Track 2: Mutual Pining

Welcome to episode two of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast!

Do you love Supernatural? Are you a fan of Dean and Castiel, and their relationship? Do you enjoy reading Destiel fanfiction? This is the podcast for you!

In this episode, we welcome our first special guest—Mittens (aka mittensmorgul/mittenwraith) and also discuss mutual pining in fics. We review two fics: Mittenwraith’s Revenge of the Subtext, and Molting Expectations by tricia_16.

A warning: Adult themes are discussed in this podcast.

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Our guest: Mittens

You can find Mittens’ fanfiction on ao3 under MittenWraith, and on Twitter and Tumblr as @mittensmorgul

Other fics Mittens mentions:

• Around the World in 24 Days
• Cakepocalypse!

Revenge of the Subtext by MittenWraith
Published 2015, 80k words, rated E.

Things are finally settling back down to normal since Cas gave up his grace to cure Dean of the Mark. Well, as normal as their lives are allowed to get. Sam relentlessly finds new cases to work, one right after the other; but Dean thinks they need a break to let Cas have some purely human fun, for once. It’s true they had a difficult time readjusting to humanity at first, but Dean thinks Cas deserves to do more than ride around in the back seat and follow them on monster hunts. Then again, Dean’s a little bit scared to ask exactly what Cas would want, just in case it doesn’t include spending quite so much time with him. And with Sam (of course).

Sam’s been tracking a series of odd occurrences in Laramie, Wyoming for the last few weeks that looks just enough like a case to finally convince Dean they should go check it out. Whether they like it or not, the goddess responsible for the weirdness in Laramie takes an immediate interest in the three less-than-perfectly-happy hunters who’ve stumbled into her town.

Molting Expectations by tricia_16
Published 2018, 163k words, rated E.

After having trouble coping with a traumatic incident on the job, Dean takes his little brother’s advice and leaves everything behind to go stay at the old family cabin in Colorado. Nobody’s been there for years so it needs some major work, but it’s secluded, and that turns out to be exactly what Dean needs in order to start to feel at peace again.

Now in the mountains with nothing but nature to amuse himself with, he takes up bird watching and plans a hike into the mountain range across from his cabin in search of a golden eagle. High up in the mountains, he discovers human footprints. Thinking someone is in danger, he follows them into a cave and quickly becomes familiar with a form of wildlife he never could have imagined: winged people who call themselves angels.

Big Bangs

Bangs discussed:

• DeanCas Pinefest – Author and Artist signups now open
• Dean/Cas Big Bang (DCBB) – fics will start to post for this round in October
• SPN Reverse Bang – claims have just happened
• SPN Media Big Bang – Author and Artist signups now open
• SPN Regency Big Bang – just completed posting for this round
• Destiel Harlequin Challenge – next round will start early 2021
• DeanCas Flipfest
• The Perfect Pair Bang – signups closed for this round. Next round 2021.
• Check the big list of SPN Challenges on Fanlore.org.

Other Pining stories we recommend:

• Angel’s Wild by riseofthefallenone & limonadegaby (389,271, E) – Dean injures, then befriends, a wild angel. Gorgeous world building and the slowest of burns
• Redemption Road by spnredemption (various authors) (652217, E)
• Angelhawke by Almaasi (407507, E)
• Stay With Me, Sweetheart by MandalaRose (142,925, E) – Castiel is involved in an accident and Firefighter Dean rescues him, and helps him recover
• Checked Out by Whelvenwings (27,127, G) – Cas is a librarian, Dean is a writer
• Kelp! I Need Somebody by andimeantittosting (27,090, E) – Canon fic, Dean and Cas investigate a kelpie
• First Gentleman Wanted by youaresunlight (31,546, E) – A pretend relationship between Dean and Castiel, President of the USA
• Waiting on a Signal by CBFirestarter & TrenchcoatBaby (90,777, E) – Dean and Cas are medics who chat online, and also frequent a BDSM club. Two-person love triangle
• And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets (56,950, M) – Mature college student Dean is falling for his teacher, Castiel. Except Cas doesn’t know that Dean is also the poet, Jack Allen. Gorgeous poetry and pining
• Suck it, Judy Garland by GlitterDwarf & midrashic (20,116, M) – Canon verse. Sam and Cas get fake married for a case, and Dean loses his mind.
• In this Handmade Heaven by VioletHaze (36,946, E) – Dean fixing up a house, and local police officer Castiel.

Is your favourite not in this list? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen