#anotherwellkeptsecret

[twilightcitysky]

WIP WEDNESDAY

@anotherwellkeptsecret was kind enough to make me a stunning illustration for the upcoming chapter of Chemistry. Posting it with a little snippet of what's to come in Chapter 14:

They were both scared, and neither had to go through it alone anymore. 

Be not afraid. “I love you,” he whispered, feeling his lips and tongue make the shape of those words for the very first time. ‘It feels loved… I’m astonished you can’t feel it’. Had he said that out of spite, or hope? Perhaps both. 

“Right. Good.” Crowley closed his eyes. The noise he made was such a stereotypical sigh of relief– ‘Phew’– that Aziraphale almost laughed, but bit his lip because he suspected it was a genuine reaction. 

“I’m sorry I didn’t–” 

Crowely shook his head minutely. Aziraphale remembered being shushed at the airbase (“I was technically on apple tree duty…”). When Crowley's eyes opened, there was a sheen to them. 

Aziraphale smiled at him. Crowley scowled. “‘M fine,” he said, and rubbed the inside of his wrist across his cheeks. “Don’t say anything.” 

“Not a word.” 

[iamdefinitelyreal]

Hello! I'm an ace-spectrum person, and I'm pretty new to fandoms and I struggled finding SFW/Sex-averse friendly fics, so I thought I would give a few recommendations for those interested!

Lemme know if there's any interest in a Sherlock one or a Harry Potter one!

Fics

Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach

By Nnm on AO3 (@mouseonamoose)

Rating: T

Chapters: 16/16

From the perspective of an OC, Post S1

TW: Mention of abuse, slightly graphic violence

Notes: Completely changed my brain chemistry. 100/10 everyone should read this.

Angel-Centered Therapy Through A Multicultural Lens: An Integrative Approach By Nnm on AO3 (@mouseonamoose)

Rating: G

Chapters: 16/18

From the perspective of an OC

TW: Mentions of abuse, mentions of miscarriage

Notes: Aziraphale's therapy sessions, a follow up from Demonology, and ohmygosh, so fucking good. So good!

Trivia Night: A Love Story

By MissUnderstoodLyrics on AO3 (@southernfriedamy)

Rating: E (all smut scenes are easily skippable if needed and not very long)

Chapters: 11/11

From the perspective of Crowley, Human AU

TW: Smut

Notes: One of the first fics I read! So adorable, I need a basil plant named Cat now.

Postcards From Paris

By ghostrat on AO3 (@mrghostrat)

Rating: G

Chapters: 3/3

From the perspective of Crowley, Human AU

TW: None (all fluff)

Notes: ohmylord so so so sweet!

how do we turn on the light? 

By @moonyinpisces AO3

Rating: M (All smut is non-graphic and skippable/skimable)

Chapters: 15/22

From the perspective of Aziraphale, Post S2

TW: Discussion of death, dystopian world, violence, physcological abuse, SH, s**c*d*l thoughts/idealations, smut

Notes: Insanely well written/thought out. I love every single piece of character development and plot developement in this, and the whole fic is just a #badassaziraphaletake

Love in the Time of Bugs

By ProdigalPragmatist on AO3 (@theprodigalpragmatist)

Rating: T

Chapters: 6/6

From the perspective of Crowley, Human AU

TW: Mention of abuse, chronic pain, implied smut

Notes: Very adorable. Strangers to lovers stories are my weakness, but this one is so sweet but still believable.

Comics

Fallen by @smudgeandfrank

On Tumblr

Unfinished, 18 parts and counting

Post Season 2, Angst

Oopsie Omens by @asleepyy

On Tumblr

Unfinished, 23 parts and counting

Reverse AU/Retelling

Alexandria 48 BC by @smudgeandfrank

On Tumblr/Wattpad

Finished

Angst

Pre-Season 1

The Omens of Egypt by @whiteleyfoster

On Tumblr/physical copy/AO3

Finished

Angst

NSFW or SFW version

Pre-Season 1

On Night in Bangor by @anotherwellkeptsecret

On Tumblr

On Pt. 84

NSFW or SFW version

Pre-Season 1

[ajconstantine]

Gorgeous artwork commissioned by AnotherWellKeptSecret. (You can see more of their art and comics at their website, Tumblr, and Patreon)

This art is for the story Caramel Delight, a sweet three chapter meet-cute.

