Mixtape Book Club

Welcome to episode forty-nine of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Mal and Ellen welcome author hit_the_books to the podcast to discuss fics featuring Castiel as a dragon. Fics include hit_the_books’s The Ddraig, Dragon Hunt by peanutbutterjelly_pie, The Mysterious Tail of the Dragon’s Curse by adaille and Alessariel and Belonging To by Hans_On, plus many more!

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Milli publishes her Destiel works under hit_the_books on ao3. She also is a moderator for the r/fandomnatural subreddit.

Other projects mentioned:

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The Ddraig by hit_the_books (00:07:30)
Published for the DCBB 2020, 47k words, E
Art by flux

Dean Winchester, former firefighter, works in a coffee shop and lives with his brother, Sam. He has two failed relationships under his belt, has seen some sh*t and has a secret that only one other person knows about. When Sam starts looking to get serious with his girlfriend Eileen, Dean needs to find a new place to live. Enter Castiel Novak and The Ddraig, a former hotel. Cas is looking for a house mate who will get to live rent free if they can help out with his insane toenails. Dean can’t quite believe the offer but agrees to move in with Cas, impossible toenails and all. However, both Dean and Cas soon learn that neither is all that they seem. 

Dragon Hunt by peanutbutterjelly_pie (00:38:00)
Published in 2020, 172k words, E

What is a former knight fallen from grace supposed to do when one day, after almost a decade of scouring the outskirts of the kingdom for his missing brother, he finds himself confronted with a powerful, terrifying and also ridiculously weird dragon?

Yes, exactly: team up with the guy and scam oblivious people out of their money!

Easy as that, right?

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(In which Dean ends up stumbling upon a strange, blue-eyed dragon and before he even knows what’s happening he is in way too deep to get out again. 

The Mysterious Tail of the Dragon’s Curse by adaille and Alessariel (00:48:00)
Published in 2020, 21k words, E

Life as a cursed prince isn’t all bad. At least Castiel has plenty of fresh air, more freedom than he’s ever experienced at court, and he gets to see his childhood sweetheart, even if it’s always from afar. Life as a part-time dragon is really pretty tolerable—until it isn’t. A moment of carelessness brings disaster and misunderstandings, but also a chance for reunion.

A very NSFW fairytale in which Castiel is a dragon, Dean hates potatoes and Father Zachariah (a lot), and Castiel’s magically acquired body parts play a vital role.

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It’s been three weeks, four days, and a little over six hours since Castiel last saw Dean.

And it‘s been three years, four months, six days, and three hours since Castiel last saw Dean with human eyes. 

Belonging To by Hans_On (00:58:00)
Published in 2023, 7285 words, T

Dean was just your above-average adventurer, looking for a dragon to slay for its hoard of treasure. Now, he’s not sure how to feel seeing the pint-sized dragon trying to drag its single shiny coin with it, as it runs away from him. Soon, he finds himself visiting the dragon’s lair, giving it gifts as treasure instead of taking. People think he’s crazy for doing it, especially since dragons have proprietorial issues. (Cas, dragon/Dean adventurer) 

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Our new intro music is a remix of “Angel with a Shotgun” by Jake Lionheart.

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Welcome to episode forty-eight of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Mal and Ellen welcome author carnationqueen to the podcast to discuss Destiel fics featuring the time-honoured trope, Hurt/Comfort. Fics include carnationqueen’s What’s a Little Dying Between Friends?, Flight by NorthernSparrow, On Drowning by domesticadventures, and Lights by LoversAntiquities, plus many more!

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Lily publishes her Destiel works under carnationqueen on ao3.

Other works mentioned:

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Flight (sequel to Forgotten) by NorthernSparrow (08:30)
Published in 2014-15, 319k words, M

Sequel to Forgotten. A/U from mid season 9. Castiel is human and wounded, and Dean and Sam need to get his grace back – and his wings. Things do not go as intended and Cas faces a difficult road.

Long case fic with strong emphasis on Team Free Will friendship/family bonds. Will get serious and angsty and lonely. ALERT: There will be two versions of this fic, Destiel and platonic. This version (Flight) is the Destiel version. Slow build and mostly pre-Destiel. The platonic version will be called Broken and will be posted later.

What’s a Little Dying Between Friends? by carnationqueen (00:39:10)
Published in April 2023, 27k words, T

Castiel – stabbed by Ramiel with Michael’s lance, is dying. Slowly.
It will take days, maybe weeks, but die he will. It is, apparently, inevitable.

