#spn postcanon

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

Spn postcanon update (kinda)

Something big is coming

Two weeks

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postcanon/s16 Sam never fully recovering from the ACTUAL events of 15x20 and having to use a cane wizard staff that he custom made to support his weight

(also Dean having chronic pain from said events, and whatever disability metaphor is even going ON with Cas)

you can always give your blorbos mobility aids btw . you can always make them disabled its always morally correct

[monstermoviedean]

i love that dean can just fix a bus like it's nothing

[uhoh-spn]

Lonely Without You, Dear

For the Dreamy Drabble Prompts

Also on Ao3

Prompt: Lonely

Fandom: Supernatural

“I’ll just wait here, then,” he says, hanging up the phone with a bittersweet smile.

Those words bring back memories of the early days of his and Dean’s relationship. He’d been extremely lonely when he’d first rebelled. Normally surrounded by his angelic family, he spent many years alone and waiting on the Winchesters to call or following a lead.

But now he has a family, a house, and a partner in Dean. They come home to each other, sleep in the same bed every night – even when they’re arguing. They know from gut-wrenching, heartbreaking experience that it’s not worth it to be apart from each other over some small rift.

The door opens and Dean calls, “Sweetheart?”

“In the living room!”

Dean flops on the couch beside Castiel and presses a kiss to his cheek.

“Were you lonely without me?” Dean teases, plucking Castiel’s book from his hands.

“Of course.”

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idk if its just the new year, but my Spn Postcanon Sense is tingling

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My weird ass: “everything the actors have done since can be seen as a unified postcanon. It’s not going especially well, it is Spn after all, but it works strangely well. Anyway, the ‘Gates’ that Ruby warned Sam about are the Gates of Janus, which are a Roman thing. When they’re open, it signifies a state of war. They’re open because Janus is an annoying yet persuasive douche and managed to convince Cas to let him use the vessel for a few minutes, at which point everyone’s least favorite (literal) two-faced war deity split Cas’ true form right in half to power his Gate Thing. Can Cas be saved? I don’t know, but given that ‘A Hellgate, But Specifically For War’ is VERY bad news, those gates do need to close. I don’t know which dogs Ruby was talking about and I’m afraid to find out. Also Sam’s got yet another werewolf gf, and Ruby had his kids back in the 2000s and unironically named them Edward and Stella because “ha ha, blood drinking” I guess, they’re college-age now and both are witches, Blurrywife is some kind of Fae thing and hella evil, might be one of Eileen’s hunts and is just doing this to fuck with her, this blurry bitch ate Sam/imprisoned his soul in some sort of Eternal Cowboy Dreamscape (why tho) but at least she’s currently getting her ass kicked, idk where Dean Jr went and I’m worried abt him. Cas and Meg have a kid, everything is vaguely Celtiberian like that one spnwin ep, Hell is at war with itself, Azazel is wearing John, the Second Coming of Christ is happening but Girljesus is a genuinely great person, the rebar was cursed and Hell used it to control Dean and send him on a time-travel rampage to alter history in their favor. Dean banged one of the Morriganae back in that one ep where he was abducted by The Fae, and she’s still kind of obsessed with him. Jack is possessed and picking fights with Girljesus. Where is Sam’s body? Not with his soul. What’s it doing? Violence. Anyway”

Some so-called Supernatural fans: "The actors have all moved on. There is no need for a 16th season."

Misha Collins: "I found Castiel in my carpet."

[july-19th-club]

the impetus of this fic by the way is that "grace" was written like eleven hours after the finale and i did zero thinking about whether it was good or not i just slammed 'post' and dipped . and i think it is very shallow in terms of character because it's short and not meant to be anything but a straight up fix fic. and i also don't love the end scenario i gave it i was just deeply in the nov. 2020 insanity at the moment so it made sense at the time and people seemed to enjoy it. HOWEVER. the real dense intellectual fix fic is my djinn theory baby that i have been nursing for several thousand hours . and "grace" is a pale shadow

[pj3k]

i think what really gets me about sam winchester is that i was not expecting to give a damn about him at all.

one of the main reasons i started watching spn is : i had an idea for a postcanon destiel fic and figured i should Watch the show first. i wanted to get a feel for deans characterization. sam wasnt particularly on my radar besides being 'the other winchester brother'.

i was immaculately primed to be a deanapologist-casgirl. as if i was made in a lab for it. i do not often waver in my programming. but i now realize that what i knew of spn before watching it was a very narrow scope , that with surgical precision attempted to unweave sam from the core of the narrative.