After years of enduring hellish neighbours, Crowley is delighted when they finally move out, and even more delighted when their replacement is easy going, friendly, doesn’t leave his bins on the kerb for weeks, and… attractive in a way that causes a fluttering in Crowley’s midsection like a battalion of butterflies attempting to form ranks.

Crowley knows that hooking up with somebody who lives right next door to him is a Bad Idea. But a jar of his Nan’s famous caramel sauce as a ‘welcome to the neighbourhood’ gesture couldn’t hurt. And what’s he supposed to do when Aziraphale continues to show up at Crowley’s door with an irresistible smile, asking for more?

[bewitched-bullet]

Peek-a boo!

This is more my style

And this is a comparison between Kelly’s sketches and the final product (done by me)

Last but not least, the latest:

Here ya go, @ace-sher-bi-john

I could do a comic solely on my own, however, my disabilities would make the initial start nearly impossible to do right now. One page would probably take me maybe 6 months from start to finish. Being able to trust Kelly with the vision (not to mention her skill with expression which I struggle with immensely) and do the sketches for me has helped a lot. Kelly is a friggin Saint, btw. (Go look at her stuff!)

I’m still fooling around with it and as the comics go on it will eventually morph more into my personal style as I get more comfortable. Although, some of the character designs I’ve got rather attached to. Like check out this redesign on my vamp, Bou!

*shakes tablet aggressively*

It’s so freakin GOOD! Perfectly captured her essence.

[stevviefox]

🤣🤣🤣💜💜💜.

When you're trying to be cute and he starts ranting about dolphins.

[ineffable-romantics]

I have admired the work of the amazing @anotherwellkeptsecret for YEARS, following her originally from the height of my Sherlock obsession all the way until now where she has (to my delight!) crossed over into Good Omens as well.

She also just had a baby!!!! So partly as a congratulations, partly as a thank you for being such an artistic inspiration, and partly so I could practice my own digital art techniques and play with Procreate for the first time, I asked if she would allow me the privilege of coloring some of her favorite pages from her comics while she's on maternity leave. And she said yes!

But she asked me to pick my favorites instead. So I took her at her word and chose one favorite page from each of the ten comics I have saved and loved over the years.

Exactly two weeks later (and in no particular order) here is the final result!! I am so grateful to Kelley for letting me do this, and I have discovered so much about my own style and what I like (excessive lights, apparently lol). I hope you guys like them as much as I do, and please please please go support Kelley's tumblr and Patreon, she absolutely deserves the world. 💕

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One Night in Bangor (And The World's Your Oyster)

(more art below cut)

Oh What A Night

The Losing Side

(Sequel to Oh What A Night)

Points Of Interest

(Sequel to Oh What A Night and The Losing Side)

Who Wants To Live Forever

That Certain Night

A Romantic Affair

(Sequel to That Certain Night)

As Long As We Both Shall Live

(Sequel to That Certain Night and A Romantic Affair)

Change Of Pace

Temptation Accomplished

[swissmissficrecs]

My most popular individual recs

I did a list like this 7 years ago and was curious whether the statistics had changed. Short answer: yes. All but one of these recs were made after that last list. I'm not sure what that means, as I would have expected older recs to get more notes just because they've been around longer. Maybe it's that there has been more thirst for fic recs in the last 7 years, or that the reblog culture on tumblr has improved.

The links here go to the recs, which in turn have links to the fics.

Radioactive Trees in a Red Forest by maribor_petrichor (280K, E, Johnlock)

He Was A Friend of Mine by SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John (38K, E, Johnlock, John/OFC)

Hello You by weeesi (20K, NR, Johnlock)

Oh What A Night by anotherwellkeptsecret (100 panels, M, Johnlock) - Note that this has been deleted from AO3 but the link to the pages on tumblr at the bottom of the rec still works.

A Promise Made to Be Broken by PlantsAreNeat (37K, E, Johnlock) - This was number 1 on the old list, and the only one to remain in the top 10.

(Never) Turn Your Back To The Sea by DiscordantWords (39K, M, Johnlock)

Roommates are for little people by alexxphoenix42 (69K, E, Johnlock)

A Home For Us by sussexbound (30K, M, Johnlock)

The Winter Garden by Callie4180 (31K, T, Johnlock)

Pygmalion by ancientreader (9K, T, Johnlock)

[malakia215]

LOOK AT THIS AMAZING ART BY @anotherwellkeptsecret!!!!!

