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Commission I did for the fic Carnival Oasis by @violue and krisham!
It’s hands down one of my favorite fins ever and it was such a pleasure to be commissioned a scene from it!
I definitely took advantage and re-read the whole thing!
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Carnival Oasis (series), by violue & krisham
Summary (for part 1): Castiel is a being that feeds on sin. Lucky for him, Dean has plenty of sin to spare.
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 43k
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Bonus Fic!
Here's a link to the fic Alex (@pieater69) recommended this week, "The Complete Works of Emmanuel Allen" by @violue.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 20/20 Fandom: Supernatural Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Past Castiel/Amelia Novak - Relationship, Kaia Nieves/Claire Novak, brief Castiel/Meg Masters, Ruby/Sam Winchester/Ruby, background Meg Masters/Abaddon Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Claire Novak, Sam Winchester, Amelia Novak, Gabriel (Supernatural), Lucifer (Nick), Kaia Nieves, Ruby's Host (Genevieve Cortese), Ruby's Host (Katie Cassidy), Ash (Supernatural), Hannah (Supernatural), Meg Masters Additional Tags: Castiel 3rd person POV, Misgendering, Transphobia, Castiel thinks he's straight, Bisexual Dean Winchester, Polyamorous Sam Winchester, Military Veteran Dean Winchester, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, References to Past Torture (NOT CLAIRE), Unfavorable Characterization of Amelia Novak, Alternate Universe, Top Castiel, Top Dean Winchester, Incredibly Light Bondage, Claire is trans, Cis Author, Fictional Town, Trans Female Character, shifting pronouns Summary:
A single father, his trans daughter, a whole new life in The Golden State.
The Unwavering Heart of a Winchester by violue
Word Count: 86,779
Summary: There’s no point in mincing words. Sam is dead, and without him Dean is a drunken shell of who he used to be. When he finally pulls himself out of a growing pile of whiskey bottles, Dean finds it hard to go back to his life. With one flippant comment from a friend, Dean thinks he might finally have a way to make peace with the loss; Sam was an organ donor, and Dean’s going to find the recipients, talk to them, and see how their lives are better because of his little brother. For the first six stops on his road trip, things go mostly according to plan, and then he meets the man who has Sam’s heart. Dean had hoped he might find peace on this trip… he never expected to find love.
Comments: 10/10. This is one of those amazing novel length AUs that are better than so many of the real novels out there. Amazingly written. The grief is written so beautifully and realistically, without sugarcoating anything but not over dramatized like so many you see. This is amazing. It’s also so fluffy and so cute and sometimes has such a joyful, playful energy, especially when Dean does things he loves.
“Dean left Valencia four days ago, the Impala peeling out of the driveway in the wee hours of the morning, AC/DC blasting away, probably waking up all of Sam’s fancy neighbors.”
-via “Confession Stand” by @violue on AO3
9 questions with violue
This week: @violue talks about the difficulties of writing Supernatural characters beyond Team Free Will; what it means to have solid beta readers, and being thoughtful when writing outside of your own background.
What do you most enjoy about writing fanfiction?
Having an idea and seeing it come together. I’m a slow writer, most of my longfics took months of writing in notebooks during long bus rides into town, then typing the story up, then having betas read through it. So, when the story is finally done, when it’s come together into something cohesive that I’m excited to share with people, fuck, that’s satisfying. I only write the one pairing, Destiel, and creating new universes for them to meet and fall in love brings me something I struggle to find elsewhere in life: contentment.
What aspects of writing do you find difficult when you write fanfiction?
Oh man, everything. Coming up with a coherent plot, worrying about whether the characters are in character, asking my betas if they’re available to read, posting, comparing myself to other authors, everything. Writing brings me contentment, but there’s also a big pile of gnawing anxiety and insecurity that comes along with it. It’s hard, wondering if the things you like about your story will resonate with other people. It’s hard writing endings. It’s hard sitting back and thinking “would this character actually say/do this thing?” I write AUs, but keeping them believable is important to me, I want the readers to be able to see the characters as they read. I’ve gotten fairly comfortable with Castiel, Dean, and Sam, but the rest of the characters… not so much. I don’t “know” Benny or Jo or Mary or Kevin or whoever the way I know the main three. I also sometimes get bogged down in details. I spend too much time worrying about inane details of a scene and it stops me from enjoying what I’m doing. It’s why I stick to domestic AUs, when I try to write something slightly more high-concept, the details get away from me and it feels too difficult, too big. As much as I wish world building were my thing, it’s kinda not.
