Down to Agincourt

Down to Agincourt (often shortened to DtoA or DtA) is an epic-length canon-divergent Supernatural fanfiction series by Seperis. It is set in the post-apocalyptic "Endverse", a parallel reality featured in Supernatural season 5 episode 4, "The End", and focuses on the pairing of Dean Winchester/Castiel (Destiel). The fanfiction diverges from "The End" when canon-universe Dean is trapped with Endverse Castiel and his group of survivors. Rather than returning to his own universe like in episode canon, Dean decides to join their fight.
The fanfiction is noted for having its own "micro-fandom" that creates fanworks, runs a subreddit, and organizes events such as challenges.
The series is known among fans for its literary tone, expansive worldbuilding, plot twists, and well-written OCs, as well as being extremely slow burn, in a way that one commenter remarked "gives new meaning to the word". As of January 2024, the series has nearly 6,000 comments on AO3. It is often recced and sometimes considered a must read in Destiel fandom. In academia, Agincourt has been analyzed as a case of transmedia spin-off and a source of renewed interest in fanbinding and book arts.Stein, L. (2018). Of Spinoffs and Spinning Off. In A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies, P. Booth (Ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119237211.ch25Jacobs, Naomi and Lowe, JSA (2022) "The Design of Printed Fanfiction: A Case Study of Down to Agincourt Fanbinding," Proceedings from the Document Academy: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 , Article 5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/9/1/5
The title comes from a fanpoem about Shakespeare's play Henry V: "Harry Takes the Field" by Bratfarrar. From the series description on AO3:
==The Series==
While technically a WIP, the author has stated in private communication that the series, which will eventually be comprised of eight books, has already been completed in advance of its release. The series was last updated on August 20, 2020.
* Map of the World
* It's the Stars that Lie
* A Thousand Lights in Space
* The Game of God began posting in August 2015. As of December 2020, it is three chapters away from completion (25/28 chapters posted).
seperis also posted the first section of The Game of God Chapter 24 to Tumblr on December 25, 2017.
===The Forever King===
seperis posted an AU of their own series - specifically a spin-off of Chapter 10 of A Game of God - called The Forever King. It currently has three installments, posted between December 2015 and December 2018:
* The Once and Future King (prequel to In the Hall of the Mountain King)
* In the Hall of the Mountain King
* All the King's Men
All three are completed oneshots. In the Tumblr post for All the King's Men, seperis talked about how much fun they had with it, writing,
==Reactions and Reviews==
==Fanworks and Fan Activity==
Down to Agincourt has inspired a fanwork collection on AO3.
Fans of the series, calling themselves Agincourt Agitators Anonymous (A3), also have a tumblr page, a twitter account, and a subreddit for discussion, as well as an annual competition called the Camp Chitaqua Games, named after the fictitious Kansas location of the story.
seperis frequently interacts with Down to Agincourt fans on Tumblr, answering fan questions and providing extra detail about the series, as well as reblogging fanworks for the series. These posts (as well as their own posts of fic installments) are collected under a Down to Agincourt tag.
In the vein of Dracula Daily, Agincourt Daily was launched in 2022.Welcome to Agincourt Daily by lu, posted to the Agincourt Daily Substack 29 June 2022. (Accessed 09 January 2024.)
===Related Fanworks===
* Scenes from Down to Agincourt by TKodami. - fanart
* Book covers for Down to Agincourt by Bratfarrar - fanfic covers for each novel
* Down to Agincourt Comment Fic by MollyC - comment fics organized in one location. Covers events from Books One through Three.
* De Profundis by MollyC - when Castiel rescued Dean from Hell.
* Opposition by lunariviera - Missing scene from A Thousand Lights in Space, set between Chapters 2 and 3. Cas's tumultuous relationship with the shower.
* What Joseph Saw by AgentFreeWill - Alternate POV from Map of the World, set during Chapter 8, Day 33. Joseph observes things.
* Harry Takes the Field by Bratfarrar - a sonnet inspired by 'Map of the World' and 'It's the Stars that Lie' (and the origin of the series title)
* Podfic of Map of the World, orphaned
* Down to Agincourt Inspired Fics, a series of four fanfics by Speary
* Something to Sing About by AurumCalendula - a fanvid "trailer" for 'Map of the World'
* Down to Agincourt Trailers by AurumCalendula - a collection of fanvid trailers for Down to Agincourt
===Sample Art Gallery===
File:Human Skills.png|Human Skills by tkodami, Dean and Cas sittin’ on a roof, actually enjoying each other’s company!
File:Endverse Castiel.png|Endverse Castiel by bamf-castiel
File:Down to Agincourt Gif Set.gif|alt=Images of: a finger pointing out a spot on a map; dean cocking a gun; a mug of a hot beverage on a table; silhouettes of Dean and Castiel filled wit stars, with the text 'Light the World'; a notebook and pen; Castiel loading a gun; a finger tracing a road on a map.|Gif Set created by culturethatcounts, featuring quotes from the series
File:Down to Agincourt Gif.gif|Gif created by okayoticneutral, featuring a quote from A Thousand Lights in Space the third novel in the series 
== Further Reading ==
* Down to Agincourt TVTropes page
* "What Is Down to Agincourt?" on the Agincourt Agitators Anonymous Tumblr blog
* "Track 12: Endverse" episode of Destiel fanfiction podcast Mixtape Book Club discussing Down to Agincourt and other Endverse fanfics
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