#j2:events

[sambrosiac]

in honor of the first ever omegaverse anime i would personally like to thank the incestious undertones in the hit cw tv show supernatural (2005-2020) for making this happen

[masoena]

New BB Event Poll

JPad - Sam Big Bang (JPSBB)

Who would be interested in participating in an event that focuses on Sam Winchester and/or Jared Padalecki as the core character?

- Fandoms: SPN and SPN RPF

- Crossovers allowed

- Mini Bang 4k words / 1 pce of art

- Big Bang 10k words / 2 pcs of art

- No AI art or fics permitted

- All ships permitted

- Jared or Sam must be the main character in the story and part of the pairing / ship if there is one.

Let's celebrate this multi-faceted character and human being with his own event.

I have been mulling around hosting a bang like this for some time, doing interest checking.

Please help boost the signal by reblogging after giving your vote.

If your yes is conditional on certain aspects please let me know in the comments.

[loveinterestcastiel]

pls tell me what you chose and why in the tags and also reblog :)

HONORABLE MENTION:

misha, in a squeaky voice: “i’m the one who gripped you right and raised you from perdition.”

jensen: “he sounds like that in the morning.”

jared: “how do you know?”

*cue mic drop*

[hoziernaturalevents]

MEET THE BETA READERS!

These amazing people have been hard at work helping the authors prepare the fantastic stories coming your way. Here's a peek at our Beta list (many of whom are wearing multiple hats) and some past works that they've either beta'd, written, drawn/painted, or simply loved enough to share.

@banshee1013

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Title: A Call To Motion Rating: Explicit Words: 22,019 Relationship(s): Castiel Dean Winchester, Dorothy Baum/Charlie Bradbury, Gabriel/Rowena MacLeod, Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Gabriel, Balthazar, Rowena MacLeod, Samandriel, Jo Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Ash Harvelle, Jessica Moore, Anna Milton, Hannah, Ishim (mentioned), Cole Trenton (mentioned) Uriel (mentioned), Benny Lafitte, Dorothy Baum, Charlie Bradbury Additional Tags: AU, Modern Dance AU, Dancer Castiel, Dancer Dean Winchester, College/University Student Sam Winchester, Dance Instructor Park Jimin (BTS), Choreographer Balthazar, Dancer Charlie Bradbury, Dancer Anna, Strangers to Lovers, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Coffee Shops, Both Cas and Dean are Helpless from the Get Go, Cas is a Huge Dork and Dean Thinks it's Adorable, Everyone Knows but Them Summary: After seeing Sam safely accepted to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Dean finally feels like he can start pursuing his own dream - which just so happens to be Modern Dance after having passed by the studio on his way to work. Then his instructor, Rowena, tells him about an opportunity at a dance company in Kansas City, which he discovers is run by Gabriel Shurley - brother to Castiel Shurley, the man who's audition for the Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York inspired him to pursue his new-found passion. Castiel Shurley is adrift - moving to Kansas City with his brother to help run their cousin Balthazar Angeles' dance company after a falling out with his Artistic Director - and lover - in New York. The dance company is a wonderful, talented group, but Castiel found his love for dance shattered along with his heart. That is, until a green-eyed, bow-legged, incredibly gifted novice dancer appears for auditions, and Castiel feels the urge to dance - and love - return to him.

@cautiouslycas

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Title: The Toy Soldier Tattoo Rating: Teen and Up Words: 17,999 Relationship(s): Castiel/Dean Winchester, John Winchester/Mary Winchester, Jo Harvelle/Anna Milton Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Casitel, Benny Lafitte, Anna Milton, Jo Harvelle Additional Tags: Missing Persons, Hospitals, Mentins of Wounds, Mentions of Kidnappings, Mention of Character Death, Nightmares, Tattoos, Tattoo Artist Castiel Summary: Two years after Sam disappears, police officials inform Mary and Dean Winchester there are no more trails for them to follow. The case is cold until new evidence makes its way over to them. It’s the day Dean gets his first tattoo. In honour of Sam. That night, he walks out of the tattoo shop with not only a brand new toy soldier tattoo on his thigh, but also with a crush on his ridiculously cute tattooist Cas. As life continues and his relationship with Cas unfolds, life proves it will keep going on even without his brother and maybe, he should move on too.

