Watching the first season of riverdale

[kamiiri]

Virginya knew exactly what it was like to have to fight against her own nature. She'd been cursed to a life of vampirism around the 19th century and had searched endlessly for a cure ever since. Mostly keeping to herself, she liked to think she flew under the radar—oh, these pointy ears and sharp fangs? Everyone in the family has them! They’re genetic! Completely unsupernatural!—and no one really asked questions in Strangetown.

In her youth, Virginya was notoriously hard to befriend. The men in town avoided her, knowing she would never give in to their offers of courtship. She was content trying to make a living as a musician, though back then, no one took her seriously.

Unexpectedly, near the end of her short human life, she stumbled upon some luck.

[mike-haters-dni]

Scalding, unnecessary take that I'm going to use as an excuse to yap about my hyperfixation characters more than anything, but El's character is actually impossible to stick into coffee shop fanfiction No Supernatural Shit AUs. That's Jane you're writing about. Jane and El are not the same person. At all. And like, Jane is interesting to think about, don't get me wrong. I have thought about Jane. I love Jane. She's adorable and vaguely autistic. But Jane != Eleven.

Eleven is the way she is almost entirely because of her experience/trauma of growing up in the lab and having supernatural murder powers. Her main characters traits are being a self-sacrificing hero and not being sure who she is due to the fact she grew up in an isolated sterile inhuman environment. Unless you're directly translating those things into something unsupernatural (like growing up in a fucked up cult or something and like fighting her way out and now she'll fight to protect other people from similar experiences or something idk) you're writing about Jane the normal gorl who got to grow up with a normal personality in a normal world. And like, you can do that. It's fine it's fandom do whatever u want. But personally, the first thing I come up with when I birth an AU is what crazy powers and fucked up backstory we give Eleven here. Also how do we make her and everyone else really fucking cool but that...might be beside the point idk.

The powers have to basically ruin or have had ruined her life at one point. They have to be a curse that she either reclaims or gets rid of at the end. If she isn't tortured she isn't Eleven Stranger Things lmao

And then yeah yeah my next step is to figure out how Mike AND THE OTHERS OK but mostly Mike get involved in this. Which brings me to my next point: Jane and Mike have no real reason to talk to each other. Mike x Jane is just Normal Gorl x Normal Boy which is like, fine sure if that's what you want, but also you kinda just erased everything interesting about their dynamic. You wanna know what makes El and Mike's relationship so compelling? Objectively? I'm objectively right about everything I'm about to say here? Ok their dynamic is this: Eleven is the most important person in the world, and Mike is the only boy who will ever love her. And yeah that second one sounds really sad but 1. yeah it kinda is :) 2. its not really true that's just what El thinks which is like a major theme for her character TO ME, her underestimating how 'normal' she is esp in her later years 3. it also is kinda true because he's the only boy romantically interested in her who actually understands and experienced all the supernatural/lab trauma bullshit and is actively fighting beside her through the plot of the show, and 4. he's literally perfect and also the only boy she'll ever love and need so it all works out.

And to explain the first one, I mean, you know she's saved the world twice right? She kinda literally is the most important person in the world considering its up to her to stop the apocalypse probably in the end? But its not the being important exactly that makes Mike love her ok, that's more of a meta character thing. Like she doesn't have to literally be the key to saving the world and the most powerful being in the universe. Its more that she has to have something really special about her that draws Mike specifically to her and binds him to her permanently and inseparably and he belongs to her forever and ever and they die in each other's arms. Like she deserves. In canon I imagine objectively and correctly that it went like this: Mike is a natural outcast collector and protector due to his pervasive unconscious need to be needed and his fear of losing the few people who like him, who meets the ultimate outcast girl who literally has nothing and needs him in a very real way, and this gives him an excuse to just pour his entire self into her, fulfilling one of his deepest interpersonal needs. The best part is that she's super selfless and amazing and she loves him the same right back so its actually a beautiful thing they get going. Basically the idea of being anything less than perfect for her is so sad and horrible due to how fucked her life was that it drives the already caretaking Mike into overdrive to make her happy. Not at the cost of him still being an individual person, mind you. But that's the vibe. Also let me just say, all the self-sacrificing vibes and obsession and desperation can become toxic under certain circumstances and that is absolutely a feature not a bug. Sorry you don't like watching your faves yell at each other but we are not the same.

