Track 47: Adaptations

Welcome to episode forty-seven of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Mal and Ellen welcome nickelkeep back to the podcast to discuss adaptations of existing media into Destiel fics. Fics include nickelkeep’s Dean and Cas Make a Porno, The Best Judge of Happiness by tsujiharu, Revelation 13 by fullvoid and Fallout: Supernatural by insominia and MaggieMaybe160, plus many more!

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

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains fic spoilers, swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

Our guest: nickelkeep

Nickel publishes their Destiel works as well as for other pairings under nickelkeep on ao3.

Nickel previously joined us in our Track 26: Witch and Familiar.

Other works mentioned:

• A Kissing Story (3,297, G) – inspired by The Princess Bride
• Ye Mongrel Delvers (9778, E) – Blair Witch Project crossover
• (Thank You) For All The Mistakes (10,885, E) – based on Dream Daddy

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Featured fics (timestamps in brackets)

Dean and Cas Make a Porno by nickelkeep [00:05:55]
Published for SPN Media Big Bang 2020, 37k words, E
Art by BeesAreAwesome

Based on Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Life long platonic best friends Dean and Cas are stuck in shit jobs, with no opportunities on the horizon. They’re behind on bills and can’t climb out of the hole of debt they’ve found themselves in. The night of their ten-year high school reunion, they find the water and heat shut off in their apartment. What’s worse, is that at their ten-year reunion, they’re reminded of how far they could have gone and how little they’ve done with their lives.

But, a chance encounter with a pornstar gets Dean’s brain working. What if the answer to all their financial issues is making their porno? Together, Dean and Cas, along with their friends Ash and Charlie, set off to make a porno. However, as Dean and Cas know all too well, luck is never on their side.

With cast and crew, a great script, and support and encouragement, everything seems to goes smoothly. Until Dean and Cas realize they’ve caught feels for each other. Will their sex scene ruin twenty plus years of friendship? Or will it be the catalyst to something more?

Fallout: Supernatural by insominia and MaggieMaybe160 [00:32:00]
Published for SPN Media Big Bang 2021, 50k words, E
Art by Gio
Based on the Fallout video game series

Castiel has one job, and that is to deliver a package to The Strip. Unfortunately, after finding Dean Winchester in the mouth of a dinosaur, what should have taken a few days has taken months. What started as a partnership of circumstance becomes fueled with untold feelings. But to find any kind of happily ever after, Cas and Dean have to push the NCR, demons, and angels from the Mojave Wasteland.

Revelation 13 by fullvoid [00:45:07]
Published in 2022,44k words, E (read the tags)
Art by Hitori Alouette
Based on Silent Hill 4

It’s Dean’s day off, and he’d like to spend it how he always does—by kicking his feet up with a cold one and watching soap operas—not by discovering an enormous, creepy hole in his bathroom wall that definitely wasn’t there when he went to bed last night. But it’s no big deal. He can just patch it up and still devote plenty of time to Dr. Sexy afterward. There is only one problem. He can’t leave his apartment, and there’s a message on his front door written in…is that blood?

And why is it signed by someone named “Cas”?

Things can only get better from here, right?

The Best Judge of Happiness by tsujiharu [01:03:19]
Published for SPNMBB 2023, 72k words, T
Based on Emma by Jane Austen

Dean Winchester lives a simple life in the small town of Oakridge. Life in town isn’t the most exciting, but it’s home. Dean has his friends and his family, and he’s long learned to be content with simple, mundane, and fine.

When a fresh face moves into town, Dean takes it upon himself to introduce the awkward, but devastatingly handsome Castiel to their small community. Castiel seems a little naive, and Dean knows he’s just the person to steer Castiel in the right direction.
What he doesn’t expect is for Castiel’s arrival to shake up his monotonous days, and to open his heart back up to long-lost passions and the possibility of something more.

Based on the movie Emma (2020), a reimagined SPN/Emma fusion with a twist… what if Emma ends up with Harriet instead?

Other recommended fics and links (01:19:36)

Bangs mentioned during discussion:

• SPN Media Big Bang collections:
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2023
• Dean Cas Horror Fest (via Tumblr)
• Dean Cas (Taylor’s Version) Bang (via Tumblr)
• Dean Cas Big Bang (DCBB)

Other fics:

