#a minor detail

[ghostofnuggetspast]

Woohoo

A Minor Detail

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Chapter 1 is up on AO3 - The Small Print

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Sherlock has found the perfect flatmate for sharing 221b Baker Street. If only there would not be that minor detail in the small print of the lease agreement. Now, John has no other choice but take part in Sherlock‘s scheme.

Thanks again to peageetibbs for beta reading!

@lostinsherlock44

[anonymousdandelion]

A general tip for students who are sending those dreaded Religious Absence Emails to your professors: Rather than asking permission to take the day(s) off, politely let them know that you will be taking the day(s) off.

In other words, consider not saying this:

"May I miss class on [date] so I can observe [holiday]?"

It's not that there's anything wrong with the above, per se. But because it's phrased as a request, it risks coming across as optional — a favor you hope to be granted. Problem is, favors are not owed, and so unfortunately asking permission opens the door for the professor to respond "Thanks for asking. No, you may not. :)"

Instead, try something along the lines of:

"I will need to miss class on [date] because I will be observing [holiday]. I wanted to let you know of this conflict now, and to ask your assistance in making arrangements for making up whatever material I may miss as a result of this absence."

This is pretty formal language (naturally, you can and should tweak it to sound more like your voice). But the important piece is that, while still being respectful, it shifts the focus of the discussion so that the question becomes not "Is it okay for me to observe my religion?", but rather, "How can we best accommodate my observance?"

Because the first question should not be up for debate: freedom of religion is a right, not a favor. And the second question is the subject you need to discuss.

(Ideally, do this after you've looked up your school's policy on religious absences, so you know what you're working within and that religious discrimination is illegal. Just in case your professor forgot.)

[vivipokedex]

#0280 - #0282

Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir

[starfata]

I commissioned this from genecianter on instagram- Annabeth weaving Percy's burial shroud, as it was described in Battle of The Labyrinth. Isn't it amazing?

[meetinginsamarra]

Thank you so much for reccing "A Minor Detail" !! @inevitably-johnlocked

Five Fics Friday: November 15/24

Happy Friday everyone! I hope y'all had a great week and are looking forward to snuggling in with one of these fics recently added to my MFL list! Enjoy!

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The Remember Me Man by helloliriels (G, 783+ w., 2/? Ch. || WiP || Alternate First Meeting AU || Remembrance Day, WWI Soldier, Magical Realism, Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Getting Together, Coming Out) – we were the dead. short days ago. now live. feel dawn. see sunsets glow. love and are loved. though poppies grow ... in flanders fields. a sequel to 'Remember Me' Part 3 of Though Poppies Grow Series

A Minor Detail by meet_me_in_samarra (T, 1,655+ w., 1/7 Ch. || WiP || Alternate First Meeting AU || Fake Relationship, Idiots in Love, Fluff, Getting Together, Mutual Pining) – Sherlock has found the perfect flatmate for sharing 221b Baker Street. If only there would not be that minor detail in the small print of the lease agreement. Now, John has no other choice but take part in Sherlock‘s scheme.

You'll get used to it by ohlooktheresabee (M, 6,032 w., 2 Ch. || Creepy CAM, Emotional Hurt / Comfort, BAMF John, Possessive Behaviour, Trauma, Non-Con Touching, Healing, First Kiss, Developing Relationship, Flashbacks, Fluff and Angst, Angst with Happy Ending, No Mary, Explicit Consent) – A brutal case reawakens the trauma of an encounter Sherlock thought he’d buried—Magnussen’s unwanted visit to his hospital room years ago. When the memories resurface, Sherlock finally tells John about what really happened that night, revealing the fears and vulnerabilities he’s kept hidden. John’s response is filled with fierce protection and unwavering care, leading to a night of comfort, shared confessions, and the first steps toward something neither of them had dared to hope for.

Surprise by NovaNara (T, 20,615+ w., 15/? Ch. || Werewolf AU || WiP || Case Fic, Mild Gore, Developing Relationship, Graphic Violence) – Sherlock just wanted a case to distract himself from John's absence (probably in pursuit of yet another girlfriend). He'll discover so many things he would never have believed.

Nothing Without You by holmesian_love (M, 22,216 w., 11 Ch. || Post-S4, Parentlock with Rosie, Child Murder, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Case Fic) – Sherlock and John have settled into life in Baker Street with Rosie, and life has returned to something relatively normal. Until Sherlock is called on a case which has a much bigger impact on him than he expects and forces him to admit things he never expected to. [TRANSLATION: Русский]

[ckducky]

Bi-Pure Coincidence

[morganbritton132]

Eddie, responding to a fan on a live-stream: Steve and I have been together for forever. We’re like… *trying to come up with a famous couple but can only think of Sid and Nancy*

Steve: Romeo and Juliet…except we didn’t kill each other

Eddie: They don’t kill each other.

Steve: Uh, pretty sure they did.

Eddie:

Eddie: Am I-

Steve: You’re not Romeo. Only one of us can climb a balcony and it’s not you.

[mag-the-pie]

sketch i made yesterday and didnt hate :>

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

A conversation from the first days after Guilliman's resurrection.

calgar: lord, there's something i've been meaning to talk to you about--

guilliman: --one moment, calgar-- *blasts cherub out of the air* sorry about that, go ahead

calgar: ...actually, it's about that

calgar: is there a reason you keep shooting cherubs?

guilliman: what are cherubs?

guilliman:

guilliman: wait

guilliman: we make those things?!??!?!

