In other news...
Mary asked me today, as I am apparently the sage of SPN, "are there any cliches in fandom that haven't been done?" and there was but one I could think of; all the rest had pretty quality examples. So lets see if we can fill in the gap(s). I'm not trying to list *all* the examples there are, just the ones I found particularly memorable (keeping in mind that a whole lot will be slashy/incesty, so look for warnings and ratings on the stories, yo):
age-change:
Under a Haystack by janissa11
'aliens made us do it':
I'm Not Touching You (And Other Annoying Games Little Brothers Play) by trollprincess
animal metamorphosis:
The Thing by kbk
amnesia:
Tabula rasa by lyra_wing
Memories of Me by gillianinoz
(post-)apocalypse:
Out of This Darkness by maygra
More Glory To Their Eyes Than Blood by fryadvocate
bodyswap:
Turn It Over And by monkiedude
genderfuckery:
This One Time, In a Michelle Pfeiffer Movie... (and other stories in the curse 'verse) by trollprincess
How Am I Gonna Keep Myself Away From Me by ethrosdemon
mpreg:
expecting by cathybites
psychic connection:
Bonded series by drvsilla
And Fools Shine On (and subsequent stories) by eighth_horizon
rentboy:
Halo (In Reverse) by poisontaster
Room and Board by maygra
sex pollen:
Tempt not a desperate man by elmo_loves_me
vampires:
Last Rites by trollprincess
weddingfic:
DISTURBING LACK THEREOF!
wingfic:
That Which Abides: After All of This by maygra
eta: cocombat has compiled an extensive list of 'crack', many of which fit under these categories!! go forth!
My theory is that there's no weddingfic because of the whole "brothers! closer than liek, the olsen twins!" as an excuse to, you know, not make the union legal. also, incest. (disregarding the distinct lack of legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in a lot of the countries people write fic for, but yaknow, fic.) And I know what you're thinking, but having their union blessed by a pagan god does NOT count; for it to be a cliche fic it totally has to have rings and ceremonies and suits and daddy walking them down the aisle and CRYING, DAMMIT, I WANT WINCHESTEARS and "like a virgin!" weddingnight uber-slash (with crying and passing out and) and, um, *cough* sorry, got a bit carried away there.
There's another amnesia fic that I can't for the life of me dig up, so if you can remember who wrote it/what it was called, PLEASE drop me a comment, Mary and I are tearing our hair out at the whole lethologica of it. It's that one where the 'lrignaf demon' (read: 'fangirl' in reverse) causes them both to lose their memories, and they're like "dude, we must be freaks, look at these guns!" and then "dude, you're hot, lets have sex!" and hijinks, naturally, ensue. eta: got it! thanks, deidre_c!
So if you can think of any fanfic cliches I've missed, or any stories you think desperately need to be in there, drop me a comment. I freaking love this stuff.
Also randomly today, because you totally wish you could be present for all conversations between Mary and I, in fact you wish we released a podcast, and this might just be the longest run-on-sentence ever, with far too many, commas, that are also unecessary but anyway: conversation heard in this very room this very day as mary and I were watching 'Wendigo':
me: there should be a totem animal cliche fic, Dean would totally have that alpha dog thing going on.
mary: *giving me a look that says "oh god, is this leading where I think this is leading?"* oh yeah?
me: yeah. he'd just pee all over Sam's stuff.
mary: *facepalm of "oh god, you totally did, you're obsessed with Dean peeing on everything of Sam's"* hahah, you should totally write it.
me: ...only fandom would never forgive me for Dean peeing on Jess's headstone.
mary: ...
This, of course, followed on from the very apt comment that in the first half of Wendigo, Dean is totally following Callum Keith Rennie around the forest and peeing on everything CKR pees on.
THE END. Aren't you glad I shared? yes, the calibre of our conversation is always this high.
