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DESTIEL FICS:

CANON COMPLIANT:

- The Likes of You (7 220 words, PG-13, human!Cas, jealous!Dean, pining):   Dean accidentally tells Cas he likes him.

- Grace my Soul (36 623 words, Explicit, coda 9x06, kidfic, angst):  Castiel has been gone for sixteen months when a baby appears in the backseat of the impala.

- The list (3 981 words, PG-13, S15, Human!Cas, Domestic fluff, first kiss):  Once there are no more monsters, the only thing left to fight for is happiness.

- The scars of our story (1 478 words, PG-13, Canon divergence, Human!Cas, domestic fluff, amnesiac Dean) "You never told me how you got those," Dean says, cheek resting on the back of Castiel's shoulder as he looks down at the scars between his omoplates. (...) Cas doesn't answer right away, he's fighting not to tense up as Dean touches the scars again. He can feel the ghost of his wings fluttering, trying to chase away the tingling fingers.

- What remains of us (5 721 words, AU: alternate ending, post 15x19, Memory Loss) His heart aches every time he sees a black car, a hamburger, pie, guns, plaid, a certain shade of green, old books, and so many other mundane things. Sometimes he thinks that he's come to associate the Winchesters with everything that exists. It seems that he can't escape their memory. (...) Especially when there are only a few feet away, like right now. Can be read as a prequel to "The scars of our story" or as a Stand Alone

- Idiots in love (6 625 words, Alternate ending, human!Cas, gay panic) "So, no God, no wings, no imminent apocalypse, what are your plans now?" Dean tries to make the question sound casual by taking a gulp of his beer. "I want to have sex with a man," Cas declares, nibbling at a red vine cherry twist. He barely reacts to Dean spitting his beer all over the table and choking on his sip. (..) Cas tilts his head and adds, "I may need your help with that."

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE:

- Out of Heaven (49 728 words,T, High-school AU) : Dean gapes for a long moment, taken aback. Who could blame him when the weird kid that sits behind him in History class, and whom he’s shared maybe two words with in the entirety of his existence asks him to have sex? 

- Fancy and the Tramp (48 019 words, Explicit, AU homeless!Dean, rich!Cas, pretend relationship): (tumblr link) "Okay, let's be clear on one thing from the start. This is not a lifetime movie and I'm straight, so no falling in love, get it?" 

- The Guy Next Door (61 591 words, Explicit, AU: Neighbors, SingleDad!Cas, DeanSmith, TheEnd!Cas, Kid!fic): When Dean Smith quit his job at Sandover, he had no idea what he was going to do with his life. He definitely didn't plan for his hippie neighbor and his four years old kid to make him question everything he thought he knew about himself. The neighbors to friends to lovers fic you never asked for, along with some cute baby!Jack

- Unknown Lullabies (22 497 words, Explicit, Existential Crisis) This is the story of how Jimmy Novak realizes that the right path isn't always the one people try to keep you on. The path Jimmy ends up chosing isn't any easier, but it's all his own. It's the one that leads to Jimmy becoming Castiel, to a blue house with a colorful garden, to a little boy with a terrible fashion sense, and to a green eyed asshole who's going to break Cas' heart a few times before he finally accept it. Prequel to "The Guy Next Door"

- No escape (26 165 words, Explicit, AU: Office, Hate to Love) The world is on lockdown and Dean hates his new boss almost as much as teleworking. One day, he forgets to cut his videofeed after a meeting with Mr. Novak. The story of how Sam gives an erroneous tip that causes a giant mess.

STEREK FICS:

CANON COMPLIANT:

- Baby one more time (14 694 words, PG-13, De-aged!Stiles, humor):  Stiles is turned into a three years old. The Sheriff forces Derek to "babysit". Neither Stiles nor Derek are happy about that, but it could be worse. Maybe. Well, the jury is still out on that one. 

