#i can’t tag this as johnlock because they aren’t a couple

[thekittyfox2999]

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I don’t like bbc

But for some reason the idea of John going for Jim instead of Sherlock is stuck in my mind

what dumb shit would they get into?

what challenges would they face?

and most importantly

would Jim be better at keeping a veteran with ptsd from committing heinous crimes that aren’t a part of their scheme?

[kkyujikoo]

These are my... 2...? Maybe 50, cents about the whole "freejk" thing. I'm gonna be extremely petty and at some points a whole lot sarcastic and it's gonna be long but I had to say it. As soon as I get my computer I'm gonna make it under read more, but the app does whatever it wants, as we know.

Listen, this ain't my first fan rodeo, and not even the first fan rodeo where I've been directly or indirectly accused of being some sort of pervert or delulu. I've been in fandom spaces since I was a teen, I was shipping mlm couples when queerbaiting in TV shows was still something that was seen as the norm rather than some cheap disgusting trick. I was there when fanfic spaces saw "slash" fics as something "different" and to be tagged with a more mature rating even when they just looked at each other.

I was in BBC's Sherlock's fandom and I shipped Johnlock during the hiatus between S3 and S4, at this point I'm not even feeling it when people call me delulu or a weirdo.

So, yeah, take this with a grain of salt: as a person who has seen thousands of times fandom drama unfolding and has lived too much of it... This whole situation is so ridiculous it makes me laugh. Like, yeah, it's maddening how people will blame anyone and everyone because they don't even see their own bias and homophobia, granted, but like... It also makes me laugh for the sheer dumbassery of the reasoning behind it all?

Like... Y'all are getting mad and for what? Because it sure as hell isn't the invasion of privacy, since y'all are watching the same content we're all watching and you're paying to see it the same way everyone else is. If you don't want to "invade their privacy", you should just... Stop watching content that isn't their music videos, RUN episodes or interviews. Memories and any kind of dvd/video that shows what they're doing behind the scenes shouldn't be part of their job as musicians, and therefore we're intruding in their privacy... Or aren't we?

Or maybe it's more nuanced than that: maybe the content they release on dvd/on their official channels is part of their job as entertainers, and it's been approved, and it's a small window THEY are granting us.

You know what's the REAL invasion of privacy and what REALLY invalidates someone autonomy? When you, who maybe aren't even paying to see that content (which is something I understand, like, dude, I'm not covered in money either), DEMAND what kind of behind the scenes content you want when I swear ABSOLUTELY NO ONE has asked you. Once again: you don't like it? You think it's some huge invasion of privacy? Don't buy it. Don't interact with it. Convince your friends to do the same. For all I care, just go and petition to boycott this kind of content. I know you won't do it, because... That's the thing, isn't it? It's not the invasion of privacy that bothers these people.

Y'all aren't mad because we get into their business or else you would have gotten real mad when we were privy to REAL private moments like people crying their hearts out.

No, no. Y'all are mad because it's "shipping content" and "fanservice" which apparently bothers you because it lacks authenticity.

Pick a side, lovelies: either you DON'T want to invade their privacy, and thus all the content they release should be focused on what fans want to see, or you WANT to know how they interact TRULY in private.

And here's the catch: "shipping content" can be anything. Shipping existed WAAAAAYYY before the word for it was invented, same way with fanfictions. Shipping means, literally, "seeing two (or more) people interact and thinking they would make a good romantic pair". That's it. That's quite literally it. Everything else is just some nuance of the concept of shipping, but at its core, it's nearly impossible to ban all shipping content when it's a group of seven people, because they should for real go in social distancing mode to do so. Most people who have parasocial relationships tend to have "ships" whether they know it or not, because we've all, at least once, looked at a dynamic from the outside and thought "oh man they look cute together". So, even if, o dear ones, your wishes were granted... What the hell do you mean by "shipping" content? Should they just film solo clips, avoiding talking about the other members? But wouldn't that be fanservice, since it's focused on pleasing the fans? (Which, ultimately, is what fanservice MEANS, and I hate to break it to y'all but the whole concept behind entertainment and thus all the content BTS releases it's... For the fans. Like, they're not going out of their way to just meet our expectations but they're certainly doing fanservice by the mere act of releasing bonus content.)

