But I don't know the other source! I hate that feeling.

I got my sister to read scaramouche's HS fic, and despite not paying any attention to SPN (she won't even watch Misha's minion stimulus video) she liked it, and liked her Castiel especially.

Two SPN fics I've gotten her to read so far, this and Architeuthis's epic D/C whumpage, and I'm two for two. I still don't think I can get her to watch the show, though. Still, it makes me proud of the fandom, that it can generate fic good enough to make her happy, even if she doesn't care for the show.

Is that the Hunger Games one?

Peter S. Beagle. The Last Unicorn. Local library. IJS.

I really don't think you'll regret it. I don't think you'd regret it if you watched the also excellent animated movie. This is one of my childhood loves that didn't change a jot in my heart when watching it as an adult (with the judicious usage of the fast-forward button).

Movie before book is my rec, because the movie is still one of my favorites, and the book just expands on the richness. Schmendrick is extra tragic in the book. Just fast-forward through Mia Farrow and Jeff Bridges singing and you'll be golden. Both movie and novel are funny, terrifying, romantic, tragic, whimsical. And the animation of the movie is pretty great and has some fantastic music by America.

No, Hunger Games is the DCBB fusion trinityofone has coming up.

ita, that maybe came across as pushy, and admittedly perhaps inspired a creepy desire to hunt down your mailing address and mail you a copy of the book. Just ignore me.

Ring of salt - barrier to demons and ghosts.

The very best of fanfic can transcend unfamiliarity with the source material. (Yahtzee's "Goodnight Moon" remains the most moving crossover story I've read despite my knowing nothing about Joan of Arcadia that couldn't be gleaned from the promos back when it was airing and holding The Day After Tomorrow in bemused contempt.) If it's really good, it should stand on its own merit without requiring background homework.

"Goodnight Moon" broke me in all the best ways, and my familiarity with the source material was on a par with Matt's.

Popping in here to rec all the stars I've loved. It's a very short (probably less than 1,000 words) but very evocative story about the legends that might spring up in the decades after the apocalypse.

The first crossroads demon was definitely my favorite.

Um, I'm sure everyone was dying to know that.

The last crossroads demon is my favourite. The first is my second favourite.

Julie, I'll add the movie to my Netflix queue. I'm in the middle of two books and innumerable fics, so the book itself will have to wait. But then I'll try the fic out.

Anne, I loved that story. The sort that makes me sad, but in a good way.