#s7!fixit

[okmcintyre]

IF WE'RE HERE (FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES) by twosuns | Written for #bellarkegifts2023, prompt of: "PTSD/nightmares/injuries... any of that sweet sweet angst". Bellamy + Clarke + stuck on a planet together. Neither are thrilled.

“You never told me any of that.” He hears coming out of his mouth, looking to Clarke again. Her eyes stay fixed on the fire as she answers: “... you didn't deserve that hanging over you” She says surprisingly soft, maybe without meaning to. After a beat, she adds: with a cold edge to her voice: “But I suppose care less about that now."

[homehauntsyou]

I hate the way they handled Sam’s hallucinations in s7 with my whole entire being

dean the whole season: you know he’s not real right

WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO?? YEAH HE KNOWS THEYRE NOT REAL THATS NOT THE FUCKING ISSUE THE ISSUE IS THAT SAM IS CONSTANTLY SEEING THE PERSON WHO TORTURED HIM FOR 200+ YEARS OH MY GOD

[plotbunniesattack]

My Destiel Brain Rot

A03 / TUMBLR PUBLISHED WIP

Love & Stage Crew 25/33 Chapters Completed Since 8/16/19 - HS Friends to Lovers AU, Endverse!Castiel / Stagehand!Dean

SPN X Stand By Me 6/10 Chapters Completed Since 6/18/21 - Film/ Book Adaptation, Kid Fic, Eventual Destiel

Dad's on a Hunting Trip and He Hasn't Been Home in a Few Days… 5/22 Chapters Completed Since Since 9/3/22 - Part 1 of The Road Too Far Series, Season 1 CODA.

Lazurus Rising Rebooted (Part 1-3 ) - Post Hell AU, Openly Bi Dean/ Castiel, Season 4-5 Canon Divergent

Not Okay - Film/ Comic Adaptation / Season 6 Canon Divergence, HS

UNPUBLISHED WIP 

Dean’s Ultimate Traxx 2000 - HS Friends to Lovers AU, Alcoholic!Dean / Cas

These Days - HS Friends to Lovers AU, Disordered Eating!Cas / Football Player Dean

Heavy (From the Hurt)/ Comfortably Numb - HS Modern, Friends to Lovers AU, Depressed!Cas / Teen Dean

Part Two of Portrait / Untitled - Modern, Friends to Lovers AU Endverse!Cas/ Recovery Dean

IN DEVELOPMENT WIP (Outlines Only)

Another Word For Failure - Adaptation, Teacher AU, Alcoholic!Dean

Part Two of Starlight / Untitled - Established Relationship, Endverse!Cas, Dadstiel

SPN X Little Monsters - Film Adaptation, Kid Fic, Creature Fic AU - Modern with Magic

Some One Else’s Atrocias Story - Post Canon Fix it Fic

Heartlines- Post Canon Fix it Fic

SUPTOBER 2023 (Outlines I Still Think About)

FULL SPREAD/ Gap Year - Pre S6 Fix it Fic (Set Oct 2010)

BLACK CAT - Kid Fic, Creature Fic AU - Modern with Magic

SATANIC PANIC - S7 Case Fic/ Bridgewater Podcast Crossover, Jeremy Bradshaw & Dean

EPIC -  Film Adaptation, Epileptic!Cas/ Grieving Dean

FLIRT - Pre-Canon Season 2, Castiel Backstory, Canon Compliant

FEVER - Canon Divergent S10, Soulmate AU, Demon!Dean/ Castiel

PLANNING/ PLOT BUNNIES (Notes Only)

Love + Summer Stock - Sequel to Love + Stage Crew

Closer to Free - Adaptation, Modern, Friends to Lovers AU

Impractically Winchester - Adaptation, Modern, Enemies to Lovers, Soulmate AU

Untitled Post Canon Claire Novak - Fixit Fic, Canon Compliant, Hunter!Claire

MOC as Mental Illness - MOC!Dean Season 9-10 rewrite, Depressed!Dean Season 7-9 rewrite

SPN GENERATIONS - Fix It Fic, Hunter!Ben Braedon, Soulmate Dean/ Castiel

Part Two of LIMINAL / What Comes After - Fix It Fic, Season One Retold AU

[void-tiger]

[glances at my misc fixit ideas yet again]

-what if Jiro found Shiro before Haggar took him over completely vs gave him migraines ‘cause he’s subconsciously resisting being her spycam. (Also a bit of an explanation for what she even wanted him and Shiro for…) Because Black Lion has had it with the twins’ collective angst and struggling to convey the dramatic irony. (And other ideas.)

-that Shiro vs Jiro prompt I got permission from OP to write. (Side of Shiro getting to be the one to analyze Possessed!Jiro’s seeming betrayal and they get the bomb sorted before it’s nearly critical, Shiro sending everyone after the Altean Colony now with a legit City-Sized Castle (and a better pilot than Keith piloting it + Moar Gunners to deal with Space Murder Spiders en route, and Lotor fixes his OWN damn mess with his alchemic fuckups and is the one to trade his life vs constantly running away and waiting for someone else to fix it for him—own up to your bullshit, dude. Oh…and Keith officially loses his paladinship; Jiro’s the new Red Paladin.)