But it's not even quite that, is it? Because no one bats an eye if it's Tae kissing Nj's cheek. I've seen no hashtag against everyone - and I mean literally every one of them - wolf whistling at Nj. It's okay to show intimacy... Because they're bandmates and it's okay to be close to someone who you see basically 24/7, I hear you. And it's also okay when people see that and gush over that closeness, because it's such a nice thing to see.

Soooooo... We've got to free JK from whom exactly? From what?

Are y'all mad cause people pointed out there's very little way a bruise that stayed for a whole ass night could be a quick bite? Because that doesn't harm jk, at most makes fun of him and jimin and their poor excuses (seriously, guys, next time consider using mosquitoes or "I was doing stuff". It'll be equally embarrassing but at least the meme will be funny), and it's literally... A fair observation. Like. It's a hickey, people are gonna make jokes about seeing a hickey and poor excuses of covering it up in the exact same way they're gonna make jokes over jimin falling out of chairs. And yeah, a hickey is AT LEAST something that happens in a sensual context. Like, I could understand "people who are extremely familiar with each other will have different body language/touch in areas where usually you wouldn't see friends touching each other", but that's not. Not a hand on the thigh. It's a hickey on the neck. I don't even know a more stereotypical placing for a hickey. But once again, are y'all mad because someone is pointing it out? Because that's not being delulu or even being a shipper, really, it's just commenting on something that was approved to be shown and discussed in something that was released BY THEM.

Are y'all mad at hybe for showing something that literally fell onto their hands? Cause like, unless someone (I'm counting on Jimin, since as we know Jungkook was busy spinning him round and round and had both his hands busy) called at hybe headquarters to say "yo bang pd substitute, is it okay if I give my friend jk here a hickey? Cause he's being really annoying rn and he has to pay", I highly doubt anyone expected Jungkook to come to rehearsal all neatly marked up. Or idk, maybe someone at hybe asked them "we need Jungkook to come in with a hickey but refuse to say it's a hickey, so that fans will feel reeeeally served." That sounds perfectly plausible too. Or a good marketing strategy.

Now, if you're a big company and your objective is to have some footage of the rehearsals for a concert, and the fandom is too good at noticing stuff for their own good, and one of your artists comes in with a very visible mark, and he and his bff bropal4lyfe come n with a story about how they were playing and a bite happened, you've got three choices: 1. Cut the artist out of aaaaalll the footage. Someone would have noticed the "bite mark" anyway, you best believe that. If you don't want anyone to notice it, you gotta cut him in most of the footage where it's visible. 2. Keep the hickey, discard the explanations. You could do that, but also it would feel a lot more unfaithful to everyone involved. Also they clearly worked their ass off to invent an explanation, come on! They truly tried to do their best inventing something that was not "it's a mosquito bite", they should get some credit! 3. Keep the bite, keep the explanation.

Notice how none of these solutions include the biting never happening because... They couldn't prevent it? The only thing they have any control over is how they're framing each "accident". And that's not an easy job.

I applaud you, people on the editing team.

So... On whom should we cast the blame now? Ah, yes, I think it's finally time for the ultimate scapegoat of this fandom: Jimin. Which is funny, cause... You know... If this were really about privacy, or being "victims" of shipping... This should be about freeing him too, you know? But obviously Jimin does it for attention, while Jungkook, poor angel that he is, doesn't even know what shipping is.

Furthermore, don't we all know how much Jimin imposes himself in Jungkook's life? To the point where he, multimillionaire man feels compelled to share a car with Jimin even if they're both late in the process. And can't you see how uncomfortable he is, draping himself over Jimin, making Jimin drap himself over him?

