#ask adjacent

[shallowseeker]

PSA because I’ve gotten several asks about this: yes, my ideas/scenarios/posts are adoptable, meaning you can draw or write anything you find muse-worthy, to your heart’s content. (Even if I wind up writing about it myself, I’m of the “holy shit, two cakes!” school of thought.)

That said, not every blog is Like This. I’d wager most aren’t, so please check with OP if it’s different than my s/n!

[protags-fic-blog]

Ikki - An Ideal Date

inspired by this ask. originally was going to have one for everyone but I experienced tumblr autosave and am unhappy

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You knocked gently on his door. You felt awkward standing outside in such formal clothes, especially because you were particularly exposed. You pulled your small coat tighter around your body, trying to hide your revealed skin.

When the door opened, Ikki pulled you into his arms. You leaned away to see him dressed to the nines, and wondered why he insisted on dressing up when all your dates are in private. He gave you a peck on the lips before releasing you, and you finally got a glance at his place. Everything was spotless—no stray shirts or clutter. His bed was even made. “No peeking. That’s for later,” he winked, then placed a hand on your back to guide you to the dining room.

The room was a romantic gold. At his small table were two plates with elegant dishes. You weren’t sure how exactly he had pulled it off, but you weren’t going to ask. A magician never reveals his secrets. 

He pulled the chair out for you, and watched with loving eyes as you smiled back up at him. He quickly seated himself across from you and held up his wine glass. “To my one true love.” You shook your head, and held up your glass. “To us and to our future.” 

The clink of the glasses was a promise. A promise of eternal love, everlasting and unending, that you would never break.

[shallowseeker]

Unfinished ask meta:

Some fanstuff likes to play more in the realm of

Dean as emotionally closed-off

Cas as the softer, more vulnerable one

I think this is favored often b/c

Cas’s awkwardness and confusion about human emotions reads as vulnerability, and so many ppl identify with that SPECIFICALLY

Dean’s emotional expression is often filtered through anger or sarcasm, which people sometimes interpret as repression rather than expression (and dare I say people tend to not view his expressions as valid? I wonder) Cas tends to embody stoic masculinity (quiet endurance, duty, restraint), while Dean embodies a more emotionally expressive masculinity, openly displaying grief, anger, fear, and love. Their dynamic works partly because those styles contrast and complement each other.

[shallowseeker]

[re: angry anon]

Anon, I hear you, but that is NOT my forte.

HOWEVER, I will say that if Cas was truly just Dean's best friend, and not his love interest, no one would have been weird about it. It'd have been treated more like Charlie’s "I love you."

People are TERRIFIED of a reboot, because they subconsciously know that canonically... Dean's obvious as fuck.

[shallowseeker]

Dean being too overwhelmed to speak is so special to me. Truly.

I think if Cas had actually been behind the door in 15x19—instead of Lucifer—Dean might've been completely giddy, but lost for words.

The excitement, the deep breath, and that smile he has as he opens the door—those are signs that he’s anticipating something meaningful, something that’s been a long time coming. But the shock and relief of hearing Cas’s voice, especially after everything that’s happened, would have been overwhelming for Dean.

[shallowseeker]

6x01

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So, he HAS thought about this.

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6x21

The only way for them not to be in danger, logically, is if the two of them not viscerally attached to Dean's head/memories. So, you'd think he'd have asked Cas to remove them from his own memories, too.

(And even that might not be fool-proof.)

But that's clearly not the case because...

[shallowseeker]

got a question about fave spn women and resisted the urge to put

Revived!Mary (s12-14)

Past!Mary (s4-5)

Alt!Mary (SPNwin)

Ghost!Mary (s1)

Liar!Mary (pilot and s12 flashback)

bc that seems like cheating

[shallowseeker]

Cas is well-acquainted with disillusionment with Heaven—maybe more than anyone. That’s why he’s able to see Chuck for the liar he is and turn his back on him. Before Cas walks away, he makes a plea for logic: “And Billie said that the only way was locking you in a box.”

Sam too is acquainted with faith and disillusionment: “The only way? We don’t have a choice. Don’t you get tired of saying that?”

It’s not that they’re uniquely strong, it’s just that at this point, they’ve both already gone through respective crises of faith / disillusionment / nervous breakdowns. And Dean was so often there to help them both!

They don’t walk out of their experiences sneering, rushing to look down on others for similar struggles. They walk out with courage, understanding, empathy. With the open hand of support and friendship.