@jdl71

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Title: Love Conquers All Rating: Explicit Words: 26,212 Relationship(s): Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Bobby Singer, Jessica Moore, Original Characters, John Winchester Additional Tags: A/B/O, Alpha Sam Winchester, A/B/O Dynamics, Omega Dean Winchester, Top Sam Winchester, Bottom Dean Winchester, Spells, Witchcraft, Grimoires, Secrets, Suppressants, Scent Blockers, Hunting, Drinking, Blood, Heats, Claiming Bites, Mating, Knotting, Mpreg, College Student Sam Winchester, Hunter Dean Winchester, Library Assistant Dean Winchester, Driving, Diners, Motels, Pining Dean Winchester, Pining Sam Winchester Summary: Desperate and in love with his alpha brother, Dean turns to witchcraft in order to take away his pain of unrequited love. Unbeknownst to him, the spell he casts has dire consequences.

@jerzcaligrl

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Title: Lucky Man Rating: Teen and Up Words: 532 Relationship(s): Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki Characters: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki Additional Tags: Schmoop, Established Relationship Summary: Jared discovers that Jensen has watched his part on Gilmore Girls repeatedly.

@mattzerella-sticks

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Title: electric chair drop Rating: Explicit Words: 2,851 Relationship(s): Castiel/Dean Winchester Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Rough Sex, Rough Oral Sex, Rough Kissing, Objectified Dean Winchester, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Choking, Spit Kink, No Lube, Butt Plugs, Strong Castiel, Verbal Humiliation, Dom/Sub Undertones, Dom Castiel/Sub Dean Winchester, Aftercare, Brat Dean Winchester, Erotica, Scratching, Dean Winchester Likes it Rough, Dean Winchester Likes Being Manhandled, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot Summary: Dean’s snipes are facile, and the cuts they make are small. But it only takes a thousand cuts to kill. Dean slowly carves a path towards it across Cas’s skin. A decent man has only so much patience. An angel, less. Cas snaps eventually. or, Cas fucks Dean nasty in the Bunker hallway as punishment, breaking him down to then put him back together later on.

@sevensugars

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Title: Every Living Thing by Askance Rating: Mature Words: 36,144 Relationship(s): Castiel/Dean Winchester Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel, Sam Winchester Additional Tags: Ambiguous/Open Ending, Medicinal Drug Use, Disturbing Themes, Animal Death Summary: When a pair of hunters on the eastern coast witness the arrival of a very disturbing omen, it isn’t long before the news hurtles across the country, piquing the interest—and fear—of people everywhere. In a matter of days, the new, safe world that Sam, Dean, and Castiel have been inhabiting is flipped upside-down. Something enormous is coming—and this time, it’s something they can’t fight. Faced with rapidly diminishing prospects, holed up in a tiny, empty Nebraska town, they are forced to confront fears, secrets, and emotions that might have otherwise never seen the light of day. It seems every story must end somehow, and the only thing that remains to be done is to make the most of what little time they have left.

@spnlifer

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Title: Open Road by Twin_Feathers Rating: Explicit Words: 223,957 Relationship(s): Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki, Michael Rosenbaum/Tom Welling, Jensen Ackles & Jared Padalecki Characters: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Tom Welling, Genevieve Cortese, Christian Kane, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alona Tal, Danneel Harris, Michael Rosenbaum, Chad Michael Murray, Matt Cohen, Ty Olsson, Misha Collins, Sandra McCoy, Steve Carlson, Katie Cassidy, Mark Sheppard, Chase Crawford Additional Tags: AU-Bikers, Explicit Sexual Content, Weapons, Violence, Motorcycles, Bottom Jensen, Student Jensen, Top Jared, Possessive Jared, Kidnapping, Drug Use, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Hospitals, Protective Jared, Gang Violence, Implied Mpreg, Date Rape Drug/Roofies, Discussion of Abortion, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Attempted Sexual Assault, Shooting Range, Slow Build, Rimming, Blow Jobs, Possessive Behavior, Jealousy, Slow Burn, Rough Sex, Manhandling, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Panic Attacks, PTSD, Fainting, Nightmares, Cage Fights, Age Difference Summary: Jensen is a young Harvard med student with a bright future ahead of him and Jared is the hot-headed member of the renowned biker gang 'Black Legion'. When their two worlds collide and their lives become intertwined, will they both survive with their hearts intact?