Oh lordy, truly such an awful eight years Jungkook spent, choosing to have vacations with someone who made him uncomfortable, spending free time with him, even having to suck his ear in public to the point you can see his saliva just because Jimin was sad :( truly an all-around bad time for Jungkook, as evidenced by alllll those times when he said Jimin was pretty, cute, and all-around knowing every little thing about Jimin. I absolutely concur, the dude would be so much more happy if jimin was not in his life.

Did that sound weird and absolutely ridiculous and a really absurd joke? Because that's what y'all sound like to me. Like. Jungkook is out there living his best life, getting hickeys and showered in affection and y'all paint him as a fucking martyr??? I'm sure he's really truly desperate that Jimin holds him in such high regards 😭😭😭 I can see him suffering whenever he starts doing his own serendipity rendition 😭😭 and when he claimed you are me, I am you as his and Jimin's only 😭😭😭 I cannot believe this poor baby 😭😭😭

I've reached a point where every time I hear this stuff I laugh because the levels of twisting reality when it comes to jikook are extraordinary, Jungkook will have a literally blissed out face and people will cry in outrage.

But coming back to my point: let's pretend you're not mad at Jimin and the possibility that jikook are dating: are y'all mad... At the hickey? Because at this point it seems like the only feasible solution. And if you are, do not worry: I'm sure Jungkook's skin was throughly healed by his boo. A kiss soothes even the worst pain, doesn't it?

[elisabethvanroseblood]

The Nameless Story

Memories

"Go Go go!!!!! If you were all so lame, the enemy would have defeated us!!!"

A man in uniform yells at the young soldiers who are making a long march.

"HURRY UP!! GO!!!"

He yells and marches 15 meters in front of the group.

The new one from the troop collapses because she cannot breathe properly. The others march on, but one of them stops and hurries to the young girl.

"Hey, are you okay, Richards?"

Says the soldier and helps her up. She points to her breast and indicates that she cannot breathe. He pats her on the back, which makes her cough and gasp.

"Th-Thanks"

She coughs and looks at the soldier with thanks. He smiles.

“No problem, that's what comrades are for. Come on. We have to catch up with the group"

He says, takes her hand and marches on with her.

After a while, the group rested in a forest and pitched their tents for the night.

"Thanks again for helping me"

Says the young woman and smiles gently. Her blue eyes in the night sky shimmer slightly in the light of the campfire while she sits next to the soldier.

"No problem Richa—"

"Sky. Just Sky"

The young woman smiles and eats an apple.

"John"

Said the soldier before sipping his canteen.

The two still eat something and talk about God and the world.

“Tell me, why are you here in the military? This is no place for a pretty young woman like you"

Says the man and looks at the blue-eyed woman, who blushes slightly.

“My father was in the military. He wanted his children to go there too. But I am his only child because my mother, whom he loved very much, passed away after I was born. He didn't want to and couldn't remarry, so he raised me and trained me as best he could. I never minded, I always thought it was cool to have a father who was in the military and supported me. And well....now I am here"

The young woman tells the blonde man and opens her bun, which causes her long, white hair, slightly wavy, to fall over her shoulder. John carefully strokes a strand from her face, which is why it is even redder. He chuckles.

"You are so adorable when you turn red, Sky"

He chuckles before she punched his shoulder and snorted red.

"Pah!"

She says and turned even redder and looked like a tomato.

"You are so stupid!"

She calls before she punched him more, which is why he started laughing more.

"Idiot!"

She snorts and turns away from him, offended.

"Oh come on, Sky"

He laughs lightly and squeezes it.

"I know you don't mean it"

He pouts with dog eyes.

"Oh please stop looking like that, Watson!"

She says and hits him in the chest, which makes him giggle.

The two always did such nonsense and were branded as a married couple by the whole troop, because they only behaved that way and because sometimes they were just fighting. Yes, the two of them sometimes called each other by surname, but only when they were training or on duty. And if not, then they reminded each other to use her name. But sometimes they called themselves by their last name when they weren't in a good mood.

