#cockles powerplay

[myhumanweakness]

IMPORTANT COCKLES ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Okay so, I did an extensive analysis of the SPN UK J2M panel a little while ago, and I always watch it when I feel really sad because it just “warms the cockles of my heart.” But this is the first time that I noticed a VERY IMPORTANT COCKLES MOMENT THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE SCREAMING ABOUT!

Watch this video very, very closely at 7:13-7:16. You’re going to need to watch it twice because you need to watch Misha very carefully and then you need to watch Jensen very carefully. 

DID YOU SEE IT!?!? In case you didn’t, Misha bites his lip and stares at Jensen (because people in the audience are saying he gave the wrong answer), and then Jensen see this and raises his eyebrows and smiles at Misha. 

That silent conversation that they just had with not one but two suggestive looks exclusively directed at each other... yeah. That’s Cockles. 

[myhumanweakness]

This panel should go down in Cockles History as one of the best things to ever happen. Jensen literally power-played Misha into stripping for him, in front of a bunch of people, just by biting his lip and staring at him expectantly.

They do this powerplay when a) they really want the other person to do something or b) they are competing with each other over who will back down first or c) both.

Bonus: Misha did his „tell“ where he rubs his eyes/face after making eye contact with Jensen and watching him rest his head on his hand to say „I‘m waiting...“

At the beginning of the panel, Misha asked Jensen and Jared what they usually do in their panels, and they said that if they get a wrong answer, they strip. When Misha answered the question “what would you guys do if you weren’t actors?” by saying he would have gotten into politics, Jensen quickly said that it was a wrong answer. And he clearly was excited to see Misha strip. x x

[destielfanfic]

Do you have any fics where Dean is the one stalked or kidnapped (preferably by Cas but I'll take what I can get) thanks, it's hard to find a good dark fic

Fanlore describes Darkfic as intentionally disturbing with emotional and physical violence - something that rarely has a happy ending (we tag MCD with tragedy on this blog and fics where Dean and Cas separate at the end as unhappyish.) 

We strongly advise you to go through our Dark and Abusive tags. The abusive tag is for fics where Cas and Dean’s relationship is abusive, such as the situation you describe. Many of the fics on those tags were recced by our darkfic specialist who has now left the blog. Since the current mods don’t read a lot of these, the list below focuses more on Dean being stalked, kidnapped or endangered by someone other than Cas. Though these have dark themes (noncon, ptsd, etc), Dean and Cas are generally in a healthy relationship. 

I. Kidnapped, stalked or endangered Dean. We have added some notes for context and to designate the assailant.

An Assembly Such As This (Dean is assaulted and blackmailed by not!Cas, it’s a pretty big part of the story; not a dark fic)

Bezal'el (leviathan Cas, MCD, dark fic) 

The Jagged Edge (Dean has abusive partner, Alistair, MCD fic)

Kingdom Come (PTSD Dean is blackmailed and assaulted, not a dark fic)

Master of Reality (Dean is dealing with street gangs, kidnapped later in the story, not a dark fic)

Of Clipped Wings and Chipped Halos (FBI agent Dean has PTSD and flashbacks to that time he was kidnapped by Alastair)

Red Right Hand (mind games, serial killer grooming by - spoiler!! -Cas)

The Shadows We Draw (Dean makes some bad, bad choices)

Tracing Memories (submitted rec) (Dean is stalked and kidnapped)

ask about Dean and/or Cas being kidnapped (part III is about Dean only)

ask about possessive Cas or Dean (most are pretty mild, not really dark fic)

ask about noncon and dubcon with bottom!dean

II. New recs with kidnapped or manipulated Dean. These are mostly based on author’s summary and tags. Please let us know if the fic doesn’t fit here!

Bird Song [NC-17, 42,700 word count]

Dean falls through a portal into a strange land ruled over by winged creatures who call themselves Birds and keep humans as pets. As his new Master - Castiel - quickly learns, Dean makes a very difficult pet.

Secretary [M, 6,600 word count]

Based on film of same name. Castiel hires habitually self-harming Dean as his legal secretary. The two slowly develop a dom/sub relationship. There’s love, there’s self hate and there’s powerplay. But it’s a love story.

The Seraph [NC-17, 135,700 word count] 

Ever since the seraph were discovered, there’s been one rule society has had to adapt to: stay out of open water. Powerful, determined and aggressive, the octopus-human creatures are in a league of their own and have no qualms with taking what they want and attacking what they don’t. Now, children learn to swim in man-made lakes and beaches are deserted save for researches and the fool-hearted. Dean Winchester is neither of those things. But a hunt has brought him and Sam, his brother, to one of the many abandoned beaches, where Dean is left with no choice but to take refuge in the water. He should be safe, he thinks, he doesn’t go too deep - just deep enough to hide himself and to deter his pursuer. He forgot just how fast the damn things could be, and how determined they were once they had their eyes on something.

III. Dark fic themes on AO3. If you are OK with kinky dark fic check out these destiel fics on AO3, look for dub con and non con tags, bottom!dean. 

Miss_LV fic - summaries and tags will tell you everything

thewinchesterlifestyle’s fic - summaries and tags will tell you everything

leviathan cas tag sorted by kudos

godstiel tag sorted by kudos

IV. Other. If you read cockles, give chance to Angel Slayer (The SPN RPFiles on AO3) and Off the Reservation by emwebb17.

[myhumanweakness]

I think my new favorite thing in the whole world is the Cockles powerplay. That is all.

[myhumanweakness]

And then Jensen realized how effectively the power play gets him what he wants, so at SPN UK he does the same thing to get Misha to indulge in „strip question.“

Yeah... Cockles Power Play is everything.

Hey, remember the power play that went on between Jensen and Misha at the HonCon panel, over the Empty!Cas accent? And how much Jensen enjoyed it. Because every once in a while I have a flashback and it's hard to believe that that actually happened... =P

DO I REMEMBER???!!!!

anon i think about that at least twice a day

[naruhearts]

Oh my god please

Cockles: The complete interaction… And man handling

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And this is how I fall deeper in the Cockles Vortex 😁