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Just a little SPN display in the Library...We've geeked out the entire historical collection room as advertisement for our first Library Con in April, and this is my little corner. One thing I love about the Supernatural stuff is that, in contrast to the action figures, models, and jewelry that has been produced and marketed for other fandoms (casting no shade on the other collections, which I love, which take dedication to their shows and books, which also include funky and handmade items)--these items are largely fan-driven or produced. They come from Etsy stores, con vendors & experiences, or were made by fans and fan-adjacent artists. (The t-shirt quilt my cousin made, the weapons that I bought as plain resin replicas on Etsy and painted, the weapon stands that were 3-D printed by my co-worker Tammie, and painted by me.) Sure, there are some SPN Funko Pops, there are the books, the subscription boxes, the HotWheels Impala, etc, but for the most part, SPN merchandise is endearingly home-grown!

Display of Supernatural TV show memorabilia

Display of Supernatural TV show memorabilia

I wrote this for

canonisrelative, who asked for some Eileen Leahy POV. Summergen is my absolute favorite fandom event, and the participants outdid themselves this year!

Summary: When the bright light broke through, a crack in the ceiling, a lighter flare in the darkness, she didn’t believe it at first. It was a trick, a cruel joke, made to raise hopes and then crush them again. But the light grew stronger, became tinged with purple and red, and she saw some of the prisoners around her grow still. Light spoilers for SPN Season 12 and 15.( Read more )

I put this together to sort of put Supernatural in the context of my life--looking at it now, it feels a bit self-indulgent, but I'm going to post it, anyway. Forgive me.

The show took over my life and plunged me into the online community. It also sparked my creativity, made me start writing again, well over 20 years since I graduated from college with an English/Writing degree. It even kickstarted our Geek Out programs at my Library, and gave me and my husband some memorable con-going trips.

We are so lucky to have had it for so long. Even more, we are blessed with a cast--Jared, Jensen, Misha, of course, but everyone else, too--who have given us so much of their time and treated us with respect and kindness. In spite of my tears today (yes, actual tears), I can't wait to see what they all do next.

That's all I want to say, really. I'm sure this feeling will come around again with the final chapter--just as I'm sure the Winchesters and Family will kick it in the ass.

Post 10 celebrities you have been in love with (had a crush on). One per day. No comment, just a picture. Then ask a friend to take up the challenge. I challenge anyone who wants to play.

I'm guessing this is not a surprise!

Don't get me wrong--I love all of SPN's cast and most of their characters. Misha is amazing, kind, intelligent. Jared's very funny & quick, a great actor, and yes, handsome. I could list my admiration for all of the major cast members, one by one, both men and women.

But which one is still surprising me, moving me to tears or laughter even after multiple viewings of an episode, or hell, even a con video? Wins me over with his voice? Can buckle my knees with a new photo?

Who caused this reserved middle aged librarian to lose her cool completely the first time she got to do a photo op with him?

There's only one.

Libraries are adapting to the pandemic, too, and one of the things we've been tasked with is to create videos for our Youtube channel. My boss took one look at my desk and asked me to do a series on "fandom". I've interviewed our local Art House Cinema art director, the chair of the state's biggest con, and then took a long shot and sent a query to Lynn Zubernis. To my surprise, she said yes! I'm still a bit not over it--I thought I'd post it here, should anyone like to take a look:

The road dropped me in his path, and in spite of my better judgement, I got into his beautiful car. Guess it was my night to save Dean Winchester.

This is a crossover with Seanan McGuire's Ghost Roads series about a young girl who becomes a hitchhiking ghost as well as a psychopomp and guardian to travelers after she is run off the road and killed on her way to meet her prom date. There are two books in the series so far, and I highly recommend them to SPN fans. I feel like Dean and his Baby would fit very well in Rose Marshall's world, and this story came from a desire to see how that might play out. (This was a WIP for far too long, but it's finally finished, so I'm giving it its own entry here--I'm excited to know what you think!)

Link to Ao3.

Where does the time go? (Don't answer that--) I see that I have missed questions about my holiday wish list, movies, books, and food, among other things! So forgive me if I cram everything in and and just give you a couple of favorites in each category:
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This was written for this year's Summergen and posted here first. alyndra gave me a great prompt, "Jack starts to hear everyone's thoughts and things get uncomfortable." The story takes place after 14x15, "Peace of Mind", and finds Jack attempting to help his friends and find peace in the night.
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Call me nvervous and excited--I've just signed up as a writer for this year's Reversebang. This is my first ever bang! Wish me luck?

Schedule, Rules & FAQ
Sign Ups: Artist | Writer | Beta

The Winchesters have a reputation, sure. But it wasn't always clear how important-some say destructive-they would turn out to be. (Outsider POV, Spoilers for episode 1x16, Shadow)

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Note: This is an odd sort of "what if" that I've been mulling over for years now, and I finally decided just to write the thing, even if I'm the only person in the world who actually wants to see such a story! It's about Anna Milton and what happened to her after the events of "Heaven and Hell", and was spurred by wondering why she had so "grown attached" to her vessel that she risked calling in a favor to get it back (aside from the obvious fact that the show wanted to keep using Julie McNiven in the part!). This is my answer to my own question:

"The Fae court had fallen silent, its revelers had wandered off into the maze of the queen’s mansion or dozed off to sleep, in their chairs or on the floor. The queen’s musician slumped against the arm of the throne, her head level with her liege’s lap, her instrument under one folded and protective arm. The queen had willed it all so."

