like a fever that just won't break.

Omg, I’m so ready for this right now. \o/

Before we get started, I'd like to thank geckoholic a million times over for making the lovely banner for this meme. You can find her graphics community at bl00dredskies.



A few ground-rules:

01. As for what type of thing you should be prompting here, this is a Dean-focused hurt/comfort community, so Dean should be the one in the hurt/comforted role. Your prompts may involve sick!Dean, (yes, please!) angsty!Dean, hurt!Dean, or anything else that results in Dean being on the receiving end of hurt/comfort.

02. Comment to this post with your desired characters or pairings, if any, and a prompt. All genres/pairings are welcome, however this is not an RPF meme. Please focus on the fictional characters only.

Example A: “Sam, Dean, gen, set in season 4. PTSD!Dean has a flashback to hell on a hunt and almost gets himself and Sam killed. Cue guilty, upset Dean and awesome, comforting Sam.”
Example B: “Sam/Dean, fever. Dean has the chills and there is cuddling, naaw.”

03. You can leave as many prompts as you like, but one prompt per comment, please. If you've got a few, comment with each separately.

04. Your prompts can be as short or as detailed as you’d like.

05. Scroll through the comments and when/if you find a prompt you like, write a fic in reply to the comment.

06. More than one comment-fic response to a prompt is totally acceptable, and in fact encouraged. The more fic, the better!

07. Art submissions are very much accepted too! Art larger than 800 px or so should be posted as a thumbnail that links back to the full art, please.

08. When replying to a prompt with your comment-fic or art, put 'FILLED' in your subject line as well as warning for anything that might be triggering, such as non-con, self-harm, etc. You can add anything else you want too, ie: a title if you have one/part numbers. So, your subject line should look something like this:

FILLED: Title, Character(s), genre/pairing(s), Rating, Warning(s) - if any

For further clarification:

Example: FILLED: Untitled, Dean and Sam, gen, PG-13, self-harm

It’s not a big deal if you don't do all of this, but using 'FILLED' as well as warnings will make it easier for people to find your fic, and for me when I’m compiling the masterlist.

09. Anonymous posting is enabled in case you’re embarrassed by your schmoopiest of schmoopy hurt/comfort fantasies or something, haha. IP logging will also be off during the weeks the meme is at it’s most active.

10. No spoilers for upcoming episodes, please. If you're prompting something from a recently aired episode, (like the finale) please be courteous and note that there may be spoilers before you get to the main part of your request. Or you can use the following code. Just put your prompt/text where it says to:

CODE FOR SPOILERY PROMPTS/TEXT
<table bgcolor="grey"><tr><td><font color="grey"> SPOILERY PROMPT/TEXT GOES HERE. </font></td></tr></table>

It will look like this:

Lalalala SPOILER ALERT.

11. Likewise, no character bashing, or rudeness in general. Be respectful – of the characters, and of each other. The mod reserves the right to delete inappropriate comments.

12. Do feed your authors! They’re awesome.

13. If you want to advertise this, that’s fantastic! It would be really appreciated. Just copy and paste the code provided above into your journal.

Oh, and just a few things!

FAQ:

• Yes, if your fic gets too long for a comment-fic, you can comment with the link to it at your LJ.


• Yes, you can totally post the fics you write for this meme directly to the comm as well.


• Because it bears repeating - yes, art is more than welcome as well as fic.


• As for a timeframe - this post will be open for prompting between one and two weeks or so. There’s no exact timeframe, because I play it by ear and don’t close it until I see it’s starting to slow down. In any case, it will stay open indefinitely for new comment-fics and comments/feedback.

Any other questions? Feel free to PM me, or e-mail hoodietime [at] gmail [dot] com.

Lastly, HAVE FUN!

Masterlist

ETA: As of June 19th, 2011, this meme is closed for leaving new prompts. It is still OPEN, however, (and will be indefinitely) for new comment-fics and comments/feedback, and I’ll keep updating the masterlist as long as people keep writing. ;)

These recs were compiled from our last rec search. The theme of the rec search was vids (ft. angsty!Dean, obvs.)

If you have any other similarly themed recs, (or self-recs), please leave them in the comments to this post so that others can check them out.

( This way for the vid recs. )

Rec contributers for this post include: caithream, several anons, and myself, maypoles.

Art:

Sleeptalk comic page by cafe_de_labeill
Artist's notes/summary: Comic. Dean/Cas-ish gen.

Reccer’s notes: This is a beautiful little story told in picture form, involving Dean having a nightmare and Castiel being all guardian angel-like.

Btw, I recced an ADORABLE h-c-y Dean/Cas-ish chibi-spam by this artist the other day if you missed it. I’m impressed that the styles of these two pieces are so different, yet equally fabulous.

Tags: nightmares

Infantilidade by dorialine
Artists’s notes/summary: Digital art, drawing. Dean, Sam, Cas, gen.

Reccer’s notes: Giant!Sam being climbed on by de-aged!Dean and de-aged!Castiel like he’s a tree makes me awwww forever.

Tags: age regression

Sleep Well, America by petite_madame
Artist’s notes/summary: Sam and Dean after a hunt, at dawn, with the remains of a freshly killed revenant on the roof of the Impala. I set the action in a suburban neighborhood to show the contrast between the boys' job (dangerous and lonely) and the town, with all its beautiful little houses and its inhabitants unaware of the dangers surrounding them. Hence the title, Sleep well, America., the boys are here... Dean, Sam, gen.

Reccer’s notes: Please note that there is J2 fanart at that link as well.

petite_madame is one of the first names that show up on SPN art rec lists, and for good reason. Her work is so beautifully realistic. And I feel like even if you haven't read the artist’s notes, you can imagine a whole story behind this particular piece of art. There’s so much to see, and it’s so atmospheric, with the slightly muted colours of suburbia at dawn, the looming clouds, the boys’ facial expressions... all of it. ♥

Tags: injury

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