-post s8 fixit. Fast&Loose with whatever the fuck happened in s7&8 (I refuse to rewatch 7 or ever watch 8.) Curtis realizes Jiro’s Consciousness is still alive, but has tried so hard to stay silent. Shiro’s been unaware this entire time, and now has to properly deal with his grief and trauma and rage. The two eventually come to an understanding about the whole Body Sharing…and aimlessly go after Allura’s Nebula. (Also the paladins tag along. Shiro and Jiro get to be properly hurt with them. Finally. Nothing like a Space Roadtrip to heal trauma and relationships amiright?) The Lions show up—they actually left to go after Allura, but couldn’t get her out alone. SomethingSomething Form VOLTRON!! Og LionPaladin restored, Allura is saved, Shiro and Jiro restored back to their own separate and original bodies.

[cupcraft]

I CANT KEEP SITTING ON THE CHAPTE GAHHH i am going to release chapter 1 of my hilson s7 fixit/canon divergent fic okay okayyy be ready.

[howl-kom-whitelotuskru]

You know, when Codagan was like “I’m out lol” and took that little capsule, I’m thinking he’s going to use the bardo tech to bring bb back/heal him. Like, “I told you, this is what happens with familial attachments” and bb’s gonna be like “nah, she did it because she thought I was putting everyone in danger” or some such shit.

This is how it’s gonna go down.

Also, don’t mind me. I was drinking last night and I may still be drunk if not wildly hungover, so there’s that—completely explaining my lack of coherency and capability to write well.

[klanceficatalogue]

S7 Fix-It Masterlist

kinda obvious but a s7 spoiler warning for everything in this list <3 - Karri

mysterious universe by jilliancares (1/1 | 1,400 | Teen And Up)

Just a little follow up of Season 7, except Keith and Lance are in an established relationship ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

“I love you,” Lance murmured, a hand having reached under Keith’s shirt to press against his stomach.

“So does Acxa, apparently,” Keith revealed grumpily.

Lance snorted, his eyes alight with excitement as he sat up and looked down at Keith, giggling as he said, “What?”

ask my why my heart’s inside my throat by aurythestarry (1/1 | 1,500 | General)

“Lance, lead the way. Keep the team together.”

Immediately, warning sounds go off in Lance’s head. Fear rises up in his throat, completely out-of-the-blue and it freezes him in his place. It's so thick it feels tangible, like it’s physically blocking up Lance’s windpipe. What’s going on? Why is he so scared?

(or; snippets of klance throughout season seven, lance just wants to save keith)

//insecurities

i want to tell you how much i love you by espeons (1/1 | 1,901 | General)

lance visits keith after waking in the hospital. set post s7, in an attempt to remedy what the vld writers threw at us. not beta'd.

First Choice by FractalBunny (1/1 | 1,672 | Teen And Up)

The paladins have to choose who gets to leave Garfle Warfle Snick. Lance has a realization about his friends. Keith deals with his feelings.

heartfelt words by BookRockShooter (1/1 | 3,161 | General)

It's the episode The Feud!, but Keith actually says something nice about Lance.

-

*set during and after s7ep4, slight re-write bc Keith's reason for picking Lance was uncalled for okay*

Things Left Unsaid by radiantgem (1/1 | 1,785 | Teen And Up)

“Lance was always there for me when nobody else was, he supported me when I was chosen to become the new leader, and I wouldn’t be the leader I am today without him. And if he can help me be less reckless and bring out better sides of me, then he can do that for anyone outside,” Keith looked over at Lance and smiled softly, “The universe needs somebody like Lance to keep things in check, just like he has with me, and everyone else in this team.”

You Are The Reason by lovelylydias (1/1 | 1,713 | Teen And Up)

Keith loved Lance. Lance loved Keith. The way it should be.

Post Season 7 fic to fix the utter bullshit that went down.

//internalized homophobia 

Cool, Ninja Optimist by Itscalledthedistrict (1/1 | 1,040 | General)

Derivation of Season 7 Episode 4. A game of tic-tac-toe changes Keith's answer as to why Lance was his pick for who should escape the game show.

from the same star by czqy (1/1 | 2,300 | Teen And Up)

"Maybe someday someone will be telling stories about the two of them."

or, when Lance goes to thank Keith for defending him earlier, he accidentally ends up confessing, and gets a confession back.

(minor shadam)

you had to hear it by taylortot (1/1 | 2,983 | General)

That’s it? What an understatement. What a ground-shaking, life-altering understatement. What kind of reckless idiot can just say something like that with so much tangible certainty?

Keith’s expression slowly softens as he watches Lance struggle. An amused tick curls at the corner of his mouth and he leans back comfortably in the chair by the bed, seemingly relaxed now that he had unloaded all of his thoughts in one fell swoop. He’s unaffected by his own words as all else and Lance can’t help but wonder how long he’s been holding onto them.

