Thursday's Child is so good. I only one complaint, and that is for the very very end, which is the cheetos handjob. It kinda missed the quirky off-beat/I'm trying not to be a romantic cliche vibe.

Shit, I went to look Thursday's Child back up (I closed the window with intent of self-preservation--good job, ita !), and ended up reading her non-AU D/C The Little Mermaid, and feels! Well crafted feels: [link] I sense a lot of "catching up" in my near future. But, damn, I'm chafing to draw D/C, and there are only so many hours...

Apropos of a conversation someone started elsewhere--what is the key characteristic of a Byronic hero? Someone was saying that Dean couldn't be one because he was poor, but now every time someone is brooding, I am wondering if they qualify (not only do I not know what Byronic means, I also didn't recognise many of his examples, like Heathcliff. I will need to be talked down to on this one. Thank dog for Angel. At least I got one).

eta: Right, I meant to add this buzzfeed breakdown of Jensen's pout to the post: [link] Frankly, I think the list is both short and overly dependent on Jenny Thunder. But a good start.

A Byronic hero doesn't have to be wealthy. He might be (see Rochester or even Heathcliff, later on) but it's not a prereq, and he's not at all impressed with the upper classes.

I think the only thing Dean is lacking is education, but there are clearly exceptions to that rule (see Heathcliff again). And Dean is also more educated than a lot of people in specific ways.

I wish all the Jenny Thunder pictures would go away. They really make me cringe for him.

he's not at all impressed with the upper classes.

Yeah, that poster (who was ragging on Batman, so clearly WRONG about life) seemed to think upper class was key. Phooey on them.

I enjoyed enough of the Jenny Thunder pics at the time that I wouldn't wish them out of existence. I was sincerely into pics like him getting sprayed by water, and at the time found the cheesy Western stuff attractive. However, brick pants and polka dot shirt...poor dear.

Even getting sprayed by water makes me cringe! Very few pictures of him pre-age nineteen or so are bearable for me.

Is there a German word for embarrassment on another's behalf? There must be.

I don't think there's too much out there of him pre-nineteen except the awkward anorak poses and school-related cheerleading or whatever. He was 19 when he started doing Days, and I think much of Jenny Thunder demand came from Brady, even though he was modelling beforehand.

Good god.

Actually, I don't think I've ever seen a cheerleading picture.

You are making him pout.

Go team go: [link] [link] [link] !

I can't lie, I wish there were more published yearbook pics. This fuels some HS AU feels: [link] I don't know if baseball is a popular sport for teen Dean because of Jensen or what. I do think some of the people who make him a football player know less about it than I do, but I know very little. Just seems he would only play QB or kicker or...I knew a cornerback who was "relatively" small.

Oh, hey, this was not the right call: [link]

And this totally was: [link]

This pic was taken no earlier than 1998, so he's twenty or so: [link]

Is there a German word for embarrassment on another's behalf? There must be.

I believe, in some parts of the Internet, this is referred to as having "The Motts"