On other days, the two cooed like two freshly in love and on other days....it got loud in a tent of the two of them and the next morning they would be lying in a sleeping bag, hugged tightly. But the two always denied that they were in a relationship.

Always.

But we want to be honest. They are together no matter how many times they would deny it.

The white-haired woman has closed her eyes and is propping herself on the floor with her hands. She is 21 years young and has a temper that others would shake. For that, she coos and chuckles the other half of her time with John, which makes the others just roll their eyes or make a quick exit because it gets too sappy after all.

A gentle breeze blows through the trees, causing the pleasant smell of pine and resin to slowly spread over the square. The young woman's hair is blowing gently in the wind and bobbing back and forth. It was a sight to the gods, and the Doctor slowly melted away. For 1 year they had been in a secret relationship that wasn't so secret because everyone knew it, but they pretended it wasn't. His hand gently strokes hers before he wraps his hand over her bandage. He runs his thumb over the back of her hand and smiles as she sighs contentedly.

"I love you, John Watson..."

The young woman whispers gently and opens her eyes just to look into his.

"I love you too, Sky Richards"

He smiled gently before the two leaned forward for a gentle kiss.

It was short, but warmed up both of them, from the inside wonderfully and gave goose bumps run over their bodies. When they release the kiss, both of them blushed and chuckled.

"Nawwww how cute you are when you blush, Watson"

The young woman grins and giggles.

"I can only answer that, Richards"

He laughs lightly and presses a kiss on her cheek.

Oh the two were such a cute couple.

But the emphasis is on the word were.

The years passed, but something happened...

“John, you slept with her! You can't deny it !!!! She admitted it herself !! God, HOW CAN YOU ONLY!"

the white-haired woman cries in horror and does not look at her boyfriend. It's her birthday. On her birthday of all times, something like that had to come out. Her mood was ruined and her heart was broken.

"I wanted to tell you Sky, really!..."

He tries to explain, but is pushed away from her.

"You know, there are people who at least say" let's break up, I'm no longer happy in our relationship". But SOMETHING LIKE THAT! To do is under all dignity!! I never want to see you again, John! Goodbye!"

She exclaims angry and hurt, with tears in her eyes, and walks the other way.

"SKY PLEASE WAIT!"

He exclaims desperately, hoping she would turn around, but unfortunately it wasn't. It goes on and on. Ignore the voice calling after you.

She sniffs and sits down by a tree before she lets her tears run free.

"Damn it, that asshole!"

She thinks for herself and sniffs hard once.

Footsteps come towards her, but it's not Watson. Two slender arms grab the young woman and press her against a thin body. She hugs the person and starts crying.

"All good, I'm here"

Whispers the person in a soft voice.

"Jackson..."

The young woman whispers, broken and hugs the man.

“Everything will be fine, Sky. He's an idiot if he cheats on you with someone else"

The man whispers and presses her to his warming body.

She takes out all of her frustration and sadness and, in the end, is something broken.

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"John?"

A voice called, now for the 10th time. The doctor looks up into the eyes of the detectives.

"Yes?"

The blonde asked, blinking lost in thought.

"You thought about your past again, didn't you?"

Asked the detective.

"Yes..."

The blonde answered and ran his hand over his face.

"About the war and your injury?"

"Hm?....No no.... I...just remembered someone..."

"So? And to whom? "

"...to a colleague..."

"And what is the name of this colleague?"

"...Sky....Sky Richards..."

He said there was sorrow in his voice because he missed her. He had really lost it with her then. And he knew that, unfortunately.

Later at noon, Sherlock and John were walking the streets of London as a murder had occurred. Oh how enthusiastic the detective jumped up and sprinted out, glad that there was finally something to investigate again. Once at the scene of the crime, the evidence was first collected before turning to the corpse. It was a young man. He wore a uniform because he was a soldier. His throat was slit and his eyes were removed. Otherwise, he lay there as if he were lying in a coffin. The hands were on his chest, the legs were together, while the blood soaked his clothes.