Neither Dean, Sam, or Rowena can find a way to save him. They’ve tried everything. Crowley hopes a slow motion, inevitable death may make Dean and Castiel remove their heads from their collective asses because really. Everyone is over it.

He’s a bit smug after all, having Lucifer as his prisoner, and is feeling a bit magnanimous in his hubris.Will impending death make Dean examine how he feels a bit more honestly?
Bring tissues.

On Drowning by domesticadventures (00:52:50)

Published in 2015, 29k words, T

The absolute last thing Dean would ever admit, after saving Cas’ life, is that it was all thanks to the unhealthy amount of time he spent reading about drowning on Wikipedia.

Not that he’s not grateful, but what he really needs is an instruction manual for everything that comes after.

Lights by LoversAntiquities (01:05:37)
Published in 2018, 2671 words, M

Dean can’t breathe.

Try as he might, he hasn’t been able to suck in a deep breath in the past hour, not with bruised ribs and the associated pain. Blood continues to drip from his nose and eardrum, probably busted. With shaking hands, he struggles to wipe it away, his attempts all in vain; the motel will probably hate him after he leaves, whenever that is. The least his father could’ve done was leave a note, a map—something telling him where he was, not just dumping him in a nondescript location with a collection of gashes and bruises he can’t even treat, not by himself.

Other Northern_Sparrow fics mentioned during discussion:

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Our new intro music is a remix of “Angel with a Shotgun” by Jake Lionheart.

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Welcome to episode forty-seven of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Mal and Ellen welcome nickelkeep back to the podcast to discuss adaptations of existing media into Destiel fics. Fics include nickelkeep’s Dean and Cas Make a Porno, The Best Judge of Happiness by tsujiharu, Revelation 13 by fullvoid and Fallout: Supernatural by insominia and MaggieMaybe160, plus many more!

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Nickel publishes their Destiel works as well as for other pairings under nickelkeep on ao3.

Nickel previously joined us in our Track 26: Witch and Familiar.

Other works mentioned:

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Dean and Cas Make a Porno by nickelkeep [00:05:55]
Published for SPN Media Big Bang 2020, 37k words, E
Art by BeesAreAwesome

Based on Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Life long platonic best friends Dean and Cas are stuck in shit jobs, with no opportunities on the horizon. They’re behind on bills and can’t climb out of the hole of debt they’ve found themselves in. The night of their ten-year high school reunion, they find the water and heat shut off in their apartment. What’s worse, is that at their ten-year reunion, they’re reminded of how far they could have gone and how little they’ve done with their lives.

But, a chance encounter with a pornstar gets Dean’s brain working. What if the answer to all their financial issues is making their porno? Together, Dean and Cas, along with their friends Ash and Charlie, set off to make a porno. However, as Dean and Cas know all too well, luck is never on their side.

With cast and crew, a great script, and support and encouragement, everything seems to goes smoothly. Until Dean and Cas realize they’ve caught feels for each other. Will their sex scene ruin twenty plus years of friendship? Or will it be the catalyst to something more?

Fallout: Supernatural by insominia and MaggieMaybe160 [00:32:00]
Published for SPN Media Big Bang 2021, 50k words, E
Art by Gio
Based on the Fallout video game series

Castiel has one job, and that is to deliver a package to The Strip. Unfortunately, after finding Dean Winchester in the mouth of a dinosaur, what should have taken a few days has taken months. What started as a partnership of circumstance becomes fueled with untold feelings. But to find any kind of happily ever after, Cas and Dean have to push the NCR, demons, and angels from the Mojave Wasteland.

Revelation 13 by fullvoid [00:45:07]
Published in 2022,44k words, E (read the tags)
Art by Hitori Alouette
Based on Silent Hill 4

It’s Dean’s day off, and he’d like to spend it how he always does—by kicking his feet up with a cold one and watching soap operas—not by discovering an enormous, creepy hole in his bathroom wall that definitely wasn’t there when he went to bed last night. But it’s no big deal. He can just patch it up and still devote plenty of time to Dr. Sexy afterward. There is only one problem. He can’t leave his apartment, and there’s a message on his front door written in…is that blood?

And why is it signed by someone named “Cas”?

Things can only get better from here, right?

The Best Judge of Happiness by tsujiharu [01:03:19]
Published for SPNMBB 2023, 72k words, T
Based on Emma by Jane Austen

Dean Winchester lives a simple life in the small town of Oakridge. Life in town isn’t the most exciting, but it’s home. Dean has his friends and his family, and he’s long learned to be content with simple, mundane, and fine.

When a fresh face moves into town, Dean takes it upon himself to introduce the awkward, but devastatingly handsome Castiel to their small community. Castiel seems a little naive, and Dean knows he’s just the person to steer Castiel in the right direction.
What he doesn’t expect is for Castiel’s arrival to shake up his monotonous days, and to open his heart back up to long-lost passions and the possibility of something more.

Based on the movie Emma (2020), a reimagined SPN/Emma fusion with a twist… what if Emma ends up with Harriet instead?

Bangs mentioned during discussion:

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Our new intro music is a remix of “Angel with a Shotgun” by Jake Lionheart.

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Welcome to episode forty-six of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Mal and Ellen welcome author aishitara to discuss Destiel fics featuring Castiel’s true form. Fics include aishitara’s I Carry Your Heart With Me, So Says The Sword by komodobits, every light he cannot see by intothesilentland, A Constellation of Wishes by Destina
plus many more!

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Nessa pubishes their Destiel works under aishitara on ao3.

We previously featured Nessa’s fic, Dragon in the Cup, in our Creature Cas episode.

Also mentioned: What is Grief if Not Love Persevering (3,774, T)

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I Carry Your Heart With Me by aishitara (00:16:40)
Published for DCBB 2021, 27k words, E
Art by verobatto

“Dreamin’ about anything good?” Dean asks instead of letting those other words out, because if he admits it out loud right now he might spontaneously combust.

“Yes.” Castiel gives him a sidelong glance. The corner of his mouth is tilted in a smug smile. “Something very good.”

“Oh yeah?” Dean’s fingers are tingling. Are his fingers supposed to be tingling?

“Yes,” Cas says again. His smile turns endearingly shy as he adds: “It seems I can’t stop thinking about kissing you, even when I’m asleep.”

every light he cannot see by intothesilentland (01:07:50)
Published in 2021, 8500 words, Not rated
Art by keylimedean

Here in Purgatory, Castiel cannot keep his true form tethered to his vessel. He’s a beacon of light for monsters to flock toward, he’s a danger to those around him—especially Dean—and with each passing day, he has less and less hope of making it through a gateway back to earth, a gateway designed for humans.

But if he can take Dean safely there, he will—all the while hiding his true form from a human he knows will be disgusted by it.

After all, Castiel has always been willing to bleed for Dean.

And he bleeds,

and he bleeds,

and he bleeds.

A Constellation of Wishes by Destina (01:02:00)
Published in 2022, 8500 words, E

Dean builds a little house in Heaven, because it’s easier than saying what he feels. And then he invites Cas to come home.

So Says The Sword by komodobits (00:40:40)
Published for DBCC 2017, 85k words, E
Art by kayanem: https://kayanem.tumblr.com/post/167025583569/art-for-the-wonderful-cuddlebabies-aka

The briefing was simple: ‘Stand guard over the Michael Sword until the battle is ready to commence. Await further instructions.’

Castiel doesn’t mind working security duty; he was briefed shortly after the initial salvation of the Sword from the pit, and again before taking up his position. He knows what to do. However, it’s easy to forget that the green room isn’t real. Time moves differently there, the space ever-changing to make a prison of mountains, cathedrals, salt flats, orchards, and whatever Castiel was led to believe about Heaven’s greatest weapon—Dean Winchester is something entirely unexpected.

The “9-1-1 podcast” Ellen failed to mention the name of in the outtakes is That WeeWoo Show.

Other fics mentioned during discussion:

A selection of Trueform artworks:

Other fics:

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Welcome to episode forty-five of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author thatpeculiarone to discuss Destiel fics where Castiel and Dean are reunited. Fics include Willow by thatpeculiarone, The Seraph and the Frog by goldenraeofsun, and Closing Time by Casloveshisfreckles, plus many more!

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Jess pubishes her Destiel works under thatpeculiarone on ao3. Find her on X as @thatpeculiarone.

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Willow by thatpeculiarone
Published for DCBB 2023, 71k words, M
Art by 7hunnyybunnyy7

Castiel Novak had known Dean Winchester his entire life. Growing up together, the two friends’ worlds revolved around one another, each of them looking forward to their annual summer get togethers at the Winchesters’ farm and winery, located in the rolling hills of Napa, California.

