fannishliss

title: Bonds and the Blood
author: fannishliss
Rating: R
Genre: Gen
4200 words
Spoilers: This story refers to a spoiler from the aired teaser for the 1-14-14 unaired episode of Supernatural.  This story is almost certainly not the way it will go -- but it's one way I'd LIKE for it to go.  :)

Summary: Sam is possessed by an Angel. Team Free Will take on Gadreel.

For Jensenrick: this story has Sam, Crowley, and Garth -- though Garth really takes center stage here.  Hope you will enjoy!
( read quick, before Tuesday! )

This is a very famous ballad from the nineteenth century, made famous by Joan Baez's performance.

"  As I roved out one evening some pleasure for to find,
I saw a girl from Winchester most pleasing to my mind;
Her coal-black eyes, her cherry cheeks, like daggers pierced my breast,
They call her handsome Mary, the lily of the west. "

The link leads to a set of lyrics that seem to have been collected in Newfoundland in 1958.    Azazel makes an appearance:   "down by a shady grove,  I saw a lord of high renown conversing with my love"   !!!!


Anyone care to fic on this????  That's a Supernatural fairy tale for sure!! 

Casey the Bartender Demon from 3.4, Sin City
rated R for strong language :P
double drabble (200 words) ( Read more... )

For a meatier story mentioning Casey, see "Who Do You Say that I Am?" a DemonMessiah!Sammy story that went AU during s3. :)

Hi!  I’m not trying to set up an oppositional dialogue, I just needed a short and catchy title for a chunky essay.

What I’m trying to talk about here is how Supernatural uses the lore of Christianity, without actually engaging with many of the most central tenets of Christian belief. In my humble opinion, Kripke has developed an independent, fictional mythology that uses language and concepts familiar to folks because of our “Christian” ethnic background as Americans – but not using them as a religious person would, but instead as a storyteller – much like the Easter Bunny and the Christmas Tree are part of American mythology, much different from the meanings those symbols hold for religious Pagans.

This is important because many folks hear the religious terminology, which has run rampant during season four, and seem to think of it as Christian, which it really isn’t.  It’s religious language being used by Kripke to tell his story of two heroic brothers, their battle of good and evil, and the personae who populate their world.

Here are some of the things I’d like to touch on: 

1. “christo?”
2. How to break a deal with a demon
3.  Whether someone contaminated by demon blood is Doomed(  more... )  My husband, the Pagan Witchalok, first read over and beta’d this for me (this is the kind of thing we talk about ALL THE TIME), and then used his Witchalok Power of Slow, Dramatic Clapping.  

MY RESPONSE TO 4.17,
WITH LINGERING RESPONSES TO 4.16,
AND EVEN 4.15!
AND THE BRILLIANCE OF SAM IN S4 IN GENERAL.

This is a lot of different trains of thought, drawn from my comments to lots of folks' awesome meta posts -- so sorry if it's a bit of a ramble!  I'm trying to talk about Sam and his motivations in recent episodes, and how much I love him in s4.

As a starryeyed deangrrl, s4 has convinced me wholeheartedly to love Sam.

His arc this season follows perfectly from the Sammy we first came to know and love in Mystery Spot -- this really is the hunter Sam becomes.  Remember Jus in Bello, how Sam watched and protected Dean, after he finally understood how breakable his invincible big brother could be.

S4 brings all that into play, and more.   What's at stake in this season is the Hunter Sam will become, and whether Dean will ever see himself as a Hero again.
( Read more... )All comments are appreciated and answered thoughtfully!!

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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This came to me in my sleep.  Then deirdre_c posted a story about Sam and Dean and the Impala -- so I had to actually write this down!  Anyways,  it is part crack, part pastiche, part poem.  Sorry!