Have you ever received hateful comments on your fic and how do you deal with it?
Just a couple of times. Some were incomprehensible gibberish, not worth acknowledging let alone “dealing with”, but one incident stuck with me. I wrote a scene where Dean and Castiel’s friends give them a bunch of ideas for dates. One of the ideas was “go to a fair and get henna done”. I didn’t consider the idea that having two white characters use henna for recreation would be cultural appropriation. My betas didn’t either. We’re all American, Americans can be irreverent and thoughtless about other cultures. I got a scathing comment from someone, well two someones, since they sicced their friend on me as well. They implied I was a white devil appropriating cultures, and that I had better not ignore their comment, and just nastiness that in my opinion was unwarranted. I’m not white, so they didn’t actually get that right, and of course I didn’t ignore their comment. I don’t want to offend anyone, and cultural appropriation is a real and persistent issue. I removed the line, changed it to something else. I told them ‘I’m not white, and btw you don’t have to be an asshole, of course I’ll get rid of the line.’ or something like that. Not a big deal, I suppose, in the grand scheme of things… but it did leave a mark on me. When I post things, I’m terrified I’m going to have a repeat of that experience. When I wrote a short AU where Sam was a trans woman, I was so scared that I would mess up, that I’d offend someone and they’d come barreling after me. I was worried my witch!Cas AU would upset practicing witches. I’m an emotional person, and my writing means a lot to me, that kind of shit is hard to stomach.
Conversely: what’s been some of your favorite feedback on your fanfic?
Any feedback means a lot to me. I don’t respond to all my comments, I worry about being repetitive and sometimes I just can’t think of a reply, but I read every comment left on my stories and they always give me the good feelings. Sometimes people tell me something I wrote had an effect on their life. Someone once told me that one of my fics made him finally have a conversation with his boyfriend about moving in together, that was huge. Sometimes people tell me I made their day better, that they’re still thinking about my story days later, that they’ve read it many times. That kind of feedback always kicks my ass, the idea that I had an actual impact on another person through something I created. I think actually my favorite feedback is the feedback I get from my betas. They’re commenting in a GoogleDoc with my story in it, making corrections/suggestions if needed, but also leaving reactions. There are little moments that most readers aren’t going to comment on because they’ve forgotten them by the time they get to the end of the chapter/story, but my betas are commenting on the side of the doc as they go, so the little jokes or references I make in a story, my betas comment on them and it always makes me feel warm and fuzzy and acknowledged.
How do you handle writer’s block?
I don’t. Seriously. When I have writer’s block, I can’t move forward until inspiration makes it pass. I’ve tried to force it and it results in a lot of frustration and agitated tweets. For some people, just writing anything is a great way to combat writer’s block, that’s not my experience. Sometimes I can force-defeat my writer’s block. If something in the story is causing me to stumble, sometimes if I just knock a few blocks down, that helps. Like say I’m on chapter 14 and hating it, but I was really happy with chapter 13, starting over on chapter 14 might help. I had that happen with The Complete Works of Emmanuel Allen. I was in the writing-in-my-notebook stage of penning the story, and I had stopped enjoying it and I couldn’t figure out why until I realized that for whatever reason I just wasn’t feeling the direction I’d taken the story. So I ripped out a good twenty pages and started from the last point I was happy with. The story flowed much better, and I was so much happier.
Which Supernatural fanfic of yours are you most proud of and why?
