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reddit, how do I make my firstborn stop playing with the fans, the ornaments, and the makeup when he is supposed to be a warlord. I fear I shall raise a poet.

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so true

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we all have that one mutual with Information

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well i've had this laptop for about 3 1/2 years and i have loved it. but parts of it are starting to fail. notably, as is typical for me personally, it's the keyboard.

i really wanted to get the same model again, because again, love this laptop. but it's kinda overpowered for my needs and kinda stupid expensive unless i win the lottery sometime in the near future, so i ordered a rather basic model instead. let's see how big a mistake that turns out to be for me...

last "cheap" laptop i got before investing in higher end machines lasted 9 months before i broke the keyboard, so it wasn't really much of a savings in the long run. fingers crossed this one will fare better lolol

anyway. i need a keyboard where all the keys work, and this one is no longer that. sure i could replace the keyboard, but what an absolute pain in the ass that would end up costing almost as much as just getting a new one, so here we are >.>

there's no real point to this post, i'm just grumpy about it, a little sick from not really sleeping last night and having migraine naps all day today. hope everyone else is doing well :)

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Stairs in the Woods | Rated E | 48,062 Words

Author: Blackhorsedances Artist: kolumander

Folklore professor Castiel Novak and his niece Claire have found the “stairs in the woods”, an urban legend that Novak wants to include in his forthcoming book about urban myths. A simple exploration turns tragic when Claire disappears. In a race against time and the unknown, Novak needs expert help and he needs it fast. Dean Winchester may be retired from hunting monsters, but he’s still saving people. He and his team–IT wizards Charlie Bradbury, Dorothy Baum, Frank Devereaux, and lawyer Sam Winchester–work to find people who have disappeared and return them to their families. The pay’s decent, and it’s less risky than hunting a nest of vamps (usually). Chance, or perhaps fate, leads Dean to Castiel Novak and his missing niece. Dean knows he should avoid getting emotionally involved with the handsome professor, but there’s just something special about him. The closer he gets to Castiel Novak, the more he’s pulled into the web of urban legend that might lead to secrets he’d rather not tell…

Link to Fic | Link to Art

Pairings: Castiel Novak/Dean Winchester

Warnings: None

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Cosmic Consequences | Rated E | 42,724 Words

Author: MittenWraith (mittensmorgul) Artist: Catetgoryfour

Dean’s been struggling for weeks to find a way to save Cas from the Empty. He’d hoped Jack would spare just a smidge of his new-found God power to do him that one last favor. In an act of desperation, he turns to Rowena for help. Rowena knows a brilliant opportunity when she sees one, but neither of them could’ve expected the cascade of side effects that threaten to undermine the natural order just when they thought they might finally have freed themselves from cosmic problems once and for all. All signs point to Chuck’s power screwing over the universe, and very specifically the Winchesters, all over again. With nothing left to fight back with, they put all their hope in the power of love. Maybe this time it will work…

Link to Fic | Link to Art

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Warnings: None

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EVERYONE PLEASE STOP AND LOOK AT THESE SAD, FRUSTRATED BABS!

It has been a delight to work with categoryfour on this year's pinefest, and i love how the art came out! :)

Here is my contribution to this years @deancaspinefest ! I was paired with MittenWraith who created Cosmic Consequences, an incredible story for everyone to enjoy.

Link to fic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63655249

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There's no team posting today!

As you can see, Cas is taking full advantage of this pine-free day by making an uncharacteristically direct attempt at getting some smooches from Dean.

While they’re occupied with that, this is a great chance for the rest of us to catch up on the pine so far – as well as leave some comments for the authors and artists whose work we’ve enjoyed!

You can find this year’s Ao3 collection here -- or check the links to the first 7 masterposts under the cut.

We'll be back with fresh pine tomorrow!

If Only the Cat Could Talk Written by TwinOne, with art by golby moon

Love’s Menagerie Written by SamandDean76, with art by Mörökölli

When You Least Expect It Written by FriendofCarlotta, with art by seidenapfel

Where the Angels Walk Written by LoversAntiquities, with art by szlez

hummingbird Written by Abi_in_the_Cosmos, with art by adromelke

Some things I still can’t tell you Written by andimeantittosting, with art by sidewinder

Stone Can’t Cry Written by Hectatess, with art by Sketcheun

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About the structure of The Librarians: The Next Chapter and the potential Future of the Franchise (from a longtime obsessive fan):

sometimes i genuinely forget that your average person is not knowledgeable about how making television works, and don't really pay attention at all to the behind the scenes activities of the people who make television.

to everyone responding to The Librarians: The Next Chapter trailer with negativity along the lines of "why are there new Librarians" "why is Stone the only one there",

i am actually shocked to realize you guys are unaware of the entire reason the first Librarians show exists in the form it does. But then i realize i'm probably the weird one for knowing all of these specific details but here we go: The only reason Eve, Ezekiel, Jenkins, Cassandra and Jake even EXIST is because of scheduling conflicts. Noah Wyle wanted to come back to star in a spin off of the original movies very badly, but he was currently under contract in the middle of filming the final few seasons of Falling Skies. If you're unaware, when you're under contract to finish a certain amount of filming, you can't just break that contract without serious legal repercussions. Not to mention, Noah wanted to do Falling Skies justice. So the executives behind both projects and Noah came to a scheduling compromise - something that Noah was only able to do because of the pull he, Dean Devlin and John Rogers have, not something most actors can easily swing - to where he could finish his work on Falling Skies while also appearing in The Librarians in the time he wasn't filming for Falling Skies. This meant that Noah would be able to be there for at least a couple episodes for the first few seasons, but not all of them. Naturally, you can't have a show where the ONLY main character, the ONLY Librarian, is gone half the time for the first few seasons. So the obvious and genius solution they came up with? More Librarians.

