Dean's Not Fine

In Which Heaven Becomes Not Boring A Supernatural story by Gina  @ShinyElfriend The multi-talented Gina takes the #SPNWishList fic and art challenge literally, and delivers both! Gina responded to the prompt: "What if OG Charlie and Ash are pals in heaven?" To be honest, this is my dream scenario, and it couldn't be in more capable hands than Gina's. I want MORE adventures from these two geniuses! -- Jennie Charlie stepped out of the tent and considered her kingdom… such as it was. Apparently Moondoor was what whoever pulled the levers up here had decided was Charlie’s idea of Heaven. Could be worse, but knowing what she knew, which, as usual, was more than most people in a given situation, kinda sucked the joy right out of it. At first it had been OK. She forgot about the dying thing, and thought she was here to LARP, but apparently Heaven couldn’t decide if she was LARPing or tripping balls, offering her a bizarre combination of the limits of human...

Did I get all the way to Season 10 without honoring Charlie Bradbury? Yikes. Well, we can rectify that rather quickly and talk about Robbie Thompson's beautiful "There's No Place Like Home," the culmination of the Oz storyline he began in "Slumber Party." While Dean is fighting the effects of the Mark of Cain, the brothers catch wind that Charlie is back... but she's not whole. The relationship between Dean and Charlie is so important... Before this episode, she is seen as sort of a healing force for Dean, a cleansing light in his life, a perfect good that he is drawn to. And she is drawn to him, because she sees his glowing core of goodness -- she can see past all his pain. Seeing her split in two slaps Dean in the face with the battle he's fighting within himself: Become the rabid killer that the Mark demands? Or hold on to his humanity, to the hero that Charlie loves, the big brother who loves her back? The scene in the bar after Charl...

Wondering where we'll fit Michael!Dean... so far, I've got him at the very top.