The Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 13

[kate]

In your own space, ask for recs. Something as simple as "I like XYZ (where XYZ is a kink, a pairing, a trope, etc) - please rec me some."

I'm going to go back and do days 9-12, but in my own time. This one, though. Well.

Okay, if you've been hanging around here, you've probably noticed my downward slide into Supernatural. I don't think a lot of folks on the dwircle are massive SPN fans, but I know I have a few, and I know that at least some of you have read pretty widely. So what I'm looking for is Supernatural recs. Right now I'm not ruling anything out, so whatever you like, any ship, gen, RPS or canon, whatever you love, I want it.

My only caveat: please no character bashing, or killing of female characters to get to the boyslash. I know there is a lot of wife-hate out there, and there is nothing that will make me back out of a fic faster than hating on women.

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[falena]

My favourite SPN fic is this:

Not Time's Fool (57884 words) by FayJay
A story in 21 parts, featuring an Ancient Greek curse, an unexpected metamorphosis, adventures in pool sharking, numerous shots of tequila, a nun outfit, zombies, angels, demons, kidnappings, startling discoveries about old acquaintances, massage, a game of strip poker, girl-on-girl action, girl-on-boy action, and boy-on-boy action. Despite my expectations or inclinations, it swiftly became clear that this story was going to be Sam/Dean. And, indeed, it is. Because my muse likes to fuck with me.

It also features Girl!Dean - but don't let that put you off. It's still Dean, bless him, despite the sudden girlsuit.

So, yeah it's a fic in which Dean is turned into a girl. It's perfectly in character, it has plot and it's actually one of the few genderswap fics out there that treat the matter seriously. It's also side-splittingly funny at times. And hot. And it makes me buy the incest.

In the Dean/Castiel department, this is my fave instead:
Absolution by Wolfling and Omphalos.
Against his better judgement, Castiel offers Dean a way to save Sam. This story goes AU from directly after Sex & Violence when we started writing it. However, some aspects of canon revealed by episodes aired since have been squeezed in. :) While this fic is Dean/Castiel, Sam is very much the third main character and every bit as important to the story as Dean and Castiel.
Again, this is in character, it has great character voices and is full of plot and twists.


Last but not least, a gen fic:
When Heroes Go Down (They Go Down Fast by buffyaddict13
The war is at hand. it’s demon against man and we’re losing the fight. the special children are wreaking havoc across the land, side by side with demons. dean is on a desperate hunt to find and save his brother while leading a small band of survivors to a final showdown.

It's an apocalyptic fic and I'm a sucker for those. It has compelling OC and superb storytelling.

If you like any of those I have more in the same vein, but since I don't know you that well I'm not sure our fic tastes are similar, so I'm hesitant to dump all of my recs here.

[kate]

Dump away! I like everything (no, not kidding). I don't have a ship yet (might never have one), but I've read them all (a little) and don't mind any of them. Gen also muchly loved. I love all kinds of tropes and genres, I just love everything. Rec away!

ETA: And thanks for those above, obviously. /o\