"Where is he! Where's dean! Where is my husband!"

An angry young woman called and wanted to see her dead friend. Annoyed, the detective sighed and questioned the distraught woman.

"It's been a long time since we met, John H. Watson."

Said a clear and calm voice, which made the doctor look up.

"No......."

"Aren't you happy to see an old comrade again?"

"II thought you died when there was a shooting in your apartment.....Sky..."

To be continued ;)

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Sky

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Tagging: @cutelock, @peanitbear and @johnlock-and-merthur-4ever

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A-Spec Across Fandoms

23/10/20 - I know I have already done an a-spec post for Destiel fics, but it is asexual awareness week next week, so I thought I’d read a load of fics with ace characters from a few different shows I like! We have some Supernatural, some Doctor Who, some Sherlock, and a couple from Good Omens. Happy ace week!

Supernatural

broken when I’m lonesome by SailorChibi on AO3. (7,015 words).

Tags: Asexual Castiel, Demisexual Dean, Panromantic Castiel, Biromantic Dean, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, PTSD, Dean Has Self-Esteem Issues, Dean Has a Sexuality Crisis, Angst, Fluff, Touch-Starved, Comfort, Platonic Cuddling, Castiel is Not Oblivious, comments that could be taken as ace-phobic.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: After being saved from hell, Dean's old methods of coping aren't working anymore: he's not sexually attracted to anyone, and he's not interested in sex no matter how many times he climbs into bed with hot, naked women. Sam is convinced that his brother is just depressed, but Dean knows this goes deeper than that. He still craves the intimacy that can make him feel safe. Fortunately, Castiel is there to both understand and provide.

Notes: This fic really hit home. I’m not sure if it is because almost every person I have ever talked to has had some form of this conversation, but it was still cute.

La Vie A Plus by K_K_TiBal on AO3. (6,260 words).

Tags: Punk Castiel, Asexual Castiel, College/Uni AU, Roommates, oh my god they were roommates, College Student Dean, College Student Castiel, Pining, First Kiss, Misunderstandings, Art Student Castiel, Love Confessions, Gabriel is a Little Shit, Tattooed Castiel.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: Dean Winchester is hopelessly, head-over-heels in love with his best friend and roommate, Castiel. Castiel - with his blue hair, and his tattoos, and his artwork, and his perfect everything. Dean never stood a chance, really. It only sucks because, as far as Dean can tell, Castiel is definitely not interested. But love, much like art, has a way of being unpredictable. Even if you think you know where you're going with it.

Notes: The angst is strong in this one! Again, I feel like many aces have had this conversation or that fear that people (allos, especially) may not want to be with them.

Exposed to What You Hide by SailorChibi on AO3. (1,890 words).

Tags: Alternate Universe - Hunters, Creature Castiel, Procubus Cas, Asexual Castiel, Established Relationship, Hidden Relationship, Assisted Suicide, Cuddling, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff.

My Rating: 4 stars.

Description: "We think Cas is a procubus," Sam blurted out. Then he winced and yelped when Charlie kicked him under the table. "Ow!" "Smooth, Sam," Charlie snapped. Dean looked back and forth between them, realizing that they were both 100% serious. "A procubus." "Basically it's the sexless version of an incubus or a succubus," Charlie explained before Sam could. "It's... it's a demon that kills people by sleeping with them." She was chewing on her thumbnail now, eyes big and apologetic. Sam had done one better pasting on a truly epic kicked puppy expression of apology. "You think Cas is killing people by cuddling with them," Dean said, just to be sure. 

Notes: Well that took a bit of a turn. I’m not sure why, but I love fics where Cas keeps bees, it was just so cute to see him that happy! (Even if he was crazy. Shut up).

Consolation by Trell on AO3. (1,195 words).

Tags: Aromantic, Aromantic Relationship, Asexual Relationship, Asexuality, Asexual Character.

My Rating: 3 stars.

Description: In which both of them are ancient, and neither of them are in love with each other.

