Jensen's directorial debut mentioned...

... In CBS' article (together with other actors' stints in the director's chair):

Jensen Ackles never thought about directing an episode of his show, The CW’s Supernatural, until the late veteran director Kim Manners mentioned it. “In the first season of the show, he said to me, ‘You’re gonna direct one of these,’ ” Ackles recalls. “I said, ‘Oh, OK, Kim. Yeah, sure.’ He said, ‘You will. And when you do that, I’ll be right there.’ ”

It took another five years, but Ackles eventually directed this season’s “Weekend at Bobby’s.” The episode focused on two of the show’s more minor characters, Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver) and Crowley (Mark Sheppard), as Singer struggles to come up with a way to trick the demonic Crowley to give him back his ransomed soul.

Again, the actor’s longtime professional relationship with his cast mates paid off when it came to directing Beaver on the set. “There’s a very kind relationship he and I have built over the past several seasons,” Ackles says. “He basically showed up and said, ‘Tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it. Whatever I can do to help, I will. I’m here for you.’ ”

Like most directors, Ackles also had a hand in casting the guest actors in the episode. So when it came time to figure out who would do the voice for the TV newscaster Bobby Singer is listening to, it was a no-brainer: Ackles’ veteran voiceover-actor father, Alan Ackles. “I saw ‘Newscaster’ in the script, and I knew, ‘Well, that’s easy. My dad can phone that in.’ And he literally did. He phoned it in from the studio in his house in Texas, sitting in his bathrobe, sipping his coffee.”

Yes, I'm pretty much determined to post as much positive stuff about Supernatural as I can find. I'm sick and tired of seeing this show dragged through the mud! SPN FTW! *pumps fist*

Finally! Neal and his Nazi treasure!

Treasure came from looting of Leningrad art & museums during Barbarossa, same as music box. Moz & Neal know it's not blood art. Link

Can we now PLEASE move on from this particular nonsense? Why do people ALWAYS assume the worst? For Christ's sake...

Fic rec: X-Men: First Class - kinkmeme

1stclass_kink is devouring my life, seriously! So many awesome fics. I decided to rec some here, mostly for my own purposes, though - it's really hard to bookmark a multi-parter comment fic. So, I'll be linking all parts in one entry in my own LJ and then bookmarking it in my delicious account, it'll be easier that way - I think...

Let's start with...

"Fear Death by Water" by anon | Charles/Erik | Hank screws up. Charles and Erik get hot for each other. | Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | Status: completed

"Always the optimist." Erik's hair is still damp, like Charles' own, though he's combed it back into his usual style. A few stray strands curve over the shell of Erik's ear and when Charles takes a breath he realizes he can smell him, a mixture of soap and humidity and cologne.

"You say that like it's an affliction," Charles says, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"I prefer to be pleasantly surprised on occasion rather than disappointed consistently," Erik says.

What a delightful fic! Humorous and hot and Charles and Erik's banter is spot on!

Fic rec: X-Men: First Class - kinkmeme

Untitled by anon | Erik/Charles | It's not that he means to do it, definitely not, but he just can't help it, each time Erik fucks him, long and hard, pounding him into with so much force and whispering all those filthy things to his ear, or sometimes to his mind only, Charles can't control his emotions nor his feelings and projects his pleasure pretty much everywhere. | Parts: 1, 2 | Status: completed

Charles tips his head back to let Erik bite more easily at his throat, spreading his legs wider with a low groan. There’s still that edge to Erik’s thoughts when he’s like this, hot and heavy and rutting breathlessly between Charles’s thighs, but...

“You think too much,” Erik mutters, teeth grazing the lobe of Charles’s ear. “I can almost hear you.”

This is so hot my computers screen was melting when I was reading it... *fans herself*