• Shattered Dreams by Darmys (156,362, Explicit) – Anne McCaffrey’s Crystal Singer series
• Lifeforce by Mayalen (5,437, Explicit) – Lifeforce (Movie)
• Giant, Anguish, Danger by MalMuses (73,413, Explicit) – The Ritual
• His Beating Heart by MaggieMaybe160 (38,801, Explicit) – Warm Bodies
• To Spark a Flame by Tobythewise (23,719, Explicit) – The Hunger games
• Sparks Send the Fire by thatpeculiarone (65,222, Mature) – Legend of Zelda: Breath of the
• Wild
• Let’s Talk About That by crowleyhasfeels (20,794, Explicit) – Good Mythical Morning
• Hello, Everyone! by iaoscc (52,441, Explicit) – The Wiggles
• Wish I Could Be by EllenofOz (51,217, Mature) – The Little Mermaid
• Dirty Dancing by supernatural9917 (22,908, Explicit) – Dirty Dancing
• These Hateful Things by allmystars (33,804, Explicit) – 10 Things I Hate About You
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas by lovemuppet (33,025, Explicit) – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• The Monster at the End of This Book by petramacneary (126,512, Explicit) – Pokemon
• One for Sorrow by bleuzombie (20,033, Explicit) – The Crow
• A Crash Course in Computer Safety by followthattardis (85,269, Explicit) – Chuck
• Cinderwings by bendingsignpost (181,619, M) – Cinderella
• True as It Can Be by whelvenwings (71,952, Explicit) – Beauty and the Beast
• A Priori by K_K_TiBal, whelvenwings (306,865, Gen) – Harry Potter
• The Nanny by Kitmistry (119,676, Explicit) – The Nanny
• Sleepless in Lawrence, Kansas by PrinceMalice (50,162, Explicit) – Sleepless in Seattle
• What Lurks Below by CrowleyLovesUSUK (89,558, Explicit) – Lake Placid
• We Bought a New Beginning by chucks_prophet (5,359, Teen) – We Bought a Zoo
• The Haunted Mansion by bookworm0702 (14,891, Teen) – Haunted Mansion
• Carrying the Banner by stargazer1323 (38,031, Gen) – Newsies
• Secrets by whenitstarted (22,781, Explicit) – Secret Window
• Falling Inn Love by MalMuses (58,728, Explicit) – Falling Inn Love
• Beggars Would Ride by tiamatv (118,516, Explicit) – Aladdin
• Don’t Shut Me Down by butterflyslinky (23,730, M) – Mamma Mia
• Not Natural by tfw_cas (38,206, Explicit) – Galaxy Quest
• Supernaturally Divergent by ncdover (23,025, Gen) – Divergent
• The (Un)Buried Past by heylittleangel (53,282, Mature) – John Wick
• Kidnapping, Car Thefts, and Other Hazards of Dating by CrowleyLovesUSUK (79,659, Explicit) – Excess Baggage
• Haunted by Emblue_Sparks (39,826, Teen) – In a Heartbeat
• Someone Alive by themoonandotherslikeit (42,033, Mature) – City of Angels
• Darkness Round the Sun by Castielslostwings (50,417, Explicit) – I Am Legend
• It Was You by Wargurl83 (31,481, Explicit) – Hope Floats
• Mirage by Kitmistry (39,715, Mature) – Mirage
• Cyclone by Wargurl83 (22,307, Teen) – Twister
• Slice of Life by ncdover (30,170, Teen) – Pumpkin Pie Wars
• East Bound and Down by one_more_offbeat_anthem (20140, Explicit) – Smokey and the Bandit
• The Games We Play by Darmys (79,053, Mature) – The Sleeping Dragon
• Legacy by Emblue_Sparks (45,225, Explicit) – Tron: Legacy
• Castiel: The Last Unicorn by GatorGirl2017 (46,833, Gen) – The Last Unicorn
• Little Boxes: A Weeds AU by Bre95611 (106,051, Explicit) – Weeds
• Turn On. Tune In. Sell Out–Wake Up. by Ghoulsnhalos (69,945, Explicit) – The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Comic)
• The Fearless Vampire Hunters by magicaldinosaur (26,536, Explicit) – The Fearless Vampire
• Killers
• The Heart of a Legend by Tossuka (20,194, Mature) – Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• The Garden by TheSilverQueen (34,712, Teen) – Great British Bake Off
• Before Sunshine by tfw_cas (21,665, Explicit) – Before Sunrise
• Take The Money And Run by ncdover (27,109, Explicit) – Uncharted
• One Night at Freddies by TrenchCoat_Paradigm (28,115, Teen) – Five Nights at Freddies
• On the Soul by seasidemeow (23,298, Explicit) – Pawn Stars
• Supernatural Become Human by MaggieMaybe160 (48,802, Mature) – Detroit Become Human
• Lost and Found by haus_seeblick (41,748, Explicit) – A Very Merry Mix Up
• California Vampire Summer by FriendofCarlotta (78,327, Explicit) – The Lost Boys
• Three Princes by someonetoanyone (129,430, Explicit) – Titanic

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