DTA Summer Book Club

What is Down To Agincourt (often abbreviated as DTA)?

An apocalyptic Destiel fanfic series set in the endverse universe. You can click here to access the series on AO3. Oh, and it's over a million words long (more on this later).

What's the book club and how can I join?

A discord server for anyone who is interested to read along and discuss the series. This is a google calendar link to the discussion timeline. Click here to join the discord if you are interested!

General rules and disclaimers about the server:

This is an adult space. Discussion of adult themes is allowed, but please be respectful (i.e. if someone requests a trigger warning, please be courteous). No racism, sexism, transphobia, antisemitism, ableism, or other form of discrimination is permitted. Please also know that I am reading this for the first time along with you, so i may not be able to provide content warnings ahead of time. If anyone is rereading with us and would be willing to do this, please reach out

How long is it again? How much time will this take me?

1,121,311 words (which is pretty long)! If you follow my schedule, you will be reading an average 11,000 words a day (exact numbers depends on chapter length), for 101 days. This is a similar pace to reading a book the same length as A Picture of Dorian Gray per week. Note that for the first two fics in the series, it's a bit higher (~14-15k per day), and lower for the third fic (~16k every two days) Another good frame of reference for word count would be the complete Potter series. (I am loath to even acknowledge JK, but this is a good way to put the length in perspective, as most people are familiar with the series). Of course, these examples are all different reading levels, and how long it takes will ultimately depend on your own reading speed

Can anyone join?

The fics in this series are rated mature to explicit, so I do ask that you do not join if you are under the age of 18. Since this will be my first time reading through as well, I am not familiar enough with the material to say whether it is suitable for minors. Other than that, pretty much anyone is welcome! You do not need to follow me or anyone else (though you might want to follow this blog for updates).

When does it start? What's the exact timeline?

The discussion for chapter one will start on May 22nd, and the final chapter will finish on August 30th. This gives people a little time to get the word out, or get a head start on reading! Discussion of each day's chapter can begin at 12 am eastern time. If google calendar does not work for anyone, please let me know! I would be happy to type it out as a list if needed

What if I fall behind? Or read ahead?

There will be separate channels for people who are behind schedule and ahead of schedule. Please make sure to read and follow the spoiler tagging guidelines when using these channels. (These will be pinned in each channel)

Are re-readers welcome?

Absolutely! In fact, it would be great to have some people who are already familiar with the series. For example, since it will be my first time reading through, I won't be able to provide content warnings for those who ask; if someone who has read the fics already would be willing to fill this role, I'm sure it would be appreciated. As long as you follow the spoiler rules, we're happy to have you!!! There is also a channel just for rereaders where you can discuss the entire series with no spoiler tagging required

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As Above / So Below

custom vinyl record of two of my playlists inspired by dta and tfk, two fics that have always felt like two sides of the same coin - or in this case, record - to me. the cover and center labels all feature details from a painting that's also very near and dear to my heart - the garden of earthly delights by hieronymus bosch

make a better world from the old one / the forever king

track listing under the cut

"Coming here is a privilege he rarely accords himself, and only when he's certain not to be observed; only when he is sober, only when he is clean, only when he hasn't fucked himself to exhaustion; only when the confines of his mortal body, of this camp, of this tiny world close around him too tightly; only when he can't stop himself from remembering that once, none of those things were true." Map of the World, Chapter 7

Grayscale 'cause of how Cas' night vision works. I have so many feelings about pre 5x04 Chitaqua Cas :((((

"Coming here is a privilege he rarely accords himself, and only when he's certain not to be observed; only when he is sober, only when he is clean, only when he hasn't fucked himself to exhaustion; only when the confines of his mortal body, of this camp, of this tiny world close around him too tightly; only when he can't stop himself from remembering that once, none of those things were true." Map of the World, Chapter 7

Grayscale 'cause of how Cas' night vision works. I have so many feelings about pre 5x04 Chitaqua Cas :((((

IN NOMINE DEAN ;

“Stand up, Dean Winchester. You kneel to no one and nothing. That was your right from the moment of your birth, and you took it back. All of it.”

— Map Of The World, Seperis

BE NOT AFRAID ;

“Qafsiel, Kaziel, Cassiel, Castiel, Messenger. Son of God, angel of the Lord, Castiel of the Host, courier of the Pantheons, victor of the Siege of Hell- Castiel Gabriel Singer, Castiel of Chitaqua, and owner of 'thing Dean will cover with salt and set on fire in the front yard', by whatever name, with whatever rite, in whatever appearance it is right to invoke thee, I entreat you to grant me a single request.”

— The Game Of God, Seperis

drew another one of my favorite dta scenes from ch 3 of book 3 !

bonus:

Dean kind of wants to hit him, and he would, but the faint uptick of his lips when Cas says it makes it hard not to grin back. Map of the World, Chapter 4

Day 1643 - Home

A peaceful moment.

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Prompts are based on this prompt list.  If you wanna join PLEASE DO SO I WOULD BE EXCITED! I’ll be using the tag #endversetober  over all platforms, so feel free to use that one to,  so we can find each  other! 💙 (Writers and all other form of media are  welcome too!)

Want to look at the whole week worth of art early? Day 22 to 28 are already up on my Patreon!

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