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When Marla Singer was a kid, she used to spend summers with her Uncle Bobby hunting monsters.
After School Special: Whoever played teen!Dean was really, really good at being Dean. Kudos to that kid, 'cos seriously, from looks to mannerisms, it was eerie. I kind of want to write out Sam's essay on memorable family experiences. Also, the end broke my heart ten times to Tuesday. SAM OMG. I was supposed to watch this episode then go to bed, but when it was over I had to watch something cheerier to SOOTHE MY ACHING HEART (i love iiiiit). This was also the episode that made me realize I actually still care about Sam.
Sex and Violence: THIS EPISODE WAS AMAZING. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. All the other men got hot women to bang, but all the Winchesters really want is each other?!??!? ILU WINCHESTERS. ILU SHOW. When Dean found out who the real siren was, my heart jumped to my throat and constricted in delight. One of my favorite episodes, this, and I don't usually like the non-mytharc episodes.
Sympathy for the Devil: Okay, hold up, wtf. When did Dean have time to make the angel-banishing sigil between arriving at Chuck's and the angels getting there?!
Fic recs: You know how sometimes gen fics make the best slash fics? Yeah, you should read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
unoshot's fics, which had me flailing "jfldksjflsd DEAN/CASTIEEEEL <333!!!" all throughout. The subtleties of interaction between Castiel, Dean, and Sam are layered and complex, and so satisfying. The polite and wary distance between Sam and Cas, and Cas's tangle of emotiondutythings for Dean, pitch-perfect. I like Angels We Have Heard for Cas's search for God, and The Mountains in Reply for Sam trying to figure out how Castiel fits into the Sam & Dean show. On the other side of the spectrum, there is maskedfangirl, whose fics make me laugh and laugh, particularly Stick Together, wherein Castiel buys his first cellphone. Speaking of which, here's the one where Dean is cursed to speak in textspeak.
I was listening to 'Running Up That Hill' and thought hey, this would be a good song for a Winchester mix, then I noticed something I hadn't cared to before: the cover art attached to this song is not, in fact, Placebo's "Sleeping With Ghosts", but "A Love True and Unchaste: A Wincest Mix". Ahaha, oh SPN, all up in my grill before I even knew. Relatedly, how is there not a million Dean/Castiel vids set to Jose Gonzalez's 'Crosses'? Or Better Than Ezra's 'Particle'? A Winchesters vid set to Trail of Dead's 'Will You Smile Again' or Coldplay's 'Square One'?
And now, a meme whereinkatakokk picks 7 of my interests and I talk about them.
anthropomorphization: When I was a kid, I always learned best in class when the teacher anthropomorphized things. I was very charmed by it, and my favorite friends and professors still tend to explain things this way. The romance of covalent bonds, the family rivalries of the World Wars, etc. It took these alien problems and transformed them into something digestible. It's a blunt instrument, to be sure, but a fun and persuasive one.
awooga: Remember that time the Merlin cast went to Parc Asterix and Bradley James made a video diary about it and everyone was adorable and everything is my favorite part, but especially how Bradley is trying very hard not to curse and so yells AWOOOGAAA instead? Good times.
metafiction: WHO NEEDS THE FOURTH WALL. I've always loved the cheekiness of stories about/within stories, and the awesome things it can do when done well. I've always loved Sophie's World, and Duck Amuck, andpogrebin's Walking Shadow.
sociolology: Sociology lulz for maximum geekery, for when homework isn't giving me time to make jokes about anything else.
harry potter: I reckon it's a bit like Merlin in that the canon is mediocre but weirdly compelling, and the fandom is strange and largely inevitable. Never change, HP fandom.
uncle johnny keynes: Did you know that Skandar Keynes of Narnia fame is the great-great nephew of John Maynard Keynes of Keynesian interventionism fame? MINDBLOWING. It was like worlds colliding because not only was I in my Narnia phase when I found out, but I was covering economic sociology in class, and it was the first of many perfect marriages between fandom and academia. This inevitably led to Z and me commentficcing Edmund's conversations with his Uncle Johnny about how to run a country, god knows what the hell happened to that thread.
hetalia: Hetalia Axis Powers is a manga/anime about anthropomorphized countries circa WW2, and if you think I'd ever not like this at least a little bit, you don't know me at all. It's not as clever as it could be and it betrays a lot of prejudices, but I find it interesting to see what stereotypes (a manga artist from) Japan has (to make fun of) about other countries.
If you want me to pick 7 of your interests to talk about, comment with a vid rec or a GIF.
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The First Rule of Hunting | Fight Club/Supernatural a.k.a. BEST PROMPT EVER. The narrator, Marla Singer. PG13. 183 words. "I'm as sane as any of the other hunters out there." (omg you guys, do you think Bobby and Marla could be related?!)
Tricks of the Light | Supernatural. Dean/Castiel. PG13. 132 words. "It's the little things that stick out."
Holiday | Sherlock Holmes (reboot). Holmes, Irene, and Watson. PG. 128 words. "I know my way around New York better than you do."
