#but everything is about dta

[bobwess]

AMA (Down to Agincourt addition) I am once again bored, so here are some more (aka many) questions. As that anon from last year who asked for the elevator pitch, I am so glad I did and gave DtA another shot!!! When did you first start reading it?

When did you first realize how hooked you where with DtA? Was it from moment one? Was there a spesific scene?

Fav of the original side characters?

Fav the original main characters?

Coolest concept that DtA introduced into the SPN world?

If there could be a in-depth prequel written for any of the characters, who's past would you be the most interested in exploring?

If you had to, what would you ranking be of the books?

How many times have you read it all the way through?

What bit of foreshadowing (if any) did you miss the first time around that really jumped out at you on a reread?

Did reading DtA help inspire your own The End fic?

What of the many burning questions currently unanswered do you want answered first?

What's the most interesting non-SPN related fact that DtA taught you?

If normal SPN team free will read/watch/found out about the DtA what do you think their reactions would be?

What's a scene/interaction that still scratches the brain itch?

Have you read The Forever King spin-off series? If so, what are your thoughts?

Yes!! Muahahahaha. Changing the order a bit.

Coolest concept that DtA introduced into the SPN world?

The Winchester House, everything about it, and its entire relationship to Nate. 

The complex rules and magical constraints/potential of metaphysical contamination.

Honorable mention: Lucifer’s plans with the Gods.

But also actually: The Winchester House.

What bit of foreshadowing (if any) did you miss the first time around that really jumped out at you on a reread?

(spoilers) 

The set up for the church paradox. 

Cas, post fall, fever dream, almost dying locked in that cabin bedroom, the unnamed goddess calling him in spirit yet somehow physically into that Church.

Dean, post infection, fever dream, almost dying locked in that cabin bedroom, Cas accidentally calling him in spirit yet somehow physically into that Church. 

All of time and space converging. Dean is the impossible, he was never supposed to be in this universe, Cas accidentally binding them together with those sigils, allowing Cas to connect with Dean in the first place, and also making Dean invisible to Lucifer while he’s physically in that cabin, which he technically is, thus allowing him to shield Lia and thus her able to get him into that church where he and Cas manage to do something and erase the kids' (and both of their) minds. 

There is so much meat there, and every time you re-read there is more. There is so much cool foreshadowing with ALL the players involved, and I literally put together another thread in that during EVERY read-through. 

Someone once asked me my thoughts on what we know happened in the church and it got to 19 pages in google before I had to cut it off pending another re-read of book 4. 

Fav of the original side characters?

I can not separate Nate and the Winchester House, so--

Fav the original main characters?

Vera by a slim margin over Joe.

When did you first start reading it?

It’s hard to remember just because the last three years are a fuzzy mess, but I’m pretty sure I started reading it late 2021/early 2022. I am a fast reader so I demolished it VERY fast. 

When did you first realize how hooked you where with DtA? Was it from moment one? Was there a specific scene? 

After Cas and Dean started properly working together in book 1 I was pretty on board, but once they told Chuck and started their trips into Kansas City, that was when it really settled in and I knew I was about to read the entire thing.

If there could be a in-depth prequel written for any of the characters, who's past would you be the most interested in exploring?

Joe or Teresa. Honestly though I’d really like to see the case Dean worked down by the border. 

If you had to, what would you ranking be of the books?

This is a slim AF margin too, because they’re all so good. But I think it’d be 3,1,4,2 So “A Thousand Lights in Space” “Map of the World” “Game of God” “It’s the Stars That Lie” But it's real neck and neck for the last three.

How many times have you read it all the way through?

Books one and two I have read cover to cover 6 or 7 times, three I probably read a couple more. Book four I’ve actually only read completely cover to cover once, but I have read a lot of it out of order a couple more times. I’m trying to get my fics to a bit more of a stable point so I can re-read it again in case I go off the rails hyper-fixation on it again. I’ll probably read it twice in a row when I read it this next time.

Did reading DtA help inspire your own The End fic?

No, it hindered it greatly. The world building in DtA is very contrary to the plot I have for my endverse fic, and it took a while for my brain to reset and be like “Nope, this is what I’m doing, put that out of your mind.” If I hadn’t read DtA, you’d already have my Endverse fic, because I started writing it before reading that, and had to stop work for straight up like a year. 

What of the many burning questions currently unanswered do you want answered first?

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED INSIDE THE DAMN CHURCH!?!?!?

What's the most interesting non-SPN related fact that DtA taught you?

Graphene and everything about it.

If normal SPN team free will read/watch/found out about the DtA what do you think their reactions would be?

I think none of them would have any idea what to do with it. Cas would therefore not have much outward expression, Sam would be incredibly awkward and only a little insulted he isn’t in it, and Dean would be 10/10 defensive AF. 

What's a scene/interaction that still scratches the brain itch?

The Winchester Hou- Cas accidentally calling Dean when he’s using Allison as a conduit for the kids in Ichabod, and subsequently their interactions after Cas figures out what happened. 

Close seconds are Cas and Dean’s interaction after Dean gets bit in the courtyard, Cas searching Kansas City with his mind after Dean touched The Ick™. 

And yes actually the retelling of Nate’s interactions with The Winchester House.

Have you read The Forever King spin-off series? If so, what are your thoughts?

I have not read it yet, I must at some point. I know I’ll like it.

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Also I'm glad my pitch worked and you ended up giving it another go!!

