#magick sam winchester

[hbo--spn]

"Also, Sam's a walking dictionary of the occult and esoteric..." - John Winchester’s Journal by Alex Irvine 

[saltmonellas]

sick

[a-love-of-pure-happiness]

yea I agree though. I loved them so much.

underrated supernatural duo — sam and rowena

like come ON. they are actually everything to me.

[insufferableprotagonistpoll]

Round 1

Propaganda why Dean Winchester is insufferable:

"This man is racist against anyone other than humans and abused the people he was supposed to love the most. He literally abandons Castiel at his most vulnerable and never lets Sam leave the whole hunting monsters thing. Worst part is that the fandom will get behind him and defend him because what, he’s pretty? Pretty much a terrible person, more like. I sympathize with his backstory but Dean has ZERO character development during the course of 15 whole seasons. When he DOES have development it involves abusing someone. Sam tries to be a normal person and always gets punished for it. The only hint we have that Dean might’ve been trying to change is a piece of paper in the final episode AFTER HE DIES. then guess what? Sam lives out his whole life and has a family 😭 that’s very, very telling."

"misogynistic scumbag. theres also a few different times that dean finds teenagers sexy with the most recent and prominent example that i can recall being the scooby doo crossover episode in season 13 where hes super into daphne who in the version they chose for the episode is 15-16 and is interacting with her as if shes a real person cause they got magicked into the episode. he treats everyone around him like shit and the only time the narrative agrees that thats a bad thing is when he has the mark of cain put on him and hes acting no differently than he does usually its just now acknowledged that hes treating others like shit. ive been rewatching the show for shits and giggles with a friend and wow he really does not treat anyone well but i wanna focus on how he treats sam for a second cause dude's hobby seems to be ignoring what his brother wants and lying to sam about doing stuff that directly concerns him the demon blood and souless things are reasonable cause those were both Bad for sam but theyre still part of a wider pattern and the most prominent example of this being when dean tricks sam into letting gadreel possess him and actually gaslights sam about it with the whole ordeal ending when its revealed gadreel lied about who he was and while possessing sam murders a friend of theirs. his voice is just also stupid as fuck im sorry this is just petty but he just sounds like hes trying so hard to be gruff n intimidating but he just sounds like a kid pretending to be batman"

"Dean’s list of sins is crazy long because of how long the show ran, but the key thing for me is that post-locking Sam in the bunker (season 4 I think?), I just can’t enjoy their relationship anymore. I normally love their sibling dynamic, but Dean’s ultimate worst past-the-point-of-no-return moment for me was demonizing (pun intended) his little brother for being “addicted” to demon blood, which only happened because of a series of events that were either Dean’s or someone else’s fault, not Sam’s. I also really dislike how the fandom treats Dean like this angel (pun intended) who has done no wrong and even tries to justify the MULTIPLE times he’s beaten up and otherwise abused his little brother. Canon Dean is like the polar opposite of fanon Dean: he’s homophobic and racist (jokes about a Black man being sexually assaulted in prison), misogynistic (take a shot every time he calls a woman a slur and you’ll die of alcohol poisoning), and abusive."

"Misogynistic asshole and too many of the things he does get treated as not actually bad or even good by both fans and the show when he violates peoples autonomy and is incredibly abusive to the people he loves the most. And it wouldn't be as annoying if people didn't justify so many of his behaviors or if he ever changed or even just was seen as a bad guy in the show more than he is."

">Was a misogynist (loved to call women skanks, bitches, hoes)

>Used gay as an insult multiple time during the show's run (idc if he's gay an homophobic, that's still insulting)

>Beat up his brother for being possessed

>Beat up his brother for losing his soul (not his brother's fault)

>Used dubious consent to get his brother possessed in a different unrelated possession incident after possession was being used (badly...this is supernatural after all) as a metaphor for SA

>Threatened to murder his brother when he was hallucinating (yay we aren't ableist)

>Locked a child up in a box

>Threatened to kill the child he locked up in a box

>Made a creepy, sexual comment about a barely-legal high school girl

>Got the woman and kid he was living with memory-wiped"

"Really mean to Cas (called him a child, zero respect for him, calls him family and casts him out when the angels are looking for him), and an absolute dick to Jack (threatening to kill him CONSTANTLY)"

Propaganda why Batman/Bruce Wayne is insufferable:

"Always has to be right. Does the most janked up stuff and doesn't care who it hurts. Imposes his will on others to the point of willing to bodily harm them if they do not comply (and yes, this does include his children)"

"I’ll also support Batman as a candidate because of the slapping Robin meme, which is annoying, and because he is just way too much. Too much all the time."

