A long while back, I did a review of shortskirtsandexplosion's out.of.character, a very dark M-rated fic that it still worth the read, squick tolerance notwithstanding. Recently, he's done a reflection on how it came to be, so if you're interested in seeing some backstory, check it out in the link.

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Wow, Cas. You're on a roll tonight, aren't ya? Episode review, crazy long celebration post and even a cracking new fic?

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I finally finished the ending of Scald about ten days behind schedule. What a surprise that a story written purely on writer's block could not, in fact, be written quickly. As far as the "finish before publish" experiment is concerned, this was a spectacular crash and burn, but at least I could get some personal closure out of it.

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Apooljack's "Dae" Oof is the latest story to join my loosely related episode-inspired fics, along with Just the Usual, Fork Everything and Trust Me. It is the most shitfic-ish of the lot - that should give you enough heads-up to know what to expect without spoiling anything.

Of course, if you've already read it, spoilers and post-production bits are below the break.

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So it turns out my ability to write isn't the worst after all. Trust Me took about four to six hours to write, and it was all banged out in one sitting. It's traditionally accepted that response fics do really well on Fimfic, and so I decided that I'd try a shot at that slice of the pie. I was up until 3.30 am completing the silly thing, but if this isn't what semester break is for I don't know

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