Zara_Zee

The only things I knew about 11.04 were...that it was called Baby and it was going to be told from the Impala's POV. For some reason, I interpreted this as 'Baby gets turned into a person' and I was quite nervous about the whole episode. Consequently, I spent the entire episode waiting with trepidation for Baby to turn into a person and was quite perplexed when that didn't happen! It wasn't until my second watch-through that I realised that practically the whole thing was filmed from inside the car! So then I had to watch it again.

This episode had pretty much everything I want from an episode, which caused me no end of trauma when trying to decide what to write about, because apparently my episode tags are either fix-it fics or that one scene I wanted but didn't get. What to write about when you get everything you wanted?

I considered writing about Dean's: "I'm not little, like I actually was when he taught me to drive", but I've read more than one excellent fic written by really talented writers that deal with Dean learning to drive when he was a little kid, so I decided against that. In the end I decided to write about Piper, for the simple reason that I thought her scene was shot through her gaze and I appreciated that. Also, I do wonder if she's going to turn out to be something more. I always remember that Ruby was initially presented to us as an insignificant hook up...


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Title: I love the way you lie
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 11.04
Word Count: ~1,800
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Title from the Rihanna song of the same name.

Summary: When all is said and done, there’s no chance for a real relationship here and she doesn’t want to become just a regular booty call. This—last night—was something she chose. She wanted and she offered, on her terms.

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So episode 11.02 made me think more thinky thoughts and I am very keen to see episode three because it feels very much like last season, that the opening gambit is sort of a three ep arc.

Firstly, kudos to indiachick for correctly predicting the fire solution! I may have bemused my son by shouting Ha! Indiachick picked that! at my TV screen. :\

I really enjoyed smart!Sam and I'm interested in the Crowley/demons story line, and what's going on in the cage...especially given that Sam seemed to be having cage flashbacks. I have to say though, that the angel storyline didn't interest me at all this week. And that's a shame because with the Darkness coming back into the world, there's potential for the angels to become interesting again, provided they can integrate them back into the main storyline properly. Holding out hope for that to start happening next episode.

This week's coda is shamelessly self-indulgent, in that I wanted the brotherly talk that we didn't get, and it's also a wee bit speculative, in that I throw out some wacky theories because I'm intrigued and finding it fun to speculate!

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Title: Let there be light
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 11.02
Word Count: ~1,550
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: “In the interests of full disclosure,” Sam says, “For a while back there, I was infected.”

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Here is Oz we've sprung into Spring (and the weather is just gorgeous!). The Northern Hemisphere has fallen into Fall and that's important because it means it's no longer summer and thus the spn_summergen reveals have been posted!

There were so many brilliant entries this year. If you haven't checked them all out yet, do yourself a favour and head over to the comm! I had the good fortune to receive an amazing, inspiring set of prompts from sophiap which really set the muse off and racing!  Thank you for such wonderful prompts! And thanks also to cassiopeia7 and frozen_delight both of whom recc'd the story! Deb, your rec made my day...staying quiet and anonymous was hard! :D

So anyway, here is my entry:

Originally posted by summergen_mod at Too long in the Wasteland



Title: Too long in the wasteland
Author: zara_zee
Recipient: sophiap
Beta: 9tiptoes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~11,000
Warnings: Dean-centric, immortal!MoC!Dean, swearing, violence, attempted assault, hurt!Dean, natural disasters, post-apocalyptic world, suicidal thoughts,major character deaths (with a happy ending!)

**Now also up at AO3 -- CLICK HERE**

Prompt: Such a great set of prompts that I really had trouble picking just one. So…I’ve done a sort of hybrid mash-up of a few of them and done some thinking outside the box! I hope it works for you, sophiap.
Prompt 4: I would LOVE a Sam and/or Dean piece based on James McMurtry's "Too Long in the Wasteland."
Link to Song
With a little bit of:
Prompt 5: Decades or even centuries after they're gone, how are the Winchesters remembered?
And a wee bit of this one too:
Prompt 1:The boys get caught up in the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster. There's no hunting things involved, but there's sure a lot of saving people. Or needing to be saved themselves?

Summary: The year is 2015 and Sam and Dean’s battle with the Mark of Cain is suddenly overshadowed by a series of catastrophic natural disasters that devastate the planet and irrevocably change life as we know it.

The year is… actually, Dean is damned if he knows. He stopped keeping track of shit like that after Sammy died. He’s just trying to make it through eternity one step at a time, only ever venturing out of the Wasteland to trade, and to listen to the stories people tell themselves about Before.
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To be honest, I'm still processing the finale. I'm hoping that reading everyone's codas will help with that!
I'm excited about Rowena's storyline. Perplexed by the Darkness and the 'death' of Death. Cautiously optimistic that the boys appear to be together and on the same page and that S11 will see them as a united front and I thought Jared and Jensen were fantastic. Such intense performances from both of them, particularly Jared. It's really little wonder he was so exhausted and wrung out by season's end.
I have to say, I did roll my eyes a little when I saw Dean in the Tight Black Tee-shirt of Evil. And then I settled in to thoroughly enjoy watching Dean smash things up, wearing said tee-shirt.

