#╰» 「 ✞ 」 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻. ┊ is it me? am i the drama?

[ripcrispyblonde]

Introducing the According to the Lore... podcast (2/2)

The podcast was the idea of Jess's (Lindsey's) after getting reunited with her long lost love Sam (Steve) in Los Angeles. She said it could be the perfect opportunity to take back the agency of telling his story that Chuck Shurley took away from him when publishing the novels. They could focus on lore and hunting. It could serve as a library for aspiring hunters so that they wouldn't come face to face with trusting incorrect monster lore. They chose the aliases Steve and Lindsey as a nod to the Winchester's often choosing rock music aliases. Jess begrudgingly let Sam live her lifelong dream of being S.tevie N.icks to make the aliases a little less obvious.

Neither of them really expected the podcast to take off or enjoy it so much, especially because it had been years since the Supernatural series had been published. But they found a following and grew, soon garnering sponsors and becoming a rather impressive source of income for them, which they never intended for it to be. They often invite other hunters, retired and current, for guest spots on the podcast to tell their own stories of unique and interesting cases.

This podcast is set in Jess's Hot Mess verse and exclusive to @storiesfabled for Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, and Castiel.

[bleakfated]

I've been thinking about this for a while and I'm still not sure what the intention was behind the awful Sam season 7 sideburns or who thought they were a good idea. However...

In my canon, Sam decided he couldn't trust himself with a razor or shaving while he was being incessantly harassed by Hallucifer. Sam has a growing beard as season 7 goes on. Way more than what we eventually got in season 14.

[crispyblonde]

but for real i imagine crowley's nickname for jess is ankle-biter. like she's going off on him and he's like 'fellas please control your ankle-biter. the incessant yapping is giving me a headache.'

[freetoleave]

Bestiary of how shapeshifters perceive different supernatural beings.

to be updated with my brainstorming. shifters can hear heartbeats and breathing in a heightened fashion regardless of being in human or wolf form, though distance and clarity is heightened extensively in wolf form. skin of almost all other beings feels a bit colder to the touch than that of humans for shapeshifters, who run warm. this is mostly due to lack of or decreased intensity of circulation.

Other Shifters: this varies greatly between different origins. those of quileute origin have a little bit of an lower heartbeat usually around 30-40 bpm. to each other they smell woodsy, petrichor and sandalwood.

Angels: angels smell clean; think linen, fresh air, hints of citrus. it isn't as overwhelming as the scent of vampires and other "monsters", but it is powerful. shifters can pick up on the true nature of angels through sound past absence of a heartbeat. they can't hear or see their true form underneath the vessel, but their presence is accompanied by a faint humming sound about like this.

Nephilim: same as above to a lesser degree, the humming sound is faint while shifters are in their human form. the clean scent is still there but it is more of an undertone and can be overpowered/masked by the individual's own scent especially when the shifter is in human form.

Demons: obviously the shifters can smell the sulfur. the intensity increases depending on the demons rank. heartbeats are still present in the demons that haven't completely destroyed their vessels, but it is on the slower side of heartbeats belonging to top tier athletes.

Werewolves: their smell is reminiscent to what twilight style vampires describe the shifters, but slightly less intense. wet fur mixed with the smell of pine. when both the shifter and the werewolf are in human form they need to be within fifteen or twenty feet of each other to really sense each other, but this scent can be traced in shifter wolf form regardless of the werewolf's status. when werewolves are 'wolfed-out' a hint of the scent of spoiled meat enters the mix.

Vampires: dependent on the type of vampire, detailed here. supernatural-based vampires smell more musty and cave like with a strong metallic/coppery scent of blood especially if they have fed recently. twilight-based vampires keep the sickly sweet smell like burnt sugar and bleach, undertones of the scent of blood are often lost in the intensity. because it is the strongest supernatural creature scent distinction, sometimes shifter's human noses can't fully distinguish them.

