and now begins three weeks of wandering the desert

[whynot]

Balthazar Commentfic Meme! COME ON, FOLKS, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

FIC REC: When the Sun Stares Back by axilet | Jimmy/Castiel, Jimmy/Amelia, Claire | PG | 3188 words | AU-ish, but not really. A 4x20 backstory with some details changed.
Maybe someday I will stop going *___* and <3___<3 at stories about the epic fucked-up whatever between Jimmy and Castiel, but today is not that day.

VID REC: Avoiding the Light by secretlytodream | Sam & Castiel | PG
dsfjdklf Every time I watch this, I want to write so much S4 Sam&Cas about them defying each other's expectations. LOOK AT SAM'S FACE, all contemplative and wondering, trying to figure out what it all means. And the jump from the 4x07 handshake to Dean's handprint? Perfection.

VID REC: White & Nerdy by ||AngelofAnarchy|| | Ghostfacers | PG
The Ghostfacers as explained by Weird Al Yankovic's "White and Nerdy". THE MOST ACCURATE.

I am currently eating vegetarian chicaron. WTF EVEN. On the one hand, it's like those scientists in Thailand trying to genetically engineer a durian without spikes or smells, what is even the point, but on the other hand... this is pretty delicious. Hanyway, thoughts on
SPN 5x16

- Welcome to The Killed Just As They Got Really Interesting Club, Rufus and Gwen! Andy there will take your coats, and during happy hour Alastair does a little song-and-dance number for our entertainment. Enjoy your stay!

- NO, FOR SERIOUS. I saw Jessica Heafey's name in the opening credits and was like :DDDDD WILL SHE DEFY SAMPA AND JOIN THE WINCHESTERS? WILL IT BE DIFFICULT OR EASY FOR HER TO DO SO? Apparently difficult, because it's hard to defect when you're dead. Okay, so... just give me all the Campbell backstory. Give me Gwam fics set during the missing year. Give me Gwampa (LOL OMG SORRY, I WILL NEVER USE THAT PORTMANTEAU AGAIN maybe) when it's just the two of them now and it gets a little claustrophobic.


I will miss you, Gwen.

- I actually enjoy the Campbells. I want to know more about the hunter clan and how that works. Did they know about the Sacrament Lutheran Militia in Blue Earth? How global are hunter networks? I think hunting would manifest itself differently in different cultures though, so it would be interesting to see hunters from different countries try to navigate that.

- ...which is actually segue enough to go into Rufus, and Bobby, and Bobby/Rufus, and the EPIC GLOBETROTTING HUNTING ADVENTURE THAT IS THEIR BACKSTORY. OMG. We know they spent time in Japan, right, and Greece. I JUST. I understand where the Bobby/Rufus is coming from now, guys. RUFUS SAVED BOBBY FROM HIS DEMON!WIFE AND THEN THEY BECOME HUNTER PARTNERS OR SOMETHING. MAYBE THERE WAS A FRENCH MISTAKE IN THERE OR TWO, HMMMM?

- Or maybe not even, but after Rufus peaced out and Bobby's trying to resume life as usual, he can't. He is doing a tune-up, he is cooking dinner for himself, and there the world goes again, grinding to some inevitable halt. What a fucking world. Rufus left Bobby his number just in case "anything came up" and Bobby stares at it for ages before dialing the number.

And Rufus is amused. This ain't your game, boy. Don't even kid yourself. Okay, what, so life back in Sioux Falls without Karen, with his empty house, that's still Bobby's game then? And Rufus is like, "You think you're the only one who been fucked over, Singer?"

THEN IDK. IDK. DOES RUFUS TAKE BOBBY IN? DOES BOBBY JUST KEEP CRASHING RUFUS'S VARIOUS CASES UNTIL RUFUS IS LIKE "JFC FINE!"? Does actually maybe the above doesn't happen because Rufus and Bobby aren't partners per se, mostly they hunt on their own, but their paths cross often and they become colleagues with benefits?

"You read Coptic now, Singer?"

"Sure do, Turner."


- WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED IN OMAHA, OMFG? I'm part of the faction who likes that Rufus will never forgive Bobby for it though. I NEED TO KNOW MORE. RUFUS, BB, WHAT HAPPENED???

And now, courtesy of Cally "Magic Fingers" Owyn, pictures of young!Bobby:






- Also I think this is the most SPN has ever let the Beav act something so unBobby. Yeerk!Bobby was an awesome sight to behold.

- Torturer!Dean makes another appearance! What does it mean? Are they gonna make something of it in the future? Is it just trying to be consistent with the past, as in showing the trauma echoing? What is Dean's relationship with his hell memories now anymore? I was surprised that Dean was ready to torture because I thought it was something he wouldn't want to touch again. But then again... he didn't make that promise to anyone, did he? Not the way Sam promised not to use his powers again.