Gosh, I’m proud of different stories for different reasons. I’m proud of Spirit of Lawrence High for being the first fic I wrote, I’m proud of The Way to a Man’s Heart is Through Chlamydia for being my most popular story, I’m proud of the Carnival Oasis series because I was able to convey the mood I was going for when I wasn’t sure I could. But I guess I’m proudest of The Unwavering Heart of a Winchester. I researched for that story, when usually I’m too lazy. I spent months in a depressing headspace and kept going. It was hard, the whole story’s premise is that Sam is dead, and I missed him so much it was such a damn relief when I moved on to a story where he was alive. And I was proud that my story had humor in it. I don’t like sad stories, despite me writing one that’s thousands of words with Dean grieving. I didn’t want it to just be a wall of unrelenting misery, and going by comments people leave, it wasn’t.
What/who has had the biggest influence on your writing?
There are a lot of people that influence my writing. Writers I enjoy (Scaramouche, Xylodemon, LoversAntiquities, etc), friends that cheerlead me and my writing (Dani, Kris, Lydie, Jojo), people that comment on everything I write... but I think my friend Heather (aka Casfucker) was the biggest influence on my writing. She’s not really in the fandom anymore, but she’s the reason I started writing fic, so everything I’ve written is because of her. She encouraged me to pursue my story idea with The Spirit of Lawrence High, and that was big. For a long time she was always the person that read my stories first, and I honestly don’t know if I would be writing at all now if we hadn’t become friends.
What are you currently working on?
I have several things I started writing but lost interest in. Right now I’m working on one fic that won’t be ready for months, because... slow writer. It’s a Destiel AU, of course, but the start of the story is about Castiel and Claire packing up their lives and moving after Claire comes out as trans. Trans issues are not at all my wheelhouse, so it’s definitely something I’m going to be scared about when it’s time for posting. Claire isn’t the focus of the story, but the beginning is very much centered on what she’s going through, experienced through her father’s POV. As I already mentioned, that angry/offended comment left an impact, and although I’m really enjoying writing this story, I’m so worried I’m going to upset someone. But that’s no reason not to try, and that’s an issue for when the story is actually done. For now I’m just scribbling Destiel fluff in my notebook and having a good time. There’s a timestamp to The Way to a Man’s Heart is Through Chlamydia that I’ve started. I’m calling it “Year of Firsts”. I wrote a list of silly “firsts” in their marriage and I’m kind of going from there. Not too far in that, because I really have not been writing much since the US election, but I’ll get back to it. So far it’s Cas learning that Dean is unbearable when he has a cold.
If you could give one piece of advice to a new and/or struggling writer, what would it be?
Oh shit, I’m the wrong person to give advice about anything. Write a story you would want to read, that’s my advice.
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Destiel fanfic “AUTHORS REC LIST“
I think we need a list like this. I know I need it because there are so many talented author’s working in our fandom and I thought that I have to make a rec list for them too.
It’s working the same way as the fanfic rec list. But in this post I will rec you all the fantastic authors we have. They are the writers who never gonna disappoint you. :) I’m not gonna praise every one of them in the list, I’m doing it right here because I don’t want to repeat myself and make you bored. They have marvelous stories and their fics are so in-character (not OOC) and/or their stories are so unique and special and epic.
Yeah, this list is a bit based on my own preferences. But I already told your why I respect and love these authors. Oh, and their kudos and numbers of comments won’t lie too. :)
I’ll give you just the links to their most known works and the “must-read” ones. :) (Sorry if I haven’t read aaaaaall their fics yet but, well, I’m working on it. I have 2600 saved fics on AO3 and only have read half of them.
So, let’s start it in alphabetical order :)
PS: two of them are fantastic Cockles writers too, so I post their best and well loved Cockles fics too.
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almaasi
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
Foxfire Blossom
Roost
Sam Accidentally Sees the Whole Picture
Sharing the Rain Dog
Snow Place Like Home (But My Home Is With You)
Nine Times We Met (And One Christmas We Parted) (MCD!)