However, it only takes one night for seventeen years of friendship to all come crashing down. When Castiel confesses his feelings for Dean, his friend’s rancorous reaction sends him packing. Castiel leaves, and stays away for ten years.

When Dean’s father John falls ill, Castiel begrudgingly visits the farm again for the first time in a decade. Castiel is nervous to relive that night. He is nervous to be back at a place that holds so many memories. He is nervous to see Dean for the first time in so long.

While he grapples with his anger and hurt, he also has to grapple with the fact that the feelings he holds for Dean may still be there after all this time.

Closing Time by Casloveshisfreckles
Published in 2017 for DCBB, 69k words, E
Art by keylimedean
Series with 4 works

Dean Winchester’s college years felt like the greatest of his life: School came easy, he was the starting first baseman for the KU Jayhawks and he was in love with the smartest, nerdiest, hottest guy in school, who also happened to be his roommate. They were the definition of Relationship Goals. Until they weren’t. Until Cas left.

If you asked Castiel Novak why he was back in Lawrence after 10 years, he’d tell you it was because of a great job opportunity. If you knew Castiel, you’d know it was because of Dean Winchester. But Dean had moved on, successfully running his bar, brewing his own beer, tattooed and still the most gorgeous man Castiel had ever laid eyes on. Oh and? He was taken.

Dean wants to, but forgiving Cas isn’t easy, and finding their way back to each other after all this time is like searching for a hand in the dark. Sometimes, ten years is ten years too late.

The Seraph and the Frog by goldenraeofsun
Published in 2021, 12k words, T

Armed with his growing stack of parenting books, Cas raises Jack in North Cove, Washington, alone. He hasn’t heard from angels, demons or Winchesters in six months.

By all measures, Jack is a happy and healthy baby, if a little lonely. So when he befriends a frog who wanders in from the lake, Cas can hardly object.

Other podcast episodes featuring canonverse reunions:

Other fics (thanks to our discord friends for all the great recs!):

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Our new intro music is a remix of “Angel with a Shotgun” by Jake Lionheart.

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Welcome to episode forty-four of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author Mallory, aka emmbrancsxx0, to discuss Destiel fics set in the Wild West. Fics include The Shawnee Trail by emmbrancsxx0, Wheat Fields and Jars of Light by Violue, the West series by Xela, Something Like a Broken Heart by RhymePhile, and Hunter’s Caress by Ltleflrt, plus many more!

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Mallory pubishes her Destiel works under pseuds emmbrancsxx0 and valleydean on ao3. Find her on X as @mallorybranca or on tumblr as valleydean.

Other works mentioned:

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The Shawnee Trail by emmbrancsxx0 (7:50)
Published in 2020, 166k words, Not rated but contains explicit scenes

In 1887, Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak lead a peaceful life in Lawrence, Kansas. Dean and Sam are stagecoach messengers for Wells, Fargo and Castiel is the town doctor. When Castiel’s patient, Kelly Kline, knocks on their door one night about to give birth, she asks for the Winchesters and Castiel’s help in protecting her son against one of the west’s most notorious outlaws. To fulfill that promise, the men set out on a journey full of shootouts, trouble with the law, gambling, and an important discovery: Dean and Castiel really need to define the nature of their relationship.

Wheat Fields and Jars of Light by violue (39:22)
Published for Dean/Cas Reverse Bang 2018, 16k works, E

It’s the mid-1880s. Grieving the loss of his twin brother, Castiel Novak is on a journey across Kansas to search for those responsible for his death. By horse, by carriage, by foot, he won’t stop until he’s hunted them down and gotten his revenge. What he finds, though, is that nothing in the world is quite what he thought it was.

West series by Xela (33:13)
Published in 2012, 6255 words over 5 works, range from G to E

Summary for Once Upon A Time in the West:

“We goin’?” Sam asked, coming up beside him. He sounded bored, like Dean’s answer didn’t matter, but his eyes were sharp and knowing. They’d walk through hell and back for each other. Stupid didn’t even give them pause.

Something Like a Broken Heart by RhymePhile (59:45)
Published in 2009, 12k, M

Dean Winchester is a Texas Ranger traveling to the town of Fort Griffin Flat, Texas, to rendezvous with the rest of his company when he meets Castiel, a prostitute in town. Answer to the AU Fusion Challenge prompt #20 in which whreflections asked to see Something in which Dean is a Texas cowboy who somehow meets Cas, a cheap prostitute scraping out a living in the worst part of town. Dean’s not even into guys, but he runs into Cas a few times and eventually ends up saving him from a dangerous customer, and somehow, Dean finds his mind changing without his consent after that.