How He Did | Merlin/Sherlock Holmes. Holmes, Watson, Uther, Gaius. G. 142 words. "The question is not whether Tristan du Bois has risen from the dead."
Negotiable Things | Merlin/Narnia. Susan Pevensie, Morgana. G. 73 words. "In a London pub, two women."
A Moment Alone | Merlin/Narnia. Edmund/Gwen. G. 267 words. Pesky inlaws-to-be.
...Two memes in one post? Why not. Yoinked fromfahye: Who on LJ do you ship me with? Bonus points for outlining the ridiculous AU fic that you would write about us.
Sex and Violence: THIS EPISODE WAS AMAZING. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. All the other men got hot women to bang, but all the Winchesters really want is each other?!??!? ILU WINCHESTERS. ILU SHOW. When Dean found out who the real siren was, my heart jumped to my throat and constricted in delight. One of my favorite episodes, this, and I don't usually like the non-mytharc episodes.
Sympathy for the Devil: Okay, hold up, wtf. When did Dean have time to make the angel-banishing sigil between arriving at Chuck's and the angels getting there?!
Fic recs: You know how sometimes gen fics make the best slash fics? Yeah, you should read
unoshot's fics, which had me flailing "jfldksjflsd DEAN/CASTIEEEEL <333!!!" all throughout. The subtleties of interaction between Castiel, Dean, and Sam are layered and complex, and so satisfying. The polite and wary distance between Sam and Cas, and Cas's tangle of emotiondutythings for Dean, pitch-perfect. I like Angels We Have Heard for Cas's search for God, and The Mountains in Reply for Sam trying to figure out how Castiel fits into the Sam & Dean show. On the other side of the spectrum, there is maskedfangirl, whose fics make me laugh and laugh, particularly Stick Together, wherein Castiel buys his first cellphone. Speaking of which, here's the one where Dean is cursed to speak in textspeak.I was listening to 'Running Up That Hill' and thought hey, this would be a good song for a Winchester mix, then I noticed something I hadn't cared to before: the cover art attached to this song is not, in fact, Placebo's "Sleeping With Ghosts", but "A Love True and Unchaste: A Wincest Mix". Ahaha, oh SPN, all up in my grill before I even knew. Relatedly, how is there not a million Dean/Castiel vids set to Jose Gonzalez's 'Crosses'? Or Better Than Ezra's 'Particle'? A Winchesters vid set to Trail of Dead's 'Will You Smile Again' or Coldplay's 'Square One'?
And now, a meme wherein
katakokk picks 7 of my interests and I talk about them. anthropomorphization: When I was a kid, I always learned best in class when the teacher anthropomorphized things. I was very charmed by it, and my favorite friends and professors still tend to explain things this way. The romance of covalent bonds, the family rivalries of the World Wars, etc. It took these alien problems and transformed them into something digestible. It's a blunt instrument, to be sure, but a fun and persuasive one.
awooga: Remember that time the Merlin cast went to Parc Asterix and Bradley James made a video diary about it and everyone was adorable and everything is my favorite part, but especially how Bradley is trying very hard not to curse and so yells AWOOOGAAA instead? Good times.
metafiction: WHO NEEDS THE FOURTH WALL. I've always loved the cheekiness of stories about/within stories, and the awesome things it can do when done well. I've always loved Sophie's World, and Duck Amuck, and
pogrebin's Walking Shadow.sociolology: Sociology lulz for maximum geekery, for when homework isn't giving me time to make jokes about anything else.
harry potter: I reckon it's a bit like Merlin in that the canon is mediocre but weirdly compelling, and the fandom is strange and largely inevitable. Never change, HP fandom.
uncle johnny keynes: Did you know that Skandar Keynes of Narnia fame is the great-great nephew of John Maynard Keynes of Keynesian interventionism fame? MINDBLOWING. It was like worlds colliding because not only was I in my Narnia phase when I found out, but I was covering economic sociology in class, and it was the first of many perfect marriages between fandom and academia. This inevitably led to Z and me commentficcing Edmund's conversations with his Uncle Johnny about how to run a country, god knows what the hell happened to that thread.
hetalia: Hetalia Axis Powers is a manga/anime about anthropomorphized countries circa WW2, and if you think I'd ever not like this at least a little bit, you don't know me at all. It's not as clever as it could be and it betrays a lot of prejudices, but I find it interesting to see what stereotypes (a manga artist from) Japan has (to make fun of) about other countries.
If you want me to pick 7 of your interests to talk about, comment with a vid rec or a GIF.
NOW SHOWING on my Dreamwidth
The First Rule of Hunting | Fight Club/Supernatural a.k.a. BEST PROMPT EVER. The narrator, Marla Singer. PG13. 183 words. "I'm as sane as any of the other hunters out there." (omg you guys, do you think Bobby and Marla could be related?!)
Tricks of the Light | Supernatural. Dean/Castiel. PG13. 132 words. "It's the little things that stick out."