- I am disappointed that Sam realizing he killed un-Yeerked!Sampa didn't make a crack in the wall.

- I am amused that Bobby and Rufus are the only ones who have friends to call, as the Winchesters and Samuel just kind of glare and pout at the general state of things.

- 'Eve'? Abrahamic!Eve for real, or is the monster just borrowing the name and the legacy? Or is this monster somehow gonna precede Abrahamic!Eve? I have heard some noises that she is Echidna?

- ETA:


Okay, now let's speculate wildly about the promo!

Comments

[slinkymilinky.livejournal.com]

NGL, When I read 'Echidna' my brain went...



Huh? Really? Long-nosed hedgehog?

Praise be to Wikipedia for showing me the error of my ways!
Also - I am most sad about Gwen, I was starting to enjoy her. And Damn SPN for destroying my hopes for 'Rufus and Bobby - Elderly Hunters' spin-off. There will be fic though. Oh, yes.
and thanks for the White and Nerdy Rec - I hadn't seen that one! <3

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Truth be told, when ppl said Echidna, I thought of the animal echidna. (I have minimal knowledge of Sonic.) I had no idea she was also a figure of myth.

THERE MUST BE FIC. Oodles and oodles of glorious backstory fic!

[lexhibition.livejournal.com]

ALSO, HORSES.

[slinkymilinky.livejournal.com]

/o\ Oh noes! my laptop is now COVERED in tea! D:

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

If we don't get a Winchester falling off a rearing horse, I might cry.

[eliza-bilberry.livejournal.com]

Vegetarian chicaron?! *gasps*

I am so curious about Bobby's and Rufus' past as partners too! He even compared themselves to Dean and Sam remember and my heart was all *____*. I am pretty sad that they killed Rufus off too.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

I am enjoying them against my will!

Spoilers told me Rufus was gonna die, and I was still sad anyway. I was watching the ep with some friends and someone said there should be a Bobby/Rufus Sherlock AU and OMGGG I AM IN SO MUCH AGREEMENT WITH THAT STATEMENT.

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Oh my Godddddddddddd I so want Rufus/Bobby backstory fic, dammit.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

FOR SERIOUS, THE MOST SREIOUS. I need to go back and rewatch all the Bobby/Rufus parts of this ep post-haste!

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

ooh ooh ooh I also like that Rufus will never forgive Bobby! DFSLJKDF HE IS SUCH AN INTERESTING CHARACTER, I REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT HIM IN THE PAST TENSE. And even so I liked Dean's speech about "well that just ain't right, we should all forgive and forget", because even though it's like, Well come on that's just boring and moralizing, IT IS TOTALLY ABOUT HOW DEAN WANTS TO FORGIVE AND FORGET ROBOSAM'S SINS, AND ABOUT HOW DEAN SPENT A YEAR WITH LISA WISHING HE HADN'T BEEN SO HARD ON SAM NEAR THE END OF S5 ABOUT THE WHOLE BLOOD-DRINKING RUBY-BETRAYAL THING. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. oh deeeannnn <3

I NEED ALL THE RUFUS/BOBBY WORLDTRAVELING BACKSTORY FIC EVAR omfg they were so entertaining :DDDDD

also omfffffg torture!dean !!!! I got excited when he showed up, ngl. Scared-excited, the best flavor of SPN.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

That is totally what that is about. I thought that was pretty overt, and I'm sure that's not just me being used to reading too much into things. XD

SPN IS SO GOOD AT MAKING US FEELING MANY OPPOSING FEELINGS AT THE SAME TIME. GOOD STUFF, SHOW.

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

Yeahhh I had that realization muuuuch later that night. Who is slow, Z is slow :))

OPPOSING FEELINGS they tear me apart. Right now the opposing feelings at the friday night watching parties are "I wish I knew how to quit you" verging on "no I really do want to quit you" :( It's bumming me out. But show is more-than-sometimes also bumming me out, idk, so I can't blame wyrm and coyote that much.

[axilet.livejournal.com]

Aw, you recced my fic! Thanks!

I was totally expecting Gwen to join the team the moment she gave Samuel the evil stinkeye but then not!Dean just pulled out his gun and WTF SHOW that came out of nowhere. I mean, they saved Bobby but not Rufus or Gwen? It's almost gotten to the point where I am developing an irrational resentment towards Bobby.

And OMAHA when will we ever learned what happened. I liked that Rufus won't ever forgive Bobby because that's much more realistic than rainbows and puppies. That's where Bobby/Rufus won't ever be like Sam/Dean because Dean forgives everything. I can believe it is just as epic though and obviously someone has to be busy writing Omaha spec fic now, am I right.

