fannishliss

TITLE: "angels fall like rain"

PAIRING, RATING:  This piece is Gen, but it is about Dean and Castiel.

WARNINGS:  not so much, except it is written as a prose poem and does not divide evenly into 100 word chunks  :)  angst, light literary allusion, heavy use of consonants.

SPOILERS:  for situation through 4.20

NOTES: This fic is for roguebitch , who bit when I offered the Demand a Drabble meme.  However, this Fic is Not a Drabble.  It is an experimental prose/poem form. The title is from "Ghost in You" by Psychedelic Furs, a beautiful, serene, and celestial song, very different from this angsty fic. Thanks Cassie! hope you like it!!

COMMENTS:  strongly desired -- also, Demand a Drabble!

DISCLAIMER:  do not own; no money made; this is a transformative work.

Well, apparently I joined Livejournal  and made my first post in November of 2007.
So it'll be fun to look back and see what I've come up with in just over a year!

Nov. 17, 2007:  my meta on my favorite Metallica songs and what Dean Winchester thinks of them.

Dec 14, 2007: my grouchy response when Dean couldn't sing Silent Night.

Jan 9, 2008:  short meta on Dean and Giftedness

Jan 10, 2008:  my first posted fic!!  a drabble:  Sam prays
(actually, it's a poem, but it is 100 words exactly)

Jan 18: ficlet (1300 words):  "Taking Care of Sammy"
Dean's pov during s3.  Brotherly love.

feb 11: my seven things meme that is actually seven interesting things about me

feb 13:  another Metallica meta

feb 13: my scholarly meta on Wincest and Romanticism  (so this is why I got a phd!)

feb 25:  my meta on Misogyny  (and this is what comes of my women's studies certificate!)

march 4: the fanfic my seven year old wrote!

mar 18: crack!poetry:  Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sam and Dean (with apologies to Wallace Stevens)

mar 19:  my soundtrack of the year:  Impala Rocks on! 
I don't post songs on the internet, but any flisters who have requests for classic rock, email me at fannishliss at gmail dot com, and I will mail you a Cd with your choice of songs.

mar 24: an actual 7500 word FIC, "Who do you say that I am?"
Sammy is the demon messiah in this story -- alternate ending to s3

June 3: meta on Motherhood and Misogyny in "The Kids are All Right"
Hey, this meta kind of hangs together!  I like it!    I CAN haz mai wmst cert!

July 2:  4135 word FIC:  "At Usher's Well"  -- post s3 hiatus story.  Cursed objects can be your friend!

July 16:  my favorite fic of the year:  "where soul meets body"
another post s3 hiatus story.  This time Sam unlocks his power in a dream.

July 18:  short meta on fanfic and women's intellectual freedom

July 23: pondering Emmys, Acting, and Ackles

sep 13:  meta on RPS  in which I try to explain my constant tinhat squee

sep 18:  my supernatural x Devour crossover fic!!  I am SO PROUD of this story.
Set during s3 hiatus. 4200 words.  "Keep your head down, hold your tongue, break free"

oct 21: my wincon report.  Now I have such a huge grin on my face!

Nov 10: my ginormous meta on Angels in Hebrew and Christian scripture

Nov 18:  ficlet : "Incestuous" -- a Ruby Character Study. 

nov 25: another fun ficlet by my 8 yr old

nov 29: my nightmare with bonus hellstorm

dec 18: my semi-bang, Dancers at the Lake, 12000 words!
I am pretty happy with this, if only people would read it!
It is highly theological in nature, and features Dean and Ruby.
It also has a Great Soundtrack!  Again, feel free to request the cd.
Originally conceived as a rewrite of the fairy tale, "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," which is one of my favorites.

SO THAT IS MY 2008 IN REVIEW.  A dozen cool metas on a variety of topics, plus NINE stories ranging from Drabble #1 to my 12000 words.  I'm pretty happy with this! 

Thanks SO VERY MUCH to betas and to everyone who took the time to comment --
and thanks in general to the lovely internetz and the awesome SPN fandom -- you all rock!

DANCERS AT THE LAKE "soundtrack"

This is what happens when fairy tales, theology and angsty songs mingle in fannishliss's hiatus-crazed brain.

As a musician, I have mixed feelings when it comes to filesharing, but I do encourage you to listen to any of these songs that catch your eye -- they are all super favorites of mine and highly recommended!

I figure most of these songs are available to listen to somewhere on the web-- for example, the Shriekback songs (my favorite band from the 80s) are available on Rhapsody. These are just the angsty lyrical excerpts that are particularly relevant to my story to be posted soon-- not spoilery, but moodsetting.

Lyrical Excerpts from songs  by Everlast, Keane, Death Cab, Nick Cave, Robert Plant, Robbie Robertson, Led Zeppelin, Tracy Bonham, Shriekback, Hildegard of Bingen, the Cardigans, and Odetta!


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