#writer cas

[noxsoulmate]

This just made it back on my dash and I thought I'd share it again 🥰☃️

Gosh, it's been 6.5 years since I wrote it and I still get sweet comments on this fic every Christmas 🥰 a big thanks to all my lovely readers 😘

Angel Cookies

Here’s my entry for the @destielharlequinchallenge <3

Word count: ~ 75K

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Summary:

“On Christmas Eve, if you eat Angel Cookies right before bed and then dream of your one true love, he will be your destiny.” The Shurley clan sure believe their old family legend, but not Castiel James – not since he was a pudgy teenager, running down the church aisle on Christmas Day, trying to stop his very handsome and very straight teacher Dean Winchester from marrying someone else. He may be grown-up, well-toned, bestselling Young Adult’s book author “C. S. James” now, but Castiel will never forget that day. And he’ll never fall foolishly in love again, especially not for Dean Winchester. But when the wish for a big family Christmas from his sick father brings him back home, Castiel has to confront his past. And not only that: a letter from a little fan from his home town is weighing heavy on his conscience. Reaching out to a troubled kid might endanger his secret identity. Adding to the problem is the shock of discovering that Dean is the little girl’s father – unattached and hotter than ever. Dean’s smile still makes Castiel melt, but Castiel knows that ship has sailed. The fact that Dean seems to be on board this time, however, doesn’t make it any easier for him.

[annmariethrush]

CAS IS GONE AND DEAN SUDDENLY WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF??? A THING WHICH THEY EXPLICITLY STATE IN THE EPISODE??? THAT DEAN WANTS TO DIE?? AND THEN HE FINDS OUT CAS IS BACK AND ITS LIKE THE WHOLE GODDAMN WORLD IS MADE OF SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS?? THEY ALMOST ROMEO AND JULIETED THESE BITCHES!!! CAS WAS ALREADY ALIVE AGAIN. DEAN FINDS OUT WITHIN AN HOUR OF GETTING REVIVED AGAINST HIS WILL????

THEY ALMOST ROMEO AND JULIETED DEAN AND CAS ARE YOU FUCKING ME???

[drulalovescas]

Supernatural was so so so so so funny in how they were like: "Dean is such a ladies man, only boobs boobs boobs" and then they would give him a love interest in season 6 and never again.

BUT they'd have him make Cas a mixtape.

And grieve Cas like a heartbroken widower.

And then have him be happy for the first time all season once Cas returns to him (even though his mother'd still be missing).

And they'd have Dean stop with the hook-ups completely. And instead they'd have Dean make Cas watch movies together.

And have date nights.

And they'd have Dean on his knees confessing.

And the last person who'd confess his love to Dean would be a gay angel.

But Supernatural was so so so so so funny they'd be like: this means nothing.

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

[castiellesbian]

cas was sleeping in a gas station storage closet in idaho meanwhile dean was out there wanting to fuck a poodle

[my-castles-crumbling]

hey I love your work!! you seem like such a gorgeous, thoughtful person.

I had a question, and you seem trustworthy—Cas have you seen the new ao3 privacy policy? the one with another checkbox? what’s that about? I’m a little scared especially with recent events and the actual documentation seems a little vague. what do you think? I live in the states

I have, and I come armed with research!

For those of you who don't know, the new policy states:

By checking this box, you consent to the processing of your personal data in the United States and other jurisdictions in connection with our provision of AO3 and its related services to you. You acknowledge that the data privacy laws of such jurisdictions may differ from those provided in your jurisdiction. For more information about how your personal data will be processed, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

To translate, this means you are consenting to your personal information (IE: e-mail address and IP address) being shared according to US privacy laws, not the laws of whatever country you live in or happen to currently be reading from. This is because AO3 is US-based.

This sounds scary.

However, if you delve deeper into AO3 privacy policies, it says:

We may share Personal Information if we:

are legally compelled to do so;

have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on the OTW; or

are cooperating with law enforcement authorities.

We will cooperate with all investigations conducted by law enforcement authorities within the United States when legally required to do so. Cooperation with law enforcement authorities from other countries and cooperation when it is not legally required are at our sole discretion. Our discretion looks favorably on freedom and justice, and unfavorably on oppression and violence.

Basically this means they'll share your info if they're told to by law enforcement, which has ALWAYS been a law. This isn't a change. I think they just added this to say "Hey, remember if you live outside the US, just know that we as a website have to comply with US-based laws because we live here, and things suck here right now!"

The last part of their statement is also really telling. The creators of ao3 believe in free expression and are not trying to get you in trouble or censor your work. You're not going to get in trouble for posting/reading gay fanfics. It's not illegal to do so. (If that changes, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it).

