I signed up for magical powers years ago! Damn it.

IMToD was on this morning, and I started wondering about reapers (i.e. Tessa mostly) and Death.

The reapers make it seem like Death is sort of figurehead, don't they? He's got minions doing all the heavy lifting.

Does Death make the decisions on who dies and then give the list to the reapers? I feel like I'm missing something.

Does Death make the decisions on who dies and then give the list to the reapers? I feel like I'm missing something.

I got the idea that he makes sure that people on 'the list' die so that the balance of things doesn't get thrown off, but that Tessa wasn't sure where Death got said list. This supposition is based on a fuzzy memory of the most recent ep.

I kind of wish they'd touched on the omnipresence of Death. I mean, thousands of people die every day all over the world (not to mention all the other places throughout the cosmos that Death implied in "Two Minutes to Midnight"); clearly Dean was just getting a brief and narrow view of the responsibilities.

Okay, Rockstarpeach.

She's still on my mind.

I like her story, because I'm okay with stories where they're meant to be together (I mean, they really like each other), even if it doesn't happen. So she's stabbing me in the heart, but not in a back-clicky way. I adore the sort of porn she's writing, because it's very character-driven. And I like the idea that Dean is more into it than he is willing to admit, and that Cas is more open-eyed about what's going on. Relatively speaking. The way he handles it I'm chalking up to a result of the human part of the AU. Also, amping up the drama.

They might be my OTP, but they don't have to be happy together. I really don't need that for Dean, like, ever. Enjoy, I can. Need, no. (cf why I don't read him with Lisa. She needs happier endings than I like)

Also the porn is porny and long. Mmm, yes.

Still, she better finish it soon, and finish it satisfyingly, or else...there will be bitter words on the internet.

Nanoochka I'm a little more distanced from, but she's clearly bought into my OTP whatever she does with the story. So, you know, I'll finish it out.

I'm not reccing this because it's good (though it's not bad). I'm reccing it because Dean is a waffle.

Oh, and another thing about Rockstarpeach's AU--I usually hate it neither brother is straight, but it really works for me in this one. For some reason, I'm digging big gay Sammy.

I'm reccing it because Dean is a waffle.

I wasn't sure if you were being literal, so I clicked.

You were.

The author's note at the bottom is the best part of that.

That was hilarious. Castiel was just so...Castiel, even as whipped topping.

That was freaking brilliant!

Suggestion - when the hellatus is over (or even sooner), do you think we could move fanfic discussion over to the fanfic thread? Didn't we separate things out when we had the various Jossverse threads?