#[[Johnlock is appropriate]]

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A Long Overdue Chapter Update on a Johnlock Body Swap Fic!

Hi everyone,

As part of getting all of my WIPs slowly completed, I have again dusted off another one and have updated. In this story, we have a good old fashioned body swap trope! Every chapter is a swaps POVs because it seemed appropriate for the story.

A Peculiar Situation

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[tiredandoptimistic]

My reviews of the Careful of Books novellas

The spoiler-free gist is that I really enjoyed all four novellas and definitely recommend reading them if you can. I left the majority of my thoughts below the cut in case you want to avoid spoilers, though I avoided using many specific plot details.

A Sea Change: Oh Matthew Fairchild you are so special to me. I loved getting to see him again, especially dipping into his POV. He's just as delightful as ever, and it was great getting to see a version of Matthew who's past the worst of his addiction and depression but still hasn't figured out what will come next. I also really enjoyed how his grief over Christopher was handled. Kit is one of my all-time top TSC characters so I was definitely disappointed that ChoT didn't have more mourning for him, but I 100% get that it wouldn't have fit the flow of the narrative and also these characters were dealing with a lot of crazy plot stuff so it would have taken a bit for the loss to fully sink in and the grieving process to begin in earnest. Showing Matthew affected by it in the long run felt very appropriate. Plus, every mention of fire messages was like a little memorial to him. I also loved getting little glimpses of other TLH characters in Matthew's thoughts, since he may be alone on the ocean but he'll always carry his friends with him. Plus, Oscar was there! Get me a t-shirt that says I <3 Oscar Wilde, Hero Dog. I think the plot was a lot of fun too. I was glad to see Matthew put his deductive reasoning to use, and I really like that the immediately suspicious downworlders weren't actually to blame for everything. It's always nice when TSC commits to showing that downworlders are people just like Shadowhunters or mundanes. Sidenote, but I can't help but wonder if the offer to turn Matthew into a vampire was a reference to the old fan theories that he'd become a downworlder by the end of TLH. I liked Sylvain and his relationship with Matthew well enough, but he's not a new favorite or anything. It felt a little jarring how quickly they got together, since CC usually goes for more slowburn ships, but it still fit the flow of the story. Ultimately I just wish that we got more time with them, but considering that the whole story was under 80 pages I'd definitely call it a success. I think I'll always be a little disappointed that we didn't get the full Matthew bindup (like I'll always be disappointed that we didn't get The Secret Treasons), but I trust CC's judgement and if she didn't have a full bindup worth of stories to tell then I'm glad we at least got one excellent novella.

A Scandal at Undershaw: This one was a lot of fun! Probably my favorite of the non-Matthew novellas, just on account of the vibes. It managed to keep a certain level of gravitas attached to the characters without taking itself too seriously, and the absurdity of "modern high schooler Sherlock Holmes who still acts Like That" was played into without feeling mocking. I like that the story acknowledges how Sherlock's behaviors (getting so wrapped up in his mysteries that he doesn't consider other people's boundaries) can be harmful, but it never demonizes Sherlock or acts like he's an emotionless asshole. I also like this version of John and think that he has a lot of personality while still falling into the traditional Watson role of following Holmes's zanniness. Irene was fun, and I like that she and Sherlock completely match each other's energies. I was just kind of along for the ride with the mystery, and I think it was totally serviceable. All the pieces fit together and it helped move the plot forward, but it wasn't really what I was there for. I will say, it's a little funny to me that CC published her high school AU Johnlock fic and they don't even get together. That plays into something I felt overall with this story; that it's just part one of many (though I have no idea if CC has plans to continue it). Even though the mystery is revolved by the end, all the characters clearly have a lot more to do in their personal stories. Now that they're a bit settled (and unsettled) at Undershaw, I'd love to see what they get up to next and how their arcs continue to evolve! I'd totally read more novellas (or even full novels) about this version of the Sherlock Holmes universe.

