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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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And another teaser for my upcoming comic, this time a full page! Served as my warmup for the day.

Kofi | Commissions

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okay so. when i was reading the 2005 supernatural forums there was a bit of talk about phone numbers and voicemails that i didn't really pay attention to until this morning when i found something more

right after 'phantom traveler' ended, people started talking about dean's phone number that john gave in his voicemail

but i watched that moment and went, where are they getting this completely different number from? on bluray john gives the number as 785-555-0179

and then i see this

so at some point, the producers went back and overdubbed the number john gives with a different number, but the people who were watching it live heard 866-907-3235. and they called it. and this is the voicemail they got (youtube recording of it)

so, the first time dean's phone is given out on the show, the viewers are prompted to call it and get a voicemail. 11-2-83 is the night mary died.

the next time dean's phone is said on the show, in 'home', they're also prompted to call it.

and they find out that the voicemail changed

(i couldn't find a recording of this voicemail)

since dean gives out john's full email address in this voicemail, people start writing it too. and the day before 'asylum' airs, they get a reply

so now they have a day's head start on figuring out what this connects to. and this person gets it

dean does, in fact, get a similar message as them in 'asylum'

i don't know, seeing people this engaged with the show from the very beginning is just cool

before the season 2 premiere they got one more e-mail, this time jo's

if you wrote her, she would write back "Do I know you? Aren't you a friend of Ash?"

according to the spn wiki, this message was automated up until s05e10 'abandon all hope', after which the e-mail no longer responded. :(

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Congratulations to all of the amazing artists and authors who participated in the ninth round of the Dean/Cas Pinefest!

It was a difficult year for a number of our fandom friends, leading to a couple of last minute schedule changes and pinch-hit assignments that brought our total number of participants to just 25 authors and 24 artists -- but even with those unexpected changes, 26 teams gifted the Dean/Cas fandom an impressive 787,104 words of pine-filled fic, and 83 gorgeous works of art.

As always, the wealth of creative talent we've been blessed with in this fandom has blown us away, and it's especially wonderful to see the love for our favorite hunter and angel going strong after all this time.

Speaking of which... we’re not done yet!

Registration for the 2026 Dean/Cas Pinefest will open to authors and artists on June 1st 🌲

If you're thinking that seems earlier than we usually open for business, you'd be right. Because this will be our TENTH(!) round, we're planning some extra fun. We'll share details closer to registration time, but we hope you'll all take part!

Follow us here on Tumblr to make sure you don’t miss out on any details!

Under the cut, you’ll find links to every masterpost from the 2025 round, and you can also check out the collection on Ao3. Make sure to let the authors and artists know how much you enjoyed their creations with a like, kudos, or best of all, a reblog, rec, or comment!

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

Cosmic Consequences Written by MittenWraith, with art by Categoryfour

Stairs in the Woods Written by blackhorsedances, with art by Kolumander

If I Loved You Less Written by one_more_offbeat_anthem, with art by TFWDuke

Angel Kisses Written by casblackfeathers, with art by onowey

I built you a garden, don’t you know? Written by karlo1469, with art by MercurialKitty

i hear them all calling my name Written by thatapolloguy (wingsandaharp), with art by medicatedmaniac

Looking Back, Fundamental Romance Written by Susu_st, with art by onowey

You Lose Some, You Win Some Written by gay_dinosaur_1701, with art by Aggiedoll

The Width of a Circle Written by imogenbynight, with art by Randi

Holy Roller Written by flowerssinherhair, with art by girlinthemirrorbluenight

The light will lead you home Written by Desirae, with art by thestarsmakemedream

Searching For Burning Feathers Written by Altiria, with art by stonelions

The Royal Runaway Written by Tossukka, with art by daffodilsonaprettystring

Hand in Hand Written by golbygloom, with art by aerialworms-art

The Magic Words (that make everything all better) Written by iamianweareme, with art by TwinOne

willing to bite my own chain Written by an_ardent_rain, with art by verobatto

Fanfic Dreams Written by seidenapfel, with art by Witchy-Worm

begin again Written by dothraki_shieldmaiden, with art by Witchy-Worm

Something in the Water (pinch-hit ficlet) Written by imogenbynight, for art by hexentaenzerin

And once you’re all caught up on this year’s crop of pine, there are 811 works of art and 253 fics (totaling almost 10 million words) to be found in the previous eight Pinefest rounds!

Until next time… happy pining!

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Something in the Water* | Mature | 11k

Author: imogenbynight Artist: hexentaenzerin

*this is a pinch-hit ficlet, based on art that was created for another fic which did not publish -- hence the lower than usual word count :)

After defeating Chuck, the Winchesters decide to take a vacation with all their friends... and what better destination than a lakeside cabin owned by the Men of Letters? Or; the one where Dean, Claire, and Jack all take an unwitting dip in the fountain of youth.

