You still have to clear the hurdle of taboo, though, in order to get numbers and profile. That's what I'm surprised about, that *this* is the one that makes it. Not Neal/Peter? Sherlock/John? I guess it has seniority, and of course I'm all handclappy that it's my pairing of choice, but I just don't remember being there when it earned it.

Hey, you know, whatever. Baltie sees it, what more do we need? Gabe's blessing?

Colin says Felicia Day will be on Show. Don't tell anyone I told you. It's totally our secret.

Whoo! That's very cool.

Woo hoo!

I took a peak at a D/C fic whose premise what "what if Sam said No when Dean asked him to help him find John". Which is all sorts of wrong. I skimmed about two parts in, and was simply infuriated at the idea that Dean was successfully handling all of the same season 1 cases alone. Just. No. You just eliminated the entire premise of the show, made Sam unnecessary. And Cas doesn't show up for at least 6 parts, which is why it didn't show up in the D/C community until now.

The other fic I thought I was enjoying, where Jess turns out to be a hunter and joins the boys, I abandoned as well. She sits around like a third wheel and contributes almost nothing. It almost felt like the writer was saying "see how much better the boys are without her?". There's no butting of hunter-heads like I would have expected, she's relegated to civilain female status. So many ways her addition could have been interesting, but still problematic in that she is very much a part of the premise, or rather, her death is.

whose premise what "what if Sam said No when Dean asked him to help him find John"

Huh. What show are they watching that this seems like a good premise? Weird. But to each their id, I suppose.

I've read interesting stories where Jess is a hunter but in them she's actually a hunter. And useful. While still being female. Shocking, I know.

What show are they watching that this seems like a good premise?

For serious. That's, like, the entire foundation for the show's existence. That, and Jess dying. Those two things drive why they started hunting together again, and why Sam got so on board with finding John. With the latter absent, I can see the author justifying that the mere attempt on Jess' life would be motivating enough for Sam want to take out the demon, but the former being taken out of the equation? Have fun with that.

"Defending Your Life" is on, and they just got back to the motel room and Dean tells Sam he should take first shower. I swear to god, I thought that was something that only happened in fic.

I can't even stomach stories where Sam doesn't come back from hell. The idea of him having a soul and not going with Dean is worse than him being dead. If you include Jess you usually lose the hyper focus. Or it's extra weird if you don't. Not my story. They need to grow into that at best. But my favorite D/C still has it.

There's an older story where Jess hunts with Sam and Dean, but she's also badly burned by the fire, and her motivation is definitely vengeance, as well as wanting to leave Stanford. If I recall right, it turns into a threesome, too, but she was definitely an active hunter with her own agenda.

I can't even stomach stories where Sam doesn't come back from hell.

I was thinking the other day about Swan Song, and what would have happened to Dean if Sam had never come back, and Cas and Bobby hadn't been brought back. And it was so horrible, I nearly made myself cry.