I think the most important thing now is to advocate for the necessity of websites like ao3, because some people don't like websites like that. I think this shows that there will be probably more opponents to websites like this in the future. But I don't think the FBI is going to come and knock on the doors of everyone who reads bedtime stories on ao3.

Honestly, Ao3 is more transparent about this info than most people. all websites can share any personal info you put in if legally compelled to do so.

[deancasforcutie]

but Cas' arm around Dean really reverses expectations of Dean as the more physically affectionate one, he's put his arm around Cas since their first date hunt whereas Cas has undergone a whole arc to become so tactile and love so humanly. The Vision that Misha has given us from the creative team's intent is nothing short of them as an established couple (how else would viewers have received the fanfic gap between a lover's I Love You and this embrace??) where Cas has confidence to reach out and Dean to lean in and accept and feel deserving of the love Just Understood and received between them. he finds peace and belonging in his angel's arms

[nondelphic]

no offense because i love this band but cigarette after sex’s discography is proof that if you write the same theme enough times, people will call it iconic instead of repetitive. meanwhile, my manuscript gets side-eyed because i reused the word “glistened” twice in one chapter.

[lexleif]

uni everyday fitz

[morallygreyintrovert]

Writing my first ever smut scene and deciding to let go and write naturally what comes to mind…

…oh no, my kinks are… traumatised

[luxurystark-jackson]

“what did sam say. he want a divorce?” dean. dean that’s your brother. girl please

[lovealwayssay]

It would have been so beautifully poetic if Dean had rescued Cas from the empty paralleling Cas rescuing Dean from hell.

[shallowseeker]

I love you so much sometimes but why did you have to go and make me think about the Cas and Chuck parallels?

Because Chuck is trying to make himself (a) adorable (b) mysterious and (c) super-duper cool

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(a) A D O R A B L E

CAS: It was like I was... inside a blender. That was set to purée for a tomato salsa. DEAN: And you're the tomato? CAS: In this analogy... yes. 11x03

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CHUCK: Ohh. [in pain] You know when you're driving and a bug hits your windshield? I'm the bug. 11x23

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(b) M Y S T E R I O U S

*alien head tilt*

4x01

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15x09

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(c) SU P E R - D U P E R C O O L

*action hero boom*

10x10

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15x17

Is it working?

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

HELL YEAH IT WAS.

[sweetm0uringlamb]

hey guys, i was just thinking that maybe we could start archive all the A03 fics we can.

Project 2025 will mostly likely come into effect in January, which will also bring about the end of websites which hold queer centric content. obviously, AO3 fics art usually queer.

i would really like for maybe an organised way of doing this - maybe divvying up people/groups of people to do certain fandoms, ships, tags, etc?

if anyone is interested or has any idea of how to do this in an efficient and timely manner, please respond.

i don’t want to see people’s years of self-exploration and fan content to simply disappear into the aether because of a fucking Christo-Fascist government. i want to try to prevent that as much as possible.

it might be a pipe dream, but i want to give it a shot

thank u for reading this <3

[my-castles-crumbling]

Hi, I'm Cas, and I care way too much about kudos sometimes.

Hi guys! I just want to be a bit transparent with you all!

This summer, I've done a lot of writing. Like a LOT of writing. I set a goal to do at least 4 microfics a day, and update my longfic twice a week, plus answer asks, run a fest, and be active on multiple discords (and work a part-time job, while preparing for my new position in the Fall).

I did all of this because I love it, and because I love all of you. But I'd be lying if I said I don't also love the love I get for my writing. It's built my confidence, and taught me that I am decently talented, which is something I shy away from saying in any regard.

However, I think that @starchasersunseeker @beautyoftheships and @slightly-unhinged-femme have seen that sometimes, this passion for my hobby has turned into stress. I've started basing my self-worth on the kudos I get, and worrying that if I don't create that amount of content daily, you all will 'forget about me' or 'stop caring.' Which is silly because 1. this is the internet, and neither of us in under any obligation to interact and 2. this is supposed to be fun for me.

Because of this, and the fact that I am going back full-time tomorrow (I did my training last week), I am going to be focusing on creating the things that bring me joy. I am not going anywhere, and this blog will still be active. I will still be giving advice, and I will still be doing daily microfics, but I'm not going to force myself to create when I just am not feeling it anymore. I'm not going to set lofty goals or do things that hurt me mentally. I'm just going to focus on doing things that make me happy! I hope you all understand where I am coming from, and I hope you all still interact, but I need to take steps to be healthier for myself, and remind myself that kudos and reblogs cannot be my only source of self-worth.

I'm sending you all so much love!