This was a birthday commission for myself, and it is based on one of my fanfics! This is near the end and it has been something that has been haunting me ever since the first conception of the fic. And hey, it may not be pride month anymore but I wanted it! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! THANK YOOOUUUUUU!!!!!!

(Also if you are interested- the artist still has their commission open huehuehuehue)

Total Slut (for you) by Malakia

Luke expected the Naboo Pride Parade to be the same as it was every year he attended. Until he literally ran into Din Djarin.

[ninasnakie]

First Fic!

Finally, after years of consuming Sherlock fanfics and fighting my writer's block, the spell was broken by the magical help of @totallysilvergirl (who was also generous enough to be my beta reader) and some of my fandom friends. I could finish a simple, short story and hope it can help with eventually finishing a couple of WIPs I had for years.

I finished the fic for the 2023 holiday gift exchange in a private discord server.Especial thanks to @aljedd, @deducibleholmes , @4thelneyj0nes, and other dear fan buddies for all the love and wonderful ideas.

Hope you enjoy. :)

@khorazir, @inevitably-johnlocked, @nic0tinepatch, @arwamachine, @lisbeth-kk, @topsyturvy-turtely, @adealiz,@petite-madame,@anotherwellkeptsecret,@meetinginsamarra , @calaisreno , @kitten-kin

[helloliriels]

fallen back into my old bbc sherlock hyperfixation - do you have any blog recs? you’re one of the only blogs still around that i followed from the last time i immersed myself in the worlds only consulting detective and his blogger lol

HEYYYYY!!!! WeLCoMe BaCk!!!! 🥳

Always happy to recommend some great blogs to follow! (and very glad to still be here) ✌��

@john-smiths-jawline @topsyturvy-turtely @4thelneyj0nes @spooksicl-e @calaisreno @khorazir @bluebellofbakerstreet @sarahthecoat @7-percent @shiplocks-of-love @kettykika78 @discordantwords @chriscalledmesweetie @gaylilsherlock @meetinginsamarra @anotherwellkeptsecret @ceruleanmindpalace @raina-at @jobooksncoffee @blogstandbygo @inevitably-johnlocked @cupidford @swissmissing @safedistancefrombeingsmart @a-victorian-girl @gregorovitchworld @lisbeth-kk @petite-madame @whatnext2020 @chinike @rhasima @tiverrr @221beloved @arwamachine @londonlock @marta-bee @barachiki @myriath @holmosexualitea @jawnn-watson @aljedd @totallysilvergirl and anyone please add more!!!

(Hope these help with feeding the fixation!! hehe) 🥰💕😍

[meetinginsamarra]

Fanfics I really liked in October 2023

So. Since I keep a list of what I´ve read anyway (there´s always a list), I will rec all the fics I´ve wholly enjoyed on a monthly basis. Old and new, canon or AU, big or small authors, long or short but nearly always Johnlock (-ish).

Naked by sussexbound @sussexbound

Sherlock walks around in the flat fully nude and John has to deal with this. Somehow. But he will manage. LOL

Closeted by sussexbound

Sherlock and John get stuck in a wardrobe and have to figure out how to spend the night in there until they get rescued. John proposes to play a game. Such a lovely fic!

Also, there is the great (I'll call it comic) series, published by @anotherwellkeptsecret here on tumblr.

In Confidence by emmadelosnardos @lameraextranjera

"Reason for referral: Patient was admitted to dual diagnosis unit for detox on 27.5.2002." This is written from the POV of the doctor in the rehab clinic as you would find in the patient records. Unusual and interesting style and sickfic/recoveryfic.

L'amour Toujours by stopthat

Sherlock and John must go undercover—as two men in love—to find out who has been killing the church's queer community. They find out more than they had hoped for. (About themselves..) Ahhh, the great "fake relationship for a case" trope!

The Unfinished Letters by SilentAuror @silentauroriamthereal

A fire at Baker Street leads John to read something he was never intended to see: a notebook of half-written, unfinished letters Sherlock wrote during his time away... Lovely and sweet fic!

Anomaly by Calais_Reno @calaisreno

"John Watson, time traveller, meets Sherlock Holmes, an apparent anomaly." Says the summary and I immediately clicked. Did not regret!!

[iamdefinitelyreal]

Ace-Friendly Sherlock

Hi, it's me again! I did a sex-averse friendly Good Omens post a bit ago, and thought I might follow up with a Sherlock one! But I do want to make something clear: As with Aziraphale and Crowley, I know that some people head cannon Sherlock as Ace or Aro/Ace. Please, don't shame people for their separate head canons! That's the great thing and fan fiction: talented writers can share their own ideas about a show, please, let's be friendly!