"Has to always be right, regardless of situation. Because somehow the billionaire has knowledge of how middle class people think."

"Obviously it's the writers who have screwed him over, but my gods the fact that he can do whatever he freaking wants and still be "the hero" bcs hes the main character is insufferable. He killed his son (slit his throat) in one canon, in the canon where said son survives, he’s beaten half to death by Bruce, who of course is "in the right" because B thought J had tried to murder someone. He can hit his kids, he can be a total asshat to people, and yet he's still framed as being in the right for doing so, simply becaude he's the protagonist. There's no character development, no "whoops maybe I shouldn't have hit dick/punched tim/beaten and exhiled jason" - and it's so damn infuriating. He used to be fun. He used to be a good dad.

Now he's just an insufferable prick."

"Oooh look at me, I'm brooding in my cave because my parents died and this gives me an excuse to be a bad father, he's SO ANNOYING"

"Always has to be right. Will literally alter the makeup of his kid's brain because said kid doesn't live the way he wants him to. Acts like his worldview is the only one that matters."

"he is always portrayed as good and right by the narrative even if objectively he's a pretty terrible person"

[what-if-i-just-did]

Destiel Prompt List 13. Human!Impala ships it.

Trigger Warnings: temporarily implied vehicle theft, mention of fake death, mentions of carseks, mention of internalized biphobia, implied sexy times, using humor to deflect

Baby, Why Haven't You Yet?

"...." "Dean? What's wrong?" Sam said, looking from his brother to the place he was staring at. "Baby's gone." Dean said blankly, like his brain hadn't quite caught up yet. "I parked her right there! I swear." He said, pointing to an empty parking space. "Dean, maybe you're just getting your landmarks wrong. The Impala didn't just dissapear." Sam says, exhausted from the hunt. Witches, man.

"You think I'd just misplace my Baby?! I know where I parked her, Sammy. See? It's two spots away from the grafitti and right next to this double-parking douche. She's gone. Someone stole my Baby!" "Dean, calm down, I'm sure it didn't- uh hi, yeah?" Sammy was cut off when a guy tapped his shoulder. The guy was wearing jeans and two flannels, he had dark hair and he was barefoot.

"Hey." The guy said, in what can only be described as a bedroom voice. "Uhm. Hi? I'm sorry, do I know you?" Sam said. The guy's eyebrows raised. "Well, I'd like to think so. You've only been riding me for years."

Dean's eyebrows raised.

Sam nearly choked. "Uh, Wh-ha??- "

-----

Once the situation was cleared up, it was almost funny. The guy wasn't really a guy at all. He was.. the Impala. Those witch-bitches? Yeah. They magicked his frikkin' car. Dean was not happy. Sam still thought it was kinda funny. When they asked him what they should call him, he'd said he liked it when Dean called him 'Baby' and they should just call him that, and he'd winked, which gave Dean that moment of bi panic he always had which Sam found hilarious.

They'd jacked a car and gone back to the Bunker, where they called Cas, because honestly, what were they supposed to do with this?

They'd started looking for some way to reverse the spell, but with the witches already dead, most ways to reverse a spell were out of reach. Rowena was currently on a stretch of 'being dead' so they didn't call her. (At this point, nobody believed it when Rowena, or Gabriel, or Crowley was dead. There was this unspoken rule though, not to contact someone if they were 'dead' unless it was an apocalypse-size emergency)

Sam piped up about the fact that they hadn't even asked Baby if he wanted to get changed back, and Dean shut him up about it.

-----

Then someone mentioned something about how Dean was such a womanizer and Baby said something that would have some.. repercussions. "Oh I remember that... You haven't had sex in my backseat in quite some time, Dean. It's a shame, I would have loved to see you and the Angel. You have a bed now, of course, but I do miss it."

Baby didn't realise everyone had stopped moving untill he looked up again. "Why are you staring at me? I thought we got past that part."