Anyway what the fuck was I talking about? AUs? Yeah ok so when translating Mike (AND THE OTHERS...and the others) into other stories there's more flexibility u kno because he's mostly just Some Guy. He really just needs (TO ME) an excuse to be fighting with Eleven (she has to be fighting something with the powers I know you gave her). He shouldn't be directly involved with whatever gave her the powers but he should generally know of and be somewhat affected by it. Or become aware of it/involved with it over time. Like in the show. You get it. Honestly his only real consistent character traits are being kinda moody and being the leader of the party in whatever vague or not way. And being intelligent. Like he has to be leader for a reason. I guess that's a decent base for a character right there.

oh right side note: you have to do something fun with her name. like she was basically branded Eleven by the freak that gave her the powers so u gotta take that energy and translate it into another branded name that has el in it because she needs to get the nickname ofc. unless its a cyberpunk au in which case Eleven is a pretty normal name and she can just go by that lmao.

So the point ig is Jane and Mike break up when they go away to different colleges and don't talk to each other again until their next high school reunion, while Mike and Eleven are...well you should know by now.

[kmclaude]

For a universe that focuses on priests and Catholicism and the supernatural, it seems like there's not a lot of traditionally Christian type monsters running around. Like, the Devil never shows up, there are no angels, Jesus presumably peaced out long ago, and there's only one demon who isn't even the one tormenting the Tiefer siblings. Was that an intentional choice?

Well partly because those are 2 different universes. 99RM is allowed demons but god is absent. Maybe he exists maybe he doesn't--it does not much matter. He doesn't need to exist for the story. In fact, if God appears, the story ends: either God wins (and then how come he allowed so much bad?) or...or what? We have to contend with God isn't powerful and a whole can of worms...Whereas every myth has monsters.

Obscene Sacraments and all its related things is decidedly unsupernatural. Or rather it can balance on the tight rope between the natural and the supernatural. Everyone is haunted. Maybe literally. Maybe not. Even what I'm working on with 7 deadly sins and the afterlife (what Invidia belongs to) will reveal to teeter that line. And even the supernatural is human: the afterlife is not some agony beyond comprehension but each person's own making. And yet designed to grant peace if they'd accept it. If they'd love. They never will. The door is open. Very Catholic.

I like to live in the line from A Christmas Carol, which I've always loved: Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only? In fact I think that is what I try to emulate in some respects: the dead can haunt but gods and devils have no place there--those are so big, so absolute, so unchanging compared to humans' (and their ghosts') malleability.

[naazaif327]

Fascinating that besides the unexpected bad weather in both storylines, the two main threats this season have been (at least for now) decidedly unsupernatural in origin, with our protagonists separately facing human traffickers and terrorists. I’m wondering exactly how all this will play out in the long run; the continued thread of the horror of sudden weather phenomena shines through though, and the show still maintains that specific White Vault feeling throughout. The scene in ep 2 where Dís struggles to get a new flight in the airport manages to be endlessly engrossing. I don’t know how KA Statz does it, but she manages to make scenes like that feel so authentic and simultaneously fraught and tense.

[asecretvice]

I was living my life normally and unSupernaturally until yesterday when my mother, soon turning 60, admitted a previously untold dream of visiting New England in the fall before she’s too old. Suddenly I was dropped into a Ratatouille-esque flashback with the words Summer always made Dean restless echoing in my head.

In short, do you have recommendations on where to visit? Is Maple Hills based on a real town? Before relying on influencer guides to plan, I remembered how well you conveyed the ‘vibes’ and wondering if you had any advice. Appreciate this is a very random ask, so no worries if not!

Ahahahahahaha! Sorry-not-sorry for ending your streak of living normally and unSupernaturally ^_^

Well obviously, as I'm sure is already a factor in your mother's untold dream, if you're going to New England in the fall you must see the TREES. They will call you leafers! How spectacular the colors are depends on the weather during late summer and early fall, in my experience. Also it's been several years since I've been out there, and I'm sure climate change has altered the calendar, so to speak. There are maps that indicate when they expect "peak colors" to occur in different latitudes. Those won't come out until closer to time, so keep this in mind.

As for the rest of it...yes, Maple Hills is based on a real town, but as I think it would reveal to much about my brickspace life I hope you understand why I won't say which. However, lovely small towns are dotted all over the place, so you won't be left wanting.