Also, thanks for that .gif which was one of my favorite moments of the episode, maybe even of the whole show. *saves*

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! It is such a lovely fic.

Yeah, the Campbells' deaths felt rather anticlimactic. A bit like Crowley's death? And Victor's death, come to think of it. I was left thinking, "That's it? Really?" Gwen had a lot of potential. She could've had an interesting story and struggle, but no. SIGH, SHOW, WHY.

Maybe I'm just ever the optimist here but I would kind of be surprised if there is not Omaha fic before the weekend is over. XD

[callowyn]

GPOY

I AM SO SAD ABOUT GWEN, AND ALSO I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OMAHA SO DAMN BAD. DID YOUNG!MUSTACHE!RUFUS DELIVER A SMACKDOWN OR DID HE JUST WALK AWAY? WHERE DID BOBBY TURN WHEN RUFUS LEFT HIM? HOW DID THEY REESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS?


FURTHERMORE:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[eliza-bilberry.livejournal.com]

YOUNG!MUSTACHE!RUFUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you are kinda my favourite person right now.

[callowyn]

IT'S CANON.



Seriously though, pictures of him without facial hair are IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

CERTAINLY MY RELAXATION AND EASE ARE TINGLY WHEN YOU ARE AROUND.

He's got too much of a mouth to not deliver a smackdown! Bobby turned to alcohol. With buttsex! Anymore questions?!

(http://alwayslatetotheparty.tumblr.com/photo/1280/3342836637/1/tumblr_lgrboqS1uj1qgpeit)
BUTTSEX

ALSO IN RESPONSE TO YOUR GIF: BUTTSEX.

[callowyn]

DON'T WORRY DEAN BB WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN IN SIX WEEKS.


buttsex buttsex buttsex

[secretlytodream.livejournal.com]

hee thanks so much for the rec! ^__^

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

You're totally welcome. Thanks for making such an awesome Sam&Cas vid!

[august-monsoon.livejournal.com]

RUFUS! I may never stop crying.

I want to know what happened in Omaha too, from what I gathered, it was something about a girl, it intrigues me. I too kinda like that he didn't forgive Bobby but they still managed to be friends all these years, that's the important bit I guess.

Gwen was used even less than Rufus, and she could've been so great! *sadface*

But Gwampa? Really? Really?


:)

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Girl was my first thought, but I guess it could be family too.

I wanted her to be part of the Winchester world-saving crew! It coulda been awesome. We coulda had more Gwam.

ahahahaha GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAMPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. GWAMPA. SUCK IT. ;)

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

UM OKAY I KNOW THEY KEPT REFERRING TO "HER" AND DEATH AND STUFF BUT IT WAS NOT ABOUT A LADY BECAUSE THAT IS TOO CLICHE. INSTEAD IT WAS ABOUT RUFUS'S CAR. SHE WAS THE BEST CAR IN THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD, THAT CAR. SHE WAS RED AND SPORTY AND FAST AS HELL AND A CONVERTIBLE, LIKE THE CAR IN THE GRADUATE. AND BOBBY CRASHED HER WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE OUT A...A...A HAUNTED STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. RUFUS TRIES NOT TO LET IT RUIN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WHEN SHIT GOES DOWN, BUT MAN, HE'S NEVER GOING TO FORGIVE BOBBY FOR THAT CAR.

...I think I need to go to bed.

Gweeeeen Gwen baby I miss you already! ALL THE STORIES YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD.

Gwen's mom was a Lebowitz before she got married, the youngest daughter of one of the big hunting families on the east coast, and she homeschools Gwen and her bothers and sister in between hunts and research and consultations (Gwen's mom moonlights as a psychic).

These are some things she teaches Gwen: how to fire a gun. How to sharpen a knife, bless it, unhex it, purify it, wound with it, kill with it. How to read Latin, Armenian, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Hebrew, and Yiddish. How to lay down salt lines and patch up a gunshot wound and lie to the cops. How to build a golem and how to kill it again. How to steal a credit card and hot wire a car.

Here are some things she doesn't: Calculus. Chemistry. Physics. Cooking. Literature. Geography. Persuasive essays. French. Violin. Piano.

Some things Gwen has to learn on her own: how to cry. How to say goodbye. How to burn your mother by yourself in a strange town and then take the keys of the car she never let you drive and go home alone. How to stop crying. How to move on.

<3_____<3 HELLO, SURPRISE!PERFECTION.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

You are beautiful and nothing hurts.

TELL ME ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRISTIAN AND MARK.