Fics

Through a Glass, Darkly  By Calais_Reno (@calaisreno)

Rated: T

Chapters: 5/11

BBC!Johnlock and ACD!Johnlock

Time Travel Mystery, dual perspective with BBC being John and ACD being Sherlock

TW: Light violence, hospitals, mentions of death and murder, non-fatal major character injury

Notes: Really amazing! And of course, this fic goes with the theme that BBC!Johnlock has yet to confess by ACD!Johnlock has been all but married for years, and it’s wonderful! I can’t wait to read more updates!

Gifts Woven in HeartStrings By Seamless_Boundaries

Rated: G

Chapters: 5/5

BBC!Johnlock

Multiperspective 

TW: Slight homophobia, slight alcoholism

Notes: All fluff, and so beautiful. 

Solitude, and me By HopelessAndWandering

Rated: T

Chapters: 1/1

BBC! Johnlock (S2 EP3)

John’s Perspective

TW: Talk of death, unhealthy responses to grief, and slight blood warning

Notes: ANGST. This fic took the part of me that never healed from John’s reaction to 

Reichenbach and mutilated it. 

The Problem With Secrets By Charlie26 

Rated: T 

Chapters: 4/4

BBC!Mystrade (S4 EP3)

Omniscient Third Person Perspective

TW: Physiological torute, mention of child abuse, SH

Notes: Though I’m not a huge fan of Mystrade, this fic is fantastic! And it does a very good job (in my opinion of course) in portraying Mycroft’s personality!

Break it to Fix it - A Johnlock Fanfiction By jawnscoffee

Rated: T

Chapters: 2/?

BBC!Johnlock (The Dance Lesson)

TW: None

Notes: THE DANCE SCENE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Comics

Closeted by @anotherwellkeptsecret

On Tumblr

Finished

Completely SFW, but there is a follow up (Naked) that is NSFW

Also a fic (Closeted by sussexbound)

Change of Pace by @anotherwellkeptsecret

On Tumblr

Finished

SFW and NSFW version (SFW only on Tumblr)

[earlgreytea68]

Ta-da!!!!

Look, I want all of you to know: THIS WAS TECHNOLOGICALLY WAY MORE CHALLENGING THAN I WAS PREPARED FOR. It might just be that I'm getting old. And I'm still not sure I've done it entirely correctly, since I cannot locate the book by searching Amazon, Idk. But Amazon claims you can pre-order Book 1 of Swan Reunion Tour: Trick Up Your Sleeve, in both Kindle and paperback format!

Is this the same story available on AO3? Not quite! It's been edited! Actually, I added quite a bit to expand and fix the love story, now that I knew what it was actually about oops lol. So I suppose you can consider this to contain bonus content. I did, however, have to take out a couple of characters (sorry, Adam and Bach, it was just too crowded a canvas). But, other than that, it should be pretty recognizable as the beginning of the story we all know and love. If you want to see a little bit of how it's different, though: I posted a little preview on my Ainsley North Tumblr, and you'll see that now, per the recommendation of my very smart editor friend, the story starts with a little bit of Matt, just so you know he's coming. ;-)

I want to particularly think @anotherwellkeptsecret for the cover. ISN'T IT AWESOME?????? I love it soooo much, I cannot even deal with it.

Now, I'm honestly very proud of myself and now I have to get started to do it all over again with Book 2 lolololololol

[bewitched-bullet]

Page two is being worked on!

To Pull on the Spider’s Silk

[b3nc0]

@takusen801 , until our next airport reunion, love 😻

Tangled up in each other now and forever. 

THEY’RE ENGAGED AND IN LOVE WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

[ineffable-romantics]

For my 30th birthday last week, my brother got me an iPad so I could finally get into digital art, so here are some test doodles of the Ineffables!

For reference, I'm used to doing traditional pencil doodles pretty exclusively. The first pic is almost exactly what most of my art usually looks like. Colors and backgrounds and shading and details are completely new to me lol. I'm still working out the kinks of how I want to design them. I used to be really self conscious of my cartoony style and simple lines, but artists like @hg-aneh @gleafer @servantserah and especially @anotherwellkeptsecret have been HUGE inspirations in building my confidence.

Y'all are all so talented in this fandom, I can't wait to finally play in the sandbox!