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2024 FANFIC ILLUSTRATIONS MASTERPOST

(if you don't know what to read ;) )

DEANCAS WILD WEST FEST

WILD BLUE IRIS by @sunkenfox

If you are interested in the wild west, train robbers, a quest of revenge and a beautiful love story, you should definitely read Wild Blue Iris from @sunkenfox !!!

Masterpost, Fic on AO3, Art

LOVE IS A COWBOY by @deancaskiss

Cowboys in love and the boys finally get everything what they deserve. If you want to immerse in an extremely cute and domestic story about Dean and Cas, you should definitely read Love is a Cowboy by @deancaskiss.

Masterpost, Fic on AO3, Art

@babygirlwolverine

@dcwildwestfest

MITSKINATURAL

THIS IS A DREAM WHERE I CAN SCREAM HOW I LOVE YOU) by TheKaeleesi

How can you deal with losing the love of your life? And what happens if you still see him everywhere? If you would like to see what happens with Dean after the confession and how he goes to an unforgettable road trip, you should definitely read This is a Dream (Where I Can Scream How I Love You) by @rise-like-a-sparrow / TheKaeleesi on AO3.

Masterpost, Fic on AO3, Art

YOU'RE HOME TO ME by @queenbryt

There'll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you. Love, heartbreak and a crying baby. If you would like to witness a beautiful love story you should definitely read You're Home To Me by @queenbryt.

Masterpost, Fic on AO3, Art

GENTLE WINGS FOR A NERVOUS DOG by cowboylikecas

Beautiful, intriguing and poetic paragraphs with a hint of melancholy, while a strange town starts to capture our heroes. If this atmosphere lures you in too you should definitely read Gentle Wings for a Nervous Dog by @cowboylikesawyer / cowboylikecas on AO3.

Masterpost, Fic on Ao3, Art

@mitskinaturalbang

DESTIEL BEATLES MINIBANG

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD by @friendofcarlotta

Losing your love for more than a decade and then finding again. All this from the 1950s to 1970? While The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles is going in the background? Boarding school, first love and meeting with your best friend (and love of your life) again? What else do you need? Go read The Long and Winding Road by @friendofcarlotta on AO3.

Masterpost, Fic on AO3, Art

@destielbeatlesminibang

SPN FOLKLORE BANG

WHEN THE RAIN WASHES YOU CLEAN, YOU'LL KNOW by an_ardent_rain

Dreams come true, even the wildest one. If you want to see how our boys are handling this and lose yourself in incredible places, you should definitely read When the Rain Washes You Clean You'll Know by an_ardent_rain ( @alulangel ).

My partner in crime for the art was the wonderful @anyreiart. Anyrei's art is here.

Masterpost, Fic on AO3, Art ( Anyrei's, mine)

@spnfolklorebang

HOZIERNATURAL EVENTS

REBIRTH BY @thisisapaige

In the Woods somewhere there is a creature. A creature that lures people deep in the forest. Sam Winchester, Dean's ill, little brother follows the temptation and it changes his and his brother's life forever. If you want to see what happens with the brothers later and also reading about one of the most interesting entity in the forest, than you should definitely check out Rebirth from @thisisapaige on AO3.

Fic on AO3, Art

@hoziernaturalevents

DEANCAS HORRORFEST

THE FORGOTTEN HALLS by Allthismusic

Strange, dark and endless halls with eerie statues, an Angel and an Entity, whose peace is disturbed by a mysterious Hunter. Let your fantasies unwind and immerse yourself in this gloomy story, The Forgotten Halls by allthismusic on AO3.

Fic on AO3, Art

@folkbloodbaths

VACATION INTERRUPTED by Avonlady

Poor boys can't get a simple vacation. You go to a nice warm place with sea and the promise of HOLIDAY and than boom... a sea creature starts to massacre people. If you want to see what happens with the octosquid and how the Winchesters can't rest like normal human beings, you should read Vacation Interrupted by @avonlady42 on AO3.

