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National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day

(symbrock, slice of life, domestic fluff, series: Brock Talk # 11)

Series also on AO3 here!

But Eddie, you always wear your pajamas to work, Venom said patiently.

Eddie deflated a bit at the unexpected reaction to his announcement. “That’s not true,” he grumbled.

Do you even own a pair of pajamas?

“Yes! Anne bought me a pair the Christmas we were together.”

And where are they? Venom asked.

“Uh,” he said, deflating again. “I think I might have left it when she kicked me out.” 

He certainly hadn’t bothered packing it any more than he’d packed most of the clothes she’d given him. He wondered for a second if they’d all gone to charity, or if she’d regifted them to Dan.

Before he could get too lost in that train of thought, Venom said triumphantly, See! I am right.

“If anything that proves I’m right,” Eddie countered. “After all, how can I always be wearing my pajamas to work if I don’t even own any?”

Okay, maybe it would be more accurate to say that you always sleep in your clothes.

Venom had him there, so Eddie shrugged. “It saves time in the morning.”

Honestly though, that too had been because of Anne. When he lived on his own he’d been happy to sleep in just his boxers, but Anne had been a big fan of microfiber sheets and Eddie couldn’t stand the way they had felt against his skin. Wearing his worn and comfortable clothes to bed had been the only way he could sleep in her bed. It was a habit he’d never thought to break, even though his sheets were soft cotton again.

“Besides,” he continued, “maybe I was thinking you could wear pajamas to work.”

But, I don’t work, Venom objected.

“Sure you do, you fight crime. Can’t you just see yourself jumping from building to building, stopping criminals and helping people while wearing pajamas?”

No, absolutely not. 

“Oh, come on. We could get you a set with little chocolate bars on it, or maybe we could find a big pink onesie with bunny ears.”

I am not wearing bunny ears!

“So, as long as there aren’t any bunny ears, you will wear pajamas?” Eddie asked, slyly.

I never said that, Venom objected.

“Sorta sounded like you did.”

Fine. Not that it matters though, you could never find a pair in my size.

“There are stores for big and tall people, we might get lucky,” Eddie said, without much hope.

Even a store specifically for the big and tall probably wouldn’t be prepared for someone who was seven feet of rippling muscle. They could probably find something online, but it would never get there in time to celebrate the day this week, Eddie thought with disappointment.

Venom gave a huge, aggravated sigh, then offered, Or, I guess I could make the pajamas myself.

“How? Do you sew or something?” Eddie asked doubtfully.

Instead of answering, Venom flowed out to form around him. Eddie relaxed into the sensation, closing his eyes as the blackness covered his face, then opening them again a few seconds later and blinking as he adjusted to seeing through Venom’s eyes, where everything looked sharper and the colors were somehow different.

When he could see clearly, he immediately noticed they looked different. The usual glossy black of their skin covered in matte grey material with what, at first glance, looked like little pink polka dots.

“Wait,” he said, looking closer at their arm. “Are those little brains?”

Yes, Venom agreed, brains are even more delicious than chocolate.

“That’s amazing,” Eddie said, wishing for the first time that their apartment had a mirror bigger than the one on the medicine cabinet in the bathroom so he could appreciate the whole outfit. Then he remembered that they had the next best thing. “You should take a selfie so I can see what we look like.”

Venom grumbled a little in a way that felt more pleased and embarrassed than annoyed, as he did what Eddie had asked, even using a long tendril like a selfie stick so more of the outfit would be visible in the picture.

Looking down at the screen, Eddie was impressed. “Look! You even have one of those long triangle nightcaps! The whole outfit is perfect, darling.”

Of course it is, Venom said, sounding more pleased than outraged.

“Have you always been able to shape clothes like this?”

Yes. Camouflage is an important part of any symbiote’s skills.

“Amazing,” Eddie repeated, then he asked as casually as possible, “And, I don’t suppose you could be clothes for me too, could you?”

Instead of answering, the symbiote started to draw back into Eddie’s skin, only this time he stopped short of disappearing completely leaving Eddie covered from the waist up in glossy black. A second later, the black began to fade and lose its shine until he was standing there in what looked like a copy of his favorite grey sweatshirt, exact down to every rip and stain. The only difference was that this shirt was a thousand times softer, like silk made warm and weightless.

“Wow,” Eddie said, running his hand over the sleeve. When Venom quivered against him slightly, he stopped. “Sorry, is that okay?

Yes, Venom answered quickly. It feels nice, Eddie.

“Feels great for me too. I don’t think I’m ever gonna bother with regular clothes again.”

Good, Venom said, tightening around him in what felt a lot like a hug.

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Fandom PSAs

Dont’ Like, Don’t Read

or DL; DR

You are responsible for curating your own online experience.

If something upsets you, makes you angry or queasy or triggers you, stop reading/looking at it. Avoid things that might make you feel that way.

Learn to use the Sort and Filter function on AO3, especially the Exclude tools.

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The Back button is free. Use it.

Addendum:

Yes, for this to work, creators need to tag their works accordingly, so that people know what sort of content they are about to engage with and can nope out if necessary.

I will probably make another PSA about the importance of proper tagging later.

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or SALS

You are allowed to ship whatever you want.

Everyone else is also allowed to ship whatever they want.

You are entitled to dislike or even hate a ship. If you want to do this online, in public, don’t use the ship tags for hate posts.

