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Favorite Movie Fusions/Crossovers These fics are just as (if not more) compelling than the movies they fuse or cross over 😆🥰️ ✧ My fic recs are updated regularly on DW and quarterly on Tumblr. Link to the possibly updated reclist on DW here ✧ My entire catalogue of fic recs on tumblr here ✧ This post was last updated 1/21/2022 ✧ For epubs of rec’d fanfic from LJ or DW, click to this post.

✧Category: Gen✧ The Winchester Road by meus_venator. Rated R/Mature, Gen, 20k words. Summary:  The world has ended. Lucifer and his legions have moved on, their new battlefield heaven. He has left Earth a barren wasteland, he has also left behind the shattered shell that was once his vessel. This is a story of two brothers finding each other again at the end of the world and facing it’s passing together.A tale of abiding love.Initial concept based on the book and movie The Road. ao3.org/works/442149 my thoughts: So beautifully written, full of such powerful scenes of evil, graphic torture, and then the sweetness of the brothers together. Sam's mute and childlike in this fic, traumatized beyond belief, but still somehow capable of so much love and trust that keeps Dean going. Both voluntary and survival cuddles in this story. It's truly so desolate which puts their love in such sharp relief. Heart-wrenching in the best way. There's MCD but I'd still call it a happy ending. Loved this fic so much. This fic is rec’d in my desolate post-apocalypse reclist too.

✧Category: Sam/Dean✧ The Elko County Adventure by candle_beck. Rated Explicit, Dean/Sam, 35k words. Summary:  Mutant snake monsters, rooftop confessions, and a big-ass Howitzer strapped to the back of a pick-up truck. ao3.org/works/223796 my thoughts: crossover return Tremors (just the first movie)! such a fun story, honestly. Burt & Heather are hunters that Sam and Dean met when they were kids and there's a small problem of graboids that Sam notices while they're passing through the area. While the adventure unfolds there's a little emotional side plot of a moody Sam and incest angst that gets satisfyingly resolved. Great fic!

The Hunter Games by theproblematique, NC-17, Dean/Sam, 92k words. Summary: When the infamous Winchester bad luck strikes twice in quick succession Sam and Dean are forced to compete in the most brutal reality TV show ever created. It’s impossible to escape the battlefield, hiding can only be temporary, and alliances inside those dark, bloodstained woods last about as long as it takes for the other Hunter to figure out how to use your weapons. And then kill you with them. ao3.org/works/519567 my thoughts: it was awhile ago that I read this, but I remember I really appreciated how the author took the premise of Hunger Games (btw I really liked that book series even if its ending was very sad) and shaped it to build further trust and intimacy between Dean & Sam. Great mesh of building both action and love in this one.

Do Androids Dream? by cherie_morte. NC-17, Dean/Sam, 16k. Summary:  AU: Sam has been training to be a blade runner most of his life, ever since a group of rogue replicants killed his mother in an attempt to kidnap him as a baby. Now he's one of the top officers in the L.A. Police Department's Blade Running Unit, with a reputation for being ruthless when retiring rebellious androids. Problem is: Sam's never been as comfortable killing replicants as he pretends to be; growing up with Dean as his primary caretaker and a valued member of the family has left Sam with a weak spot for androids that he knows might get him killed one day. Knowing that doesn't stop Sam from loving Dean, or from wishing his replicant was as human as he acts. Now he's on the trail of Azazel, the yellow-eyed android responsible for ruining his life, but the closer he gets to retiring Azazel and putting an end to his days as a blade runner, the more he learns that there might be no turning back for him and Dean. (Loosely based on Blade Runner) ao3.org/works/8280277 my thoughts: I saw Blade Runner back in high school so it had been awhile, and even in high school I’m not sure I really followed it that well. But after reading Kellifer’s fic I was on an android binge and found this amazing fic by cherie_morte, an author I really appreciate for their imagination (which speaks for itself when you go through their fic summaries on AO3) and absolutely competent execution of their story premises. So this one didn’t disappoint at all, and I loved that it was Sam-centric, plotty, and featured both Sam and Dean caring so much for one another. I rec’d this fic in my Androids AU reclist too.

