Supernatural Recs

The best fic with NO incest...sorta

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:16:01 GMT

Title: My Antonia (God, I love that movie, which this has nothing to do with.)
Author: Ygrwan (on LJ)
Rating: I'd call it somewhere between PG13 and R. The author calls is PG15, so that's fair.
Summary AND why I liked it: It's so much more than it is going to sound like from my summary. Dean needs to get Sam laid and knows it is for the best...for both of them. Man, I loved her language and her Dean and the sorta Suprise!Sam at the end. There is Sam/Dean UST, but please, non-incest readers, please give this a shot. Hey, it's Het too!!

Fic Rec: Mawwiage!!

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:57:23 GMT

YES!!! Jared and Jensen get married. Wait!! Where are you going?

Title: Hitching Post
Author: destina
Summary: They're getting married and they're STILL MEN!! If that ain't enough, I feel sorry for you.

Personal favorite: Jensen's wedding ring. *happy sigh*

pee-ess - Am I like, the only person reccing around here? *huffs*

Fic rec: CWRPS "And If I Don't Make It Known"

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:34:09 GMT

Title: And If I Don't Make It Known
Author: blue-soaring (on InsaneJournal)
Summary: It's the beginning of the filming of the pilot and Jared just can't stop talking about sex with his new co-star (as part of the show). A lot. All the time. Dialog is witty and although a few sentences could have benefited from a good beta, structure-wise, the author has a good grasp of characterization and storytelling. It's a fairly quick read and she walks through an interesting building of the dynamic between the two men, leading up to teh sex!

What I love about it: Toppy!Jared. He's so adorkable and still totally in charge of them.

Vid rec

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:22:15 GMT

sisabet (LJ user) is right up there at the top of my favorite vidders list. And now that she's doing Supernatural, my little heart is verra verra happeh!

Turn You Inside Out is about John and Dean. But it's more than that. It's also about why Dean loves Sam and what he'll do for him and what John had to do with that. And it's just perfect. It's like getting a mini "John and Dean relationship" movie in three and a half minutes. I'm having a hard time finding the right words to express the amount of complexity crammed in this vid, y'all.

Rec: The Far Side of the Sea

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:52:34 GMT

Title: The Far Side of the Sea (lj link)
Author: LJ user ellipsisblack
Rating: NC17
Pairing: Dean/Sam
Summary: This was a Big Bang story I just got around to reading, although I've had it printed out for MONTHS. I just left Elle a page long comment that was pretty much *sob* I loved this *sob* Oh god, why did it have to end. Yeah, that's not really a recommendation, though.

The author has taken an old Celtic myth/fairy tale and woven it into the most beautiful story of love and sacrifice and more love. There is a village that just appeared along the coast of South Carolina and no one thinks it funny that it wasn't there last week...or that it disappears again, along with Dean. What he won't do to get back to Sam!! I really don't want to spoil it, but this story has totally sparked my interest in reading SPN fandom when I'd feared all the kurfluffling and bitching of the internets had killed the joy.

It's very long (over 30k words) and you will not be able to stop, so give yourself plenty of time.

J2 RPS Rec - "Resolution"

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:44:49 GMT

Slash Fic: Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles, NC-17
Title: Resolution - (GJ link)
Author: sally_simpson76
Pairing: Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles
Rating: NC-17

Summary: Unresolved sexual tension finally got resolved, and now there's cleaning up to do.

I don't read a lot of fic for various reasons, but occasionally I'll venture out. Sometimes I'm glad I did, sometimes not so much. I'm thrilled that I was pointed in the direction of this short gem.

It's RPS, so I realize some people may find it necessary to avoid it. That's a shame, because it's different and hot and visceral in a way that had my belly clenching and my heart aching just a little. The last line, delivered by Jared, just got me all worked up, but I get that way about growly possessiveness.

There are some really nice word pictures here. Sally describes tension in a way that has me visualizing the cords of Jared's neck and the sardonic tilt of Dean's lips with perfect clarity. Somehow she translates through current emotions an understanding of circumstances that came before without ever really describing them, and that is, in my opinion, an amazing feat.

I loved it, and I can only hope she'll write and share more.