- Carry you Home (18 285 words, PG-13, angst, depressed!Derek):  "Derek lets himself fall on his back, breath short, heart beating fast. He can feel the Wolf in him, purring in satisfaction and contentment. Asking for more. It wants him to turn and touch, to never stop touching. Instead, Derek squeezes his hands into fists and closes his eyes, trying to push it back, this need, this instinct screaming for his mate. For Stiles."

- But she’s the Devil in disguise (3 334 words, PG-13, Jealous!Stiles): “Derek’s girlfriend is not eating babies, Stiles,” Scott reprimands.

- Wind me up and watch me go (1 625 words, PG-13, wet!Stiles, humor): When Derek declared his intentions to renovate the Hale house, no one was more enthusiastic and willing to help than Stiles. Derek knew right away that Stiles on a construction site could only end in a disaster…and probably a trip to the hospital.He wasn’t exactly wrong, although there is less blood and mayhem that he would have thought in the end.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

- After You (60 900 words, PG-13, hunter!Stiles): When Derek Hale - one of the only survivors of the family responsible for his mother’s death - comes back to Beacon Hills, Stiles decides to avenge his mom's death and prove to Chris Argent that he has what it takes to become a great hunter. He just wishes that there was a Wikipedia article on how to catch a werewolf. Or how Stiles fails at being a hunter and may have a massive crush on his prey.

- Frozen Inside (18 906 words, Mature, WIP, wolf!Derek): Orphan and homeless, Stiles finds himself with nothing to look forward to but a life with a beast that seems to think he's its mate.

#myfics#destiel fic#deancas fic#destiel#deancas#dean/cas#sterek#sterek fic#ao3 link#destiel ao3#sterek ao3#spn fic#teen wolf fic#derek/stiles#castielific#castielificfic
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second-in-line

this honestly just came out of left fucking field i would have never expected to hear anything like this in this show. consider me Pleasantly Surprised tbh

This was the autism episode

people seem to forget that house was a multiply disabled man, so it should be a given that he’d be against eugenics and eugenicist doctors

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queermania
Anonymous asked:

I desperately want to talk about how Sam being played by Jared unintentionally made him so much more interesting because Jared sucks as an actor

queermania answered:

SCREAM A;LSDJFJKASFD YES LET'S TALK ABOUT IT

i am very conflicted about what i think was supposed to be happening in the early seasons regarding a lot of different aspects of the show but i do at the very least think sam was supposed to be the pov character and i think the audience was supposed to identify and sympathize with him.

unfortunately, jared.

BUT! jared's inability to be super sincere makes sam so much more interesting. like, you can sympathize with sam's story. his mom died seemingly because of him. his girlfriend died seemingly because of him. he wants revenge. he wants a normal life. he doesn't know what he wants. everything sucks. it's all very sympathetic. he's mad at his brother. he hates his dad. but actually he loves him. he's trying to relate to these victims.

but like. jared looks constipated whenever he tries to relate to the victims aslkdfjasdk; so it just kind of seems like sympathy is an action sam performs because that's what Normal(tm) people do and that is, to be perfectly honest, so much more interesting than sam who is actually just so full of sympathy and compassion.

like, sam has learned social rules and social rules dictate that when someone's loved one dies, they deserve sympathy. so he provides it, however awkwardly. (and he gets mad when dean doesn't adequately perform Sympathy because he doesn't understand that it's not a performance for dean. dean either feels it or he doesn't and then acts accordingly. and dean doesn't understand that sam is performing it and they have communication breakdowns over this and it's very crunchy if you choose to view the show this way).

i feel like this also plays into sam always having a look of mild contemplation/constipation when, for example, cas dies, vs dean who looks like the entire world is crumbling to pieces right before his eyes.

and it makes sam seem like a much angrier person than he probably is intended to be. there's always a boiling tension simmering just under the surface because jared [redacted] [redacted] [redacted].

and because jared is actually pretty good at physical comedy, it also makes sam such a snarky annoying little brother.

and it makes sam seem kind of like he's given up in the later seasons because jared has somehow both checked out and gotten better at acting? there is more nuance to his performance when he does decide to pay attention to what's going on. sam seems to have more emotions than just anger. but also... so much of the time sam is like an empty husk just existing in a room.

so yeah. basically i agree. a different actor might have made sam a lot more likable but god how boring would that be?