[badass-apocalyptic-disasters]

][WHAT UP SUKKAS][

-let’s get this whole thingy straight, it’s where I reblog/post everything related to the ‘Disasters of The apocalypse’ (DTA for short) :3

[we should put everybody’s roles!] —————->

Me! (Kraang5)- medic (yup, healings ma thing U-U)

@animal-lover-forever -The 2nd medic (I mean, yeah they heal, but they also have the strength to kill a Kraang)

@karmacomesaround -THE RODENT SHOT (basically the rat with anger problems and has way too many guns and fire power in their arsenal it’s insane)

@ghosty-0w0 -THE SPIRIT SLICER (in other words, the person who knows way too much about range/meelee/close combat weapons that the shier knowledge could take down a kraang)

@riseleon -THE AIREAL ASSASSIN - (basically flies at a very , very fast speed and nukes / bombs kraangs and Kraang ships from above)

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[fagcrisis]

i feel really bad and uneasy about life so ive started reading dta which im sure will only make everything worse

[bedlund]

about to start reading dta after having been mostly away from this fandom in over two years now. i say mostly because you never really escape the rot. deactivated and then moved to a new blog but i’m sure we were mutuals when i was an active part of the fandom. any tips? not sure what i’m about to face

oh wow the rot never really goes away huh. i’m so happy to welcome you to agincourtie nation! first off i don’t know how long it’s been since your last 5x04 viewing but watching that before starting dta is always a good idea just to get into the groove.

secondly. you gotta stick to it. map of the world will probably be confusing on the first read, there’s a lot of exposition happening and a lot of two men talking to at each other. there’s a podfic version on ao3 that helped me a lot. i feel so bad always making this disclaimer about map of the world, this was just my personal experience AND on the second read i did think it was great american literature that should be taught in schools. so basically stick to it and everything (mostly) will be explained plus after you’re done you get to read book 2 my beloved<3

grab a coffee (with sugar) and settle in because it’s going to be a long ride 🫡🫡🫡

[holyterrained]

what i’ve been realizing is that what makes me crazy about dta is that it pulls on my parable of the sower heart strings ... like yeah everything you touch you change ! the only lasting truth is change ! the world is full of painful stories. sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet i found myself thinking how beautiful that glint of water was through the trees !

[lill-cute-fluffy-devil]

Yet another DTAE post. XD.

I enter for way too many of these things. My scratch account has every DTA I've entered for. This one's an Axolotlet Dragon.

The little guy's so cute!!!!! More art will be added, I just can't stop drawing him! X3

BIO!!!!

Name: Axle

Nicknames: none. :"P

Gender: Male

Pronouns: he/him

Sexuality: Bi

Age: 7

Abilities: can breathe underwater for as long as he wants, can talk to the native fish and underwater creatures, and can see perfectly fine under even the dirtiest waters.

Likes: swimming, baths, chatting with friends, fish, axolotls, and just drifting on the ocean surface either sleeping or star gazing.

Dislikes: Dry places (because he needs to stay wet or he'll dry out), sharks, and mean people

Story: Axle was raised by himself and knows everything there is to know about the ocean. He grew up hiding in the reefs because he was scared of everything. He never met any other dragons, and when he was 3, group of Sharkands (Some random new species I made, I guess) moved in and he didn't know how to talk to him. They felt bad for him, being all alone, and took him in. They taught him how to speak dragon and English. He started wandering off more and more, farther and farther. Then one day, he got caught in a strong current that took him miles away from them, to a small island. He was scared, in an unknown place. He started wandering around, figuring out where the best spots were. He started to live there, and made friends with some of the creatures living there. But he still has never stopped looking for his family.

I'M GOING TO BE SO MAD/SAD IF I DO NOT WIN HIM

[fowl-leaf]

my 2023 summary of art!

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still not consistently posting anywhere, but I like doing these. they're fun there's a lot of things i would've liked to include but had to exclude, due to not being shareable on this account. maybe i'll have more stuff next year!

this is long, so details under the cut

JANUARY silly lizard oc i generally dont do much single line hatching, so it was nice to fiddle with it this time

FEBRUARY the wittle scrunkly lizard last time i drew this one, they were an lps shitpost, so its nice to like draw them normally lol

MARCH herman is running out of time glasses axolotl but make him neon idk

APRIL fancy calico i honestly dont know whats up with the clothes, i just kinda drew whatever tbh

MAY yippie!! toontown oc! was playing ttcc w/shard and co, this is the character i ended up making i also got covid around april-march iirc so i was feeling horrid for a while (and the remaining symptoms didnt clear up till like june)

JUNE an oc i got years ago but didnt have the confidence to draw for a while lmao anyways i like her colors and shape, she's fun

JULY mandatory artfight posting this was one of the last ones i did! ocs belong to pookapooka and they were so fun to paint

idk if ill be doing artfight again tbh. ive been doing it consistently since sun vs moon but its honestly felt less fun ever since the tiktok invasion`and how ppls behavior has changed, and especially since the whole ownership thing that happened mid fight this year. (not interested in any of the alternatives ive seen either bc they have the same issues, notably worse issues, or are not furry friendly) but tbh that might just be me being disenchanted with online art spaces due to the intensifying shittification of basically everything, fucking rip

AUGUST ring but hes going to jail (again but for real this time) the staxie monthly prompt was barbie mugshots but i . . . i did this with ring and lumos and promptly forgor to do this with cakes and ale like i was planning to lmfao im actually gonna watch the barbie movie tonight, renting it so i can watch it on the big tv (didnt watch in theaters bc expensive (movie tickets are generally 15-25 bucks in my area (compared to the 5-10 in my aunt's area (renting is cheaper per person)), and they changed the chairs to these weird uncomfy pleather recliners that make my skin crawl to "justify the price raise" + i hate sitting for more than an hour i need water, bathroom, stretch, and snack breaks))

SEPTEMBER ganache went over the hedge was very busy w/projects so i did little casual art this was inspired by me comparing the over the hedge version of supermarket by ben folds (upbeat & high energy) vs the one by the clash (melancholy + commercial-induced agony) ever since then i cant stop thinking abt how much the lemon demon guy's voice sounds like the fucking clash guy sdjkhfkjsd also over the hedge was one of my favorite movies as a kid and i watched it at least 10 times before we had to return the dvd to netflix. i also regularly played the flash games on the site until i forgot about it after finding out about miniclip + notdoppler from other kids and decided to use those for flash games instead bc more options lol

