Zara_Zee

I thoroughly enjoyed episode 11.19. Really interesting, freaky MOTW and some nice character stuff. It also made me think a lot about love in all its various forms. As we all do, I have lots of head-canon around Sam and Dean and in my personal head-canon, Dean is bi-sexual. That head-canon and my contemplation about love led me to this coda...

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Title: Love, sex and tomatoes

Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda.
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 11.19

Word Count: ~ 1,000

Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary:  Dean put sex and love in different baskets a long time ago.

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I enjoyed the last episode. I've always loved Jodi and I've never minded either Alex or Claire. In last week's ep, I really liked all three of the women and the Sam and Dean we had was great, so I didn't feel ripped off in that regard or anything. Solid ep for me with bonus cooking and cleaning!

This week's coda was inspired by frozen_delight's glorious gifspam and associated conversations and the title was inspired by a conversation with kalliel (and others) about the difficulty of naming fics and writing summaries!  :D
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Title: The one where Dean and Jody clean the kitchen and talk about cooking…
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda.
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 11.12
Word Count: ~1,000
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: What it says on the tin…

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Firstly, happy birthday, Dean Winchester!
Secondly...there were things I liked and things I didn't like about the last ep, but I'm still engaged and intrigued and have many thinky thoughts about where things might be going, so all is good.

This piece is mostly an RIP for Rowena, even though I don't think she will (and don't want her to), this being Supernatural and all.

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Title: Moonrise
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda. Rowena POV.
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 11.10
Word Count: ~700
Warnings: SPN 'verse God. Portrayal may seem sacrilegious to some
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: “I want to remake the world.”

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Another sensational episode. I haven't been this speculative since we all wondered what was wrong with Sam! Did I say that already? I may have. Anyway...if you're going to mess around with religions on your Show, you may as well go the whole way and really poke at it.
You know, like suggesting that the Deity of one of the bigger patriarchal religions on the planet had a sister who he betrayed and locked away...
After this episode I had to go and re-read kalliel's wonderful story Every Little Girl's Favorite, because it just fits so well into what seems to be becoming canon!

The episode left me so intrigued for what's coming next in Amara's storyline and wondering how Sam and Dean--two boys from Kansas-- fit into the bigger cosmic picture.


Title: In Our Image
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 11.06
Warning: Biblical and religious musings and speculations which some may find sacrilegious
Word Count: ~890
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: Amara walks among God's creations and ponders men, women, sibling rivalry and Dean.

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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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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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I am SO behind. I went away for nearly a monthand only caught up on watching Supernatural last week. I haven't dared read anything until I got my episode codas done, so I'm behind on my reading too, as well as my writing!

I really enjoyed 18-20. Like, so, so much. Some great performances. And I'm psyched for the next ep and the finale.

Because there's been such a gap between the episodes screening and the codas (at least for the first two), I've done something a bit different; a trio of drabbles, each one relating to one of the episodes, each one from a different point of view.

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Title: Trio of Drabbles
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.18, 10.19, 10.20
Word Count: ~400
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: A book, a box and a girl.

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There were highs and lows in this week's episode.It gets a great big thumbs up for smart!Sam solving the problem with research and knowledge and for that lovely scene with Dean in the confessional. Jensen nailed the delivery--from the slightly comic oversell of Dean's shortcomings for the ghost's benefit, to his more serious revelations about his hopes for the future. I thought the lighting was particularly well done too; the way the shadows played over Dean's face like the bars on a cage was lovely.
Isabella's story and the Rowena/Olivette scenes I thought were very poorly integrated--jarringly so--and Rowena's storyline dragged. And I actually really like Rowena's character, so I can imagine that for those who don't those scenes must have been excrutiating.

Please writers, may we have more smart!Sam solving problems and kicking ass? And more Sam and Dean working together and supporting each other.

And now, here is fic:





Title: A tendency toward impulsivity
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 10.16
Word Count: ~400
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: His brother’s gung-ho, take-violent-action-first, ask-intelligent-questions-later attitude is how they got into this whole Mark of Cain mess to begin with.

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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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