One where Dean sells himself to the Dollhouse to save Sam's life at the end of S2 instead of going to hell.

That's so funny -- I was just thinking yesterday, after watching AHBL, that an AU where Dean doesn't make the deal would be cool (even though Sam would have to die). But then Castiel could bring SAM back for Dean, after ... I don't know ... Dean does something heroic or possibly self-destructive in his grief, and that's when Cas tells him he has a role to play, etc.

Or something like that.

Oh, MISHA. There seems to be an unending stream of weird pictures of him out there.

ita, there was such a fic either proposed, outlined, or begun, but I never saw more of it. I'd like to read that one, too.

I've been idly perusing tarot on ebay. There's an Enochian deck on offer. Hmmm.

DEAN HAS TO KILL HIMSELF FOR SAM. It's a function of why I adore him so much.

It's just...I see Sam as self-destructive but living, and Dean way more messed up than even that. Castiel would have to save him from a suicide attempt (maybe suicide by ghoulie, but I can see him trying to eat his gun then and there after failing to make a deal).

As for Misha, man, he's just...Misha. ♥

In my head, it would be that kind of combination -- like, going off to kill Yellow Eyes himself, with no backup, sort of hoping to do it as vengeance but mostly just wanting to die so he could be with Sam.

And then Cas would swoop in and save him, and offer Sam as an incentive to hang in there.

More Misha wtfery [link]

Also, if you want to kill any lust you might have for the mishmish, search his name and "Moving Alan" on YT. I can't even bring myself to link to whatever the hell that is. It's hysterically painful, or painfully hysterical, and deliberately bad.

And then Cas would swoop in and save him, and offer Sam as an incentive to hang in there.

SAM AND THE LOVE OF AN ANGEL.

Beverly, that's even more frustrating now that I know someone else started thinking that. I found a couple fics where Castiel was a doll, but it's so something I could see Dean doing in lieu of suicide that now I'm hungry for it. Total fusion goldmine.

Also? Make Dean Sierra, so he can have nookie with Victor. Whooha! No, wait, D/C. Now I'm confused.

Okay, Julie, crazy eyes in that second picture for the win.

SAM AND THE LOVE OF AN ANGEL.

Well, EVENTUALLY! But they don't know that at the outset. Dramatic tension, baby. Have patience! Or faith or something.

Man, now I want to write that.

My little fantasy for how the new season begins is for glimpses into Dean's new life, all that we've speculated on, the faking it and barely hanging on, and that as alone as he is with Lisa and Ben, Cas hangs with him out on the dock of the lake, and keeps him from teetering over the edge. Just lovely little quiet moments that keep Dean from just giving the fuck up. And I want Cas to keep asking Dean "peace or freedom".

And then I want Dean to bail on Lisa [insert reason here*] and that it is Cas and Sam that go looking for him --just because all the fics are looking for Sam.

*maybe he leaves to try and stand on his own two feet, or, because I like pain, let's take the car away from him, too, and leave him stranded, possibly mugged and beat up in the hospital, with no money, and he finally calls Bobby.

now I want to write that.

::blinks guilelessly::

I don't suppose you'd want to watch Dollhouse in its entirety? No? Dammit.