After 2.5 years and 56 drawings, my “super. natural.” project is complete. Each piece combines something that symbolizes a character from Supernatural with flowers/plants that match their personality or story arc, and a quote or lyric. The finished product is available in paperback on Amazon. I can't wait for you to see this, and I'm so thankful for the journey these doodles have led me on.
The West Wing + The Onion headlines (?/?)
Would you like to win this or other awesome prizes?!
Not going to lie, Gotham Knights’ cancellation hit me hard. It was so clear how much of themselves the writing team poured into the story, especially Natalie, and the last episode where Sharper went canon and Steph came out reflected my own experiences in a really visceral way that meant a LOT to see play out on cable TV.
I’m sure it’s partially because of how much the cast & production team have interacted with the fandom (I’ve never had a show creator reply to my tweets or care to talk to me personally before 🥺) so I felt pretty gutted by this show getting tabled.
With the strike still hot, I don’t think a rescue campaign will do much at the moment, so I thought I might try and spread positivity another way. I’ve had this raffle in the planning stages for a while, I wanted to celebrate my newest original book release by giving back, which is why I had these signed.
Between GK and Misha’s demining campaign for U24 & Legacy of War in Ukraine losing a bit of steam, it feels like as good a time to put it out there.
My personal goal is to raise $1k for Misha’s demining fundraiser! I would love to make that happen.
This raffle is easy: donate $5 or more to that effort, send me a receipt, and be entered to win. You can also donate to Random Acts and get a second entry.
Donations must be NEW! Receipts dated from now to the end of the raffle. The goal is to boost the fundraiser!
All the info/links are here:
Prizes (max one prize per person):
2 will each win a copy of Enchanted Ink signed by Misha Collins & Jensen Ackles
1 will win an Enchanted Ink author-signed book bundle with all of the release merch!
Several will win an author-signed copy of the book!
1 will win a Misha-signed “Wildflowers” art print from @valderie and Spotted Hound Design
1 will win @dustyl’s Misha-signed “Big Demining Energy” poster!
U.S. residents only due to shipping costs. If you are IA and willing to pay shipping or would like to donate your win to a U.S. resident, that is also fine, but please check shipping costs before committing—they are higher than you think.
There is a video on my TikTok explaining the raffle in detail, or if by some chance you’d just like to grab the book or merch, you can find that info here:
Linktr.ee/castielslostwings
PLEASE boost this if you see it! 🥺
I would greatly appreciate the support in making this a success ❤️
You’re invited to the Spotted Hound Art Club! Get HQ downloads, access to a private community, monthly stickers, and more. Join at patreon.com/valderie or ko-fi.com/valderie
If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal. I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me you can call me Al.
oh this is absolutely my favourite! — https://twitter.com/valderie/status/1647815608111644675?s=46&t=eTIYBJflezjsZxlN-TlYeQ
she was so so right for this. as is danneel of course
Oh look. It’s me and my photo op. This shirt is available on my site at spottedhound.redbubble.com
Misha Collins and Darius Marder thanking everyone for coming out tonight
got to watch the premiere of Gotham Knights with Misha Collins and Darius Marder and it was the most delightful of times.
Hey there, I went to reread Enchanted Ink earlier today, and was very worried to find that it was in an unrevealed collection (after a bit of searching, I realised it was a collection you made, which is definitely a relief) and was wondering if you have a pdf or copy of Enchanted Ink somewhere around that you’d be willing to pass on?
Hi friend!!
Yes! Enchanted Ink is being published as original fiction soon, but fear not! I am my own archive, and fics will always be available to anyone who wants them, I promise. For right now, I have every fic in all of their various downloadable forms available in my discord (and many are still on ao3, ofc), and they will stay there.
The discord started as a community and way to safely distribute the links to my typeset fics, and those are all there as well—I currently have 12 different stories available in print PLUS the original Fire & Ice, and this is relevant because soon, Enchanted Ink will be up as well. I am rewriting and expanding it, which is why I took the short version down, though it’s on my discord in its original form. The discord will be getting free access to the expanded Destiel version of Enchanted Ink in ebook form as well as the option to grab the print Destiel version (with gio’s art on the cover) before the original drops. There will also likely be tattoo-related merch :-D
Very, very sorry for this long-winded reply and for hijacking your question 💀 I haven’t made a Tumblr post about this yet and wanted to explain. I don’t ever want to prevent people from reading my original fics, but I would prefer the removed ones (currently just Enchanted Ink and Fire & Ice) to be distributed through me, especially because I’m rewriting them and the old versions aren’t the best ones.
Down the road I will definitely be willing to DM/distribute any/all for free, but I’m disabled and struggling to make ends meet right now, and I need to help my book launches be successful! I’m self-published and working really hard to try and create a bit of an income stream. I am still actively publishing new fanfics, and I really want to—this will allow me to continue doing so! There’s no obligation to stay in the Ko-fi/discord, either. You can grab your stuff and cancel right away, if you like. This is pretty much the smallest gate I could make.
If you do happen to see my fics being archived or distributed elsewhere, I didn’t consent to that, though obviously sharing a fic between friends is always kosher 🥰 this is a tough line to walk, and I can’t force anybody to respect me or my wishes, I can only ask. ❤️
listen to robin (especially if you are a mod for certain servers who don't give a shit about authorial consent)
4.18 - The Monster at the End of This Book - for DESTIEL’S 2ND ANNIVERSARY EVENT by @destiversary - Day 1: Season 4
7.17 - The Born-Again Identity - for DESTIEL’S 2ND ANNIVERSARY EVENT by @destiversary - Day 4: Season 7
Back in October I had the immense joy of speaking with @astralspock of @queeringthingspod for their special episode on the power of fandom. Tuck in, because we don’t just discuss Supernatural! https://queeringthingspodcast.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/bonus-why-lamp-an-exploration-on-the-power-of-fandom/
Thank you again for having me 💕🫶🏻🎙👻
Misha is the sweetest and also a little shit. What menaces.
Great set at Starland Ballroom! Recording turned out real good too. They played pretty much all of my favorites.
