Title: That Thing Called Fan Fiction
Summary: Extreme AU Takes place after ‘The Monster at the End of this Book’. Ch. 2: Sam has been writing. Specifically? Fanfic. Supernatural fanfic. The weird part? He doesn’t feel weird doing it.
Chapter Title: So Totally AU, Dude
Chapter: 2
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: Supernatural was created by Eric Kripke. No disrespect is intended.
Notes: The journal community mentioned is one I made up.
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Dean was cackling again. Sam shot a glance his direction, shook his head, and returned his attention to the magazine he was reading. Dean had been cackling a lot lately, usually while sitting at the laptop, but as he hadn’t managed to pull up porn that froze the screen, Sam wasn’t going to say anything. Dean needed a little amusement and if he could manage to amuse himself without casualties of any kind, all the better.
Sam’s mind wandered as he perused the pictures on the pages. Lately, he’d been writing to let off steam. It was a satisfactory way to take out his frustrations about Dean and life in general. He could put pen to paper, or rather fingers to keyboard, and create just about anything he wanted.
His first story was a short one, mostly his feelings, and once it had been completed to his satisfaction, he’d shopped websites for the best place to post it. Who knew fan fiction was such a culture experience? He’d found one big fan fiction website that had categories for all sorts of books, movies, television shows and more. Nestled in the book page was ‘Supernatural’. And there were even stories in the category. So Sam set up an account as ‘SamIam5283’ and set to work posting his first story.
He didn’t read any of the other stories at first, simply skimmed the listings and made a note of terms he was curious about. AU -- Alternate Universe. PWP -- Plot? What Plot? or Porn Without Plot. The reviews he got for his honest emotions splayed out as entertainment were an ego boost right when he needed it. He’d expected to feel weird, maybe a little freaked out, but apparently, he’d gotten that all out of his system already. So Sam started another story and soon the ball was rolling. He was reading other stories and writing more, letting himself wonder just what could have happened.
True, it was technically RPF -- Real Person Fic, but who was going to know that? Chuck, of course. Himself, Dean. Sam didn’t think anyone else would ever run into those books and the fandom. He could let himself imagine anything and everything. And did.
Maybe he should have stopped writing once it felt not strange to write about himself as a fictional character though, because the more he wrote, the easier it became….
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Title: In The Season of Bitter Sorrow
Author: SamIam5283
Rating: M, for language and sexual content
Summary: AU Sam and Jo ponder their relationship and decide just what could be in their future together. Set after ‘Born Under a Bad Sign.’
Reviews for ‘In The Season of Bitter Sorrow’:
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-- “Wow. I’ve been scouring the net for quality Jo/Sam fics. There’s a serious dearth of them out there. Finally, I found your fic. The detail, the plot. I love this piece! The language is lyrical, the emotions true. You dealt with the aftermath of BUABS in a realistic manner. I actually felt Sam’s pain at the end when he realized there could be no future with her and Jo’s despair at waking to find him gone. Jo’s own emotional pain simply touched me and I found her very in-character, right down to her reasons for starting that relationship with Sam. I could see that happening in an AU -- with ease. Excellent! I’m curious though. Why did you choose lavender and vanilla for the body wash Jo uses? Was that a detail I missed in the books?
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“Thank you for the detailed review. I’ve got something of a soft spot for Jo. The body wash? No, it’s not in the books, I don’t think. It seemed like a combination Jo would like. A little girly, but more adult than just lavender or vanilla alone.
SamIam5283”Private message to SamIam5283 --
“I think she’d like it too. Good choice!
JBethH” ~~~~~~~~~~
-- “OMG! This is too awesome! Angst and drama and good sex scenes! You rock! *does happy dance and runs off to look at author’s other works*
Samsgirl4ever”Private message to Samsgirl4ever --
“Glad you liked it.