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ilarual

I think this is really supported by the numerous occasions where the show actually explicitly confirms that a lot of Sam's performed compassion is performative. I don't have my reference sheet on hand to be able to cite a whole bunch of examples but there are definitely two that stick out in my memory. Fresh in my mind because I'm currently rewatching is the way he expresses so much sympathy for Dean's Hell trauma... when we later find out he mostly thinks Dean is a whiner and should just get over it already because it's making him a less effective hunter. There's also Swap Meat when he gives this big sympathetic speech to the teenager who body-swapped him about how great his life is and how he should appreciate how good he has it compared to the brutal life of a hunter... and then thirty seconds later when Dean asks him about it he says "yeah I was lying out my ass, that kid's life sucks and you couldn't pay me to trade places with him."

There's also stuff like Dean asking himself in 09.02 "WWSWD" and coming up with "be compassionate and spare Crowley's life," and then when he actually asks Sam about it later Sam is like "yeah I'd have stabbed him in the brain," which isn't exactly the same thing but does very much develop the theme of Sam's public persona being a constructed identity and his politeness and expressions of sympathy being... not always deeply sincerely felt 100% of the time.

like, I think to a certain extent this tension in Sam's character arose initially from Jared not having as much range as a young actor, so the moments Sam is meant to be this little doe-eyed sweetheart who is Connecting With People only feel genuine about half the time... but the writers then very much leaned into it and made it a textual part of his character. And boy, does it ever make for a much more interesting character! The constructed Sam, the public face he puts on because That's Just What You Do To Be Polite, isn't interesting on its own, but the second it becomes disingenuous it instantly makes Sam a much more dynamic and deeply fascinating character.

#I had never really thought about it that way#but wow I love the idea of Sam being a sociopath that want to be a normal person#It'd actually make sense from a psychological standpoint seeing as how he grew up#it gives me a whole new pov on his character and I love it so much#I might integrate this to the “Dean's childhood” fic I'm writing#because in it Dean starts off as kind of an empath so I can see him teaching Sam how to be sensitive and empathic#and worrying that he might not be#until Sam decides he doesn't want Dean to worry aboyt it so he just learns to perform empathy#and of course everyone is like omg Sam is so smart and sensitive#while Dean becomes the comic relief and flirty one
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frodo-baggins

not to go all cringe on main but fictional characters have genuinely helped me through some of the worst shit in my life n i’ll forever be grateful to fiction for giving me comfort when i’ve needed it most

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michaelsworddean

this is canon destiel in my head. there could be so many other empty spaces to sit and first dean would squeeze himself right in cas’ personal space then be like does anyone feel uncomfortable? then without waiting for an answer he’d situate himself on cas’ lap

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beebox-illustrations

Hey guys! Sorry for being absent for like a month :0 university is just ultra stressful at the moment …

I hope to get the last few projects done in a few weeks time tho!

Until then: here are the boys enjoying some watermelon✨🌻

Have a fantastic time💚🐝

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un-mare-di-stelle

If you're wondering what's happening in France this week : the cops murdered a teenager, lied about him being a threat to them, a video proving otherwise circulated on social media, young people from our version of ' housing projects' are taking to the streets and instead of dealing with police brutality and why poc youth might feel so outraged, angry and ready to burn every cop they cross path with, our government is shutting down city trains and buses and sending riot forces. Oh and also our president is blaming video games, cause that's what happened when you're married to an old groomer bat and you have no idea what young people are like cause you're 'step-kids' are older than you.

At fucking least the cop who shot Nahel, who was ONLY SEVENTEEN is being charged with manslaughter (might even be 1st or 2nd degree murder ? I'm more familiar with American law than French law at this point so idek) and is in jail.

France has always been problematic, has always had a problem of police brutality, has always been racist but is bothering less and less every day to even hide it. Don't be fooled into thinking France is still a democracy, we're right on schedule with the rest of Europe and the world for the fucking fascist comeback of doom.

