Guys! faryfly did an AMAZING piece of art for Held Together with His Hands. I just adore it. Dean's stare is so intense and their hands are all tangled together and Cas looks all limp and suffering and EEEEEE it's awesome. :D

Go appreciate it here, and make sure to leave her lots and lots of comments telling her how awesome she is. (There are also a couple of other really cute/cool doodles in that post.)

pdragon76 berated her flist for not alerting her to this in a timely fashion, so I thought I'd better share it in case any of you guys missed it.

I'm speaking, of course, of Stupornatural, a pretty darn fantastic fanmade parody of Supernatural. The pacing is a little slow at first, but it's totally worth sticking around for it to get up to speed. So many funny, funny lines and visuals.



You can also click on the link to watch on Vimeo and get a bigger screen.

They also have outtakes, which are even funnier. I had such a huge grin on my face through the whole reel. They made me think nostalgically of my college friends who made student films and all their travails and fun. Michael and Matthew are so obviously brothers it gave me the giggle fits.

AND. ash48 made a fanvid, just to make sure they got the whole fandom experience. Her fantastic sense of timing and music improves on the original and I love it just as much.

Honestly, I think Mike and Matt are fully as adorable as Sam and Dean, or at least Jared and Jensen. I'm totally tempted to write Stupornatural fanfic, just to round out the whole thing.

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Held Together with His Hands
Author: Maychorian
Characters: Castiel, Dean, Sam
Category: Gen, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: PG-13
Warning: (skip) Pointless whump. Language. Mild gore.
Spoilers: 5.10
Summary: The first time Castiel's healing mojo failed to work even on himself was a shock to all of them.
Word Count: 4300
Disclaimer: This is my Father's world, but it's Kripke's playground.
Author’s Note: Thinly-veiled excuse to use my new Cas-whump icon from lastwordslinger. Not the Cas-whump idea I was talking about earlier, sorry, that'll be longer. Betaed and posted by an absolutely giddy dickensgirl.

( Held Together with His Hands )

You think this is hard? Trying being the Michael Sword - that's hard!

If the title doesn't sell you on it, I don't know what else to say. It's Sue. As Michael's Plan B. Spot-on, hilarious dialog.

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Good Times
Author: Maychorian
Characters: Dean, Sam, Bobby, Castiel, Ellen and Jo
Category: Gen, Angst, Episode Tag
Rating: PG
Warning: (skip) Purple prose. Experimental structure. Language.
Spoilers: Through 5.10
Summary: And as flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite, I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died.
Word Count: 1243
Disclaimer: This is my Father's world, but it's Kripke's playground.
Author’s Note: Lyrics from "American Pie" by Don McClean.

( Good Times )

Hello, new friends! There have been a few of you lately. I just wanted to make sure you knew about this:




spngenlove is a rec community for gen fics. We also do member fanwork round-ups, insta-rec posts, and occasional commentfic memes, and members are free to start discussions, ask for beta help, etc. etc. We just recently passed 400 watchers, which is a great source of joy and joyness for me. This comm is my baby and I'm very proud of how well it's been received.

If you like Supernatural genfic, please feel free to check it out! Clicking the banner will take you there.

Must go do my mother's bidding now, but please do click on this:


~Oye Como Va - a Castiel, Jo & Ellen fic/art meme~

Aw, I just had the HUGEST grin on my face while watching this vid right here. You know how I talk about loving everybody on the show? Well, I think this vidder does too. Such affection and joy in under four minutes.

I do need to get me some more Carbon Leaf, too. The more I hear that band, the more I like 'em. Right up my alley, they are.

This is what I wrote instead of doing a review for last week.

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Stupid People
Author: Maychorian
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel
Category: Gen, Crack, Humor, CRACK
Rating: T/PG13
Warning: (skip) This story is freakin' ridiculous. Also language.
Spoilers: Set post 5.06
Summary: Some people are cat people. Some people are dog people. And then there are people like Dean....
Word Count: 7000
Disclaimer: This is my Father's world, but it's Kripke's playground.
Author’s Note: Inspired by this fandom secret and the discussion of it. Title and summary from a dimly remembered Garfield comic strip.

( Stupid People )

I'm feeling a crazy urge to make a 5.04 vid to "Wine Red" by The Hush Sound. It would be awesome. But this computer isn't really fast enough for vidding, and I don't have enough experience to make it into the kind of vid I would want from that mythologically spectacular combination.

Plus I can't decide between the original version or the Snakes on a Plane remix. ::sigh::

My crackfic is coming right along, though. I'm not doing NaNo, per se, but I decided to just try to write a little every single day. So far I've been doing about 500 words a day, which isn't bad at all, as far as consistency goes. Then when that's done I have the next chapter of Rain in the works, and also of Mouths, and also that Sweet Charity fic that was due almost half a year ago (O.O), and also more snapshots.

