Another Day In Suburban Paradise

I managed to pick up three Big Bangs to work on this year, and the first one went up Monday! I had the privilege of working on a story by twisted_slinky for the Supernatural crossover Big Bang.

She wrote a wonderful SPN/TW crossover. It's a solid case fic that blends the two series wonderfully. It's set after the S2 finale of TW and in S8 of SPN.

Fic is here: Of Wolf and Man

My art post is here, or if you want to jump straight to the art, it's beneath the cut.

( Cut to spare friends' lists. )

2012 SPN J2 Big Bang has been achieved!

I was lucky enough to get bellatemple's Films About Ghosts as my story. Not kidding about the lucky part - the person whose claim comment came in six seconds after mine had it listed as their first choice as well, so if my phone had been any laggier in posting... You get the idea. Also, the author was an utter delight to work with, from start to finish.

As for the story itself, it is utterly fantastic, with all the twistiness, darkness, trippiness, and angst one would expect from a trip through a Winchester's subconscious. It's gen, with some excellent Dean-Cas friendship and heartbreaking (and heartwarming) appearances from a lot of well-loved and sorely missed characters. I strongly, strongly recommend it.

( Go here for the art! )

I've compiled my responses to the "5 True Things about Fictional Character X" meme from both DW and LJ. I received an interesting array of requests--lots of minor characters, including some fascinating ones who aren't always popular with fandom (I sometimes feel like one of the few people who likes Sally Donovan).

( Avatar: Iroh, Mai, Toph )

( Bleach: Tousen )

( Discworld: Angua, The Luggage )

( Firefly: Kaylee, YoSaffBridge )

( Sherlock: John, Sally )

( Supernatural: Bela )

When the Badger Grows Horns is a delightful AU that was written for the Racebending Revenge challenge.

I'm not sure what exactly in the summary or author's notes caught my attention, but I was curious enough to take a peek and wound up reading the entire 25,000 words in one sitting last night. The story is a straightforward enough retelling of John's life from Vietnam, but the AU twist here is that he is a member of the Diné (Navaho) nation. Some of the changes that result are subtle, others are profound, but it all feels very unforced, even when key events are arrived at via different paths than were taken in canon, or a close parallel to canon events is introduced (the tweak regarding Dean's refusal to speak after Mary's death is particularly well done).

The John in this is wonderful, as is Mary, and I love how the most significant changes in this AU were not Big!Canon!Events! but rather shifts in key canon relationships. It's good stuff, and there's part of me that wishes that we'd gotten this 'verse as canon.