Fixing the Mess by evie_maria (1/1 | 1,207 | General)

Shiro and Adam reunite and get married, Keith and Lance, who are dating, have a conversation in which they discuss their own relationship and how it could all have gone badly wrong.

(shadam)

Garfle! Warfle! Snick! by IronScript (1/1 | 4,751 | Teen And Up)

How the game show episode actually should have happened.

I'll admit to being a Lance stan, but even people who don't like him seem to agree that he was really fucked over in this episode. So here's my attempt at it. Is it more realistic than what actually happened? I like to think so.

[misskimia]

Okay, so you're mad about season 7 of voltron. That's fine.

What's not acceptable is being a jackass that issues death threats or insults on social media to the voice actors, writers, or showrunners. There's not much lower that we can go as a fandom, but at this point I'm sure some of you can find it.

Things that are acceptable: Not watching Voltron anymore. Not buying the merch. You wanna show Netflix and DreamWorks that you're pissed? Show it with your pocketbooks. Hell, the only reason I was keeping my Netflix sub was because of Voltron. Now I have no reason to keep it since I won't be watching it further, so bye bye.

Too nice for you? Okay, the next thing you could do is to calmly and peacefully state what pissed you off with s7 and leave it at that.

The last thing, and slightly assholy thing, you could do to protest s7 is to not watch the writers and showrunners future projects. Don't take it out on the voice actors, they didn't have the final say in this.

Do I think that a single one of you are going to listen to a thing I say? Hell no, but it bears saying.

[victimized-martyr]

hi❤ i love your blog and your tags 🥺❤ could you share a list of your favorite kyman fanfics plz

WAAAA thank you!!! 😭✨

The Stag Prince is a fandom classic. It’s south park’s stick of truth meets swan princess. I’m usually adverse to aus, but this was so true to the source material in terms of dialogue and tone that I couldn’t help but fall in love. It’s incredibly funny, all the characters get their moment to shine, it’s a really well crafted story overall. 

Put The Fire Out on Us is another fandom classic, still being written! who knew the push Kyle and Cartman needed was them getting stranded in the woods together, eh?? 

Slam Dunk is kyman being insufferable boyfriends. Kenny and Stan are there (silently fighting for their lives). 

I. LOVE Hands . Tt’s rare that I find a canon aged kyman fic that manages to capture the complexities of their dynamic. As friends, as rivals, as…. “something”. 

Leonard Cohen, Bruh : Fixit fics for Post Covid are in criminally short supply. Rainbow_convection fuckin delivers!

Hypothermia Love fics where Cartman’s obsession over their rivalry shines. A good demonstration of what ppl mean when they say the difference between love and hate is a fine line.

get up, get up, (wake up, wake up) I adore numbknees’ writing, and it’s an absolute honor this was inspired by my silly kyman rants about Cartman’s sa trauma that affects how he canonically views sex and love. I assure you, I’ve read it a normal amount. 

Creep is not an absolute fav, but I really like stan’s characterization in this fic, especially when the author goes into detail about how he processes his thoughts and his aversion to change. (I know, weird thing to love in a kyman centric fic). I also love the exchange between kyman halfway thru the story. 

Know Your Enemy : Be not afraid of the tags! Remember that South Park itself has done far more crude, and inappropriate things. It’s incredibly vulgar, with so much heart. Just like South Park itself. What I love most about the fic is how elsen is able to put Cartman’s delusions and twisted logic into words, and for Kyle, his rigidity and tendency to justify every single thing he does into words. Both are unreliable narrators, but the reader is able to see through their bullshit all the same. What a gift of a fic. I can’t wait to see where it goes. 

Kyle is a B : The world doesn’t have enough Married Kyman Shenanigans! And what a shame. This fic also stays true to  the craziness of the show (the fact the the underpants gnomes are referenced, just 🤌🏼 that’s an instant win in my book) You can definitely tell they’ve been married for over 10 years in this fic. so so good.

The Rules focuses more on their mutual obsession, the hopelessly-intertwined-for-better-or-worse aspects of their dynamic. 

Green Eyed is playful jab at the skinny cartman trope, and how Kyle would react to a skinny cartman. 

Vice Versa approaches the switched bodies trope earnestly and so beautifully and gets kyman to understand each other better and also reflect on themselves. Delicious character deep dive. Also, it’s damn hilarious. 

Bella Note Kyman, from Stan’s perspective!!! 

Jew Magic Saves the Day Takes place right after the scene in s7 where Cartman wakes up next to a naked Ben Affleck. Can you tell I love fics where Kyle makes Cartman feel safe ghfjkdh 

Seriously : Protective boyfriend Kyle my beloved.  

Ashtray : I am absolutely WEAK for the religious themes in Kyman works. The paragraph detailing Cartman’s revelation is something that sticks with me to this day. I get chills.

How To Live a Lie is a really well crafted fixit for the mess that was season 20. No heiman necessary. Honestly after reading this I was pretty upset that the show never went down this route because it even addressed Kyle’ arc abt giving up gay speeches? Like im still upset the show hasn’t fixed that yet. Damn I love this fic. 

