Supernatural Recs
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Sam/Dean Post Devil's Trap
Companion piece to Prayers to Summon the Destroying Angel this story covers Sam waking in the wrecked Impala in the immediate aftermath of the accident and Dean's painful recovery from his injuries. Beautifully written and almost unbearably sad this is another wonderful addition to the series that started with Guardians of a Rare Thing. Not the easiest read (the description of John's death is almost brutal in its simplicity and the depiction of Dean as a hallowed out shell makes me weep for him) but definitely worth your time.
The sun is coming up, and the sky is painted in bold streaks of red and gold. Dad's dead and Dean might be, moving hurts and so does breathing, but the world is always beautiful. Sam's pretty sure there's a joke in there somewhere.
They'll be Peace When You are Done bylyra_wing
Gen
Simple but highly effective story which considers the potential fates of Sam and Dean. The notion of Dean being "cursed" with a long life is disquieting and the sequence where he hands his father sheafs of identical fortunes is surprisingly chilling.
Fields Where Valour Led bymarinarusalka
Gen slight John/Mary
Sweet look at Dean's childhood and John and Mary's relationship as John teaches Dean the meaning of Memorial Day. The sequence of John looking after a chicken pox afflicted Dean is adorable.
And Feel What Its Like To Be New byflipmontigirl
Sam/Dean Post Devil's Trap
Beautiful, sad and Dean centric as he counts the days until he can feel safe and whole again. Dear god all these post Devil's Trap death fics are going to kill me!
Until I Can See Again bypoisontaster
Sam/Dean Post Devil's Trap
Sequel to the superb The Ice is Thin and Underneath My Lucid Skin.Sam and Dean travel to stay with Missouri so that Sam can learn to control his gift. This is the sort of story that just makes you want to cuddle Dean and never let him go. Still barely healing from his father's death his enforced separation from Sam as a result of Missouri's meddling just devastates him and leaves him in pieces. I didn't much mind Missouri in the show but I absolutely hate her in this story for her cruelty to Dean (although you can certainly understand her viewpoint) and Sam standing up to her ranks as one of my favourite Sam moments in fanfic ever. A very strong story. There's plenty of mileage left in this scenario so I'm hoping that we'll get some more chapters in this series.
RPS
You may have noticed the total lack of RPS recs on my journal. This is because generally speaking I'm not really down with the concept of RPS. Reading about the saucy continuing adventures of Sam and Dean is one thing but reading stories about the actual actors always makes me feel deeply uncomfortable. But every now and then a story will tempt me to do the dark side and this is one of them:
Decile bybabyofthegroup
Jensen/JDM
Damn the JDM voice in this is just amazing. Guh! Unbelievably sexy story.
So I've been trawling through The Lawrence Awards nominees to see if there are any gems I've missed. The list of nominated stories is huge, encompassing a great deal of stories from that repository of dreck fanfiction.net and I think its fair to say that the quality of the stories does tend to vary wildly in each category from the sublime to the strictly average. I understand that the list is going to be whittled down in a further ballot to a short list of 3 -5 nominees per category. Once that happens you should have a pretty definitive list of the best of Supernatural fanfiction but at the moment the list is far too big to wholeheartedly recommend everything on there. Still there are one or two stories which I can't believe I missed the first time around:
Soul Searching bybrynwulf
Sam/Dean
Alternate Universe story in which psychic healing has resulted in a generation of soulless children being born. Born souless they have no other option but to drain the life energy of others earning them the nickname "hoovers". In this timeline Mary was one of the psychic healers who is eventually killed by the hoovers (or as they like to call themselves golem) causing John, Dean and Sam to go on the run. The author meticulously creates a very believable, very violent world in which humanity is under constant threat from the Golem and where idealists like poor sweet naive Sam get trampled underfoot. The villains are highly original and chilling, Sam/John and Dean's relationship is strongly realised and the eventual Wincest is belivable and well handled. If I have one complaint it is that whilst the author creates this wonderfully believable world there is almost too much exposition. There is an awful lot of scene setting before we finally get to Sam and Dean and then the ending when it comes is surprisingly abrupt. If the story is the first in a planned series then the wealth of exposition will be worth it but if not I think the story would benefit from being pared down a tad.
