newsletter # 22 (November 2012)

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the spn_littlebro newsletter #22 for November 2012!





Did you ever have a Sam or Jared h/c plot bunny and you just wish you could entice one of your *favorite* authors to tackle it? Maybe you can! Check out:

(It's multi-fandom, but if you scroll through the comments, you'll recognize some great SPN and J2 authors. And one contributor is even offering her medical expertise for beta-help on YOUR injury-or-illness fics!) The auction closes at 5 pm U.S. Eastern Standard Time (i.e. New York) on Thursday the 29th of November - other time zones available on the webpage.

On the other hand, if you want to toss your hurt!Sam plot bunnies out to see who might catch them, or are tempted to create some goodies yourself, go here ASAP!



The same, but for hurt!Jared, is welcome here!


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Fevered Ramblings:

Here's a handful of other 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?

• harrigan has it on good authority that the recent spn_bigpretzel charity auction for Hurricane Sandy relief has some winning bids with prompts featuring hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared. The fics aren't written yet, but keep your eyes open there for some treats to come!


• winchesterhaunt is happy to rec Gimme Shelter by mamapranayama from this year's spn_gen_bigbang. Summary: Sometimes it’s not the monsters, ghosts or demons the Winchesters should fear the most, sometimes their worst enemy is nature itself. Preseries, hurt!Sam (17), hurt!Dean(21), angsty!John and his questionable parenting skills. It's over 24K and winchesterhaunt says, "Talk about a fic that brings the house down! I do love a good teen!chester fiction from time to time and this one is just brilliant. It's also a big plus that I've never seen an injury like this before."


• Besides leaving prompts, don't forget to keep checking those new memes above to see what's been produced so far! Need an example of the brilliance to be found? How about James Herriot Never Had To Deal With This Crap by rokhal, full of frantic Dean, a Sam who will die without immediate medical attention, and a reluctant Amelia who risks her license to save him.

Featured Fic Recs:

• harrigan loves seeing snippets of Sam with a dog this season -- which reminds her of how much she was taken by Nun hat er nichts mehr lieb by honeylocusttree last year. Under 2K, SPN gen early season 7, the summary starts: So Sam is having a really bad time with post-concussion crap and hallucinations and basically feeling overwhelmed and everything, and there's this little stray puppy that keeps crying at the door of Rufus's cabin.... harrigan says that's all you need to know. Go read it!


• cherry916 is going back to season 1 for her SPN gen rec this month: Sam's Salvation by gategirl7 on ff.net. Summary: Another shot at the missing scene in Salvation. Sam gets back to the motel after his vision and Dean takes care of him. cherry916 says, "This is an excellent episode tag to Salvation, past the H/C from the vision that we didn't get in the episode. I absolutely love John's POV here because he's so out of loop with Sam and the boys that he's almost dumbfounded at watching Dean care for Sam because he has no idea how to do so."

Other Media:

• art: cherry916 has "a rather heartbreaking drawing from Tumblr" to rec, actually a matched set, "showing Dean cleaning a lollipop out of Sam's hair when they were younger to cleaning out blood in present day. I love it because the differences between the boys faces in the drawings, the stress and tried lines we see is amazing." Check it out: Hold Still, Sammy by kat-chup.


• art: ash48 found a watercolor wonder in the recent spn_gen_bigbang: This Far, No Farther. Ash says quickreaver's "artwork is absolutely gorgeous and poor, poor Sam looks so very very sick. :( Makes me want to wrap him up and give him massive hugs. I haven't read this story (yet) but it looks so full of hurty goodness." So check out the art, and then give the fic a try too, and don't forget to tell us (on our theme posts) if you rec the story!


• art: So much great art this month! badbastion is one of the real talents in our fandom, and Wipe the Clock art for the recent 2012 samdean_otp minibang is right up our alley. ash48 recs this because it's "beautiful work from this amazing artist. I'm a complete sucker for Dean carrying hurt!Sam and for anything that looks like Dean tending Sam's wounds."


• music videos: MulkEntertainment comes through again! Of Cowards and Heroes is an AU of episode 8.01, and ash48 says this is "a closer look at what Sam might have done while Dean was away for a year. It shows more of Sam's desperation. A nice use of external audio and works as a "fix-it" for those who need it."


• podfics: ash48 is currently wallowing in several hours of hurt!Sam, courtesy of Bleed Out and Take Him In, a Sam/Dean fic written for the 2010 spn_j2_bigbang by taelynhawker, and wonderfully read by the always reliable weimar27. Summary: When John Winchester dies he burdens his oldest son with a dark truth and an impossible order to follow: watch out for his little brother and, if need be, kill him to keep him from turning evil. Dean's never disobeyed an order from his father but he won't kill his brother, he'd sooner kill himself. So when Sam's visions get worse and his powers start to grow they have to find another way.... A way that won't require one brother to kill another. ash48 says "It's great to come across a hurt!Sam podfic because they seem so rare. (Thanks weimar27 for being awesome and recording this for us!) This takes S2 canon and twists it. Sam suffers visions, nightmares and energy draining blood transfusions. The author creates a believable wincest story. It's wonderfully long 'read' at over 4 hours," and is available in mp3 and m4b formats here.


• eBooks, etc.: Diving back to 2007 for a rare J2 non-AU hurt!Jared fic in an eReader format, we find Sticks and Stones in an RTF version here. From back in the days when summaries weren't so standardized, author estrella30 tempts us with this: Who wants 22,000 words of J2 hurt/comfort fic filled with sex and schmoop and Jensen playing with Jared's dogs! harrigan says she does, when it's by such a talented author and has her favorite orthopedic leg trauma!

What else? It's been great seeing some recs on our theme posts from some new voices here. Welcome, new friends! And thanks again to everyone who is helping to share the hurt!Sam or hurt!Jared goodness!

Comments

[sylvaniae.livejournal.com]

You guys should definitely check out the samdean_otp Mini-Bang from this year. It's pretty freaking awesome, and I've read about three of the fics so far (school and work are bitches), but I'm sure you'll love them. Definitely some hurt Sam in there, too.

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading, and for the tip! Like you, there's never enough time for us to read all the fics on all the comms or challenges; sometimes we also rely on our members to tell us exactly what fics are exciting finds. So I hope you'll rec the specific fics you enjoyed with hurt!Sam on our theme post(s) here (http://spn-littlebro.livejournal.com/13458.html). We'll automatically add stories you rec there to our archives too. Please do!