@thestarsmakemedream-art

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@thisisapaige

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Title: Solitudes by ilovehowyouletmefall Rating: Mature Words: 21,756 Relationship(s): Castiel/ Dean Winchester Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester Additional Tags: Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Canon Divergence, Season/Series 12, Atypical Formatting, Dean's top 13 Zepp Traxx Mixtape, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Brief Mentions of Dean/Lisa and Dean/Cassie, the mature rating is not for sex fwi it's for:, Canon-Typical Alcoholism, Alcohol Withdrawal, Suicidal Thoughts, Fake Character Death, Vomiting, Canon-Typical Violence Summary: Dean and Castiel understand each other more than anyone else. They misunderstand each other more than anyone else as well. After Cas is nearly killed by Ramiel, Dean is coming very close to acknowledging that he wants something more from Cas than friendship. Cas, however, feels the weight of his responsibility very heavily. When Dean asks Cas to stick around longer, Cas says he needs to keep looking for Kelly, leaving Dean feeling dejected. But Cas agrees to help out on one more hunt before he leaves. Neither him nor Dean realize that the monster they're after can make their worst nightmares come true. OR: Dean thinks Cas is killed. Cas is there to witness the aftermath.

[hawkland]

How do you not get bitter seeing jensen comment on jareds post and you never see him comenting on any post from misha anymore? Also feeling extra bitter That it was a post about it being 4 years ago since last filming day and misha was suposed to be there. Not all those other people on That stupid bridge 😒

[nerds-yearbook]

The final episode of Lost in Space aired on March 6, 1968. Sadly, the series ended with the no resolution so apparently they are still lost in space. The episode marked the only time in the series that the Jupiter 2 fired a missle. Some viewers have noted that the Statue of Liberty prop from the Planet of the Apes can be seen in the junk yard. ("Junkyard in Space", Lost in Space, TV Event)

[monstermoviedean]

sometimes i forget that there was a small group of us who were talking about the j2 fallout long before the events of june 2021. there was absolutely an awareness that this was a silly conspiracy theory, and i don't think anyone ever really expected it to be confirmed. I certainly didn't. and then it was confirmed in such an overt public fashion! it was like if bigfoot walked out of the woods, said "hello i am bigfoot," signed an affidavit confirming its existence, and stopped for selfies with everyone it met. all on live television.

[nyxocity]

Retroactive | By nyxocity | A J2 Story | NC-17

Two assassins on opposite sides of a silent American war, Jared is a time traveling spy working for the CIA; Jensen is a traitor terrorist known as the Jackal. Jared is the CIA's golden boy agent--until the Jackal gets in his way on a time-travel mission. The most skilled and dangerous agent to ever exist, the Jackal is the biggest obstacle in the way of the CIA's plans, and Jared is assigned to get close to him. But is the Jackal what he seems, or is there more to his mysterious past? Drawn down a deepening well of secrets and half-truths on a journey that will take him to the edges of his loyalties, Jared finds himself at the center of a time event bigger than anything he could have imagined. To complicate things even more, his fate seems to be tied to the Jackal by something more than the feelings stirring inside him--by something bigger than either of them; time itself. And time, is running out.

___________________________________________________

ACT 1

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11

ACT 2

Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 | Chapter 21 | Chapter 22 | Chapter 23 | Chapter 24 | Chapter 25 | Chapter 26

[ckret2]

Wait okay in The Book of Bill, Bill’s putting in all these pages himself while he’s in the theraprism, right? So… how could he have gotten his hands on the lost journal pages in there? I’ve seen people point out certain inconsistencies in them (Ford being drawn with a hair streak even though it’s supposed to take place earlier, etc.) What are your thoughts?

My theory is that either somehow he got his hands on the pages before his incarceration and stowed them in TBOB; or TBOB itself, being a magical book that can regenerate & "corrupt" other books & teleport around when you aren't looking, got hold of the journal and ripped the pages out itself.