The Boy Who Fell byflipmontigirl
Sam/Dean
Gorgeous, sweet look at Dean and the times in his life that he's been in love. Really wonderful.
esorlehcarSam/Dean Post Devil's Trap
Companion piece to Prayers to Summon the Destroying Angel this story covers Sam waking in the wrecked Impala in the immediate aftermath of the accident and Dean's painful recovery from his injuries. Beautifully written and almost unbearably sad this is another wonderful addition to the series that started with Guardians of a Rare Thing. Not the easiest read (the description of John's death is almost brutal in its simplicity and the depiction of Dean as a hallowed out shell makes me weep for him) but definitely worth your time.
The sun is coming up, and the sky is painted in bold streaks of red and gold. Dad's dead and Dean might be, moving hurts and so does breathing, but the world is always beautiful. Sam's pretty sure there's a joke in there somewhere.
They'll be Peace When You are Done by
lyra_wingGen
Simple but highly effective story which considers the potential fates of Sam and Dean. The notion of Dean being "cursed" with a long life is disquieting and the sequence where he hands his father sheafs of identical fortunes is surprisingly chilling.
Fields Where Valour Led by
marinarusalkaGen slight John/Mary
Sweet look at Dean's childhood and John and Mary's relationship as John teaches Dean the meaning of Memorial Day. The sequence of John looking after a chicken pox afflicted Dean is adorable.
And Feel What Its Like To Be New by
flipmontigirlSam/Dean Post Devil's Trap
Beautiful, sad and Dean centric as he counts the days until he can feel safe and whole again. Dear god all these post Devil's Trap death fics are going to kill me!
Until I Can See Again by
poisontasterSam/Dean Post Devil's Trap
Sequel to the superb The Ice is Thin and Underneath My Lucid Skin.Sam and Dean travel to stay with Missouri so that Sam can learn to control his gift. This is the sort of story that just makes you want to cuddle Dean and never let him go. Still barely healing from his father's death his enforced separation from Sam as a result of Missouri's meddling just devastates him and leaves him in pieces. I didn't much mind Missouri in the show but I absolutely hate her in this story for her cruelty to Dean (although you can certainly understand her viewpoint) and Sam standing up to her ranks as one of my favourite Sam moments in fanfic ever. A very strong story. There's plenty of mileage left in this scenario so I'm hoping that we'll get some more chapters in this series.
RPS
You may have noticed the total lack of RPS recs on my journal. This is because generally speaking I'm not really down with the concept of RPS. Reading about the saucy continuing adventures of Sam and Dean is one thing but reading stories about the actual actors always makes me feel deeply uncomfortable. But every now and then a story will tempt me to do the dark side and this is one of them:
Decile by
babyofthegroupJensen/JDM
Damn the JDM voice in this is just amazing. Guh! Unbelievably sexy story.
So I've been trawling through The Lawrence Awards nominees to see if there are any gems I've missed. The list of nominated stories is huge, encompassing a great deal of stories from that repository of dreck fanfiction.net and I think its fair to say that the quality of the stories does tend to vary wildly in each category from the sublime to the strictly average. I understand that the list is going to be whittled down in a further ballot to a short list of 3 -5 nominees per category. Once that happens you should have a pretty definitive list of the best of Supernatural fanfiction but at the moment the list is far too big to wholeheartedly recommend everything on there. Still there are one or two stories which I can't believe I missed the first time around:
Soul Searching by
brynwulfSam/Dean
Alternate Universe story in which psychic healing has resulted in a generation of soulless children being born. Born souless they have no other option but to drain the life energy of others earning them the nickname "hoovers". In this timeline Mary was one of the psychic healers who is eventually killed by the hoovers (or as they like to call themselves golem) causing John, Dean and Sam to go on the run. The author meticulously creates a very believable, very violent world in which humanity is under constant threat from the Golem and where idealists like poor sweet naive Sam get trampled underfoot. The villains are highly original and chilling, Sam/John and Dean's relationship is strongly realised and the eventual Wincest is belivable and well handled. If I have one complaint it is that whilst the author creates this wonderfully believable world there is almost too much exposition. There is an awful lot of scene setting before we finally get to Sam and Dean and then the ending when it comes is surprisingly abrupt. If the story is the first in a planned series then the wealth of exposition will be worth it but if not I think the story would benefit from being pared down a tad.
The Boy Who Fell by
flipmontigirlSam/Dean
Gorgeous, sweet look at Dean and the times in his life that he's been in love. Really wonderful.
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Date: 2006-05-31 01:47 am (UTC)Wow. Not one, but two recs.
Thank you. Really. Thanks.
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Date: 2006-05-31 08:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 06:37 am (UTC)