OCTOBER dta img for a new oc i got, funny long neck budgie thingy busy w/projects again so little casual art had to use old mini tablet bc previous tablet was completely unusable fucking rip

NOVEMBER ganache + cactus pony, they want to know if you have any bubblegum. do you? busy w/projects again so little casual art doodle i made in heavypaint (one of the old layerless versions, i bought a lisence for it a while ago.) i got a new tablet on black friday since the mini tablet was horrible + my broken tablet was making me work very slow

DECEMBER ring in the void (this is lore accurate) or as nic put it, "fucked up twilight sparkle" lol busy w/projects + gifts so little casual art i actually sketched this w/the mini tablet, but didnt finish it up till getting the new tablet

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for reading this far, you get to see amogus.

i would've put amogus whisper on the chart but decided against it since im not done with that one yet lmao

[badgraph1csghost]

How to Use a Computer, Part 4: How to Use Mozilla Firefox

Firefox is presently the only major web browser that isn’t controlled by Google, so it’s my preferred browser as someone who hates giant multinational corporations that control everything.

In terms of general use, it’s not all that different from other web browsers-- type address or search term in search bar, press enter, click to go, that sort of thing. 

Importing data from other browsers. The big thing people worry about when it comes to switching browsers is “will I be able to save my bookmarks, saved logins, and open tabs?” To do this in Firefox, open a Firefox browser window and either press ALT on the keyboard, or right-click in the space where the tabs show up and select “Menu bar”. Under File, select “Import from another browser”, then find the name of the browser you want to import from and select Next to choose what data you want imported; Cookies, Browsing history, Saved passwords, and Favourites.

Saved. That was easy. Now you can uninstall Chrome without remorse.

Add-ons and Extensions. You’ve got to use Add-ons and Extensions to get the full experience. All of the add-ons available from Mozilla’s website are free and most will safeguard your personal data. If you’re familiar with Google Chrome extensions, then there won’t be a learning curve.

In a Firefox browser window, type

about:addons

into the search bar. This will open your add-ons settings menu from where you can control, update, and remove add-ons that you have installed, and search for new add-ons. At the very bottom of the page is a button marked “Find more add-ons”, which will take you to Mozilla’s Firefox Browser Add-ons homepage. Have a look around, see what looks interesting, give it a go. Most add-ons won’t require you to restart Firefox, but if they do, the browser will save your history and any website logins to restore your session.

There are a few add-ons I would recommend installing immediately after setting up Firefox for the first time, all are related to privacy (Firefox is already the most secure browser in the world, these just plug any holes that might show up later).

uBlock Origin. This privacy multi-tool blocks trackers, cookies, and even advertising! If you’ve ever wanted to experience an ad-free YouTube, uBO is for you. uBO will also prevent content networks from tracking you across the internet. More to that point...

LocalCDN. It’s Decentraleyes on steroids. Its sole focus is emulating corporate content delivery networks (CDNs) without actually accessing them, adding an extra layer of privacy as most CDNs are able to personally identify your computer based upon the content it requests. This reduces their ability to profit off your existence while still allowing you to use the internet as normal. It’s a large install-- 17 GB-- because it doesn’t rely on offsite resources to do its job. That’s why it’s called “Local” CDN. Everything is carried out on your computer, and nowhere else.

Privacy Badger. Another trackware blocker, made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This one is different from uBO in that it can pick up on new trackers that people who make uBO lists may not know about yet, by analysing the behaviour of the website and any scripts it runs. Basically, it does what trackers do, but it does it to the tracker instead of the user. This next one isn’t related to privacy, but...

SingleFile. Are you given to datahoarding? Good on you! So am I. If you want to hoard webpages, SingleFile can condense a webpage into a single HTML document for easy storage.

DownThemAll. If you’re not interested in downloading the webpage, just the media on the page, DownThemAll can do that. Either you can tell DTA the kinds of files you want to nick from a page, or you can create a download queue by giving DTA the links to things you want to download.

Now, if you’re serious about privacy, all of this can take you pretty far, but, it won’t protect you against thieves who just straight up steal your computer. As a certifiable paranoid freak, I’m aware that I live in a world full of people who might just walk right up and whisk my laptop away while I’m drinking my coffee. You really should consider not leaving tabs open or staying logged in across multiple sessions. I know there are certain extenuating circumstances; like work or school assignments; but for just general use, consider changing the settings to make Firefox delete your cache automatically when you close the browser.

It’s selective; you can tell it what data to delete and what to preserve; but at the very least allow Firefox to log you out of websites when you close it.

“Okay, fine, shut up and tell me how.” In the search bar type...

about:preferences

...and navigate to the “Privacy & Security” tab, then scroll down to “Cookies and Site Data” and check the box that says “Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed“. If you have a website that you want exempted from this rule, such as Tumblr for instance, click “Manage exceptions” and enter Tumblr’s URL into the text line, and click “Allow”. If you change your mind later, you can delete it from the list.

Next, scroll down to “History” and change it to “Use custom settings for history”. If you want to stay logged into websites, retain content settings, or other things that are stored in local cookies instead of on the host server, click “Settings” next to “Clear History when Firefox Closes”, and check or uncheck the boxes next to the desired items.

Firefox has loads of built-in customisation options, such as font overrides, light mode and dark mode, and themes, so have a look around. For right now though, that’s it. Tune in next time when we talk about how to install game software from disc media and the basics of how to install game mods.