I've seen all the "but Ford's drawn wrong" "but Ford never does Bill's handwriting like that" "but why weren't these pages present in the J3 we read after it was magically fully repaired" "but Ford was supposed to meet Bill in J2" chatter suggesting that maybe the pages aren't legit, and honestly? I think the explanation for all of these issues is "Alex last worked on J3 like eight years before TBOB and he & the artists were more concerned with beefing up Ford's relationships with Bill and Fiddleford than they were with little details like that." This is a situation where the doylist explanation is much simpler and a lot more likely than a watsonian complicated forgery scheme.

So that's my serious "what I think happened in canon" explanation for all that.

Separately, my own headcanon:

Personally I've theorized for ages that the journals weren't written chronologically (because if Ford fully filled J1 and J2 before starting J3, why did he just so happen to have blank two-page spreads in J1 & J2 on which he could write the portal blueprints, and why did Stan find SOME portal instructions in J1?), so my own headcanon is that the J3 we've read is indeed complete with all pages, and these pages are actually taken out of Journal 2. There might even be a few pages out of J1. Bill advertised them as "missing Journal 3 pages" because he knew The Reader Of TBOB is a GF fan who has more of an emotional connection to J3 than 1 and 2. The idea that he was filling the journals non-chronologically explains why these pages also cover events that happened during J3; which journal Ford was writing in on any day randomly bounced between journals.

This isn't an "I think this might have been the authorial intent" headcanon, this is an "I think the author accidentally introduced some inconsistencies so this is how I'm privately justifying them" headcanon.

[orionsangel86]

We need to come up with a hurricane style guide for the various category tumblr events because I'd like to study this

good omens s2 was such a category 1 tumblr event that it's even making ofmd trend alongside

[eisforeidolon]

You know, I thought the stupidest entitlement we were going to get out of this weekend was yet again bitching that Jared cancelled. There are a whole host of reasons any of these actors might cancel a con event at any time - from scheduling to illness to things that are just plain none of our damn business.

But nope! We've got bonus extra-stupid new bitching that the first person who very considerately recorded the panels and uploaded them right away chose to focus more on Jensen than Rich or (especially) Misha.

You want to be entitled to seeing and hearing everything from the panels ASAP? Okay, pay out the ass to Creation for prime seats at the convention, then you'd be owed that view. Otherwise, STFU.

And of course it's mostly (if not entirely) coming directly from whiny hellers frothing at the mouth insisting it could only be done by evil Jared stans. Not only have they been soooo cheated of pretending it's twue lurve every time they could see Jensen and Misha make eye contact while speaking to each other? It's part and parcel of the ridiculous narrative they're trying to sell that the audience in general, except for a few dismissible outliers, would see any other rando shoved next to Jensen as equal to or better than Jared. Especially third lead Misha! Except the majority of the audience - the GA, bibros & J2 fans, Jensen fans that can't stand Misha, Jared fans, non-hellers in general, etc. - get that SPN had two leads in J2. Hellers are the lunatic fringe weirdos pushing an unpopular agenda, and all the delusional assertions on SM in the world are not going to change that.

So yeah, if someone is videoing the panels for themselves and uploads? Considering the general makeup of the actual audience, not the one that only exists in hellers' heads that consists mostly of themselves? It's not shocking they might choose to focus way more on the one lead that is there over the comparatively minor supporting character actor Creation slapped onstage to give him someone to interact with. Which is assuming the omission wasn't at all because it was an awkward angle where it was hard to film both people in the panel from the videographer's seat in the first place.

[amyoffline]

adding a bullet point to the video essay for the rpftourney phan vs j2 poll bc this seems destined to be a heritage event

[jensenscomedyelbows]

edit by the amazing and talented and generous @lemondropsonice

SPN FIC REC FEST #11

All-Time Favorites/Free Recs

The only pairing is Wincest

Most are explicit, but those that aren’t are marked accordingly.

THE FIREFLY THAT LOVED METALLICA by fleshflutter

Rated R, but WARNING: MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH/RESURRECTION. I passionately adore this indescribably poignant story. Get tissues.

LIKE STARING INTO THE SUN by nyxocity

It was never about the girls. It was about them.

A new OFC in each part, until there are no more FCs at all and it’s just them.

There is also a sequel, linked to the original

RUN IT ALL OVER (THE WEST SERIES) by runawaydr3amer

I LOVE this series with a passion not too dissimilar from Sam and Dean’s for each other

When you live a life like theirs, chasing tail isn't always an option. But sometimes you just want someone to touch your dick, and your brother’s hand is as good as any.

