newsletter # 20 (September 2012)

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the spn_littlebro newsletter #20 for September 2012!





Don't forget -- we're running a sweepstakes this month! With all the great creative challenges this summer, you've probably discovered some hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared fic or art that we missed. Or maybe you've got some old favorites bookmarked that newer fans might have missed. Let us know about them! Every rec you make this month gets you another entry in a drawing for a great prize package. Check it out!


Details here!

Fevered Ramblings:

Here's a handful of things your spn_littlebro team is raving about right now. (And if you like these as much as we do, be sure to comment to the person who created it!)

Who's Hurting Sam or Jared Lately?

• ash48 has a J2AU WIP to pimp: Flightless Bird by foolsdance. Summary: Jensen inherits a pretty young body slave in his uncle's will. He should be thrilled - he's anything but. Jared is finally freed from his owner's tyranny. He should be safe and content – he's anything but.... Ten chapters in, "This is one of those fics that you just can't seem to put down. The story of young slave!Jared is, at times, heartbreaking but Jensen and his growing awareness of what it actually means to look after a slave is heart warming. It's a tender love story and both Jared and Jensen are wonderful. I sincerely hope the author finishes this WIP."


• cherry916 is a fan of pre-series SPN gen stories, and offers this 7K fic for your reading pleasure this month: Fish Sticks and Applesauce by Marianna Morgan. Summary: Pre-series – Autistic, Slightly Injured Sam / Awesome Big Brother Dean / Frustrated John – Every single day had to be exactly the same...or there would be trouble. cherry916 says "her portrayal of autism is just fantastic. You may think this is exaggeration but it's actual very common in kids with autism and she just portrays John in this fic perfectly, someone who really wants to help but basically knows next to nothing about his son because Dean handles it all. And it upsets him greatly throughout. What's so special though is the bond Sam and Dean share; despite the added autism, it's as strong as ever."


• winchesterhaunt has two SPN gen fics to cheer about. The first is over 15K --Only Human by mamapranayama. Summary: Sam screwed up -- his father and brother are hurt because of him and he deserves to feel the pain he is in. It qualifies under both injury and illness, with lacerations, infection, passing out, fever, and muscle cramps for your reading pleasure! winchesterhaunt says, "There's a whole a lotta hurt here. This is a classic 'Sam gets hurt and Dad and Dean doesn't know' fic, but if you're like me those kinds of fics never get old, especially when they're written by amazing authors like mamapranayama. :)"


• Under Psychological Trauma, our reccer also likes this short fic: (Show Me How to Be) Whole Again by purplehrdwonder. Summary: [Post-7.17] After getting out of the hospital, Sam’s exhausted and skittish. Dean’s still processing everything. Together they deal. winchesterhaunt says "Post 7.17, you really can't go wrong with these fics. Sleepy Sam is one of my favorites and this story has a lot of that, and Dean is just an awesome, understanding big brother here. ♥"

Featured Fic Recs:

• harrigan is craving new eps, and in the meantime, is enjoying the next best thing--wallowing in some great episodic casefics that feature plotty, well-researched MOTW, great action sequences, spot-on brotherly banter, and invariably, some Winchester!whumpage too! scullspeare really delivers, and has her master post available here. (She also has a hurt!Sam tag if you like to surf that way.) Some gems harrigan particularly recommends for hurt!Sam glee are her latest, Blood of the Bayou which runs 45K, and Grave Consequences if you want to sample something shorter (which is set between two epic Sam whumps - see author notes for details!) Dive in -- you can't go wrong with this author.


• cherry916 has a J2AU favorite to feature: From the outside looking In by annie46. Summary: Jensen Ackles is young and privileged; his parents are rich and powerful and he has everything in life that he has ever wanted. When his mother decides to help an immigrant Polish family with their own problems will his opinions change? Or will his prejudice blind him? cherry916 says it has mute, bullied, noncon types of hurt, and "I consider this a classic because it's been around for 2 years now, and I always love going back and re-reading it. Because Jensen, who starts off as spoiled and uncaring, transforms under the friendship he develops with Jared, a poor orphan from Poland who has faced tragedies in his life. And through that Jared and Jensen begin to love one another and Jared actually begins to heal."

Other Media:

• art: The Path We Trod by lilypsiren will knock your socks off! cherry916 says, "Now why can't we get something like this on the show? Despite knowing Sam is a giant moose, still, who can deny that Dean carrying Sam because of an injury isn't well...tempting!"


• art: Sam's Hell by renn08 is a "beautifully made piece of art here," according to winchesterhaunt. "I adore a hallucinating!Sam, and it's just as good seeing it portrayed in art form as it is on television."


• music videos: And It Hurts Again by Locked in a Bathroom is a short but not-to-be-missed character study that ash48 describes as "a moving Sam vid, exploring his seeming neverending cycle of hurt" over seasons 4 thru 7.


• podfics: The Winchester Identity by zubeneschamali is a 136K epic J2AU version of the book The Bourne Identity, and it's now available on podfic! Yay! weimar27 is one of our favorite podfic readers, and her 11+ hour m4b is available in 3 parts here. ash48 says, "It's so exciting when fics you love get podficced. I loved reading The Winchester Identity a while ago and now that it has been made into a podfic I can listen and enjoy it all over again. It's a story that features some wonderful Jared in peril and great J2 romance! Go listen!"


• eBooks, etc.: Downloadable links for umpteen eReader formats are available for The Winchester Identity at the fic master post.

What Else? Mark your calendars!!

☆ Season 7 DVDs get released (in the US anyway) on September 18th! ☆
☆ New eps start Wednesday October 3rd! ☆

Comments

[sinka.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the incredibly awesome newsletter, as usual! You always know how to make a Sam/Jared!girl happy!

By the way, I have a question. For all my Sammy needs I regularly check ohsam and spn_littlebro's library in delicious, but i's not that easy to find a place with some good and regular hurt or vulnerable Jared, it seems to be scathered all around the net. Could you point me in the direction of the right comm or give advise about where you find all the Jared goodies?

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey hun! So glad you like the newsletter. :)

For hurt!Jared fic it mostly pops up on those hurt!Sam comms (we try to include as much Jared as we can find..;D). I don't think there is a specific hurt!Jared comm (that I know of).

Sometimes they come up on the RPF comms (just_j2 or topjensen_dean) or sometimes bottom_sammy

I came across Flightless Bird on the slavefics comm. It's for any slave fics (not just spn). I'm not sure if she's cross posting to anywhere else.

Hope that helps.
xox

[sinka.livejournal.com]

It's a lot of help! I knew it couldn't be that easy, but at least now I'll keep an eye on all those comms. And thank you for including both Jared and Sam fics here. Is deeply, truly apprenciated!! :D

[sinka.livejournal.com]

The new delicious still gives me headaches but you're right is still a really good place to find hidden treasures! And I'm definitely adding abused_sammy to the yummy comms I'm going to check regularly! Thank you very much for the tips!!