The Omnivorous Geek

Dear Lord, read this one.

The Way Back by rainylemons

Because it's gen but it's all about love. Because it's Castiel working at Taco Bell to provide a home for an injured Dean and a traumatized Sam. Because there's a guitar and Hamburger Helper and Castiel makes a friend outside of the Winchesters and Bobby. Because Cas cries over chick flick movies. Because they're poor and barely getting by but there's still contentment in simplicity. Because they care about each other So Damn Much. Because of the ending. Because there's just so much love, love, love that it overflows in amazing ways. Because this is the ending I want for them and they'll probably never get it.

Not Quickly Broken by littlehollyleaf

Yeah. I want this for Season 7.

This story is awesome. Though it's Dean/Castiel, I could read it as slashy gen just fine. Fantastic team free will dynamic, and I loved the view of Castiel through Dean's eyes and vice versa. Interesting MotW, huddling for warmth, desperate measures to save the day... It's all good, baby. Set post-S5, but no S6 spoilers.

I Cleanse the Mirror by anonymous
Mid-summer in Colorado and it's been snowing for three weeks. Dean and Sam's investigation turns to survival as they are hunted by an ancient, malevolent creature who seeks nothing other than to take their lives. Especially Cas's.

I played a really weird RPG tonight called Paranoia, and boy, does it live up to its name. I'm tired but kind of wired by UNRELENTING SUSPICION. But, a few fannish things.

First off, Syndicated Sci-Fi Show by claudiapriscus is an absolutely fantastic SG-1/SPN crossover. All of the characters are perfectly themselves and bounce off each other delightfully, the dialog is funny and fun to read, the plot is fast-paced and interesting, and it all works together very well. I love it to little teeny tiny pieces, and if you like both shows, or even just one, I think you will too.

Secondly, there should be a Zachariah fanvid to Hit 'Em Where It Hurts by the W's. I am so serious about this. It's fun and brutal and bouncy and petty and the lyrics, oh the lyrics!

( lyrics )

And thirdly, yeah, I keep wanting to write a 5.22 coda, though I've been feeling too bruised to even read any of the dozens out there. I keep trying and quitting after a few sentences. Anytime I try to come up with something to write, though, all that comes to mind is:( spoilers )

Well, that and a fic I want to write about the Novak family, especially Jimmy and Claire. But that can wait, maybe.

Oh, and big bang. Still polishing that. Have a few small scenes to write still. And the deadline is bearing down on me like a freight train.

I posted some recs at spngenlove today that I had been planning to make here. (Actually, I wanted to post 'em last night. Stoopid LJ maintenance.) But anyway, one of the recs I had been planning wouldn't work over there, not this week and maybe not ever, so here it is. I insist that you read this immediately.

Unicorn 'Verse by sockkiah and maskedfangirl

I don't even want to say very much about it because I don't want to spoil it for you. But okay, there's a unicorn in there. And Castiel shows up about halfway through and he and Dean have the most ridiculously adorable plan for saving the world. Candy is important, and so is cornbread, and Doritos. It's not precisely gen but it's not exactly slash, it's just...

It's crack, is what I'm saying. And it made me ROFL many times. So yeah. CHECK IT.

So, I have this problem where sometimes I read things like fandomsecrets and fandom_wank, even though this is not generally good for my sanity and general level of good cheer. I keep doing it because the adorable is FREAKIN' adorable (wouldn't have written "Stupid People" without that secret about Cas looking like a pet-begging-kitty), and the wank is so ridiculous that it makes me laugh sometimes. But then there are things sometimes, you know, where people whine about how batshit insane and wanky and misogynistic the SPN fandom is, and that makes me sad (even if sometimes they are sort of true sometimes).

Because, you guys, for real, there are people in this fandom who are amazing. Just...beyond amazing. Incredibly talented, sweet, generous... I mean, I could go on. And on and on and on.

In this particular instance, I'm talking about authoressnebula. If you don't know this awesome fantastic person, you are missing out. MISSING OUT.

For several years now she's been writing ficlets for, like, a hundred people every Christmas. A HUNDRED PEOPLE YOU GUISE. I asked for holiday prompts last year from my flist and only got around to like six of them. (I still feel bad about that.) And she wrote 115. ::hands::

The community is skynspace, and it is chock full of magic. I've only looked through a few of the Supernatural ficlets, but she wrote for bunches of other fandoms too.

AND OMG THE ONE SHE MADE FOR ME YOU GUYS IT MAKES ME GO ALL FLAILY LIKE THIS. (Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.) Here it is! The only way it could be a more perfect present for me is if it was a real life Castiel standing in my kitchen eating my cookies and making confused faces at me. Because, you know, that would be my perfect present. (And oh, I would feed him cookies. SO MANY COOKIES.)

