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22 January 2013 @ 05:50 pm
A whole lotta Dean, my birthday wishlist  
I'm gonna turn 20 tomorrow, and I thought I might celebrate leaving my teen years behind with a bunch of Dean fics. Hopefully, I'll be lucky and get lots of recs :) Some of these are actually regurgitated versions of my old searches, but I wanna see if I can get new fics outta them.

1. Smart!Dean is canon to me, and I love reading fics that have this. School fics would be awesome - high school or college, I don't mind either way - but this sort of fic can be set whenever and wherever.

2. Considering up top, I have a hankering for Destiel fics where Dean is practically cliche. You know the type - smart, popular, awesome, kind... an amazing older brother. I only ask that he's not an asshole, since popular!Dean is sometimes written as that.

3. Fics that basically have the world finding out just how important to the grand scheme of things Dean is - and I'm talking Messianic connotations here. Fics that grounds in the fact that a whole lotta extraordinary things (even by hunter standards) seem to revolve around this BAMF. Outsider POVs are loved.

4. Related to #3 - any fics out there that deals with how the supernatural world views Dean. Like how his soul was shining brightly even when the Pit, or how some angels consider Dean damn near holy.

5. Stories where Castiel, through his own ignorance to social norms or maybe a lack of faith in Dean's own commitment, cheats on him. AU or canon, I just wanna read fics where Dean is the one who wants to commit, and Cas is the one who screws up. Happy endings, though I want to read guilty!Cas and hurt!Dean.

6. Rockstar or celebrity AUs where Dean defies stereotype. Destiel please.

7. Girl!Dean fics are loved. Especially irresistible, totally aware of her own hotness girl!Dean. I would really prefer Destiel, but this is also the only way I'll read Wincest, so I'll accept those too.

8. Chef!Dean, or maybe baker!Dean. IDK, just want to read fics with him like this.

9. Michael!Dean? Not fics where Dean says yes to Michael, but fics where he was Michael all this time. Oh, since I'm on this anyway, any fics out there where Dean is actually God or something, or his vessel.

10. This one is the orange in a bushel of apples - I'd love to read fics where Dean has both younger brothers with him. Like, it can be from Adam's POV, or even just fics where he has a brotherly relationship with Dean.

** If there's a pairing, Destiel is my OTP ^^ No Wincest recs please, except for #7.

Whew! That was a lot, and I don't know if I'll get any bites, but I can hope! So please, make this birthday girl's wishes come true, and rec me some Dean fics! :)

Thanks!
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[identity profile] gluisa88.livejournal.com on January 22nd, 2013 08:39 pm (UTC)
Happy birthday!!

Request 8:

Here's a baker!Dean - it's a light crossover with Pushing Daisies but really, you don't need to know anything about the show to enjoy this fic. The only similarities is the location, the restaurant (which Dean and Sam buy from the Pie Maker) and one character.

Coeur d'coeurs (http://lyra-wing.livejournal.com/179115.html)

And here's my smart!Dean (https://delicious.com/gluisa88/smart!dean) tag on Delicious
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 22nd, 2013 09:29 pm (UTC)
Thank you! :)
[identity profile] semaniac99.livejournal.com on January 22nd, 2013 09:45 pm (UTC)
#4 Unexpected Destinies (http://otp-destiel.livejournal.com/571.html): They thought It was over. They thought they'd averted the Apocalypse. They thought they'd won. They were wrong...
people admiring: angels, Death, Crowley...
also some of #1
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 22nd, 2013 09:49 pm (UTC)
Haha thanks! I'm already reading this one actually, been following it for about a year :)
[identity profile] violue.livejournal.com on January 22nd, 2013 11:07 pm (UTC)
#6 ok I wouldn't say he's defying any stereotype, but I love this Rockstar AU. Shootin' You Straight (http://rockstarpeach.livejournal.com/96571.html) ... it has vague elements of #5 and bit of #10, as Adam is in Dean's family band

#7 pure porn: Delve (http://hollybennett123.livejournal.com/5496.html)

#9 Ahhh I feel like reccing these fics under this category is essentially also spoiling them... but This fic (http://apokteino.livejournal.com/11285.html) and This fic (http://archiveofourown.org/works/137551/chapters/197455).

for the second part of #9 On the off-chance you haven't read this fic (http://mclachland.livejournal.com/21656.html)...(elements of #3)

Edited 2013-01-22 11:08 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 22nd, 2013 11:50 pm (UTC)
Aww thanks!

