#Dean Learner

[dog2ff]

Idk who this is for but Thornton Reed/ Dean Learner from Garth Marenghi’s darkplace edit

[girlsnightgirlsnight]

this archetype

[twonkles]

Cinema

[theoneandonlywonton]

The 'Save Darkplace' website is actually the best, you can only view it on the Wayback Machine now but it's so cool. It has quite a few different pages, including a detailed one about what happened to Madeleine Wool.

I'm probably going to do a poll, but personally I think it would make sense if she was killed by Dean, even though he can seem like a chill guy, I think he's very impulsive and apathetic to people. Kidnapped by MI8 would be hilarious as a storyline though, I'd love to explore that.

Definitely check it out if you're a fan of the show or are interested in its production/lore.

[nkulunkulu]

when he's taller than you | original |

[jojoseames]

Supporter reward art! The learnèd Dean Learner, from "Man to Man with Dean Learner"!

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The Royal Family be like

[idjits-areus]

So it's Cas day, right? The day that Lazarus Rising aired. Well, technically that means that Cas is 16 years old and the first thing my brain thought when I did that math was "He can legally drive now."

Like, that doesn't even remotely matter. A) because he's an angel, B) he's already driven vehicles, C) he's a few millennia years old, D) Jimmy's like 40 years old. Nobody's going to question him driving.

Anyways, happy Cas day!

[wandering-alien]

Seriously Darkplace is a hidden gem, I love that show to pieces and the lore they've constructed is so cool, but not many people are aware of how good it is, which is so sad.

Reasons to watch Darkplace

Just do it.

[incorrectlooneytunesquotes]

Zees ees a song about a lost love, leeterally a lost love - she went meesseng eenside a garden maze on May Day past. Eet was one ah designed mahself dureeng a parteeculalry self-destructive period of mah life. Eet had man traps.

Pepe le Pew

[wellofdean]

So...thinking about Dean and Jack...

Jack is not a child. He is NEW, but he is a cosmic being of unknowable power who was cognizant enough in the womb to save Kelly because he was still using her body as an incubator, and to show Cas a manipulative, glorious vision of his future actions specifically as they relate to Cas's desires. When he is born, he speaks English and understands peril, has the physical strength and angelic power to defend himself. He doesn't understand the world, but he is a VERY fast learner. There are a lot of ways in which children are vulnerable and need protection that simply do not apply to Jack at all. He is not a baby, physically or mentally.

Where Jack is vulnerable is in his sense of self and his identity. He is emotionally and spiritually vulnerable, and he is vulnerable to manipulation. From the first time Sam talks to him, he is asking Jack if he can re-open the rift, and Sam DOES want to use him. I don't blame Sam for that, it's a perfectly logical thing to want. Sam believes Mary might still be alive, and he wants to use Jack to go see, and hell, maybe as a weapon, too. Sam needs to believe that Jack can be good and useful to them, and he is not really honest with Jack at first. Dean is right about that.

Dean, though? Dean is completely, 100% honest with Jack in every interaction, no matter how ugly the truth. He tells Jack exactly what he thinks and feels. He has a very reasonable reaction to Jack as a still-unknown cosmic power, and Dean quite reasonably sees him as the reason Cas is dead. Dean is emotional and grieving, but he is honest. Later, as he comes to see Jack as something other than a threat, he is kind to Jack while still being honest. When he comes to love Jack, he loves him honestly. He never lies or manipulates Jack even one time until they lure him into the mal'ak box, and when they talk him into it, Dean can barely look at Jack and makes Sam do the talking, because he really just can't. Lie. To. Jack.

Jack emulates, loves and respects Dean. When Jack thinks Dean has to kill him, he understands and accepts it because he trusts Dean. I think Jack looks to Dean for an honest, clear-eyed assessment of his situation. Cas is blinded by love, Sam is more interested in utility, and Dean is being forced to sacrifice Jack, who has become his and Cas's son -- his family. If Dean can do it, Jack is willing to submit, and then DEAN CAN'T DO IT.

it makes no sense to me to apply real-world child/parent roles to them, to compare Dean with John, who was raising human children, or to think of Jack as an actual human child, and I don't blame Dean for any of it. Dean is so emotionally compromised in so many different ways and I think there is a widespread tendency to begrudge Dean his legitimate feelings when they aren't comfortable, and to apply reality-based roles to these characters who are not at all living normal lives. When it comes down to it, Dean STILL loves Jack (and Cas!) too much to kill Jack or to lie to him, even after Jack oopsie-daisy kills Mary in a moment of uncontrolled panic and has no soul and can't tell right from wrong, and can't even feel remorse. Jack is legitimately dangerous, and Dean is not wrong to try to contain that.