And ye great and terrible gods, PLEASE do not rely on influencers to plan your trip!!! Instead please accept both my regional and basic trip-planning advice.

Also, disclaimer. Although not considered New England, upstate NY is also an option [matt lucas controversial!!! dot gif]. I will therefore mention it from time to time.

STEP ONE: WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS?

It is important to prioritize things that appeal to you. Should you use travel to try new things? 100%. But you don't want to overextend yourself either.

Do you like...NATURE and THE OUTDOORS? Congrats, there's lots to see! From the aforementioned gorgeous woodland, to various mountain ranges, picturesque farms and vineyards, and of course the incredible coast, you're bound to find a piece of nature that speaks to you!

Just in it for the visuals? For mountains, the great Appalachians go all the way up to Maine with some subranges and ranges that might not be subranges but I'm not a geologist so bear with me. Look up vistas of the Adirondacks, the Catskills, the Greens, the Whites.

For water, look up the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. There's also beautiful Lake Champlain shared between New York, Vermont, and Quebec.

I'll be real. You want to drive along windy hills and find a cute little dairy farm with their happy (not so) little free range dairy cows around every corner? Vermont.

The woods? Mostly the northern states: NY, VT, NH, ME. In the latter's Acadia National Park, you can take a trolley through and get immersed in its beauty...and incidentally see where incredibly rich people live deep within or near it, like Stephen King (who is of course always inspired by the area).

Want to actually get all up in it? For a region that's known for its skiing in the winter, you bet it's well known for its hiking opportunities as well. The Appalachian Trial is all over the place, but of course there are plenty of popular day hikes or expert level shit, like Maine's 100 Mile Wilderness. New Hampshire's Mount Washington--I have double-checked this--is indeed the highest peak in the region. If hiking is not your thing but you still want the views, it's a popular tourist destination that provides a train up to the top and things to do and such.

For boating, sailing, what have you, you're definitely gonna find it all up and down the coast, and Lake Champlain, and the Finger Lakes in NY, and--depending on where you're going to fly in and how far you're willing to drive--there's also Niagara Falls, though that is of course stretching the New England mandate (if you're not familiar with the area, it's basically Buffalo, NY, in the western part of the state and abutting Ontario). You can in fact take a ferry service in it called the Maid of the Mist.

As for beaches, you can find all sorts. Sand, rocky, city piers and such. Go Maine if you want fewer people around.

And don't forget that most important of coastal structures, LIGHTHOUSES. Incredibly famous and lovely lighthouses all up and down the coast! Don't neglect them!

What about animals?? Sadly I think you will be too late to go on a boat ride to see our lovely puffin friends, but of course where there's North American woods there are various birds, bears, deer, and butterflies to be seen and admired, so look up what's in the region for your animal of choice. (Seriously, Vladimir Nabokov was studying butterflies all over the place in the area.)

Do you like...FOOD AND WINE? As with every region of this glorious world, you are in for treats!

Are you all about that dairy? My friend, my friend, my friend, verily you cannot skip Vermont. Your local stores and restaurants will have the good shit, but why not go out and find a nice dairy to tour (Vermont cheddar! My kingdom for Vermont cheddar!) or treat yourself by going to the Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury, VT.

What about maple syrup? Vermont takes tops in my opinion for this as well, but upstate NY will also have great places you can go if you'd like to try tapping trees yourself, or see how it's made, or simply sample their delicious wares.

Don't forget about fruit! Fall season is orchard season, baby!!! Especially find those apple orchards and enjoy picking your own apples, drinking their apple cider, or eating those delicious fucking cider donuts. Man.

Like some wine? Finger Lakes region of NY is well known for its excellent quality vineyards and wineries.

What about beer? I'll be real. Boston. Boston has flavors of Sam Adams the rest of us can only dream of.

Seafood? Your coastal states again. Maine of course is well known for its lobster. The region for its clams...I'm sure there are many individual states, towns, or stretches of coast that lay claim to the best lobster rolls or clam bakes or clam chowders or how it best prepares their quahogs or other seafood...I am not a seafood person myself so I don't have a particular opinion, but those are some of the dishes to look into if you are!

What about farm fresh in general? You could probably find that most places.