-----

"What do you mean you're 'not like that'? Dean Winchester I have personally witnessed you being had by more than a few drunken mistakes worth of men in my backseat, don't you dare get biphobic on yourself. Have you and Cas really not gotten together yet? You both love eachother and Lord knows you find him attractive. What's the issue exactly, it's been years for Chuck's sake."

Now everyone was staring at Dean. Who was kinda sorta maybe turning incredibly red and tried to play it off with humor. "Uh. Not cool, Baby. You can't just out someone like that, and add the fact that I'm a bottom. This is betrayal, you know." He said, and nodded.

"Dean..?" Sam tried. "Sammy, just... I know, okay?"

"Dean... " Cas said deeply. "I-.. I know, Cas, I'm sorry, I never-" and oh.

-----

Sam could handle a little making out, but he's fairly sure he was gonna need ear bleach for the sounds that happened when Dean and Cas stumbled to Dean's room, joined at the lips.

Taglist: @ldthegreen

(yes we're imagining John Barrowman as Baby okay)

[ao3feed-destiel-02]

You Can Do Magic

You Can Do Magic https://ift.tt/aY6tnbM by blackhorsedances Castiel is the last of the Novak Mages, and the youngest North American Arch Mage ever. But, his Magick has become unpredictable since the Mage Battle that resulted in the death of his brothers Michael and Jimmy, and the imprisonment of his brother Lucifer. With his parents Chuck and Naomi dead and the family home in ruins, Castiel sets out to join his non-magical brother Gabriel in the small town of Purgatory, Kansas, where he hopes to never have to do Magic again. Dean Winchester inherited and operates Family Business Landscaping and Tree Service, helped by brother Sam (and Sam's wife Eileen), Charlie Bradbury, and others. There's more to the town, and to Dean and his family, than meets the eye. And Dean is afraid that an ancient evil is stirring and threatening his home, his family, and his town. He needs someone who can do magic. Words: 33967, Chapters: 5/9, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con Categories: M/M Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Krissy Chambers, Gabriel (Supernatural), Rowena MacLeod, Crowley (Supernatural), Amelia Novak, Claire Novak, Missouri Moseley, Pamela Barnes (Supernatural), Kaia Nieves, Jody Mills, Donna Hanscum, Lucifer, Michael, Chuck, Naomi, Bartholomew (Supernatural), Hannah (Supernatural), Inias (Supernatural), Samandriel, Molly McNamara, Eileen Leahy, Original Children of Eileen Leahy and Sam Winchester, Jimmy Novak (Supernatural), Zachariah (Supernatural), Joshua (Supernatural) Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, mage!Castiel, Druid!Dean Winchester, Gay Castiel (Supernatural), Comfortably Bisexual Dean Winchester, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Castiel and Dean Winchester sort of use their words, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Oral Sex, Fluff and Smut, Romantic Fluff, Blood and Violence, Aftermath of Violence, Minor Character Death, Temporary Character Death, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Lucifer is really really terrible, Bartholomew is really really terrible, Rape/Non-con Elements, Rape Recovery, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond via AO3 works tagged 'Castiel/Dean Winchester' https://ift.tt/FvdDZ4V February 27, 2024 at 11:21AM

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 331

Atomic Monsters

Truly I don’t even have the energy for one let alone two…should I have started earlier and not taken a nap at nearly 9pm? Shhhhh

“Atomic Monsters”

Plot Description: Sam and Dean head to Iowa to investigate some gruesome killings which they suspect to be the work of a vampire. Chuck reconnects with an old flame

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: I’m hoping this is a nightmare because absolutely not I would never survive this demon attack

Demon AND vampire attack on the bunker? What’s possessing Sam?? And why was he having a nightmare that was so much from Dean’s pov?

Why am I putting my money on the school mascot?

Aww, Becky has a husband and kids. Chuck better not fuck up anything for her

I’m so proud of her. She’s grown a lot and turned her obsession with supernatural into something that could pay her bills. She now runs the largest unofficial spn merch shop on Etsy

Why are there so many sus kids at this school? The third in line for head cheerleader or whatever is—no longer on the list of suspects on the basis that she has braves

Wtfwtfwtf…is it the lacrosse guy’s DAD?

Does Becky have … yeah, I have that Cas funko, too!