[oviids]

pls share some of your spn fic recs 🥺🥺

ok, a few things first:

followers and mutuals who do not have supernatural brainworms, kindly avert your eyes

i don’t normally rec or even read much fanfic any more but this is a CRISIS ok (cont.)

there is so. much. content for deancas out there and i have incredibly high standards, several ancient ao3 bookmarks, can speedread, and want to spare you guys the experience of wading through it all.

i also have a section for spn femslash since I was pretty into that back in the day (sadly a lot less fan content for this :/)

I don’t really like au’s or pure smut (I honestly usually just skim or skip those scenes) so if you’re mainly looking for that kind of thing this probably won’t be very helpful to you. jsyk.

i’m not great at describing stuff but i’ll do my best, i’ll also try and add tw’s when neccesary.

i wil try and keep updating this with any other decent fics i find, feel free to rec stuff too since i’m like 7 years behind.(edit 1/25/21) this is getting looooong so i’m going to start making another list on my spn blog rather than update this one

(edit 1/3/21) since this has gotten pretty long i’ve added rating/approximate word counts and marked my particular favorites with an asterisk.

Dean/Cas fic:

So Says The Sword*** - explicit/85k. FUCK its good...au/time travel where dean is not pulled out of hell by cas and says yes to becoming the michael sword. honestly could serve as an alternative to actually watching the show, if you want to get into dean/cas without actually doing that to yourself.

Fata morgana.*  - teen/6k, pst s9 finale. very bela centric and i love it, she finds cas looking for dean in hell.

Redemption Road -misc/600+k. an incredibly long fic from a collaborative writing group back in the day. canon divergent from the end of s6 on, has a cool take on godstiel and the leviathans, as well as the lovecratian mythos connection. ngl when i reread it i only made it about 28% in but imo the casual reader can actually stop around there, the rest concerns a lovecraftian apocalypse that is still good (i think i don’t remember it very well) but not required to enjoy the first half. if you prefer i have an ebook version i can send you on gdrive.

Someone Who's Feeling For Me* - mature/45k, s12. they run into lisa braeden and dean thinks cas is into her while cas thinks dean still likes her. treats lisa way better than the show ever did and the miscommunication is pretty funny rather than annoying.

a turn of the earth - mature/95k. time travel fic where cas from s10 keeps showing up in deans life from a few years before s1 to right before the hellhounds take his soul.  slow burn, good character study, and at one point cas punches the dad in the face and it rules.

On the Wings of War - teen/85k, canon divergent s5. dean accidentally becomes the Horseman of War. plays fun, fast and loose with biblical lore, michael has some rights.

Named - mature/95k, alternate s5. EXTREMELY blasphemous in a fun sexy way. manages to predict metatron almost to a T. there’s one major character death and its literally jesus christ, everyone is very sad about it and it sets the rest of the story rolling. an alternate interpretation of cas’ mission to raise dean from hell which had me on the floor. ngl its kind of misogynistic at points, but its from 2010 and tracks with late oughts-2010 spn (sorry anna the author did you dirty here:/).

The Girlfriend Experience - explicit/15k. uhhh i don’t normally rec or even read smutty stuff unless someone i know is specifically asking for it but this has stuff like sam trying to be a good ally and dean thinking holding hands with cas is ‘kinda gay :/’ minutes after having gay sex with him.

i crippled your heart a hundred times - explicit/19k, s8. cas confesses his feelings and dean spends a long time getting his head out of his ass about it. truly hits different after the actual confession, despite being written six years early it feels like its actually what could have gone down more or less if the writers weren’t talentless demons who hate us.

My Roots Take Flight** - mature/125k. reverse au where cas is a hunter and dean’s an angel...OR IS IT???? an alternate retelling of s4. tw for briefly being set in a psychiatric hospital/the hospital being mentioned somewhat frequently throughout the fic, plus more references to torture in hell and heaven than usual.

The One Thing You Can't Lose* - teen/4k.you know those posts about how cas is a super-strong super-tough ancient warrior but he just lets dean tug him around because he likes it? thats it thats the fic.

Hands, From Which All Things Are Built - teen/14k, post s8′s ‘goodbye stranger.’ cas is on the run with the angel tablet but keeps in touch with sam and dean by text, he and dean still manage to be terrible at Actual communication.

Autrement, Danger - or, The Account of an Exceedingly Long Day - mature/30k, post s11. a monster that takes the appearance of your soulmate leads to some wild miscommunications and dealing with years of repression, also dean gets to see cas’ true form which is always cool. tw for non-graphic mentions of underage sexual assault/sex work.

Down to Agincourt - mature/explicit/900++++k, endverse continuation. endverse!cas survives his encounter with lucifer and discovers another time-displaced dean from s7. i’ve only read the two of four parts but its really good, veeeeery slow burn, has a lot of fun oc’s and takes a rather surprising but (imo) entertaining and intriguing turn into Hellenic history and mythology. usual tw’s for endverse/endverse!cas but nothing graphic, it’s actually pretty light-hearted (relatively speaking of course).