Sheesh. And I haven't even signed up for any ficathons lately. The challenge over at hoodie_time is definitely calling my name, though. I had a peek through the prompts, and they're amazing. So many that I would love to do. Must resist must resist must resist!

This is my KICKASS CASTIEL fanmix.

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Don't Hold Back (Castiel the BAMF)
Author/Artist: Maychorian
Length: 12 songs, 46 min., 60 MB
Summary: From jingoism to doubt to rebellion, revolution, resistance, defiance...all that good stuff. With a little faith thrown in, 'cause this is Castiel, and he's one faithful mofo. (A touch of crack, too.)



( coverart, download, lyrics )

(This is the ficlet you guys voted for. Hope you enjoy it. ♥)

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Fire on the Mountain (Run, Boys, Run)
Author: Maychorian
Characters: John, Sammy, Dean
Category: Gen, Angst, H/C, Weechester (very wee)
Rating: G
Warning: (skip) Schmoooooop.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: Little Sammy was poking him. Again.
Word Count: 873
Disclaimer: This is my Father's world, but it's Kripke's playground.
Author’s Note: For the spnwriterlounge Writers Olympics. Title from a bluegrass tune (or "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"), though the Grateful Dead song is cool, too.

Fire on the Mountain (Run, Boys, Run)

Absolutely awesome Castiel the BAMF music video here. I adore OK Go, and this song is just perfect for Castiel. I can't believe I didn't think of it myself. (Sample lyrics: "When they finally come to destroy the earth, they'll have to go through you first.")

If you're interested in the full song, I offer it to you here: Invincible, because I guess I'm just all about sharing the music lately. ♥

Because of aesc, I went looking for Supernatural vids with Flight of the Conchords songs. I found this.



Um. LOL.

Interesting meta and questions about Castiel and SPN angels here. I'm curious about what you guys would have to say about this. I'm too tired right now to articulate my thoughts--gotta get up early tomorrow, like every single day.

Ugh, I was all depressedy this weekend and I think I missed some awesome stuff. So if you are on my flist and you posted something interesting in the past three days or so, please to be linking and I will try to catch up. I am meaning fic, picspams, icon posts, etc., not so much episode reactions. I'm kinda burnt out on those, trying to preserve my own thoughts from now on. There are still a few I read every week, though, just because I think they're awesome.

...

LOL, okay, so here's an episode-reaction-author rec list, because I am a DORK.

I always read dotfic and smilla02 because I agree with them so hard on almost everything. (And also I love them.) And I almost always read musesfool, even though I disagree with her on some things, because her thoughts are always so interesting. And I always read tracy_loo_who, because her Castiel squee is pure and infectious, and I find her shipper's perspective on Dean & Castiel fascinating, since I see them so differently. And if animotus posts a picspam, you'd better believe I'm clickin' on THAT mofo. And of course, kroki_refur, whose Episode Reviews of DOOM I miss like burning. Whatever she posts, I read as a matter of principle.

I feel like I'm forgetting something important.

OH YES! erinrua. She usually posts her reviews a few days after the episode airs, because she takes time writing these things. They're beautiful. It's like having a favorite magazine column writer, the kind that always make you grin when you see her name in the byline because you know the article is going to be interesting and gorgeously written and thinky and supremely satisfying. And also full of fangirl squee, which is bonus bonus plus plus good.

Also I do read a few posts by people I consider personal friends, like moonshayde and superbadgirl and probably a few others I'm forgetting. I totally, totally suck at commenting lately though.

Hmm. That's still rather a long list. Maybe I should cut back? Nah. Those people are awesome.

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: And It Blew Those Four Walls Down
Author: Maychorian
Characters: Dean, Sam
Category: Gen, Angst, Missing Scene
Rating: PG13
Warning: (skip) Language. Couldn't decide which POV to use. Depressing.
Spoilers: 5.1
Summary: "This has been a very stressful day." From the plane to the car.
Word Count: 1250
Disclaimer: This is my Father's world, but it's Kripke's playground.
Author’s Note: Mmm, new fic inspired by new episode! I missed this.

( And It Blew Those Four Walls Down )

( video and instructions for crushing P. Diddy )

Pass it on! \o/

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Whisper Down a String
Author: Maychorian
Characters: Dean, Sam, John, Bobby
Category: Gen, Weechester, Drama, touch of H/C
Rating: PG
Warning: (skip) Schmoop.
Spoilers: None
Summary: Uncle Bobby's place is awesome, and Sammy is totally a little bitch for preferring to read his book instead of playing in the attic with Dean. But, well, maybe Sam was right.
Word Count: 4480
Disclaimer: This is my Father's world, but it's Kripke's playground.
Author’s Note: Written for spn_summergen as a gift for pdragon76. Amazing fantastic betas: charlie_d_blue and i_speak_tongue.

( Whisper Down a String )