Wendy Darling: While the last story felt like part one in an anthology, this one felt like episode one of a TV show (which, to be fair, is kinda what it is). The script format was interesting, and I didn't have any issues with it though I admittedly prefer CC's prose. I like the setup of "dark academia Peter Pan" as she calls it in the introduction, and the lore of this universe is certainly intriguing. My one issue is that I don't really feel as though anything is resolved by the end. I want to read the rest of this book or watch the rest of this show, but as far as I know that isn't going to happen. Wendy, Peter, and James are all fun and engaging characters who I'd be down to spend more time with, but I don't feel especially connected to any of them. I'm mostly here for the plot and lore, which, as I've said, doesn't feel complete. It's all setup with only a couple bits of payoff. Still worth the read, but more of a vibes experience than anything else.

In Fire Foretold: This one was an interesting read because I know that CC is planning on developing it into a full series. I think the concept of a reverse portal story is a lot of fun right off the bat, though I admittedly wasn't grabbed by the worldbuilding of the fantasy portion (which might be down to my personal preferences). Once the story jumped forward in time to the real world, I quite liked Alix as a character and enjoyed the ominous impositions of fantasy on her (often grim) reality, though this is another story where the plot took precedence over the characters for me. I'm still intrigued by the cast so far though, and I'm especially glad to see a prominent F/F friendship, since CC has never been great at those. I hope that Julia will get to play a more major role in the full series (like Simon in TMI), though Bram and Corwin seem cool too. In the end it's another story where I'm left wanting more, only in this case I know that I'll get it.

So there you have it! Careful of Books is definitely my favorite Seasons of Shadowhunters book so far, and it leaves me excited to see what will come in Better in Black. Now I'm gonna go reread Nothing But Shadows, because A Sea Change has me missing the merry thieves.

[sarkylittlemonster]

After.. whatever tf yesterday was (trying to make each other cry ig?) I needed something lighter so I came up with some silly Johnlock stuff for you :)

Imagine they end up in some stupid bet about who can make the other more flustered at work. Sherlock is fucking COMMITTED to winning this bet, and he spends the whole day slipping less-than-work-appropriate comments into his deductions so that every conversation sounds something like: "well, it's clear from the worn spot on the pocket of the victim's shirt that they usually have something clipped there, likely an ID badge, and I also observed that John spent approximately 30% longer than usual brushing his teeth this morning which indicates that he probably intends to make out with me once we get home, so let's try to wrap this up soon, alright? Now if you'll look at the glasses that were found next to the body you'll see that-"

The next day, Sherlock is in the middle of an experiment in the kitchen when they get an urgent call, so he's a bit distracted as they're leaving the flat and John takes the opportunity to grab something from the bottom drawer of his dresser before heading out. They reach the crime scene and Sherlock starts rattling off his observations, when he hears a soft jingle and turns around. He immediately forgets what he was saying mid-sentence when he sees John "subtly" pulling out his dog tags from where they were tucked under his shirt. There is an uncomfortably long silence before someone else gets Sherlock's attention with an awkward throat-clearing, and he fumbles to remember what the hell he was just doing. He spends the next few minutes slightly red-faced while John bites back a grin, smug and just a little surprised about how effective that was.

And the whole time, poor Greg is just trying to do his job but now he's stuck watching these two idiots flirt with each other like

OH MY GOD.

YES. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED YES YES YES YES YES YES I LOVE YOU

[hawkinsschoolcounselor]

Regarding queerbaiting: Sherlock is one of the more famous examples, and the tumblr drama surrounding it is an... interesting story that I think is worth knowing if you want to understand the queerbait allegations.

The show, made and set in the 2010s, liked to poke fun at John Watson for being a straight man shacking up with another single dude. The show's creators -- one of whom is a gay man himself -- were born in 60s, so I see these jokes as two guys who were adults during the height of AIDS and Thatcherism taking delight in the fact they're now living in a world where queerness is largely accepted and somewhat normalized. A straight guy being forced to constantly defend himself from nonchalant assumptions that the man he's living with is his gay lover is funny when he's not in any danger of being hate-crimed over it, right?

(I'm not a fan of the joke personally, but I get it.)

They really liked this stupid joke though, so they used it again and again and again, to the point that young fans started to become convinced it was hinting at something. I can't blame them: there was even a lesbian character who fell for Sherlock and explicitly compared herself to John as someone who wasn't into men and yet was just so spellbound by this one special detective boi.

It was pretty lesbophobic imo, which should have been a massive red flag as to how the showrunners really felt about queer characters...