PS. Dean is totally an alpha dog who didn't see Sam for two years at college because the last time he showed up he peed on all of Sam's friends.
eta: and dude, try and tell me that John's comment about Dean's car and hell, all of John's behaviour in 'Dead Man's Blood' isn't John essentially going around peeing on everything.
eta2: and like, don't try and convince me that Sam would go around peeing on anything, because he already has Dean so pussy-whipped.
eta3: I can't believe I just made like, half of this entire post about Winchester pee.
eta4: Speaking of...
age-change:
Under a Haystack by janissa11
'aliens made us do it':
I'm Not Touching You (And Other Annoying Games Little Brothers Play) by trollprincess
animal metamorphosis:
The Thing by kbk
amnesia:
Tabula rasa by lyra_wing
Memories of Me by gillianinoz
(post-)apocalypse:
Out of This Darkness by maygra
More Glory To Their Eyes Than Blood by fryadvocate
bodyswap:
Turn It Over And by monkiedude
genderfuckery:
This One Time, In a Michelle Pfeiffer Movie... (and other stories in the curse 'verse) by trollprincess
How Am I Gonna Keep Myself Away From Me by ethrosdemon
mpreg:
expecting by cathybites
psychic connection:
Bonded series by drvsilla
And Fools Shine On (and subsequent stories) by eighth_horizon
rentboy:
Halo (In Reverse) by poisontaster
Room and Board by maygra
sex pollen:
Tempt not a desperate man by elmo_loves_me
vampires:
Last Rites by trollprincess
weddingfic:
DISTURBING LACK THEREOF!
wingfic:
That Which Abides: After All of This by maygra
eta: cocombat has compiled an extensive list of 'crack', many of which fit under these categories!! go forth!
My theory is that there's no weddingfic because of the whole "brothers! closer than liek, the olsen twins!" as an excuse to, you know, not make the union legal. also, incest. (disregarding the distinct lack of legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in a lot of the countries people write fic for, but yaknow, fic.) And I know what you're thinking, but having their union blessed by a pagan god does NOT count; for it to be a cliche fic it totally has to have rings and ceremonies and suits and daddy walking them down the aisle and CRYING, DAMMIT, I WANT WINCHESTEARS and "like a virgin!" weddingnight uber-slash (with crying and passing out and) and, um, *cough* sorry, got a bit carried away there.
There's another amnesia fic that I can't for the life of me dig up, so if you can remember who wrote it/what it was called, PLEASE drop me a comment, Mary and I are tearing our hair out at the whole lethologica of it. It's that one where the 'lrignaf demon' (read: 'fangirl' in reverse) causes them both to lose their memories, and they're like "dude, we must be freaks, look at these guns!" and then "dude, you're hot, lets have sex!" and hijinks, naturally, ensue. eta: got it! thanks, deidre_c!
So if you can think of any fanfic cliches I've missed, or any stories you think desperately need to be in there, drop me a comment. I freaking love this stuff.
Also randomly today, because you totally wish you could be present for all conversations between Mary and I, in fact you wish we released a podcast, and this might just be the longest run-on-sentence ever, with far too many, commas, that are also unecessary but anyway: conversation heard in this very room this very day as mary and I were watching 'Wendigo':
me: there should be a totem animal cliche fic, Dean would totally have that alpha dog thing going on.
mary: *giving me a look that says "oh god, is this leading where I think this is leading?"* oh yeah?
me: yeah. he'd just pee all over Sam's stuff.
mary: *facepalm of "oh god, you totally did, you're obsessed with Dean peeing on everything of Sam's"* hahah, you should totally write it.
me: ...only fandom would never forgive me for Dean peeing on Jess's headstone.
mary: ...
This, of course, followed on from the very apt comment that in the first half of Wendigo, Dean is totally following Callum Keith Rennie around the forest and peeing on everything CKR pees on.
THE END. Aren't you glad I shared? yes, the calibre of our conversation is always this high.
PS. Dean is totally an alpha dog who didn't see Sam for two years at college because the last time he showed up he peed on all of Sam's friends.
eta: and dude, try and tell me that John's comment about Dean's car and hell, all of John's behaviour in 'Dead Man's Blood' isn't John essentially going around peeing on everything.
eta2: and like, don't try and convince me that Sam would go around peeing on anything, because he already has Dean so pussy-whipped.
eta3: I can't believe I just made like, half of this entire post about Winchester pee.
eta4: Speaking of...