Fic: A Grand Sneer - Master Post (SPN/Discworld BigBang)

[moragmacpherson]

Title: A Grand Sneer
Author:moragmacpherson 
Crossover: Supernatural/Discworld
Disclaimer: Supernatural is the property of Eric Kripke, the CW, and their associated corporate entities.  Discworld belongs to Sir Terry Pratchett.  No infringement is intended.
Type: Gen
Word Count: 35,379
Characters/Pairings: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, ensemble Discworld cast. If you absolutely must know: (skip) From Supernatural: Castiel, Lucifer, Gabriel, Zachariah, Michael. From Discworld: the Librarian, Nobby Nobbs, Sgt. Detritus, Sgt. Angua, Sam Vimes, Lu-Tze, Cheery Littlebottom, Captain Carrot, Archchancellor Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, Lord Vetinari, Lady Sybil Vimes nee Ramkin, Young Sam, Moist Von Lipwig, Jim "Leadpipe" Upwright, Shawn Ogg, Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Tiffany Aching, the Nac Mac Feegle
Content: Language, smoking, drinking, sexual innuendo, action, adventure, absurdity, comedy, angst
Spoilers: Through "Sam, Interrupted," (5.11) for Supernatural, through Unseen Academicals for Discworld
Artist: angelicfoodcake 
Link to Art:  Art Master Post  (Warning!  While the art is spectacular, it contains major spoilers for the end of the story.)
Summary: While hunting in a library, Dean slips into L-space and runs all the way to the Discworld.  Getting home is going to take a little more effort.
Author’s Notes:  More extensive ones may be produced upon request; for now, I just want to thank my wonderful betas:fish_echo , reapertownusa , and booster17, as well as angelicfoodcake, whose art took my breath away.  Written for the 2010 sncross_bigbang -- and I also need to thank the moderators of that community for putting this whole thing together and inspiring the object of my obsession for the last five months.

Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six
Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Epilogue

The story can also be read as a single file at Archive of Our Own via this link: [Single File Link].  If you'd like to have an e-book version of the story, amothea was kind enough to create .epub, .lrf, and .mobi versions of the story: [.epub link] [.lrf link ]  [.mobi link]

Soundtrack

Liner notes (with spoilers!) can be found here: Liner Notes link.

1. "Can't Find My Way Home" - Blind Faith
   
2. "Nowhere to Run" - Martha and the Vandellas
   
3. "In Cairo" - Hot Hot Heat
   
4. "Holier Than Thou" - Metallica
   
5. "Manic Depression" - Jimi Hendrix
   
6. "Just Dropped In" - Kenny Rogers
   
7. "I'm So Tired" - The Beatles
   
8. "Perfect Disguise" - Modest Mouse
   
9. "I'm Waiting For the Man" - David Bowie
   
10. "(Nothing But) Flowers" - Talking Heads
    
11. "Letting the Cables Sleep" - Bush
    
12. "The Outsider" - A Perfect Circle
    
13. "October" - Broken Bells
    
14. "One Way Out" The Allman Brothers
    
15. "Ramble On" - Led Zeppelin
    
16. "My Mathematical Mind" - Spoon
    
17. "Big Indian" - The Dandy Warhols



Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Just read it through in one session, enjoyed it immensely even though I'm not very familiar with Supernatural.

[moragmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh good - it was hard to balance my desire to put in little allusions to both canons with the need to make it comprehensible to readers familiar with only one. I'm so happy to hear that you liked it, thank you for reviewing.

Also, given the ending of the story, your icon is made of win.

[caffienekitty]

Loved this! I printed it out to read offline and I've recced it to some friends, I hope you don't mind. Thank you for writing this!

[moragmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I'm of course terribly offended that you enjoyed my story enough to encourage others to read it. For shame. ;-)

Seriously though, wow, thank you so much, both for commenting and for giving it good press. The most frequent comment I've gotten about this story is, "I wasn't going to read this because I thought it was going be horribly crack-y, but then it wasn't," so I really appreciate people encouraging others to give my odd little crossover a shot.

[greenet.livejournal.com]

Okay, this was awesome! I loved Ankh-Morpork from Dean's point of view, and I thought the chapter headings were really nifty!

[moragmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for commenting, I'm really glad you enjoyed the story. As to the headings, are you referring to the gorgeous banners that angelicfoodcake made for me, or to the silly LJ-cuts that I tend to think of as Easter-eggs (I had made them early in the editing process and was about to ditch them entirely before I realized I needed cut texts)? Also, out of sheer curiosity, do you know if this got recced someplace recently that I don't know about? No comments for two weeks and all of a sudden I've had six in the last four days. Not that I'm complaining. ;-)

[greenet.livejournal.com]

I meant the banners! I thought they were really lovely and fitted the different chapters really well.

I don't know if it's been recced, but I found a link to it on del.icio.us, which might explain it?

[(Anonymous)]

YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN.

THIS WAS A CROSSOVER THAT I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED UNTIL NOW.

MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS
IN ONE BEAUTIFUL THING

YOU ARE A GOOD EGG, FRIEND.

BLESS YOU.