Recs: Mixed bag

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:27:54 GMT

Note: Just to get things started. This was a rec set I did on LJ a couple of weeks back.

Contretemps Series by sangga. Ratings vary - R overall, mostly gen.

Defeating the ultimate purpose in reccing - I have no appropriate words for this story. Seriously. It looks a lot longer than it is, and the shifting timeline may provide an obstacle for some, but really, it's worth climbing the hurdle. This is, in many ways a Sam-centric story, maybe absolutely a Sam story, but who and what Sam Winchester is, is very much a product of those who love him best and who he loves best. If you ever wondered why Sam isn't insane by now, this would be the story that shows you that being sane isn't actually a dividing line for anything, and being a little nuts isn't necessarily a bad thing. Also, if you've ever been one of those people who finds that Sam's desire for Dean to have a normal life, a better life is possibly the most endearing thing about him and wondered what that would look like if Sam got his wish…prepare to be piercedto the heart.

Omega: The Winchester's take refuge after John's possession. But maybe the demon is closer than they think.

Abaddon “He shall spurn fate, scorn death and bear/His hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace and fear.” The madmen have taken over the asylum.

Arcana “So what’s the difference between the real world and the other world?” “Honey,” she says, pulling her gloves back on, “you’re asking the wrong question.” Sam visits old friends in Lawrence.

Arcadia "Do not try to find out – we're forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you." – Sam's years in exile. 2006-2026 inclusive. Twenty years pass, in the blink of an eye.

++++

Waiting Games by nutkin part 1 & part 2. Dean/Sam, NC17

Kerfluffle's aside, I'm perfectly willing to buy into an incest story that works for Dean and Sam, where there's doubt but ultimately, fears and doubts and societal taboos need not apply, because in SPN, when you are willing to sell your soul to the devil to save the one you love, the rest of it seems well, kind of unimportant.

Sam has a dream of a happy ending. Don't we all?

++++

Road to Shambala by astolat. Dean/Sam. NC17

When Astolat started writing in SPN, I was excited like a five year old in a toy store, because I knew she'd bring us stories like this. I'm not always, at first glance, entirely sold on her characterizations; they feel a half step out of synch with how I see the boys, but the genius of Astolat's writing is that she makes me wonder if it's not me who is really off because once I'm there, I'm there. And the truth is, I know Astolat will get me there every time.

This is a story wherein the Winchester's win, but you have to wonder won what? When even after the destruction of the demon, nothing much changes, except why they do what they do. Dean's still got it in his blood, and Sam's got it in his now too, but he needs more, and for once Dean's reluctant to give him what he wants, not because it's so very wrong but because Dean has finally realized that Sam will never want this life the way Dean does. There's only one thing they both want, but oh, they are resistant to being happy.

They deserve to be happy.

+++++

Highway 140 by stele3. PG, Gen. Ficlet

stele3 wrote this for me from a prompt, and it's very short, but its also kind if incredibly gorgeous and visceral. It's a 2nd person POV, which I maintain works best in short pieces like this. If you could read with your eyes closed, you'd be able to feel this one.

+++++

you've just gotta be strong by lyra_wing Gen. Post-Croatoan. Ficlet

"There wouldn't be any point anymore, Sam," says Dean, and the words are so soft they're barely audible at all. "You know that."

The real tragedy of the Winchesters is not what's happened to them, but that because of that, their world is very small.

+++++

Your Bridge in This Storm by dontyouwaitup. Post Cross Road Blues. Dean/Sam, Adult.

I read this when it was first posted it and flagged it. Having read it again post AHBL1 & AHBL2, this one cuts even deeper. The want and need in this is enough to drown in, the fear and anger could blind lesser men. You hold on to what you have to however you have to.

It's also an excellent case story, utilizing that trademark of the series to have the inner conflicts of the Winchesters paralleled by the external facts of whatever job they are working.

+++++

Cassandra in the Rain by loneraven. PG13, Gen.

The author subnotes this with Seven times in the life of Sam Winchester when he saw the future, and it is that but there's far more here, like how the world sees Sam Winchester.

Seven short vignettes, various places, various times. It’s not so much about being psychic as it is about Seeing the world. Beautiful and evocative.

+++++

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