[avocadoraisin]

ive been afflicted with leg hurts a lot disease, so i gave it to Hoffman too <3 yw bb

[meetinginsamarra]

A Minor Detail - My fic for Fandom Trumps Hate

Soon it will be finished!

I'm writing the final half of the final chapter right now and then I'll send it to my beta-reader friend @peageetibbs I am so eager to publish and share it with you!

Here is a little teaser to make you all curious.

Sherlock finds the perfect flatmate for sharing 221b Baker Street. If only there would not be that minor detail in the small print of the lease agreement. Now, John has no other choice but take part in Sherlock‘s scheme.

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

Also I’m pretty sure someone has said this before but when you first start the alone mission and Soap is changing through channels of his radio you hear a shadow say “we need reinforcements in the North Plaza now!” just a little bit before Ghost answers Soap, showing where he was in relation to Soap.

It a fun detail, especially considering that soap had a head start in running towards Las Almas over Ghost, meaning Ghost is super fast and that Soap was lagging behind because of his wound.

It also shows how skilled Ghost is on his own. You need reinforcement because of one man? Just one?

Yeah, I’d be pretty terrified too.

[lavellane]

so i think solas's lyrium dagger is the same "blade that would end the war" from merrill's fen'harel story in da2 btw

and sam winchester voice get this. we know the dagger was extracted from da2's red lyrium idol right. and likely purified during the ritual discussed in tevinter nights. which is interesting because "a glowing blue blade that has the capacity to resist or possibly even cure the blight"?? sounded incredibly familiar to me :) so with that i would like to also point out the similarities btwn solas's dagger and the sword maric theirin found in the deep roads from david gaider's 2009 tie-in novel the calling. lol

also worth noting that he and fiona banged shortly after he found this sword, and later, after the birth of alistair, she found out she had been effectively cured of the taint and had somehow reversed the calling. the only grey warden ever recorded to have done so.

[zu-is-here]

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[loudclan-clangen]

The song “Beautiful Little Fool” for Fiercestripe? Because I am not getting over her death. Listened to it and she was the first character to pop into my head.

You’re so right!

YES! Please do, I would love to see it!

The boring answer is that I've been drawing cats for a VERY long time. I think since I was 8 they have been the majority of what I drew. The less boring answer is you know the movie Spirit? It changed my life. It had a bonus video where one of the artists taught you how to draw Spirit himself and it was the singular thing that inspired me to start drawing (more likely possessed me). I think I must have been about two the first time I saw it because I cannot remember a time before I had that video memorized. I would spend hours sitting in front of that video (which was only like 10-15 minutes long) with a stack of papers just fully focused on perfectly following his instructions. I still think about that video to this day. Every time I draw legs the voice of James Baxter echoes through my mind. I don't know if that translates to why my cats are so beefy, I own a cat who is quite chonky, so that might contruibute to it, but now you have a fun fact about me regardless!

All of the heirs are chosen based on birth order! Whoever is born first gets to be heir. I personally find that making strict rules about stuff makes playing the game a lot easier for me, I find it stressful to try to pick a "good heir" when I don't know what's going to happen later in the game so to limit that I just let it be completely out of my hands. 2. The game rolled for Songpaw to become a medicine cat! I would have changed it if he was an only kit or probably if I had known that Dashpaw was gonna die, cause I was really stressed about losing my run at that point, but I do my best to write a story that makes the game make sense rather than change what the game gives me when possible. I think it helps me to not have much of a story in mind while I play, just noting down events and thoughts and then going back and piecing it all together afterwards. That way nothing can "go wrong". 3. "Heir-hood" only applies to the leaders. There is no expectation that Cavepaw will become a healer. When Weed dies that position will be open until someone wishes to volunteer for it. 4. Honestly I don't really know. This might spoil a little bit, of tension, but I truly never had that happen. I was SUPER worried about it and did a lot to make sure it wouldn't, but after a couple of generations you get to a point where almost everyone is descended from a leader at somepoint. (And also everyone is second cousins with each other but you know what there are some problems that you just have to live with.) I image the clan would look for an omen and just pick a new leader based off of that and start the process all over again. In my experience worst comes to worst just make sure you have a very accurate family tree and trace it back a couple of generations.

Thank you so much! I don't play with any mods for Loudclan, I'm too scared to lose saves to less than stable code. My favorite mod currently is Kori's Awoogen though! I just like to look at the beautiful art mostly. I use mass extinction as population control, so I turn it on and off based on how many cats I have. Two full pages is the upper limit of what I'm willing to deal with, so once a third page opens I turn mass extinction on and after an extinction happens I turn it back off. (also if I dip below 1 full page I turn unknown parents on until I'm back to two pages again). I've found after a couple of generations you can mostly stop worrying about it because the bloodlines have spread so far there's always someone who's a 6th great great cousin or something.

The game generated him Dashpelt! I probably would have picked Dashfoot to stick with the generated them of a boring suffix but to make more sense overall.

[ploppythespaceship]

Superman & Lois — "Closer" (3x01) / "Always My Hero" (4x03)