...But where the show went from annoying to actively hostile was the mystery of how Sherlock survived his apparent death at the end of season 2. The showrunners swore up and down it was solvable... and then when the next season aired, the "solution" was "lol who cares how he did it, this is a ~*character driven story*~ and only stupid obsessed idiots would want to solve the mystery. 🤣🤣🤣"

Make no mistake, they singled out the mlm shippers specifically for mockery -- there's a group of Sherlock Holmes conspiracy theorists in the show who argue over a theory that Holmes and Moriarty staged the death together and then kissed about it. (The viewer is clearly meant to laugh at this.)

Some of the Johnlockers on tumblr refused to believe this was happening to them and doubled down and convinced themselves there was going to be an amazing Johnlock plot twist at the end of season 4. My understanding (which might be wrong, I wasn't in the fandom) is that this contingent was largely composed of naive queer teenagers who blindly trusted a handful of influential adults who insisted that the show was deep and clever and didn't hate its fans.

So I can definitely sympathize with the folks who fear Byler is just queerbait. This too is a mlm fandom made up of naive teenagers trusting the adults who swear that the secret gay plot twist is totally gonna happen this time, trust me bro it's not called Surface Things.

And, look. I think it's very sensible to be skeptical of random strangers on the internet who insist they have the answers, no matter how authoritative they might sound. Keep on doing that, folks. 👍

But I think that principle applies just as much to the "this is just like Sherlock" doomers as it does to the "anyone who thinks Byler won't happen has no media literacy" lot. Yes, it's always possible that the Duffers were queerbaiting us all along... but the way Sherlock and Stranger Things approach queerness truly is like night and day.

Huh, well, if what you say is accurate, then it sounds like the Holmes writers were just jerks overall. I can see the joke, as you explain it. I may not think it appropriate to make it a running gag, but it's good for a chuckle or two. If it was truly presented as a joke, then it would be on the fans for misinterpreting it, but I don't know enough about how it was presented to know how easy it would be for fans to make that conclusion.

To me, it only makes it more apparent that things on Stranger Things are "night and day," as you put it. Will's feelings, and Robin's, for that matter, are not treated as jokes. They're treated as dramatic, emotional parts of their individual arcs. In Will's case, his happiness is linked to his relationship with Mike, which is complicated by the fact that he doesn't think he'll get to have a romantic relationship with him, or at all really.

I prefer to think the Duffers are better than whoever was responsible for what you described. While it all remains to be seen, they deserve the benefit of the doubt, for now.

[loverboy-havocboy]

9 people you want to know better

i've been getting tagged in this for months i'm sorry 😭 but i'm doing it now!! it looks like there were 2 different versions, so i'm just combining them here 🤷

thank you for the most recent tag @cacodaemonia

and thank you for the other tags @hastalavistabyebye @whiskygoldwings @brokenightlight @aerjnn @theproblemwithstardust

and @hawthornsword who tagged me while i was doing it 😂💖

three ships: i'm going to leave all wolfpack ships out because i feel like they're obvious 😂 so - echo/fives, quinlan/fox, and dogma/pretty much anyone (because he's just crunchy!), but i'd say especially torrent

first ship: bbc johnlock 😔 i don't remember my very first url, but i'm sure it was johnlock related. my first star wars ship was codywan, and my first cloneship was echo/crosshair because i got here from tbb.

last song: right now it's babydoll by dominic fike! i heard his song mama's boy a few months ago and i fear i've been stuck here since then. oop - the song changed while i was typing that and i Really Like this one so i'm cheating. out of control by she wants revenge is also so choice

last movie: my cousin vinny !! lisa my beloved

currently reading: nothing, i'm afraid 😔 i've read a lot less since i started writing, which is a little heartbreaking

currently watching: house of the dragon (i see you prev 👀), and rewatching once upon a time, but we're getting up to where it grates on my nerves, so i think we'll be done soon 😂

currently eating: nothing 🥺😔

currently craving: raising canes chicken (and, appropriately, sweet tea)

favorite color: blue! 4/5 rooms of my house are painted blue, which was an accident 😅 i like all shades, but my favorite is a dusty sort of blue

hobby you would like to try: i'm pretty content with writing, actually

coffee or tea: tea! i don't dislike coffee, but it makes me jittery no matter how i drink it - so maybe it dislikes me, actually. chai lattes hold a special place in my heart, but i'm us-midwestern, so good sweet tea is a food group to me.