Ew, fuck you, Chuck. Do not downplay fanfic! It’s absolutely real writing!!

Both his patents?? What’s their game??

I’m so mad Becky’s catch up day got ruined by Chuck.

You WANTED notes, you WANTED feedback. Why are you mad about it now??

The lacrosse boy is so sad. He didn’t mean to kill his girlfriend and he doesn’t want to kill again. So he’s taking the blame for his dad kidnapping the other cheerleader and letting the Winchesters kill him

Becky’s fury over Chuck’s ending to his ending to supernatural—and knowing how utterly loathed the finale is just….it’s ALMOST funny

No. No no no. Fuck you Chuck. You magicked away Becky’s family and then Becky herself??

Their sad late night car talks, I’m gonna miss those (she said about a show she can rewatch any time she wants)

[brooklynislandgirl]

❤️ You know I won't ever give up on the familial relationship between Tony and Beth. But feel free to throw any other kinds of ships over here.

Heart to Heart || Accepting Well OF COURSE Tony and Beth will forever be cousins. She might tease him a little, might be a little flirty in good fun, but she's vested in ensuring that he lives his best life, and is his ride-or-die. ~*~ I feel as though Henry and Beth can be a really great June/September kind of relationship, strongly based in respect, cross-culture understanding, and a rare quietude. They each have a lot to teach each other, and a lot of similarities. It could also be a deep abiding friendship, depending on what Henry would like. Beth prefers a quieter, simpler life and values nature, traditional values, and doesn't mind hard work; things that I feel might appeal to Henry. He also has a gentle sense of humour and a wide range of interests that he could pass on. She really wouldn't mind being a ~~stepmother~~ a good friend to Reb. She also doesn't mind Walt, and loves how loyal Henry is to his lifelong friend. ~*~ I can say the same about Spencer and Beth. They are both phenomenally intelligent, both experts in their fields, both have jobs that require more effort and time than anything else in their lives which makes seeing other people difficult at best. Neither of them are particularly socially adept when it comes to dating and the like. And I think Beth can nurture him, where as Spencer can keep up with her and keep her intellectually engrossed. They might also be of use to one another. Spencer might not find Beth's bi-polar disorder off-putting, and she would be more than glad to help him with his own trauma. ~*~ Eliot needs Beth in his life, in the same ways Tony does. And in others as well. Although I could also see there being an adversarial frenemy kind of tension between them {unresolved? passionate? who knows.} due to what Eliot does ~Beth tries very hard to be a pacifist~ and who Beth is. He isn't a fan of people who are that rich. Though to be fair, she's far more inclined to support materially/financially/spiritually the kind of work the Leverage group does, and could probably point clients toward them. Most of the Admiral's cronies certainly deserve what they get. And Beth would be UTTERLY grateful for any food Eliot might make her because Lord knows the child cannot cook and should never see the inside of a kitchen. ~*~ Sam Winchester. Hooo boy. Beth is everything that should give him nightmares; a 'blood' witch, though she would say that's oversimplifying, shape-shifter kin and nothing as 'nice' as a wolf, a medical professional, a woman of extraordinary means. She is, however, someone who could overlook an overbearing brother {she knows what that is like}, the angels and demons on his back, the constant travel, the constant hiding of the truth, and so on. She could provide him a stable home, a vast library of fiction, nonfiction, and grimoires, and a glimpse of life beyond the Hunt. {Shake a magick-8 ball and see where they land}. ~*~ Rebecca Standing Bear is about the same age as Beth. Some of their struggles are similar, some are so foreign that there's likely not ever going to be common ground. Then there's the clear fact that Beth and Henry keep getting closer. On the other hand, I can see Beth 'fund-raising' for legal defense, helping Reb gather evidence, working together to have a clinic for the tribe that has nothing to do with the shame and shambles that is Native health care. Beth would absolutely do everything in her power to protect Native women and children, while Riley would eventually seek work with Walt. Beth's best friend in the world, Jay Morgan, is also a lawyer, and I can see Beth interested in introducing the two women, and see what they could do as a trio of strong, independent super-folk.

[shanastoryteller]

fics where i like castiel:

I have to live here by Goshen (applecrumbledore)

summary: “Have you been doing laundry? Where are all my boxers?”

