So, what's the thing with Dean/Castiel?

[katikat]

I'm first and foremost a Wincester. I know that it's not everybody's cup of tea but I love it. But these days, a lot of Dean/Castiel stories are popping up. I haven't read any yet because I'm not sure what the "mainstream" in this part of the fandom is. I mean, Wincest? I love stories where Sam and Dean either "switch positions" or Dean's the bottom. There are lotsa stories like that. But I'm not sure about Dean/Castiel...

Does anybody on my flist read Dean/Castiel? What's the main trend in those stories? Dean on top? Castiel on top? Switching? What do you prefer? Do you have favorite stories? I love bottom!Dean fics but I'm not sure if that would fit this pairing...

Comments

[ixchel55.livejournal.com]

You know, when Castiel first showed up I was kind of in to the thought of Dean/Castiel (not as a replacement for Dean/Sam, that's not gonna happen), but as an occasional side dish. But I haven't really been interested in reading any of the stories. Not negative about them, just not interested. Probably sometime in the future they'll tickle my fancy, but not now.

And I think I'm one of the few people I know that truly doesn't have a preference as for who tops - Sam or Dean. I prefer equal opportunity guys - makes for many more variations - but if a story is all top!Sam or top!Dean, it's all good with me as long as the story is decently written.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I think that for me, Dean/Sam will always be the Nr. 1 pairing in this fandom. With their screwed up lives, it might actually fit.

But my main problem with Dean/Castiel was that I didn't understand the dynamics of the pairing, what I would prefer. Though it's true that Castiel is very protective of Dean, when Dean's in danger Castiel actually kicks ass. And I could get behind that ;)