A little bit political (with the Queen)

Some of you might be aware a certain orange cockwomble is currently over here instead of over there, and we Brits are not happy to see him. In classic Trump fashion, he managed to be rude to the Queen - which, not being a Monarchist myself, I'm not bothered about any perceived insult to her Majestic position, BUT I am apalled by the crassness of that towering tangerine tosspot. She's fecking ninety two, Trump, you arse. Show a little respect.

However, I found this on the web, and in honour of the last day of the World Cup, witness the silky dribbling skills of HRM, as she outflanks the oblivious, self centred dingbat.

Summergen rec post number 1

So far I have, in no particular order:

Title: Scorched Earth

Warnings: Major character death, and then some.
Summary: Inspired by this prompt: "How do you mourn angelic genocide?"
This whole fic is imbued with sadness in the best possible way. Don't let the death tag put you off reading this!

Title: The Room Upstairs
Rating: Mature (see warnings)
Word Count or Media: 10.4k
Warnings: Violence, creepiness/grossness, implied/referenced noncon
Summary: Sam comes back from hell, but he’s inside-out and all wrong, and Dean can’t fix him.

Beautifully written, utterly emotionally gripping, sad but with a happy-ish ending - and a very satisying alternative to canon's offering of Souless Sam.

Title: Riptide

Rating: PG-13

Word Count or Media: 10k

Warnings: Canon-typical violence

Summary: Sam just wants to be a normal college student and normal college students go on spring break.

Of course, that’s when bodies begin washing up on the beach.

An engaging case fic, chock full of Stanford era angst. Kept firmly in Sam's POV, this gives us ominous foreshadowing for Brady's future role, Sam's burgeoning relationship with Jess, and a nice meaty conflict between Sam's hunting instincts and his desire to make his alternative 'normal' future work.

Title: Doppelganger
Rating: PG13 (bad language)
Word Count: 3707
Warnings: Massive spoilers for Season 13 – so please heed this! Some mentions of previous violence to major character.

No official summary with this one.

Set post Season 13, with Dean restored to himself - this fic is such a cool idea. I can't say too much without giving away the main plot point, but it's well written, totally had me conflicted about who to root for, and has an ending that is both sad and happy.



NB: These are the standouts for me so far, but that doesn't mean the rest of the offerings so far are no good! Go forth and check 'em all out for yourself.

Summergen rec post - my gift!

Geeze, I'm away with the fairies at the moment and completely forgot I hadn't updated my rec post for summergen with my own gift - which is freaking AWESOME. But then I thought, this is a Good Thing. Because this deserves a post to itself so here we go.

My gift is a twofer. Not only did I get a beautifully crafted fic, I got beautifully understated art too. It complements the story wonderfully, the colours are so soft and subtle, it's like a turtle dove, but with Winchesters in crisis included. Bonus!

Title: Sleeping With The Fishes
Recipient:amberdreams
Rating: PG-13
Word Count or Media: 4350 words; digital art
Warnings:[click]

Author's Notes: For the prompt “a slender boy with a handgun,
a fast car, a bottle of pills”, because Siken. A big shout-out to my beta, Q, who’s the best at slapping my metaphor-happy hand. And a very happy Summergen to my giftee, Amberdreams! Brothers being brothers with an extra helping of Dean angst ahoy!

So yes, this hits all my buttons. Plenty of angst, sparse and emotional, tugging at the heartstrings like a master harper. Set in season 7, around my fave parts with Hallucifer rampant and Dean trying to cope.

And here's a turtle dove. Now go check out the art and the fic.