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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Title: Shadows and Dust
Author: zara_zee
Artist: dizzojay
Beta: endlessevelina
American-English Proofer: 9tiptoes
Genre: Action, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Gen
Rating: R
Word Count: ~ 24,000
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box. Written for fun, not profit
Warnings: Violence, blood and gore, nudity, gladiatorial fight scenes, kidnapping, imprisonment, physical punishment, whipping, minor character deaths, hurt!Sam, hurt!Dean, major Dean!whump, non-explicit references to torture and rape in Hell
A/N: Set season six, between The French Mistake and …And then there were none.
Story is mostly canon compliant, although Sam and Dean find out about pureblood werewolves earlier than in canon. This story owes a debt of gratitude to the Angel episode The Ring…in case anyone thought it seemed a bit familiar!

Summary: 
When Dean disappears after a hunt in Montana, Sam will stop at nothing to find him. As he tears up the Mid-west looking for answers, Sam learns that it’s not only hunters who are disappearing; monsters are being kidnapped too.

Meanwhile, Dean awakes to find himself locked in a cell. Being held captive sucks, but he knows his brother will come for him soon. Until that happens, all he has to do is kill monsters in an arena. In front of an audience. Wearing sandals and a leather skirt.

It’s not as much fun as it sounds.

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A huge thank you to dizzojay for her incredibly inspirational art prompt that sparked this whole thing. I accidentally big banged. But wth Gladiator Winchesters to work with, who can blame me! I got gorgeous additional art pieces too. Please check out her art post and tell her how wonderful it all is!

A big thank you to endlessevelina on Tumblr for the beta read and to 9tiptoes for the super last minute look over to make sure I hadn't included any bizarre Australian words or phrases!

And a final, massive thank you to the spn_reversebang mods for once again putting together this fun, friendly challenge! This is my third year taking part and it's always so much fun!

I always enjoy case based episodes and I like the old school creepy ones...and what is creepier than ghost possessed people in scary masks? The bunny was terrifying, as was the clown. I'm not a huge fan of Sheriff Donna, but she's starting to grow on me. She's hiding a lot underneath that chipper, darn tootin' mask.
Anyway, suffice to say I enjoyed the ep and I'm bummed that we don't get a new one this week. I guess that's because you're all too busy in America baking pie and stuffing turkey to watch television on Wednesday night? On which note, I hope my American Flisties have a wonderful Thanksgiving on Thursday...mmm turkey...
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Title: What women want
Author: zara_zee
Beta: Not beta’d
Genre(s): Episode coda
Rating: PG-13, Gen
Spoilers:  Episode 11.07
Word Count: ~930
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing in the sand box.

Summary: In which Sam tries not to  dwell on the cage by talking to Dean about Sheriff Donna Hanscum, gender studies and what women really want from a hot, unattached drifter.
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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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