Ah, okay! I've never read anything in the Supernatural fandom - I don't watch the show! I tried episode one and it scared me too much *g*.
I had very specific inspirations for this one that happened at the same time (a picture and some disturbing news about a local dog fight) but yes, it's definitely a fandom trope *g*. Not only that, variations of it have been done by TV shows such as Being Human (I LOVED what they did with it) and even NCIS itself in a way. Someone also mentioned Birds of Prey which I don't watch but I looked up the episode on Wiki and it sounds very similar. It's definitely a trope - hell, even Star Trek: TOS did it YEARS ago!
Of course my take on it is very Xanthefied. It's what me and a good friend call "old school fanfic" - it's the sort of thing that can only be really DONE in fanfic, partly because it's kind of bonkers *g*. Although thinking about it, it was fairly bonkers when ST:TOS did it!
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I had very specific inspirations for this one that happened at the same time (a picture and some disturbing news about a local dog fight) but yes, it's definitely a fandom trope *g*. Not only that, variations of it have been done by TV shows such as Being Human (I LOVED what they did with it) and even NCIS itself in a way. Someone also mentioned Birds of Prey which I don't watch but I looked up the episode on Wiki and it sounds very similar. It's definitely a trope - hell, even Star Trek: TOS did it YEARS ago!
Of course my take on it is very Xanthefied. It's what me and a good friend call "old school fanfic" - it's the sort of thing that can only be really DONE in fanfic, partly because it's kind of bonkers *g*. Although thinking about it, it was fairly bonkers when ST:TOS did it!