Also fuck Gérald Darmanin, always.

#it's getting crazy in here#I don't even live in a big city#yet all our town bus and our town hall have been set on fire last night#There are cops and fires everywhere at night#most shops are getting robbed or defaced#I'm all for justice for Nael because he was just a kid who should not have been KILLED#but fighting against the system by destroying innocent people's belongings has never been the solution#macron doesn't care about my 70 yo neighboor's car getting destroyed#but now my neighboor can't even go to the doctor or groceries#especially since they've also burn all the buses#it's a f*cking mess#(FUCK DARMANIN)
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theronlorthemar
Chris Pine refuses to answer the question “Would you swipe left or right for Anna Kendrick on Tinder?” and instead gives this response
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withsugarandlime

the clip in the link took me from having kind of a standard, pretty-celebrity crush on Chris Pine to being like “holy shit, I think I would genuinely and in a non-horny fashion like this guy if I knew him in person.“ I mean, he takes a super fucking inappropriate question, gives it the complete lack of acknowledgement it deserves, and says something so intelligent and thoughtful instead of whatever weird answer he was expected to give that nobody even remembers what the original terrible question was by the time he’s done talking.

If Chris Pine ever stops being a class act, please nobody tell me, my heart can’t handle it.

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triflesandparsnips

Because of the above comment, I went and listened to the clip as well, and I think it’s worth sticking the transcription of the whole here, because it’s even more in-depth than what the gifs show– including the stall time Pine has and the absolute English-major vibes of pulling complete paragraphs out of one’s pocket when faced with awkward questions, culminating with the absolute finesse of “So anyway, yeah”:

James Corden: Chris. Would you swipe left or right on Tinder, if Anna came up on Tinder? Would you swipe left or right?
(crosstalk) Anna Kendrick: Say something– say something that’s less of a bummer.
Chris Pine: Um, I think–
(crosstalk) Corden: Left or right?
(crosstalk) Kendrick: Answer the question, Chris.
Pine: I think that, uh–
Corden: Chris Pine doesn’t need Tinder. That’s what we’re all realizing. He just steps out– life is Tinder for Chris Pine. He literally steps out of his door into a virtual Tinder. That’s every day.
Pine: Um. You know, I think– I think, obviously we tell each other stories in life, and, as storytellers, that’s what we do. We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better, and there’s catharsis, and we understand the models of what a hero could be, and what the hero’s journey as a human being is all about.
But of course, I think sometimes, too, those stories too can be very prohibitive, confining, and this idea that we – especially in Western culture, in Western literature, Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet – there’s some kind of all-encompassing, burning passionate love that will never die out unless you both die. It’s so depressing and not real.
And that these two people– the Prince living out this storybook life all the time in a completely non-relational manner with the woman that he’s apparently in love with– I think it’s very telling that in this relationship, there’s not one conversation until the last moment when they break up.
Kendrick: It’s just chasing and [indistinct]
(crosstalk) Pine: If you look at the film, it’s just these little eighth-page things, looking up, gazing fervently at one another– it doesn’t mean anything. And I think the beautiful thing about it is, here’s a woman that chooses to get out of the story, of Romeo and Juliet, of Tristan and Isolde– it’s like, “check it out, I don’t want you. ‘Cause you’re lame. And you don’t listen to me, and–”
But actually, in that final moment, he does listen, and I think it’s very telling for the Prince, that he says, “Is this what you want?”– he’s actually, he’s being very respectful, the boundaries are very clear. Whereas I think what we’re–
Kendrick: It’s the first time he asks anyone a question.
Pine: Yeah! But I think there’s this – there’s this trope in – in literature that somehow we’re not whole unless we have another? Which I don’t think is corr– I– personally, for me, I think it’s not fair to the uniqueness and wonderfulness of the individual; that we can complement one another greatly, but we’re not the source of each other’s happiness. Especially if you don’t even know who the hell you’re talking to.
So anyway, yeah.
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mbqnoyolo

i love finding out Chris Pine gets the compliment of “fantastic writer!”