The Winning Scenario by brimstonegold and virtualpersonal (AO3). Rated R, Dean/Sam (unrelated AU), 216k words. Summary:  Disguised as a merchant during an information gathering mission on a gaming and pleasure station, Captain Dean hits the jackpot. Surprised to learn his winnings include a night with a pleasure slave, he is ready to reject the slave's services until he learns that the slave is human. There is no way he will leave one of his kind behind, no way. The pleasure slave, Sam, has his own secrets. Cylon torture and conditioning to make him a suitable commodity for the slave trade has left him with half memories, nightmares and psychological problems. If he knew Dean was a colonial warrior, there is no way he would leave with Dean and no way he would go anywhere near Dean's destination, the Battlestar Galactica. ao3.org/works/3296645 my thoughts: So this is a crossover with Battlestar Galactica but honestly you don’t need to know anything about that show to roll with the scifi in this story. It’s a fantastic opening premise and a great read! This fic can be found in my Winchesters... IN SPACE! reclist and also my slavery AUs reclist

The Time Traveler’s Brother by AmyPond45 (AO3). Rated R, Sam/Dean, 54k words. Summary: Dean’s life is turned upside down the night his mother dies. But that’s also the night a mysterious grown-up version of Dean’s brother first appears in his life. While Dean grows up, “Old Sam” is often there, especially when Dean’s father isn’t. As Dean learns what the future holds, he begins to question everything his father has taught him about who he is and what he is supposed to become. Can Dean find a way to save his little brother from his own future? ao3.org/works/3416087 my thoughts: Beautifully written. I’m not a huge fan of younger!Dean and older!Sam but this author keeps the affectionate lilbro and bigbro sibling dynamic despite the warping of time. A magical read that breaks your heart but still feels like a satisfying+happy ending. If you like this fic, you’ll probably like Break on Through to the Other Side (ao3.org/works/1457095) which has some similar elements to this one. This fic can be found in my time traveling reclist too.

Sew Me Up with Threads of Steel by hybridshade (shimyaku) & artwork by Amberdreams . Rated NC-17, Dean/Sam, 20k words. Summary: Sam left his previous life of guns and covert ops behind for a reason. But when the past comes knocking in a big way, he has no choice but to confront it and deal with the tattered remains of what he once turned his back on. That includes his brother, who's been in the hellish clutches of the enemy for too long and no longer remembers himself, let alone Sam. When Sam gets his hands on intel from said enemy, he puts his skills to good use - he's going to fix things if it kills him.(Very casually inspired by Captain America: The Winter Soldier) ao3.org/works/2542106 my thoughts: This was a fantastic story. I loved the way the author fused winter soldier elements to Supernatural universe and especially how they actually introduced, developed and then resolved such an intense loving relationship between Sam & Dean (unlike what Marvel did with Steve & Bucky tsk tsk). Sam comforting Dean were my favorite parts, so tender Ahhhh 🥰🥰🥰

✧Category: Jared/Jensen✧ Pandora’s Box by ratherastory. rated R, Jensen/Jared, 97k. Summary:  The Avatar fusion fic in which recently-paralyzed Marine Jensen Ackles goes to the distant moon of Pandora, meets the love of his life Jared, and discovers everything that's truly important to him. ao3.org/works/222196 my thoughts: I barely remember the plot of this movie I saw once in 2008 when it came out, so reading this was absolutely tremendous, especially because it was just mildly familiar, with really just the incredible visuals from the film my most distinct memories, all padding the fantastic writing and nuanced romance that Avatar truly failed to convey. I think there was an empowering alteration in the plot where it turned out to be Jared (or the girl Navi in the movie) who is encouraged to embrace prophecy and his role that the film didn't have and I ADORED the way it went down in this story. It wasn't predictable, and the sign Jared interpreted was a sign to find a love who believed in him. The world-building was shocking, bc I'd already seen the movie and I hadn't been completely sold on the world of Pandora but holy shit, I am now. The narrative structure can be just so much more effective in describing soul-deep peace and unity versus visual storytelling. Ratherastory was an artist, or perhaps a translator to a reader like me, sharing exactly how magical this universe was in a way I could better understand (she made it so I could see!) This fic is also featured in my Winchesters... IN SPACE! reclist.

Misha: I will put my "A" down to make "A."

Alex: I will add to your "A" to make it "AT".

Jensen: I will add onto your "AT" to make "RAT".

Jared: I will add onto your "RAT" to make "BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC".