This has been a really shitty week for me, as some of you know, and honestly, I just want to say how much I love you all, because fandom has been one of the few bright spots this past dark week, and I can't thank you enough for your squee and your fic and your porn and your polls and your pretty, pretty support and your gushing about brother touching and your schmoop and your picspams and your music and your recs and just...for being you. *smishes ALL OF YOU* You make me so so glad I have fandom.
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Apparently shameless begging works, because
such a beautiful blank (but smooth it) won a bunch of awards at
hpgw_otp's Best Of vote this year. I have lots of luffly banners and I don't know what to do with them, but I'll figure something out.
Um, thanks to everyone who voted!
SPEAKING OF THAT FIC. WHEE. Go check out the PRETTY PRETTY PIC
reallycorking drew for it.
Cider, which is JUST AWESOME. CORK. YOU ROCK MY WORLD.
And speaking of things that rock my world. (You see, how my segues are awesome today.)
Fic recs:
Crossover
Knife, Gun and Stake by
r_becca. Hot, IC Jo/Faith, and these two are as close as I get to a crossover OTP, and fics like this are why. There's this lovely way Faith lets her guard drop around Jo and can see through a lot of Jo's false bravado, and they play off each other so well, all cheap denim and leather jackets and KNIVES and girls being HOT. GO READ IT.
Sam/Dean
And So Awakens The Devil by
concernedlily. LONG, plotty, hot Sam/Dean. Messy and complicated, and I had a few minor quibbles with the end of this, but nothing to negate how divinely awesome it is, especially the Dean!voice, which rings really, really true.
So Long and Goodnight by
veronamay. THIS BROKE ME. GO READ IT.
J2
And Tomorrow After That by
teand. Valentine's Day SCHMOOP FTW!
So Close To My Heart by
audrarose. This has been recc'd like a bazillion times, but whatevs. It's really good, just left me smiling, and I swear, Jensen as a single dad DOES SOMETHING TO MY INSIDES. YES PLEASE.
Context Is Everything by
veronamy. Ahahaha. Jared speaks in movie quotes all day, and then Jensen joins in on the fun!
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Speaking of fics, I have finally found my voice for my
abouttwoboys fic. I'm about 6000 words in now, (and they haven't even MET yet) and it won't be done by the deadline, but I'll get it done eventually. I'm still excited about it, even though writing it has been like pulling teeth.