I've actually already read Shootin' You Straight, it's one of the main reasons I asked for #5 and #6 actually >_< and who hasn't read Named, right?! But the rest are going straight to my reading list, thank you!
[identity profile] elfgirljen.livejournal.com on January 23rd, 2013 01:36 am (UTC)
#3 Are you there, Dean Winchester? It's me...God" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/562399)
and the sequel
Dean Winchester's home for Wayward Angels (http://archiveofourown.org/works/562407)
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 23rd, 2013 07:43 am (UTC)
Awesome, can't wait to read them. Thanks!
[identity profile] gilesbabe.livejournal.com on January 23rd, 2013 03:18 am (UTC)
For #9 Dies Irae, or Something. Summary: It starts with headaches, and it ends in a clusterfuck. So, business as usual, Apocalypse-wise.

http://alchemyalice.livejournal.com/5255.html

For #3. Anything Worth Dying For. "Lawrence, Kansas had significance not just for the Winchesters, but for the entire movement. For the hosts of Heaven and those who follow, the city had the relevance of Jerusalem; it was the place where the Messiah was born. Dean Winchester was of Lawrence, and that marked it holy. "

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7500
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 23rd, 2013 07:43 am (UTC)
I've actually already read both of these, but thank you!
[identity profile] catnthecradle.livejournal.com on January 23rd, 2013 05:38 am (UTC)
Since I don't read Destiel, (Wincest is my poison) I can only offer you Gen.

1/ Infrangible Road http://ddayspring.livejournal.com/26140.html
Summary: A Supernatural Gen AU in which John raises his sons in Lawrence.

10/ Brothe Mine http://etrixiswriting.livejournal.com/52273.html
Summary: John was out on a hunt when the call came: Kate Milligan was dead, and John was named in her will as the guardian of her son—his son—Adam. Pissed but knowing his duty, Dean pulled Sam out school during exam week, and they went to Windom in the thick of the Minnesota winter. 7-yr-old Adam was a lot like Sammy at that age, but Dean wasn't ready to accept him as another Winchester. Then the boy's life was threatened and all bets were off.
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 23rd, 2013 07:45 am (UTC)
Oooh, Infrangible Road is one of my all time faves. Dayspring is like my god.

Already have Brother Mine on my reading list, but gonna bump it up to the top since you rec'd it.

Thanks!
[identity profile] layne67.livejournal.com on January 24th, 2013 02:50 am (UTC)
#9 The Firstborn (http://justforspite.dreamwidth.org/188284.html) by [livejournal.com profile] justforspite.

I really hope someone would come up with #5 *WANTS*

For number 8,I once read an AU in which Misha is a chef and Jensen is a waiter. It's a very lovely fic but since you didn't mention anything about Jensen/Misha?

Edited 2013-01-24 02:50 am (UTC)
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 24th, 2013 05:03 am (UTC)
Thanks!

And I hear ya, I really want to read something like #5!

