Emms, 30 yo, she/her. I ship Destiel and THAT will never change. Since I've watched Supernatural I'm not the same anymore. You'll witness me rambling about Destiel (and Cockles sometimes). I discovered that I love writing, so yeah, here's my AO3 account: youchangedmedestiel
I'm glad you ended up here. Basically, you'll see me: lose my shit, write fics, share thoughts and reblog others' amazing posts.
✒️To find my fics: my AO3 account
🗨️To talk about Supernatural, Destiel or Cockles, my ask box is open (here's a little help with some asks ideas)
🗓️To keep up with the fandom lore: Know your Destiel/Cockles history: a calendar
🔎To find your way around in all this mess that is my Tumblr, here's a little help:
Before the destiel tag below, you can find all the specific tags I use on my posts to sort them the best way possible. I hope it'll help and you'll enjoy what I post. (It'll probably evolve in the future). Here's Dean winking, just because why not.
Definitely check out Restraintstiel Week for so many Cas focused fics that put that angel in a situation 🥰 also check out the tumblr tag #restraintstiel week for art and fics and more.
Give a look into @destieltropecollection that catalogues some amazing fics! They span multiple years. With a lot of different tropes that could interest you.
My personal faves are written by these folks:
(To name a few and I’m missing many, don’t shoot me if you don’t see yourself on there but these definitely never miss)
Bethmints
WhoIPretended2Be
ZephyrHearts
Valdelion
Peachyhalloween
Youchangedmedestiel
Greenjello94
NiksFics
TheTwistedWillow
Also look through the big bangs and reverse bang lists they always have amazing entries submitted with beautiful art 💙💚
What’s the most surprising or obscure topic you’ve had to research for a fic? How did it change your perspective on it?
Interesting question!
Nothing obscure but I had to search things about how a lighthouse works to write this Destiel fic and it was fun to learn about it.
If I get the occasion one day, I'd enjoy visiting one. And when I see one in a picture or something, I feel nostalgic about this fic and I think about this Dean and this Cas I wrote about 😊
Also there are other random stuff like searching how you feel when you have a concussion and what should you do to get better or looking straight razor pictures to help draw one (which isn't about writing I know but I drew one for that fic above so maybe it counts and I never thought I'd draw a straight razor in my life one day).
set somewhere in s5, I love that the brothers' little patchwork family took that photo before the apocalypse, bobby and his sons, ellen and jo, castiel so close to humanity and feeling like more than just a comrade like these people truly found each other. and cas' "we're making things up as wek go" is the moment where things change for dean like that's his philosophy uttered out loud it means so much to him, that scene encapsulate their mutual fait so well i love s4 & 5
Cas is only in 5 episodes of season 7. And yet there's still so much destiel in there (also calling it 5 is very generous since in episode 2 he just walks into the lake)
There's something in here about the trenchcoat framing Cas' abscense from Dean's life. You know picking it up, folding and cradling it gently. Carrying it around the US all while switching cars multiple times and basically having to leave everything else of your "normal" life behind (no more rock aliases, no more motel rooms, ditching the car that's practically your home). But you allow yourself that one little indulgence because it's the only thing you have left of him. And then you find him, but he doesn't remember you. So you have to hold out just a little longer so that you can finally give it back to him. All while grappling with the fact that he betrayed you and you don't know if you'll ever be able to trust him again (you will).
Or well abscence makes the heart grow fonder or whatever
(As always I don't guarantee that all of this is 100% correct. Wie immer alle Angaben ohne Gewähr.)
the absolute trust shown though dean tossing the impala keys over to cas just moments after they'd been at each other's throats because cas had gone behind his back and stolen the colt. all of that is already forgiven as he casually tosses the keys to his childhood home, his safe place, and also symbolically his body and soul. it means so much.
When you get this, list 5 of your favorite songs, publish. Send this ask to 10 of your favorite mutuals!