Hunters Caress by Ltleflrt (46:19)
Published 2019, 161k, E

Castiel Jameson won’t rest until the outlaw who murdered his brother faces justice, and Dean Winchester is the only man alive who can help him track the villain down. Some say Winchester is a cold-blooded killer himself; others say he’d been wronged his whole life. All Castiel knows is that the desire glinting in Dean’s green eyes is even more dangerous than he is. Castiel fights to keep his mind on business, but during the long nights on the trail with the dangerously handsome hunter he finds himself dreaming of yielding to Dean’s illicit kisses and losing himself in lawless passion.

Dean Winchester is about to hang when Castiel saves his neck with his crazy plan. But dying might be better than spending day and night playing nursemaid to such an infuriating city slicker. He appreciates the stubborn detective’s desire for justice, but he’d appreciate Cas a lot more if he’d stop being a lawman long enough to just be a man. He certainly has all the right equipment. Dean aches to run his fingers through Castiel’s dark hair, yearns to know how Castiel’s golden skin will feel against him. And before the coming of the next dawn, Dean vows to teach him the pleasures and sweet rewards of a Hunter’s Caress.

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Welcome to episode forty-three of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

Welcome back! In this episode, Ellen and Mal catch up on the last few months, inluding sharing recommendations from SPN fans at the recent AHBL convention in Melbourne, Australia.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

We’d like to thank all our ko-fi subscribers for sticking with us through our hiatus! We appreciate your support a whole lot.

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

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Welcome to episode forty-two of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal share some recommendations for fics given to them while at the Creation Supernatural convention in Charlotte. Fics include The Law of Equivalent Exchange by awed_frog, Seek to Know You Better by ahurston, and plenty more.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Our podcast is in full support of the writers, actors, and crew currently striking in the USA. For ways you can help striking folks please check out this post: https://mashable.com/article/how-to-support-wga-writer-strike

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The Law of Equivalent Exchange by awed_frog (00:08:55)

Published in 2015, 61k words, M

“And what’s the point of it?”

“Of love? There isn’t one. Loving is its own purpose.”

Seek to Know You Better by ahurston (00:23:05)

Published in 2021, 32,762 words, E

Dean and Cas, a long stretch of highway, and 36 questions empirically designed to make two people fall in love.

As if they weren’t already.

Thank you to Stacy (@Stacy729), Axis Mundi Impala (@3_layer_dean), Anna (@RavenEsuna), Karen, Kelsey, Brittany, Stealthstiel, followyourenergy, Desirae, and Jess for your recs!

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Welcome to episode forty-one of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author tiamatv to discuss fics where Dean and Cas are friends with benefits. Fics include tiamatv’s Vibrato, Words with Friends by Anonymous, Tricks of the Trade by Trenchcoat_Impala, The Trouble With Blue Eyes by FriendofCarlotta, and plenty more.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Tia pubishes her Destiel works on ao3.

Link to Fantasy Reverse Bang: https://www.tumblr.com/reversefantasyspnbang/724498020915429376/sign-ups-are-officially-open?source=share

Other works mentioned:

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Vibrato by tiamatv [00:09:44]
Published for the Dean Cas Switch Bang in 2022, 70k words, E
Art by boeybite (https://boeybite.tumblr.com/post/683347389117038592/me-oh-my-what-is-this-its-the-dean-cas-switch)

The fact is, their meet-cute’s right out of a fucking storybook. Tale as old as time, or some shit.

Except Dean doesn’t get a hard-on for libraries or randomly burst into song. And Cas? Cas is way too nerdy and harmless for anyone to call him a beast.

Even if he does drink human blood.

(In which Castiel is a hereditary vampire, Dean just wants to introduce him to movies and rock music, and their friends-with-benefits situation is either the worst idea they’ve ever had… or the best.)

Words with Friends by Anonymous [00:39:08]

Published in 2014, 22k works, E

“Dean Winchester is as straight as an arrow. He’s a lady’s man of epic proportions: the king of the one night stand, the messiah of the friends with benefits paradigm, the emperor of perpetual bachelorhood.

Except, apparently, when it comes to his best friend, Castiel Novak.”

