SPN/Criminal Minds crossover - a fic rec.

[layne67]

This Bitter Earth by art_savage. Gen, rating R, 12477 words.

Summary:The Winchesters and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate the same case, a series of mysterious deaths on the grounds of a South Carolina plantation.

I've only just started watching Criminal Minds only recently and I loved the three episodes that I've seen so far. So I was delighted when I saw art_savage posting this SPN / Criminal Minds crossover fic.

And it's awesome. It's thrilling with edge-of-the-seat suspense and the characterizations are perfect. It'd help if you had seen CM but the story'd work even if you hadn't. But if you had, then Morgan was HOT in it!

It's set during season 4. Dean's dealing as best as he could with the knowledge of Sam's "outings" with Ruby when a distraction came by way of a case. Their paths crossed with the Feds' and they became the prime suspects and had their old files opened up. Spiced up with old Southern history, this is a fabulous and exciting read and it felt like watching an episode of SPN with special appearances by the CM team. A must-read!

Comments

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Thomas Gibson, right? :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

No no no :D

Gibson plays Hotch. Morgan is the extremely hot ( and buff! ) black guy :DD

[dev-earl.livejournal.com]

*pokes* Lazarus Rising tonight on AXN. You in?

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh God YES!!!! And the promos are quite awesome, ya?

[dev-earl.livejournal.com]

Not really. Haha. They ALWAYS spoil people with no reason. I never like ANY of the promos we get. :|

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

Criminal Minds can be quite awesome at times! I watched it regularly from the beginning, then hardly watched any of it last season, because I just had too many other things to watch. I started again this season, and it's been really good again. And yes, Morgan is hot, though Reid is still my favorite. I can't help it, I just usually go for the geeks. :)

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh I adore Reid too!!! Btw, he's Dr Reid, right? Is he a medical doctor?

The first episode that I saw was the one where Garcia was shot. I thought that one was so chilling!

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

Here's the relevant bits on Reid. The Dr. stands for three doctorates! A lot of the rest of the background info there is very spoilery, and might be best seen rather than told:

FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid:
Played by Matthew Gray Gubler, Doctor Reid is a genius who graduated from a Las Vegas public high school at age 12. He is almost always introduced as Dr. Reid, even as the others are introduced as S.S.A. 'blank'. In episode 4×08 it was revealed that he holds PhDs in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Engineering, BAs in Psychology and Literature, and is working on a BA in Philosophy. He has an IQ of 187, an eidetic memory that applies mostly to things he has read (he is shown to occasionally forget things he has heard, such as "that new tech girl's name" in a flashback from 3x18 Tabula Rasa), and can read 20,000 words per minute.

Yeah, love them geeks!

That episode with Garcia (whom I also adore) was really intense! I like Morgan, but the rest of the team are too cold for my tastes. Very professional, excellent at their jobs, but I just don't care much for their personalities.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Heheh, the subtitles continue to amaze me - jembalang! FTW!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I haven't so far "bonded" with the girls yet, except Garcia. Unlike the girls in Bones - I immediately love the other two female characters, other than Bones I mean.

I've no idea which season they're showing right now. What season was it, the shot!Garcia episode?

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

I meant to say, the other stuff on Reid, that I didn't copy, is he really spoilery stuff.

I really don't like the other girls on the show. Prentiss was a replacement for...can't think of her name, but an equally distant female team member. Garcia seems like the only one with a real, honest-to-God life, even if it's more of a fangirl life than an average girl life, if you know what I mean. In that Garcia is into fantasy and sci-fi and computers and impossible crushes on hot guys. I love her "relationship" with Morgan, and the way he humors her. He really does love her, just not quite the way she feels about him. Apparently the flirting came about because the actor and actress started goofing around in between takes, or during table reads or something, teasing each other with the nicknames and flirting, and the writers picked up on it.

There's a great episode which has Reid and Garcia going out on a not-date, just hanging around together, and it's cute and sweet, till a case gets in the way.

The ep where Garcia was shot (it was a two-parter) is not quite half-way through Season 3. We've just seen the second episode of Season 5 here, so you're a little past the mid-point of the series so far.

I can see the various slash combos, because the team members do become rather enmeshed with each other, but I'm not into it enough to want to read the stories, unless it's a friend writing them. I do want to check out the various cross-overs with SPN. I'm trying to recall the name of a really long one that was very good. When I think of it I'll give you the name and author, and post a link if I can. It's a gen story, many chapters, but very well done.

ETA: It's "Defect" by kikkimax and it's 17 parts. There's a sequel called "Hell and Back" which I haven't read yet. Here's the link to the cross-over community's post...keep scrolling down the page till you get to the first part of "Defect". You might have to keep going back to that page to get to the next parts, but maybe it's posted differently on her journal.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

So far I haven't got any slash vibes between any of the male characters yet but maybe it's still too early for me to "get" it. Unlike Sam/Dean which was there from the get go!!

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the SPN slash at first, probably because I've always been really opposed to any of the incest pairings in various fandoms. It's just the dynamic between these particular brothers that works for me. But I think when I got more into the online fandom, that's when I was more open to the potential. And then it was right there, plain as day! :)