Matt, what if the kid was someone like Jordan Hinson (Zoe, Eureka)? Not cutesy but just a good actor/actress. Eureka started with Carter being an awkward father although most of that was lost. Locking his daughter in a jail cell while he went to see about his car would totally be something Dean would do.

Word.

Sam: "Name three children that you even know."

Dean: ::thinks, scratches his head::

The Carter and Zoe dynamic from the pilot of Eureka is something that I enjoyed. I think it was similar to how Dean would try and figure out parenting. Because as Sam pointed out, they are aliens to Dean.

That said, I'm not advocating adding a child actor to the series. I'm quite happy with the way things are. If handled correctly though, I do see some awesome possibilities for stand alone episodes, or just really good fic. With.Lots.Of.Pain.

Matt, what if the kid was someone like Jordan Hinson (Zoe, Eureka)?

Fine with Eureka's premise, poison on Supernatural.

I have to agree with Matt on this one. On-show, it would be awful.

Fic, however, remains at the discretion of the writer(s), and is where a lot of wonderful stuff happens. Lotta dreck, too, but it is a venue for plotlines and characters that would never work in series canon.

Thanks, Bev. I know you recc'd those before, but they had gotten lost in my list of Things To Read & Watch, which is like a bajillion links long at this point. Another thing that got lost was your comment about (and this is butchered) Dean-kid-fic and memories: did you mean lj memories?

And, besides Eureka, which is a big ole ensemble with family at the core, I can't think of a single show where the addition of a baby/kid/teen boded well (The X-Files, Angel... Mad About You...)

If handled correctly though, I do see some awesome possibilities for stand alone episodes, or just really good fic.

definitely lots of possibilities, which could rise or fall depending on execution. Kid could become an addition to the series (No!), or maybe something like on Farscape "Look at the Princess" where it's a oneshot or maybe a short arc over two or three eps, and something happens at the end where they can never see the kid again (death, protective custody hunter-style, kid already has a family and they want nothing to do with the Winchesters/the Winchesters think the kid is safest far away from them), but first there is roadtripping and hunting with a minor family member and awkwardness, woobies, and then, of course, pain.

Or the kid is a recurring character that is babysat by Ellen or Missouri or sumpthin (noooes!!!!1!).

With.Lots.Of.Pain.

get outa my head!

Julie, yes, LJ memories. I have to get in there with a backhoe and edit where I have stuff filed. Some of it is public, so feel free to help yourself if you like.

Also, do I have you friended on LJ? Are you on LJ? Because I forget what your moniker is there if I do.

Coolbeans. I'm tzegha over there. I'm thinking I need to change that before some girl in germany gets pissed and wants her name back. dreamsofthespider.

And your lj name is...?

Julie, I'm sophiap over there (based on my nom de fic). I've only written one SPN fic so far, but I've been dumping various faves into my "fic recs" category in my memories (probably a lot of repeats of what people have mentioned here).

I'm arliss. Finding you, friending you while I can still spell tzegha. Means?

Found you. OMG--you're a vidder? I'm not worthy!

And your link is broken for your "a tiny grief song" for Wash, and I need to see it now. Pleasenownownow.

I'm minim_calibre there (and everywhere else).

Tzegha was an Eretria-born German exchange student I went to highschool with. I'm sure her name means something. Something I got stuck with when desperate for a name no one else had.

Changed my name to dreamsofthespider (let's confuse EVERYONE!).

My poor poor website, I quit my job and decided that was an expense that had to go. I'm also dreamsofthespider at youtube... I don't think a tiny grief song is up (I need to re-edit the end credits) but I'll try to get it up tonight with a mediafire link. I had seen a prescreening of Serenity and made a tribute/grieving vid for the official release, cuz lord knows, even though Joss didn't, that we didn't get a chance in the movie. Um, I'm probably repeating what's in my journal. /bucket.

Friends!!!!