newsletter # 19 (August 2012)
Welcome to the spn_littlebro newsletter #19 for August 2012!
Right off the bat -- two hurt!Sam activities we hope you're all aware of and participating in! These should help us pass the time until we get new episodes on October 3rd!
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Click the images above to learn more!
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, be sure to comment to the person who created it!)
Who's Hurting Sam or Jared Lately?
Featured Fic Recs:
Other Media:
What Else?
Thanks, everyone, for your recs last month! With self-recs and other recs - we're up over 700 works in our Library of Hurt on delicious. (Self recs are always welcome - just use the theme posts here like any other rec.)
Last month we also got a question that made us think -- maybe some folks aren't sure how to tell if a fic has already been rec'd here. Here's one way: go to our archive on delicious and in the right hand column you'll see something called Tag Bundles. Say you're looking for ratherastory. For this fic, you'd pick authors N-R. Then you'll get a list of all the authors we've had rec'd whose names start N-R. Select ratherastory from that 'cloud' and it will give you a list of all the fics by her that have been rec'd here at spn_littlebro.
When you've enjoyed a completed fic over 1K (or art, music video, etc.) that features hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared and it's not in our archives yet, we encourage you to share it with us! Just pick a hurt theme (like illness or injury, etc.) from our sticky post and fill in the template with the info we need. (There are other links in that sticky post on How To's, etc. too that you may want to check out.) Hope that helps get you started, but if you need more guidance, just let us know. (We were all beginners at one time or another!)
Right off the bat -- two hurt!Sam activities we hope you're all aware of and participating in! These should help us pass the time until we get new episodes on October 3rd!
and
Click the images above to learn more!
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, be sure to comment to the person who created it!)
Who's Hurting Sam or Jared Lately?
- If your favorite flavor of fictional hurt!Jared is emotional pain, you'll want to see the new I Am Human music video by the Brian Buckley Band, featuring Jared and a snippet of Gen!
- ash48 has a 50K 2012 spn_j2_bigbang to rec this month: Rattling Your Locks by cherie_morte. Summary: Born into slavery, Jared has been trained and used as a pleasure slave ever since he was a teenager. Rare and coveted because of his Alpha status, Jared has always sold to the richest and often cruelest of masters. His new master, the young but ruthless CEO of TradeMark Entertainment, Jensen Ackles, seems no different. At least, not until Jared stops to wonder what a consummate Alpha male like Ackles would want with another Alpha as his pleasure slave. Things only get more confusing when Jared arrives at his new master's home and finds that there are no other slaves. He soon learns that Ackles freed all of his father's slaves when he inherited them and has been a vocal supporter and patron of anti-slavery groups since. Jared doesn't know how to reconcile this knowledge with his master's outward coldness, but the more he learns about Ackles, the less he seems to fit into the assumptions that Jared has made about him. J2AU, NC17, and ash48 says, "So much love for this fic. SO MUCH! A truly satisfying love story. It features not only hurt!jared but a Jared who is amazing in so many ways. He's suffered but a dignity remains that makes him truly remarkable. To be able to read a story where Jared is both vulnerable and strong is a gift. GO READ! Jensen is also amazing. I love the way the author twists the notion of slavery. And it's hot to boot!" Check the warnings and then, indulge!
- Not to be outdone, cherry916 has a 70K 2012 spn_j2_bigbang to rec this month: Regrets Collect Like Old Friends by brokenhighways. Summary: Celebrity psychic Jared Padalecki is drawn into a cruel game with the media dubbed “Valentine Killer” when he insults him on live television. His best friend is murdered in cold blood, and that coupled with a thunderous clash with his old flame - CBI Agent Jensen Ackles - leads to him having a publicized breakdown. But soon he’s back and gunning for the murderer while trying to come to the terms with the deep running attraction between himself and Jensen. Little does he know that he’s in way over his head on both counts.. It's RPS J2AU, obviously, NC17, with Jared beaten, shot and threatened. cherry916 says, "It totally sucked me in. A thrilling mystery based off the TV show The Mentalist. Add in romance, angst, humor, horror and a touch of schmoop to make it an excellent read. Jared is also so complex in this, with different layers hiding what lays underneath. It's a fun read."
- harrigan is sad to see the 2012 spn_j2_bigbang event come to an end, but has one more gift from that to share with you: Tornado Warning by dear_tiger. Summary: A failed attempt to restore Sam’s soul leaves roboSam with a demonic infestation. He and Dean set off across the country, searching for a way to reverse the damage. Elsewhere, an amnesiac ex-con lands a job at the Winchester Meat butcher shop, gets harassed by local monsters and falls in love with the sheriff. There are two stories that develop independently, and the connection is a name, and the name is a memory, and memories are hard to come by. But what you gotta remember first and foremost, sonny, is to watch out for the tornado. This is a very complex epic, about 28K, and it's Sam/Dean (rated R) but primarily gen readers like harrigan may find it amazing too. She says, "There's so much going on here, it's hard to pinpoint the type of hurt. Illness-of-demonic-origin, amnesia, clawed by creature, crushed by tornado... it's complicated. There's a story within a story and it ends up AU. This is a fascinating and rewarding journey, brilliantly crafted. Find yourself a quiet niche and settle in for a treat!"