Do you like...CITIES? While Boston is a must-see city, you've also got Providence and Newport RI, Burlington VT, Concord NH, and Portland ME. And yo, don't forget Montreal QC!

They all have a variety of vibes that might suit you, from fancy restaurants to university campuses to lake or ocean coastline. As with any part of New England, layers of North American/United States history abound. Boston especially, though, is expensive. But let's talk about some perks!

In Maine, your biggest city is Portland. Some quirky and local Maine color, like if you're an outdoorsy person maybe you appreciate LL Bean gear; they've got the flagship store there. But it's got great amenities and sits right on the ocean. If you want to be on the Maine coast with maybe fewer people, well, a lot of rich folks have felt the same way. If you want to see some cute towns along with eye-popping mansions, consider Kennebunkport (famous summer home area of the Bush family) or Cape Elizabeth, neither of which are too far from Portland. If you'd like to venture further north, I recommend Bar Harbor; that's the place to go to see Acadia National Park, take a boat out to puffins at certain times of year, go whale watching, a cute small town with (at the time of my having been there) less of the old money contingent.

In New Hampshire, I've mostly driven through but I have seen Concord (its capital), which had some great buildings and some good food. It was fun to walk around and not a bad place to center yourself if you're looking to take trips to various areas, from the ocean to the mountains.

In Vermont, Burlington is right on Lake Champlain, so right away you've got those great water views and activities. It's also fun to walk around Church Street Marketplace, that multi-block pedestrian area rare to find in the US. Also, it's a less than two-hour drive up to Montreal, which is one of the jewels of Canada! (Alas, I have not been myself; I have however discovered that the further north you go, the more likely you are to walk into a place and they'll casually be speaking French. Très cool.)

Connecticut I can't really speak to at all, as I've never been there, but they've got a lot of major college/university areas like Wesleyan, Trinity, and of course Yale.

I haven't been to Rhode Island either, but I hear much more tell from those who have. Providence is said to be great, and between Brown and RISD you're bound to find great museums and fun things to do. Newport is where you want to go for a seaside vacation, the type of place with a lot of history, pretty buildings, and incredible piers for the boating types. It's also an area for the old rich, like the Kennedys. Food scene's supposed to be good, too.

BOSTON. I mean...it's expensive but it's great! I loved walking along the river. But my favorite thing was walking the Freedom Trail! If you're unfamiliar, it's a path marked throughout the city that stops at historically significant places, like the site of the Boston massacre, Paul Revere's house, Old Ironsides, and some graveyards with very, very old dates (relative to the country's founding). But I won't lie, one of my favorite parts was that, walking through one of the neighborhoods it takes you through, it was the only time I heard someone speak with a true Boston accent. Utter delight. Be still, my heart!

Anyway, if you're into the things that colleges and universities can offer you, Harvard and MIT and whatnot will have you more than covered. Plenty of others in the area, like Tufts, Boston College, and so on.

Boston is also home to wonderful museums! Not only the Fine Arts Museum, but the Gardner Museum that was subject to an infamous art theft, the Museum of Science, and all the college museums, etc.

And finally, sports! If you like pro sports, Boston hosts many of the local and New England teams with their own rich histories. The Red Sox, the Patriots, the Celtics, the Bruins.

Elsewhere in Massachusetts, for your obligatory rich person hangout because it's breathtakingly gorgeous: Cape Cod, including the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, is your area.

Do you like...TOWNS? There are so many.

Massachusetts and New England in general have a wealth of higher learning institutions, many of which are situated in towns of various sizes. In MA alone, you've got Williamstown (Williams College), Amherst (Amherst, Hampshire, UMass), South Hadley (Mount Holyoke), and Northampton (Smith). Vermont's got Middlebury (Middlebury College), Maine's got Brunswick (Bowdoin), New York has Poughkeepsie (Vassar) and Ithaca (Ithaca College and Cornell). And that's just off the top of my head!!! These places are smaller but have to host kids and their families, and they're old, so you get beautiful campuses, quirky eats, and lots of brochures telling you what entertainment is to be had. And because many of these places and some I'm sure I haven't named belong to the colonial colleges, the ivy league, or the seven sisters, they will be thrilled to tell you all about the famous people who graced their halls.

If you want to chill in the Adirondacks in upstate NY, and you want tiny towns, I have a friend who often travels to the Keene area. The pictures she sends me are exquisite. Otherwise I would maybe just find places close to where you're going to headquarter yourself for the trip.

