The group is now 75 people strong and each member has a task and a purpose. With a list of useful supplies, armaments, uniforms, amulets, and medical supplies required for their mission, they eagerly share their finds, and the thread now sits at 753 pages. There’s a special thread to post and review research material, including fanfics, info on books, movies, spells, exorcisms, crystals and gemstones, paranormal creatures, or just about anything designed to help get their hero out of the pit. The library of information about the supernatural presented here is staggering, and I hope it stays available in the future for the good of others once they succeed in their mission. Researching for this fandom is too hard otherwise. All the content is worthwhile for review, and quite fascinating if paranormal is your thing.
There are offices for Covert Intel, Paranormal/Supernatural, Research and Development, Covert Ops, Special Investigations, Medical Corp, and Weapons and Armory. They are even holding “War Room” sessions, aka online meetings, where all their efforts can be shared and coordinated. They’ve even gone as far as to offer numerous banners containing their group moniker for the members to use on their posts, each featuring attractive poses of our favorite doomed soul. No detail has been left out.
So, after all this, what’s the objective? To use all their resources to create recon scenarios. The scenarios must be submitted by September 11, and will be voted on until September 17. The winning recon scenario will be the Brigade’s official plan to save Dean. So, to everyone in the Brigade, I salute you, and wish you Godspeed on your mission to bring our boy home safe.
There are also a couple of large recurring fan fiction projects. The first is the Virtual Seasons on Supernatural TV. These “episodes” were started back in 2006, and are going strong today in its third season. I’ve only had a chance to read a few, but I like what I’ve seen. The series features multiple writers, and the content stays fresh and intriguing.
Article comments
1 - terri
I just bid on the Supernatural script for S3 Finale.
Wish me luck!
terri
2 - Drew E.
Sweet! Thanks, Alice for the Sam comments. New episodes will begin airing next Friday at 9 o'clock pm up through September 12th or 19th. Haven't decided if we'll air 1.08 the day after Supernatural premieres and then take another hiatus or take the hiatus first and push the airing of 1.08 back. Whichever we choose, I'll let you know.
Thanks again,
Drew
3 - Cindi
Thanks for the news on Citytv losing the rights to Supernatural. I was actually about to have a friend make me a banner to promote the show on City! I sure hope that SunTV is picking it up, since we don't get the CW here...
Great, fun article as always, Alice!
4 - cassi
Hi Alice, I really admire you for staying spoiler-free! I'm just too curious to stop reading sides. The discussions and speculations with other fans is great. Sometimes it turns nasty but most of the time it's really just sharing thoughts and ideas.
Fan-fiction is definitely a great way to survive the summer hiatus. Especially after the last awesome season finale, there have been a lot of great stories. I just can recommend the Virtual season on supernatural.tv, it's really as awesome as reading the transcriptions of the real SPN episodes.
Another way to see the boys in a new light are the fanvideos on youtube. Just imagine Sam and Dean with chipmunk voices or as Pinky and the Brain. It's different, it's new but it's still SPN. Or the great SPN drinking game, it's hilarious!
Do I have to mention that I'm really excited about your review about AHBL?! ;)
5 - cassi
I forgot! Reading great reviews : ) is also a way to spend the time during the long summer hiatus.
6 - Mary (Bardicvoice)
Great listing of available hiatus distractions, Alice. Thanks for all the attention, as usual! I'm doing things for 41 Days of Metallicar and having a blast. My fic-writing engine has really tuned up ... I even took on writing a brutally frank coda to episode 3.16, No Rest For the Wicked, to try to prepare myself for season four. September 18 can't come soon enough!
7 - vichi
Hi Alice, great to read your comments on that. I have just one question. You said that there is a petition for bringing Supernatural in Romania and I searched everywhere but I didn't find it. I really want to sign that petition to bring the boys to my country for the 2nd and 3rd season(we already had the first one) and hoping we'll have the DVD's released here. I feel so sad for not finding that petition. Hope you can help me!
8 - vichi
Yeap, now I feel stupid for asking you that...I just find the petition...so now I'll sign it. Thanks anyway:)
9 - Kate
Hey, thanks for the rundown of all the exciting things happening in fandom! It's really exciting this month, in the runup to DVDs and BluRay and Season 4...not to mention Eyecon in September (OMG, so stoked!).
I thought you might be interested in this too: My best friend and I are doing fangirl audio commentary tracks for all aired episodes of Supernatural. It basically works like a podcast that you synch up with your DVD. We're currently on our "Episode 11 of S. 2" hiatus, but we're halfway through S. 2 with plans to finish that before s. 4 starts. Here's a link: Tin Hats & Belfry Bats
10 - VampySix
Thanks, Alice, for the sweet words and awesome review of our fandom, Bust Dean Outta Hell Brigade. The Brigade was really excited about your comments. So was I for that matter. I didn't realize I ran the Brigade like a military invasion as well as I did. Most days I feel like I have little to no control over my Soldiers. LOL. Seriously, they are a great group of members over at the Brigade and they deserved your accolades for all their time and effort they put into and are still putting into saving Dean. Their creativity continually amazes me.
We're still accepting members, by the way, over at Bust Dean Outta Hell Brigade. Yes, that was a shameless plug for more members to bust Dean out of hell. We need all the firepower we can get. ;-) So, if anyone is interested, following Alice's link on the first page. We'll be excited to add you to our group and you'll be warmly welcomed.
Thanks again, Alice, for your blog on the fandom. I enjoy reading your blog and am glad we have blogs like yours to read up on our favorite topic, the Winchester Brothers.
11 - Emma
Hey Alice,
Another great review.
Here in Oz we are trying to get a Supernatural con of our own, wish us luck. Also, I hope the Australian networks fast-track new Supernatural episodes down here pronto or they may find a Supernatural riot on their hands.
You mentioned all the fanfiction flowing in this year's hiatus and wanted to alert people to my Tales From The Krip series. It follows the fictional adventures of Eric Kripke. Episodes 1-3 are available on my live journal page and I will continue to post new ones of a weekly basis.
I have also started a facebook and myspace group called Kripke's Army to support the show so remember to join
Love Emma
Sydney Australia
Member of Kripke's Army
12 - Heather
HOW did I miss those pictues? HOW!?!?! *runs to look* thank you!