Fic on AO3, Art

@deancashorrorfest

DESTIEL SOULMATE BANG

LETTERS FROM ETERNITY by @blackhorsedances

What would happen if you read a book about soulmates across time and space after it literally zapped you and acts weird in your proximity? Could be a connection between all these stories and does it have anything to do with you? And what happens if you are Dean Winchester who in the meantime doesn't even want a soulmate? To find all these out and to read a beautiful story about soulmates life after life, you should definitely check out Letters from Eternity by @blackhorsedances on AO3.

Fic on AO3, Art

@destielsoulmatebang

DESTIEL NOIR BANG

(without fics)

"Doesn’t it bother you at all that you’re married?" / "What I want to know is, does it bother you?" Dean and Cas making a getaway with a suitcase full of money.

Art

"Cas, sitting at his desk, framed through Dean’s bow legs"

Art

@destielnoirbang

+1 (it wasn't in a bang, I just really love this fic)

a life in your shape by averysoftno

Dean Winchester has spent his whole life cleaning up his father's messes. Now that his little brother, Sam, is settled in California and Bobby's got a handle on the garage, they convinced Dean to finally do something for himself. After a chance encounter at the Air Force recruitment fair Sam dragged him to, Dean got hooked on air traffic control, and he gets stationed at Kansas City Tower for his final leg of training. There, he has to impress his on-job instructor Castiel Novak, the ex-Air Force captain who piqued his interest in ATC in the first place. (And only in ATC. He swears. Those blue eyes and dark hair and stupid hat have nothing to do with it.) If all that wasn't hard enough, just one week into his OJT, Dean gets a call telling him his father is dying and has to move back home to live out his final days-which could be more like years. Dean has to decide whether to continue to let his life be defined by his father's mistakes and his misguided obligation to everyone else, or if he's brave enough-and strong enough-to find a life in his own shape.

Fic on AO3, Art

@purgaytorysupremacy

2024 RECAP (at least what's already public):

bangs: 8; fics: 12; illustrations: 23. :D

[infinitecakes]

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[weanwinwhester]

I love you …

[daftmooncretin]

listen we love azicrow. but destiel is THE tumblr ship. good omens may be the tumblr darling right now. but that show’s going to end, and that will be that. because neil gaiman has enough personal integrity not to try to milk anymore content out of azicrow. supernatural though? that things like a cockroach. if the cw gets even a whiff of cash thats shows going to be rebooted again. and probably again. 80 year old jensen ackles is going to mewing on cw screens in 2060 if he has his way. and misha collins only money making strategy is queerbaiting. that man is wearing the trenchcoat under his clothes 24/7 waiting for the chance to go gay for money. this godforsaken show is never going to die. destiel will outlive us all. it is truly the kirkspock of our generation. also happy 3 year wedding anniversary to the blorbos ❤️

[myebix]

my dad is rewatching supernatural rn, and I genuinely forgot how much they teased destiel. seeing all the "cas is in love with you 🙄" and "it's not like he lives in my ass— cas get out of my ass!" jokes are so much funnier now that they're tangentially canon.

[bi4bisamjess]

God not to restate the obvious but supernatural’s ending was such bogus bullshit that it makes my head explode. Just. The Winchester brothers have experienced death. They’ve escaped it too many times for it to have any weight or meaning. Why should Dean stay dead? There’s no real reason. What makes this time stick other than the end of the narrative?

The Winchester brothers have experienced death. They’ve had plenty of grief and tragedy. There is no narrative. God is dead. Why not have them live? Why not have them be happy?

[deranged-fanfic-nugget]

i have had a very productive day today

[moldy-bread-god]

Hello tumblr . com here are some of the things that you can make on infinite craft that I think you guys will enjoy

[m1zumono]

‘i don’t know what’s real anymore.’ ‘i know [the kiss] was real.’

‘you asked ‘what about all of this is real?’ we are.’

[mattzerella-sticks]

Supernatural Revival Idea:

An evil power separates Jack from their powers and reverts them to the body of a toddler/little kid and Jack falls to Earth (maybe at some point on the timeline - maybe in the past, maybe far into the future, possibly the present) where they're discovered and saved from the threat by a hunter and, despite being unwilling, he ends up taking the kid under his wing and raises them.