an au you've been plotting for: so many you would not believe the first few off the top of my head are slaat'cyar'ika which is a gffa au where comet and wolffe are ftm; the beast of concordia which is a fantasy (? ish?) au where boost, comet, and sinker's village is terrorized by a monster and they're chosen as sacrifices; a modern au currently dubbed meetscary, in which boost & sinker and comet & wolffe survive the sinking of the triumphant and don't meet until boost and comet end up on the same bridge one night by chance. they are not sight seeing.

no pressure @the-starry-seas @insertmeaningfulusername @mamuzzy @catbuir @adhd-coyote @nooneherebutusghosts 👉👈

[alectoperdita]

20 questions writer meme.

Thanks to @heyholmesletsgo for tagging me <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

178 (one is a podfic)

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

1,761,591 words

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I'm mainly in YGO only now, but in the past, have written for Lucifer, Sherlock, Gundam Build Fighters, Sailor Moon, and a few other random fandoms

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The sum of our choices (Lucifer post-S3 canon-divergent AU)

Side Deck (YGO post-canon kaijou)

obvious things observed by nobody (also part of the same post-S3 Lucifer AU)

Confirmation Bias (Sherlock, post-Reichenbach Johnlock)

The tomorrows we'll never have (YGO Battle City canon-divergent AU with hints of kaijou and Priest Set/Jounouchi)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yeah, I usually try to. I've definitely fallen behind in the last few months, though. I'm sorry. I try to tackle it when I have energy, but it's a rare commodity and I use it to write usually.

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

These are more open endings than specifically sad/tragic endings, but they could end up there because they're open. It's a toss-up between Chilled to my bone and the recent ficlet where Jounouchi was kidnapped by Hirutani.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Most of them are fairly happy because I tend toward happy endings. But I can't really think of which is the happiest?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Somehow in the last two years, I morphed into being a majority smut writer. I'm still in the experimental phase, trying to write different kinds of kinks/tropes, but I feel more practiced at it compared to when I started. Overall, my preference is to try and use smut as a way to advance character/relationship development.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Yes. It's maybe not crazy per se, but some of them may feel discordant(?) in their source materials. Like I find it amusing to write crossovers between animes and Western live-action properties.

We do ourselves no favors is a Lucifer/YGO crossover casefic.

Going forth by day is an unfinished Sherlock/YGO crossover casefic.

Said the spider to the fly is a Sherlock/xxxHOLIC crossover ficlet.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not as far as I know.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not yet.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Sorta? The Horny Cinderella Incident was an idea workshopped between wahwahwashbear and myself. I wrote the prose for the

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Kaiba and Jounouchi forever 😍

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I try not to give up on WIPs, as it may take a few years but I eventually get back to them. But if I'm honest with myself, I'm probably never going to finish he lit a fire with icicles 😔.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Hmm... perhaps the smaller gestures characters might make that hint at their feelings?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Dialogue, especially in a way that distinguishes between characters via appropriate voice/cadence is something I generally struggle with. I also tend to be verbose even in dialogue, which means they require a lot of editing.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Unless the point is for the reader to also not understand the dialogue, I prefer to not do that.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Sailor Moon

20. Favorite fic you've written?

It changes every once in a while but right now it might be Lure. 😈

Tagging @leechysmile, @arien-elensar, @worldendercharles, @chazz-is-a-zelda-fan, @bdeblueyes, @unfriendlyamazon, @kaijous, and any other writers that want to do this one. <3

(Give me permission to tag you on games here.)

[the-earth-priestess]

Guy who added Ivan onto sexypedia here. I have also made a page for Till on there. Ps it's a bit incomplete and it may have grammatical issues because it was literally just made today but you get it LMAOOOO

(x)

THIS IS THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED AND MOSTLY WELL-WRITTEN!!!! you're doing the fandom a service o7

i would just maybe suggest some edits. with the descriptions for the characters, specifically ivan and sua (since you explained the deal with till)... ivan being "emotionless", sua being "doll-like"... it paints them kinda one-dimensionally imo?

you can change that by just adding "seemingly" in front of those terms! makes it much more appropriate and nuanced and accurate i think.

otherwise, really well-done and an enjoyable read.

also i'd never heard of the "johnlocked" trope before but that's really funny lmao.