[cockworkangels]

honestly i don't know how to talk about dta i consumed it in a frenzy in like a month and immediately forgot everything except for the way it made me feel

[astermacguffin]

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#5

Wait am I just misremembering things or did Lily Sunder and Cas really barely interact in the ep where they resurrect Jack? Because it's like. Here's a man who helped in the murder of your daughter and now he's begging you to help bring back his son. LIKE. HELLO. That's super fucking compelling. I think it should have been Cas who made the "you know how it feels to lose a child; please don't make us lose him too" plea instead of Dean. I think the impact of that scene would be better (and also more convincing given. You know. Dean wanting to kill Jack for a good chunk of their intial relations lol).

The scene could go many ways. You can have an angry Lily, who rubs it in hard, the irony of their situation. How unfair it is that Cas has the chance to do what Lily failed to accomplish for decades.

You can have a more sympathetic Lily, who looks at the face of this worn and weary angel and sees someone completely different from the merciless soldier she met a long time ago.

You can have different combinations of these and more. I wish there were more fics exploring the dynamic between Lily and Cas. (If you have fic recs, PLEASE send them here.)

78 notes - Posted January 30, 2022

#4

One of the most annoying responses I see when discussing S9 Dean's toxic moments is "oh that's just the Mark which means dean is absolved of all moral responsibility for his actions" which is. Huh?????? That's such a boring and stupid response and it's kinda on par with the way some folks excuse everything that late-seasons Dean does by saying "oh that's just Chuck manipulating him, which means he totally can't be blamed for the things he did" which is also soooooooo.

Like. Okay. On the one hand I kinda get the impulse to go straight to a Doylist explanation and blame the writers for writing Dean in such egregious ways (because it's TRUE) but like. Personally I tend to find that boring after a while. This is my weaker argument.

My stronger argument is that by refusing to grapple with the events of canon by transferring the blame to some other external force (blaming the Mark/Chuck for the Watsonian, blaming the writers for the Doylist), the characters aren't really given justice

What I mean by this is that it leaves the characters in an awkward stalemate.

On Dean's part: "If there's a force external to me that I can blame (e.g. the Mark, Chuck) then I don't really need to grapple with the things I've done." This is harmful not just to himself but to the people around him, particularly his loved ones who are typically the ones affected by his actions.

This type of thinking actually hinders the characters' ability to properly deal with the events and possibly make amends. They have no mechanism for moving on other than sucking it up and brushing things under the rug.

Take, for example, Cas' internality in the face of all of these things that Dean did. It's natural for Cas to feel negative emotions in response to All Of That (e.g. anger, sadness, resentment, fear, etc). However, if it's true that Dean really isn't to blame for all of That, then Cas' emotions have nowhere to go. "Dean has tried to murder my son multiple times and I have plenty of Feelings about this but actually it's not his fault because he's been manipulated by God so now I just have to suck up all these emotions." LIKE. That is totally NOT healthy for your psyche, angel or not.

The characters end up not being capable of grappling with the consequences of things because agency and moral responsibility keeps being shifted into these external forces.

91 notes - Posted February 1, 2022

#3

I know that post-canon baby jack fics are usually written for fluff but EYE personally think they should be used for evil more often. I want a non-god, toddler jack who doesn't remember much of the very traumatic first three years of his life but still has some glaring triggers. Like. For example, toddler jack is EXTREMELY claustrophobic. Every time they enter a small and enclosed space, he immediately cries and starts clinging on dean and going "I'M SORRY I'M SORRY PLEASE DON'T LOCK ME UP" and both sam and dean feel their guts turning, knowing that they did that to jack. The only small and enclosed space that jack tolerates is the impala. Anyways. Society if more post-canon fics grappled with what sam and dean did to jack before giving us a "happily ever after".

91 notes - Posted January 28, 2022

#2

Hey folks welcome to another evil and fucked up fic concept from yours truly:

S13. Okay. Dean is still fucked up with grief, and the combination of fear, anger, and resentment he feels towards Jack is certainly not a good mix. Still, he prefers these latter emotions because at least they're actionable emotions. You can run away or fight that which you fear or resent, but what do you do to the rotting void of grief?

All these negative emotions eventually spiral into some form of paranoia, a constant stream of "What if he turns evil? What if he takes even more from me?" Over and over in his head.

Now. What if. While they're searching the bunker for resources to help them deal with Jack, Dean accidentally stumbles upon something in their storage: a metal crown and a set of spikes. A contraption that Crowley left behind—Naomi's tools.

In fear of Jack turning evil, Dean picks up Naomi's lobotomy contraptions so he can program Jack to "not be evil."

When Dean straps down Jack into the chair, he gives the kid his very first smile. "Don't worry, kid. I'll make sure you'll never lose your path."

When Cas is finally resurrected again, everything's fine and cool and happy. And then Jack goes "Oh yeah I have weekly tuning sessions with Dean." And Cas asks. What "tuning sessions." And he watches in horror as Jack puts on the crown that Naomi uses for the lobotomies.

Cas confronts Dean about this. They fight. Cas was about to leave with Jack. Dean panics; he orders Jack to hold Cas down and prevent him from escaping.

With Jack's help, Dean tearfully straps Cas down to the chair and puts the crown on him. "I'm sorry, Cas. But I can't lose you again."

Everything is fine and cool and normal. If Sam notices some odd behavior here and there, he tries not to think too hard about it. Besides, this is the first time that they had been this happy and peaceful for a length of time, why ruin it?

Eventually, however, Sam can't ignore things any longer. His suspicions eventually lead him into finding out what Dean's been doing this entire time.

Sam confronts Dean about it. They fight. When Sam was about to take Jack and Cas away from there, Dean utters a trigger word and makes Sam fall under his control.

It turns out that this isn't the first time that Sam found out what's happening, and that Dean has been repeatedly rewriting his memories this entire time.

At first, Dean just asked Jack to erase Sam's memories. This plan doesn't work long term because Sam either just rediscovers what happens or regains his memories. Dean then ordered Jack to gradually and discreetly feed Sam some grace and transform him into as close as an angel as possible so that the Naomi's tools would work on him as well.