Dean kept walking right into this stuff. Sam weighed his options and spoke carefully.

“Half your boxers are in the second drawer of my dresser. You didn’t like going to get clean underwear, in the morning, so you made me clear out a drawer for you.” He paused. “I’ve got a drawer in your room, too.”

Dean looked physically pained. “That… can’t be true.”

Sam sighed and went back to his book. “I know you don’t remember, but we had a lot of sex. You’re gonna have to trust me.”

comments: i assume goshen has some sort of satellite pointed at my brain because they hit the characters in exactly the way i like best. cas is a background character here, but he feels both authentic and likable and, in his last scene, fucking hysterical

Combat Medicine by Mollyamory (Molly) 

summary: Castiel can't seem to quit his day job. They begin shouting at him -- or each other -- or both -- while his atoms are still settling into place.

comments: short and sweet and utterly perfect. really balances the warrior angel of the lord against friend of brothers winchester in a way that's both satisfying and hilarious

Primary Care by Mollyamory (Molly) 

summary: Written for spn_summergen, for Floranna -- for her prompt: "Castiel and Dean are both hurt and Sam must take care of them." This is very nearly that! Kind of hurt/comfort, kind of angst, kind of humor, kind of case-fic. Mostly banter and love. :)

That was how they got you: turned you into a mushball, made you fetch blankets and Doritos and vodka, made you whine to Bobby Singer about the unfairness of your life.

comments: fluff and comfort and familiarity. has them all in a place where they like each other and trust one another and very balmy to the soul

Any Witch Way by merle_p

summary: “Let me get this straight,” Dean says, and takes another sip from his cup. He needs way more coffee if he’s expected to deal with this so early in the morning.

“You – magicked up a chicken.”

“Look, I don’t know either, man.” Sam throws up his hands, helplessly. “It’s just – I haven’t been sleeping and I’ve been trying to get some more practice, and … I don’t know, conjuring up poultry seemed safer than experimenting with dark blood magic at four in the morning, you know?”

“Well, can’t argue with you there,” Dean concedes, and tilts his head to contemplate the chicken. The chicken stares back, unfazed.

comments: cas's appearance is so brief i hesitated to include it, but he's there and likable, so.

do you like castiel?

no

[heartheaded]

[BELIEF]: in a moment where the receiver is lacking in self-confidence, the sender cups their face tenderly and professes their faith in the receiver's abilities. / Rowena

Insecurity is usually a quiet, mournful beast... or one that lashes out in a fit of jealous rage. No--Rowena's insecurity has a heavier, more ancient force behind its malevolence. The very bones of her magick would never usually condone a selfless act, never completely selfless, anyway.

Even now, she's only transcribing the Book of the Damned because they have her chained here like some erratic and tortured creature. Only to get a leg up on Lucifer, or get his attention, perhaps God's attention--wouldn't that be a laugh?

And what's the true laugh, now? That, somehow, in Charlie Bradbury's watch of her, the little minx awoke to abilities of her own? Due to the presence of such a dark, infamous tome? And having been touched by a fae, of all creatures? Did that damned pixie reawaken a dead line? Who knows!

... Now, to top it all off and humiliate the grand witch even further, Sam Winchester has lodged in his broken and beaten head the idea that she is a suitable teacher. If the Styne family finds them, he argued, and if the worst came to pass, she would not survive.

Rowena gnashed her teeth, lashed out with threatening words that he wouldn't like what happened. She was banned from having a protégé, and her magick considered those other girls weak and not worthy--if those same metaphorical demons turned on Charlie and tore her apart in the same manner, this arrangement would be over.

⛧⛧⛧ > ❝Charlie Bradbury will die--my magick has always been the perfectionist sort, I will KILL her... intentionally, or no.❞

As she explains it, her emotions and intention are what drive the magick--her emotions and intentions all drive towards her own selfish survival, so if at any point she feels Charlie is a threat... there may not be mercy.

⛧⛧⛧ > ❝--like a choking tree, if she bites back or becomes a threat, my magick will choke her dead, Samuel.❞

It's then that Sam cups her cheeks, and tells her he believes in her. And what a silly thing to say to someone who was only trying to kill him a few, short days ago. All her energy had been focused into translating, they haven't had the moment to argue and bark except when Dean was pulling his guard dog act.