THE LAST OUTPOST OF ALL THAT IS by gekizetsu

I’m sure this will end up on multiple lists during this event, as it’s a fandom classic that everyone loves. I don’t even want to try to describe it. 60K words. Casefic. First time. I think there’s some H/C. Beautiful. So so sad. Joy amidst the wreckage and heartache. I love it so much I should probably get the title tattooed on my body somewhere

NOT FOR SAMSON IN THE TEMPLE by maygra-fic

Coda to my all time favorite, see above. You have to read that one first to truly appreciate how this coda maintains the tone, voice, and prose quality. You feel like it’s from the same author, but surprise! it’s not, and that’s remarkable. Mature Sam and Dean. Elderly Sam and Dean

THE GHOST OF SOMEBODY AT HIS SIDE by runedgirl

Prepare to weep. When I need pain, this one guarantees I’ll get it. Author Description: The night before Sam Winchester meets with his 12th grade guidance counselor for the second time, something very bad happens. One of those somethings that takes only a ridiculously short amount of time – in this case, about three minutes – yet manages to change the course of two lives forever. Or: Sam goes to Stanford, and takes most of Dean's heart with him.

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE by Morgan

This one just…stuck with me. The events that unfold are awful for Dean in particular, but I’m sure it wasn’t a great time for Sam, either. Bobby makes an appearance. Angst for daaaaays, and NON CON/DUB CON warning is red-flag-level. Author Description: Sam loses his mind. It's that simple. Dean doesn't know what to do, but he's not going to walk away from this, he's never backed down in all his life. If you're looking for happy endings, don't come here. This shit is dark.

THE SILENCE OF A SUMMER DAY by wanttobeatree

***Everyone who loves the Winchesters should read this amazing future fic***

Rated PG. The world has moved on. This is their legacy. Haha, yes, of course I’m recommending this one again. No sex whatsoever! Weird, right?!?!

@spnficrecfest

RESTRAINT by DarkEmeralds

Free rec. Rated M. 200k+ words. It's not Spn or Wincest or even J2, not really. I guess it’s technically a J2 AU. I’m sneaking it in here because it’s an all-time favorite of mine. This might not be your cup of tea, fanfic wise. I certainly didn’t think it was mine. But but but…it’s absolutely lovely, it’s extremely well-written, the tone/voice/verbiage is accurate for its time, and it has a happy ending that made me cry HAPPY tears when I was finished. If you like historical romance, you’ll like this. It’s set in Regency England! Author Description: The calling card said Tristan Jarrett, Viscount Penrith. Beneath that, in a lazy scrawl, was the addendum Mr Acklebury, be so good as to wait on me tomorrow, number 10, Half Moon Street. Yours, &c., Penrith. Mr Acklebury was not sure how he felt about being thus summarily commanded to paint his lordship's portrait.

[supernaturalkickparty]

Ash's birthday event!!!

hey y'all!!!! ok so yeah i think im going through with the writing event, i'll post today and maybe like every other week as a reminder or something.

im excited and im looking forward to what gets made.

September 5th- crossover day! Anything any form of art/writing from Dark Angel, Supernatural, Walker, and wrestling(aew mainly i don’t follow wwe as closely as i do aew) have fun with the creations🖤

September 6th- Supernatural Day!!!! Can be J2, wincest, gen, qpr, whatever have fun🖤

September 7th- Walker Day!!!! Can be any pairing or any choice, any rating, any art style, as always just have fun with it🖤

September 8th- Dark Angel Day!!! Can be any pairing of choice or whatever you choose to do. I'm sorry you’re probably getting tired of me say have fun with it🖤

September 9th- Retired Winchesters- can be gen/canon, can be wincest, can be whatever you want it to be, just got with it🖤 

September 10th- song inspired, can be anything you choose, let music be your inspiration in your creations🖤

September 11th- FREE FOR ALL. write or draw or create whatever speaks to you.

i would have added So Weird to the list but i don't think enough people saw the show when it was out but yeah lol one story i never touched back on was Fi running into Sam and Dean and they think she's from a hunter family until they realize she's just a kid with an obsession to the supernatural not knowing that her connection/fate is somewhat similar to Sam's👀👀👀👀

but anyway, im looking forward to this and im super excited!!!!