SamIam5283”~~~~~~~~~~
-- “This story is a beautiful read from start to finish. I’ll even admit to crying at the end. So sad, so heart wrenching and wholly in character for both of them. Mind if I rec it at the Sam/Jo shipper community?
sam4ever”Private message to sam4ever --
“I don’t mind at all. Where would I find this community?
SamIam5283”Private message to SamIam5283 --
“It’s a relatively new community, but there’s a lot of good discussion that goes on. It’d be great if you posted. www .community. totaldailyjournal. sam_jo. com/
sam4ever”~~~~~~~~~~
-- “Needs more sex and since when is Jo into Sam? She totally had the hots for Dean, dude.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“AU dude. Alternate Universe. That means Jo can be into Sam.
SamIam5283”Private message to SamIam5283 --
“I know what AU means. I still don’t think Jo would be into Sam. She made it very clear she wanted to bang Dean.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“People change and if you’d actually read the story you’d know I did deal with the issue of her feelings for Dean.
SamIam5283”Private message to SamIam5283 --
“Like that was a believable manner of dealing with it? That girly talking crap? Please. She’d still jump Dean in a heartbeat.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Why are you so bent out of shape by this story? It’s an AU, which leaves plenty of leeway for the different ways things could have happened but didn’t. You’re an author, with several works listed, and judging by the titles, you’ve got Dean getting plenty of Jo action. So why get upset by my story? It’s hardly the only Jo/Sam fic out there.
SamIam5283”Private message to SamIam5283 --
“I think you’re pretending something that wasn’t there. Jo had the hots for Dean. End of story. She didn’t want to do the mattress mambo with Sam.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Not arguing that. She did have the hots for Dean. Look, this is a big site and there’s room for both our stories. I’m going to be blunt here. Piss off.
SamIam5283”Private message to SamIam5283 --
“Bitch.
TheRealDean”~~~~~~~~~~
Sam read the last reply and shook his head. Jerk, he thought, and deleted the entire exchange.
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-- “Do you take requests? Do you write character death? Because I’d love to see something similar only where Sam falls for Jo and she dies and he has to deal with it and he cries a lot. I love it when Sam cries! Would you write that? It’d be so cool! Thanks!
samfannumberone”Private message to samfannumberone --
“I’m sorry, I don’t take requests.
SamIam5283”~~~~~~~~~~
What was the obsession with character death? Sam pondered that one, along with the ‘ships. He’d noticed that the ‘shipper communities weren’t always the nicest to each other, which seemed odd to him because everyone could have their own opinion. Not everyone had to agree, yet they’d argue over and over about who was best romantically for Dean or Sam, becoming obsessively defensive. He guessed the books only fueled that really, with no real resolution on that matter because they didn’t have resolution.
It wasn’t the first request he’d gotten to write the death of a character. Usually the requests involved Jo, which seemed odd to him because he thought Jo was nice. Sure she needed a little maturity, but couldn’t the same be said about him and Dean both? He’d had a couple Ellen and Bela death requests as well. If he could help it, he wasn’t going to be killing off anyone. Fan fiction was for making things right when reality failed, wasn’t it?
He turned his attention to the rest of the reviews that had come in.
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-- “Sam and Jo? Where’d you get the idea for this steaming pile of crap?
Deansgirlalways”~~~~~~~~~~
-- “WowOMGwowOMGOMG!!!!! JoSam = love!
Jo_is_totally_awesome”~~~~~~~~~~
-- “Jo? Your story suck! You suck! You sick so bady you sucl, suck, sux! Your an idot!
Jo-is-a-ho”~~~~~~~~~
-- "OMG, you totally got flamed! You should report their ass. Don’t listen to the haters, SamIam5283. You’ve got a total gift of verse going on. You should be a professional. Are you a professional? If so, what have you written so I can read it, too!
OnlyAReaderNotEverAWriter”Private message to OnlyAReaderNotEverAWriter --
“Thank you for taking the time to review. I’m not too concerned about reviewers who can’t spell check their reviews before pushing the send button. No, I’m not a professional writer. Maybe I’ll consider that someday.