So anyway, one of my goals for the year was to write a coda for each and every episode and I've done that!

It's been so much fun, not just writing mine, but also reading everyone else's. It has really enhanced my enjoyment of the show and I've loved my interactions with everyone! I'm sort of sad now that it's over.

I want to acknowledge all the peeps at spn_bunker who were so enthusiastic about codas and kalliel for starting spn_x, to give us somewhere specific to squee about S10 and share our S10 works.

I've also been incredibly impressed by the amount of support the members of this fandom give to the Show (the outpouring of support for Jared was just...amazing and awesome and impressive), and to each other. And to other things too, like fandomaid. I didn't do that love meme thing, but I did want to say that I think you're all amazing, genuine, generous people and I feel very privileged to know you all, even if it's just a little.

Alrighty, enough sap. Here is my last S10 coda. Probably the last. Unless further inspiration hits.

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Title: Today could be the worst day of your life
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.23
Word Count: ~1,100
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Title from The Chronicles of Life and Death, by Good Charlotte.

Summary: In which Dean is a rock star, Sammy closes his eyes and Death ruminates on life and death and everything between.

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Denial. It's not just a river in Egypt. Nor is it the exclusive domain of the Winchester brothers. Since the last episode, it is also my preferred place to hang out.I love Charlie. I know she's not everyone's cup of tea, but I thoroughly enjoyed her character and would've been happy to see a lot more of her.

Image credit: http://i-cant-draw-irl.deviantart.com

It was a grief-filled discussion on cassiopeia7's journal that led to the idea for this fic. Thank you, Deb for starting this thought process. It made me feel a little better. And unless Show (or another fanfic writer) comes up with a better idea, this will be my Charlie headcanon from here on in... :)





Title: Catastrophic System Failure
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.21
Word Count: ~1000
Warnings: Canon character death
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: Every IT geek knows how important it is to have a plan for recovery from a system failure.

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I really enjoyed 10.17.There was Dean hustling pool in a dive bar and well-integrated storylines and did I mention the pool hustling? This episode was definitely up there with the best of this season. :)






Title: Snow Day
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.17
Word Count: ~1,200
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: A witch, a Winchester and the King of Hell walk into a bar.

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So there's been a whole heap of speculation on my flist about 10.14.Specifically, did Dean actually kill Cain? It brought to mind a quote from Dune: "Do not count a human dead until you've seen his body. And even then you can make a mistake." In the SPN 'verse, truer words were never spoken.

I managed to horrify myself with some of my speculation and it has made me drabble... or as close as I get to drabbling anyway. Just some fangirl 'what if'-ing... a possible alternative...




Title: Little steaks
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.14
Word Count: ~230
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: Dean has a nightmare

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I didn't LOVE this episode, but I did like it quite a bit.It was a filler, but it was a MOTW filler with nods to X-files, so I enjoyed that. It didn't move the plot much, but it did give us a few character tweaks, and aside from the truly horrible portrayal of the vaccuous college students, there wasn't too much that truly irked me.
I did think that the boys deserved a face full of Mace for getting out of their muscle car and stalking a grieving widow while wearing flasher coats; writers please note: women are alert to giant men stalking them!! Even beautiful men who look like they might be filming a L'Oreal commercial!

Anyway, my Head!canon Dean got very angsty after this episode, so have some fic.  xx

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Title: Peace
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.13
Word Count: ~750
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: Maybe it’s time for you to stop thinking of the Mark of Cain as a disease that needs to be cured and start thinking of it as a condition that needs to be managed.

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So hiatus is over and while the last ep wasn't my favourite, it was reasonably solid and we did get lots of lovely Dean angst, as well as yummy wet!Sam and some scheming Rowena, which I quite enjoyed.

Anyway, here be fic:



Title: Messed up
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.10
Word Count: ~550
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: Dean’s blood is singing, the mark is throbbing and the need burns, white and pure.
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Another solid episode.I love Jodie and Donna has potential. I find her fake smile a little too Becky-esque for comfort, but she definitely has potential. This fic was inspired by Dean using the puppy eyes on Sam, which is so unlike Dean that it struck me as a pretty big deal from a character development perspective.






Title: Good things
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.08
Word Count: ~900
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.


Summary: Cas once told him that good things do happen.  He’d answer now, the same way he’d answered then: not in my experience. Sometimes the bad shit goes on hiatus for a little while, but waiting for the other shoe to drop, that ain’t the same as good.

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