DA/SPN crossover fic: Of Desire and the Status Quo - Author’s Notes (read)
Of Desire and the Status Quo
Author’s Notes
Preliminary: To head off most or all questions, the following is pretty much everything you’ll need to know about the particulars of this story...
Rating: Hard PG-13. There’s some gore and descriptions of torture, as well as swearing, but I wouldn’t put it so far as to be rated R.
Timeline: Takes place about five weeks after the Dark Angel finale (“Freak Nation,” I’m going with the Jam Pony siege taking place on May 7, 2021), and approximately 13 years after the Supernatural season three finale (“No Rest for the Wicked”).
Spoilers: Very few. Well, the two seasons (more of season two than season one, though) of Dark Angel, and up to 3.16 of Supernatural. Everything after that is virtually moot, and since I haven’t seen Supernatural past mid-season 7, if there’s any facts that’ve been retroactively voided, just suspend your disbelief.
While there will be specific episodes of Supernatural that I advert to, they won’t be mandatory to watch in order to get the story. Same goes for the Dark Angel episodes, although those won’t be as many/necessary, just because there’s mainly just general info.
I am, for the most part, also disregarding the Dark Angel novels, chiefly because a) I haven’t read them, and b) I’ve heard they’re in the same vein as “Freak Nation,” which was nothing like where the rest of the second season was going, so.
Pairings: None, although I personally have a very strong suspicion that Max and Alec would’ve gotten together at some point (I say that last part because they’re both immensely stubborn), so there may be some subtle leanings towards that, but this is not an M/A story, and even though Logan isn’t my favorite person, there is no bashing of him except the usual of Alec’s. Logan is also fair game for Dean, for obvious reasons.
Ages: Just to head off anyone who intends to say something about ages in this, the ages of the characters, at least in this story, are as follows…
Max Guevara/X5-452: 21 (2000)
Alec McDowell/X5-494: 22 (May 7, 1999)
Dean Winchester: 29 (that’s the age he physically looks; his “real” age is addressed in Chapter 1; birthday is January 24, 1979)
Sam Winchester: 38 (May 2, 1983)
Logan Cale: 33 (November 11, 1988)
Original Cindy McEachin: 23 (February 1998; this is a complete guess on my part)
Dr. Sam Carr: 43 (August 1977; again, I’m guessing, since I don’t believe it was ever said how old Carr is, so I’m going by how old Brian Markinson (the actor who played him) appeared. Feel free to discuss it, but that’s what I’m going with.)
So in terms of age the public can see, Sam is older, but Dean actually is, just as he’s always been. I tried to keep ages as close to what they would be, given the crossover. Most importantly, this isn’t a story where the characters from Dark Angel and the characters from Supernatural are all almost the same age. ’Cause, you know, they’re not.
*Information on Dark Angel dates and such is taken mainly from here: alec494.egoism.jp/history/MH.htm
The people who wrote it evidently gathered it all from the Dark Angel books, dossier, etc., so I’m trusting that. If you disagree, I’m curious to know why/on what.
*Information on Supernatural dates and such is taken both from my knowledge/observations of the series, and here: http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/
Last note: The mine explosion that Sam is investigating in Chapter 1 actually did happen, on June 10, 1901 at the Port Royal Mine of Pittsburg Coal Company, in Port Royal, Pennsylvania. Sixteen men died, eleven entombed, and three bodies were recovered, although two of the injured died. The first explosion was at 6:30 and got four men working the night shift; the others tried to recover the bodies of those four men, but unfortunately didn’t survive.
*Taken from: http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/mines/portroyale-mineexp-jun1901.htm
I think that’s it. Please proceed to Chapter 1 now, and just keep these notes in the back of your mind. Thank you very much for reading, and, again, please let me know what you think, or just any questions, comments, or suggestions you may have.
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