Nothing Equals the Splendor** - explicit/8k, THEE finale fix it fic you’ve been waiting for! posits that the entire final episode was just a (very bad and lame) djinn’s vision.

like moses and batman and james dean - explicit/31k, post s8. explores dean’s trauma and internalized homophoba from his technically canon experience with sex work and its impact on his relationship with cas. the sex work itself isn’t really shown in any detail but it’s still a relatively heavy fic.

Crazy Diamonds - explicit/25k, s4/alternate s14. fresh-out-of-hell dean and dean from 10 years in the future are displaced from time and sent to each other’s present.

where the weeds take root - explicit/30k. au where the men of letters kick them out of the bunker and they accidentally move out into the country, get over their codependence and semi retire. featuring chicken coop building, sam volunteering at a dog shelter, gardening, and blissfully mundane domesticity.

No Resting Place - teen/6k. djinn dream fic, switches back and forth between cas’ dream of being married to dean and retired from hunting to the aftermath when he wakes up. tw for brief mention of suicide since, y’know, djinn dream.

any port in a storm - mature/52k. post s8 finale. cas and dean have to pose as a couple going through a rough patch for a case and actually deal with their emotional baggage, cas struggles with being human and metatron is up to stuff.

all this and heaven too* - explicit/7k. in the author’s own words ‘...a love letter to every trans person who ever projected onto Dean Winchester.’ absolutely unzipped me emotionally and theologically, its just. so good. tw for very brief mentions of internalized transphobia/dysphoria.

Because it is* - mature/6k, finale fix it. killing chuck does not bring back anyone back and the winchesters spend a very long time dealing with what they’ve lost, cas and dean SOMEHOW still manage to have signifigant communication issues even after the confession. tw for suicidal thoughts/brief attempt.

Vena Amoris and Other Old-Fashioned Bullshit* - teen/4k, s6. when cas fell for dean it automatically soulbonded/angel married them, shenanigans ensue when dean finds out during the angel’s civil war. funny and actually written back when s6 was airing so cas is still (or at least pretending to be) kind of an OP asshole which is fun.

Rinse, Repeat - teen/3k, s8. angsty character study of cas as he’s reprogrammed and trained to kill dean. not really dean/cas since its just cas’ pov of canon events but its beautifully written and ends with him snapping out of it through the power of love (also now a canon event!).

Emergence - explicit/59k, canon divergent after s11. dean meets a hunter he only recognizes as their friend claire novak’s missing father, but soon realizes he might be the answer behind the mysterious void in his memories and feelings (aka everyone’s memories of cas are completely wiped away for three years).

Cuckoo And Nest - explicit/10k, early established relationship/character study, cas tries to figure out how he fits into dean’s life and space in the bunker.

Build a Home* - teen/20k, canon divergent s12. sam and eileen are cute and turn the bunker into men of letters/hunters hq and everyone but cas moves in, mutual miscommunication issues and pining ensues.

Down in the River - teen/5k, early s8, cas prays to dean in purgatory while sam and dean try to figure out a way to get him out.

Teaching Poetry to Fish* - mature/52k, ?? BC through the entire series/canon divergent s14 and 15. retelling of crucial scenes throughout the shows timeline from cas’ pov, feat. actual fish and poetry.

the minor fall, the major lift - gen/4k, post confession/finale fixit. dean goes into the empty to save cas and runs into several old friends (and enemies).

With the Kisses of His Mouth* - teen/3k, gen later seasons. dean and cas keep kissing by accident.

Remaining Grace - explicit/109k, alternate s6. au where cas asks dean for help with raphael and dean, of course, does. tw for temporary major character death/semi-graphic depictions of alcohol withdrawal.

The face of heaven.* - teen/10k, au, dean is a regular guy and cas is a fallen star (think ‘stardust’, kinda).

Stories Are Made of Mistakes*  - teen/5k. newly human cas has trouble getting used to a human body and humanity in general, but still figures out that he and dean are A Thing before dean does.

Hurry Up And Wait - mature/21k, canon divergent s12. a fairyland and quite possibly LOTR related case comes up and dean goes full fanboy, mary is introduced to the wonders of the peter jackson adaptions, many references and comparisons (including between cas and dean’s ‘friendship’ and arwen/aragon). also charle is still alive and has just been doing fairy stuff this whole time.

There Are Many Things - explicit/28k, s9. cas is extremely lonely/touch-starved and trying to figure out this whole human thing, as well as where he and dean stand after being kicked out of the bunker.

It's A Long Life to Always Be Longing - teen/40k, post s11 finale. amara helps dean by putting him in a magical coma so he can finally get some much needed rest and show him possible futures for him, sam and cas. meanwhile sam and cas go on a roadtrip (or several) to find componets for a spell to wake dean up. really good sam and cas friendship, they actually talk about their shared lucifer trauma and stuff.

Non-Photo Blue - gen/2k, s4/5/alternate s5. fifty moments from cas’ memories of dean.