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Jack left the two-room clinic through a side door. The night air slapped him with a cold breeze that hit his chest and cheeks. It stung the skin on his stomach where the cut pulled at him even though it was now clean and bandaged, but he let the door swing shut behind him anyway. He couldn’t listen to the man who was not his father mumbling to himself, saying the same name over and over again—“Teddy, Teddy—” Sam said that the man was disoriented and in pain. Jack just knew that the man laying on the examining table wasn’t Lucifer, or at least, wasn’t him anymore. He also wasn’t supposed to be here.

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Ever since the announcement of the end of the road for Supernatural, I have been pondering this question--navel gazing, really. Why was this the show I fell so hard for after several years without a fannish love? What spoke to me about this particular story? I mean, I've always been a fangirl at heart, and I've always incorporated the shows, movies, music, or books that I fall for into my life. I've always felt that Stories can carry a vital component in framing and understanding our world. And certainly, SPN shares some ingredients with the stories I have loved over the years. Sam and Dean's brotherhood recalls Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin's prickly comraderie. The series shares a sensibility similar to Harry Potter's increasingly complex mythology. It was inspired by Neil Gaiman's throwing together of disparate cultures into an American stew. There's Buffy's sacrifice. Firefly's found family. LoTR's epic adventure and themes of good vs. evil fighting in the gray areas of the soul.

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John Winchester stood in the center of the crossroads with a box in his hand. It was a full moon, and the world was painted in blue-green light, from the flat blades of grass on all sides of the road to the gravel beneath his feet that had become a cold alien landscape of sharp edges and shadows. He had not begun to dig a hole for his box. He just wanted to breathe the clean night air for a moment before he dug himself down and called the demon.

( There's more... )

Title: Aces and Eights
Recipient:

were_lemur
Rating: PG-13. Some violence, not graphic.
Word Count or Media: ~5000
Warnings: Character Death, Canon AU
Summary: After the Angel Apocalypse, stories might not seem all that important when faced with surviving day to day. But Bobby knows that some stories still need to be told. What better way to keep someone alive, even after they're gone? This began with the prompt "Let some of the other hunters we've met have the spotlight." My recipient mentioned Bobby and Rufus as possibilities, which brought me in a round-about way to this.

Rufus wasn’t always a gun.( Here's the rest- )

My second hound--meet Ramsey! I tried to put a little bit of white in her eyes and mouth, as she's shown in the episode "Somewhere between Heaven and Hell". I also tried to represent a forest path with the base. I really like the way she came out--what do you think?

So, Wizards of the Coast has a line of pre-primed plastic minis, "Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures," and I've just finished my first one! The package calls this a "blink dog", but of course when I saw it I said, "Hellhound"! So, what should I call her? Juliet?

This was actually a fairly easy paint job. I started with a flat black base, and then outlined her muscles, spine, and bits of fur at her joints with an off white. After that, I swept over the whole thing with a watered-down purple ink. For the base I tried a textured paint that gave a pretty subtle effect, and added a few strands of spanish moss to imply bits of hay scattered at her feet, like the first hellhound that we saw in "Trial and Error."

Overall, I'm pleased with how she turned out. Even better, there was a second dog in the package, this one coming out of a sort of portal--and I think that one will have to be Ramsey!

Summary: I have lived a long time, and had few visitors to my little farmhouse. Some are more welcome than others, but all of them want something from me. (My submission for this year's Summergen exchange on LJ-a little demon backstory for the prompt: "When Jess and Mary were killed, their stomachs were sliced open. What's the story there?" which took some weird turns!) Spoilers to 12X12.

He stood on my porch and called me “brother”. “I need the knife,” he said. The body he wore was shorter than mine, and unassuming. Grey hair combed over the skull, above a round pleasant face with pale blue eyes. A stomach broad enough to show that he could afford the finer things. Reluctantly, I stepped aside, waved at the living room behind me.

“You’d better come in.”

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It's a project that began in the simple observation that my husband's winter beard was attaining Cain-like proportions, coupled with the fact that I had talked him into attending another Creation SPN Con, this time in Seattle. While I was trying to convince him that a Cain cosplay would be amazing and fun, and he could absolutely pull it off, I started looking around for a First Blade replica. There are a lot of ideas for this out there, from versions that would come completely finished and with a Magnus-worthy stand to some pretty cool DIY ideas, but finally I found what I felt was the perfect combination, from an Etsy store called RoadSoFar, which sells a resin replica of the Blade that I could paint myself. One of my hobbies, before school and then SPN took over my life, was painting miniatures so I had the supplies, though my painting skills were quite rusty. (The little figure I talk about in that early link remains unfinished, btw.) A full scale project like this one was something I had never done. But I ordered the piece and started trying to remember how to do it. Luckily, the owner of the Etsy shop knows his stuff, and he also sent instructions!

( Here's a more detailed look )

I participated in Summergen last year, and this was my gift. I love so much about this illustration--the expressions, the colors, Sam's floppy hair--but most of all, I love the ghostly feet in the foreground. To me it's a good a piece as anything I've seen in a graphic novel; in fact, it reminds me of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke and Key series. I immediately wanted to write more of the story!

So when I had the chance to attend Seacon this year, I decided to bring it to have the J's sign. They both enjoyed it. yuriookino, this is really for you! Thank you for such a wonderful image--I hope you enjoy the autographs.

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