Shadows Across the Camera Lens
Try-Something Tuesday
Angelhawke
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betts (her old name was Betty Days - sadrobots)
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
Dean Winchester Is a Gay Virgin
Sex 101, or: That Time Castiel Asked Dean to Teach Him How to Have Sex
He Came in Through the Bedroom Window
Big Hands, I Know You're the One
Mile-High Club
Detention
Second Take
Standing There
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Chiyume
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
Hot Water
Damn You Auto Correct!
Love in the Morning
White Noise
Teach Me
And in the Dark, I see Your Light
Eyes on the Road, Hands on the Wheel
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Elizabeth1985
I have to say something about her (and emwebb17 too). These two author’s fics are not just good. They are masterpieces. And it’s true about their Cockles fics too. So Elizabeth1982 and emwebb17 are both fantastic Destiel AND Cockles writers. :) For me, they are the bests. :)
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read: DESTIEL
Breathe In | Breathe Out
Some Things are Brighter in the Dark
Misha's Not in Vancouver Anymore (Destiel&Cockles fic. Trust me, you don’t have to ship Cockles to love this one.)
Sometimes All You Need is Kinky Smut
It's Hard to Fool Around in a Tent
The Twelve Days of Cheesemas by Dean Fucking Winchester
As Seen On TV
Yellow
Can't Breathe Without You
Healing Dean
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read: COCKLES
Misha's Not in Vancouver Anymore (Destiel&Cockles fic. Trust me, you don’t have to ship Cockles to love this one.)
Cockles oneshot series (10 fics so far)
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emwebb17
I have to say something about her (and Elizabeth1985 too). These two author’s fics are not just good. They are masterpieces. And it’s true about their Cockles fics too. So emwebb17 and Elizabeth1982 are both fantastic Destiel AND Cockles writers. :) For me, they are the bests. :)
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read: DESTIEL
Ad Interim
I Wanna Get Outside (Of Me)
Tropes You Love
Unintended
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read: COCKLES
Off the Reservation series
The SPN RPFiles series
Nothing If Not Observant
The Mightiest Monster...The Mightiest Melodrama of Them All!
Negotiation
A Lesson in Inflection
Precautionary Measures
The Doctor (You Mean Guru) Is In
It's Not Like I'm Trying to Watch That or Anything...
Tropes You Love
The Pie Saga
Displacement
Misha's Lips
Jensen's Back
Misha's Eyes
Jensen's Voice
Misha's Thighs
Jensen's Hands
Inappropriate Behavior
Personalized Attention
Unwind
The Acceptance Speech
Pound Cake is Not a Sexual Reference
Chocolate Milk
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NorthernSparrow
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
A Room Of One's Own
A Winter's Tale
A Close Shave epilogue for “A Winter’s Tale”
Into The Fire
Forgotten series
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riseofthefallenone
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
Out of the Deep
A Little Patience
Beneath the Surface
To Raise A King
Hunting for Faith
Ride 'em Cowboy
Angel's Wild
Unfamiliar
The Graveyard Shift (WIP)
Patience: The Companion Piece (WIP)
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strangenessandcharm (x)
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
The Melting ’Verse
Kissing It Bitter Trilogy
Thursday’s Child
Three’s A Crowd
Hummingbirds
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thepinupchemist
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
Into Your Hideaway
Pick It All Up
Tempest of Oblivion
A Story for Every Corner
Cas and Dean’s Excellent Kink-venture
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Unforth
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
I Dream of Deanie series
Order 243
SextersAnon.com
Get Knocked Down, Get Back Up
One More Fare to Make Your Night
Hitchin' a Ride
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Take Care of Yourself
Don't Get Your Hopes Up
The Highest Bidder
Fight Fire With Fire
A Hundred Days
Pitchers and Catchers (Dean/Castiel/Jimmy)
All For One, One For All (Dean/Castiel/Jimmy)
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violue
Her most known works and the ones everybody should know and read:
The Way to a Man’s Heart is Through Chlamydia series
The Unwavering Heart of a Winchester
Carnival Oasis series
The Spirit of Lawrence High series
Bourbon and Grace
The Complete Works of Emmanuel Allen series
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Fanfic of the Week
Here's the link to this week's fic, "The Way to Man's Heart is Through Chlamydia," by @violue
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