Tall Grass - explicit/57k, canon divergent post series. cas becomes the ultimate plant dad. feat the wayward sisters gang, cathartic character growth, fun oc’s, domesticity, and lots of actual botanical info-dumping.

on vessels - no rating/gen/2k. established dean/cas, cas tells dean about how he used to imagine what it would be like to have him as his vessel.

search for tomorrow on every shore* - teen/11k, post-finale (extremely derogatory). some angels in jack’s new heaven act out and dean gets temporarily resurrected in 2003 and runs into his younger self.

Architecture of the Minotaur’s Heart - explicit/45k, very canon divergent post s1. dean’s new house seems to have a life and mind of its own, while in his dreams he sees glimpses of a world and apocalypse that never came to be and an angel that looks strangely like his mysterious neighbor, cas. loosely inspired by the book house of leaves (which i highly recommend for fans of weird horror).

The Distance Of The Setting Sun - explicit/17k, post s5. established dean/cas relationship, team free will finally takes advantage of cas’ abilities to go on vacation around the world.

diamond star halo - teen/5k, s11. dean lets cas use him as a temporary vessel while he recovers from rowena’s spell, sam is a long-suffering third-wheel.

Make Known** - teen/16k, s6/7. dean struggles to understand how cas could have become his enemy and whether he ever truly knew him in the first place.

blunt little instrument* - mature/1.4k, post finale. dean finally confronts his father in heaven, very cathartic.

my heart a compass*** - teen/10k, post confession. the empty forces cas to re-experience his most regretted moments while dean tries to snap him out of it and bring him home.

A Crash Course in Someone Else's History - teen/11k, s6. cas from the very start of s4 is brought forward in time by s6!cas to distract the brothers from his and crowley’s plans.

The Cuckoo Father - mature/8k, s7 au. the woman who found cas in the river post-leviathans does not marry him bc he was sent to her by god or whatever, but actually identifies him as jimmy novak and sends him back to claire and amelia.

The Dead Dean Clause* - teen/5k, post alt s5 ending. team free will celebrates surviving taking down lucifer by getting blitzed, cas lies to a cop and gets an impromptu driving lesson. title/description sound dark i know but it’s actually very funny and light.

Suck It, Judy Garland - mature/20k, s12 (after the ‘i love you...i love all of you’ episode). cas and sam have to pretend to be a couple for a case and dean is NOT happy about it.

By Daylight and In Dream - teen/16k, s5. pre-dean/cas, dean invites cas to use his dreams to hide from the other angels. tw for very brief mention of a memory/dream of alastair sexually assaulting dean.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven - mature/22k, post-canon. an actually happy (if sometimes bittersweet) heaven endgame written several years ago, though some details are rather eerily similar to the show’s ending.

heaven is a place on earth* - teen/2k. dean’s pov of some of the times cas left him behind throughout the show, and one alternate ending where he finally gets to stay.

I Cleanse The Mirror - teen/20k, alternate s6. dean’s body is stolen by an ancient elemental and his soul has to hitch a ride in cas’ vessel.

an exploration of gender; angelic*** - mature/4k. *oscar isaac voice* lets get into angel gender politics!! aka cas is trans.

Zenith - explicit/33k, s9. after 9x06 an angry witch curses cas with the ability to see supernatural beings and human souls.

La cucina. - gen/3k, alt s9. dean goes wild helping a newly-human cas find out what kinds of food he likes, or the early s9 domesticity we deserved!

Dean Winchester, Cocksucker at Rest***** - teen/7k, post-finale. john and mary finally come over for dinner and john reacts to dean/cas in a rather predictable fashion. SOOOOOOOOO good omg, its so funny and a little sad and very very cathartic. part of a series that has a few other really good short fics.

The Way You Didn't Go - teen/5k, s15. coda to 15.09, dean has nightmares about the moc!cas timeline.

On Drowning - teen/28k. dean saves cas after he nearly drowns, they both try and deal with the physical/mental fallout (aka the fic where thee iconic “you only touch me when you think I’m dead or dying” originates). tw for realistic depictions of drowning/triage/misc medical information.

The Thirty-Six Questions That Lead to Love* - mature/13k. claire has dean and cas pretend to be her gay dads for a case and they play the titular 36 question game, get mistaken for swingers, and birdwatch, among other things.

Assorted F/F stuff:

Deep Breaths* - mary/ellen, au where mary said no to azazel’s deal and let john stay dead, still becomes a milf.

Like Rebel Diamonds - krissy/claire, they become hunter gf’s on the hunt for cas to kick his ass for taking jimmy. not-so-stealth dean/cas as well.

To Ash and Bone - anna/ruby, same author as the previous fic (p much all of her stuff is good from what i recall). au where ruby is a witch and helps anna when she’s cursed.

Holy Clockwork Angels - jo/ruby, STEAMPUNK au with very cool worldbuiilding.

At Day's End - jo/anna (my fucking KINGDOM for more jo/anna content, the dean/cas parallels are allllll there), au where they are both at the camp in the endverse and gfs.

these posts - ok so not actually a fic but i’m now obsessed with this hannah/meg dynamic.

Tagelied - mary/ellen, the true story of how ellen got into hunting before angels interfered.

Hell's Bells** - meg/abaddon, alternate s8/9 where meg survives crowley’s attack with sam’s help and teams up with abaddon (who she has a sk year old crush on) to take back hell.