Witches: borrower witches carry the scent of the demons they borrow their magic from along with them. a sulfur scent, albeit a lot less intense, mixed with burnt matches. natural witches carry a smaller degree of the sulfur and burnt match scent, accompanied by the smell of wilting flowers. the scents of witches are undertones and can be overpowered/masked by the individual's own scent especially while the shifter is in human form.

[sherunsfaster]

My laptop that I hadn't touched in over an hour started randomly playing Hate Me by Blue October and you still can't tell me Sam Uley didn't cry to this song

And Leah's guilty pleasure cry song is When It All Falls Apart by The Veronicas

[letmedeleteitplz]

This will definitely expand as I flesh out Huntercorp Jess more.

Jess’s mother is the CEO of Lifeline Contracting, a company that has a variety of physicians for anyone’s contracting needs, particularly jobs that hold a lot of danger to ensure that medical care is started immediately. Growing up, Jessica felt a lot of pressure to meet her parents expectations. Being a top doctor in their company was the only option she had ever seen for herself and she was punished from a young age for bringing any grades home that weren't perfection, because they could have been. All of her free time was spent studying and at church as her mother is a devout catholic and made sure her children were too. Volunteering and charity galas filled nearly every weekend and Jessica really can't remember a time where her mother's company wasn't thriving.

When Huntercorp started to gain traction, Clarissa Moore saw opportunity for another company to contract her doctors to. As a result, Jessica was sent on a mission with Sam and Dean Winchester to prove the handiness of having a trained doctor with aggressive wound care and surgical training there to start early intervention on hunting related injuries. Her first case alongside the Winchesters led to her early intervention saving Sam Winchester's life after a brutal wendigo attack. The younger Winchester found himself rather smitten with her, and his interest led John Winchester to take the take solidifying the ties between the two major companies to the next level.

A mutually beneficial agreement was made. Nurses and doctors that are paid by Lifeline Contracting are trained as agents in Huntercorp. They have to prove they can take care of themselves during hunts because they are there on the scene to bridge the gap of care between an on the job injury and the hospital. Helping with the monster killing part isn't their primary function, but they are all trained to assist as getting results is the most important part of a job. To solidify the connection of Huntercorp and Lifeline Contracting, and as a sign of good faith for what would become future conglomeration of the two companies, Jessica Moore and Sam Winchester are set to be married.

While Jessica was a little iffy on the concept of arranged marriage, and pretty upset that her parents seemed to think she was nothing more than a bargaining chip, she finds Sam to be an absolute dreamboat. She falls in love with him almost instantly. She is a well-mannered, gracious woman with a brilliant mind and no intention on her life not meaning something through saving others. While she can be a bit on the shy side, she will comment on those not following God’s will, especially when it comes to sexual promiscuity, as Jessica still held her virginity when she and Sam were set up for marriage. Particularly, she is pretty vocal about Heidi and Mick, as the two do not even try to hide their relationship as it goes on and the office affair is downright despicable to her.

Jessica is very keen on keeping Huntercorp’s reputation clean. Cameron Ambrose acts as her mole for office gossip to ensure that nobody is behaving in any way that will get themselves or others killed or put the company in a bad light. At some point before their big, extravagant wedding, Sam is able to convince her to have sex. Turns out? She loves it! And it becomes a pretty regular thing for them, after they had avoided acting on the growing, palpable sexual tension between them. It is pretty noticeable around the office that she’s a lot less uptight and judgmental.

[crispyblonde]

circa may 2004, sam and jess have recently made it official with finals looming in the distance. they're crammed onto her twin xl bed and her big blue comforter has them roasting on a warm night. sam suggests they ditch the comforter and keep the sheet half on in case they cool off a bit.

jess: have you never watched a horror movie? you have to keep your feet tucked in because the ghosts always grab exposed feet. sam: ... . . . riiiight.