Notes: Okay, I would first of all like to say that I do not ship Cas and Ten. I was kind of curious though, and clearly whoever wrote this ships Destiel and Ten/Rose. That being said, I am here for some angst; poor Cas and his unrequited love, and poor Ten because all his friends are dead.

Doctor Who

don’t hold this war inside by WishingTree on AO3. (1,824 words).

Tags: Asexual Yaz, Pre-Relationship, Asexual Character.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: “It’s just - I’m scared,” she finally manages. “Scared?” the Doctor stills where she’s been trying to roll up the sleeves of her coat, shoving the material of one arm over her elbow and asking, “Scared of what?” Yaz doesn’t answer, can’t answer, and the Doctor goes to reach for her, aborting the movement halfway and only managing an awkward swaying motion. “...Scared of me?”

Notes: Thasmin is a ship that, had I not stumbled across it on Instagram, would never have thought of on my own. Much like Sabriel, however, now the idea is in my head, I ship it! Also, the author in this fic manages to perfectly capture the Doctor’s personality, which is quite an impressive feat.

Whatever fits my skin by lloydsglasses on AO3. (1,481 words).

Tags: Friendship, Male-Female Friendship, Cross-Generational Friendship, Asexual Character, Asexuality, Canon Gay Character, LGBTQ Character, Aromantic, Pride.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: “So, does that happen to you a lot?” Bill asks once they’re safely back in the Doctor’s study, each cradling a mug of tea. “Getting snogged by gorgeous women as a thanks for saving their lives.” The Doctor sets his teacup down gently on the desk, mouth pursing in distaste. “Far more often than I’d like.”

Notes: Oh my god that was so (fucking) cute! Now I want more fics of characters going to pride. Maybe for next June. Also, I’m just saying that I hated Nardole and nothing you can say to me will make me change my mind.

Take It, Leave It (But you’d better believe it) by lloydsglasses on AO3. (760 words).

Tags: Friendship, Male-Female Friendship, Cross-Generational Friendship, Asexual Character. Aromantic, Canon Gay Character, Coming Out, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, LGBTQ Themes.

My Rating: 4 stars.

Description: “I told my foster mum that I’m gay. Now she keeps trying to set me up with guys." 

“Ah,” says the Doctor, with a frown. “That seems… counterintuitive.”

Notes: I’ve always loved Bill and Twelve’s relationship, and this is such a cute scene! It is a crime we haven’t got more River Song content, by the way.

Crescendo by tenscupcake on AO3. (6,013 words).

Tags: Fluff, Asexual Character, Romance.

My Rating: 4 stars.

Description: As her relationship with the Doctor slowly develops into something a little more than friendship, Rose starts to wonder what's holding him back. But one fateful night, he confesses something that makes her realize she never had any reason to worry.

Notes: Beautifully written! I don’t think I’ve ever read a Ten/Rose fic before, but I have always shipped it and it is adorable.

Sherlock

The Important Bit by Solshine on AO3. (9,984 words).

Tags: Asexual Sherlock, Platonic Relationship, Amarriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Bromance, Domestic.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: Just where exactly is the line between “to love” and “to be in love”? What difference is required between “flatmate” and “husband”? (Besides the rings, obviously.) No, the important bit is that they have each other. Thirty years, give or take, in an atypical marriage. Basically a long bit of platonic domestic fluff.

Notes: Oh, this is absolutely one of my favourite Johnlock fics now. Absolutely adorable (because I love domestic Johnlock okay), I nearly cried, and now I want all the art of Sherlock with a fancy old cane!

the art of getting by (isn’t really so artsy at all) by stupidmuse_hatesme on AO3. (6,521 words).

Tags: Asexuality, Asexual Character, Asexual Sherlock, Romance, First Time, First Date, Slash.

My Rating: 4 stars.

Description: “He's treating things like they're normal! Things are not normal.” Sherlock drags his hands from his mussed up hair and covers his face. “You aren't helping much,” he mumbles into his palms. “I hope you know that.” The skull only grins from his perch and says not a word. “Really, you're supposed to do more than just--sit there.”

