Do you not get her appeal, Julie, or do you dislike her?

I don't get her appeal, but I don't dislike her. I don't find her especially talented, or especially attractive (on the level of me wondering if maybe that's the appeal that bypasses any lacking of talent). Is it the geek cred?

I don't think she's horrible, but I'm baffled by the excitement over her.

Why are Jo and Dean the same age?

Yes! Another thing!

Maybe it's weird what you hold onto and need in your AUs, but age-induced relationship characteristics are important to me. I can handle a bit of tweaking of Cas's age because he's new to humanity in canon, but as a tip of the hat to the fact that he's actually older than mankind, don't make him Sam's age. Please. Don't actually make him younger than Dean. Make him socially younger if you need to (which doesn't have to mean all the things authors seem to think), but not year-wise.

And Jo's age is relevant to her relationship with Dean, so why bother mess with it? Sam's year should have a lot more people in it.

Rachel is the angel who worked with Castiel.

I just read another fic yesterday with Dean having vertigo, and it was important to how the scene played out. It wasn't strictly AU. Please stop doing that.

Also, authors, Supernatural vampires need to be decapitated. Please stop referring to staking or "spiking" them. It's irrelevant.

Rachel! That's right. Thanks, brenda.

(I always forget you watch, and then I'm delighted when you pop up in here.)

I don't dislike her.

Then why "oh noes"?

I read a fic where Dean had Type I diabetes, and the author said she had help from friends who worked with diabetic patients, and it was so wrong.

Dean needed to eat, and was already trembly, but showered first (which was dumb), and then Sam reminded him to take his insulin, which he did, and then he passed out. Which makes sense, because if you're already shaking with low blood sugar, you EAT FIRST, you don't add more insulin on top of it.

Baffling. I was only insulin-dependent during pregnancy, and *I* know this stuff.

Cherry pie:

I also don't get why Kali is included in the SPN/Hogwarts fusion and Baldur and Mercury aren't.

Which, like ita said, not my AU, but still.

I guess Kali gets traction because her role was bigger in Hammer of the Gods, plus she had an explicit back history with Gabriel, and she survived it. I don't feel like I know anything about Baldur or Mercury--I'd not really be tempted to include them in anything, or even that there'd be that much canon to be bound by (more for Baldur than Mercury--I can at least remember what he looks like). But Kali had a bigger impact on fandom, I think. I don't remember reading or seeing either Baldur or Mercury in any fic or art.

I don't get her appeal, but I don't dislike her. I don't find her especially talented, or especially attractive (on the level of me wondering if maybe that's the appeal that bypasses any lacking of talent). Is it the geek cred?

The Guild is a brilliant creation, at times painfully funny. She's talented enough as a writer to have created one of the most successful web series out there. I find her entertaining and somewhat inspiring.

I don't remember reading or seeing either Baldur or Mercury in any fic or art.

I don't either, but Mercury at least had as much screen time as Kali in that episode.

And she's got Pastor Jim in there, who had all of three minutes on screen, so her choices just seem a little quirky to me. But, like you said, her AU, her sandbox.

Mercury at least had as much screen time as Kali in that episode.

But not as much plot, or roots, or, IMO quality of interaction with the regulars.

As for Pastor Jim, I think he's pretty random, but roots to the Weechesters are a big deal. Gets Caleb in a bunch of places too.