[jrow]

Fic Writing 20 Questions

Thanks for the tags @khorazir and @raina-at

How many works do you have on AO3?

13

2. What’s your total AO3 wordcount?

268,623

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Sherlock (BBC). I may try my hand at a Merlin fic in the next year, but we’ll see ...

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Beautiful Pictures

A Week in November

Lines in the Sand

The Man with the Cartier Frames

That Time of Year

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! I love getting comments, so it’s the least I can do (even if it takes a few days). I love when authors respond to my comments, so it’s only fair.

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Like many of the people answering these questions, I don’t write angsty endings. I considered it for Jam (I almost didn’t include the epilogue) but I love a happy ending.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

All my fics have happy endings. If I had to pick one as “happiest”, I’d say The Man With the Cartier Frames.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have not, luckily. I’ve had a weird comment or two where I’ve thought “why did you tell me that”, but nothing super negative.

9. Do you write smut?

Not really? I’ve written some mature scenes that allude to things, but don’t go into detail.  

10. Do you write crossovers?

No. I have particular objections, but I doubt I ever will.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, Lines in the Sand has been translated into French and That Time of Year into Russian.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I haven’t. I don’t object to the concept, but I’m not sure I’d be a great collaborator given my current writing style. I think I’m better at betaing which gives me a way to work with other fic writers.

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

This is really tough. I feel like it’s okay if your “all time” favourite ship changes every five or ten years. I mean, I am a very different person at 40 than I was at 25. My favourite to write is definitely Johnlock—they have a great dynamic and are both really interesting characters in their own rights. So, they are definitely up there. The other ship that comes to mind in terms of those that have really stood the test of time for me is Goren/Eames from Law & Order:CI (a very small fandom). Goren has a lot of Sherlockian traits and Eames is just incredibly cool (and both actors are gorgeous, which doesn’t hurt!).  I discovered Merlin in the last year or two and really like Merthur (honestly, I also really like Mergwenthur which I never thought would be my thing, but Gwen is so lovely), but it’s too early to tell if that will last long enough to be on my all time list!

15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Corsi, my NHL Johnlock AU. I have a couple chapters written, but I started it a long time ago and my writing style has changed a fair bit since then. I think I’d want to go back and rewrite the first chapter, but that seems like a waste … so, instead, I will just leave it to languish.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I write Parentlock really well. I have young kids, so it’s relatively easy for me to make kids read age appropriate (which they often don’t in stories, be they fic or published). I hope I am also able to convey that delicate balance that parents feel—namely adoring their kids with every once of your being while wanting to throttle them.  Basically, I think I can write believable kids and believable parents.

I also think I am okay at creating cases, mainly because I become a bit obsessed with making the pieces fit.  I like internal consistency!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I can’t plot out a fic well enough that I can post anything before it’s done. Which means, that I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to write a truly long fic (say longer than 50K words).  To have the motivation to write something that long, I think I would need the dopamine hit from posting and getting feedback. But, I just can’t see me ever posting a fic before it’s completely written, because of how often I go back and revise as I write. Particularly for fics with any sort of case��I’ll have the loose parameters of the case set out, but the details won’t emerge until I write. Which may mean I have to go back and edit earlier content to make those details work (internal consistency!). Even things like John’s work schedule or the timing of a phone call or what time Rosie gets out of school may change a half dozen times as I write to make the other pieces work.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic? 

I think it’s fine, but it’s best if you have a half-decent knowledge of that language. The only language I would use is French, should that ever come up.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

X-Files (this also seems to be a common theme)

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

Ugh. This is an impossible question. I really like Beneath the Surface—I love epistolary fics and I think I did pretty well with text exchanges in that one. I am also pretty proud of Jam. So, I suppose those would be my faves.

Hmmmm, I think I am late to the game here so anyone interested in doing this, consider yourself tagged!

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Sharing a beautiful fic rec for those who love arranged marriage/omegaverse/prince! Sherlock and Prince! John: As the Summer Rains Fall by starrysummernights. I cannot emphasise how well-written and lovely her characterisation of our boys are, it’s everything my soft heart needs! Underage Sherlock and John growing into adulthood, but very age-appropriate affection/slowburn.

