Fic: Blood in the Water

Title: Blood in the Water
Author: brightly_lit
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Genre: gen, angst, alcoholism, 10.7 episode tag
Character: Dean
Warnings: heavy angst, alcoholism
Summary: Drunk Dean starts thinking about things he usually tries not to.

This is an early Christmas present for a_starfish, who made me this incredibly beautiful art for "In the Garden of Eden." (If you haven't already seen it, go look at it now now now!!)

I loved this sea-themed art of hers from the first moment I saw it, the whole metaphor of it, as well as the amazing scope of such a massive conceptual piece, so I wanted to write a fic to go with it. Hope you like it, dearie!


Dean's heartbreaking description of the end he imagines for himself to Cole in 10.7 helped this fic go where it did, as well, so I suppose it's also something of a 10.7 episode tag ...

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'Real life' and other mythical concepts

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December meme

Is it too late for me to get in on the December meme? Looks fun!!

Snagged from alexisjane and pretty much everyone else I know 'round here:

Pick a date in December and give me something to talk about. Give me a question or topic--anything goes, either fannish (TV, movies, books, comics, music, fandom, ships, fictional characters, actors, writing, arting) or real life (if it's something I really don't want to talk about, I'll tell you and you can pick something else, but there isn't a lot I wouldn't be willing to talk about). Whatever comes to mind!

Dec 1: What's your earliest memory of TV or movies? what entertainment affected you/influenced your development most when you were really young? septembers_coda
Dec 2: What character in SPN (dead or not recently present) you miss the most? And why is he/she so dear to you? gorkonelka
Dec 3: What other fandoms have you been involved with and what were they like, and are there any that you're considering dipping your toe into? alexisjane
Dec 4: What has been your most memorable moment within the fandom? milly_gal
Dec 5: do you collect anything? Are you a collector, or do you not understand that whole thing? toratio
Dec 6: Please could you share your favorite to 5 pics/gifs (manips, art, drawings whatever) of Dean and Sam or J2 or you know SPN in general? Why they are so special to you? gorkonelka
Dec 7: What do you want for Christmas? vyperdd
Dec 8: Favourite SPN season and why? frozen_delight
Dec 9: Your favorite SPN related song and your favorite song right now + X-mas song that signalize that X-mas is coming :) gorkonelka
Dec 10: Which episode cemented you as an SPN fangirl? elwarre
Dec 11: If you could be a character in one Supernatural episode who would it be and what would you change about the episode. meus_venator
Dec 12: I'd love to know what your ultimate convention line-up would be, from any fandom you've ever loved either still on the air or not. What questions would you like to ask certain guests, what would you have them sign, how would you pose in photo ops? Would you pair up certain guests on panels or have all solo ones? And lastly, you are given three private meet&greets, just you and the guest for an hour. Who do you choose? vyperdd
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Dec 14: What's a typical day like for you? alexisjane
Dec 15: What's a really unusual/random fear you've had, and what has it taught you? septembers_coda
Dec 16: Favorite SPN vid (funny or you know... in character) and some totally random vid that makes you smile every time you see it ;) gorkonelka
Dec 17: what is your favorite demon in spn and why ? emmatheslayer
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Dec 19: Your favorite childhood book and why blackrabbit42
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Dec 23: what is your favorite material object of all time? What does it mean to you? did you buy it yourself or was it a gift? septembers_coda
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Dec 29: Do you enjoy travel? For pleasure I mean, not buisiness. Why or why not? What's the most interesting place you've vacationed?
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Dec 31: if you would could spend the day with a spn actor other then j2 who would it be and what would you do ? emmatheslayer

The Love Meme

Yes, that's right, I'm jumping on EVERY December bandwagon, including the love thread, which as I recall I didn't do last year because I was afraid I wouldn't get any love, but you never know until you try, eh?

holiday love meme 2014
my thread here


Plus, since it's anonymous, I can be as overwrought and shmoopy as I feel like being as I leave love on your threads and blame it on someone else, heh heh *steeples fingers* ....

Dec 1: December Meme

Since y'all didn't leave me hanging on the December meme (YAAAY!!), let's get this going, straight out of the gate!

septembers_coda asked: What's your earliest memory of TV or movies? what entertainment affected you/influenced your development most when you were really young?

Ahh ... such a great question. You always ask the most interesting questions! :-D

My dad was BIG into movies, and he wasn't going to let a little thing like my being four years old keep him from taking me to see R-rated films. I saw some things that traumatized me quite a bit, but I also remember the children's movies he took me to see: Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, Rikitikitavi, and the like. Then there was also Animal House and Death on the Nile and The Spy Who Loved Me, which definitely affected my development in terms of trauma and angst and horror, that probably trickles through to what I create now. (Well, Animal House didn't traumatize me; that was just a giant pile of silliness.)

There's also a recording of me singing the theme song to Sesame Street at age two, so I must have watched it, but by the time I was consciously aware of and chose what I watched, I was into bigger-kid stuff. I was thrilled when I saw Misha talking about the t.v. shows he watched as a kid, because it was all the same stuff I was really into at a certain age: 3-2-1 Contact and Electric Company and stuff like that.

I guess what influenced my development most when I was very young though was music. Mom was always playing the piano, my brother was really into the Beatles (he said when I was a baby, he could only make me stop crying and go to sleep if he played me Beatles records ;-> ) and other modern music and rock. When I heard Nick Drake for the first time as an adult, it felt sooo familiar; I wonder if someone or other played me that as a baby, too. I guess I think music was my first language, which must have some significant influence on how a person perceives the world, how they order it in their mind, and how they understand language and communication. It probably figures into why I never quite fit in in the world, but I'm grateful I come from a musical family even so!

Very interesting question. It made me contemplate things I never have before, so thanks for asking it! :-)