It's really surreal posting this. We've been writing A Monster by Any Other Name for almost TEN YEARS, and the final Chapter went up yesterday. I've mostly moved to other internet spaces (AO3 and Tumblr, with a vestigal real-ish person account on Twitter) and left this one behind, but it's good to come back and remember when the fic and these comms and all you excellent people who have probably ALSO moved to other spaces were my entire life. Those are good memories and weird/hard memories all at the same time.
Thank you for the wild ride, check out the END of the fic*, and enjoy.
Title: A Monster By Any Other Name: Part Two - Chapter Forty-One (The End) Authors:lavinialavender and brosedshield Rating: R Warnings: please see full list here Spoilers: none; AU Pairing: Sam/Dean (yet not incest; AU where they’re not brothers) Chapter word count: 7,941 Summary: The same old Sam/Dean love story, with a darkfic twist. Sam grew up in a concentration camp for monsters and Dean was raised as an only child and hunter: Together, they make each other human. // Sam was prepared for anything Dean wanted him to do – except become a real.
I'm aliiiive. And posting my traditional twice-yearly post. This one is with fic.
Is it weird that I enjoy giving people things on my birthday? Anyway, here's something for anyone who might be reading. Link goes to AO3, which is where I exist slightly more these days (but not by much). Hope you are all doing very well and having and excellent end-of-October.
Title: Where We Are (I'm Willing to Break Myself) Fandom: Supernatural Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 2128 Warnings: Some discussions of past canonical torture, much more implied than described Characters/Pairings: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, a puppy (kinda) Beta Credit: Thank you lavinialavender for always being excellent! Remaining errors are my own. Summary: After the Great Wall of Sam falls, Sam and Dean end up in a place that isn't really Heaven, and isn't really Hell (they would know...they've been there). This is their story of continuing.
I'm alive! And writing even! I'm trying to work on old WIPs in folders, so have a fic! I've probably written a couple things since the last SPN fic I posted here (freac_camp is the exception) but they were Avengers/MCU and I didn't crosspost. Might go back to that. Link in the title goes to AO3 but the fic is also available under the cut. :)
Title: Forgettable (and Remarkable So) Fandom: Supernatural Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 1504 Warnings: Honest to Pete, folks, nothing horrible happens in this one Characters/Pairings: John Winchester, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Impala (Supernatural), Original Character Beta Credit: Thank you lavinialavender for the lovely beta! All remaining errors are my own. Summary: John Winchester commissioned the mark off an amateur white witch with a knack for sigils. Folks could see the Impala, get an impression of her, and then wouldn't be able to remember a single concrete detail when she pulled out of sight. It's the reason the Winchesters are so hard to find (and the reason Dean would never change an inch of the Impala).
Title: All You Think You See (Are Two Guys in a Cemetery) Author: brosedshield Disclaimer:Don't own, don't profit Characters: Lucifer (possessing Sam), Michael (possessing Adam, but let's be honest, he has no lines so basically just the implied presence of Michael) Warnings: brotherly angst and thinly veiled grumpy headcanon Rating: PG-13 Word count: ~1200 Spoilers: S5.22 "Swan Song" Summary: A little glimpse into Lucifer's head during Swan Song. Also known as my personal headcanon that it wasn't just two guys in a cemetery. Beta Credit: Once upon a time lavinialavender saw it, but that was a long time ago, I make no promises that I have not destroyed the good work she did. Author notes: I wrote this actual-facts ages ago when the episode actually aired, but the attempt to make it a complete story with all the parts has failed. SO HERE, you see my semi-grumpy headcanon (S5 was rough, guys, rough in the best ways, and I miss it).
Title: Land of Castles and Stains Characters: Sam, Dean, John Warnings: I never meant this to be so sad Rating: PG(-13?) Word count: 1,203 Spoilers: preseries Summary: It’s their third country in the last twelve months. Sam wonders sometimes if it would have been easier in the States to look into a stranger’s eyes and believe there is understanding there. Yay Beta!: Thank you, Roommate! It was good just to know what I thought the fic was doing worked as it should. The errors, they are all and always mine. Author notes: Written for the awesome worldwide_spn challenge! I pretty much lost skin squeaking in under the extended deadline. Originally I wanted to write a happy, fluffy story with lots of A-Team references where the boys took Toledo (Spain) by storm. Turned into an atmospheric, plotless preseries AU where John took the boys abroad after Mary’s death. See end for more notes.
Title: The Call Disclaimer: Don't own, don't profit Characters: Sam, Ben Warnings: background main character death, suicidal thoughts (but no actions), depression Rating: PG-13 Word count: 1082 Spoilers: general spoilers through half of S6 Summary: Dean goes in his sleep, and Sam has to go on as best he can. Beta Thanks!: lavinialavender read this over but final proofing was mine. Be warned! Author notes: This is a timestamp for Hell Shall Not Wash Us Away. You can probably read it by itself, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Can you say freakin’ depressing…
Title: Words in the Dark Disclaimer: I neither own nor profit from SPN (or Merlin. This ‘verse is clearly some kind of hybrid, like a coydog). Characters: Sam, Dean, John Warnings: positively portrayed religion? Rating: PG (and this only because I tend to round up) Word count: 1482 Spoilers: none: preseries AU Summary: Sam reads every night in the chapel. It was Dean’s idea. Author notes: This is my third in a medieval AU series. It may not make much sense without reading Sir Dean vs the Griffin and Confessions first. Yay Beta!:lavinialavender betad. And then I changed things and she hasn’t seen it since. This is happening more often lately. And there are more typoes. THIS INVERSE EQUATION JUST MAKES SENSE.
Title: A Man, a Rope, a Tree Disclaimer: If anyone owns anything in this relationship, Supernatural owns my heart. Characters/Pairing: Sam, Dean Warnings: hanging, strangulation, mention of OC mutilation Rating: R Word count: 1159 Spoilers: set S6ish? No particular spoilers Summary: Sam remembers a lot, actually. He just doesn’t remember how he got on the tree. Author notes: I actually have a lot to say, but that's why there are footnotes at the end. :) Yay, thank you to lavinialavender for beta-ing! And then I went and changed things. All mistakes remain my own.
Title: Surcease From Pain Disclaimer: If anyone owns anything in this relationship, Supernatural owns my heart. And won't give it back. And won't pay me for it. Characters: Sam, Dean, Lucifer, Death Warnings: torture and sensory deprivation Rating: PG-13/R Word count: 1262 Spoilers: AU starting from S6.11: there is no Wall and this is not your canon Cage. Summary: Sam is, in the end, just a little soul, and for him it's just blackness. Beta Thanks: Yay lavinialavender ! (and whereupon for reading). But I refuse to give them credit for remaining grammar mistakes. Those are MINE. Author notes: I wrote this for no greater reason than, when browsing the tags at ohsam , I got really sad that "touch starvation" had never been used (i wanted to read that fic!) so I wrote it myself. If I keep not wanting to edit Freak Camp I may tackle "strangulation/hanging" next... Random note: every time I think, say or write "this is not your canon Cage" I want there to be a canon cage match, SPN meets professional wrestling or something. And in THIS corner, your champion! Sammy-boy Winchester...