The Ecstasy of the Rose - anna/ruby, anna travels back in time to escape heaven and becomes a signifigant part of ruby’s old human life.

Angel Underground - anna/jo, kind of an urban fantasy au with a very intriguing premise (sadly its very short, i’d love to see more if this ‘verse).

Clover, Flame - billie/mary, billie was always the reaper that showed up to take mary after her death(s) over the years.

Drag Me To Heaven - anna/ruby, a variant on the ‘last night on earth’ thing with dean.

Come Home* - jo/anna, canon-divergent au where anna is the new waitress at the roadhouse and helps jo set up a (probably not really) haunted house for halloween.

[kiraziwrites]

j/b 2021 fic exchange recs

Okay, reveals are almost upon us and I’ve read half or fewer of the exchange fics, but here are my favorites—from the main collection, I’ll do another post for Lil Oathkeepers—so far. There’s a lot of great stuff out there, but some of these are not getting nearly as much attention as they deserve, so don’t sleep on:

something different

My utterly GLORIOUS and PERFECT gift fic, which is, among other things, a brilliant character study of Brienne’s gender feels, a post-canon reconciliation fix-it that made me sigh with emotion, and a tour-de-force of the best kind of scorching hot smut—the kind that uses the sex to illuminate and expand our understanding of the people having it and the relationship between them. And there’s pegging, to boot. I have been so blessed!

show me where your skin begins

I do not even know where to BEGIN describing this incredible enemies-to-lovers space AU with bonus extremely hot-and-tender bondage. I would read a whole novel set in this universe; the worldbuilding is rich and the plot is compelling and the romance hits all my favorite notes for these two and did I mention it’s also incredibly hot? and tender? tl;dr I am in awe and have publicly challenged the author to a duel.

in the dark, i thought i saw you

A beautifully angsty S7 canon divergence where the sept explosion is the breaking point for Jaime, and both he and Brienne end up in King’s Landing afterwards as captives of a slowly crumbling Cersei, who in turn finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Brienne. The J/B arc is wonderful, but but the great achievement here is one of the best takes on Cersei I've ever read. 

electric boogaloo

An unusual fantasy AU with stunning worldbuilding, clever structure, and some lovely, vigorous prose—plus the atmosphere between Brienne and Jaime is quite literally electric.

Respect

This is a story about how much Jaime enjoys watching Brienne beat the crap out of men who don’t respect her—a premise I naturally find delightful—but it’s also a striking bit of character work, and the writing is excellent.

Second Hand News

I’ve always wanted more fic focusing on how Jaime and Brienne’s relationship developed in the journey from Harrenhal back to King’s Landing, and this missing scene focused on how they react to the news of the Red Wedding really delivers—it’s sad and tender and evokes their growing intimacy beautifully.

however long the night, the dawn will break again

A short but surprisingly capacious story of Jaime and Brienne as undercover agents in a wartime occupied Westeros—I’m astonished by how much story this manages to fit into 3.5K words, and it’s vivid and hot and full of yearning.

safe

A very sexy, exquisitely-written, exes-to-lovers TRAIN HEIST story, with loads of competence kink and a compressed slow burn that finally ignites to exhilarating effect. Just delightful, and I loved the bonus introduction to safecracking 101.

Ding Dong Ditch, Baby

An accidental baby acquisition—the baby is of the nephew variety—fic that delivers both hilarious hijinks and surprising emotional depths. this feels like a classic screwball comedy, but also the beginning of a tender romance.

ain’t no one in this room alone

You might not think a Ted Lasso/Game of Thrones crossover could work, but this story is here to prove you as wrong as anyone who ever doubted a Ted, or a Brienne (and it’s very funny to boot, with some delightfully clever choices made in meshing these worlds together).

with all the years between us 

I SWORE I wasn’t going to start reading this while it was still a WIP, despite the premise being basically catnip to me—a S8 fixit with slow reconciliation and political marriage and complicated family dynamics—but I gave in and inhaled all of the existing chapters today. It’s even better than I’d hoped.

[byrcca]

FEVER FEBRUARY DAY 18 Fanwork

A fixit missing scene for the s7 episode Friendship One. Rated Teen & up because there might be swearing 🤷‍♀️

[void-tiger]

...VLD just massively missed a serious opportunity to have waystations for both study and refueling dotting the solar system spiralling in orbit or secured on moons and planetoids and I will never not be salty about it.

(...even if I can “do it myself dammit!” with my no-worse than “canon” understanding of Armchair Astronomy.)

But...

Moon and Mars Colonies. Sure it’s not terraforming but they’re self-sustainable and some scientists even started families underneath these domed cities. HABs are more or less a thing of the past. Long-term posts on stations built on planetoid and moon crusts stable enough within the Asteroid Belt or above Liquid and Gas giants, and stations suspended above planets or spiralling in empty space much like Earth’s first ISS.