Holiday | Sherlock Holmes (reboot). Holmes, Irene, and Watson. PG. 128 words. "I know my way around New York better than you do."
How He Did | Merlin/Sherlock Holmes. Holmes, Watson, Uther, Gaius. G. 142 words. "The question is not whether Tristan du Bois has risen from the dead."
Negotiable Things | Merlin/Narnia. Susan Pevensie, Morgana. G. 73 words. "In a London pub, two women."
A Moment Alone | Merlin/Narnia. Edmund/Gwen. G. 267 words. Pesky inlaws-to-be.
...Two memes in one post? Why not. Yoinked from
fahye: Who on LJ do you ship me with? Bonus points for outlining the ridiculous AU fic that you would write about us.
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You can pick some interests now! I don't know if our completely narrow-minded selection will actually warrant seven, so idk, just how ever many seems reasonable to you! -A.
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These!: best friends, rating: pg-13ish, when fandom goes there, claire/rené, zombies
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...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA
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I don't think I'll ever be able to watch Star Wars with the same eyes again.
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O.O <- EXPRESSION OF WIDE EYED GLEE
*WANTS*
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2. Sex and Violence. That title is totally another instance of Kripke meta, isn't it? I wonder if he has seen Women's Work.
3. Fic recs sound intriguing. Shall tackle some time when I don't have to do 3 chapters of Stat homework assignments in one night. And, for the record, there may not be a Castiel vid set to "Crosses," but there is one to "Missionary Man," which is pretty baller.
4. The first rule of hunting is you don't tell anyone about hunting. AND THEN I LAUGHED FOREVER.
5. IDK who to ship you with. But at the moment I am leaning toward John Maynard Keynes.
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Gah, I reread unoshot's fics (particularly the Sam one) just to immerse myself in it again, it's so lovely. Gotta love the shippy gen, amirite? There are a couple of other fics I forgot to rec. Hmm.
DUDE. There could totally totally be a fic where Marla Singer used to spend summers with her Uncle Bobby hunting demons. Toooooootally.
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DUDE I SHIP Z/LASS SO HARDI mean. No, I don't write self-insert fic, what are you talking about?
/creep
Running up that Hill is a great song. Jose Gonzales is also great. dang, lass, your musical tastes are totally awesome!
THOSE MERLINARNIA DRABBLES <333 the Susan and Morgana one DDD: weeeeping!
UNCLE JOHNNY KEYNES: believe it or not, I keep track of these things. Also other things. There is less commentfic than I remembered? Maybe I don't have it all here.
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I DARE YOU TO WRITE WINGFIC ABOUT US. \o/
<333 Thanks! and ahahahaha meeeeemoriiiiiiies. OH UNCLE JOHNNY.
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OMG WINGFICCCC GIRL U NO IT
I think tomorrow I am gonna chill in the center square at a cafe and possibly... write some wingfic? :D heeeee.
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She gets Zee's attention with a light touch on the back of her hand, and in the darkness Lass sees her silhouette turn ever so slightly, away from the barricaded door. The conversation is conducted in whispers.
Lass asks, "You okay?"
Zee replies, "Yeah."
"Your wound."
"'S fine. 'S nothing."
But when Lass touches Zee's shoulder she feels wetness, and Zee inhales sharply.
"You're such a liar," Lass murmurs.
"Yeah, well..."
"Stay still."
So Zee keeps her gun pointed at the door as Lass tears her shirt, and outside the werewolves continue to scratch at the walls and howl.
...SORRY BB. YOU CAN GIVE ME AN INJURY IF YOU WANT.
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DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
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THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS MUCH
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Somewhere in Boston, approximately twenty years ago or now, Lass stands plays the ukelele in the Common and warbles old love songs at pedestrians. Three coins in a fountain, she sings. Can I steal a little love, she croons at a frowning mustached man. I've got the world on a string, she assures a startled woman walking a dog. Lass stops only when they have thrown enough coins at her to buy lunch.
Across the field, Zee sits in the sunlight on the green, books and papers arranged before her and held down against the wind by whatever she finds in her purse: a cellphone (currently defunct), an empty cartridge, the chronometer, the moonstone from Anansi, and a half-full (half-empty, Lass thinks) bottle of Snapple. Her hair is pulled back from her face in a messy ponytail, and she scribbles in one notebook in a language that goes from right to left, occasionally referring to Joseph of Arimathea's dusty scroll.
Zee doesn't look up when Lass approaches, and Lass says, "I forget if you liked ketchup or mustard with your hot dog, so I got you a plain."
"That's fine." Zee looks up long enough to smile faintly. "Thanks."
"Any leads?"
"I think we're too far in the future."
"...We're too far in the future because... we are twenty years in the past?"
Zee explains, "We need to go deeper into the past."
"How deep?" Lass asks hesitantly.
She taps her pen against her knee, contemplative. "I'm not sure," Zee admits, and bites into her hot dog. "But I think this time we should stock up on bullets."