Ooo this is hard! Thank you for the tag @greeneyedgrasshopperandhisangel 🥰
Tourniquet by Evanescence
Papercut by Linkin Park
Stay by NNAVY
Mango by Kamauu
Dance in the Dark by Lady Gaga
This is just a couple in English that I love, doesn’t include any of the ones in other languages I adore. My music taste is really varied 😂
@bethmints @king-lena @th3grunchler @shallowseeker @youchangedmedestiel @sam-wilsons-couch @em-bitterred @deweys-posts @lesbiandean @auperntural +free tag whoever would like to share please do! I need more songs to get obsessed with 💙💚
That's so hard to choose only 5 but here they are:
Human by Rag'N'Bone Man
Feeling Good by Nina Simone
Simple Man (Jensen Ackles' version)
Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
Let 'Em Cry by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Your turn @morallygreyintrovert @mygenderisthattrenchcoat @peachyhalloween @bangtanzucchini @i-miss-poptropica @inacatastrophicmind @imaginaryprotagonist @vannythedragon @here4thetrama @jensenacklesmybeloved and anyone else who wants to participate!
If I said that I've been planning an Actors AU where Dean is a really successful actor, but recently he's been cast as the lead in a load of action movies and his agent (Gabriel) doesn't want him to get typecast, so he agrees for Dean to star in something totally different... A Western Romance movie that's due to release for next year's Valentines Day.
The studio behind it thinks that it's going to be a big hit - the romance genre is making a lot of money right now, and a Western Romance released on Valentines Day starring Dean Winchester as one of the romantic leads is almost guaranteed to get them huge box office success. But! They're having trouble casting the right person to star alongside him as the other romantic lead.
The studio hasn't really got anyone specifically in mind for the part, so they've called in a bunch of actors who got through auditions and callbacks to have a chemistry read with Dean......
There's a lot of money riding on this, and a lot of a romance movie's success is largely due to the chemistry between the leads, so they're very invested in who to cast for this other role. Which is why the studio execs, the director, head writer, and casting director are all going to be sitting in the room to watch the chemistry reads.
No pressure.
Dean thinks being in a romance movie is kinda lame, but he's a professional and he will do. his. job.
Anyway, he reads his lines with a few different actors - Cassie, Lisa, Pamela, Tessa... and he thinks he's had chemistry with them all. (He thinks he has chemistry with everyone though.)
The last actor to be called in is announced as 'Castiel' and Dean is just thinking, 'huh weird name', when he's stunned speechless as a guy walks in.
Uh. No. Absolutely not. He's not starring in a romance movie with a guy!
But the room is full of top studio execs (including Crowley) and the very famous director of the movie (Balthazar) and he really can't make a fuss if he wants to keep working in the industry. It's not that he's homophobic or anything, he just doesn't personally, as a straight man (yeah okay) want to be act as a gay character. But Dean does his job and he grits his teeth and reads his lines.
He thinks it goes really really badly.
This Castiel dude is so weird - he keeps holding really intense eye contact, and then Dean gets kind of twitchy about it, so he keeps slipping out of the eye contact and looking down at his nose (not his lips. not his lips). And like, who does this guy thinks he is - he's performing the stage directions during a chemistry read, who does he think he's impressing?? So Dean matches his energy and acts right back.
By the end of the scene their characters are supposed to be leaning in for a light kiss, but somehow that's changed into something way more dramatic - Castiel is holding onto his shoulder with one hand, the other has tipped his chin up. One of Dean's hands has found its way into his hair somehow (when did that happen) and the other is curled around his waist.
The script ends there so Castiel steps back and thanks the room for their time.
Dean is left reeling, breathing heavily, and feels kinda like he's been left hanging.
Gabriel gives him double thumbs up from across the room while the execs all clap, and Castiel excuses himself from the room as they talk excitedly amongst themselves.
Who does that guy think he is?????
Dean is convinced after all that 'over-acting' there's no way that Castiel will get the role. They had no chemistry at all.