Notes: John is so unbelievably sweet in this, but Sherlock was bit OOC.

what does the world get by coloredink on AO3. (2,302 words).

Tags: Asexuality, Asexual Sherlock, Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship.

My Rating: 3 stars.

Description: A women's magazine quiz leads Sherlock to investigate the nature of love.

Notes: A cute lil’ fic about exploring your (in this case, lack of) romantic and sexual attraction.

Surprisingly Simple by heeroluva on AO3. (855 words).

Tags: Asexuality, Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship, First Kiss, Touching, Fluff, Cuddling and Snuggling. My Rating: 3 stars. Description: In which John is asexual, and Sherlock never asks. Notes: Pretty cute, and it is always nice to see a character who is just cool with it, without some massive explanation. I can dream.

Good Omens

An Honest Surrender by Kedreeva on AO3. (4,107 words).

Tags: Ineffable Husbands, Post-Apocalypse, Love Confessions, Marriage Proposal, Marriage, First Kiss, Cuddling & Snuggling, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Soulmates, Soul Bond, Aziraphale’s True Form, Crowley’s True Form, Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: "For six thousand years," Crowley said, voice cracking, "I have wanted something I couldn't have, because I asked the wrong questions. But I'm asking the right one now. The only one that matters." In which Aziraphale follows Crowley home after the nonpocalypse.

Notes: Seriously, reading Good Omens fics always makes me so relaxed and sleepy it is unreal. I need to read them more often. Anyway, this is such a cute explanation for the final episode, and I loved it!

You’re the Only Prayer I Need by Kedreeva on AO3. (5,507 words).

Tags: Ineffable Husbands, Wingfic, Angel Wings, Angel/Demon Relationship, Wing Grooming, Bathing/Washing, Cuddling & Snuggling, Asexual Character, Asexuality, Asexual Relationship, Snake Crowley, Love Confessions, Trust, Non-Sexual Intimacy.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: Crowley had, in the six thousand years Aziraphale had known him, shed his skin exactly twice that Aziraphale knew of. Both times he had disappeared without a trace, having retreated somewhere very safe and very, very unknown to hide while he was so vulnerable, and Aziraphale had never thought to ask beyond that information. Everyone was, he had supposed at the time, entitled to their secrets. The problem was that he had stumbled directly into this secret now, and there was hardly a graceful way out of it.

Notes: The sheer level of trust is adorable, and I’m always here for snake Crowley.

A Little Less Celestial by Kedreeva on AO3. (2,360 words).

Tags: Non-Sexual Intimacy, Non-Sexual, Sharing a Bed, Ineffable Husbands, Literal Sleeping Together, Wingfic, Cuddling & Snuggling, Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship.

My Rating: 4 stars.

Description: Aziraphale accidentally falls asleep, and Crowley teaches him sleeping isn't so bad, really.

Notes: Oh my God, this was so calming to read in a way I really can’t describe? Also, now I want a bookshelf bed.

Just One Yesterday by Kedreeva on AO3. (1,952 words).

Tags: True Form Crowley, True Form Aziraphale, Ineffable Husbands, Angst with a Happy Ending, Love Confessions, Post-Apocalypse, Time Travel, Time Loop, Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship, Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Missing Scene.

My Rating: 3 stars.

Description: Crowley and Aziraphale didn't stop the apocalypse on the first try, but you know what they say... try, try again.

Notes: I could not tell you the plot of this, but that image of Crowley’s true form was beautiful (and the artwork was phenomenal!).

So, there we have it! I hope you enjoy them, and have a nice week. By the way, if you have instagram, please would you consider following @justaceofficial? They are trying to get funding for a TV series which focuses on an asexual main character, and they ran an asexual advent running up to this week!

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Pick 10 ships without reading the questions.

