I saw that you were planning to do some more work on Brothers Saved and you were asking for prompts, so… I’ve been curious to see John and Dean interact. Usually Dean stands up to him, but at his new size , would he? Could he? Would Sam step in?
@nightmares06– Actually, there’s going to be a lot said on this subject!
The major overriding factor of how Dean grows up at this size is going to be how he deals with his family.
He’s very used to being the older brother, and therefore in charge of Sammy. Never in his life has his dad expected anything but perfection of him, and he’s taken Sam’s care to heart. Sometimes to the point where Dean suffers to make sure that Sam gets what he needs.
The fact is that John Winchester won’t consider Dean able to handle himself anymore, strictly because of his size, will certainly be a sore spot between them, and Sam will find himself stuck in the middle of them, watching his older brother who he still looks up to, suffer under their dad’s disapproval.
So you will see lots of this, I promise! I’m hoping to get through the early years of Brothers Saved soon so that we can see this develop between the three Winchesters!
So far, instead of writing out the early days of Brothers Saved, I’ve instead added to the Angst that will happen during the big fight.
Yaaay, angst.
Still open to prompts and ideas for BSaved! More asks to be answered later today! Keep an eye open for them, we’ve gotten some good questions in and will even have a few sneak peeks up!
Will the brothers ever find the bunker? And would Kevin Tran show up in a story?
Well, in Brothers Apart, most likely not.
The stories are based on the first five season of Supernatural, and the majority of it is before the apocalypse ever happened (first three seasons). We are just now venturing into the fourth and fifth season setup, because the angels have made themselves known because of their rogue fallen sister causing #problems.
We have considered a few stories that will have the bunker in them, but they aren’t Brothers Apart based stories, strictly g/t ideas that use the Supernatural themes and stories.
Kevin Tran hasn’t been considered yet, since he’s connected to actions that occur after the apocalypse is long over.
One decision I did make, when Brothers Consulted was in progress, was that the British Men of Letters will not exist in the Sherlock universes. The BMoL take away too much of the Supernatural allure of London, making it a land sterilized of monsters and run by psychopaths a boring crew obsessed with doing things ‘their’ way.
What is it about London and psychopaths
Of course, when Brothers Apart wraps up, I may decide to do single stories from their future, whatever may happen to Sam and the other cursed borrowers in the end. It’s something I won’t decide until this is totally wrapped up and complete.
I want Brothers Apart to have the ending it deserves, one way or the other.
This is just a stupid question but will anything Hunger Gamey happen. The idea just popped into my mind and I thought why not just ask.
Lol! I have to say, I wasn’t expecting a question along these lines.
The stories will never crossover with The Hunger Games. Though I did enjoy the books quite a lot and have seen the movies a few times, it’s not my style of story.
If you mean along the lines of games or kids going after each other the way the special children did in Supernatural season 2, then most likely not.
Though Gabriel enjoys a game or two, even he would be taken aback by just how vicious the games turned out to be. Games are meant to be lessons! Sure a few people might die here and there, but setting them against each other just so the people in charge can get a laugh??
The trickster prefers to go after the high and mighty, so it’s more likely the people of the Capitol would have problems with him.
As for the special children, in BA they’re replaced by the cursed children and borrowers, each with their own special knacks (Andy must be out there somewhere! The awesome psychic!). Celeste’s goal differs from Azazel, and she’s after making stronger vessels, not just one strong vessel. Killing off the cursed would make no sense to her when instead she can channel their strength instead.
So would meeting little Oscar turn out fairly similar in the Brothers Saved AU as it did in Brothers Together? It would be interesting to see the dynamic when Oscar and Dean are the “same size” (we all know Oscar would still be smaller, poor guy!), but would their relationship change too much based on their sizes? Frankly, Oscar could be put in every AU and I would be happy. 👍🏼
Aww, lil Oscar and a much-smaller Dean than usual!
As it happens, this is one of the future ideas we have for the AU, and it’s going to be very different from Brothers Together!
For a hint, Dean will actually already know a lot of the survival techniques for living as a borrower by the time he meets the wee kiddo, as someone else will be teaching him that!
Their relationship will probably be a lot less scare on Dean’s part now that he’s not the big huge teenager, and Sam’s nowhere near as intimidating as Dean can be.
I agree! Oscar in all AUs.
If anyone else has any prompt ideas for Brothers Saved, drop us a line and let us know!
Not gonna lie, I’m the person that reads about the one time Sam got shoved into Dean’s pant pocket and my first thought is “I wish I could see that scene” 😂 All I can picture is Dean being flustered and Sam being grouchy…
Lol! That’s gotta be the most awkward position for those two to get caught in!
There’s actually a scene in Deanzilla vs Hydros, towards the later chapters, where this happens with regular sized Sam and his giant brother, so I definitely had inspiration for it!
(Part 1 of 2) So, to preface, this is more of a passing comment than a prompt or ask since I know that life is crazy and inspiration comes and goes. I’m rereading Brothers Together and I had forgotten how many things are mentioned that I wished I could see what happened! I can’t get the thought out of my mind of what it must have been like for smol Sam to stitch Dean up after a hunt or what happened when Sam temporarily lost his hearing after being too close to Dean’s gun firing.