SamIam5283”~~~~~~~~~~
Title: When the Dawn Comes
Author: SamIam5283
Summary: Sam reflects on his feelings for Jess. Pre ‘Supernatural’.
Rating: K+
Reviews for “When the Dawn Comes”:
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--"Another beautiful offering! After reading this, I feel like I really understand the sort of relationship Sam and Jess had. It makes the tragedy of what happened to her even worse.
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for taking the time to review.
SamIam5283”~~~~~~~~~~
He kept writing, usually getting decent reviews except for that TheRealDean guy. The guy was a pain in the ass who wrote nothing but grammatically incorrect porn and stupid reviews.
Curious, Sam clicked on TheRealDean’s profile page and did a quick read-through of a couple of his stories. As he read, he began to get the idea that all was not what it looked like with that author. The stories couldn’t be serious. Couldn’t be. They were too clichéd, too…. He flicked his gaze to where Dean sat perusing a magazine. Honestly, they were too much like what Dean would write if he had any inclination towards writing stories. Heavy on the sex, low on the plot.
He went into the history and was surprised to find all but that day gone. Strange. “Hey, uh, Dean?”
“Yeah?”
“Did you clear the cache and history on here?”
“Did I what the what and what?”
“Clear the….” He shook his head. “You know what? Never mind. It’s not important.” He looked back at the computer screen just as Dean snickered. “Did you just snicker?”
“Who me? You’re imagining things. I’m just sitting here reading all about,” he waved the magazine, “naked chicks.” He flipped it over to display one page and pointed at the picture. “This is Bambie. She likes long walks in the moonlight, motorcycles, and Shakespeare. A real cultural woman.”
“Who also likes posing nude for money. You written about any naked women lately?”
“Naw, I don’t write fan letters.”
Sam sat back and decided he’d just have to watch Dean carefully for awhile, maybe catch him in the act of writing and bust him on it. The idea that he himself could be busted in return didn’t actually occur to him right then.
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The font of inspiration did not run short for Dean, largely due to his active, fertile imagination where women and all things sexual were concerned. He dashed off a new story, this time typing as fast as he could and not bothering to correct anything at all, even the capitalization of names. He was proud of how low this piece had sunk from his first story. Surely, this would be the one that got rejected!
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Title: Girls Night In
Summary: Bela and Jo have plans for Dean and Sam is a jealous boy.
Rating: M, of course
Reviews for ‘Girls Night In’:
-- “Like Sam couldn’t get either Bela or Jo. This story is stupid and pointless. Learn to use spellcheck.
Sam4ever “
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-- “Do you take requests? Do you write character death? Because I’d love to see one where Dean falls for Bela and she dies and he has to deal with it and he cries a lot. I love it when Dean cries! Would you write that? It’d be so cool! Thanks!
deanfannumberone”Private message to deanfannumberone --
“Still haven’t gotten help for those issues I see.
TheRealDean”~~~~~~~~~~
-- “Dude, seriously? Sam gets laid. He’s not a monk, you know. As for the rest of this loosely termed ‘plot’, I don’t think either Bela or Jo would behave that way. Videotaping their sexcapades so Dean could watch them later? Right.
SamIAm5283”Private message to SamIAm5283 --
“You’re kidding, right? Sam needs to have a serious sex-fest and lighten up. As for Bela and Jo, they’re both very determined women. Tell me you wouldn’t be on board with them videotaping the fun.
TheRealDean”Private message to SamIAm5283 --
“No answer, huh? I’ll take that as a big, fat ‘yes’.
TheRealDean”~~~~~~~~~~
-- “OMG!!!!! Hottest story EVAR!!! U Totally rock! *adds too favorites*
2ononeisfun”Private message to 2ononeisfun --
“Thanks. I feel this is probably my best work so far.