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Wherein a longstanding acquaintanceship leads to friendship, then best friendship, then sexting, then dirty talk, then mutual masturbation, then, inevitably, fucking.

Other fics mentioned in this section:

Tricks of the Trade by Trenchcoat_Impala [00:50:10]
Published in 2021/22, 90k words, E

“I need you to find me a Dom.”
Cas nearly choked on his pizza. “Excuse me?”

Dean wants to see what the world of kinky sex is like so he turns to his best friend and roommate, Castiel Novak, who just so happens to be a Dom at a local BDSM club. Cas is happy to help Dean enter this new world, but when Dean has a bad experience with the Dom he’s paired with at the club, Cas takes it upon himself to show Dean the tricks of the trade. You know, as any good friend would do.

The Trouble With Blue Eyes by FriendofCarlotta [1:04:19]
Published for DCRB 2023, 15k, E

For years now, Dean Winchester has had a mutually beneficial arrangement with Castiel Novak, a fellow private eye. It’s good, it’s easy, and there’s nothing wrong with it.

Well, except for one thing: Dean’s caught himself a bad case of feelings, and Cas doesn’t feel the same way.

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

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Welcome to episode forty of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author DoctorProfessorSong and head back into the Supernatural canon verse to discuss case fics. Fics include DoctorProfessorSong’s Can’t Fight the Moonlight, Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies by Ariasune, everyone knows the year doesn’t start until april by fleeceframe, That Black Dog Ache by SaltyWords, and plenty more.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

River pubishes their Destiel works on ao3, but you can also find her on Twitter or on Tumblr.

Other works mentioned:

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Can’t Fight the Moonlight by DoctorProfessorSong [00:04:00]
Published for the Rhonda Hurley Bang in 2023, 34k words, E
Art by Ruby (https://solstheimart.tumblr.com/)

It feels like some sort of cosmic joke. A man, his would-be lover/platonicish life partner, and two of his ex-hook-ups walk into a bar. Only Dean is struggling to find the punchline. When Claire’s car breaks down, Dean and Cas interrupt their semi-retired life to meet up with a local hunter in need of back-up. Unfortunately for Dean, they’re meeting up in a dive bar that just happens to be the local haunt of his ex, Rhonda Hurley. Even worse, Cas and Claire neglected to mention the hunter they’re meeting is Annie Hawkins, one time lover to Dean (not to mention Sam and Bobby).

But that’s okay, because Dean figures they’ll get the details of the case and head out. What he doesn’t know is the monster is targeting women, and may be specifically going after women who are into, well, women. So they need Annie AND she needs a girlfriend for this to work. Enter Rhonda Hurley, looking to get out of town and willing to play fake girlfriend for awhile to help her old friend. And it isn’t like Dean can send a civilian and a hunter he had to bury once into a dangerous situation alone. So it looks like they’re all headed on an awkward family vacation.

Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies by Ariasune [00:30:10]
Published for DCRB 2023, 14k works, T
Art by mangonatural

“Look, Charlie thinks the Men of Letters have something that can help you actually, you know, find this monster.”

“Good,” Dean licks at his thumb to get the last of the chicken salt clean. “Cause right now it seems like we’ve got a monster that’s some 20, 000 leagues under the sea…” He stops. “This isn’t some 20, 000 leagues shit is it?”

“It’s a submarine, actually.” Fuck, that sounds like a yes.

everyone knows the year doesn’t start until april by fleeceframe [00:42:48]
Published in 2023, 21k words, M

Dean had said, “I’m right there with you, I don’t like loud noises either. I mean, being afraid of loud noises is a good thing, though. It’s just your body telling you something big is happening and that you might need to get somewhere safe. Is that what happened on Tuesday when all the lockers went crazy?”

A pause.

“Did you see anything that seemed weird, or did you make yourself safe in one of the rooms?”

And it struck Castiel then how Dean phrased that. How he didn’t say Did you hide? as in Did you run away? as in Were you not brave enough of a little soldier to stay and figure out just what was trying to hurt you?

He had said- Did you make yourself safe?

or the one where dean and cas are investigating a haunting in an elementary school, things are still new between them, and cas has more love than he knows what to do with

That Black Dog Ache by SaltyWords (agent4hire22, aka winchester-reload) [00:56:11]
Published 2016, 28k, E

A simple case turns Dean upside down as he attempts to deal with the effects of a particularly strange love spell.

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What’s your favorite case fic? 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.

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