birthday things

I had a lovely birthday. It involved milkshakes and snuggling down with the roommates to watch a movie. It also involved getting lovely things for you all! (Most of them were not earmarked as birthday things in particular, but if they're for me and within a week of the day, I say they count.) Specifically,

* Higher Than an Eagle - more Faith/Giles wingfic from brutti_ma_buoni for Fall Fandom Free-For-All. I think I like this installment even better than the first one.

* Restless icons from knifeedgefic, also for the Free-For-All. See for example my Miss Kitty icon! They're all gorgeous, and Knife did really interesting things with caps that aren't iconed as often.

* A lovely bunch of birthday balloons from green_maia.

Thank you so much! Thanks, too, everyone, for the lovely birthday wishes.

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birthday things

I had a lovely birthday. It involved milkshakes and snuggling down with the roommates to watch a movie. It also involved getting lovely things for you all! (Most of them were not earmarked as birthday things in particular, but if they're for me and within a week of the day, I say they count.) Specifically,

* Higher Than an Eagle - more Faith/Giles wingfic from brutti_ma_buoni for Fall Fandom Free-For-All. I think I like this installment even better than the first one.

* Restless icons from knifeedgefic, also for the Free-For-All. See for example my Miss Kitty icon! They're all gorgeous, and Knife did really interesting things with caps that aren't iconed as often.

* A lovely bunch of birthday balloons from green_maia.

Thank you so much! Thanks, too, everyone, for the lovely birthday wishes.

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various SPN things

1. Now that lettered has been suckered into SPN, she's writing fic! My favorite so far is Before and After Stanford, a story in dialogue about how things have changed since Sam went away, and what the boys do about that. I loved it.

2. You know I asked a while back about the fanon that Dean stopped talking about Mary's death? Apparently in 1.03 Dead in the Water, while talking to Lucas, he says something to that general effect, although not that he stopped entirely, I don't think. But now you know.

3. dodger_winslow has some fascinating speculation on Dean as God, metaphorically and/or literally. I'm definitely not convinced of the idea, but it's a fascinating lense with which to look at the show. (lettered? You know how you were wishing for meta? You should totally check this out.)

4. Is canon ever clear about what happens to the spirits the boys destroy when they burn a person's bones? Do the spirits just end? Do they go wherever they were supposed to go after death? I lean towards the former, based on the what Tessa says to Dean about there not being any second chances.

5. This is the trouble with me. The trouble is I like these shows where the characters toil and suffer (oh so prettily) and perform heroics, but after they've toiled and suffered, I want them to be okay. I want them to get back up and be comforted and healed, to work through the junk they've been hit with, to be whole. And instead things always just get worse.

The other day I ran someone suggesting a SPN series finale scenario that I really, really liked. Basically, the big drama of the season gets wrapped up in the second-to-last ep, and the proper finale is just the boys on the road, on a normal job, being comfortable with each other and at least starting to communicate all the things they need to to get right with each other and the world. Quiet, contemplative, verging on peaceful.

I'm pretty sure we'll never get such a thing, but it's what I'd like.

EDIT: vague spoilers for S4 and S5 in comments.

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various SPN things

1. Now that lettered has been suckered into SPN, she's writing fic! My favorite so far is Before and After Stanford, a story in dialogue about how things have changed since Sam went away, and what the boys do about that. I loved it.

2. You know I asked a while back about the fanon that Dean stopped talking about Mary's death? Apparently in 1.03 Dead in the Water, while talking to Lucas, he says something to that general effect, although not that he stopped entirely, I don't think. But now you know.

3. dodger_winslow has some fascinating speculation on Dean as God, metaphorically and/or literally. I'm definitely not convinced of the idea, but it's a fascinating lense with which to look at the show. (lettered? You know how you were wishing for meta? You should totally check this out.)

4. Is canon ever clear about what happens to the spirits the boys destroy when they burn a person's bones? Do the spirits just end? Do they go wherever they were supposed to go after death? I lean towards the former, based on the what Tessa says to Dean about there not being any second chances.

5. This is the trouble with me. The trouble is I like these shows where the characters toil and suffer (oh so prettily) and perform heroics, but after they've toiled and suffered, I want them to be okay. I want them to get back up and be comforted and healed, to work through the junk they've been hit with, to be whole. And instead things always just get worse.

The other day I ran someone suggesting a SPN series finale scenario that I really, really liked. Basically, the big drama of the season gets wrapped up in the second-to-last ep, and the proper finale is just the boys on the road, on a normal job, being comfortable with each other and at least starting to communicate all the things they need to to get right with each other and the world. Quiet, contemplative, verging on peaceful.

I'm pretty sure we'll never get such a thing, but it's what I'd like.

EDIT: vague spoilers for S4 and S5 in comments.

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bad news and good news

Woe, delicious! I always meant to do something with my delicious account, but never got around to it. All of you who did, you have my full sympathies.

OTOH, it looks like Just Rewards is up and kicking again. Am I going to spend some time tomorrow saving all my favorite stories to my hard drive? You bet I am.

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bad news and good news

Woe, delicious! I always meant to do something with my delicious account, but never got around to it. All of you who did, you have my full sympathies.

OTOH, it looks like Just Rewards is up and kicking again. Am I going to spend some time tomorrow saving all my favorite stories to my hard drive? You bet I am.

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