newsletter # 13 (February 2012)

[harrigan]

Welcome to the spn_littlebro newsletter #13 for February 2012!





Hello, members, watchers and lurkers! Hope you like the new appearance of the community! cherry916 has worked hard to make it easier on the eyes for all!

We're closing in on 600 recs at our archive on delicious! Come - rec some more at our theme posts and put us up over the next milestone! (And don't forget, if you're looking for some hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared to wallow in, tips for searching our archive are here.)

While you're at it, don't forget our newest theme: hurt!bunnies! If you're looking for inspiration to create something new, or want to leave a prompt for someone else to pick up at their leisure, that's the place to visit!

Finally, one of our favorite things about our fandom is hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared, but when it comes to real-life, fandom is awesome because we want to help, not hurt! The newest comm to do just that is Fandom Helps and the current charity being helped is Planned Parenthood. You can post to offer up something to auction until 11:59pm EST on Feb 14th, followed by a week of open bidding. You don't need a dreamwidth account to play - details are at the website.

Fevered Ramblings:

Here's a handful of things your spn_littlebro team is raving about right now. (And if you like these as much as we do, don't forget to comment to the person who created it!)

Who's Hurting Sam or Jared Lately?

• Some of us don't read WIPs, and some of us do! One who does is cherry916, who is enjoying this SPN gen fic: Sons of My Heart by sammygirl1963 on ff.net. It's an episode tag of sorts to a season 7 episode, so we'll skip the summary to avoid spoiling anyone not yet getting the current US season. Hopefully, it not too spoilerish to say that Sam gets a head injury! (It's not all that unusual, is it?) This time both Dean and Bobby get to take care of Sam.


• cherry916 also loved Breathe Me by authoressnebula for the recent ohsam fic challenge. Another SPN gen fic, cherry916 says of this one: "I really love seeing any story that gives us a glimpse into Sam's time during In My Time Of Dying. She weaves Sam's current illness between flashbacks of his time in the hospital so effortlessly, leaving Dean slowly putting the pieces together."
• harrigan thinks more fans should discover Square One, also written for the recent ohsam challenge, this one by madebyme_x. harrigan says, "I ♥ a good gen curtain!fic - they are all too rare. I love how the author paced this, not telling us everything all at once but carefully doling out what we should know at the perfect time. I love fic where both boys want to take care of each other - sometimes too damaged to, but still trying their best. This was full of metaphors and similes that were eloquent and effective. Her care really showed. This was an awesome prompt by de_nugis (there is never enough fic about Sam running), and she really did it justice!"


• vail_kagami has two short new SPN fics from minviendha to rec this time. The first is Say a Prayer for Recognition and vail_kagami would call it 'Gen with Sam/Lucifer overtones', and rate it NC17 for torture and implied dubious consent. She says, "It's an intense, brilliantly described look on Sam and Lucifer in the cage, on Lucifer's twisted tenderness and manipulative love. It's at the same time cruel and beautiful to read."
• Her second rec by the same author is Wrecked, NC17 with lots of hurt and no comfort. vail_kagami says, "It's horrible - and that's good because it should be. We watch from (possessed!)Dean's pov as he beats his little brother up and rapes him while telling him how Sam ruined his life, and he's absolutely unable to stop it not matter how much he wants to. On top of it, the demon aims for the wall in Sam's mind - and yet Sam has a little moment of glory at the end that doesn't actually make anything better."

Featured Fic Recs:

• This month, cherry916 would like to feature a completed J2AU: You're the Dream of a Lifetime by sammyndeansgrl1. She says, "This is a story from our dear friend who passed away not too long ago, maybe in 2011. And luckily her fics are still here leaving her legacy behind. It's a story of surviving abuse and building a life for oneself outside of it." Summary: Jared is married to an extremely abusive man. One night, his husband discovers Jared’s intention to leave him - and the unthinkable happens. Jared wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who he is, his past or how his battered and severely abused body got that way. He meets Jensen Ackles - and together they try and rebuild Jared’s life - until…
• vail_kagami has a new author to feature this month. She says, "Many in the hurt!Sam part of the fandom know sinka through her thoughtful and supportive comments. This the first fic she's written herself, and what a start it is! The plot is compelling and clever with historical facts seamlessly worked into Supernatural canon, the characters are perfect, and it gives us the rare sight of Sam and Dean having to get by in a foreign country - with ghosts and monsters but without pie. On top of all that it deals with Sam's issues after freeing Lucifer and his hurt by Dean's rejection in a way the show sadly never did. As a bonus, this is h/c that actually offers very satisfying comfort to go with all the hurt." This is over 30K of awesome SPN gen - Hell's Mouth and is illustrated and available in eReader formats, too.

Other Media:

• art: harrigan is a huge fan of ratherastory's Fusion 'verse, which has been rec'd here before. What's new is the incredible art by quickreaver for the Making It Work story in the 'verse. Her artwork here makes your heart clench. Sam is so wrecked, Dean so anxious. It's a hospital scene, with tears shimmering in eyes, and hand-holding and cheekbones! [ahem!] and... the boys are just so gorgeously damaged.


• art: CHERRY916 is raving about Prime by n4t4ss4. Our reccer says this is a surreal piece created from a manip for a recent story (all info in post with art), and it's sheer gore but in intimate moment between them. The old moldy tiles all set the atmosphere of the art and in turn the fic, and you know it's not going to be a very happy read, but the art adds so much to the story. (There is happy ending though.)
• music videos: ash48 has found a gem to share! When you Can't Take It Anymore by lockedinabathroom. Ash says this is "a fabulous video exploring the notion of Lucifer in Sam's head. Haunting and beautifully constructed."
• eBooks, etc.: Check out Hell's Mouth, described above, and Out of the Night that Covers Me, described below!
• audiobook/podfic: Out of the Night that Covers Me is a Sam/Dean NC17 fic by mickeym for the 2010 spn_j2_bigbang. ash48 says "This is (as always!) beautifully read by chemm80. The story deals with Sam's deep seated anger issues and how he goes about controlling them. It's gritty, beautiful and rings very true." Podfic (and also link to mp3 version) are here and the story is also available in PDF format.
• audiobook/podfic: Let's hear it (get it? hear it? LOL!) for a new comm! It's not specific to hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared, but hopefully we'll find some here! This community is for posting all podfics that are part of the Supernatural and SPN CW RPS fandom. Although there are specific communities for Sam/Dean podfics and Gen podfics , and larger, pan-fandom communities (available through the links to the side), this community was created to encompass all the vast ships and pairings - slash, het or gen - found specifically within the SPN fandom. As long as the podfic contains one character that has been associated with the CW's Supernatural, this is the community to post it! This community was created so podfics that are not Sam/Dean or gen could easily be included in the spnnewsletter.

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