(Part 2 of 2) I especially keep imagining what it must have been like when Dean pretended to be drunk on the hunt while Sam was giving him directions on the phone. I have this theory that Dean was trying to see just how many ridiculous phrases he could say and still get away with his drunk persona… Basically, I love the multiverse you have created and I can’t wait to read more! 😍
Those little story bits are always fun to have hanging around, just a tease to what their lives are like day-to-day! I might not be able to write everything out, but there’s always the chance someone else might get inspiration from them for their own story!
Sam is resigned to his giant, fake-drunk brother at this point, lol. He’s gotta keep an eye on that hunter so he doesn’t go getting himself in trouble!
So, I’m thinking about writing some Brothers Saved this week while I have off time. It’s been nagging me that I should finish up Dean’s first week smol, that way the story can move on to bigger and better things.
Send me your head-canons, prompts, wishlists and ideas for this AU! No guarantee I’ll get to each one, but hopefully they can get the creativeness flowing!
Brothers Saved only, currently. If you don’t remember whats going on in the AU, refresh yourself here!
To submit a prompt, feel free to leave a comment or send it to the tumblr askbox! Anonymous is always open, and if it ever isn’t, let me know so I can fix it!
If you could choose a song to represent the BA multiverse (besides the traditional supernatural ‘Carry on my wayward son’) what would it be?
Carry On Wayward Son is naturally, a classic for writing anything with Sam and Dean in it, but I definitely have my music that I use when I need inspiration!
There’s a few different songs I’ve used for scenes or stories, like Glad You Came for the end of Taken, when it’s all calm after everything has happened. Celeste has her own theme song in Painted Black, the version by Ciara (A+ song for getting evil, and highly recommended!).
Whenever I want to feel Sherlock-y, I did download the soundtrack to the first three seasons. Those songs are great!
I think one of the songs that helped shape the stories as they are is Jump On My Shoulders, by AWOLNATION. It’s a bouncy song, and not inherently g/t oriented, but I get definite g/t feels from the main line, Jump on my shoulders, and is probably what helped form Sam’s favorite place to stick with Dean. He’s not a fan of pockets, it’s shoulders all the way!
Plus, that song has a line about a man at the door, there to steal your soul, so it also has the Supernatural vibe I’m looking for.
One of my more recent songs is House of Memories, by Panic! At the Disco. It’s what inspired me to start writing some of the BA finale story, which will definitely be emotion-heavy if I get to complete it the way it’s planned out in my mind.
I just, need songs to write. Give me the music and emotions!
With several people needing a bit more time for their entries due to real life and school, the contest has been extended to April 27th 2019!
Please remember to let me know if there are any more problems with finishing up entries by that time, because we all know school is important and we don’t want anyone missing assignments!
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Here are all our current replies, and more will be added if we get more in:
I’m looking forward to seeing more Sam and Dean interact as the different sizes. I love learning about the curse and seeing how the brothers cope no matter what is thrown their way! (So nothing specific, but more of what you do best!!)
@nightmares06– Castiel will certainly be showing up more in the Brothers Apart AU, and he’s also slated to appear in at least one other (that I remember!)
And if you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out @neonwrite‘s Quiet as a Mouse, which has Castiel and Oscar meet in the canon SPN format! Its sequel, Beggars Can’t Be Choosers also features the Winchesters showing up to bother the tiny lil borrower of the motel. If we get lucky and give the story some love, maybe @neonwrite will continue this lil spin-off AU!
More Brothers Together! Please!
@nightmares06– We definitely have ideas for this AU! Let us know what you might want to see out of the BT verse!
@neonwrite– And I want to let you know that you warmed up my poor lil heart with this one, as the cowriter on the blog with exclusively OCs to offer. Thank you so much! I’m excited to get as many of my characters involved as will be allowed ❤
More compelling AUs with our fav characters 🙂
@nightmares06– Plenty more on the way on all fronts 😉
Season three of brothers apart
@nightmares06– For Science is getting edited while we post Burglary and the next story, and the story afterwards is under construction!
Also did I mention that I’ve been fiddling around with the themes that’ll be in the final Brothers Apart story? Yep, some of that has been written out and will be helping to tie the stories all together.
Season 3 will be the third and final Brothers Apart season, but don’t fear! The other AUs will not end with it.
Jack? Castiel? 🤷🏼♀️
@nightmares06– Cas yes, Jack’s existence is just so contrived and complicated from where BA stands on the Supernatural timeline that he probably won’t ever show up in the series, but maybe in a random short story sometime! I need some inspiration for it, haven’t gotten any just yet.
Anything that is as awesome as what you already do.
@nightmares06– You’re all making me feel so fluffy inside!
Just keep doing what you’re doing! All your stuff is awesome and I will enjoy anything and everything that’s made
@nightmares06– We will for sure! So many plans and stories, so little time.