As the Summer Rains Fall Series by starrysummernights (E, 333,612+ w. across 14 works || Series WiP || Royalty Omegaverse AU || Teenagers, Falling in Love, Mystrade & Johnlock) – Captain Lestrade attempts to teach a 15-year-old Prince Mycroft self-defense and hand-to-hand combat skills. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

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Hey Nonny!!

THANK YOU so much for a new suggestion! I've been recced this one before, but I am TOTALLY all for suggesting it once again, because I want to get to reading it eventually so reminders are good!

Everyone give this one a read! :D

[milquetoast27]

Giving The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) AO3 tags

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is one of the most well-known Holmes pastiches, and it's one I absolutely adore! It blew my mind when I first read it because it was exactly like the stuff I was reading on AO3, so I figured it'd be appropriate to give it some AO3 tags.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

Categories: M/M

Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Professor James Moriarty, Mary Morstan, Mrs. Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Sigmund Freud, Toby the dog

Additional Tags: Angst with a happy ending, uplifting, hurt/comfort, drug abuse :(, SIGMUND FREUD???, Final Problem rewrite, platonic/romantic Johnlock, Canon-Typical Violence, Sherlock Holmes Needs a Hug, Canon Divergent, Sherlock Holmes Has Issues, Kidnapping, Tragic Backstory

Highly recommend! 🥰(there's a movie adaptation too but it's not as good as the book)

[itsonlytext]

'must a cup of tea be such an arduous request?'

slightly (and a bit obsessively) in love with bbc sherlock.

i gladly take all types of requests regarding him - whether it's x Y/N, john & canon characters, an OC, if we're going for a dadlock vibe, childlock, some fluff, angst or a little bit more (winky face) - i'm always ready. oh, and i'm on ao3, too, if that sort of thing suits you better.

let me know if you would liked to be tagged in anything specific. i will, of course, appropriately use content warnings for certain triggers or 18+ topics.

just be kind and remember that there is no queerbaiting in this house.

a (progressive) list of my works:

quiet days - in where sherlock begins to look forward to quiet days as opposed to resenting them

the circle of life - john moves out and sherlock struggles to cope

lost at sea - sherlock x femOC, just some sour talk, really

innate destructibility - john struggles to communicate, sherlock struggles to understand

sacrificial investment - sherlock tries to come up with ways to make john stay

restoring balance - post season four, sherlock learns to let go of how things used to be at baker street. see part two here

until we fall asleep - ten-part johnlock fic set after the lying detective (chapters complete: 6/10)

sherlock & co:

sea salt & cologne - a miscommunication and some bad wording leads to the obvious. (according to sherlock, at least.) see part two here.

[bubski-mcboo]

My Ships

I won't be posting every single ship, just the ones I'm particularly invested in.

Items in bold have personal fanfics associated with them (which may or may not be published. I'll update this with appropriate links when I get around to it.

Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens)

Merthur (BBC Merlin)

Johnlock (original, movies and especially BBC)

Daniel x Johnny (The Karate Kid/Cobra Kai)

!adult Mildred Hubble x Hecate Hardbroom (The Worst Witch - ITV 1999)

Marvel

Connor x Hank (Detroit: Become Human)

Thasmin

Loki x Everyone and Anything With a Pulse

Loki x Loki

I just really like Loki

Loki x Dr Strange

Star Trek

Spirk

Uhura x Spock x Kirk

Uhura x !hinge Spock x Kirk

Picard x Data

Janeway x Seven

EMH x Seven

EMH x !hinge Seven x Janeway

Star Wars

Ben Solo x Rey

Obi Wan x Amadala

Obi Wan x Anakin

Obi Wan x Anakin x Amadala

Anakin x !hinge Obi Wan x Amadala

Han Solo x Luke Skywalker

Han Solo x Leia Organa

Poe Dameron x Finn

Skyrim

Cicero x OC

Brynjolf x OC

Karliah x OC x Brynjolf

!tragic Ulfric x OC

Harry Potter

Harry x Dumbledore

Harry x Hermione

Harry x Ron

Harry x Ron x Hermione

Harry x !tragic Barty Crouch Jr.