And, by the end of the story, when Dean is saying Jack is not family, not like Cas and Sam are, Dean has lost his compass, and we know that because he also deceives Amara, and tries to kill Sam. Dean is truly in error in those scenes, and doing the wrong things, and seriously, Dean is so good, so self-sacrificing, so full of love that I am able to forgive him a moment of error at the climax of his existential crisis. By that time, Jack is a complex character who is as heavy with grief and guilt as Dean is, and who feels the weight of the world, like Dean does, and who understands Dean.

Is Dean perfect? No. Is Jack a child? No.

I'm just going to say it: I think Dean was a good father to Jack, because what Jack needed more than anything else was honest information about who he was, what threat he posed, who loved him, and HOW to love, so that he could decide who he was and what he wants to be.

He got that from Dean.

[profoundbondfanfic]

Just Say Yes

Just Say Yes by zaffre Rating: Teen and Up Word Count: 12k

Over the years, Dean has kept a running list of pranks and favors he wishes he could ask Cas to do for him with his angel powers. When the opportunity finally presents itself to Dean to start checking off that list, Dean thinks he’s got this thing completely under control and will be spending the whole night getting his way. He should have known that Cas would have some requests of his own, though.

Sometime during Season 8, Dean and Cas are stuck in a hotel room while they wait for development on their current case. Dean’s bored, so he suggests they play a game: if one person asks the other person to do something, they must say yes. 

What follows is a cute story where Dean takes advantage of the situation to make Cas use his angel abilities and share his angelic knowledge with him. At first, Cas doesn’t quite get the nature of the game, but he’s a quick learner. Soon, Dean and Cas are going out to the bar, with Dean wearing Cas’s trench coat and Cas with a pretty pink bow in his hair. Of course, Dean and Cas being Dean and Cas, there has to be a little angst to pull the story all together. 

This fic is fun. It’s nice to see Dean and Cas let loose and enjoy each other’s company. I always love it when an author leans into the fact Cas is an angel and this story does it in spades. I like that the author recognizes that there has to be boring parts to monster hunting and decided to show how the boys would fill the time. This story isn’t about the case. It’s all about the characters of Dean and Cas and their relationship with each other. The readers will be happy to be along for the ride. 

[words-4u]

down to their bones - j.l

pairing: jordan li x f!reader

wc: 875

warnings: none, a bit angsty, minor jealousy, lots of fluff

a/n: listened to your bones by clesea culter while writing this and kind of used it as an inspo - don't have to listen to it but you should for vibes especially near the end

hero ethics was once a class you were excited for but now that you were a month into the course, you realize it's not at all what you expected.

all you do is watch a shit ton of videos and theorize hypotheticals, there's nothing even remotely physical involved which is what you really wanted the most.

instead here you were with lia, your partner for an upcoming presentation that dean shetty insisted the class do after she took over for brink. 

“you know i still can’t believe shetty wants us to speak for 20 full minutes on ‘aero dynamics of human flight’” you said looking at the late professor brink’s book before tossing it to the side. “i can’t even fly!”

“well, i can and it doesn’t take a rocket science to figure out how,” lia laughed. she was sprawled on your double bed that was littered with two copies of the book, laptops, pens and little stickies. “i’m a hands on learner, i need to be out there in the open skies.”

she fell back on your bed and in to a fake daydream. 

“i think someone needs to get their head out of the clouds and help me with this presentation or else we’ll fail,” you leaned in playfully tapping her forehead with a highlighter. of course this is the exact most your significant other, jordan, walks in to your room.

“uuuh…hello?” jordan said. they walked in clearly having come back from the gym, in their baggy shorts, cropped blue sweater and their short bob in a ponytail.

they were expecting to find you on your own, wanting to spend the rest of the evening with you, not to find you on your bed with another girl.