This bit is from jay @casnation , thanks for this: Sam repeatedly wakes up and tries to get Cas and Jack out of there but they’re programmed to take him to Dean if he does this. Like, he could totally escape if he didn’t try to save them every time.

There will be a point where the brainwashing gets so severe that they basically lose their personalities in a way that even Dean cannot ignore anymore. And so he "reprograms their personalities back" based on Dean's perceptions of them.

Crucially there will also be a point where Dean realizes just how bad he's fucked up (ideally in conjunction with the realization that he's living with three husks with zero personality), but he's trapped himself into a corner. Because he KNOWS that the moment he undoes the programming, they would all run the fuck away from that bunker and leave him alone. And he would rather reprogram them ad infinitum rather than face the consequences of what he did.

Another incredible quote from jay: "Pygmalion carving himself not just a lover but a family."

More stuff below the cut (specifically how Mary reacts to All of This when she returns from the Apocalypse World):

Dean does NOT have the guts to lobotomize his own mother. He can stomach doing it to Sam and Cas because he's already pretty good at ignoring their autonomy. Which means that Dean has to employ more subtle methods of hiding things from Mary.

He can order Cas to reaasure Mary that "everything is fine." He can also order Jack to distract Mary by bonding with her.

Here's another bit courtesy of jay: "Mary notices something is up with Sam first and Dean just says “How would you know? I’ve know him his whole life, he’s fine, you’ve only been back a year!"

Another jay bit: "no thoughts just mary looking up and realizing the bunker is a clockwork recreation of her fantasy of married life with john with cas as her role. and she has no idea what to do"

I have no idea how to end this. We can go with the more horrific route where Mary never discovers what's truly going on and so they're all just trapped there, Pygmalion and the family he carved.

The other option is that Mary finds out. This has two potential outcomes: (1) Mary convinces Dean to undo the programming. They all run the fuck out of there and leave Dean alone to face what he did. Or, (2) In a desperate attempt to keep his family together, Dean orders Jack and Cas to hold Mary down and make her forget what she discovered. The story ends with Dean, tears in his eyes, putting metal spikes in his mother's skull.

(Also. I want y'all to know that there are more fucked up parts to this but those shall remain in the dark corners of our discord chats lol)

124 notes - Posted March 8, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Hypothetical destiel pairings that are sooooooo important to me:

- stanford era dean and s15 divorce arc cas

Imagine Cas seeing a version of the love of his life that doesn't carry the amount of baggage he currently has. A version of his love that has not yet pointed a gun to his son.

- s4 cas and s13 widower arc dean

Imagine Dean seeing this version of Cas. He's so young! And he still haven't died a single death for you just yet. You look at this angel and think: you haven't fallen in all the ways that matter just yet.

- endverse cas and s15 divorce arc dean

Imagine Dean experiencing a whiplash when endverse Cas confronts him and says "in the worst ways, you're a lot similar to my Dean. Sometimes I think you're even worse."

- faith dean and emmanuel cas

You're dying. You're dying and your dad won't even answer the phone but here comes this man, this faith healer who looks you in the eye and says "you're not a machine, Dean." Who looks at you and sees someone worth saving, someone who you can barely see.

- post-rapture cas and mark of cain dean

"I serve Heaven, I don't serve Man. And I certainly don't serve you." Imagine a post-lobotomy Cas seeing his charge at his very lowest and seeing what he's told confirmed by his very eyes. That the Righteous Man is not who he thinks he is.

- s3 dean and post-swan song cas

You're going to hell. You're going to hell and you can't stop it but here comes this angel who has fallen for you, who rebelled against heaven for you. And you can't stop thinking whether or not you were born with this rot, with the curse to poison everything you touch. But the angel says "I would fall again a million times if it means I get to protect you from perdition."

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[forgetmenot-mymoon]

The Prince’s Homecoming(DTA SHORT STORY)

The Prince stepped out of the portal carefully, throwing a small ball before daring to step down, landmines were hidden everywhere, so many that most of them weren't ever activated. It was the same story with the bombs that once rained down. His country was dead, a nuclear wasteland. It was a chessboard for the kingdoms, however, all kings were checkmated, and none survived. Ayan Kanaan was the last royalty, his kingdom focused not on bombs but more on science, math, and creating the quadratic formula for example. While Azuma had focused on defense they had great walls. The Kingdom of Westana did the opposite, building bombs. Queen Katerina always warned his father, Moshin about the dangers, that’s why she had married him. Katerina was originally the heir to Sevia’s throne but she suggested marriage for an alliance, which was needed with the other three breathing down the territories. The three formed the three terrors. Of course, that didn't stop them from breaking the walls of Azuma and bombing each other after nuking everyone else.

After everything, society still didn't stop. Life never does. It's a ball with rest potential, one push and it never stops on the infinity downward hill. There was small plant life and some camps of survivors, most of the immediate danger had fallen after thousands of years. Ayan looked around, everything was different and gone.

Even with little life, a rotting castle wasn't free from being bastardized and taken over, his footsteps like a cat as he crossed into the garden, all skeletons from the radiation, tiny splats of green remained crawling out of the ground, but it was… unnatural to say the least he didn't dare touch the bloodstained ground. He coughed, took out his water bottle, and drank. He had taken medicine before this and had a suit he secured from a world, one that survived its apocalypse. The man has adventured as far as its AWP would take it. Ayan remembered the feeling of revival, ice-cold water. Right after the doctors of the old lab- or who were left- told him everything. Ayan found few clues of the amulets or where 186 was but there was blood always left behind. It was a cycle of apocalypse over and over. Hybrid had some clues but after the 7th amulet holders he had fled the world 102. Hybrid was the only weapon that he knew of that served an amulet holder or even talked to one! He needed to find him. Ayan could never find the doctors that escaped to other worlds, most were in worlds built by the Ingenium.