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Do not harass fan creators or fans for shipping something you disapprove.

All of this also applies to liking / disliking an individual character.

Addendum:

”I agree with this, except when…”

No, then you are NOT agreeing with this.

Let me make this VERY clear. There are NO exceptions. None.

You don’t EVER harass real people over pixels.

If you disagree with this, kindly block and move on.

Your Kink Is Not My Kink

or YKINMK / YKINMKATO

The longer version is ”Your Kink Is Not My Kink And That’s Okay”.

People have different tastes. Not everything is for everybody.

Even if you don’t like a specific kink, other people are still allowed to use it in their creations.

You are entitled to dislike kinky content and think that it’s ”weird”.

Don’t kink shame or judge people based on their kinks.

This goes both ways: your kink is not someone else’s kink, so don’t push it onto those who are not into it.

Be Kind

or Don’t Be An Asshole

Focus on the things you like instead of the things you hate.

Create and unite instead of destroying and dividing.

Don’t harass real people over fictional things.

Stop stirring up petty drama just to get some attention on social media.

Stop trying to ”win”. Fandom is not a competition.

Remember that your own experiences aren’t universally shared. Your perception of things can differ from someone else’s, but that doesn’t mean either of you is necessarily wrong.

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I just wish you could have seen my reaction when I saw this for the first time just now! It‘s like a revelation - I betaed Diminuel‘s story, and seeing your art made it even more vivid, what a stunning piece of work! 😍🥰

Art masterpost for the @deancasbigbang 2022!

Had the pleasure to make art for @diminuel​’s story Huntercorps Rehabilitation Clinic for the Supernaturally Afflicted which you can read here <3

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Huntercorp’s Rehabilitation Clinic for the Supernaturally Afflicted

Author: Diminuel

Artist: LamiaSage

Rating: Mature

Pairings: Dean/Castiel, implied Sam/Eileen, background Jimmy/Amelia

Length: 60000

Warnings: N/A

Tags: HunterCorp Universe, Monster Rehab, Hunter Dean Winchester, Werewolf Dean Winchester, Vampire Castiel, Werepire Lovestory, Happy Ending, Mild Sexual Content

Summary: Huntercorp’s Rehabilitation Clinic for the Supernaturally Afflicted was a project Dean launched almost 10 years ago, when faced with criticism that Huntercorp might be doing a lot of “Killing Things” but very little actual “Saving People”. The aim: to make monster cures accessible to regular people. When Dean gets bitten by a tween wolf he expects to do the brutal but quick hunter cure. However, Huntercorp decides that publicly announcing his stay at the clinic might encourage others to seek out the cure as well instead of hiding in the shadows. Dean’s not thrilled that his lycanthropy is debated all over social media (his fans are going wild in the comment sections), but once he meets Cas – a vampire who didn’t know there was a cure – he is starting to reconsider.

Link to Fic | Link to Art

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Young Cas’ ceremonial dress.

I enjoy designing outfits. I was going for an original character at first, but then SPN brain took over. I’m not entirely sure about the colouring of the sash thingy with the bow.

In any case, while doodling this I had All Things In Succession on the brain again (but it could be any kind of AU.)

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Small grumpy sick Cas wrapped in a blanket or hoodie with a thermometer in his mouth?

Done~

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Mermaid courting

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@itztigress3 suggested under water seaweed play.

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Dean’s not too sure about the food Cas made.

Prompt by @theangelcastiela

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Void kitty Cas takes care of the humans in his charge~

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“And there are so many rules about shoes and legs and feet!”

An arranged marriage for the peace of the realms is fine and all, but Dean’s struggling to adjust to a couple of things.

(If you’re interested in knowing more about Naga!Verse there’s a fic!)

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posting on twitter feels like throwing something you worked on for hours, days, weeks into a river, hoping it'll get swept out to sea for many people to experience, only for it to immediately crash into some rocks and explode. its gone now. if no one sees it in the 0.00003 seconds it exists on their timelines, no one ever will

posting on tumblr is like carefully placing your work in the middle of a dark abandoned factory, and slowly a bunch of weird little goblins manifest from the shadows and touch your work all over with their little raccoon hands and share it with each other. sometimes they find your thing again many years later and excitedly share it again

the weird goblins are much more enjoyable

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What a splendid idea! 🥰

oh my god kid jack starts to learn how to read and he’s sitting on deans lap one day with his hands on deans stomach and starts saying some shit about protection and wrath out loud and deans like ??? kid what are you on about rn??? and he’s like . i’m reading daddy’s notes on your ribs :)

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U can just buy it

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https://youtu.be/3Kaicvjm6oY

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Donut

Naga!Dean is happy with his snack :3

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😂 Herrlich!

Aber ich musste sofort an die zugehörige Geschichte denken. Was insbesondere dann bemerkenswert ist, wenn man bedenkt, dass ich mit meinen eigenen Titeln meistens gar nix verbinde!

I think “Accidental Dimension Travel via cursed dildo” is still one of my best fanfic premises ever :P Someone wrote to me that they knew nothing about the SPN fandom but they found my fic because their friend was looking for dimension travel fics. Their delight made me very happy *lol*

Here’s the fic in question in case you are interested ;D

(I’ve been on AO3 a lot, trying to clean my inbox and figuring out what WIPs to work on. Sorry that I’m spamming you with posts about my fics.)