The “colonies” are all relatively new—the Lunar colony is the oldest at not *quite* 30 years, with many of the children born there now adults or on the cusp of adulthood, and some even raising a second generation. But they’re Old Enough that “human” doesn’t quite fit as a collective term anymore. Which humans? Earth humans? Luna humans? Belt humans? Europa humans? Humanity’s finally spread their fledgeling wings across the system in short, fluttering hops, finally ready to learn how to really fly. Not out of resource neccessity...but because they can.

Earth humans are jokingly referred to as Terrans. Humans have always been terrible at naming things, but there’s something romantic about Terra and Terran vs...Earthling. Even if it’s still Earth-Earth like Luna is Moon-Moon. Likewise, the Lunar Colonists refer to themselves as Lunans.

Martian, however, sticks. It’s too good an opportunity to pass up so the Red Planet’s naturalized inhabitants keep it. (It’s also not as bad as “Earthling” as a nod to retro sci-fi nostalgia.)

There’s a debate about whether those stationed within the Belt should call themselves Beltans, or something more specific to their home asteroid. (Ceresians would kindly like to remind everyone that they live with a planetoid, thank-you-very-much.)

A similar debate occurs regarding Jupiter and its moons...but for the most part everyone’s content with keeping, say, Europian or Callistian, while others simply refer to themselves as Jovan.

While the primary objectives of Space Study and serving as a harbor for astronauts are never forgotten, each colony begins to develop cultures of their own that are heavily influenced by both the available resources and the original Terran Cultures that first settled them. (Luna in particular has a distinctly Bok Choy rich diet both for the extra calcium as well as to flaunt their successful aeroponics and greenhouse systems. Martians, however, are potato-rich and often add variety with spices curries.) Terran Holidays are often observed, depending on the nationalities and religions of the colonists; but new, more specific ones develop as well, often based around First Landing and more mundane things like Orbits and Harvests.

Earth’s space programs merge into a single entity: Galaxy Garrison.

Galaxy in recognition of Humanity’s Reach beyond just Earth, now.

Garrison for the unspoken need for not just space exploration training and the systems that support it, but a way train those daring to be astronauts or colonist or even just Terran Scientists and Engineers that even without interstellar neighbors lurking beyond their System, space has plenty of more naturalistic dangers all on its own.

(Federation is also considered: each colony is essentially its own State now, with the GG as its parent. Galaxy Garrison Federation is often said unofficially, but Earth’s powers aren’t quite willing to acknowledge the political position GG’s success demands just yet, as Earth Itself is still reeling from the decades’ old Third World War. The GG was originally Earth’s response to that as a way to redirect energy and resources to distract the planet’s populations from the harrowing reality of rebuilding their war-torn and war-sick world.)

[cupcraft]

we got a tie so you get two snippets lucky readers :)

Event Horizon Snippet: Premise that "date of your dreams" from the bet made in Part 2

S7 Fixit Snippet: Premise -> after relapsing/going to the hotel what if House had said yes to moving back in with Wilson instead of saying no?

Anyone want a fanfic snippet...yeahhh??

[rishi-eel]

I hope The Bad Batch writers give us Fives in tcw s7 animation at least at flashbacks. We robbed with Fives's new animation at tcw s7!

You’re right!! Seeing Fives with a season 7 model would have been amazing, but I’m glad we at least saw him twice during the season, even if it was only through pictures which were done in 2D. That was far more than what I expected when I first started the season back in March. Just! Fives being dead but still having relevance? The fact that his presence, his ghost, seems to hang over some of the scenes? I loved that and I think its really a testament to the weight of his character and the improvements in tcw’s storytelling in season 7

Now about the Bad Batch series, I’m really holding onto the hope that maybe Fives could be brought back from the dead (figuratively or literally) in some way that’s interesting or even key to the narrative without it seeming cheap or diminishing the value of his season 6 arc. It’s very unlikely, but I can dream (and make my own fixit AUs).

But it would be nice that, in the absence of a resurrected Fives, we at least get Fives in flashback episodes (which I think we should have either way). Fives is such a great character and he’d be able to get a lot more focus in a clone-centric series. But also! Echo and Fives is such an under explored dynamic despite it being so cemented in the series, and I want to see that specifically.  

[klanceficatalogue]

Heck yeah! I’ve been waiting rec a post season 7 fic! It’s called aeon, though I forget the author??? It’s in Keith’s POV and he gets visions from his time in the abyss! It’s totally wow!!!

just knowing the title of the fic has earned you my dying love, anon. thank you so much -alex

aeon by hystericalcherries (1/5 | 8,434 | Mature)

Keith does not leave the quantum abyss untouched.

“Home can be anything, you know,” Lance says in lieu of a conversation starter.

Slivers of moonlight filter through the blinds above their heads, casting lines of truth across the sheets. Lance tilts his head forward and a band slides over his eyes, catching the ocean in them and drawing Keith into their rolling tides. And as distracted as he is, he doesn't put up a fight when a hand clasps his own, reeling them heartward.

“Home is just something you can come back to.” His knuckles brush against the soft fabric of a nightshirt, the v-neckline falling loose to reveal a sharp collarbone, and Keith feels his breath hitching. “Something that keeps you grounded.”