Snowflake Challenge Day 3

[brightly_lit]

Day 3

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser-known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom who maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.


Obviously, I'm way behind on this challenge. Time to catch up!

I've recced every one of these before, but they deserve it, dammit! They're all gen.

Ever wonder what happened when Dean grew up and John had to recognize him as the guy who talked him into buying the Impala? Well, someone wrote that fic. The characters are spot-on. It covers every aspect of the idea, over time (such as the first time John hears the band Van Halen and remembers the name he was given.) And for some reason, this story never got much love, though it was written nearly 5 years ago: Building Dean Van Halen http://archiveofourown.org/works/1015000

This is one of my favorite hurt/comfort stories ever, about Dean finding himself in a (reputable) massage parlor after Sam took Lucifer into the cage and he can't hide his grief, winding up naked both physically and emotionally in that way Dean finds so hard, but he gets a little comfort and healing from the experience, I hope. The World Was Saved http://septembers-coda.livejournal.com/4132.html

tifaching just turned me on to this one. It got a decent amount of love, but it still deserves more! I've seen PWP fics with hundreds of comments, and when there are fics of this caliber out there with only 40, no, just, no. Sam and Dean are separated by social services at ages 5 and 9 when John never returns from a hunt. Dean can't forget Sam, and does his best to tattoo Sam's life story on his body starting at age 14 until, he hopes, they can meet again, when Sam turns 18. You'll weep: Shells of a Long Ago Lifetime http://archiveofourown.org/collections/remix2012/works/386232

Comments

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

Just read septembers-coda's fic and it was gorgeous. Thanks for reccing it and thanks for boosting the signal on Shells. It IS a shame that it has so few comments.

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

I'm glad people are enjoying my recs!! Great fic needs love!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

I love all of these! \0/

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yay!

[caffienekitty]

Hey, that first one's mine! Thanks for the rec!

It did get some notice when I first posted it on FF.net and LJ. I recently uploaded my entire backlist to AO3, backdated to when they were first posted so I wouldn't spam the archive, which is why on AO3 they don't have many reads.

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, I'm glad it got some of the attention it deserved.

You're welcome; I loved the story. I wrote a 4.03 episode tag (http://brightly-lit.livejournal.com/32303.html) and asked whether anyone had ever written about John finally recognizing Dean Van Halen, and someone recced your fic! So that's where I heard about it. Nice to make your acquaintance here!

[caffienekitty]

And yours as well. ;-)