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© BlindSomnium (Sam) & Joanna Lee (please read the full disclaimer below)

I’m near the finish line for the new (gigantic) chapter ofFamily Secrets (it’s my longest update yet). I’m publishing this week, hopefully before the weekend but realistically, it’ll probably happen during the weekend. I’m sharing in this post all the art that I’ve commissioned specifically for Family Secrets in 2019 and this year, and that was drawn beautifully and gorgeously (and with so much heart) by Blind Sominium or Sam, so I can link to them from AO3.

These art pieces will appear throughout the new chapter on AO3. Some of them are conceptual, on theme with the Lupercalia – with Dean’s sketches channeling the god Faunus and Sam’s channeling Pan to symbolize the Greek and Roman gods honored at the Lupercalia festival, hence the horns. (Remember that in “Family Secrets” the Campbells and the Winchesters are both traditional but follow different denominations that are rooted in different mythologies). 

If you’ve read Family Secrets, you know this is all symbolic. The story is not fantasy per se and there are no “creatures” in the story (it’s not a creature-fic!). The ancient god motifs present in the Lupercalia are used for inspiration and to signify different spiritual beliefs and traditions within the AU world of FS, but it’s all surface stuff – no different than Mardi Gras being a festival that precedes Lent but that still has balls and floats that honor Bacchus, the Greek god of wine. The Lupercalia is just a tiny step above that in the sense that the coming-of-age festival is less rooted in Christianity and is rather built around ancient Greek and Roman mythologies that are at home with human nature as half beast and half man, both divine and earthly. 

I hate adding watermarks on original artwork because it ruins the look, imo, and takes away from the experience. So please share courteously and consciously, within the parameters outlined below, honoring the artist through respecting their copyright.

I can’t wait to share the new chapter with you and hear your feedback. I pray that you enjoy reading it too.

Full art credits and copyright disclaimer: 

Original art/sketches: @BlindSomnium aka Sam. Find the artist on Instagram,Twitter, and Patreon. 

Art commissioned by: Joanna Lee - @SlashPiper on Twitter - in 2019 and 2022.

Cover art/Poster design: Joanna Lee with @BlindSomnium’s art.

Disclaimer: The © copyright of all original artwork belongs to Blind Somnium (aka Sam). The poster’s and remixes’ belong to Blind Somnium/Sam and this author, Joanna Lee. Please respect intellectual property rights. Please do not download the art; do not re-share on any other site without credit and a link to this tumblr account and/or my AO3 profile; do not copy or plagiarize or remix and/or re-use in any shape or form. Feel free to re-blog as is via tumblr, Twitter or IG (as long as it’s shared by either me or Sam, not a third party). 

The good news? You’re getting about a 20K-word update (triple the size of a regular chapter). The bad news? You might have to wait a couple more days for it. xx

For those who asked for a link to my master fanfic Family Secrets for which this art has been created by the wonderful Blind Somnium (Sam), here you go, starting with chapter One: https://archiveofourown.org/works/3712990/chapters/8219830

Summary: AU/ When Dean Winchester presents as an Alpha, he starts desiring Sam, the ‘mother’ who bore him, developing incestuous feelings for him and becoming territorial and possessive. 

Lust soon turns into a soul-crushing brand of love that’s not unrequited. Both Sam and Dean get caught in each other’s sexual orbits and can’t seem to get enough of the other. When he turns 16, Dean finally fucks him. If it were up to Dean, he’d dethrone his dad and marry Sam. But life isn’t this simple and there’s so much on the line.

Genre: M/M, drama, romance, plot-heavy, plenty of porn with (lots of) feelings.

Art Copyright: @Blind Somnium (Sam) - commissioned by Joanna Lee.

Disclaimer: Feel free to reblog as is via tumblr. But please don’t remix, edit, or copy the art. Do not download and share without explicit permission from either @blindsomnium-blog (Sam) and myself @joannaleeuniverse (Joanna Lee), crediting both of us, and linking to this post and/or Family Secrets on AO3. 

Here’s my reference board (in case you need a visual guide in terms of Sam’s vs Dean’s looks) for the new chapter of Family Secrets, “Black Hole Sun” and this phase in general (Dean from years 16-18, though looks a little older thanks to his alpha nature, and Sam in mid thirties). 

This is what I imagine they look like during this juncture. 

I’ll elaborate more in chapter notes :) See you on AO3 this weekend! (it’s finally happening, baby!) 

Copyright: All are pictures and screenshots from the TV shows Supernatural, Dark Angel, and the movie Devour. Rights belong to the creators of the above works not me. I’m just borrowing, with credit. 

© BlindSomnium (Sam) & Joanna Lee (please read the full disclaimer below)

I’m near the finish line for the new (gigantic) chapter ofFamily Secrets (it’s my longest update yet). I’m publishing this week, hopefully before the weekend but realistically, it’ll probably happen during the weekend. I’m sharing in this post all the art that I’ve commissioned specifically for Family Secrets in 2019 and this year, and that was drawn beautifully and gorgeously (and with so much heart) by Blind Sominium or Sam, so I can link to them from AO3.

These art pieces will appear throughout the new chapter on AO3. Some of them are conceptual, on theme with the Lupercalia – with Dean’s sketches channeling the god Faunus and Sam’s channeling Pan to symbolize the Greek and Roman gods honored at the Lupercalia festival, hence the horns. (Remember that in “Family Secrets” the Campbells and the Winchesters are both traditional but follow different denominations that are rooted in different mythologies). 

If you’ve read Family Secrets, you know this is all symbolic. The story is not fantasy per se and there are no “creatures” in the story (it’s not a creature-fic!). The ancient god motifs present in the Lupercalia are used for inspiration and to signify different spiritual beliefs and traditions within the AU world of FS, but it’s all surface stuff – no different than Mardi Gras being a festival that precedes Lent but that still has balls and floats that honor Bacchus, the Greek god of wine. The Lupercalia is just a tiny step above that in the sense that the coming-of-age festival is less rooted in Christianity and is rather built around ancient Greek and Roman mythologies that are at home with human nature as half beast and half man, both divine and earthly. 

I hate adding watermarks on original artwork because it ruins the look, imo, and takes away from the experience. So please share courteously and consciously, within the parameters outlined below, honoring the artist through respecting their copyright.

I can’t wait to share the new chapter with you and hear your feedback. I pray that you enjoy reading it too.

Full art credits and copyright disclaimer: 

Original art/sketches: @BlindSomnium aka Sam. Find the artist on Instagram,Twitter, and Patreon. 

Art commissioned by: Joanna Lee - @SlashPiper on Twitter - in 2019 and 2022.

Cover art/Poster design: Joanna Lee with @BlindSomnium’s art.

Disclaimer: The © copyright of all original artwork belongs to Blind Somnium (aka Sam). The poster’s and remixes’ belong to Blind Somnium/Sam and this author, Joanna Lee. Please respect intellectual property rights. Please do not download the art; do not re-share on any other site without credit and a link to this tumblr account and/or my AO3 profile; do not copy or plagiarize or remix and/or re-use in any shape or form. Feel free to re-blog as is via tumblr, Twitter or IG (as long as it’s shared by either me or Sam, not a third party).