Welcome to Night Vale/Supernatural, by raven_aorla (G)

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Title: The Future Tense of Fear
Pairing: Gen, background Cecil/Carlos
Length: 625 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: works on AO3
Why this must be read:

The author’s summary: “...is comedy or tragedy. (Or, How Perfect and Wonderful Carlos Humanely Got Rid of Those Two White Guys Who Were Trying to Kill Everyone)”

This story is (a) funny and (b) a trenchant commentary on how the two canons differ in their treatment of race and LGBTQ issues.

“You know, when I look back on my life less than twenty percent of my woes could be attributed to Night Vale in some way. About twenty percent more were happenstance that can happen anywhere. The remaining sixty percent were straight white men. I was starting to forget that."

“The Future Tense of Fear” on AO3

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

People keep telling me I should watch SPN, but after the very first episode had exactly two female characters, both of whom were killed to advance the plot of the straight white men main characters, it's been kinda hard for me to care enough to watch more than just that. So Carlos' comment on straight white men made me smile. :)

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

I keep hoping the showrunners and TPTB of SPN will start doing better in their treatment of women and POC, especially when some of the lead actors have pointed out how badly the show does in terms of representation. Plus, there's the queerbait cha-cha they've got going with Dean Winchester.

So yeah, Carlos's summation is a definite "Right on" moment for me.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I do however, like SPN fic. It's like the series I wanted to watch. :) I've heard later seasons get better than the first, but as I'm not a huge TV person anyway, maybe I'll bother someday but maybe I won't.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

"It's like the series I wanted to watch." -- that is an excellent summation of SPN fanfic.