From what Ayan had interviewed the survivors of the 7th. Hybrid was skilled with guns. He opened the doors with a creak, a gun aimed at his head, Ayan's sword at the gunman's neck, immediately, just as planned. “How many are here?” Ayan asked with a steady hand.

The gunman had dark hair, scars of skin peeling from dying, slowly. His eyes widened, pupils small but still predatory like a cat’s. Quickly regained his mask with a quick blink, “It's you, the failure.”

Ayan didn’t react, just continued staring until his question was finally answered, “12 guards, then 20 civilians.”

“Dr. Muscipula?”

His expression told Ayan everything as he moved his blade across the neck and quickly grabbed the gunman’s wrist turning the gun into the air.

Never give your enemy a second, is what his teacher had said.

Ayan had burned all his memories in either his brain or skin, you needed everything to survive and you needed even more to hunt a monster. Now there were only 11 guards. All for the greater good of the universe.

Ayan knew this castle, born, raised, and died here. So many years ago, thousands ago. That's the only reason there were even 20 people left. He assumed they forged and hunted, but mostly hunted what little creatures were left. Ayan and Dr. M were only alive through technologies far advanced, and a little apocalypse can make one resistant to death. The other possible alive doctors used that as well, but that was more from what was left of the weapons. Immortal weapons needed immortals' doctors so they did tests on themselves and if that didn't work Ayan assumed other words sufficed them. The explosion had destroyed most of these immortal cures, any left the doctors stole for themselves so Ayan’s parents were the first to die when the nuke hit, right outside his window.

Everyone left from the rubble had settled down by now… He heard all the weapons and doctors did…except Ayan and Dr. M, they both had a common goal. He marched up the steps with the might of a king that he should have become, quickly finding the office Dr. M had made him aboard. The civilians were probably in the south wing, that was where all the food used to be stored. This was the north, where his father's studies lay as silent as death- no not that silent, there was a drop of ink and scribble of the pen. Ayan opened the door, unlocked, typical for a man above death.

“You know how to track Hybrid?”

“How many did you kill?”

“Only one, nice slice at the neck did the trick doctor.”

Ayan wasn't the smartest, not compared to what had been before the bombs but he knew if any analysts, those meant to track could be tracked. It would be the most unstable automatically, Hybrid.

“If I give you something to track him what will I get?”

“Redemption?”

The old man smiled, no hair on his body but he still gave the expression of an old grandfather, he opened his desk and threw a small device, much like a radio at the man. Then threw him a bottle, an orange one from decades ago.

“Give him those two I'm sure he’s running out, you might wanna take one yourself”

“You've been keeping that monster alive?” Ayan said with royalty-trained composure,

“No Verna has, the Ingenium adore her. She was the only one with empathy.”

He did an about-face and left, leaving the door wide open. He wasn't putting up with this bullshit.

As he walked out of his home, he looked up, the sky a nauseous grey, red veins crawling all over the windows, it was a prison.

He looked at the small device, Ayan regretted not asking how to work it.

—

Ayan was in the desert of a world -he had just gone to a random one to think- hitting the small device in his hand until it eventually turned on. It was quite literally a radio make-shifted into something else. A dot appeared as numbers shuffled underneath it

World 201

That was a technologically advanced world, with lots of weapons that this Hybrid would like. Ayan needed to be careful. Has Dr. M set it to specifically track hybrid before throwing it out? Or was it just for Hybrid…hm Ayan worried over these factors as he walked through the portal into a thankfully abandoned alley, in this world it didn't matter much they were probably used to world-traveling. Ayan gazed at the screen, it flashed a bit then an arrow and a number….10 kilometers he hoped for a bus, hopefully a flying one based on the steel surrounding him. As Ayan walked out of the alley his nose was consumed by sterilization, masks on everyone- not even considering his beige jumpsuit he was very very out of place, but he was used to this and continued ignoring any stares robotic or human.

After speaking to a few robots he was actually on a flying bus. Which was nice, most were too busy on their phones to stare at him so Ayan focused on holding his bag and making a plan. He hopped off of the bus, it was a 3-foot drop but he landed it then he followed the arrow.

To…a futuristic rectangle of a building, like the labs before were. Ayan stared at it for a few minutes.

“THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE NICEST PLACES I'VE FOUND!!” a voice inside screamed, inhuman, artificial. That's what the weapons were Ayan thought to himself as he knocked.

The door swung open to white hair and a pair of red eyes. Recognition coursed through it. “Ohhh hey Princy!!- WAIT HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?" The short man shook Ayan by his shoulders no doubt analyzing him with those pale eyes- disgusting-

“Who,”

“What?”

Ayan should've looked in a window or something- three people, shit he was outnumbered.

An Ingenium that Ayan didn't know the number of was behind number 13, who is known to be the first successful analyst and the craziest of them but also the weakest. He would be easy to take out. Hybrid stepped into view, his mask on. The mask was unique, Ayan wondered where he got it from. It was black on one side, white on the other, matching the slit of colors down his own face… the eye sockets were mesh, could he use analyst power out of that? Ayan thought as he cocked his head. One side had a smile, the other a frown, opposites but still fish in a pond. Ayan wondered if the mask was a comfort to hide his diseased face. The hybrid didn't show any skin, after all, he even had gloves.

“What are you doing here?” the Ingenium spoke, crossing its arms, their kind was never afraid of their powers.

Ayan's mouth felt like the desert he had treaded after the collapse. He was outnumbered so he told the truth,

“I came here to talk to Hybrid,” Hybrid looked up directly at Ayan, it was like an eyebrow raised through the mask.

“I want to destroy the amulets.”

The world was silent just like how it was before the bombs dropped, Ayan started sweating.

