I appreciate that you Googled "dean castiel lasagna" just for us, though.

I remember that fic too ita. I remember Dean taking over in the kitchen was bittersweet as it brough back memories of trying to get by with the few supplies for food they had to cook when they were kids or something like that.

I don't have a link though maybe you linked it here before? Much if not all of the D/C I have read was linked here.

ehab, that sounds like the one. It wasn't in my consolidated rec post, though. How annoying! I thought I was being better about taking notes--if I rec something here, it should be bookmarked.

Now I need to read it again to see what I'm thinking was wrong with the Castiel. Perhaps too humanly effusive/emotive. A few writers give him access to understanding via Jimmy's memories, but that's a fanon choice I think is ripe for sloppiness.

I'd rather see Castiel the angel start handling human things than take a short cut. Given some of the really disappointing stuff I've read recently, many writers seem to want to hop right to the schmoop, and just coincidentally name these guys Dean and Cas.

Has anyone read the post-apocalyptic D/C with a kid fic from this year's big bang? I confess I enjoyed it.

I did not.

First, they turfed Sam for no good reason, and secondly they made Dean too clueless in toddler raising. Dude, he totally knows how to fake normal for a toddler on the road. It's his thing.

But I've been very disappointed with the big bang so far, especially from a D/C perspective. I hope the RPF and Wincest people are having a better time. At least D/C has their own big bang coming up. I will be going back and trying more of the gen and het stuff, but most of those summaries didn't grab me.

I agree about Sam. That was really disappointing. I think I appreciated the post-apocalypic aspect as I'm a fan of dark fic but I have to agree Dean would have been much better at dealing with a toddler than portrayed.

It takes some doing to convince me that Castiel would be the go to parenting figure for a toddler. And the author didn't quite pull that off. The D/C stuff itself was nice, though.

Also, some of the post-apocalyptic details confused me. The technology fail, for instance--no internet, specific mention of crippled cell towers, but they communicate effortlessly by cell the whole time? Kinda random.

My favourite big bang story so far is probably the one by maychorian (sp?) where Castiel possesses Jimmy Novak early and finds the Winchesters while they're still young. I didn't love it, but thought it was sweet. Odd that she was remixing herself, but I will go back and read what she's redoing.

I haven't read much and I too have been disappointed in what I've read. I think that the apocalypse fic was riddled with holes. Satellite phones working - WTF? Who's keeping them running? But hey post-apocalyptic dystopian world - yay!

I was charmed by the D/C stuff too.

Red Beans and Rice. And a sequel, Lasagne.

If you like kidfic, and you're up for age-regression, you might want to check out her multichap Under a Haystack and its timestamps. She's who wrote The One How Dean Got His Knife (Epiphany).

They're older, so most of you have probably read them. Also, pre-Castiel. Still good, though.

Oh, man. Now I want age-regressed Castiel. A five-year-old drowning in a trench coat.