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So spn_appreciate's challenge for today is "rec three authors/vidders/artists who you've never recced before", which of course for me is like... I don't know. Very, ridiculously, pointlessly easy, since I rec sporadically or not at all - and not, may I add, with any kind of consistency whatsoever. So, I could & should do the whole go out and find a new and exciting author and rec them, but I'm very tired and I have to do two challenges tonight so instead I'll rec a bunch of series and WIPs that I read regularly or things I've read very recently.

rei_c's Five Districts, Five Drugs series. Sam/OCs, Sam/Dean
I just found this series and it's probably been recced non-stop, but I don't really keep up with rec lists so. If you do try this set aside a lot of time to read it. It's a series of five multi-chaptered fics - about five long chapters per fic except for the final part, which is ten chapters. They all go AU from the first season, and the premise for each is that Dean comes looking for Sam as in the Pilot but finds him not at Stanford but with different lives in a different part of the city. While they're mostly dark (the degree varies) they do also have mostly happy endings, which I personally prefer. Warnings for drug use, incest (obvs), and most of them also have a horror warning plus some bonus extra cautionary notes. I normally find this kind of oppressive darkness unrewarding but I really enjoyed these very much.

indysaur's Everybody Experiments in College, RPS AU, Jared/Jensen (link to part Six which links to preceding chapters. A note: this is still a WIP but should be finishing up in the next part in a few days.)
Um... Jared/Jensen. College AU. It's fun, it doesn't overthink itself, does exactly what it says on the packaging and I am really enjoying it. I believe it's also the author's first fic in this fandom? So real fun.

'Most everything by conquest! Particularly:
the Miracles and Saints universe, which is Dean/Michael (the older brother from "Something Wicked"? Er, I should add, it's futurefic). This started off as a multi-chaptered futurefic about Michael and evolved into an entire universe and, well, I'm fond. (I should note: many of these stories also contain Dean/Sam or implied Dean/Sam.)
I also like Counting Games, which is a series of Dean/Robert Chase, you know, from House? Bear with the idea because it's awesome. Also, when I say series, each is pretty much complete in itself, it's not a WIP.
Aaaaand a standalone for those of you who don't like the hot manlove: Back to the Beginning, Dean/Jo, R. Not hugely happy but excellent. It's post-Born Under a Bad Sign, and is probably my favourite fic dealing with the whole "I'll call" business.

And speaking of Dean/Jo: a week or so ago I read 602 by abrupte (Dean/Jo, R) and enjoyed it very much. I was particularly impressed with the way it dealt with Dean/Jo in the sense I believe that Dean is not going to be in love with Jo anytime soon, even if they were having sex. And I think 602 really dealt with that in a way I liked very much.

And why not carry on with a Dean/Jo theme: But the Engine Doesn't Turn by elohvee. WARNING FOR CHARACTER DEATH and implied Sam/Dean. But I still enjoyed it, and I fucking HATE character death, so there you go.

Aaaaand since I'm talking about Jo and I've covered slash and het: Pit Stop by valiant, NC-17, Jo/Jess, AU (obviously). Not much to say about this one, basically a pornlet, but it is SMOKIN' and I love fslash in this fandom, which - unlike most fslash, I find - tends to maintain its gritty tone.

Whew, I sure got through that pretty damn quick. \o/ I should do that more often! Um, yay, go read, etc.

Also, your thought for the day is: Charisma Carpenter. Cordelia (Chase). Kendall Casablancas.
... wouldn't you get sick of the [k] phoneme?

ETA: oh yeah, will eventually answer comments on last two posts, but THANKS to those of you who commented, you're excellent and A++ helpful.