#intothesilentland

[thence-we-came-forth]

Quick sketch for @norestwithoutlove 's wip Devil, I Defy Thee!!

Hi, yes, I'm obsessed

[norestwithoutlove]

Devil, I Defy Thee

Following the death of his wife, John Winchester became New England's most notorious Witchfinder, taking his sons up and down the land to burn out evil. Dean has always sought to follow in his father's footsteps, and rid the world of the wickedness which killed his mother.

But on returning to their hometown, John senses the corruption of magic everywhere, while Sam is fascinated by it. Dean must toil to save his brother's soul from hell, as well as from their father's wrath. To do so, he pursues the man he suspects of leading his brother astray—a man who lives alone, on the wide, dark lake which sits at the feet of the town. But Dean's pursuit turns inch by inch into obsession. As the insatiable hunger in him grows, he is followed by horrors of the town which had, secret and unspoken, lain for decades under fathoms of dark water.

[thecadenceimperfect]

“We're like the nightingales. Don’t you see? We make our music in the dark.

But at least there’s music. At least we make it.”

[ao3feeddestiel]

Devil I Defy Thee

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ZGN8J1b by intothesilentland Following the death of his wife, John Winchester became New England's most notorious Witchfinder, taking his sons up and down the land to burn out evil. Dean has always sought to follow in his father's footsteps, and rid the world of the wickedness which killed his mother. But on returning to their hometown, John senses the corruption of magic everywhere, while Sam is fascinated by it. Dean must toil to save his brother's soul from hell, as well as from their father's wrath. To do so, he pursues the man he suspects of leading his brother astray—a man who lives alone, on the wide, dark lake which sits at the feet of the town. But Dean's pursuit turns inch by inch into obsession. As the insatiable hunger in him grows, he is followed by horrors of the town which had, secret and unspoken, lain for decades under fathoms of dark water. Words: 3241, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: M/M Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Cain (Supernatural), Anna Milton, Mary Winchester Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Enemy Lovers, Witchcraft, Magic, Salemcore, Psychological Horror, Terror, Psychological Trauma, Unreliable Narrator, Minor Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Trauma, Other Additional Tags to Be Added read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ZGN8J1b

[ugh-againwiththenames]

2021 - The Year of Fic...

While I have watched SPN a few times over the years (watching and rewatching as new seasons came out), I did not join the fandom until this year – this is (at the age of ‘older than most’) my first fandom, and I fucking love it here. Due to not being part of a fandom previously, I had also never read fanfiction until this year; and to say that I fell headfirst into the ocean of Destiel fic is an understatement.  I wanted to track my progress – I wanted to understand what I was capable of accomplishing in (less than) a year.  

While I can’t scream this from the rafters anywhere but here – I’m proud as hell of the number of fics and the total amount of fic I’ve consumed this year.  Of all the amazing authors I have found, followed, and screamed over – of all the stories (of the same two idiots) I have devoured and begged for more on, I know there are so many more stories to read and so many more authors to find.  

The 2021 Numbers:

I read a total of 222 Fics

Totaling over 11.3 Million words

I have learned that:

I tend to prefer AU’s (as evidenced below)

I love an author that can bring Dean to life WELL (he’s a tricky one, but I’m so Dean-coded, I get upset when authors don’t get him right, or over-do his issues – he has enough already!)

I like LONG stories over short one-shots (this doesn’t surprise me at all, as a high/epic fantasy reader)

I can get behind anything except A/B/O….I tried, but it’s just not for me. (I’ll try anything once...)

I am a Top!Cas truther, but have found a couple of instances where Top!Dean has cracked my top fics list…(I have no problem with Switch!fics)

Explicit or Fluff, either works, as long as it works with the story that’s being told

I’ve never cried reading a physical book (and I read A LOT) - but fics have made me cry/sob more often than I care to admit to…

I tried to start off by reading all the “big ones” – the ones that I had heard about all over the place (T&S, 4LW, 91W etc.), I’m sure there are so many more that qualify here (the mermaid fic, the hockey fic, the baseball fic, etc.) which I have also read – but I want them all, so please – please let me know your favourites.  What are the MUST READS?  There is no definitive list, everyone has different favourites, and it’s so hard to parse out what needs to go on the list to read.  I often found myself falling down small rabbit holes, which was fine with me (and often lead to me finding fics I’d never heard of, and some of them were spectacular).  

So, as a NEW fic reader, and a FIRST year of reading fic, wading through the LARGEST single pairing on AO3, here are some of my favourite stories/authors etc. (in absolutely no order, because I can’t possibly!) – but these are the ones I would generally tell everyone they need to put on their Must Read Lists (linked):

Domination and Submission: A Love Story (Series) – Anyrei/Queerwerewolf

The Inexhaustible Silence of Houses – Askance (doomcountry)

Talk (Series) – Bendingsignpost

Control – Dothraki_shieldmaiden

To Build a Home – intothesilentland

Ninety-One Whiskey (Series) – komodobits

Under the Midnight Sun – NorthernSparrow

Cursed Metaphors (Series) – Sobsicles

Out of the Deep – riseofthefallenone

Fire and Ice – Castielslostwings

That’s only 10…of 222…Choosing only 10 was no easy feat.  I have fallen in love with so many of these authors, not to mention a ton that aren’t mentioned here.  Thank you to all fic writers for making 2021 tolerable! For a year (well, the second year really), where I could not partake in any of my favourite hobbies/activities due to COVID related nonsense, I’m glad that I was able to find a new obsession to keep me interested and excited every day. Further, thank you to the fandom for being a new and exciting place to check in on daily, for being a space where we can love these two silly boys with reckless abandon in every way possible.

Please give me your recco’s – If any of these are your favourites as well, please let me know what/who else I should add to my list…

[localswampcrow]

restless wanderer you have my entire heart

here are things I've made while reading restless wanderer. I am over the moon that as I write this, it's still a work in progress, which means I get to wait for more of this delicious, carefully built story to come to light. truly an honor

watercolor painting

this is an original painting. please do not repost. reblogs are welcome and appreciated!

on the left are 3 big luscious mugwort stalks in bloom. cutting through the middle and to the right is a wooden fence which keep in the sheep in the field below it. between the fence and the sky is a splotch of the sea and yellow pink of the sunset still lingering. in the evening sky is the moon, stars, and the outline of far away birds. the top of the piece, in black pen, reads "restless wanderer"

a little playlist

3 of dean's journal sketches

thank you @norestwithoutlove for your devotion to this story. it flows seamlessly and it's one of the most fulfilling, heart wrenching, soul mending things I've ever read. ever. restless wanderer will live in my gushy queer herbalist heart for the rest of time

[dovand]

hi yeah so @norestwithoutlove wrote a new fic and i had to paint it. i used clip studio with kyle webster’s brayer brushes from the megapack.

[bloodydeanwinchester]

“What kind of parent would you have to be, that your death wasn't the thing about you which traumatised your child most?”

fuck man to build a home by intothesilentland is so so good