[ripcrispyblonde]

jess's plotted couples halloween costumes:

Jess & Buck - verse: Hot Mess - @storiesfabled

Jess & Sam - verse: Hot Mess/No Script - pls the inspo - @storiesfabled

Jess & Sidney - verse: Don't Speak - @bleakfated

Jess & Cam - verse: Three Amigos - @bleakfated

Jess is Chad in 3 & 4 obvs

[bleakfated]

Simple Man is banned from karaoke nights at The Crossroads if Cam's bartending.

[crispyblonde]

some of the limited number of photos on sam's myspace account courtesy of jess who also forced him to make his account because she needed him in her top eight.

bonus ones that couldn't see the light of day per sam's request under the cut

[ripcrispyblonde]

all of jess's go to karaoke songs are by michelle branch, kelly clarkson, and alanis morisette

[crispyblonde]

Introducing: Passion Painters

Stepping back from hunting, or maybe never getting too far into it in the first place, Jessica opens a small art studio in the post-series verse. Here, she hosts a few paint and sip events a month as well as smaller classes to help people grow with their art skill in a relaxed and supportive environment.

Artwork of local artists and the less macabre works of Jess’s own line the walls and are available for purchase as well. Despite stepping back from hunting, the paranoia isn’t something Jessica can separate herself from. The building is heavily warded and protected from a multitude of supernatural beings.

[ripcrispyblonde]

when jess and sidney were together in her season 4 arc, after she's under the impression that sam was locked in the cage with michael and lucifer for eternity, after they worked a case together he would take her to the closest big city and they'd have a few nights pretending they were locals on a couple of date nights. because he tried it out after their first case and saw how much she benefited from simple distraction and the hustle and bustle of the city from growing up in san francisco

[bleakfated]

why the hell is a hunter bar named the crossroads?

❝ at one point or another, i feel like every hunter has felt the pull of funneling their hopelessness into a meeting with a crossroads demon for one reason or another. for me, harvelle's roadhouse was the place i would go when i felt like life wasn't worth living anymore or i was about to do something stupid to get a case closed -- or hell, even revenge for the deaths of my folks. sure, the place might be full of douchebags you didn't particularly like -- but there was still a community there. somewhere that you knew people understood you even if you didn't feel like talkin' to 'em about it. the kid and i met at the ashes of the roadhouse and while i taught him how to hunt, the hole that the loss of the place seemed ever expanding for me and we had the bright idea of opening up the place when we were driving through kansas. so i guess we called it the crossroads in hopes that people would turn to us, to that feeling, instead of makin' a pact they would regret. and that sounds -- a lot cheesier when i say it out loud, doesn't it? ❞

[bleakfated]

more plotted costumes for cam:

Cam & Arianna - @storiesfabled

Cam & Mackenzie & Marlowe - @storiesfabled & @fervidus

[bleakfated]

thinking about the camera footage from the leviathan bank robbers masquerading as sam and dean and how it would specifically break kyle moore.

up until then, it was a hell of a lot easier to give sam winchester the benefit of the doubt. that something they were seeing or being told from the fbi that frequented their house whenever the winchesters landed themselves in more serious legal trouble could have a different explanation for it. but the camera footage? that's sam. plowing down everyone in a bank with an array of bullets with his brother.

part of him still hopes that there's something he doesn't understand going on, but what could it possibly be? it makes him physically sick. he vomits his stomach contents into the kitchen sink after seeing that footage. then he cries, a lot. it feels like the night he got the call that jess was dead all over again. did his little girl really fall in love with a monster that killed her and then burned her body? was he really that bad of a father that he hadn't been able to sense that he was so twisted under a facade of awkward friendliness from the few times he had met sam?

despite his doubts, the arguments over if sam was guilty had already caused enough dissention in his marriage and his gentle prodding to get alyssa to stop chasing after assumed justice for jess. so, he ultimately holds on to the hope that there's some crazy explanation for what happened to his daughter that night that didn't involve sam winchester. because there certainly was no longer any room for a logical one.