Do you like...HISTORY and HISTORICAL FIGURES? New England! Is! North American and United States history! And more!

First, acknowledge and seek out the First Nations and their tribes. You've got a lot to choose from, such as the Wampanoag, who have their own version of the Thanksgiving story to tell. Off the top of my head, some more are Mohawk, Oneida, Mohican...not sure how far east the Iroquois Confederacy stretched.

This naturally leads into early European colonization, mostly Puritans from England and the Dutch in the early days. This will lead you to the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and so on. I won't exhaust the list of what you can see, but if you have any interest in those periods of history, look up what battles or other places intrigue you, and figure out what is on offer in the modern day.

Past the colonial era and more into the later waves of immigration, there are old and famous enclaves of Irish, Italian, French, and Portuguese immigrants. If their cuisine or history are relevant to you, do some research (I've a friend who grew up bilingual with an old dialect of French still spoken in RI). Of more modern waves of immigration I know little.

What about specific figures? I've already mentioned a couple presidential families, but you'll also find a ton of artists and writers from New England, or who made NE their home.

Once again, off the top of my head: Washington Irving ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" "Rip Van Winkle"), Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Bishop, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, James Fenimore Cooper, Phillis Wheatley, Anne Bradstreet. Lol, those are just writers. Who else...shit, of course, all the civil rights stuff! Frederick Douglass did a lot of his work in New England; consider also the big names in women's suffrage, like Susan B Anthony. Utica is a good city to think of if you're into the conferences where activists like Douglass were active for both abolition and suffrage; it was also a stop on the Underground Railroad.

I think we've covered all the major categories of interest, so let's move on to step two.

STEP TWO: NARROW IT DOWN

I hope as you read the first section you were writing down ideas, and have since discussed them with your mother. Now you have to consider

--How much time can you take off for the trip? --How much money are you willing to spend? --How much, and how, are you willing to travel during the trip?

For example, maybe you're the type of travelers who are happy to spend one day in a place and move onto the next. Or maybe you find that exhausting, and want to stay in one small area. Or maybe you like to split the difference, pick a headquarters, and go on some day trips.

How far away from New England do you live? If you have to fly, the cheapest flights are likely going to be into a big city; in my experience even flying somewhere like Burlington will cost you a lot extra (again, depending on what airlines you have available and how close you are). The area is served well by trains. Because there are lots of towns and big cities to travel to, you can often find shuttles from the towns (especially college towns) to and from the big cities. Obviously it's the US, so cars work well.

Rank interests. If the leaves in fall rank number one, you should probably cross off the southerly states now. But consider if you also might want lakes, oceans, what type of mountains. What other outdoor activities you might like to do, etc. See if there are more historical places you're interested in connected to one town over another. Get what I mean? If you're only going to be gone for a week, I wouldn't suggest staying at more than two places if you really want to dig your toes in.

Also, between the two of you...or your mom and whomever she's going with, make sure the compromises are good. Each person should have a highly ranked item accessible to them wherever you go.

Now, it's time to get into the real research.

STEP THREE: THE REAL RESEARCH

I kid you not, the first website I go to whenever I'm going somewhere completely new is wikivoyage. If you're unfamiliar, it's the travel subsidiary of wikipedia. It's absolutely fantastic, because it gives you overviews of everything and has current and correct links to associated websites. Like if you've never been to Boston, maybe you don't know the pros and cons of getting there. It'll talk to you about how to get there by car, by plane, by train, by bus, by boat. It'll talk about the different neighborhoods, list local foods you have to try, all the museums and places of interest, etc. It will link you to the appropriate websites for public transportation, and in Boston's case, tips for riding the T. Let's be real, it also discusses areas where it's safest for tourists to be. And it does this for everywhere. Here's the link for the New England wikivoyage page.

This is an excellent first stop because it links to real resources, and gives you a good overview of any of the places you're interested in. Jump straight into that rabbit hole!

That way, if you know you have to fly in, you can look at all the main airports of the region and start working from there.

Also consider where to stay. Wikivoyage will give you an overview of that, but consider associations and things that will help you make sure you're staying at a good place. I know airbnb is the rage, but consider, if you're able, a) inns and such are subject to more laws and regulations meant to protect you and b) they can be so quaint or so grand! Peruse the Historical Hotels of America, or New England Inns and Resorts, both organizations meant to help and support such places, many of which are locally owned and operated.

