Because almost every curtain fic I've read (and some I've imagined writing) makes hunting impossible

I've read a mad amount where they just decide to hang up their shotguns. And I don't like them. It makes me anxious and sad for the characters. I know there are fans that think that hunting is the unhappy ending for them, and there's no way they can resolve their issues and still keep on in *any* sort of a hunting lifestyle.

But I don't agree.

I guess I just don't like curtain fic.

Give me a story where they age out, but don't renounce the life and I much prefer it.

I also don't get much out of stories where they remove all the supernatural elements from the world as the result of whatever happens at the end of a given season, and then that's why they have to retire, but then they discover "Oh! This is kind of nice, now that I think about it! We should have done this earlier!"

I want equitable hunters, dammit. I'm not asking for happy, of course, because I have my issues, but I am not asking for that much broken misery. I want Dean to keep drinking, carousing, and shooting things. I want him to not deal all *that* well with his anger. That's who I like, dammit. Sam, I think of as much healthier. I don't need his pain for my amusement so much.

Both of them, Sam especially, were more broken in that fic than makes me happy.

I didn't get too far into it. It's just not my sort of beautiful cake. But I am not really reading fic right now anyway, so I can't tell if it's general avoidance, or specific to that fic. But Roque does tend to do more damage to them than I'm comfortable with.

That's true, although I think it never occurs to me that they wouldn't be?

I think it's more affirmation than proof, if that makes sense. I think it's the how that sameness plays out than the fact that it does that's important.

If they age enough, at some point they will need to add someone(s) to the team for muscle. At another point there would be hunts that would have to be left entirely to the muscle. Past that, most hunts would have to be left to muscle, which means from day one they had better be more than just muscle. Or maybe Sam and Dean could operate drones...

OMG, one of my team's items made it to the next round of bonus competition. (Bacon dress)

Bonus competition?

Yes, apparently.

I don't see anything in updates about that--did you get an email? What is the bonus?

Our team rep got an email.

@jumblejim My favorite @jarpad remark ever: after delays setting up a shot: "C'mon guys! It's not rocket Scientology."

Heh.

Great. Now Xenu is going to devour him whole. SMART MOVE, BEAV.

(Hey, I wonder if they can battle Xenu in season 8?)