Guess who's starring in the Western Romance with Dean??
ofc the internet is buzzing with this new gay cowboy romance movie and they all think there's a secret thing going on between the two lead actors. Which there isn't!! ...... (Until there is)
Cas deliberately pushes Dean's buttons while they're in scenes together, because he knows how much Dean didn't want him to get the role in the first place (also why he played up at the chemistry read) so they're both as bad as each other honestly.
So now Dean finds Castiel difficult to work with and complains about him all the time to Gabriel (also Cas's cousin - he's the one that got him into the casting call in the first place by pulling some strings).
Much to Dean's dismay they have to work with an intimacy coordinator (Charlie) during their intimate scenes, and he seems to be the only one bothered by all of this!! But he can't say anything to anyone but Gabe because he doesn't want it to get around that Dean Winchester has a problem playing a gay character (because he doesn't okay! It's just that this Castiel guy is getting under his skin!!!) Dean is practically hissing he's so mad about this whole situation (he's lying to himself).
HOWEVER
as time goes on, and they work so closely together, Dean comes to some pretty life altering revelations about himself and his sexuality and just how fond of his costar he is.
they spend a lot of time with each other (especially during the press tour - Dean loves it, Cas hates it), they come to respect each other, their acting of having feelings for each other becomes real, they practice lines in each other's trailers, the movie is a big big success! The enemies become lovers !!!!
Distance calculated with DistanceFromTo. This is not the actual driving path and just the shortest distance between the two points. Take the timeline with a grain of salt because this one was hard to figure out and sometimes I just estimated which month it could be.
Taglist | Masterpost (for the other seasons and destiel focused infographics)
(As always I don't guarantee that all of this is 100% correct. Wie immer alle Angaben ohne Gewähr.)
I am very nervous because it’s my first serious erotic work. And my first Destiel. Because it’s my dear OTP, I waited to increase my skills to draw them…
Of course, I used a reference (a gif on tumblr, I think ^^’) and a real wallpaper (on papierpeintdirect.com)
They should have had a scene where the bad guy throws Dean (likely scenario) and Cas goes to catch him but halfway through Dean's arc through the air Cas remembers that a human man moving at speed towards an immovable object (angel) will hurt just as much as the wall he's trying to protect him from, so Dean hits Cas and he just folds like laundry, cradling Dean's body so tenderly even as they both hit the ground, and it works, the impact is swallowed in the soft heat of Cas's arms and Dean is so genuinely flustered that he just lays there on top of Cas even as the bad guy advances on them and Cas has to roll over Dean and shield him from a blow, and then he does get a little murderous because How Dare you think you can touch Dean Winchester? and he smites the fuck out of the bad guy and Dean is still laying on the ground just bright fucking red and wide eyed
Thank you to everyone who participated this year. There was a total of 295 fics submitted across the tropes which is so great to see the number up higher again! Please remember to comment and kudos on the fics you read!
Happy Reading!
Day 1 | Coming Out Fic
Day 2 | Meet Cute
Day 3 | First Responder AU
Day 4 | College AU
Day 5 | Crack/Humour
Day 6 | Western/Cowboy/Ranch
Day 7 | Childhood Friends
Day 8 | Drunken Confessions
Day 9 | Time Travel AU
Day 10 | Secret Dating
Day 11 | Two Person Love Triangle
Day 12 | First kiss
Day 13 | Coffeeshop AU
Day 14 | Sam Ships It
Day 15 | BDSM
Day 16 | Roommates
Day 17 | Bed Sharing
Day 18 | Domestic
Day 19 | Canon Compliant
Day 20 | Enemies to Lovers
Day 21 | Omegaverse
Day 22 | Soulmate
Day 23 | Case Fic
Day 24 | Everyone Knows But Them
Day 25 | Fix-it
Day 26 | Hurt/Comfort and Whump
Day 27 | Slow Burn
Day 28 | Mutual Pining
Day 29 | Fake Dating
Day 30 | Wing Fic
Day 31 | Friends to Lovers
Coming in just under the wire for restraintstielweek, but better late than never? Flipped version - which makes more sense gravitationally but is less Symbolic - under the cut.