Cue Dean and Cas finding out where Jack had fallen and we see an adult Jack as a hunter with no memories of their life before and years of memories being raised by their new dad... played by - you guessed it - Pedro Pascal!

Anyway, the main conflict is this villain who has been trying to usurp Jack's power still. Meanwhile the secondary conflict is Dean and Cas trying to remind Jack of who they were versus Pedro's character who doesn't want to lose Jack because - that's his kid. And Jack is conflicted because they were raised to do the right thing and whether or not to take their powers back.

Ultimately it ends with Pedro's character suffering a fatal wound during the final fight protecting Jack and Jack ultimately deciding to retake their powers to vanquish the evil (and also save their dad). However, after the baddie is defeated, Jack realizes they can't save Pedro's character BUT he passes on happily knowing that Jack did the right thing and, despite retaking their God powers, still thinks of him as their dad, too. And Pedro wakes up in Heaven where Jack, Cas, and Dean find him.

Speaking of Dean and Cas... they've been up in Heaven for awhile living life as a couple. And Jack is their kid. They leave Heaven in their families' capable hands as they go to Earth to find them. And Dean and Pedro's character immediately rub each other the wrong way. But there's some attraction there. Meanwhile Cas and Pedro's character have a more obvious simmering attraction.

Now Dean and Cas are still attracted to each other and don't cheat, but also don't deny they find Pedro's character attractive... the only reasonable course of action, then, is they open up the relationship and form a throuple.

Anyway, that's MY revival idea lol

[roachingurcoach]

“So spare me your contempt Castiel, the self-hating Angel of Thursday. You know what every other version of you did after ‘gripping him tight and raising him from Perdition?’ They did what they were told. But not you. Not the one off the line with a crack in his chassis."

Chuck was a lying liar who lies, and here's why:

Apocalypse!verse Castiel was scarred and insane. You could argue that the scarring perhaps had something to do with his alternate Jimmy Novak, who was still his vessel, or maybe excessive battling in the war they were in the middle of (and all the wars that came before), but there is a very high possibility that his mental state and appearance were due to frequent 'reprogramming' (a.k.a. brainwashing involving extreme torture). In season eight, we are shown scenes of Naomi torturing Castiel in order to get him to comply with her commands with a device that is needle-shaped and drill-like, involving puncturing mainly the face and very close to the eyes. Apocalypse!verse Castiel's face and eyes are heavily scarred-- to me, this implies that he had to be 'reset' so many times that even his grace couldn't keep up with the healing needed on his vessel, and damaged his mind to the point of being unrecognizable as who we know of as Castiel. He fought to rebel and go against Heaven and Chuck's chosen narrative for his universe (though he likely didn't know about that) so many times that he lost his mind and his capability of performing free will through excessive torture.

Arguably, this Castiel didn't have a Dean, and therefore must have been compliant, because he had no catalyst to not do what he was told. While he didn't have a Dean to encourage him in this universe to rebel in the large way he did in the mainverse, we know that Castiel rebelled before, though those rebellions were smaller, and the 'corrections' made of him weren't escaped. Multiple times throughout the show, other angels derisively remark about Castiel's rebellious nature, even before we see them interacting with him regularly, and before he's committed multiple acts of rebellion on screen after meeting the Winchesters, mainly Dean. Further on, angels admit that Castiel has been brainwashed before (as seen when Castiel tells Dean he 'doesn't serve man, and certainly doesn't serve (him)' (paraphrased) after previously being friendly to Dean and assisting him, exhibiting a strange behavioral change after he returns from Heaven), also implying that his memories of said events have been wiped (he doesn't know he's being controlled by Naomi until the crypt scene in season eight, and considering he didn't know who she was when she was so familiar with him, his memory must have been altered). While some of these things may have been throwaway detailing, later down the line they were built upon, and grew to indicate that at heart, Castiel actively pushes to achieve free will and do what he believes is right.

