Really, I was just looking for one person to say it was okay.

That's entirely how weak I am.

Really, I was just looking for one person to say it was okay.

Dude, I was going to thank you for putting the idea in my head.

You'll link us to it if you find it, right?

Oh, I'm entirely an enabler. Never fear.

JDM on my teevee is always a good thing. Oh my. This makes me very happy. It's not an obstacle to returning to SPN, because he says in every article that they don't call him to return. He was doing Denny and John at the same time. If he wanted to do it, it would happen, *if they called*.

The video was awesome about the hands! I was so excited that I shared it on facebook before I read here that show is going to be delayed a week. MFers.

We didn't talk about Wincest here because in the early days of the thread, we started to. People stepped forward and said they respected it might be someone else's beautiful cake, but if it was discussed in thread, they would leave the thread. So those of us that read it just did so discreetly and underground. I was even (warned is too strong a word) cautioned against mentioning J2. Which at the time was before things got quite so crazy in fandom and it was just funny. Now I kinda share the squick. It's like we are very victorian about it and if we don't talk about it, it didn't exist.

I don't have anything against angel/human. I was much more receptive to it until the x-files episode that dealt with the consequences of that union. I just saw that last week. However, I also saw LEGION, and if ever two angels were prime candidates, it would be Paul Bettany and other character actor guy. Very very hot angel fighting.

I think it's okay if we talk about things now as long as we are respectful right? As long as we don't go into detail or describe, I'm guessing?

Gorgeous, schmoopy and healing Sam/Dean story by the amazing britomart_is: My Soul Look Back and Wonder. It's her version of how Dean recovered Sam's soul. My favorite thing about this fic is that part of how he does it is by journeying through Sam's favorite memories, so it repairs so much of the damage done in "Dark Side of the Moon" without ever spelling it out quite that clearly. (Young Dean teaching little Sammy to swim! Dean feeling Sam's reaction to Sam seeing him alive, really and truly, at Mystery Spot!). She posted it in early November so of course it doesn't completely match up to canon.

Thanks for posting that Morgana. In my mind, the way I've healed has been to handwave that the memory of the fireworks were as close to a true shared memory that the boys had in heaven. I've never seen the boys so happy and watching it makes me cry every time. Sam dancing in the fire light. Gulp. The idea of Dean teaching Sam how to swim is made of so much win that I WANT to see it on the show. Want!

I only whitefonted that chat as it related to the whitefont in the previous post. It's all aired on television.

Britomart wrote that BB everyone liked so much, right? Dictionary for a dead language, or something?

I tried to read some Sam+Dean schmoop the other day, and I just couldn't handle it. I'm not sure if I changed, or if the show changed. I can't take Dean/Cas schmoop either, but I never could. I know I used to like brotherly schmaltz. But these stories had them being adorably daft about being platonic lifemates and soulmates in heaven, and it was just off. I mean, they seemed well-written, but just wrong. I wonder if it's the soulless start to season 6 that's put me in this place.

I still need them together at the end of the series though, and hopefully single (or Dean with Cas, at best, so, yeah, that's gonna happen) living TOGETHER. So it's not like I approve of any schism between them. They're still my platonic OTP. I just don't get the sugar.

IO9 just posted a Vampire Diaries writeup and all I can think is BITCHES PRE-EMPTING MY SHOW.

Ooh, I'm bitter.

britomart_is is a fantastic writer. She blows me away almost every time. And yeah, if I remember right, "Dictionary For a Dead Language" was incredible.

I think it's okay if we talk about things now as long as we are respectful right? As long as we don't go into detail or describe, I'm guessing?

I think so, Theresa. And I'm glad you chimed in.

I know I used to like brotherly schmaltz. But these stories had them being adorably daft about being platonic lifemates and soulmates in heaven, and it was just off.

I read one a while back where they were actually elderly, nearing eighty, and living in Key West. It was *almost* too much, except for those realistic details (creaky joints, sleepiness, cholesterol problems) that made it just right. It was more Grumpy Old Men than anything else, and really just sweet enough.