TheRealDean”~~~~~~~~~~
--" I was expecting your work to digress with each new story by now, but you really deliver don’t you? You even exceeded my expectations. Offensive, explicit, continuing to assassinate characters, this time adding Sam to the list. Do you have a checklist you’re going through by any chance? While the strip poker part actually makes sense, the rest of this piece is nearly unreadable. Typing with one hand I assume?
JBethH"Private message to JBethH --
“Mmmm. You know it, sweetheart. Double the ladies, double the fun, if you know what I mean. And I always deliver. Stick with me, baby, I’ll give you the bonus plan. *wink*
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“I think the village idiot would know what you mean. Not like you’re subtle. Are you flirting with me? *raises one brow*
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“I could turn that question back to you, you persistent vixen.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“*rolls eyes* Any more stupid male fantasies you’d like to inflict upon us?
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“Now that you mention it…. I might have one or two more ideas.
TheRealDean” ~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Fun in Philly
Summary: Jo thanks Dean for saving her life. She’s very appreciative. Sam is jealous.
Rating: M
Reviews for ‘Fun in Philly’:
-- “Oh Geez. Pee your pants terror at a whole other level.
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“That little fic scares you, sweetheart? You don’t think she and Dean could have gotten up close and personal before Ellen showed up?
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Not quite what I meant by a whole other level
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“Enlighten me. I’m all ears. Er…eyes.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Seriously? You’re all eyes and ears? Here I thought you were all talk. I meant terror at how your mind works. Frightening to behold and yet fascinating at the same time, like watching a gory accident. I can’t seem to look away.
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“Intrigued by me, are you?
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“More like disgusted.
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“Yeah, you want me bad, don’t you?
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Dream on, writer boy -- and I use the term ‘writer’ loosely to describe you.
JBethH”~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Summary: Dean’s been a bad boy and Ellen and Jo know just how to take care of him.
Rating: M for magnificent!
Reviews for ‘Like Mother, Like Daughter’:
-- "Your offensive level just skyrocketed. And you had the nerve to flame the Wincest boards?
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“What? They both love them some Dean. Ellen and Jo I mean, though I guess the Wincest writers could count, too.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“At the same time? Eeeeewwww. I need to scrub my brain with bleach now.
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“Bath time? Alright! Now we’re talking! Can I scrub your front? Pretty please?
The RealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Pervert.
JBethH”Private message to JBethH --
“You know you want me. *kiss noise*
TheRealDean”~~~~~~~~~~
-- “Dude. Just…no. No. That is so wrong.
SamIAm5283”Private message to SamIAm5283 --
“And yet so right at the same time. Admit it. Ellen and Jo would be a good team.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“You have serious issues.
SamIAm5283”Private message to SamIAm5283 --
“Hey, who doesn’t? I refuse to apologize for my perfectly natural enjoyment of women.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Tell me you know the difference between porn and reality?
SamIAm5283”Private message to SamIAm5283 --
“Reality is the boring one, right?
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“Does your mom know you’re jerking off in the basement while she’s making dinner?
SamIAm5283”Private message to SamIAm5283 --
“No, but your mom does. She says ‘hi’.
TheRealDean”Private message to TheRealDean --
“That was real mature.
SamIAm5283”Private message to SamIAm5283 --
“Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it.
TheRealDean”~~~~~~~~~~
Dean continued to heckle SamIAm5283 and exchange flirty private messages with JBethH. His story count -- quickly churned out porn drivel -- steadily climbed, as did the number of people adding the pieces to their favorites lists and him to their favorite authors. Was there nothing that would disgust people enough to actually be rejected? JBethH had accused him of using a checklist, which was exactly what he was doing. He used a mental checklist and was even starting to lose interest in trying to disgust people.
Maybe just a couple more stories and he’d lay this experiment, and the mystery of both JBethH and SamIAm5283, to rest.