i was going to watch the first 5 seasons (bc id heard they were good and cohesive) and then tunnel-vision on the castiel greatest hits episodes in the 10 seasons that follow.

but , by the time cas was introduced , sams arc had sunk its claws into my brain to the point that i was unfazed by cas' character for his first ~5 episodes. and after that , ambivalent. by the time i finished season 5 , i went "wow that was a good ending. i sure would like to see more sam winchester though 😊- HES IN EVERY SINGLE EPISODE ? 😰" thus my longer-and-more-perilous-than-expected journey began .

and now? i frequently consider blocking the destiel tag so i can browse sam posts in peace. but i dont. bc sometimes i look at destiel posts (and consider blocking the destiel tag still bc of how clogged it is with confession memes).

what a fascinating tv show. the character and narrative arcs got me good.

[marmolita]

2024 year in review

Taken from the list in this post! I decided to just come through and answer all the questions.

How many fics have you worked on since January?

Well I posted 41, but I have 2-3 more being actively worked on.

What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year?

I did a fake-reddit-post mediafic this year!

What piece of media inspired you the most? (This can be the fandom you wrote the most for, the one that spawned the most ideas, the one you thought about the most, etc.)

Final Fantasy XV my beloved, back for a second go at being my obsession

How many fandoms did you write for this year?

5 if you include "original work" as a fandom.

What ships captured your heart?

Squall/Seifer(/Rinoa) definitely leapt out at me this year. Other than that I've been kind of all over the place, but am currently in a gladnoct state of mind for some reason.

What characters captured your heart?

Okay so I didn't write any fanfic about it, but I read Naomi Novik's Scholomance this year and Orion Lake absolutely captured my heart. He is entirely blorbo bait for me, but alas, I didn't get what I wanted out of him in the third book and didn't find much fic about him either. Other than that, I spent a good while this year feeling like Squall Leonhart was extremely relatable, and then got back to FFXV and my true love Noctis.

Did you write for any new fandoms or ships this year?

Yes, actually! This year I wrote a Stardew Valley fic, and I also wrote my first (and so far only) Destiel fic for SPN.

What fic meant the most to you to write?

Hmmmmm. It's probably the Niflheim!Gladio fic that I haven't published any of yet because I'm not far along enough to be comfortable with it. Other than that possibly this little fic I wrote about Cartanica because even though I did it for a prompt, I was having a lot of feelings about Cartanica.

What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?

I giggled my way through writing Paw-paw said WHAT?, because the idea of Noct having a magical healing cock and it being used in a random side quest cracked me up.

What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?

Probably Fated Circle, the Seifer/Squall postcanon one. It ended up being way longer than I anticipated and having a lot of action scenes, and I was pretty proud of it.

What fic was the most difficult to write?

It was weirdly this random one about Noct posing for a charity calendar? Not sure why that one gave me so much trouble but I eventually kinda threw in the towel on it. Other than that, the Niflheim!Gladio one I'm still working on is being pretty difficult because it has actual plot and needed an outline and is LONG.

What fic was the easiest to write?

Pretty sure I pounded out feast for a king on my phone during breaks from work because it flowed so quickly and easily.

What were your shortest and longest fics posted this year?

Shortest: Sacrifice, at 328 words

Longest: Fated Circle, at 10,066 words

What were your go-to writing songs?

...the FFXV soundtrack? Actually though for my FFVIII fic I spent a lot of time listening to the FFVIII playlist I put together, which includes multiple P!nk songs (What About Us, TRUSTFALL, Can We Pretend, among others) and also Kelly Clarkson's Catch My Breath which I listened to a million times thinking about Squall.

What was the hardest fic to title?

ALL OF THEM. But probably the Seifer/Squall amnesia one where I ended up with "The Body Knows" which is a dumb title.

What's your favorite title of the year?

Muscle Memory. I started writing this one about GF memory erasure years ago and finally wrapped it up to post this year, but the title was set long before posting because it Felt Right.

Share your favorite opening line

Henry Loxlian, just past his eighteenth birthday, was the most highly anticipated student at the Academy of Saint Lillian in a century.

from The Ecstasy of Saint Lillian, an original work I did for Smut4Smut!

Share your favorite ending line

None of them, I suck at endings. And, upon reviewing a bunch of them, I'm realizing that I often end fics in the same way, with something like "Maybe [thing the fic was about] isn't so bad after all." Oops? Anyway this one was okay.