Oooh, Jensen/Misha? Gimme~! *flails*
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[identity profile] pinme13.livejournal.com on January 29th, 2013 01:58 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for this rec! I have been hunting for this story First Born for what feels like forever!
Thank you so much again.
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[identity profile] blondie66666.livejournal.com on January 24th, 2013 05:22 am (UTC)
Try this one for #9. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6879807/1/Voice-in-my-Head-Power-in-my-Soul-Love-in-my-Heart
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 24th, 2013 10:42 pm (UTC)
Thanks! I started reading like a couple of paragraphs of this ages ago, but lost it completely. Glad to see it again so I can continue reading! :)
[identity profile] orange-8-hands.livejournal.com on January 24th, 2013 08:51 pm (UTC)
#7:

- Wayfinding (http://archiveofourown.org/works/499589) by rageprufrock (WIP, girl!Dean, guy!Cas, Destiel)

self-rec: I have a series (http://archiveofourown.org/series/15877), but it's all girl!verse not just Dean. Destiel though still in pre-slash stages.

#3:

Anything Worth Dying For (http://archiveofourown.org/works/7500) by waldorph

#9:

I Got Soul But I'm Not a Soldier (http://archiveofourown.org/works/137551/chapters/197455) by starandrea
- also fits with #4; also ze's Light Up the Sky for Me (http://archiveofourown.org/works/28187) fits

Adventures in Diplomacy (http://peroxide-fic.livejournal.com/185233.html) by peroxide_fic
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 24th, 2013 10:43 pm (UTC)
LOL, I've read all of these EXCEPT yours, so the self-rec was much appreciated ;)

Btw, Wayfinding is my all time, favorite girl!Dean fic... ever!
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(Anonymous) on February 1st, 2013 01:28 am (UTC)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/542794?view_full_work=true (http://archiveofourown.org/works/542794?view_full_work=true)

This has elements of #5.
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on February 2nd, 2013 01:15 am (UTC)
Thanks! I've seen this rec'd before, but I was never sure about reading it.
(Anonymous) on February 1st, 2013 10:40 pm (UTC)
Any more of #3? I did not know how much I wanted that until you laid it out in front of me like bacon on a fishing line.
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on February 2nd, 2013 01:16 am (UTC)
I know right!? Can't get enough of #3
[identity profile] polyesterangel.livejournal.com on February 2nd, 2013 12:39 am (UTC)
Happy birthday to you! And thanks for all these people finding you (and be extension, me!) wonderful fics! Enjoy your twenties, my dear. Mine are almost over and, so far, is was the best decade yet ;-)
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on February 2nd, 2013 01:17 am (UTC)
Thank you! Hopefully, my 20s would go better than my teen years have.

And yes, I've gotten such a huge haul. Always happy to spread the love!
[identity profile] semaniac99.livejournal.com on February 2nd, 2013 07:03 pm (UTC)
for #5..........
it does not have cheating but dean ready and cas through lack of social norms hurts him..........
home (http://otp-destiel.livejournal.com/19073.html)::::
Human and angelic customs collide leading to a misunderstanding that has Dean thinking the worst.
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on February 2nd, 2013 07:23 pm (UTC)
Thank you! Otp-destiel fics are always loved.
[identity profile] shamangrrl.livejournal.com on March 6th, 2013 03:05 am (UTC)
Most of these fall under Smart!Dean, and some are crossovers, which I'm not sure if you'd be interested in. But I figure I'll let you decide. Hope you find some fics you like!

Learning How To Fly 'verse
http://faithburke.livejournal.com/tag/supernatural%2Fstargate%3Aatlantis
Dean on Atlantis. Needless to say, the city loves him.
The author also has a lot of smaller fics and timestamps in the 'verse, so I hope you enjoy!

Loopy-Loop
http://faithburke.livejournal.com/53840.html
This is another Smart!Dean. It's usually recced, but I didn't see it here. High school Dean, outsider POV.

Unmaking
http://faithburke.livejournal.com/15009.html
"You have to stop it", Cas said. So Dean did.

Way To Kill
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4281158/1/
Dean hunting on his own, while Sam is at Stanford. Crossover with NCIS. Dean appreciation and Smart!Dean.

Light and Dark
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3439113/1/
Dean has a face-off with Michael. There are consequences.

Wolverines, Wendigos and Winchesters
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5155714/1/
Crossover with X-Men. Dean and Logan (Wolverine). 'Nuff said. It's a WIP.