I really loved Jacob in Wonderland as well as the brief scene where Celeste was making Dean grow. I think there’s a lot of cool potential with more size shifting or more extreme size differences and would love to see that explored more 🙂
@nightmares06– We have a few different style AU ideas on the way, either in the planning stages, or just starting out with writing! Size shifting and size swaps, you’ll be seeing a bunch of this! (Extreme size differences will show up again, but we try and handle this one carefully, like in the extra smol Jacob AU).
@neonwrite– Extreme size difference is definitely a different challenge! It’s fun to figure out how interactions would change, especially when in some cases they’re impossible or extremely unsafe.
Hm, I’m not sure exactly.. I absolutely love your stories of brothers apart and all of it’s amazing AUs! I have to say I really loved your sort of take on an Alice in wonderland theme with Jacob! Maybe some other sort of stories like that could come into play as well?? Like.. maybe various other fairy tales into some aus??
@nightmares06– I had a lot of fun with the Alice in Wonderland/Super Mario Bros spin that was on that story! What kind of fairy tales are you thinking about for us to touch on with these stories?
@neonwrite– Jacob is wary of this suggestion, haha. We definitely enjoyed figuring out how to apply a classic tale to an AU, and it probably won’t be the last time. Definitely interested in hearing which stories people would want to see!
Danger for the smalls!
@nightmares06– Oh dear, someone tell Oscar to hide, quick.
jacob, Sprite, body/mind Swapping
@nightmares06– Jacob won’t know what hit him if he suddenly sprouts wings. What would Bowman do if he suddenly had none
@neonwrite– Oh lord. Bowman would be so miffed about a situation like this, and it’s already been established that he’s not very good at being the tol one. He’d miss his wings so badly, and poor Jacob wouldn’t have any of the coordination he’d need to properly use them. They’d be such a mess and would HAVE to call the brothers in for help.
@neonwrite– Oh gosh! Such a timid little guy up against one of the oddest pairs of humans around. On one hand you have Sherlock, who would intimidate the HECK out of someone like Oscar, and then there’s John, who would probably endear himself to the little guy very quickly. I think they could all get along, somehow. So long as they don’t take his stammering personally.
Definitely more of the brothers together Series. IT Would Also Be Cool To See SOME MORE Of Giant Dean. And maybe even Sammy getting a day off from his curse lol
@nightmares06– We’ll have to get working on our Brothers Together ideas again! Maybe if I have time this summer, when things calm down, I can do some more prompts for that AU and flesh out Sam and Dean’s time together growing up.
Giant Dean 😉
The future certainly holds a lot for smol Sam, whether his curse is cured at the end or not!
Honestly I’m great with whatever you guys roll out, you’re amazing and you should know it. Maybe go get yourself some food, anyway I’d maybe like more AUs, like in your sneak peaks there’s a downsized jacob who was found by his family and a dean breaking into his house.
@nightmares06– How’d you know @neonwrite had trouble remembering to feed herself? Neon, show them the sign you have now!
(also we are pretty pumped for that cute/stress story of Dean and Jacob for sure, I’ll have to go make sure it’s on the top of the ‘need editing’ list!)
@neonwrite– >.> I’ve been called out. It’s true that I have a sign over my computer to remind me to go eat every day.
(You’ve also reminded me that I have some work to do on that particular AU to make sure it’s ready. Thanks!)
More Bowman and Jacob interacting with the Winchesters!
@nightmares06– You bet! There’s plenty more on the way!
In fact, For Science is the first time that Dean and Jacob will meet face-to-face in Brothers Apart! How badly can that first meeting go when they’re both at the same size?!
@neonwrite– It can’t be worse than their first meeting in Brothers Found, in which Dean punched Jacob right to the ground. The kid was wondering how beat up he might be by the end of it. Now they’re best buds!
(That poor kid)
TBH I’m very behind on reading all your stories, and probably won’t make any headway on catching up til school lets out. But one thing I always love is a good snark-off between a tol and a smol, such as when Dean and Bowman newly met in Bothering Bowman. Also Bowman in general. He’s great.
@nightmares06– No worries about being behind! They’ll be there waiting for you when school ends, and we hope to hear what you thought of them when you get the chance!
Dean and Bowman will snark to the moon and back if they’re left to their own devices, that’s for sure.
@neonwrite– Bowman does his best to be as contrary as he can. Especially to humans like Dean. Without a doubt, Bothering Bowman is NOT the last we will see of those two bickering. Thanks so much for this!
More appearances from sean
@nightmares06– Aww, the shy little sweetie! He’d be so flustered to know he has fans out here!
I still am huge trash for big bro Dean and lil lil bro Sam!! Anything with them, hanging with Jacob and bowman will always be a favourite! C:
@nightmares06– The original pair, and always such a fun size combination! You bet we’ll be seeing lots more of them and Jacob/Bowman!
more of the og duo- just sam and dean
@nightmares06– Well, these two will be featured in every story, and there are certainly a few left in BA with just them, but we’ll always have other characters appearing with them, either as main characters or guest appearances, because it’s fun to have some variety!
Brothers Apart 