Also, wikivoyage will give you overviews of the weather of where you're going and at what time of year. Consider accordingly.

STEP FOUR: ONLY PLAN 50% OF YOUR TIME

So. You've decided where you're going to stay and how you're going to get there. Now it's time to narrow down your activities.

Only plan 50% of your time. I am so serious. This will create so much less stress and conflict. Only plan half of each day. Or if there's an activity that is a full day, don't plan anything for the next day if possible. That way there's room to, you know, be late to things because life is as life does, or if something gets canceled you can try the next day, AND it leaves space for things that you won't know you'll want to do until you get there. Like maybe you've never been to the Atlantic before, and once you see it all you'll want to do is sit and stare at it. Which is LEGIT. So leave yourself time to do things like that, hey?

STEP FIVE: FIND A REAL MAP. PLEASE.

Friend, I hear you already. "But I've got gps on my phone/in my car!" Well, I don't care!!!! I know this tech has come a long way since then, but I swear to you when I was in Maine several years ago, we had to rely on my map reading skills for half the trip, on a real map. Accurate, current real maps are getting so much harder to find now, especially if you're not in the target region, but please take the time to source one. You really never know...and ALWAYS use common sense before blindly following gps. Literally have known people who drove straight into lakes in Vermont -_-

Also expect cell service to be spotty in less populated places. Again, having a real map on hand will be peace of mind.

If you are taking any driving trips, plan out your route beforehand. Look up pictures of your destination online, especially streetview, so you know what to look for. Also, popular destinations will have good directions on their own websites.

In my fic when I say there are no roadsides in much of New England? I meant it.

STEP FIVE: PACK LIGHT AND PACK RIGHT

I swear you don't need all that. You pack it, you carry it.

Again, look at the general weather, and then closer to time don't neglect the actual forecast.

If you're going hiking or out on the water, look up the typical weather patterns for that trail or coast. They're often fickle.

Leave room for new books ^_^

STEP SIX: ENJOY

The hard part's already over. Relax and have fun! And then, if you're going along anon, come back a few months hence and tell me all about it!

I hope this has been helpful. Feel free to ask whatever else.

Bon voyage!

[nitrosplicer]

“If there were only trans people in the world, would the monsters in horror movies be cisgender people? The way that cis people have their monsters and villains in transgender characters like Buffalo Bill, or Michael Caine’s character in Dressed To Kill, or Angela in Sleepaway Camp, or Brother Martin in the X-Files episode “Gender Bender,” or Lt. Einhorn in Ace Ventura, or Ryan in The House at the End of the Street, or A/CeCe in Pretty Little Liars, or Z-Man in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, or Dr. Frank N. Furter, or The Bride in Black in Insidious, or whatever gender thing was happening with Norman Bates? Would teenagers hold flashlights under their chins and whisper tales about a creature lurking in the nearby woods; a creature who has—gasp!—never questioned the gender identity assigned to them at birth?

...

 For a horror movie to captivate its audience, its monsters must wield some uncanny power. Monsters like werewolves wield obvious powers, but even the seemingly unsupernatural serial killers edge into the uncanny, into the liminal space beyond our ken—they’ve forsaken empathy and compassion to attain a capability for feats of cruelty beyond typical humanity. In all-trans world, everybody knows the power of cis people, just as in this world, everyone knows the power of vampires. Cis people have the power to make a trans person waver and question their surety in their own gender, a power that alters what a trans victim knows to be reality as surely as that same trans person knows a brick is solid.

That’s what happened to Torrey in the Price Chopper earlier that day, and which incident the film suddenly flashes back to as Johnny and she sit in the truck. The white of the flashback fades to show her standing in the Asian Foods section, looking for sesame seeds, and suddenly from behind her, she hears, a gruff What The Fuck? And there he is, a cis man, staring at her. He looked human, of course, as cis people often do—but Torrey could feel his power flowing like a river’s current around her and down the aisle. She knew he was cis from the way, caught in his hard gaze, she suddenly felt herself a helpless male thing, in too tight jeans and smudgy eyeliner. She wants to cry out for protection from Johnny, but her voice died in her throat. What if he came, and in the warping gaze of the cis man, she suddenly saw him through those same cis eyes? What if his boots suddenly looked too big for his feet, his shoulders just a little too narrow? But even worse, if Johnny did protect her, their heterosexual role-play would just become standard heterosexuality. A survival strategy. A guy protecting a woman from a guy. A woman reliant on a man. She can’t do that to him. Not her Johnny, and so she drops the sesame seeds and sprints from the Asian Foods Aisle, down along the dairy and meat back corridor, scanning the aisles until she spots Johnny in the soda section, looking as solid and handsome and capable as he always did. She rushes to him and hugs him tight, almost bowling him over, whispering desperately, we have to go, we have to go, unwilling to explain anything to him until they were safely back in the truck.

When the film flashes forward again, the audience now knows what Torrey and Johnny know: in these woods, there are cis people. And this time, the getaway truck is lodged deep in the mud.“

“CisWorld” by Torrey Peters

[festeringfae]

Either Shauna was still half-asleep, Shauna subconsciously knew Lottie was being possessed in that moment by The Wilderness god & was actively rejecting its evil help, or Coach Ben Scott is the worst fucking health teacher of all time, because neither of those dream-bitches seemed aware that there is NO UNSUPERNATURAL SHOT IN HELL OF CHARLOTTE MATTHEWS HAVING MILK IN HER TITTIES.

[hardheadedbighearted]

DTLS Volume 11

@babyboydbaby

The idea to have another seance to summon Professor Lionheart had been an offhand remark from Gyro to make a point Ruby couldn't even remember now, but regardless of the seriousness of its intent, it had stuck in her head.

Part of her could recognize the necessity for her mental health. Part of her could recognize that it would give her much-needed closure on the death of someone she'd loved, someone whose death she felt partially responsible for- but mostly she just missed him.

Besides, maybe it would be good to talk to him about the Hazel thing, and see where he stood on the matter.

She decided to do it on Halloween, the night when the veil was weakest, and coincidentally also her birthday. She'd also decided not to have a birthday party this year, though a few friends had come over for an early supper and to give her their gifts.

She'd also decided to have the seance at Beacon Tower, since she felt like having it somewhere else might be tempting fate, which was why Ozma was currently coaching Oscar and Ciel in how to lay out a proper summoning circle.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Glynda asked, supervising his supervision.

"I think it's a wonderful idea. It will be nice to see Leonardo again, if nothing else."

"You of all people should understand why meddling with the veil can have strong negative repercussions, Ozma."

"I of all people do- in the same way that I understand why meddling with any form of magic can have strong negative repercussions. This, however, is a proven process very akin to calling Leonardo on the interplanar telephone to have a chat, and even the most ordinary, unsupernatural humans often engage in similar rituals for the purpose of connecting with their dead relatives on the nights that the veil is weakest."

"I just want to talk to Professor Lionheart," Ruby said, hugging her knees to her in the chair she'd taken to watch her cousin and friend work. "I don't think that can be bad."

"I know, Ruby," Glynda assured her. "Worrying about potential consequences is my job."

Ruby giggled at that. "You sound like Uncle James."

Whatever Glynda might make of the comparison, she didn't get to: the elevator chose that moment to open and pour a few of their guests into the apartment.

[poppypickle]

🙅‍♀️ What is one trope you refuse to ever write?

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty vanilla in terms of the tropes I enjoy writing. Looking at this huge list of fic tropes, I can confidently say I'll never write anything where unsupernatural characters become supernatural, non-con, mpreg, or....whatever tentacles is LOL. I'm also not super huge on writing the more common AUs like coffee shop, flower shop, etc. Just not my personal thing! (Although I have been begging @farfarawaygirl to write me either a fame or royal Chenford AU 😘)

Thanks for asking, Emma! Check out the fanfic ask game this question comes from here.

[samdyke]

its so funny when ppl are like. spn stans are SO annoying stop adding to my posts ill block you oh my god cringe! like well buddy. IM having a blast. it seems you are the one bothered by the innocuous and time honored presence of spn on every inch of this website. you can block me if it makes you feel better but you cant unsupernatural your post! and MAYBE if you lightened up you wouldnt want to! go watch the french mistake cringe is dead and this is our house <3

[aerophim]

*unsupernaturals your castiel*

[fanfantasies098]

Prompt: Scott’s younger sister is pregnant by Issac and he finds out.