Rowena finds herself stunned, arms and coiled fists now slackened, her breath still. One last caveat, too--she would have fought tooth and nail for freedom, but there's freedom and then there's freeing one straight into a coffin.

Phooey what the Coven thought, though, anyway.

[insufferableprotagonistpoll]

Propaganda why Dean Winchester is insufferable:

Really mean to Cas (called him a child, zero respect for him, calls him family and casts him out when the angels are looking for him), and an absolute dick to Jack (threatening to kill him CONSTANTLY)

>Was a misogynist (loved to call women skanks, bitches, hoes)

>Used gay as an insult multiple time during the show's run (idc if he's gay an homophobic, that's still insulting)

>Beat up his brother for being possessed

>Beat up his brother for losing his soul (not his brother's fault)

>Used dubious consent to get his brother possessed in a different unrelated possession incident after possession was being used (badly...this is supernatural after all) as a metaphor for SA

>Threatened to murder his brother when he was hallucinating (yay we aren't ableist)

>Locked a child up in a box

>Threatened to kill the child he locked up in a box

>Made a creepy, sexual comment about a barely-legal high school girl

>Got the woman and kid he was living with memory-wiped

misogynistic scumbag. theres also a few different times that dean finds teenagers sexy with the most recent and prominent example that i can recall being the scooby doo crossover episode in season 13 where hes super into daphne who in the version they chose for the episode is 15-16 and is interacting with her as if shes a real person cause they got magicked into the episode. he treats everyone around him like shit and the only time the narrative agrees that thats a bad thing is when he has the mark of cain put on him and hes acting no differently than he does usually its just now acknowledged that hes treating others like shit. ive been rewatching the show for shits and giggles with a friend and wow he really does not treat anyone well but i wanna focus on how he treats sam for a second cause dude's hobby seems to be ignoring what his brother wants and lying to sam about doing stuff that directly concerns him the demon blood and souless things are reasonable cause those were both Bad for sam but theyre still part of a wider pattern and the most prominent example of this being when dean tricks sam into letting gadreel possess him and actually gaslights sam about it with the whole ordeal ending when its revealed gadreel lied about who he was and while possessing sam murders a friend of theirs. his voice is just also stupid as fuck im sorry this is just petty but he just sounds like hes trying so hard to be gruff n intimidating but he just sounds like a kid pretending to be batman

Dean’s list of sins is crazy long because of how long the show ran, but the key thing for me is that post-locking Sam in the bunker (season 4 I think?), I just can’t enjoy their relationship anymore. I normally love their sibling dynamic, but Dean’s ultimate worst past-the-point-of-no-return moment for me was demonizing (pun intended) his little brother for being “addicted” to demon blood, which only happened because of a series of events that were either Dean’s or someone else’s fault, not Sam’s. I also really dislike how the fandom treats Dean like this angel (pun intended) who has done no wrong and even tries to justify the MULTIPLE times he’s beaten up and otherwise abused his little brother. Canon Dean is like the polar opposite of fanon Dean: he’s homophobic and racist (jokes about a Black man being sexually assaulted in prison), misogynistic (take a shot every time he calls a woman a slur and you’ll die of alcohol poisoning), and abusive.

Propaganda why the Tenth Doctor is insufferable:

They’re so *edgy*

That one time he committed a genocide by drowning the last children of a near-extinct species (Racnoss) because their mother was evil. The closest anyone ever got to calling him out on it was when Donna noted that his take on a *different* set of weird alien babies (the Adipose) was a lot nicer than last time.

A combination of hypocrisy, sanctimony, and an equally insufferable fanbase. And the dissonance between what he actually does and how the narrative presents it.

[shallowseeker]

Okay, now I see the context. Just as a blanket thing, I think actors aren't writers, so I'm not expecting them to really get their characters, or even if they do, to communicate that well. It's the writers' and directors' job to help the actors execute and get stuff across the screen for the editors to magick with.

On the other hand...

Canonically, Sam is a workaholic. We've seen that he was deeply, deeply into hunting. His Lebanon episode alt!self was a Steve Jobs wannabe, so obsessed with work that he didn't make time or want to make time for anything else.

We see again and again that he seems to really love overseeing hunting jobs, but he loses steam when Dean isn't there to do the hard grunt work pick up the slack.

