SPN 'Something Good Today' Prompt Meme
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Lets bring something good into the world. Let's hold hands, if only virtually, and not be alone in this. Let's reaffirm that we care about each other, and we don't stand for bigotry. Let's write (and draw and record and stuff).
Prompts are open for anything - any or no ships, any or no kinks, go for it.
Extra cookies if your prompt negates some bigoted concept, we could give love in places it's particularly lacking right now. We can reaffirm that we all have a place here, that we stand with each other. Women, POC, survivors, immigrants, disabled people, fat people, MOGAI people, poor people, etc - especially anyone that's more than one of those things - deserve some extra love, today and in general.... But prompts don't have to do that - anything comforting is welcome, and different things comfort different people! Fun, fluffy, funny, porny, angry, dark, it's ok!
Fills:
Breadline by
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toratio, Sam&Dean, money issuesSam/Dean, body autonomy, lived experience of mi, by anon
It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) by
toratio Domestic end of the world! In the Bones by laughablelament, aer leaving the bunker with John's journal, Mary ends up using it as a roadmap
(ETA: !!!! I am so excited and comforted by you being here and caring and by your generousity! Ahh! I has only been a few hours and already we have fills! Thank you!!!! And that you to the people sharing this - you are awesome!!!!)
How this works:
How to prompt: Leave a comment with a prompt, preferably with some basic information in the subject line (ship/gen/character, kink, genre - whatever works for you). You can leave as many prompts as you like.
How to fill: Comment to any prompt you like with fic, art, podfic, playlists, gifsets - any form of fanwork is welcome. Feel free to fill prompts that were already filled. If you feel like leaving anon fills, go for it! If you feel like leaving cute little 'created in ten minutes' fills for fun - those are welcome too!
Rules:
1) Be kind.
2) No spoilers for unaired episodes without a cut/link, please.
3) Use content warnings generously, please. It only takes a moment, and can make the difference between brightening someone's day and making it horrible. We've got enough horrible.
4) Anything promoting bigotry should not be included. If you're not sure, you're welcome to ask me, we can try to figure it out together. If something bothers you - same thing. Sometimes things can be bigoted without bad intent, we'll try to navigate this with compassion if it happens here now. Most things are ok if you clearly warn for them.
Tell the world!
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FILLED: Breadline Pt 1/2
Date: 2016-11-10 05:56 am (UTC)Set during season 7, so some Hell-trauma stuff comes up. Both adult and Weechesters.
He’d been embarrassed by it, as a kid. He’d hidden behind his brother – he’d been able to, then, had been so much smaller – and hoped that nobody from their latest school saw him.
And yeah, maybe that was shallow, maybe he shouldn’t give a shit what they thought – it wasn’t like he was going to be sticking around that long, anyway – but he didn’t want people seeing, didn’t want them to know they were, well, poor.
Of course, in the Winchesters world, it was so much more complicated than that.
*
“It’s been a while,” Dean says quietly as they line up.
Sam nods, closes his eyes for a moment, thumb going to his scar as he tries not to see the people around him in pieces, bloodied and broken, streaks of red smeared up the wall.
It isn’t exactly cheery when he opens his eyes again, but it’s a lot better.
Dean puts a hand on his arm, a silent gesture of comfort.
It’s enough.
*
There had been other kids at the kitchens – most of them scruffy, dirty faces and tangled hair.
He hadn’t looked much better – hand-me-downs and thrift shop clothes. Their money went on weapons, or John’s drinking habit.
For all the talk about the poor, ninety-nine per cent of the parents lining up were probably better than John Winchester. At least they had an excuse.
Their father could have settled down, gotten a job. The Winchesters could be middle class, could live in a house, they did live in a house, once upon a time, although he didn’t remember that.
*
The woman behind the counter is probably in her sixties, at least, embracing her salt-and-pepper hair and smiling at them.
They probably look awful. They’ve barely slept since Bobby’s death, and they’re both in dire need of a shave. Their credit cards are at breaking point – hence why they’re here – and the Leviathans are on their asses.
“I’m Susan,” she says, and there’s no mock compassion in her voice, she’s just a person serving them, and Sam relaxes a little, smiles back at her.
The food is basic – chicken loaf and vegetables – but it’s hot and smells good, and Sam thanks Susan sincerely as she loads their plates.
There’s gravy and drinks, coffee and juice and condiment packets. The man at the drinks station tells Sam that the spinach comes from their community garden.
*
They were serving actual soup, beef and vegetable, with bread, the middle-aged woman ladling it out going all dewy-eyed at the two poor little skinny boys lining up.
“You two look like you could use a good feed,” she said, and Sam flushed with shame because, yeah, they could – Dad had been gone for almost a month, and their meagre stash of money could only be stretched so far.
“Thanks ma’am,” Dean gave her that winning grin of his, and Sam slunk behind him to a seat.
RE: FILLED: Breadline Pt 1/2
Date: 2016-11-10 06:36 am (UTC)RE: FILLED: Breadline Pt 1/2
Date: 2016-11-10 06:42 am (UTC)I'm looking at a small amount of soup kitchens in South Australia (where I live), and what they do, their organisational models and their philosophies. There's not a whole lot of work on soup kitchens out there - there are a few interesting ones from the US - so it's actually very basic in some ways, just trying to understand what soup kitchens are and how they continue to exist. It's tied in with the move towards long-term and conditional support in welfare, and how soup kitchens have avoided doing that. I'm in the process of editing, it should be ready to proof in December, and submitted in January, which is kind of awesome.
So are you doing a masters by research? What is your area? Tell me about it!
RE: FILLED: Breadline Pt 1/2
Date: 2016-11-10 05:31 pm (UTC)Your research seems fascinating! I haven't slept much in 2-3 days but once I;m more there, I'd love to talk more about it, and mine!
Regadless -
Ahh! Congratulations on getting this friggin far with your research! This is AMAZING!
RE: FILLED: Breadline Pt 1/2
Date: 2016-11-10 10:35 pm (UTC)Yeah, you should probably go and sleep. Humans kind of need it. *hugs*
RE: FILLED: Breadline Pt 1/2
Date: 2016-11-11 01:14 am (UTC)Aw, sweetie, thank you for caring!
I got some sleep after this- thank you!