So yeah. Go. Enjoy the fics. Bask in the glow of authoressnebula's astounding talent and generosity and all-around awesomeness.

And then try to tell me that our fandom isn't insanely wonderful.

♥

So I watched 5.08 again just now and I took so many screenshots, OMG. I is having thoughts. Also many many many giggles.

And oh gosh, you guys, I love Castiel perhaps a little more than is strictly healthy. EEP. Somehow he just snuck his way into my little fangirl heart and curled up there. (Yes, like a kitten. OF COURSE like a kitten. What else would he be?) Oh Lordy. There will be more when I do my review, but goodness I do love him so and he's so gosh darn ALONE most of the time it kinda breaks my heart into tiny tiny pieces.

Speaking of: ariadnes_string wrote the loveliest gen h/c coda with Dean and Cas for the ep and I insist that you read it right away: Where Ask Is Have, Where Seek Is Find. I was thinking of writing one myself because I wanted it SO BAD, but she beat me to it, yay.

I had been planning to work on my summergen story today, possibly some of my other writing projects, but instead I spent most of it reading one of the long-fic recs I had just posted over at spngenlove.

Children of Man

It's so good. Omigoodness. Early Season 4 Dean-Sam-Castiel interaction, all perfectly in-character and perfectly believable. Whump, humor, intrigue. And the plot! Hoo boy, what a plot. That fic put me in my happy place SO HARD.

Remember awhile ago I complained about there not being enough long, gen stories about Castiel and the Winchesters? Turns out they were hiding out at the Pit, blast them.

I tried to review but the silly thing wouldn't let me. Said there was an error. I'll have to try again later.

I clicked the "Castiel" tag in my delicious today and realized that almost everything I've been saving for him lately isn't fic. I'm not sure why that is, but I wanted to rec these anyway--they're all really cool.

Cracks in the Wall by jo_yumegari
This is absolutely gorgeous. I love the composition and the coloring, the way Castiel seems set apart, watching from a distance, curious and yearning. And the shadows!

Castiel chibi by oatmeal_queen
askjowqlkds. He's so KY00T.

Good Boy by mummyluvr314
Heh, and the one fic I did save is this one. Heaven breaks Dean more thoroughly than Hell ever could. An amazing, disturbing story.

All You Need Is Love by ohnoes! I've forgotten where I got this! If you know who this is, please tell me.
Characterization notes on Dean and Castiel, their connection and what they've taught each other. While I'm still not a shipper or slasher, I love all of this stuff.

Castiel macros by aesc
His font's all biblical, goddam. I've recced this once before, at spn_glee, but it deserves it again.

On the Head of a Pin Picspam by tracy_loo_who
4.16 picspam of Dean and Cas moments. Beautiful and insightful. Again, not quite my perspective, but I really enjoyed this.

Sight by aesc
GUH. This one slays me with beauty.

Okay, this might sound bitchy or whiny or whatever, but I would really appreciate it if people on my flist would hide their reactions to new episodes behind lj cuts. Due to my schedule, I usually can't see the episode till Friday, and I hate being accidentally spoiled, even for very small things. I like watching the story unfold with no idea at all of what's going to happen. It just makes it more enjoyable for me. This is not a rant against any one person or anything--there was just a LOT LOT LOT of stuff outside cuts this week that had me running away from my friends page covering my eyes and singing loudly to forget what I'd just seen. Which is sad, because I really enjoy refreshing my friends page every so often to see what's going on with people, and I would hate to have to put that off until I have time to watch the new episode. If this keeps up I'm going to have to avoid LJ completely from 10 o'clock to whenever on Friday or even Saturday, and I don't want to do that. :( Yes, I'm selfish.

IN OTHER NEWS:

Do you like Dean whumping? Do you like Sam whumping, though to a lesser extent? Do you like hilarious banter and brothers taking care of each other but not being girly? Do you like MotWs that you've never seen before? Do you like Dean being bitchy and/or menacing? Do you like Sam being smart and likable in a story set in S4? Do you like unhealthy amounts of C4?

Well, then, you'll like this: The Quiet Man. I like it very much.

Also, you should TOTALLY be reading autumn_lilacs's "Our Father" 'verse. She just finished a really long, awesome futurefic full of family angst and scary, original monsters and amazing, strong, beautiful OFCs who I want to be BFFs with, every single one of them. (FOUR in this story, and each of them a treasure!) So yeah, run, don't walk.

Hmm, I need to do another author rec post soon.

♥ to you all, and Happy Friday!