Track 22: Crack

Welcome to episode twenty-two of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author and illustrator PallasPerilous to discuss a range of Crack Destiel fics.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

A warning: This episode contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own risk.

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Our Guest – PallasPerilous

PallasPerilous writes hilarious and charming Destiel fics in different genres. Find her in the Profound Bond Discord server, or read all of her work on ao3.

Pallas’ fics we mention in this episode:

• Boneless Wings (4333 words, M) – For those of you perving along at home, Dean could absolutely provide a list of the hundred or so ways that having a boyfriend with giant fucking actual wings is super hot and/or awesome. This is not that list.
• Fifty Ways to Lose Your Lover (1106 words, T) – Castiel’s love confession scene is proving difficult to nail down. SURELY the characters will settle down in the next draft. SURELY.
• Funny Bone (4933 words, M) – Now a podfic by NerdyNerdenstein as well! – It wasn’t even a particularly creepy skeleton; it was in kind of a “just chillin’” pose on the floor. It was the skeleton’s comment about Dean’s ass that really livened things up.

Other featured fics

Canon(ish) fic

• 404 Error by jscribbles (513 words, G) – Dean attempts to speak Spanish during the confession scene
• Dean Winchester is Heterosexual by yourfriendlyneighbourhoodfangirl (475 words, T) – Everyone is a good, Heterosexual American (read the tags)
• The Jensen Mistake by fellshish (5087, T) – Reverse french mistake, Jensen goes to the SPN verse to fix Destiel
• Broadway Musical by Griftings (12,453, M) – Cas takes a vessel to get Dean to fall in love with Jo. Does not go to plan.
• The (Mostly Accidental) Courtship of Dean Winchester by tuesday (11,171, M) – Angel courtship – podfic available
• Too Much Inertia by castielshoneybee (794, M) – Sam reads some hilarious Destiel fic he found to Dean

Animals:

• What Has Eight Tentacles and Isn’t Allowed to Eat Pie? by Annie D (16,193, T) – Dean is turned into an octopus
• The Bee and the Tree by wannaliveindeansdimples (1104, G) – Sweet, wholesome bee Castiel, tree Dean
• Pollenation by orphan_account (335, E) – Bee Castiel, Daffodean (sweet but not at all wholesome)

Vegetables:

• Let Us by K_K_Tibal and whelvenwings (2438, G) – Two lettuces in a fridge.
• Lettuce Share This Moment by Almaasi (4807, G) – Dean has a secret: he’s a closet salad-lover.
• lang thin frim by Dazziel (1504, E) – Dean finds a carrot in the fridge, and does unspeakable things with it.
• Secret Garden by Miss_LV (6674, E) – Vegetable gardener Cas, plant Dean. Many vegetables.
• Farmhouse Love by allen_mcfallen (1866, E) – Farmer Dean finds an angel on his prop’ty. Vegetables.

Other miscellaneous crack:

• Destibagel by MysticMoonhigh (2079, E) – Bagelocalypse
• Pinefest by MittenWraith (5503, T) – Pining, literally
• Plotbunny by MittenWraith (21,781, T) – Sam deals with Easter Bunny related trauma in his life, while Dean deals with his own stuff from his past.
• The Final Frontier series by Winter_of_our_Discontent (1828, T) – Comet Cas, lander Dean
• The Infinite Eyes Perceive by CastielsCarma (2200, M) – Castiel just doesn’t shut up about Dean over Angel Radio – podfic available by NerdyNerdenstein
• The Bird Professor by CadenceImperfect, kateaintbeehaven and tale_to_tell (5293, M) – Dean drunkenly dials Cas to ask him if hummingbirds have feet.
• Melon Fucker and the Peanut Butter Bandit by bloodandcream (1940, E) – “Meet weird”
• Dean Winchester and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by outoftheashes and Wearingdeantoprom (3918, E) – Dean’s hit with a sneezing curse and sneezes so hard he blows Cas’s clothes off.

Other fic and podfics

• Podfics by NerdyNerdenstein for Crack Month
• GISH Item #37 – fanfic of Perseverence Rover and Zhurong Mars Rovers. Collections: GISH Hunt 2021: Item 37, GISH 2021 Mars Rover Fanfic Collection

Other links

• Love Destiel? Join the community of readers and writers at the Profound Bond Discord server. We have a Mixtape Book Club channel there!
• Our RedBubble shop is here. Any profits will go directly to Random Acts. (We just wanted our logo on a mug!)

What’s your favourite crack fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen