@winchester-reload : Guess what arrived into my grabby hands this evening?!

Y’all. This is my new prized possession. Jackie decided that she was willing to part with her original watercolor painting, and since it is my absolute favorite fanart of all time ever, I bought it.

I also wrote a drabble fic based on it, which is probably my best writing to date.

This piece of paradise in art form is going to hang in my bedroom forever.

Jackie, you are the best, and I mean that. Thank you a bazillion times for being willing to part with your gorgeous art.

I. Can’t. Stop. Staring. At. It.

ALSO! Thank you for the tiniest grumpiest flower maiden print. It’s made a home in my wallet with me.

If you are still accepting those prompts? How about an AU version of GabrielxBalthazar for “Who wouldn’t be angry you ate all of my cereal and faked your death for three years!”

Neither Balthazar nor Gabriel remembered so much hitting involved in family reunions before, but here they are, righteous slap fight between them for their first meeting in about three years.

“Why are you still hitting me?!” Balthazar demands, open palming Gabriel in response to a pop against his cheek.

“You deserve every second of it!” Gabriel yells back. “Why are you hitting me?!”

“Because you’re hitting me!”

The slapping turns to grappling and they’re both on the floor in some strange, uncoordinated wrestling match. Gabriel manages to get Balthazar’s gray t-shirt cinched over the smug man’s head, but Balthazar has the utter indecency to give the shorter angel a hell of a wedgie.

Balthazar gets the upper hand eventually, pinning Gabriel to the ground. “Stop being a shit! Why are you so angry? I’m being the bigger man here! You’re the one who has no right!”

“I fucking do!” Gabriel fumes. “Who wouldn’t be angry! You ate all of my cereal and fakes your death for three years! I looked for you!”

Shocked, Balthazar sits back on his haunches. “What are you talking about? That was you!”

“It was you!”

He scoffs. “Surely not.”

Gabriel kicks his legs out, unseating Balthazar and crashing him to the floor. “You did too, you asshole! All the Cocoa Puffs! All the marshmallows out of the Lucky Charms!”

Balthazar goes still. Blinks. “Oh, yes. I remember now. I do apologize.”

Gabriel punches his brother in the chest for good measure, making him oof. “And now you’re back,” he snarls.

“Now I’m back,” Balthazar grins. He holds out his hand. Gabriel smacks their palms together and they help each other to their feet, straightening their clothes.

“Fine.”

“Now that’s settled, let’s go help some Winchesters.”

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jupiterjames:

@ltleflrt The dial tone on cell phone thing. It happens nearly every single time someone hangs up on Criminal Minds. And I never noticed before now, but my bet is it happens on other shows, or at least procedurals. That’s probably a lot of where people are getting it from. It’s a “Hollywoodism,” to help with the visual and auditory narrative, like the weird little “pixel noise” when characters on show load websites and images.

Fuck Hollywood with something hard and sandpapery.

I don’t know why they still insist on doing those things just because they’re established. Nowadays instead of helping the viewer understand how cool and techy it all is, it pulls us out of the narrative. We’ve all used to higher level tech now, so we all know computers don’t make those noises, and you don’t hear a CRACK when someone jabs off a call on a cell phone. But, like laugh tracks, they’re just never done away with even when they’re obsolete.

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Happy New Year, My Friends

It’s been a ride, hasn’t it? I hope this will be a good year for you and yours. <3

ARG I SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTENTION MAKING THAT LIST! I can’t believe I didn’t single you out! 😀 You’re only one of my most long standing friends! And everything about you is rad! I really do adore you and am happy every time I see you around! Kick 2018 in the ass, okay?!

@ltleflrt The dial tone on cell phone thing. It happens nearly every single time someone hangs up on Criminal Minds. And I never noticed before now, but my bet is it happens on other shows, or at least procedurals. That’s probably a lot of where people are getting it from. It’s a “Hollywoodism,” to help with the visual and auditory narrative, like the weird little “pixel noise” when characters on show load websites and images.