surely there are other paths to popularity that don't involve sports or GPA?

My senior class president was a fairly smart guy (but not academically brilliant) who was in choir and/or marching band and not a jock. He wasn't clique-ish at all—rather, a nice guy guy who got along with just about everyone. Which probably had a lot to do with why he was the most popular person in school, actually.

Is the contortionist named Lisa?

Ha! Now I want to read this. Or mentally giggle about it.

I think rosaline_kells has her DCBB with Dean as an acrobat. Someone did, at least.

I wonder how a fusion fic with The Fifth Element would work. Good vs. Evil! World-ending apocalyptic threat!

Dean would be Korben Dallas, Cas as Leeloo, Sam as a hot young Father Cornelius, Zacchariah could be Zorg. Hmm, should Ruby Rod be in this fic?

Cas as Leeloo

Oh, good god. The visuals alone.

Which is making me flash to the Castiel/Lady Gaga photo manips. Thankfully for you guys, I can't link. Consider yourself blessed.

What, Cas with freaky orange hair and a costume made out of strategically placed gauze?

"Chicken . . . Gooood."

Dean would so rock the "I am a meat popsicle" line.

Hmm, should Ruby Rod be in this fic?

You know that would be Ash.

Good call, Matt!

"If You Ever Get Close to a Human" had an interesting premise, until I realized it meant creeper Sam and creeper Cas (not horrifically, just awkwardly and stupidly). Still, the take on Sam was unique -for what I've read of post-Swan Song speculative fics. Mostly awkward and a little read-from-the-hall, but not downright awful. But I also cringe at any fic that has awkward!Cas trying to learn how to be human.

Julie, have you read the dragon one yet? I'm on the second section, and I think it's quite decent.

Still envious as hell over daggomus_prime's eye for colour and composition.