Endverse!Castiel was still partially recognizable as our Castiel, and for what we had seen of him at that point in time, he behaved understandably for someone who spent most of his existence angelic and fully-powered with constant access to his trueform and a supply of grace: he drowned himself in various chemicals through sex and/or drugs in order to avoid focusing on his near-humanity and his powerlessness when he used to be able to perform feats no human could ever top, escape from fights without a scratch, and maybe even just communicate with other angels and his friends(?) in Heaven, who had by that point abandoned him for staying behind. With Dean. Who was even more of a dick to him, and Castiel still stayed by his side, even if they no longer got along.

In this universe, we also see Chuck, who could have been (and most likely was) included there as merely a familiar person, but in retrospect, one of his lines and his very presence can be taken to mean something else.

"Yeah. I don't think Cas is going anywhere." (Chuck Shurley to Past!Dean Winchester in The End)

This line is said with a smile on his face, and a kind of what, are you kidding? look at Dean. Partially because Dean should know where Castiel is, and partially because Castiel is. Not. Leaving. In the future, we know that Chuck is god, and very likely, that means he has been god for a good long time. This means he was present and 'managing' the Endverse, whose timeline was slightly ahead of past!Dean's universe (which we know is possible with Chuck making a claim about what every other Castiel did (in the past tense)).

Knowing that he was/is god, and knowing that he liked to interfere when a 'story' didn't go the way he'd planned or wanted, Chuck's statement about Castiel not leaving and the expression on his face when he said so implies that he has tried to make Castiel leave, and every time, Castiel has found some way to thwart this, even unknowingly, and that Chuck has at this point resigned himself to his (yet another Castiel) not complying, even subconsciously, and has molded this world and Castiel in a way that he considers a compromise: he gets an ending where everyone dies in a way he sees fit. Both brothers are killed by Lucifer, and Castiel dies separately from his closest companions in battle for a borderline meaningless cause. Further reinforcement of Chuck having interfered with the Endverse and specifically Endverse!Castiel is when he tells Metatron (correct me if that's not who he says this to) that he doesn't even remember how many times he's reset or brought Castiel back, which indicates that Castiel has deviated from his written path many times before his more current ones in the main universe, and in all of Chuck's other universes with all of his other Castiels.

You may not agree with my takes on the validity or reality of the alternate worlds we were shown (e.g. the Endverse potentially being constructed fictionally by Zachariah in order to convince Dean to agree to being Michael's vessel), on characterizations of the AU!Castiels, or on when Chuck was god, but despite my potential inaccuracies, my various statements hold up as examples of Castiel being so very devoted to rebelling and/or staying with Dean Winchester that he required constant altering and monitoring in order to get him to stay in line and die when he was supposed to in Chuck's narrative in every single universe he exists.

Castiel rebelled in every universe, and in most of them, he was finally broken free because of Dean. They may not have won in those universes, but they were a thorn in Chuck's side that lead to his defeat* in the main universe.

*if you believe that Chuck didn't win in the mainverse.

[babygirlwolverine]

OH MY GOD YOU PASSED NAVLE!!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I'M SO PROUD AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!! AJSKDKSKSJFJDDJ YOU DID IT SAPH!!

KYRA AJASDJALDJA I DID OMG I REALLY PASSED NAVLE IT FEELS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE HOLY HECKIE!!!! I LOVE YOU MOREEEEE!!! MY HEART IS SKIPPING BEATS RIGHT NOW OVER YOU SAYING YOURE SO PROUD OF ME OH GOD I SWEAR I’M GONNA CRY!!! I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE I PASSED LIKE IT HASN’T SET IN YET IT STILL FEELS UNREAL!!! THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!! YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE CUTEST!!!

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[weanwinwhester]

I had my angel blade?

[lakemichigans]

i don’t watch winchesters someone please tell me is this real. did the unhinged man really bring dean back from the dead

[picklesinabottle]

I don't really understand why people only consider destiel jack's dads, not just because sam is also there, but also because it's infinitely funnier if Jack says "I have more dads than most people" and means 1. the devil himself 2. the president of the united states 3. a fallen angel 4. that guy's situationship 5. number 4's brother

who is doing it like him