I walked into Scott’s room, looking for Issac. He was laying across the bed on his phone. “Hey beautiful.” I smiled and sat by his head. “What’s wrong? Why’s your heart beating so fast?” I gulped and started playing with my fingers. He grabbed my hand and used his free hand to turn me to him. He sat up and kissed my forehead.

“You can tell me anything. I want you to be honest with me and not have to be nervous.” I smiled and looked into his eyes. All my nerves went away. “I took a test this morning.” He smiled at me. “I’m sure you did fine. You’re one of the smartest people I know.” I shook my head. “I missed my period last month and I had gotten really sick. So I took a pregnancy test and it came back positive.”

He shook his head. “Wait, are you telling me that we’re having a baby?” I nodded and laughed. “I’m going to be the best father ever. Wait until Scott finds out he’s going to be a uncle.” I stared at him. Issac started going on and on about being a dad.

“He’s going to kill you.” About a minute later my brother walked in the room. “Who’s killing who?” I burst into giggles and moved off the bed and towards the door. “What? Why’re you laughing?” My stomach started feeling queasy all over again.

Issac jumped up and started moving away from my brother. “Well, we have some amazing news?” Scott flipped down on the bed. “What is that?” He raises an eyebrow and looked at me. “You’re going to be an uncle in nine months.” Issac has a smile on his face, while I was concerned for his safety. “What you mean? How am I going to be an uncle?”

I rolled my eyes. “You’re a little slow. I’m pregnant.” He stared at me. “By who?” I looked away and Issac spoke up. “It’s umm mine.” My brother spun to him so fast. I stared at him and before either of us could react he punched Issac. I squealed and Issac flew through the open door and into the hallway wall.

“Boys, don’t test my unsupernatural level of parience.” I tried not to laugh but I couldn’t hold it in. They turned and looked at me like I was crazy. “When were you going to tell me about the two of you?” That question had me stop laughing.

“How long have you two been together behind my back?” I froze and my heart began to race. “Since Derek changed me.” Scott spun to me and I felt so bad for not telling him.

[usermischief]

YES, SCOTT, let your entirely unsupernatural mother zip up the bag with the very supernatural and still alive Jackson inside of it. ..........

[purranormal-catvity]

Oh my gosh! I'm happy it didn't actually kill you! What happened? Or is it too personal to answer that question? Sorry, I'm drawn to paranormal things. I guess it's because of this one time, I had an Elf on the Shelf, and one night, I had a babysitter since my parents were on a camping trip, and my babysitter didn't know I had an elf. I'm an only child, so no siblings to move it. It moved that night, next to a spot in my house that my cat absolutely despised! -French Fry Anon

So when I was younger (7 or 8) a family friend gave me a porcelain doll. It had blonde hair and a pink dress but instead of looking straight it's head was turned. Well it stood on a shelf and it looked right at my bed (I slept on a top bunk) well one night I got up to use the restroom and when I return the doll was on my bed. If it did fall it would have landed on the ground (there was a couple feet) and one night I swore (this may have been a childhood thing though) that it had a knife in it's hand. My dad got rid of it when I told him it freaked me out. Then with the dollhouse one time I saw big red glowing eyes and screamed so my dad threw it out that night. Although with that one it may have been a child imagination since the eyes looked liked the red Scooby Doo eyes (I was obessed with it as a kid)

One unsupernatural: one night my toy barbie car was honking and the lights were going on and off. Me and my sister got my two brothers and they went into our room with their hockey sticks, it honked and freaked them out so I slept with them and my sister in the living room. Next morning we told our parent's to only realize that it was a remote control car and the remote was in my toy box and it was on henced why it was honking and stuff

[withliight]

@cachazo

Caroline isn’t one for leaving a person down, stranger or not. The smell of the blood in the air was one of the hints of danger in the atmosphere. Her fingers clinch around the broken man in the alleyway, caked in blood. She clutched at him as he murmured his last words. Pearly gates? Oh, fuck. She had to react quickly and without panic. She pulled him into her lap, cradling his head as she knew what she had to do. “Can you trust me?” She asked softly, fangs aching to save a life. While it wasn’t her responsibility, she did feel it was her job to save as many people as possible, from supernatural and unsupernatural alike. “Please?”