Harry x !good Barty Crouch Jr.

Harry x Snape

Harry x Sirius

Dragon Age

Solas x !fem Inquisitor (and duly traumatised, thanks for asking)

Cole x !fem Inquisitor

!poly !hinge !fem Inquisitor x Cole x Solas x Iron Bull x Josephine

!poly Warden x Lelianna x Zevran

Lord of the Rings

Sam x Frodo

Bilbo x Thorin

[tplojw]

[john watson voice] i’m holmes’s right hand arm...man. i’m his everything. i’m his confidante, his best friend... his silly rabbit (”his what?”) his silly rabbit (”is that what he calls you?”) no<3

[cupidford]

Appropriate Attire by happyeverafter72

Johnlock Love Letters #2124

After a visit to the Holmes family estate, Watson learns something unexpected about Holmes. This leads to some changes in their relationship. Genderqueer Holmes. ACD

[gregorovitch-adler]

Scarf

(Now on AO3)

John was sat in his armchair with his forehead propped over his elbow, which was placed on the arm rest. His hand was twitching; his other hand clutching on the navy blue scarf. Sherlock's scarf.

It had been a week since Sherlock had jumped off the rooftop and died. The newspapers and obnoxious journalists were calling it a suicide, but given the fact that the whole London was throwing false allegations at him, calling him a fake genius, and provoking him to take this step and end up like this- dead - it would be more appropriate to call it a murder.

A murder committed by no singular person, and Moriarty being the direct cause.

John screwed his eyes shut as tears started to form in the corner of his eyes. Again.

If only he had the wits to realise that the phone threatening to kill Mrs Hudson was a hoax and had not left the lab at all.

If only John had not called his best friend a machine just before leaving the lab in St. Bart's- the last time John had ever had a face to face interaction with Sherlock.

If only he'd said something more convincing during their last conversation to actually prevent Sherlock from taking this step.

If only John had been honest about how he actually felt for Sherlock when he was alive.

If only...

The tears were rolling down his face freely now. John covered his eyes with his left hand and clutched the scarf in his other one as tight as he could, until his knuckles were white.

John had been living at this place since Sherlock's death. All of Sherlock's other clothes were packed and sent away. John could do nothing to stop that. It wasn't his place to say.

He didn't let of that blue scarf, though. He could not.

Keeping the scarf himself was John's way of keeping Sherlock still alive. As though a piece of Sherlock's soul lived in that scarf. How could John possibly let go of it?

John was letting out soft sobs and was sniffling. His hands and shoulders were trembling, as he recalled that day again, when he had to see Sherlock's corpse on the pavement, covered in blood.

John wrapped the scarf around his neck and kept crying for a while, his face covered with both of his hands.

After some time, John forced himself to stop. He ducked his face to sniff at the scarf. His nostrils flared up and he closed his eyes to drink that pleasant smell.

Sherlock's cologne and natural scent. Sherlock's skin texture. Sherlock himself.

John shook his head furiously and got up from his chair. He couldn't live in this flat anymore. Not without Sherlock. Not like this.

John walked to the stairs leading to his bedroom. He started climbing up, Sherlock's scarf still wrapped around himself.

It was his scarf now.

John would go to his bedroom, pack his things and leave, as soon as he could. Find a different place to live, far away from here.

For what it was worth, John knew that he would be at home wherever he went, as long as he kept the navy blue scarf safe with him.

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Prompt: Home by @notjustamumj

Thanks for the tag, @helloliriels !

Tagging- @totallysilvergirl , @jawnn-watson , @inevitably-johnlocked , etc.

[doctortwhohiddles]

Or how some claim to know the character more than they guy who has been playing him for over 10 years.

This is what I call "artistic appropriation". When fans of a show/movie/book think they know the characters and story better than those who created and are playing them.

There's nothing wrong with shipping Lokius or Sylkie or Johnlock or any fictional characters. Just as long as you know that ship might not end up being canon. Demanding that it does or harassing content creator because it didn't is another story.

Amazing how quickly people can go from "What an amazing show" to "The writers are shit and they played us and it's all the antis' fault" when their ship isn't endgame. Ignoring that the other isn't either and that it was never promised that Loki would find romantic love.