Definitely not a chick flick moment (SPN AU fic rec)

So, in one of those "I started out on someone's journal and eight clicks away ended up here" kind of moments, I found an amazing and awesome and long AU of the first season of Supernatural and have to tell you all about it.

Metaphysical by cjmarlowe (AU, gen, R for violence/language, ~80,000 words) - Three years after he turned in his horse and scattergun for frock coats and textbooks, Sam Winchester is tracked down to upstart Stanford University by his estranged brother Dean, who arrives with the news that their father has gone missing. His disappearance turns out to be only the first of a series of events that takes them all the way across an alternate America circa 1905, from the death of Sam's girlfriend to a haunting in Nebraska, from demonic omens to spiritualists to hijacked airships, and inevitably a long-delayed trip home.

John Winchester isn't anxious to be found, but his sons are convinced that the family is stronger together than apart and don't let anything stand in the way of their pursuit. Especially once they realize that pursuing their father means staying on the trail of the demon who killed their mother. A demon who isn't finished with the Winchesters just yet.

Gotta love the idea of a steampunk re-imagining of the first season (with art!), so go read it. And don't worry, it doesn't follow exactly to canon, so there will be enough surprises to keep your interest.

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I made many to-do lists today and actually did a rough completion of all of them, which mostly means that I had lots of cleaning tasks that I did a haphazard job on. Except for the bathroom; that might be tomorrow's mission. But I can see my floor and the living room looks less like a bomb hit it (scattering pillows left and right) and the clean dishes are now in the cupboard like they belong (as opposed to sitting forlornly in the dishwasher, yearning for independent mobility) and I updated my links to Remix VII fic... not that that was a vital part of the list, but hey, progress.

In totally random news, want to name Laurie R. King's next Holmes/Russel mystery? You can! XD

Each of us is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal.

RIP John Hughes. This link has bonus Some Kind of Wonderful with smoking hot Eric Stoltz, while here are some thoughts from all the famous people who gave a start to, like Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Macaulay Culkin, Anthony Michael Hall... not a shabby list by any means.

So here's to a guy that encapsulated the crappy, hysterical, awesome parts of being a teenager and in high school, in all its romantic innocence and adorableness.