Bonus: There was a poll somewhere asking, "Does Sam W even want kids?" and the consensus was no. He wanted the idea of them.

I feel like Sam's character never really reckoned with a lot of his core issues: workaholic tendencies, autonomy vs control, making the hard decisions to balance independence & safety for others the way Dean (and even Cas and Mary sometimes) had to for him. And I wonder if because Sam's arc never really got a chance to get to the root issues, the actor is just... perpetually in limbo? That's charitable, I know. But his arc felt completely hand-waved at the end. I don't agree with him, because I don't think that "icky-wicky," "girly" romance themes take away from Sam-fucking-Winchester at all, but I do think the character needs to be showcased in his struggles... with not using new relationships primarily to escape his problems. Which is the fascinating thing that he tends to do!

shal i think jp would actually love your big saileen divorce and fallout with the john-coded son, since he's apparently not big on romance and all

I... yes?

The hardest thing about a SPN sequel would be coming up with something satisfying for Sam to do. Ruining things with his kid would work well for Sam and his actor (I think).

[moonlightdistractions]

Seeing photos of abandoned motels in the USA made me have a what if moment. What if Sam and Dean inherited a motel instead of the bunker. Maybe it was Bobby's or even a long lost inheritance from the Winchesters, called something like the Hunter's Cabins Motel.

Anyways, so instead of the whole "men of letters" legacy, theirs is a motel. Of course this motel holds secrets, maybe even a secret underground bunker but a normal sized one that's not magicked. There's lots of lore to be found here, books, weapons, history. So the boys figure hey why not fix this joint up and put the word out. Slowly but surely it becomes a hybrid of The Roadhouse and Bobby's, but with rooms to rent to the Hunter community (or rooms to use as emergency medical services).

The domesticity would be off the rails! Obviously Sam and Dean would have a wee apartment attached to the motel that they live in. Maybe only one bedroom because it's usually run by couples. That's okay, they're used to it. Dean takes over decorating, he likes to make the space homey but with added touches of guns and swords and a beer fridge. Sam creates a tiny library nook in the corner of the living room, which Dean likes to make fun of but Sam knows Dean watches him with a look of something soft.

They obviously end up expanding, opening a small breakfast cafe and it ends up being another form of refuge for Hunters and the marginalized monsters (those that are not inherently evil, just stuck with being a supernatural being). I figure Sam and Dean would grow into gray and thinning hair, being bespectacled, having arthritis, but otherwise sharp and fit. They'd retire quietly, letting the next generation they've been teaching to take over. They'd end up away from civilization, away from Hunting, and just grow older together knowing some semblance of peace before either they die of natural causes or probably fighting a possessed bear in the backwoods. They die together.

[destielomegaversebigbang]

An Intervention of Silver

Posting 29th September 2023!

Fic by Hannah_CTWK Art by Golby Moon

Rating: Explicit

Summary: A few days shy of his first heat in three years Dean wakes up with a chastity belt magicked onto him by Rowena at the insistence of Sam. He is tired of Dean mooning over their local hardware store owner Castiel and wants Dean to be happy. If only Dean would allow himself the privilege. Fear has stopped him from confessing his desire to the Beta, unwilling to drag him into the world of the supernatural simply because he wants the man. Who would want a mess like him anyway? With the clock ticking and no way to get out of his predicament, Dean has no choice but to come clean to the man he loves. What happens next is something Dean never could have predicted.

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Dean Winchester/Castiel Novak, Sam Winchester, Rowena McCloud, Omega Dean Winchester, Beta Castiel Novak, non-traditional omegaverse dynamics, Canon Adjacent, Dean is a Hunter, Business owner Castiel, Witchcraft, Chastity Belt, Angst, sam being a dickhead, Dean with his head in the sand, Heats, Dean has low self esteem, First Kiss, Declaration of love, Men of Letters Bunker, handyman and hardware Sexual Content, First Times

Excerpt: Below the readmore

“There you are. What the hell Sammy?”

“What the hell, what?”

“You know what.”

“Don’t give me that crap. Why the hell are you working with Rowena?”

A crease forms in the middle of Sam’s forehead. “I promise we’re not working on a case without you.”

“I KNOW IT’S NOT A CASE!” Dean roars, and Sam is taken aback for a second. “Why did you do this to me?!” Dean gestures angrily to his groin, and he can see the realisation when it clicks in his brother’s eyes. Sam ignores his brother and turns his gaze to Rowena, speaking directly to her.

“I didn’t know you were going to do it today.”

“You told me to keep an eye on his cycle, Samuel. I did, and the time is now.”

‘Wait, wait, wait,” Dean interrupts, holding a finger up to pause them, “you’re telling me that you had Rowena spy on my hormones? That timing this sick joke so close to my heat is on purpose?!”

Dean’s voice is rising steadily with every word, his fury bubbling so close to the surface that Sam is backing away from him slowly with his hands up.

“You’re safe Dean, I promise. I asked Rowena to time it so you’d still be lucid enough to sort yourself out before your heat really hits you.”

“’Sort myself out?’ There’s nothing to sort out. I’m going to hunker down with my toys like usual.”

The derision in Dean’s demeanour is palpable, and Sam answers with his patented bitchface.

“You’re about to have your first heat in three years after staying on suppressants far longer than you should have. I’m not about to watch you go through that alone, Dean.”

“And what is that supposed to mean?”

“It means that I can’t stand the stench of your pining for another day. You need to talk to Castiel.”

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The Devil In Our Woods

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/uFAc5IR by Immortal101 The second sequel choice to There's A Devil In Camp. Sam Winchester is bitter at Gabriel. The guy hid the truth from him and tried to play it off. He wants his deal. He's owed it. But there are bigger, more dangerous things that what Sam Winchester wants. He's in more danger than he knows. Words: 1974, Chapters: 2/10, Language: English Series: Part 3 of The Devil In Camp Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Sam Winchester, Gabriel (Supernatural), Lucifer (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Donna Hanscum Relationships: Gabriel/Sam Winchester, Gabriel & Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester, Castiel/Dean Winchester, Lucifer & Sam Winchester, Gabriel & Lucifer (Supernatural) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Summer Camp, Alternate Universe - Teenagers, Inspired by "Strange Grace" by Tessa Graton, Inspired by The Devil In Camp by American Murder Songs, Sequel to There's a Devil In Camp, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Angel and Devils are still real, I think y'all might see where this is going, Teenager accurate moods, Confessions, kids thinking they know what they want, Cas and Dean are counsellors, Sam and Gabe are in their last year as campers, magick read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/uFAc5IR

[fallenangelblade]

okay. hear me out.

post-chuck’s defeat, pre-rebar incident (because, come on, we’re not doing that). sam and rowena start working together researching and developing some sort of spell or sigilwork to protect earth from further extraplanar interference — jack is hands off, but that’s not to say there aren’t other entities out there in the multiverse who would come to lay some new apocalypse at the feet of the winchesters.

after months of work, they do it. they don’t have the juice to shut the gates of heaven and hell like sam tried once, but they have a ritual that can abjure entrance to earth from other planes of existence. no more leviathan crawling out of purgatory or universe-hopping archangels or shadows from the Empty coming to fuck with the world he saved.

they realize that enacting this ritual will mean that they can’t see one another again. even the witch queen of hell won’t have the power to break through without risking the integrity of the abjuration, and if sam tried to visit her in hell, he’d be stuck there.

she asks him to join her, help rule hell — the throne always was meant to be his, after all — knowing he’ll refuse. he wants to, is the thing. but he’s just not ready to leave dean, his network of hunters, the rest of his life on earth.

he doesn’t want to leave rowena, either.

so they build a backdoor into the spell. a singular, sam-shaped loophole. he’s an anomaly, already, a human with demon blood, belonging to both places and to neither. he binds himself to rowena, becomes king consort of hell, and writes into magickal law that he, and only he, can traverse the boundary separating earth from everywhere else.

it’s safest to move between during solstices and equinoxes, so that’s how he ends up alternating seasons — winters and summers in hell, spring and fall on earth. he endures the relentless teasing and whip-cracking sounds from dean, because he knows that dean was secretly afraid he would leave for good. they learn how to be apart, which makes it all the better when they see each other again.

the world is safe, his brother is proud of him, his wife is the most powerful witch in the universe, and for once, sam winchester gets everything that he wants.

hey. hey. reverse hades/persephone samwena. walk with me.