Season 4, Round 2, Bracket #1/2:

Castiel: I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition.

Chuck: Well there is only one explanation. Obviously I'm a God. A cruel, cruel capricious god.

Bobby: Solid iron. Completely coated in salt. One hundred percent ghost-proof. Sam: You built a panic room? Bobby: (defensively) I had a weekend off.

Dean: Y'know, I finally get why you and Dad butted heads so much. You two are practically the same person. I mean, I worshiped the guy, I dressed like him, I acted like him. I listened to the same music. But you are more like him than I will ever be. And I see that now. Sam: I'll take that as a compliment. Dean: You take it any way you want.

Season 4, Round 2, Bracket #2/2:

Dean: You can take your peace, and shove it up your lily-white ass. 'Cause I'll take the pain, and the guilt, I'll even take Sam as is. It's a lot better than bein' some Stepford Bitch in paradise!

Dean: If He doesn't exist, fine. Bad crap happens to good people. That's how it is. And no rhyme or reason, just random horrible, evil. I get it. Okay? I can roll with that. But if He is out there, what's wrong with Him? Where the hell is He while all these decent people are getting torn to shreds? How does He live with Himself? You know, why doesn't He help?

Neither of this next one grabs me but,

Dean: There's Sam Girls and Dean Girls and...What's a slash fan? Sam: As in Sam slash Dean together. Dean: Like together, together? They do know we are brothers right?

Bobby: You stupid, stupid son of a bitch! Well, boo hoo! I am so sorry your feelings are hurt, princess! Are you under the impression that family's supposed to make you feel good, make you an apple pie, maybe? They're supposed to make you miserable! That's why they're family!

This was a great Sam funny from S5:

Sam: Okay, so whatever's doing this is reshaping reality. Has the powers of a god. Or a trickster.

Dean: And the sense of humor of a 9-year-old.

Sam: Or you.

Dean's scowl is just precious!

Because I am an angst-whore, I bring videos to make you cry. Hey, I wasn't the one who compiled this post.

You might want to scroll down and start with the S1 vid--done about IMToD, but as the poster says, that ep is the third in a three-parter and counts as S1 if you squint. The vids are posted in reverse chrono order.

You are mean and awful, Bev. That said, I am totally watching tomorrow. What? I am easy.

ita – I happened to be in spnstoryfinders and had some time on my hands, so I wandered around and found some hustler!Dean links for you. These aren’t recs in the strictest sense of the word as I haven’t read most of them; I’m just passing them along to you. But at least they’ll give you a place to start:

Halo (In Reverse) by poisontaster

This dark shroud hides a face beneath it (the Underside Remix) by subterrain

No Virtue Like It by derryderrydown and its sort-of-sequel Reasoned Necessity

The Words In the Picture by fleshflutter and its sequel Pictures From an Empty Album by 2ndary_author

It's a Mile From Here To Glory by ivy03 (Note - the sequel is wincest)

End Without Sound by girl_wonder

Turn to Face the Strange Changes by paperbkryter

And Shut Up About It by jadedpen

Stories of the Gentle Fall series by liadan14

Ten Times that Dean Tried to Make Ends Meet (Only Three of which Involve Hustling) by nataliadarimini

hustler!Dean 'verse by softgraysky

Easy Money by wilwarin1

Dean in Atlantia by elizabethwired (AU, crossover with Stargate Atlantis)

And for something completely off-course, hooker!Cas: It’s Not Easy Being Dean by strangeandcharm

Dean in Atlantia is not hooker fic, it's slave fic, and it's 24 chapters long.

I don't equate hooker with slave. Different kink. Um.

Thanks for the links, Morgana.

I didn't read Dean in Atlantia; I came across that one when someone else on spnstoryfinders was asking for hustler!Dean recs. It says he sells himself into slavery -- if it's sexual slavery maybe the original reccer assumed it was a prostitution equivalent. Should I edit it out of the list?

Thanks for the links, Morgana. Some of those are definitely new to me.

And I'm thinking I have a hooker!Cas kink. That's niche. But I've only read three so far, and they're all good. One asshole Zach, one asshole Michael, and I don't remember the rationale for the third.

What I do love love love is Sam working out Dean loves Castiel. That's my bullet, right there.

Okay. Tie broken. Thanks, brenda. Next round coming up...

No Virtue Like It by derryderrydown and its sort-of-sequel Reasoned Necessity

Those ones are awesome. Though practically gen.

Derry's the one who did the carpreg. Also, she's got a goodly amount of awesome DCU stuff from back in the day.

Season 4, Round 3:

Castiel: I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition. 14:7

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Dean: On November 2nd 1983, don't get out of bed. No matter what you hear, or what you see. Promise me you won't get out of bed. 13:8

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Sam: Dude, you're confusing reality with porn again. 12:9

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Sam: I tried everything. That's the truth. I tried opening the Devil's Gate. Hell, I tried to bargain, Dean, but no demon would deal, all right? You were rotting in Hell for months. For months, and I couldn't stop it. So I'm sorry it wasn't me, all right? Dean, I'm sorry. 13:8

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