[detailtilted]

Index of Enhanced Edition Con Videos

I'll maintain this index in a pinned post for easy reference. Click the links to go to the YouTube videos, or click here for a more readable Google Docs table which includes these links plus a tab noting which events I skipped, temporarily or permanently, and why.

2007-11-11, Chicago - J2 Breakfast (00:23:42)

2007-11-11, Chicago - Jensen Solo (00:21:55)

2007-11-11, Chicago - Jared Solo (00:29:44)

2007-11-11, Chicago - J2 Main Panel (00:38:24)

2008-07-27, San Diego Comic Con - SPN Panel (00:50:52)

2008-11-16, Chicago - J2 Breakfast (00:26:16)

2008-11-16, Chicago - Jared Solo (00:26:20)

2008-11-16, Chicago - J2 Main Panel (00:35:04)

2008-11-16, Chicago - Jensen Solo (00:34:36)

2009-08-30, Vancouver - J3 Breakfast (00:31:53)

2009-08-30, Vancouver - Jensen Solo (00:27:17)

2009-08-30, Vancouver - J2 Main Panel (00:30:25)

2009-11-15, Chicago - J2 Breakfast (00:32:24)

2009-11-15, Chicago - J2 Main Panel (01:08:50)

2010-10-10, Chicago - Mishalecki Breakfast (00:32:48)

2010-10-10, Chicago - Misha Solo Panel (00:24:22)

I'm now working on the Mishalecki panel from Chicago 2010 that started immediately after the last video I published. After that, I'll do the J2M panel that followed immediately after that one.

Thank you to everyone who has shown an interest in these videos. The reblogs and likes all made me very happy, and I especially appreciated the kind comments some of you left in your reblog text and tags. I'm unsure of the proper Tumblr way to respond directly to that in a way that won't annoy people, but I've definitely noticed and appreciated it!

An explanation of this project and my tentative plans for it are listed below the break. A lot of it will be familiar if you've read my earlier posts, but it's more detailed -- and excessively long! There's also some info on how you can help, especially if you have any old videos or audio files that you'd be willing to contribute.

Why Do You Call These "Enhanced Editions"?

The videos I'm using are not my own, but I've spent many hours adding enhancements to them. My goal is to make these the most watchable and accessible versions of these older convention panels published to date. Credit and links to the original videos are in the video descriptions. These are the typical enhancements you'll see:

I'm upscaling the videos as best I can. It isn't remotely perfect, but it's a little more watchable than the originals. The videos I'm working with are very low quality by today's standards. and they were also recorded under difficult circumstances. Video taking wasn't permitted at most of the earlier cons, so the people who took them did so at the risk of getting kicked out. They couldn't exactly come waltzing in with a tripod, so the videos are shaky, they don't always have a clear view of the stage, and sometimes they cut off at unfortunate moments. They can be frustrating to watch, but we owe these people a debt of gratitude for capturing this footage because otherwise it would have been lost altogether.

When necessary, I'm correcting colors on the videos to try to make them look more natural and consistent. I'm very inexperienced in this area, and I don't consider it to be one of my strengths, but I'm learning.

The original videos are usually in multiple parts, but I'm editing them together into a single video as cohesively as possible. I may use videos from multiple sources to provide the most complete video possible, and I'll select the ones with the highest video quality and/or the best view of the action available. Sometimes I have to make difficult choices between the video with the best view (meaning a clear view of their actions and/or facial expressions) and the video with the best quality. I usually lean toward the one with the best view in those cases.

I'm adding extra content to help clarify references people make during the panels. The videos I've worked with so far don't take up the full width of a modern video frame, so I've taken advantage of that extra space to display the extra content to the side where it's less obtrusive. There are explanations for obscure references that are way funnier when you understand what they mean, plus episode references to help jog the memory for those of us who haven't rewatched the show a million times. In rare cases where I think it will enhance understanding, I'll insert brief episode clips that highlight what they're talking about.

I'm putting a LOT of time into adding good, color-coded English subtitles that can be turned on and off with YouTube's CC button. These videos can be frustrating to understand because the audience often drowns them out and Jared and Jensen tend to talk at the same time when they're together. I can't always figure everything out, but it's far better than the crazy, auto-generated nonsense that many videos have. YouTube can then translate my English subtitles into other languages, so this may improve accessibility for people who are less comfortable with English. The color-coding helps with telling who's saying what: red for Jared, blue for Jensen, green for the general audience, yellow for the current fan at the microphone, and white for other people such as staff.

