#sorespots

[lastoutpost]

i saw ur post abt mystery spot fics & i was just wondering what would be ur ideal mystery spot coda? (also do u happen to have links to any of the fics u did read :0 mystery spot truly my fav ep)

oh hello! well,

I think one of the biggest shortcomings of s3 was the fact that Sam's response to mystery spot got no screentime whatsoever. The point of the episode was just to show that Sam loves and needs Dean as much as Dean loves/needs him, and I get that, but what an insanely traumatizing thing to endure! Not only the constant watching your loved one die graphically again and again part of it but also going six months (!) without said loved one and being yanked back into a reality where it never happened.

I wanted to see Sam be afraid to fall asleep in case he woke up in a time loop again. I wanted Sam to question if what he was experiencing was real or not. I wanted him to hover over and smother Dean and get incredibly panicked if Dean went anywhere alone for awhile. I wanted his desire to save Dean from his deal take on a new urgency, a new fire, not only just to keep Dean alive but to prevent Sam from having to experience the soul-crushing bleakness of those six long months alone again. I wanted Sam to come close to understanding what Dean felt in AHBL and what he felt about Sam for their entire lives. That obsession, that need to protect and keep around. This would have been a great chance for Sam to see Dean's perspective on their relationship.

And I want Dean to be freaked out by it! He didn't live it, he doesn't understand what hell Sam experienced. I want Dean to feel guilty about how much Sam suffered without him around and to beat himself up about it in typical Dean Winchester fashion. I want Dean to be irritated with Sam treating him like he's fragile while also secretly enjoying the heightened attention. I wanted Dean to take a more active role in trying to save himself because he finally sees it as saving Sammy.

Mystery Spot and fictional codas could have been such an excellent time for each brother to finally see the other's perspective and to ruminate on the unhealthy obsession that lies at the root of what Sam and Dean mean to each other. But, alas!

(I don't have any good mystery spot fic recs because I didn't enjoy them BUT I found it helpful to search "mystery spot" in any field on a03 in the fandom of supernatural rather than looking for fics with the episode tag, because not everyone uses episode tags even if the fic is about / adjacent to the episode.)

[willmackism]

will u be goin to sharks v ducks on apr 9!!! :,) (im also in the vicinity and will be goin so was just curious hehe)

i will not be going 🥺😭🥺😭 and trust me it makes me sad in my heart… but i will be out of town… i hate when my sharks are here and I’M not HERE TOO!!! 💔

[stanfordsweater]

i am loving ur blog + ur meta!!

thank you so much!! 😳🥺 your desktop theme (on both blogs) is gorgeous omg i love

[fitdigitalpratik]

🔻 30/01/2018 🔹 A tennis ball 🎾 is a cheap, handy, #portablemassagetool !!! - It’s ideal for the self-treatment of “knots” in your muscles, #sorespots of uncertain nature widely known as #triggerpoints . - The idea of #tennisballmassage, or any massage with any kind of ball, is to apply specific pressure to an stiff or aching spot in a muscle by trapping it between your body and something else: usually the floor, sometimes a wall, or another body part (or a few other creative options like the back of the couch, the bottom of the bathtub, and so on). The point is to use the ball to reach spots that you simply can’t get to with your hands, and every other kind of tool massage is a variation on this theme. - It’s exactly like foam rolling, but less trendy2 and more precise. Both have their uses, but if I could only have one, I’d definitely choose the tennis ball for its accuracy and versatility. #tennisballmassagetherapy .