MASTER POST: Metaphysical (Supernatural AU, Gen, R)
Title: Metaphysical
Fandom: Supernatural AU, written for spn_j2_bigbang
Length: ~78,500 words
Rating: R-rated gen
Short Summary: In an alternate version of 1905 America, Sam and Dean hunt their way across a landscape of spirits and airships, demons and automata, in pursuit of their father and the demon who destroyed their family. (A steampunk reimagining of Supernatural season one.)
Long Summary: Three years after he turned in his horse and scattergun for frock coats and textbooks, Sam Winchester is tracked down to upstart Stanford University by his estranged brother Dean, who arrives with the news that their father has gone missing. His disappearance turns out to be only the first of a series of events that takes them all the way across an alternate America circa 1905, from the death of Sam's girlfriend to a haunting in Nebraska, from demonic omens to spiritualists to hijacked airships, and inevitably a long-delayed trip home.
John Winchester isn't anxious to be found, but his sons are convinced that the family is stronger together than apart and don't let anything stand in the way of their pursuit. Especially once they realize that pursuing their father means staying on the trail of the demon who killed their mother. A demon who isn't finished with the Winchesters just yet.
Prologue | One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight
Full story on AO3 | Art Master Post
Soundtrack: Metaphysical Songs
MegaUpload, 143 MB
1. Johnny Greenwood - Proven Lands
2. Defiance, Ohio - Road Signs Always Look Better Looking Over Your Shoulder
3. Emilie Autumn - 4 o'Clock
4. The Denver Gentlemen - The Potters Field Special
5. The Birthday Massacre - Lovers End
6. Songs: Ohia - Just What Can Last
7. Bauhaus - Ear Wax
8. Tin Star Orphans - Let You Down
9. Tom Waits - 2:19
10. 16 Horsepower - Wayfaring Stranger
11. Jason Webley - Little Sister
12. Tom Waits - What Keeps Mankind Alive
13. 16 Horsepower - Cinder Alley
14. Ry Moran - Buffalo
15. Tin Hat Trio - O.N.E.O.
16. Rasputina - Mayfly
17. Tom Waits - We're All Mad Here
18. Reverend Glasseye - Magnificent Bitch
19. Einstürzende Neubauten - Draussen Ist Fiendlich
20. Defiance, Ohio - Bikes and Bridges
21. Tom Waits - Lucinda
22. The Birthday Party - Kathy's Kisses
23. Tin Hat Trio - Waltz of the Skyscraper
24. Einstürzende Neubauten - Sehnsucht
25. Tom Waits - Misery Is The River of the World
26. Blackbird Raum - Silent Spring
27. Death in June - Despair
28. Scarlett Johansson - Song For Jo
29. Death In June - Frost Flowers
30. Tom Waits - Everything Goes To Hell
31. Jason Webley - Clear
32. Melora Creager - Warbots
33. Rasputina - New Zero
Thanks and acknowledgements:
First of all, thank you to my amazing artist tammylee! Seriously, go look at her art. Right now. I could not possibly have asked for anything better than what she created, and what's more, collaborating with her on this project was a dream right from the moment we were paired up. I was so inspired by the work she did.
Thank you to fahrbot because, and I am not kidding here, she puts up with so much from me. She's the one who endured me babbling endlessly about this story, posting snippits to her in the middle of other conversations, sharing my research on body snatching while she was eating dinner, and sending her middle-of-the-night emails that said little more than "FLAIL!" Seriously, she goes so far above and beyond, guys. I don't think I've written a thing in the past couple years that didn't go past her first.
Thank you to rhythmsextion for taking on beta duties that I practically foisted on her when she already had so much on her plate. I don't know what I would've done without her feedback! Thank you to karabou and bohemian__storm and eudaimon who all offered input and insight into the story as it progressed, and never stopped encouraging me to finish it even when it grew far beyond what I ever expected.
And finally, thanks to the mods of spn_j2_bigbang, for running this massive, sprawling challenge. You do an amazing job and believe me, we all appreciate it!