“Well welcome in!” 13 said while the Ingenium looked in shock, the Ingenium’s eyebrows went up then furrowed along with his mouth, it didn't like the idea. Hybrid stayed quiet, he was the one Ayan looked at the most. 13 gestured to the couch where Hybrid sat down a moment before, Ayan was wary of hidden bombs but only took a moment of hesitation. A cushion away from Hybrid while the other two sat on the couch parallel, it was a nice living room, two couches and a rocking chair along with a giant television, he didn't see a remote or anything the other worlds he saw used.

“Why do you want to talk to me?”

“You witnessed the 7th holders did you not?

“Oh, you've been keeping count! How so?” 13 asked, his hands tapping on the sofa.

“I've been wandering through the worlds finding evidence furthermore someone from world 102 told me before Hybrid left he said ‘This is the 7th time now, fuck’”

“Ha, that's such a thing he would say.” 13 laughed, not taking anything seriously compared to everyone else in the room.

“Yes, I served as a soldier for the 7th dark amulet holder, Charna. I wanted to try to get close to the amulets.”

“Who informed you it was there?” Ayan stared at the mask itching to see his expression to measure how true his words were.

“…Zebel did”

Hesitation, was that a lie?

“And this Zebel-”

“Is me!” 13th said arms up in the air.

Hmm, it seems all of them have renamed themselves, did 186 do the same? Ayan wondered

“What does 186 go by?”

“Kainat,” Zebel and Hybrid said at the same time.

“Well, I wanted to ask, do you know who the next amulet holder is?”

“No, we aren't sure yet, Zebel's working on tracking it.”

“Ah! Speaking of tracking, how did you find us?”

Ayan holds up the device to present it, “I got it from Dr. Muscipula”

“Oh,” Zebel said with distaste then grabbed it from Ayan's hand examining it,

“Interesting..”

Ayan had a feeling that he wasn't getting that back.

“You can stay here while we figure it out,” Zebel said with a fanged smile, Hybrid just nodded while the looked solemn. Ayan didn't trust this but he had no better leads to destroying the amulets.

—-- Some months later

“You killed the 8th?” The late prince stood against a wall not answering. “YOU BETRAYED HER TRUST AND KILLED HER! GOD! DOES THAT SOUND LIKE ANYONE WE KNOW HYBRID, CALLEN??” The short man looked to both taller ones with desperation then continued pacing while tugging at his hair, “We don't know what killing one does! This could cause even more massacres! You didn't even consult us!” Ayan’s head was down like a child being scolded “You humans are all fucking emotions, no logic…Hybrid go find the 8th light,”

Hybrid nodded and put his hand on Ayan’s shoulder before stepping out.

“And you, out.”

Ayan stepped out as well following Hybrid.

“Zebel’s usually submissive so props to getting him worked up…well actually I guess his life depends on this.”

“What do you mean?”

“Kainat’s always watching, I'm sure she knows about you as well. Watch yourself.”

“Good thing I'm following you,”

“You’re what-”

“I have nothing better to do, if Zebel sees me again he might use his powers on me.”

“What- Ayan analyst powers don't do shit to humans,”

“Oh..they don't?”

“Okay you're coming with me and while we go I’ll explain the Weapons to you”

[charcherry-weekly]

Charcherry Weekly - Issue 213

Hello everyone, Mage of Light Nick Card here. After a cool streak, its back to being hot again. Back to school is approaching and I can only hope these kids have proper transportation in time.

Since the incident at

The Archives,

there have been heightened concerns about the safety of The Railway, particularly from its workers. As a result, the workers of the Railway called for a strike.

Slowly but surely over the course of the week, stops and lines gradually went offline over the course of the week. Even the Ancient Quarry battle subway carriage joined the picket line! (I do wonder if it houses a rotom or something...)

This came to a head on thursday, when even the DTA lines began to go down in solidarity with the strikers, to the point that a number of DTA-funded assets were reverted to their initial state (particularly Charcherry North and The Park, the latter of which was no longer even open to the public due to past incident). The Railway Board then blamed the DTA for allegedly causing everything, which was the final straw.

It was only once all known lines went offline that a team could be assembled to negotiate with The Board in charge of The Railway. The team included Desertian President Witch of Time Katyleen "The Wolf" Kitten, Train driver Skye, as well as Winged Maid of Void Skye Macdonald, Desertian Government Union Steward Electrolis, Railway Union representative Jacob Richards, Your dear newsletter writer, and two private individuals, one of which was there at the request of the Queen of Air and Darkness Mab of the Winter court of the Fae. Train Driver Skye drove the party there in a void bus, to a void-y version of Milton Keynes in the middle of nowhere, only encountering a single (un)identifiable entity on the way there. Fortunately, Train driver Skye is also an excellent bus driver.

Eventually, the party arrived at the building where The Board resided. It was as if nobody had bothered to pay any of the bills for it ever. We entered the cold and dark building, finding great difficulty in ascending, due to the non-working elevator, as well as the rusted, locked, and blocked door to the stairs. Eventually, we managed to find a way to the stairs and begun climbing. It felt like it had taken forever. It was near the top that we met up with one of the private individuals, having been summoned by Winged Maid of Void Skye. We continued towards the top, where a monument to The Railway's progress and The Board's failures awaited us. We gazed upon it for a moment, preparing to enter

The Boardroom.

With confidence despite the darkness, we faced The Board together. The members of the Board introduced themselves as Jill Parsons, Jack Ford, and Dick Beeching. Katie had clearly done her homework, because she squarely schooled them on various topical incidents. Meanwhile, RWU rep. Jacob presented an absolute laundry list of every trial run that was determined a failure but was ignored by those in power. This caused The Board members to snap back, but your dear newsletter writer managed to say just the right thing to stop them in their tracks. By the grace of the Light that I am purview to, I revealed that they had in fact looked at the reports and ignored their warnings, with the intention to blame eachother to try and get out of harm's way. It managed to be so accurate that they instantly gave up and listened to our demands. It was also determined that The Board members weren't even among the living--they were a conglomerate of british rail spirits, comprised of all the grief of the Railway's past failures.

Determining that they no longer held any power over the Railway any longer, the party considered what to do with The Board. Eventually, it was decided that they would be sent to spend the rest of their afterlives in a dreambubble. The Skyes, Skitis (summoned last minute by Winged Skye), and a private individual handled the safe delivery together. Meanwhile, the rest of the party had to be evacuated from the now-crumbling building. Katie used her time powers to make an escape, using the anchor method to arrive back at Desertia Station. Apparently she must have picked up something from there to make the leap.

With The Board squarely defeated, we announced that the union had gained control of The Railway, thus ending the strike with all demands met.

Currently, The Railway is undergoing repairs to re-open as many lines as possible, within safe means. Negotiations and new contract drafting is currently underway between the DTA and the co-op Railway to decide how things will be handled from now on. It is likely that Queen Mab and/or her appointed representative will get involved at some point. Her Enigmatic Resiliency will also need to get involved for matters pertaining to SCART's connection to the greater railway.

In the meantime, please be patient with repairs and re-openings, its being worked on.

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This week’s known market stands in Desertia Town:

DTA train ticket stand?

Katie’s potion stand (Not available to plitlanders due to regulations, available to all others however)

shinyjiggly pokesnacks stand (also has a Unity Village location!)

Brae's produce stall:

- Potted vegetables

- Jarred vegetables

- Various jams

- Hisuian herbs (medicinal leek, pep-up plant, king's leaf)

Traditional Shop

- Whistle, beast (5 gp)

- Scent cloak (20 gp)

- Piton, silent (5 sp)

- Smith's Tools (20 gp)

I think that does it for this week. I've been working on HyacinthHeld, but its been going slow due to obligations and distractions. I'm just glad that I have proper inspiration for it now.

https://letssosl.boards.net/thread/450/charcherry-weekly-issue-213

[godoflaundrybaskets]

Hey just got a whole bunch of subscription updates in my email for ur podfics on AO3 and was sooooo excited. Have been dying for chapter 3 of "DTA: It's the stars that lie"! I looked through the notices but there's not a update for that one, so I was wondering if there was one coming soon? I am loving it reading of this fic, ( I am visually impaired and rely on the audio versions to enjoy all my stories but detest and avoid like the plague TTS readers. They are so off-putting and Awful. I just can't get into a story and enjoy it like I can when it's a real human with real inflection and emotion in the words). U have made my dta experience absolutely magical so far and can't wait for more chapters to post. I get giddy every time I see emails with ur name on them. I absolutely thank you for all the hard work and time u put in recording fics as well as all podficcers! U guys don't know how much u mean to me and others like me out there! I love all u guys dearly. U make it possible for us to be a part of fandom and to be able to enjoy all the amazing stories our writers have put out there. U guys make that happen and u r true unsung heroes in my book, because my whole life books have been my escape, my safe place, my therapy, my everything. When I started rapidly losing my eyesight, I was heartbroken thinking that I was going to lose the one thing that has helped keep me going all these years. But then I discovered audiobooks and podfics and almost wept with relief and delight in knowing that I could keep it. Thank you for making magic happen and bringing joy into my life. I know u guys and our fic writers as well don't get thanked no where near what u deserve for everything that u give to us freely. I try and make it a point to leave kudos, reblog, rec, gush, comment, and give my thanks to u guys as much as I can, ( I admit to getting caught up or lazy and don't always get to it right away). However, I try to remember to go back and remedy that when I can. I'm not sure if I ever thanked u B4,( cause my memory is shit sometimes, plus I do go thru A LOT of fics), but I wanted to do so now even if I have B4, cause in my opinion I aren't thanked nearly enough for all that u do. Thank you! 🤗🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🥰🥰🥰🥰🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶♾️♾️♾️♾️♾️♾️♾️

Wow, thanks so much for the thoughtful message! I'm glad my podfics have brought such joy! I can't make promises about when the next DTA will be coming out but it is the one I'm currently poking at editing. The mass update you observed from me was probably while VoiceTeam was running (it's a podficcing event, sadly DTA didn't fit any of the prompts). But that events over so I'm hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer for your DTA fix :)

[bedlund]

DTA theory

Alison needs a Faraday cage or something similar in order to rest her psychic abilities

Cas mentioned that elevator kinda function as Faraday cages

There is a non-functioning elevator in the infirmary being used as a medicine cabinet

Therefore, I think that if their current plan didn't work, and they still haven't constructed the Faraday cage, they'll just temporarily make Alison stay in that elevator/medicine cabinet.

Very inconsequential theory but idk. Been in mind ever since agincourt daily.

oooh i forgot about the non-functioning elevator this sounds super plausible also not to make everything about cas but what if he has to get into the faraday cage with (or without) alison for some reason... nightmare scenario. don't panic.

[pinkdean]

hey btw, about the dta book club thing if you’re still interested — i have a lot of experience making discord servers, so if you ever need help, i could set up nearly everything for you if you’d like! - deanswristwatch

Oh, good to know! I'm definitely serious about it, just gotta work out logistics and get the word out :)

I'm probably going to spend tomorrow figuring some things out with discord, and I'll definitely message you if I've got questions.

Also if there are any cool features I should know about or ideas I would love to hear them! For instance, I'm thinking since discord has that spoiler tagging feature I could set up channels for people who are behind schedule or reading ahead

Thank you!!

[fragmentedhead]

Just when you think you can trust someone, you find you can't.

I think I've lost someone who I thought was very close and very trustworthy. They were more family to me than blood ever were.

Then, I told them about my DID and CPTSD. And everything changed.

I must thank them really, because they have brought back the DTA attitude. Now, I tell nobody anything.