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Proof of life and some recs
Jun. 2nd, 2021 11:24 amI still exist!
Life updates:
My garden this year is amazing and my peas and potatoes are causing me real joy. Also, if you have never enjoyed salad, try growing your own romaine lettuce in a pot, it's a-maz-ing how much better the fresh leaves are. My peas are hilarious and honestly I wonder if they are drunk.
Fic recs:
My love of Supernatural is ongoing, as if the Great Queer Rewatch, but I am realizing that longer fics are harder for me to read in that mode right now. I'm not sure why! But this rec set is mostly going to be light on Supernatural recs, and instead on shorter or fresher fandoms that have caught my eye recently.
Life updates:
My garden this year is amazing and my peas and potatoes are causing me real joy. Also, if you have never enjoyed salad, try growing your own romaine lettuce in a pot, it's a-maz-ing how much better the fresh leaves are. My peas are hilarious and honestly I wonder if they are drunk.
Fic recs:
My love of Supernatural is ongoing, as if the Great Queer Rewatch, but I am realizing that longer fics are harder for me to read in that mode right now. I'm not sure why! But this rec set is mostly going to be light on Supernatural recs, and instead on shorter or fresher fandoms that have caught my eye recently.
Title: Cuckoo And Nest
Author: komodobits
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/8423959
Author Summary: For a long time, Castiel thought that every earthly possession other than the immediately necessary was excess to requirement. But Dean – Dean who named his car, who keeps a photograph of his mother in his wallet, some thirty-plus years after her death, who still has the crumpled ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign with a sleeping pelican emblazoned on it from the Microtel outside of Roanoke where he first kissed Castiel, clumsy and unsure, under the unsteady fluorescence of an exhausted bathroom bulb – is sentimental.
Author Summary: For a long time, Castiel thought that every earthly possession other than the immediately necessary was excess to requirement. But Dean – Dean who named his car, who keeps a photograph of his mother in his wallet, some thirty-plus years after her death, who still has the crumpled ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign with a sleeping pelican emblazoned on it from the Microtel outside of Roanoke where he first kissed Castiel, clumsy and unsure, under the unsteady fluorescence of an exhausted bathroom bulb – is sentimental.
It puzzles Castiel, where Dean draws the line between what is meaningful and what it is worthless.
Why I love it: This fic sits in a sweet spot for me, of a character in relationship where he feels like his place is contingent, not secure, and finding out that actually, no, he's totally beloved and his partner is just... kind of bad at communicating that. It's also got like, differing love languages! "Making Space For The Person You Love" is absolutely an underrated theme, and one that speaks very intimately to me, a person who is Messy TM in literal and figurative ways.
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Title: Separate Ways by PepperPrints
Author Summary: With Moff Gideon defeated and the Darksaber reclaimed, the rumours of newly named Mand'alor Din Djarin spread through the galaxy... along with the stories of the Child he carries with him. Determined to meet him, Luke Skywalker arrives on Mandalore -- but before he can get any closer, he has to prove himself worthy of Mandalorian standards.
Why I love it: [Summary Contain Spoilers for Season 1 of the Mandalorian] So, this fic was written BEFORE the second season, which makes the pairing of Luke Skywalker/Din Djarin even more inspired. This is a story about Luke, who is quite drained and injured by the events of the Original Star Wars Trilogy, find a new place and a new love in the backwaters world of a renew Mandalor community. It's a slow burn, but a sweet one, and, important to me, doesn't ask Din to leave behind his own religious beliefs to join Luke. It's sort of technically a Royal AU, but only in the same way that Leia Organa is both a general and a princess. I just... I like the idea of Luke finding a softer epilogue than he gets in canon, and this has that. Kidfic.