Whether it'll amount to anything in the bright light of day, Seifer doesn't know, but here in the dark he'll hold this nascent dream close to his heart.

from A New Dream

Share your favorite piece of dialogue

From Absolution: "I deserve punishment." "No, you don't. But if you feel like you need it, then I'll give it to you."

Share your funniest line

People in the comments seem to really like that in my Stardew Valley fic I had Alex say, "Thanks, bro" to Sebastian after they had sex, but tbh that's a mainstay from hockey RPF so I feel like it wasn't that creative? 😂

One that I particularly enjoyed was Prompto saying "The tentacle monster wants to fuck your throat, Noct.  All the way through." in ride of your life, though that's admittedly a little niche. I also liked Squall thinking that he and Seifer were exes in The Body Knows.

There's also the setup to Paw-paw said WHAT? which I had fun with: "Well see, I been gettin' these headaches?  Real bad ones, sometimes, and Paw-paw's been worried about it.  He told me, 'Go get Reggie's boy to fuck you and it'll clear it right up.'"

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

I kind of had some fits about writing Most Eligible, because Gladio wasn't being villainous enough, and then Noct liked him too much, and then none of the plot made sense with there just being the one banquet, so I ended up adding a pageant because why not!

What writing programs did you use? Did you write by hand?

All my writing is done in gdocs.

If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

Actually coming up with a coherent plot for the Niflheim!Gladio fic and outlining it. I cannot wait to share this fic with you all but I also do not yet believe I will finish it, and I am not one to post unfinished WIPs.

Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

No, I finished a lot of fics and none of them were that exciting lol

How did you recharge between fics?

I am either constantly writing in a frenzy or not writing at all for months, there's no specific recharging happening.

Did you create fanworks other than fic?

I make a lot of playlists but mostly for my own personal use.

How many events did you take part in? (bangs, exchanges, ship weeks, zines, prompt memes, they all count!)

Enemies to Lovers Exchange, FFVIII Bingo, Smut4Smut, Nonconathon, Rare Pair Exchange, and a combo kinktober/promptober that also ended up becoming a server event for the Seifer/Squall discord, so that makes a total of....6-7?

If this were an awards show, who would you thank?

@misswonderheart who alpha/beta reads all my fic for me and lets me yell at her about it always and forever, and @freosan for brainstorming ideas with me!

What's left on your to-do list for 2024?

Nothing? I'm still working on some fic but I don't expect them to wrap up this year.

What would you like to write next year?

If this Niflheim!Gladio fic isn't posted next year I will be very disappointed in myself tbh. I've got 14k words written so far and I'm only like maybe 1/3 of the way through it or less. I rarely even write fics that are over 10k words long so having 14k already on it is a LOT, but I have some confidence I can do it! I just need to recruit some more cheerleaders I think 😂

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‘an impactful, autonomous, technically non-corporeal entity’

That is so many words to say ‘a pagan deity’

WHY IS THIS FANDOM *AND ITS WRITERS* ALLERGIC TO THE CONCEPT OF PAGANISM

ngl mr bedlund keeps making me more insane with every new tweet. DEAN AS ANGEL 2.0???????

Bonus:

[the-grey-hunt]

got tagged by @youghostandyoutrick

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs

my WIP titles are....a little disappointingly boring LOL but i'll try to track them all down, my folders are by fandom, not by WIP status. some of these are looooooooong abandoned/put back on the shelf but I count them

Here There Be Gnolls—Critical Role/The Adventure Zone

i will learn to fly—CR

the gift (m9/qt)—CR/Queen's Thief

pike and pike—CR

burial—Ghost Trick

cab translation—GT

friends—GT

ghost trick postcanon 4.0—GT

live sissel AU—GT

the manipulator—GT

untitled document (two of them)—GT

hp/sep heap—fandoms are what it says on the tin lol

ineffability and witchcraft—HP/Good Omens

hp gabriel possession—HP/Supernatural

cas funtime—SPN

daemons—SPN (TLA)

gabriel???thing???—SPN (and HP? idk)

gabriel/bail—SPN/Star Wars

michael fanfic files— SPN (TLA)

new trilogy pt2—SPN/SW

Play 'Verse—SPN

possession—SPN (TLA)

IPRE/attypf—TAZ/TAZ fanfic

murder on the rockport express—TAZ/Poirot

ouroboros pt2—TAZ/Princess Bride

modern legend—SPN/HP

modern legend unfinished—SPN/HP

michael kills the dark and it gets worse from there—SPN (TLA)

tl;dr I Will Write Any Crossover. And Abandon Any Fic, Only To Descend Upon It Years Later (But Probably Not)

i tag @inukagome15, @notaficwriter, @redrobemerle, and anyone else who'd like to

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So apparently there’s a new Doctor Who spinoff series in the works, about uhhh

*checks notes*

“The return of the ancient Sea Devils, last seen in attacking naval bases in 1972, likely due to environmental catastrophe, with overall military and sociopolitical themes”

…

….bitch okay.