If there's missing footage that I can't find anywhere, then if I can find a source that seems to have reliable details about what was discussed, I'll add static images with a brief summary and a link to my source in the video description.

What Conventions Do You Plan to Enhance?

I don't want to make grand promises that I'll enhance videos for every old convention, although I definitely love the idea of doing so. How far I go with this will depend on how much sustained interest there is from other people and how much spare time I have myself. My output speed will probably be erratic depending on what's going on in my life at the time.

My general plan was to start with the oldest conventions and work my way forward. For now, I'm focusing on the panels with Jared and/or Jensen since they're my main interest. I may temporarily skip over conventions that they didn't both attend, but with the intent to go back and fill those in later. If I obtain any mostly-complete videos of Misha's solo panels that upscale well, I may also do his panel if I'm doing panels for Jared and Jensen from the same event.

One big constraint will be whether I can find enough videos to work with for a convention, and just how bad the quality is. I've found that some videos are too poor of a quality to upscale. Since these videos are painful to watch in their raw form, I suspect people will be less interested in watching "enhanced" videos that don't include at least some noticeable improvement in visual quality, but please do let me know if I'm wrong. For that reason, I'll probably skip past cons if I can't upscale the videos, at least for now.

As I work through the old conventions, I'll make a good attempt to upscale the available videos. If I don't have much success, then I'll skip over that convention with the hope that I might be able to get some video files that upscale better. (See the "Can I Help? section.) After I make it through all the low-hanging fruit, I want to come back to those problematic conventions and just create a cohesive edit with color corrections, special content, and subtitles even if I can't upscale the video.

These are just my general thoughts right now but the project is young, so my strategy may change.

Can I Help?

If you have any old convention videos or audio files that you're willing to contribute, please message me! Maybe I can use them, maybe I can't, but the more I have to work with, the better chance I have of creating something more complete. If I do use your material, I'll credit you in whatever manner you prefer.

Even if your videos are on YouTube, I've found that the original files may upscale much better than videos pulled off YouTube. I think the videos were degraded when they were uploaded to YouTube, at least back then. If you send me videos that I'm able to upscale, I'll happily send the upscaled versions back to you for your collection regardless of whether or not I use them. (If you have any videos you don't want me to use for this project, let me know and I'll respect your wishes.)

Even if your video looks terrible, you might just have a missing piece of footage that I couldn't find anywhere else, or your video might upscale more easily than another. If nothing else, I might be able to hear something in the audio that will help me fill in a subtitle I couldn't figure out.

Likewise, audio files can be helpful even without video. If nothing else, they may help me fill in some subtitles. If the audio file is consistently easier to understand than the audio on the videos I'm using, I can also substitute the audio from your file in place of the video's audio. If you have audio of sections of the panels for which no known videos exist, that could also help me fill in those gaps.

If you're watching my enhanced videos with the subtitles turned on, please do let me know if you catch any errors or if you can clearly understand something I marked as [inaudible]. I can't change the videos themselves on YouTube, not without breaking the links and causing confusion, but it's pretty easy to update the subtitles because they're a separate file. It's important to me to try not to put words in their mouths that they might not have said, so I'm trying not to guess purely based on context if I can't tell with confidence that they said what I think they probably said. However, there were times when I felt like I should have been able to understand what they said but I just couldn't manage it, and I'm sure someone with different ears may be able to figure out some of the parts I couldn't.

[compo67]

i have to get ready to meet my mentor for lunch. i don't want to go but i also know i need to go. i will miss the end of the game... though the way we're playing i think it's best i do.

tomorrow is chicon! o_o

i figure if i leave by 2, that's enough to figure out where everything is, fight with the person who does ADA accommodations, and settle in before my photo op and the j2 panel.

going to chicon is my "i survived cancer" gift to myself every year.

the boyfriend will be at an event tonight, so i will chip away at my TCV fic. i just have to not fall asleep in my recliner...

aaaand the panthers scored again. yeah. best i leave for the rest of the 3rd. >_>