“hi babe,” you raced to jordan and placed your hands on their shoulders as you kissed them. you knew something was off the second they didn’t kiss back and you were right because as you pulled back, their eyes were glued to your bed. where lia was. 

“i’m sorry, and who are you?” jordan snapped. you were slightly taken aback because this was a side of jordan you haven't seen.

“jordan, that’s lia, my partner for hero ethics and lia this is jordan, my partner outside of hero ethics and everything else,” you smiled between the two people in your room.

“yeah, they are ranked number 5 in the whole school, y/n, i know who they are. i just didn’t know you were dating a star student,” lia said looking impressed. 

“you didn’t know?” jordan parroted. “she didn’t know?”

“we got paired up like 4 hours ago on this project. it wasn’t exactly at the top of my list of things to speak to her about.”  you whispered. 

you turned to lia. “um, i’m just gonna talk to jordan outside for like 5 minutes, you can take a break if you want.”

lia gave two thumps up before pulling out her vphone.

you grabbed jordan by the wrist and dragged them out of your dorm and into the hall way. there were a couple students walking up and down the hall and some more in a corner chatting about the latest viral video from the Seven but overall it was empty enough to have this much needed conversation.

by the time you shut your door, jordan had shifted to their male form.

“what the hell is wrong you?” you asked poking their shoulder. 

jordan clenched their jaw. “what are you talking about?”

“w-what am i talking about?” you asked back. “i’m talking about the fact that lia is lucky you don’t have laser eyes or she’d fucking toast. literally!”

“i walk into your room and you have another girl on your bed, y/n, how am i supposed to feel?”

the look on their face was suddenly transparent and it dawned on you.

“you’re jealous? over a classmate? is that it?” you asked, this time your voice carrying a softer tone. 

jordan didn’t look too pleased with the fact that they let something so trivial get to them.

“j, use your words,”

“you guys just looked so close,” they said looking at you with their big brown eyes.

you sighed. “well, we’re not. but we do need to get along cause this project is worth 30% and you know your girl can’t and won’t fail,” you said which caused them to smile a bit.

“besides,” you continued pushing their back against the wall and wrapping your hands around their neck. “i’m sort of already in love with someone, like right down to their bones, and as long as they are in my life no one else stands a chance.”

jordan leaned their forehead against yours. “i’m sorry for how i reacted. it was shitty.”

“apology accepted,” you whispered. “now give me a kiss. a proper one this time,”

jordan brushed their lips against your before kissing the air out of you. it was getting a little too hot for two people standing in a hallway and you were never one for major pda so you pulled away smiling.

“okay now you're just being a distraction,” you grinned up at them.

“okay, fine i’ll go but just to make sure, it was me who you were talking about, right?”

you chuckled playfully shoving them down the hall. “yes, you big idiot. now go and come back in 2 hours when you can really make it up to me.”

jordan smirked. “i’ll be counting down the seconds."

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[nkulunkulu]

nightmare blunt rotation

[deancasreversebang]

Entangled Pleasure

Artist: Aceriee

Author: casblackfeathers

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Dean/Castiel

Length: 11642

Warnings: no major warnings apply

Tags: BDSM, Dom!Castiel, sub!Dean, power bottom!Castiel, service top!Dean, roommates, friends to lovers, shy!Dean, confident!Castiel

Summary: When Dean’s roommate, Cas, needs a model for his photography project focused on kink and erotica with a Dom/sub perspective, Dean is quick to volunteer. Granted, Dean doesn’t have any experience with BDSM and never modeled before, but he’s always been a fast learner and he likes helping others.

Besides, it doesn’t hurt that Cas is sex on a stick and keeps challenging what Dean knows about himself. Dean is used to placing others’ needs before his own, but Cas has been swiftly chipping at his walls, making him yearn to be taken care of for a change. And the most mind-blowing thing is that Cas seems to enjoy caring for Dean as much as he does. With Cas, Dean wonders what it would be like to let his guard down and release control for once.

So yeah, this modeling as Cas’ sub should be easy peasy, right? As long as all the feelings Dean has harbored over Cas don’t get in the way, he should be friggin’ dandy.

Link to Art (NSFW) | Link to Fic