K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?
lol. Okay, I’m trying to think. I’ve come up with a few pretty angsty ones.
One would be a canon AU in which the vampire cure didn’t work and Dean was stuck as a vampire after season 6. Sam would argue that as a vampire, Dean could get into nests and figure out what the Alpha wants and why which is why Samuel wouldn’t kill him. After that it would be pretty much the same except Sam and Cas would go to Purgatory instead of Dean and Cas. The majority of the fic would be Dean, completely alone and starving because he’d be hunted and driven into cities where there’s not a lot of cattle or wildlife to feed off. Of course, that does have a happy ending because Sam and Cas would eventually show back up with Benny.
There was another idea I had that was a kinda coda to 12×23. After losing basically all of his friends in the finale, Dean would lose hope and decide djinn poison was a reasonable thing to cope with. Sam, on the other hand, would throw himself into research to try and find a way to fix things. It would be partially and exploration in how the two of them handle grief and hopelessness, and partially AU hopping because of the djinn poison. It would have an ambiguous ending, because after Sam finds out about what Dean’s doing he tries to stage and intervention and Dean gets pissed and runs off, only to get himself captured by a djinn. I would leave it unclear as to whether or not the final scenes were real or if they were Dean’s dying dreams.
Q: How do you feel about collaborations?
It totally depends on who and what. I’ve tried to do collabs in the past when I was writing original fic but they always fell through. I’d be open to it if I had the time and a partner I got along with really well.
R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?
Kinda but not really. When I eventually finish my degree (it’s just electives at this point but my health isn’t great) it will be a degree in Creative Writing, so I’ve had “formal training” on how to write and that’s definitely had a big impact on my writing. I think Dan Mueller is probably the single person who’s had the biggest influence on my writing because I know him personally and he’s helped me a lot in learning to trust my gut when it comes to writing (and to cut down on filler junk).
In terms of fan writers, anyone I’ve read and talked to has had an impact on my writing. I never try to copy their style or tropes, but one of the great things about fanfic writing is that we have an opportunity to share ideas and inspire each other.
Thanks, Dean!
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