Fandom: Supernatural AU, written for spn_j2_bigbang
Length: ~78,500 words
Rating: R-rated gen
Short Summary: In an alternate version of 1905 America, Sam and Dean hunt their way across a landscape of spirits and airships, demons and automata, in pursuit of their father and the demon who destroyed their family. (A steampunk reimagining of Supernatural season one.)
Long Summary: Three years after he turned in his horse and scattergun for frock coats and textbooks, Sam Winchester is tracked down to upstart Stanford University by his estranged brother Dean, who arrives with the news that their father has gone missing. His disappearance turns out to be only the first of a series of events that takes them all the way across an alternate America circa 1905, from the death of Sam's girlfriend to a haunting in Nebraska, from demonic omens to spiritualists to hijacked airships, and inevitably a long-delayed trip home.
John Winchester isn't anxious to be found, but his sons are convinced that the family is stronger together than apart and don't let anything stand in the way of their pursuit. Especially once they realize that pursuing their father means staying on the trail of the demon who killed their mother. A demon who isn't finished with the Winchesters just yet.
Prologue | One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight
Full story on AO3 | Art Master Post
Soundtrack: Metaphysical Songs
MegaUpload, 143 MB
1. Johnny Greenwood - Proven Lands
2. Defiance, Ohio - Road Signs Always Look Better Looking Over Your Shoulder
3. Emilie Autumn - 4 o'Clock
4. The Denver Gentlemen - The Potters Field Special
5. The Birthday Massacre - Lovers End
6. Songs: Ohia - Just What Can Last
7. Bauhaus - Ear Wax
8. Tin Star Orphans - Let You Down
9. Tom Waits - 2:19
10. 16 Horsepower - Wayfaring Stranger
11. Jason Webley - Little Sister
12. Tom Waits - What Keeps Mankind Alive
13. 16 Horsepower - Cinder Alley
14. Ry Moran - Buffalo
15. Tin Hat Trio - O.N.E.O.
16. Rasputina - Mayfly
17. Tom Waits - We're All Mad Here
18. Reverend Glasseye - Magnificent Bitch
19. Einstürzende Neubauten - Draussen Ist Fiendlich
20. Defiance, Ohio - Bikes and Bridges
21. Tom Waits - Lucinda
22. The Birthday Party - Kathy's Kisses
23. Tin Hat Trio - Waltz of the Skyscraper
24. Einstürzende Neubauten - Sehnsucht
25. Tom Waits - Misery Is The River of the World
26. Blackbird Raum - Silent Spring
27. Death in June - Despair
28. Scarlett Johansson - Song For Jo
29. Death In June - Frost Flowers
30. Tom Waits - Everything Goes To Hell
31. Jason Webley - Clear
32. Melora Creager - Warbots
33. Rasputina - New Zero
Thanks and acknowledgements:
First of all, thank you to my amazing artist tammylee! Seriously, go look at her art. Right now. I could not possibly have asked for anything better than what she created, and what's more, collaborating with her on this project was a dream right from the moment we were paired up. I was so inspired by the work she did.
Thank you to fahrbot because, and I am not kidding here, she puts up with so much from me. She's the one who endured me babbling endlessly about this story, posting snippits to her in the middle of other conversations, sharing my research on body snatching while she was eating dinner, and sending her middle-of-the-night emails that said little more than "FLAIL!" Seriously, she goes so far above and beyond, guys. I don't think I've written a thing in the past couple years that didn't go past her first.
Thank you to rhythmsextion for taking on beta duties that I practically foisted on her when she already had so much on her plate. I don't know what I would've done without her feedback! Thank you to karabou and bohemian__storm and eudaimon who all offered input and insight into the story as it progressed, and never stopped encouraging me to finish it even when it grew far beyond what I ever expected.
And finally, thanks to the mods of spn_j2_bigbang, for running this massive, sprawling challenge. You do an amazing job and believe me, we all appreciate it!