everything but the girl

I finally read Entertainment Weekly's article about SPN today - had been waiting for my real paper copy, as I've been an EW subscriber since probably 1990.

I'd seen a few comments the last few days about the boys - and Eric - being tired and uninterested in a sixth season - and personally, I would rather that Show ends with five wonderful years rather than have a sixth that's mediocre or Winchester-light, separate and apart from Kripke's "five year plan" (which's been jacked around a bit from the 2008 writers' strike).

But the thing that I found especially interesting was that the article was based on on-set interviews less than a month after Kim died, and I wonder how much that impacted their exuberance and even their interest level at the time of the interview. I'd be curious as to what they'd say if someone asked them in Australia or Asylum if this was just how they felt then, or their overall feeling at this point.

Perhaps taking the summer off and traveling around the world a bit together will revitalize them a bit, if it is.

Title: Wish Away
Gift Fic for bimosexual in spn_j2_xmas
Prompt: J2 AU set to the basic plotline of Ever After…cuz yes I am just that cool; or if unfamiliar with the movie any story in which one of the boys is the supposed wealthy/superior 'prince' type, and the other is the poor/inferior pauper but love conquers all and…what not)
Summary: An adaptation of an adaptation of an adaptation. Jared Padalecki contends with his stepfather, Lord Fredric Lehane, and tries to rescue the family business - but how will Prince Jensen change his life? AU
Part one of five - the next four parts should be posted over the next few weeks, and it should be complete by Valentine's Day.
Rating PG-13.
Pairing: Eventual Jared/Jensen
Disclaimers: Not mine, never happened, total AU, ideally transformative. Some lines in this chapter are taken directly from the script of Ever After. The title is from a line in "Ever Ever After" by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

( Ever ever after? It may only be a wish away )

And yes, I know that this is a pretty insane time to post an SPN fic. Show has just aired in half the country and is about to air in the other half, and I want to take some time to rant about the evil bitch(es) who did the one thing you do not do to anyone in fandom - namely, send links to their fannish activity, includng art or fic (whether it's rated G or NC-17)) to their family or RL friends - or (does it even need to be said?) to their offices.

Whoever did this? You are evil. Someone did this to me years ago and it still makes me ill to think about it, to remember how it felt to sit in my office and worry that I was going to be fired because the law firm I worked for suddenly knew I wrote fanfic. I was lucky - there were no negative consequences. But that's a one in a million chance and almost no other workplace would be so kind.

Have not yet seen Show. Had a long meeting tonight, and may not get to see it until the morning. Please do not spoil me! Thanks!