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First of all, thank you so much to everyone who gave me snowflakes earlier in the week! That is a shit ton of snowflakes, holy crap. I feel very loved. ♥ Meant to make a thank-you post earlier, but I was like, boycotting LJ in protest of the lack of comment notifications or something. (It was not a very successful effort since I kept checking my flist.)

Anyway, in lieu of commenting much, I ended up redoing my layout for the first time in about five years, look:

tracy_loo_who :D The header and background are from a couple of layouts

amechiro made for a fic of mine, which I am all *_* over because it's common for folks to get fanart and fanmixes for their fic, right, but LAYOUTS? Omg.

In RL news, I am moving back to my parents' place this weekend. Hopefully I'll land some sort of internship and be heading over to Europe in the next couple of months, but for now, moving back in with my parents makes me feel slightly useless. Jim Beaver made me feel better about this via a quote in Life's That Way, which I have been slowly making my way through for the past few days: No one is completely useless. You can always serve as a bad example. This is probably going to be my new life motto until I stumble across a better one and/or become less useless. \o/

I've also gotten a chance to put a dent in my massive to-read list of fic that's been growing steadily for months. Mostly AUs, because for some reason, after six years of not caring for them at all (they're just OCs with familiar names, blah blah excuse blah), I suddenly cannot get enough of them. So have some recs from the AU/Fusion challenge

deancastiel ran a while back:

Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake by

sparseparsley: Dean would probably call this a chick flick (chick fic?) and disapprove, but I love it to death precisely because it does read just like a romantic comedy flick, and it even takes up about the same amount of time. IT IS NOT CASTIEL/ANNA, I PROMISE. Dean only thinks it is, but he falls for Cas anyway in the weeks leading up to the wedding and there is so much UST and misunderstanding angst and then when they figure their shit out in the end it's just -- god, my heart wants to burst just thinking about it. ♥♥♥ Plus, hottest sex scene I've read in months, hands down. If you read one fic from the whole challenge, READ THIS ONE.

In Real Life by

jenniferlupin: Dean writes novels and Castiel is his online beta. They are in love. Sam figures it out and sneakily sets them up. Seriously, this fic is so much fun I almost can't stand it, fjkdslfjlsd PLEASE READ THIS ONE AS WELL.

Aurora by

bauble: The Snow Queen fairy tale! Omg I love fairy tales so hard, and this one is enchanting. It feels every bit like a fairy tale should feel, and it's Dean and Castiel's love story, come on. Castiel's devotion is endlessly and heartbreakingly sweet, just like it is in canon, oh look, what a coincidence.

Beauty and the Beast by

misslucyjane: Disney classics are right up there with fairy tales, in my book. Castiel is the Beast, and I just cannot help but ache for him and love him SO SO SO HARD. I have to like, go hug a pillow every time I so much as think about this fic.

Cindermouse by

olympia_m: Castiel as Cinderella. I did mention I had a thing for fairy tales, right? XD And this is from the author who started my epic AU obsession in the first place.

Boys Helping Boys by

here4castiel: I feel like I gotta include a disclaimer here; this fic has way more grammar issues than I generally tolerate, but consider it a testament to how hard the story rocks that I not only didn't quit reading at any point, but actually ended up loving it. Castiel, host of a male makeover show, shows up in Kansas to give Dean a makeover for Sam's wedding. Dean was previously straight. XD I love how even though they get together in the space of about two days, the issue of them not really knowing each other at all isn't just glossed over in the whirlwind. It's every bit as awkward and confusing as it should be, but it's also incredibly compelling.

We Became Fans of Collisions by

wandersfound: Castiel is a teacher, Dean is the owner of a bookstore, and neither of them have much dating experience. This one also tickles my fancy for that awkward, beginning-of-the-relationship feel, but it's very sweet, too.

Playing for Keeps Till the End of Time by

laceymcbain: This is a Highlander fusion, and I knew exactly nothing about Highlander before I read this, but it's a fascinating story and I just want to draw hearts around Dean and Castiel.

There Will Come Soft Rains by

janie_tangerine: A WWIII AU in which Dean and Castiel find each other in the midst of an apocalyptic world that feels a lot like The End. The bond they develop in this fic is incredible and feels so real in a way that's often difficult to capture and show, which is what I love most about it.

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Layout looks good :)

As someone who has moved back in with their parents I offer this advice: It's going to suck for awhile, but it gets better. Sort of. Damn that was shitty advice. Sorry :(

Lmao, apparently the snowflakes were what broke the notifications.

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