Link to Fic | Art Link

Pairings: Dean/Cas (Sam/Eileen, Claire/Kaia)

Warnings: No archive warnings apply

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Leverage Redemption S03E01 The Weekend in Paris Job.

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does a wound like that ever heal completely

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since i've been informed it's easter weekend, it's seasonally appropriate again! mostly because i completely forgot to reblog it on april fool's this year. in case anyone needs a bit of fluff (with lots of bunnies) :)

Rating: T Words: 21550 Pairings: Dean/Castiel (Sam/OFC) Warnings: Case Fic, Fluff and Humor, Sam learns the truth about the Easter bunny, Sharing a Bed, John Winchester’s A+ Parenting, Implied/Referenced Homophobia in the distant past, implied attempted rape of an oc as part of the investigation (but she’s fine) (see ao3 for more tags, mostly of the fluffier sort)

Summary: Sam finds a case in a town that harbors long-repressed childhood trauma for both him and Dean. Once upon a time, it played host to Sam’s discovery that the Easter bunny was a fraud perpetuated by his brother. But while Sam was busy resenting Dean for how that truth came to light, he missed the bigger picture of what Dean had been up to for the month John had left them behind, and the boy he’d spent most of his time with. Now, with a potential supernatural killer on the loose, Dean has to dredge up a part of his past he’d thought he’d safely buried so deep it would never see the light of day. Cas helps.

(aka that fic that happened when I realized Easter fell on April Fools Day this year, and about six meta points just converged and begged to be written as one weird bunny-themed story. Now with 63% more bunnies)

Read it now on AO3

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This may seem like an exaggeration, the idea that one can learn how to properly think like a criminal by learning how crime stories work. On a personal note, let me tell a story from the Leverage writer’s room.

Apollo Robbins (http://www.istealstuff.com/) runs a crew of professional thieves who consult for law enforcement. He was also our criminal consultant on Leverage. Every few weeks he would visit the writer’s room to advise on the scripts and keep us up to date about new cons and the latest in criminal technology.

One day during the third season he sat in with the writers while we broke a story. We posted the details of a real-life white collar criminal up on the room’s whiteboard, using him as the basis for our Mark. We looked at his weaknesses, how he moved his money, what his hobbies were. Once we were happy with that element of the story we added a Vault to the mix, one that used an interesting new alarm technology we’d researched. We then spent about an hour figuring out how to circumvent that alarm. We even sketched out a map of the imaginary building so we could keep track of our Crew’s movements during the Job.

“Well, I’m done here,” Apollo muttered. Noting our confusion, he pointed at the board and index cards cluttering the wall. “This is exactly how real Crews plan these things. This writer’s room is now a fully functioning criminal gang. You could be thieves.”

Of course writing television pays better than crime (usually), with far less chance of being arrested (usually), so we all managed to resist the temptation. But aside from the day a US Attorney asked us to change a plot because we’d created a scam that was a little too foolproof, or when a Homeland Security Agent admitted they were spooked by a security hole we’d exploited in our season finale, it was certainly one of the proudest moments I had on the show.

Source: "CrimeWorld" by John Rogers in Fate Worlds Volume Two: Worlds in Shadow. Evil Hat Productions, 2013: 20.

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"i need it"

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I’ve had a tumblr for 4 years what the fuck am I doing with my life 

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Something happens (you wouldn’t know it yet) | Mature | 84k

Author: MiracleofWinchester Artist: hexentaenzerin

In college, the word around the campus was that Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak were inseparable. You wouldn’t find one without the other’s shadow hovering over them. Everything either of them did, every little thought one of them thought of was known to the other… well, almost everything anyway.It’s fifteen Years later, gives or take, and you can’t even breathe the name of one of them in the presence of the other. It’s too painful, too much. It’s a history of a complicated web of feelings and misunderstands that were left unaddressed for so long with neither of them daring to poke at it. It takes one video long since been recorded, a mischievous eight-year-old, his cunning older cousin, and a host of family and friends who had exhausted themselves trying to get these two best friends back into each other’s lives for Dean and Castiel to even get into the same space at the same time again. A summer camp, a basketball court, and a beloved early 00s teen show may be involved. OR the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai inspired Destiel fic nobody asked for!

Link to fic*  |  Link to art 

Pairings: Dean/Cas (Past Dean/Lisa, Past Cas/Kelly, background Garth/Benny, Background Jimmy/Amelia) Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

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There's this great ancient invention called the paragraph break. You get it by hitting the return key on your keyboard after you've completed a thought but you're not ready to end your post yet. 10/10, highly recommend.

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im still losing it over the "how did high schoolers write 600 word essays before chatgpt" post. 600 words. that is nothing. that is so few words what do you mean you can't write 600 words. 600 words. this post right here is 45 words.

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Where is South Africa?

Somewhere around Lesotho I think.