- Hold the presses! rainylemons has just posted her 2012 spn_gen_bigbang and it's friggin' ☆ amazing ☆ ! As is the accompanying art by evian_fork. Go read The Space Around Him now! Summary: Two years ago Sam Winchester went blind after an opportunistic infection ruined his optic nerve. He and Dean have since settled down, but Sam's still struggling to learn the difference between adapting and coping. Fortunately, he has an awesome brother, a therapist, a few exotic dancers, and a canary named Phil to help him out. It's everything harrigan loves - permanent disability, curtain!fic - but it has such painfully real mental/emotional repercussions that make your heart ache. Her Sam is bitter, yearning, stubborn, vulnerable, defiant, self-sufficient, striving... and the story has action and suspense, too, and above all -- a Dean that is exactly right!
- Polls are open now at summer_sam_love! Go wallow in the heroic!Sam fic and art created for this summer challenge, vote for your favorites, and if they feature hurt!Sam, don't forget to rec them here!
Featured Fic Recs:
- cherry916 offers a short oldie-but-goodie SPN gen fic this month: Still of the Night by geminigrl11 and also available on her LJ here. Summary: It's freaking cold out, and they've been here forever, it seems, with nothing else to do but sit. This is set pre-series, and cherry916 loves it because who doesn't love hypothermia? Seriously, she says, "This is a very classic fic. I remember this coming out early seasons, around Season 2, where a lot was generally still unknown about Sam and Dean's childhood. But she writes both boys beautifully as they huddle together to stay alive against the cold, waiting on John. Dean's POV in this works well as Sam gets more irritable as time goes on like most kids his age do. Very realistic and a bit on the sad side."
- winchesterhaunt also has a blast from the past: that thing that's golden by kellifer. It's Sam/Dean, just under 2K, summarized as Dean's not sure how, but he can tell even though Sam speaks with only his hands, when his brother is being sarcastic. winchesterhaunt says, "Kellifer is an amazing writer. I love the hurt!Sam in this because it's something I haven't seen overdone in several fics. Very original." Afterward, she adds, check out the amazing art here by nargynargy.
Other Media:
- art: cherry916 finds the best stuff! Like Stay Still by Match. cherry916 describes this as, "Sam doesn't seem to want to stay still for Dean as Dean tries to tend for his wounds. Work as a big brother is hard."
- music videos: One of the fantastic things about spn_j2_bigbang is all the different kinds of artistic media we get to illustrate stories! Like this trailer for A Different Kind of Knight by jennylynneh. The trailer is by mangacat201 and if you like Jared in a world of hurt, you may want to take a look!
- podfics: ash48 is raving about this reading of Hearthstone. Summary: Jensen lives alone in the small town where he grew up, dividing his time between the bookstore he runs (with no customers), the bar he half-owns (but doesn't run) and the big, expensive dream house (that he bought with money he doesn't know what to do with). He lives quietly at the edge of the circle of friends he went to school with, and avoids everybody else -- until the new guy in town crashes a bike in front of Jensen's store and wedges himself into Jensen's world. It's 3 hours and 44 mins, and ash48 says, "This is a delightful story, wonderfully read by exmanhater. We have recced this fabulous story before but we think it's worth mentioning again now that there is a podfic now available."
- eBooks, etc.: All of the Who's Hurting Sam or Jared lately? fic recs are available in downloadable eReader formats -- woot!
What Else?
Thanks, everyone, for your recs last month! With self-recs and other recs - we're up over 700 works in our Library of Hurt on delicious. (Self recs are always welcome - just use the theme posts here like any other rec.)
Last month we also got a question that made us think -- maybe some folks aren't sure how to tell if a fic has already been rec'd here. Here's one way: go to our archive on delicious and in the right hand column you'll see something called Tag Bundles. Say you're looking for ratherastory. For this fic, you'd pick authors N-R. Then you'll get a list of all the authors we've had rec'd whose names start N-R. Select ratherastory from that 'cloud' and it will give you a list of all the fics by her that have been rec'd here at spn_littlebro.
When you've enjoyed a completed fic over 1K (or art, music video, etc.) that features hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared and it's not in our archives yet, we encourage you to share it with us! Just pick a hurt theme (like illness or injury, etc.) from our sticky post and fill in the template with the info we need. (There are other links in that sticky post on How To's, etc. too that you may want to check out.) Hope that helps get you started, but if you need more guidance, just let us know. (We were all beginners at one time or another!)