But where's the Harvelle big bang?

Darn good question. Heck, a BB with stories that primarily focused on SPN secondary characters (e.g. anyone not Sam, Dean, Castiel, or Bobby) would be fascinating.

It would probably go over as well as the proverbial lead balloon, but it could still generate some interesting fic.

(ita, I don't know if you've read it or not, but I did write a BB-length Ellen backstory a while back.) t / self-pimping

If Ann hadn't self-pimped, I would have pimped, because her story is awesome.

That's on my to-read list, now, Anne.

I think they should have an outsider POV...well, okay, minibang. I wish people didn't hate OCs as much as they seem to.

Isn't there a het-bigbang? Perhaps that will be Harvelle-icious.

Maybe it will be full up of delicious Dean/Ellen. And some random Sam/Jo, if we're going to pair the spares. It's certainly more sensical than Sam/Gabe.

despite honestly believing his brother was rotting in the lowest depths of Hell as Lucifer & Michael's chewtoy

Well, since what we have now is a shell of Sam, and his soul is elsewhere... I'm assuming his soul is still in Hell as Lucifer's and Michael's chewtoy, and has been for the entire year plus now. The body returned but the soul remained behind to continue being tormented.

Eh, Dean was messed up but still able to go on despite honestly believing his brother was rotting in the lowest depths of Hell as Lucifer & Michael's chewtoy.

But he had also promised Sam to live the picket fence life with Lisa, which you can't do if you're dead. I think that made a big difference.

A Harvelle Big Bang would be awesome. And I can't say Missouri really *deserves* one what with only one appearance, but I'd still like some more fic featuring her.

I think that made a big difference.

I think that made all the difference, honestly. He was willing to upset the terms of the deal/plan to get him back, until Sam made him promise.

I'm suddenly remembering some Missouri/Bobby, but I don't think I bookmarked it...hmm.

I wonder how much Lisa we'll see from here on in. I don't want her to be killed to free up Dean, but I do think she was highly right (and should have been dealing with this all along), and a reconciliation would make me twitchy.

I don't think we've seen the last of her and Ben. I don't think they'll reconcile, at least not right away if ever, but I do think Dean has unfinished business with Ben, and I think he's the type to want to cap that off, and apologize.

I'm really trusting Sara not to kill them, and I hope I'm not wrong.

They have to be back in some capacity, otherwise that was a really cheap write-off. Any finality has to come without magical hijinks interfering in their personalities and actions. Not that the magical hijinks didn't highlight issues that needed addressing. But they need to come back after that shit and say "All said and done, because of that, despite that..."