Amy, I read the hustler fic as a WIP--do you have a link for the finished fic?

A WIP? I remember it being really short. But I don't think I have the bookmark anymore. Plei might.

His heart fell into his pelvis adding its fleshy fodder to fuel the flames stoking hot in lower places.

I just had to share the purple prose.

I think I remember that Dean/John fic. It was a shorty. And barely bearable for me, which is saying a lot because Dean/John is intolerable to me.

Which makes me then think about the next new ep, whenever it may air. Because my second thought was "is she legal, and if she hadn't stated who she was, how close would Dean be to banging her?" My first thought was "do not want!".

Really, we finally get to see Dean back in the saddle, and his sex life has to be a plot point?

Then I wonder if Dean (and Sam) have been as celibate as Show shows us (proof in the lack of evidence).

I figure they'll tell us if Dean's crippling depression has also been keeping him out of the sack. It's what I've been assuming, that between what they've both got going on upstairs, they're not in the mood for anything more complicated that self-stimulation.

Dean has not yet been shown drowning his sorrows in bootie, so I'm interested to see what sort of interaction he has with this woman that gets him into bed.

Really, we finally get to see Dean back in the saddle, and his sex life has to be a plot point?

In this fandom, it's always going to be a plot point one way or the other.

I think we would have seen if Dean or Sam had been interested in sex, and between grief and Leviathans and brotherly conflict and more grief, I don't think either of them have been. It doesn't surprise me that Dean getting his sexy on again comes after the speech from Frank, though. If you're going to keep on keeping on, with a smile on your face, Dean probably assumes it's best to go all out and do it right.

It doesn't surprise me that Dean getting his sexy on again comes after the speech from Frank

I get that. Hell, his fake smile was done with the absence of any witnesses, so I totally see Dean being in the frame of mind to go all into pretending he's alright.

But it's not just "Dean's going to die in three months, he's doing it with sisters" plot beat. It's the catalyst for the story.

Like Sam sexing with Madison was not Plot A, or a catalyst, but a beat in the story that made the conclusion extra heart achy.

I know things are condensed in a TV show, I guess I'd just rather have an ep with Dean random sexing after Frank's speech, and then if you need to have a cringe-inducing mystical preggers ep, that's after.

cringe-inducing mystical preggers

I guess I don't get why you think it will be cringe-inducing? And in terms of condensing, that's exactly it. Why waste the minutes in another episode showing Dean hooking up when it has nothing to do with that story? They only have so much time to work with.

I guess that's the unrealistic part of me that wants to see story points that aren't foreshadowing, that aren't plot points, that are just moments in the boys lives. That not everything has to be part of some over-arching plot, that there's some shit in their lives that just IS. Maybe it's a red herring, maybe it's a casuality to the main arc, or maybe it's just a stepping stone. I don't need (and Want) for Show to be a Dickens story where every scene is relevant to the plot A or B.

Maybe just the concept of the next ep rubbed me the wrong way.

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I guess I'd just rather have an ep with Dean random sexing after Frank's speech

Amy's right in that we don't do just moments in their lives. Sleeping with Madison wasn't a moment, it was still crucial. While Madison wasn't the catalyst for the plot, it was huge, since she was his first sex since Jess.

There isn't time for Dean to offhandedly have sex, not in how they set up the show, really. And I don't want Dean to offhandedly have sex right now, because it wouldn't be plausible to me. Either to Dean or to the plot, I do think him having sex is a big deal.

But I don't know--maybe it's like him not being able to smile, maybe it's him learning to smile, I don't know. I've only seen the same few seconds you have, and I don't think I've ever disliked an episode on the basis of a trailer. My accuracy of prediction isn't good enough for me to get worked up about it. It will take the episode itself to make me dislike it.

This is the kind of fanart I love. Accomplished but with just enough of a raw edge, and the artist's personality is evident.

Also, DEAN. Mmmm.