CherylW has some Dark Angel/SPN crossovers that I quite like because Dean is appreciated for being himself.
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/127403/
It's In The Genes, It Runs In The Family and New Family Traditions

Oops! Almost forgot one more by AlchemyAlice:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/245211/chapters/378117
On The Wings of War
I love this one. Awesome Dean, Destial (not really overt, but there).
The four Horsemen are not just people with fancy rings. They aren’t even demons with fancy rings. They are another species entirely, a force unto themselves, and Lucifer is kidding himself if he thinks that they are at his beck and call. They are separate. They are neutral. Dean Winchester is not built like them

Edited 2013-03-06 03:12 am (UTC)
[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on March 6th, 2013 03:47 am (UTC)
Oooh, thanks!

I've actually already read almost all of these lol. The only ones I haven't are Way to Kill and Light and Dark, so yey! Crossovers are a-ok with me, as long as I have sort of an understanding of the show. As it is, I love DA and read/watch XMen. And while I've never watched them, I know enough and have read enough crossovers with SGA and NCIS that I don't really have a problem reading fanfics about them anymore :)

Thanks again!
(no subject) - [identity profile] auxemuseku.livejournal.com on October 3rd, 2013 04:46 am (UTC)
(Anonymous) on January 15th, 2014 08:48 pm (UTC)
Hi! For #1, I have a self-rec over at Archive of our Own. The link is here: The Subjectivity of Truth (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1135223)

The prompt I followed was:

Dean is at Stanford checking up on Sam. He stops in a bar on the way out of town thinking that since its a school night, Sam possibly can't show up there. Of course, he does.

Sam invites Dean to sit with his friends and tries to keep changing the subject to topics he thinks Dean can handle (cars, movies, etc). One of Sam's friends is a big jerk and turns the topic onto something academic. To everyone's surprise, Dean is able to not only keep up but he wins the debate.

Sam is surprised, Dean's hurt that Sam thinks he's stupid.

-

It deals with the fact that Dean's been hiding his intelligence for most of his life, and has him being an intellectual BAMF.


[identity profile] shax92.livejournal.com on January 15th, 2014 09:31 pm (UTC)
Thank you! It's been nearly a year since I posted this, so this is a happy 21st birthday present to me instead :) I've seen this prompt filled already, and it's such a satisfying smart!dean prompt, that I'm glad someone else filled it! Gonna go read it now :)
[identity profile] votaku.livejournal.com on December 2nd, 2014 03:58 am (UTC)
Fic Recs
#7. Girl!Dean 'Verse (http://seraphim-grace.livejournal.com/514471.html) by [livejournal.com profile] seraphim_grace -- features Always Been a Girl!Dean. Destiel.

Just Like A Woman (http://indiefairy.livejournal.com/195261.html) by [livejournal.com profile] indiefairy -- "Dean wakes up one morning to discover that he's somehow been turned into a female. Mix in a diversion to a hunt, the looming apocalypse, oh yeah and the fact that Dean thinks he may have the hots for his Angel. It all just adds up to a seriously crap week, and once Dean gets his hands on whoever did this to him, there's going to be hell to pay."

Not Time's Fool (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4720/chapters/5923) by [livejournal.com profile] pandarus -- Feature's some girl!Dean and is a First Time fic set season 4. Pandarus is absolutely a genius and this is especially amazing for someone who doesn't ship Sam-Dean normally. :D


#3-ish. Set the Fire to the Third Bar (http://seraphim-grace.livejournal.com/475470.html) by [livejournal.com profile] seraphim_grace -- Apocafic. Crosses with 'American Gods' and 'Good Omens' This author is the entire reason I fell in love with Castiel/Dean. One of the most amazing authors I've ever had the pleasure of reading.

World Enough and Time (http://seraphim-grace.livejournal.com/505656.html) -- Sequel to 'Set the Fire to the Third Bar'. This story starts at the end of chapter 20 from Set the fire to the third bar, and tells Sam’s side of the story from here on in. WIP.


