Nev
15 April 2008 @ 04:05 pm
*Recs*  
God, as if I have any time for reading (*the Muse screams: WRITE!WRITE!WRITE!*) But these fics demanded it of me and I thought I'd share the joy/pain:

Under a Haystack

There's something primitively satisfying about seeing your favorite boys from fandom play daddy - this we know. So it should be no surprise that watching Sam protect an age-regressed Dean is just too awesome for words. And yet, I usually shy away from age-regression fics. I don't know if I've ever seen it done right before now - usually, when an authore de-ages a character... they lose the character. At least that's been my experience, but [info]janissa11 totally captures Dean as I can imagine him being at 7. This is a wonderful, fun and touching read. I'd rec it to anyone.

Not Her Type

What a fun little ficlet :p Dean/Abby done just right. I'd love it if there was more of this!

Just Another Kid

And it makes perfect sense to me to follow up a crossover rec with this fic right here. Because crossovers are all about seeing things from different perspectives to me, and this fic - written from an outsider's POV - gives me the Winchesters from that perspective. Love it.

Horses, Freedom and Cheap Perfume

And while we're on the subject of different... An NCIS crossover with Chris Kane :p Gibbs hauls him as a murder suspect. Good things he's a close friend of Tony's. How can I even express my love of this idea without inappropriate gestures?

ETA: And I can't forget this...

A Fashionable Profit

Dean as a Calvin Klein model :D This would be fun on its own, but the interaction between John and Dean - and between John, Dean and Sam - and between the family and the outside world... That's what left me with a huge ass grin when I finished reading this fic.

"Look out the window to your right if you want to be scarred for life," Sam said.

"Please don't," Dean said, but of course, John did.

"Christ," John said. "What the hell are they doing putting that across from an elementary school?" Then he leaned down a little further, and saw the rest of the poster. "What the--Dean, that's you."

"Tell him what he wins," Sam said.

John glared at his younger son in the rearview mirror, but put the car in drive. "I'm not happy about this. I think me and Calvin Klein are gonna have to have a talk."

"You can't kill Calvin Klein," Dean said.

"I said talk," John said.

"When you say talk you mean kill," Dean said.


:D
 
 
Nev
20 February 2008 @ 04:02 pm
Reccing/Wrecking (Same Difference)  
Oh God, you guys. There's been a lot of great fic going around - with codas to 3x11 and entries to [info]abouttwoboys still popping up...

So here are my favorites of the bunch, SPN and J2 - some drama, some romance, some comedy. Maybe something will strike your fancy as well :)

Fervorless as I by [info]kroki_refur. In February, Sam Winchester dies for the second time. This is so amazingly, crazily heartbreaking! Written with Refur's remarkable ability to jump back and forth along a timeline without once losing you, while amplifying the angst to heretofore unforseen levels :) Read this! (Spoilers for 3x11)

Me & Jesus Don't Talk Anymore [link to InsaneJournal]. Creepy, creepy fic that sort of sneaks up and gets you. I love it when they do that :p

Something Borrowed, Something Blue by [info]belyste. J2 set to the premise of The Wedding Date :D which I didn't like as a movie, but loved as a premise, and it works for J2 maybe better than any other fic I've seen at [info]abouttwoboys so far. Also read [info]belyste's Can't Point the Way to Your Heart when you get a chance - J2 set to the premise of Hitch :D I swear, these movie-based J2 AUs are like crack. Really good crack! You can't get off the shit. It hurts to go without!

I Don't Want to Be In Love (But You're Making Me) by [info]keepaofthecheez. Oh. The great thing about keepa's J2, is it's like a whole other world unto itself. And you want to live there. And take lots of pictures, 'cause the boys are always doing something really hot in keepa's world! Virgin!Jared and Playboy!Jensen. And Mike, Tom and Chad in some of the funniest roles they've been cast into for a J2 fic ever :D Lovely!

Stand By Your Man by [info]thehighwaywoman. The Wedding Singer starring our boys :D This is such a lovely fic, with such a nice angsty little interlude between the happy and the happy ending :)

And this is not from [info]abouttwoboys... In fact, I haven't yet read it. But I have it on good authority that Ramble On is one of the best SPN gen fics out there. So. Gonna give that a shot.
 
 
Nev
20 January 2008 @ 06:33 pm
Oh.  
Five Times Bela Talbot Feared for Her Life (And One Time She Was Actually Right). What a great little piece by [info]tigriswolf. Honestly, I like Bela more than any other female we've ever seen on Supernatural - pain in the ass bitch that she is :p The key to this fic is the brevity of the glimpses into Bela's life - proof that there is a real person lurking beneath the cold calculation, leaving you wanting more. Followed by the kind of quick, clean end you can just picture for her.

“Listen to my voice,” he says, “and tell me if I’m serious.”

Hopefully I'm not giving anything away that you couldn't have figured out on your own having seen Fresh Blood and thought about the title of this... But one of the many reasons I like Bela is the perspective she gives us of Dean.

"The legend is so much more than the man."

Sometimes I forget - insulated by the show's focus on Dean and Sam - what a name the Winchesters have made for themselves in the outside world. Bela reminds me of that - and of how dangerous the boys can be under the right circumstances. Also, how adorable :)

Dean: Tell me I can shoot her.
Sam: Not in public.

:D

And while I'm reccing here, anyhow... here are a few more good reads I've had recently :)

The Infectious Love of Eric Kripke by [info]nemo_88 J2, NC-17. Supernatural gets moved to Showtime... and Wincest becomes canon! :p Heh. Yeah - now imagine Jare and Jen's reaction!

Also: Lingering in the Golden Gleam - J2 Family Man style :D

And my one vid rec: Cowboys From Hell - a general Supernatural vid by [info]ladymanson. Great editing, Pantera, and our favorite clips of the boys being badass :) What's not to love?

ETA: One more link... to The Human Condition, a Human AU BtVS/AtS archive!
 
 
Nev
17 January 2008 @ 11:37 am
:D  
Oh, this vid is a work of genius! :)

Ma Winchester, everybody. Our modern day, mojo-working Ma Baker :p

*loves*

And here's a bit of squee-worthy fic:

Open Source by [info]poisontaster John/Matt Live Free or Die Hard! It so had to be done.

Ripped From the Headlines by [info]rememberbefore J2 AU. Such a feel-good fic.

It's a Major Minor Thing by [info]lightontheblue. J2 roleplay as Sam/Dean!

This, That and Them by [info]mijmeraar There are so many kinds of sweet in this :) Fun, funny, beautiful J2.