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@what-if-i-just-did hey so yknow how my meta postcanon garbage fire is built off what the actors are doing?

hm..... welp.

anyway claire novak girlies go see abigail there’s a bit in it where kathryn newton is in a situation that made me go “oh i know she wishes she could have done this in her claire spin off show”

[howldean]

Endgame Archangel Castiel is something I have never heard about and now I am deathly curious please tell me about endgame archangel castiel

okay so first of all I AM TEAM ANGEL CAS ENDGAME i’ll take him however i can get and i’m by no means averse to human cas he’s so darling to me but i just think that

it’s important to me that his full grace is restored. so archangel cas comes into play with the resurrection of angels and demons aka the emptying of the empty version of postcanon. i think it’s EXTRA juicy if he fulfills the role in the hierarchy left open by lucifer. because rebellious fallen angel go brrrr and fuck mark pellegrino all my homies hate that bitch. anyway i think it’s the perfect space for him. he always winds up in a position of solitary leadership but we see time and time again that he was a soldier and also just. doesn’t like being the one guy in charge. but archangel cas…… now that’s yummy. i’ve never been satisfied with how raphael was treated in the series, and to give my best archangel cas pitch i’d have to rewatch those seasons, but i think that having them not only be equals but ON THE SAME SIDE would be. oh yeah. big time. i also think that the archangels as a whole are such a tragedy within the script of spn that to bring them back together would give us spectacular dialogue. gabriel is tired and done and wanted things to be over, michael well i could go rounds about michael but i think that him and adam’s visage combined would be unique, and then taking raphael and his goals. throwing cas into that mix, the last true children of god plus the guy god kept fucking up and tell them they’re family again. holy fucking shit yknow. OH BUT ALSO obviously he’d be souped up and wouldn’t die easily and could help others. yeah

[july-19th-club]

i don't write so no need to send one back but one of each for the ask game?

ok this post was in my queue for so long i genuinely forgot about it alkjlaksjdf but ok let's do it babey we'll play it for wishes were horses (spn postcanon fixit fic) since that's the story i worked on most recently

SPECIAL FEATURE (post a fun fact): this story directly contradicts the first spn postcanon fixit i wrote, Grace, which really really rubs me the wrong way bc i'm a stickler for consistency, but i wrote the first one feverishly eleven hours after the final episode. so i still think it's pretty good under the circumstances. however i can do better

MOVIE SCRIPT (post most recently written line): "He wonders why he’s so nervous to have this conversation, when apparently they eat dinner together all the time. His mom told him that, and he even remembers the dinners. And yet."

DVD PLAYER (post dialogue): i had CONSIDERED putting something from the few end-of-story scenes i have sketched out, but avoided the temptation so here's a little domestic scene.

For all his criticizing, Sam polishes off his breakfast in about ten seconds flat, then leans back and says, “What is it with you and the eggs, man? It’s always eggs with you.”  “Easy, filling, cheap. Nature’s perfect food.”  “Cause growing up, all I remember you ever making was canned soup.”  “Well.” Eggs aren’t easy to take on the road. They’re house food. “Yeah, that was in motels. We ate eggs when we stayed at Bobby’s.”  “I remember him making pancakes.”  Dean remembers too. God, those were good. He’s pretty sure it was just Bisquick, but Bobby always had the real maple syrup, none of that Mrs. Butterworth shit. “He did his pancakes, I did the eggs. He taught me how to do an over easy, but I couldn’t get it for years. Kept smashing the yolks.”  “Ohhhh, yeah, okay, now I do remember that. Cause I remember one time you got so upset you almost cried.”  Dean doesn’t remember this at all. “Nothing worse than a smashed egg.”  Eileen puts her coffee mug down. “I like them smashed,” she says, “easier to put in sandwich.”  That’s Eileen’s easygoing compromise. Something for everybody.