#4-ish.Manifest Yourself (http://highermagic.livejournal.com/39680.html) by [livejournal.com profile] highermagic -- Dean and Sam are cursed by a witch so that their souls manifest on their physical bodies.

Untitled Ninth Advent Fic (http://sarkywoman.livejournal.com/216786.html) by [livejournal.com profile] sarkywoman -- Destiel fic where Dean gets wings that reflect his soul after sleeping with Castiel... wings that all the other angels now want to 'handle'.

Grand Theft Vessel (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7244814/1/Grand-Theft-Vessel) by PurpleMoon3 -- Dean just killed the Whore, and things look bleak, so he goes to the bottle. It just so happens that drunk-Dean is a certified genius. Dean's soul is the reason he was Michael's chosen vessel. WIP. Kind of cracky but not.

Monster In The Closet (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3455584/1/Monster-In-The-Closet) by Rae666 -- Somewhere in Colorado, children from 3 families have gone missing, can the boys find out what’s going on before forgotten memories come back to haunt them, more specifically – Dean.


#9. Fire of Heaven (http://trinityofone.livejournal.com/185350.html) by [livejournal.com profile] trinityofone -- "Five years after her run in with Azazel, Mary Winchester makes another deal." Destiel.

Et In Terra Pax (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5580882/1/Et_In_Terra_Pax) by Imogen LeFay -- The end is near. With God missing, most angels being bastards, and the devil closing in on his brother, Dean has to act quickly. Fortunately, Castiel has an idea that might actually give him a chance against the devil. Michael!Dean

your halo's slippin' down (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5429065/1/your_halos_slippin_down) by Vanus Empty -- And suddenly, he wasn't just Dean anymore. Halo-verse part one. S05 spoilers, AU. Michael!Dean

And Many Happy Returns of the Day (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5517329/1/And-Many-Happy-Returns-of-the-Day) by MistWraith -- Beware an archangel bearing birthday gifts. Michael!Dean

Unwrapping the Gift (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5676206/1/Unwrapping-the-Gift) by MistWraith -- Oh, and by the way, Mikey, with Detroit looming ever closer, you just might want to get your angelic ass into gear! sequel to 'And Many Happy Returns of the Day'. Michael!Dean

Lucifer (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3455577/1/Lucifer) by Rae666 -- "After millennia of evil deeds, a fallen angel is given a second chance and is reborn as a mortal. 28 years later and he’s gotten himself into a spot of bother." How about one where's he's Lucy?


Onto Part 2:
[identity profile] votaku.livejournal.com on December 2nd, 2014 03:59 am (UTC)
RE: Fic Recs
Part Two:


#10. Need Some Light (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6048809/1/) by Ailendolin -- "Tag to Jump The Shark. What if Adam hadn't been dead when Dean found him?"

It's All in the Details (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7002492/1/It-s-All-in-the-Details) by Colleen -- When Dean goes to sell his soul at the crossroads to bring Sam back, someone else steps in to negotiate the deal. Cas did get a sign and it sent him off into the past to change things. AU from The Man Who Would be King and All Hell Breaks Loose. I almost didn't include this because while Adam is in it and he does meet Sam & Dean, he's not a big player... at least as of this moment. That said he does appear multiple times. He's an acknowledged Winchester... on both ends.


#1. Sour Cherry Pie Life (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7050961/1/Sour-Cherry-Pie-Life) by [livejournal.com profile] faithburke -- Dean has retired to the civilian life. Too bad no one told the serial killer currently stalking teenagers in Indiana. Dean/Lisa. Lots of Dean smarts. :D

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66 Seals of Doom on the Wall (http://adrenalineshots.livejournal.com/tag/66 seals) by [livejournal.com profile] adrenalineshots -- Really really awesome Apocafic. This is how Season 4 should have happened. ♥ I don't want to spoil this by assigning it to one of your numbers but know that it is freaking AWESOME.



Kay, that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Enjoy!