An ensemble main cast that would be able to hold down the fort and keep the show moving forward when Noah/Flynn wasn't there. And they specifically wrote it in a way to where it made perfect sense character wise for Flynn to be absent, both because of the plot and because of Flynn's trauma and fear of commitment. They made Noah Wyle's inability to be there the whole time an integral part of the plot and themes, and constructed the rest of the show around it.

And then when Falling Skies was finished filming, Noah was able to appear more regularly in s3 and s4 of the show, while still being absent sometimes to maintain the consistency of his character arc. The group and plot was set up to allow it to make sense for him to be able to come and go as needed.

I want you to take a second to digest this information. Your favorite characters and their relationships with each other would never have even existed if Noah Wyle had been completely free at the time the show was being started. We would have no Eve Baird, no Ezekiel Jones, no Jacob Stone, no Jenkins, no Cassandra. It would be just the Flynn Carson show, just like the movies. Flash forward seven or so years, and Dean finally gets the chance to bring the franchise back again - but all the actors from the first show are now, just like Noah was, tied up in contracts and schedules for stuff they are already doing. The person with the most schedule flexibility? Christian Kane, because the other shows he's working on currently are also under Electric Entertainment. All of the actors have confirmed they DO WANT TO RETURN WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE. They have told Dean this, they talked about this at the convention panel at ElectricCon, and I even personally talked to John Harlan Kim during the meet and greet about how excited he is to eventually return whenever he can. They will return when they can, and these new characters are perfectly set up to work alongside them smoothly the second they do.

Therefore Jake is the best choice to be the first returning character to bring in the new characters and establish their connection to the Library, because they are new recruits, not replacements. This is a CONTINUATION spin off, not a reboot. The Library is once again expanding it's employee base and becoming even more of a capital-O Organization than it already was in the first show. This makes sense both externally and internally.

Externally, this is exactly what they did when they made the first continuation spin off show based on the movies. They created a new ensemble cast of main characters to form relationships with the previous characters in the franchise, and to hold down the fort when those characters are off screen because their actors are currently busy. Internally, expanding the Library even more is the natural progression of the plot and themes that where being explored in the original show. The entire point of the final season, if not the show, is that it was always a mistake to have only one Librarian, a mistake made out of fear. The natural endgame of the themes of the show was to invite even more people to join the Library - there where even multiple side characters heavily set up to potentially become future Librarians themselves. (Lucy Lyons for example). These new characters are not replacing the old ones, they are holding down the fort so that the old characters have a franchise to come back to in the first place. Because if they had to wait for all the actors to be available again to make the new Librarians show, it wouldn't get made, because the people with the money don't wanna wait when they're greenlighting a show. When you get greenlit on a concept, you make it now or you never make it. This was true when Noah was too busy to be the sole main character of the first show, and it's true now when the actors where too busy in 2022-2023 to all return at once for the new show's first season. And a final but EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POINT: Dean announced this show while talking about expanding The Librarians universe, and then at ElectricCon he announced that what he REALLY wants to do is bring back the original show if next chapter is successful, and have both the next chapter and the original librarians team's show airing at the same time while crossing over constantly with each other. Essentially creating a shared Librarians television landscape for characters to move throughout. But that will only happen if The Next Chapter is successful enough. So PLEASE, open your hearts to these new characters and these new actors, because they are in the exact same position the cast of the original show was in. I was there, movie fans where complaining that it wasn't a show solely about Flynn and Flynn alone. But when once the show actually aired, they all quickly shut up, because the day Dean Devlin makes Librarians characters that aren't worth obsessing over is the day hell freezes over. If you don't support The Next Chapter, you will completely lose any chance of seeing those older characters return. Trust me, guys. Relax. You will love these new characters just as much, and you will see the old ones again if this show gets more seasons. So if you want that, you better start getting hyped!

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kitty car 🐱

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“Kitty practicing the lion dance for the Chinese New Year” 

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finally get to show what i worked on for @deancaspinefest with @hectatess! huge thanks to them for making my first pinefest a treat and for writing such a fascinating world. read it here:

Stone Can't Cry

Chuck, vindictive little shit he is, keeps throwing Castiel into various universes. Every time he finds his beloved Dean, and every time they thwart Chuck’s narrative. This time, Chuck decides that Castiel needs to be unable to find the Righteous Man. So when Castiel wakes up, he finds that he is unable to move a muscle. How will he find his love?

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The Stickyfrogs wish everyone a Happy World Frog Day! 🐸🌏😀🐸

They send a Big Smile to their cousins in captivity and in the wild all over the world and Many Pats to all the Excellent Frog Scientists working very hard and doing amazing things to help protect them! 🐸

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people who have not worked in the service industry in years (if at all, ever) will be like “you have to work SATURDAYS? 😰” yeah man things you guys go to are open those days. So there i must fucking be