1. Sherlock/John (BBC)

2. Mulder/Scully (X Files)

3. 007/Q (James Bond movies)

4. Usagi/Mamoru (Sailor Moon)

5. Arthur/Eames (Inception)

6. Ten/Rose (Doctor Who)

7. Valery/Boris (Chernobyl)

8. Doctor Strange/Everett Ross (MCU)

9. Tony/Steve (MCU)

10. Thor/Loki (MCU)

1. Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

“I bet you’re going to have a really great year.”

2. Have you ever read a FanFiction about 2?

Yes, lot of them, especially after the end of 9th season.

3. Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr?

Probably on some geocities or supereva forum now erased from the web.

4. If 7 were to suddenly break-up today, what would your reaction be?

Well, they were forced to be apart, actually, and my reaction is always the same: T__T

5. Why is 1 so important?

Because I feel deeply in tune with them, because through this ship I met some terrific friends, because Johnlock's various interpretations have helped many fans to feel validated.

6. Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?

Have you ever seen Tony be serious? In truth I think it can be very serious, but Tony will always act like an idiot around Steve, he can't help it.

7. Out of all of the ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?

Johnlock.

8. Out of all of your ships listed, which ship has the strongest bond?

Johnlock again (if we happily ignore the existence of S4).

9. How many times have you read/watched 8’s fandom?

Watching it is a bit difficult, since the two characters aren't even in the same movies. Consequently, fanfictions are also limited, but the fandom is united and the stories are beautiful.

10. Which ship has lasted the longest?

Since they’re almost immortal, I go for Thor and Loki.

11. How many times, if ever, has 2 broken up?

Never, in the end. They have always been there for each other.

12. If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?

Probably both. Doctor Strange can simply swipe out the zombies, and Mulder and Scully dealt with worse shit.

13. Did 5 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

Eames hiding something? Nah, on the contrary he would boast about their relationship, just for the sake of seeing Arthur embarrassed about it.

14. Is 4 still together?

Yes, still in XXX century.

15. Is 3 canon?

In Spectre they bicker like a old married couple, so yes.

16. If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

Tony and Steve. Tony doesn’t like to lose, Steve would probably do something eroic to free the people from oppression.

17. Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 10’s ship?

Well, Thanos snapped Loki’s neck, so I think this is a yes.

18. Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?

Johnlock. Even if I’m bitter at the series, they are meant to be together, end of discussion.

19. Do you spend hours a day going through 1’s tumblr page?

Not only Tumblr, but yes.

20. If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she´d break them all forever, which ship would you sink?

Ten and Rose. He would regenerate anyway, and she has her lovely double, so no big harm done.

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Sherlock Fic Recs (mostly lesser-known)

All right, I’ve recommended individual fics from time to time,and I certainly reblog fic rec lists, but this is the first time I’ve tried to assemble a Sherlock rec list of my own. I’m trying to select stories I’ve not seen often (or ever) on other lists for this, and they are in no particular order. Mind the tags. Nearly all are end-game Johnlock, although a couple are more gen.

Since this is my first time writing a fic rec list, please let me know if you enjoyed it.

A Telling Touch - by MikayoToudaiji, 91K, E, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson 

Post-Reichenbach. After Sherlock’s death, John manages to get himself re-enlisted and is sent back to war. But when two series of gruesome murders link home and outland together, John is suddenly faced with more battles than he could have imagined. A Reunion, multi-chapter, case fic.

This is one of my go-to fics. John is grieving the loss of Sherlock and back in the army, this time in Syria, courtesy of Mycroft, when he is called home due to the mysterious death of Irene Adler. Irene was the latest victim of a serial killer, but she has managed to leave John a mysterious message. Sherlock does eventually return, but badly injured. There’s a fascinating case fic, a very different and totally platonic Mary Morstan, Sebastian Moran makes an appearance, and a Mummy Holmes who’s absolutely lovely. I find this story so emotionally rewarding, on many levels.

Follow My Voice - by flawedamythyst, 9K, T, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Sherlock's voice is all John has.

John is in a coma, and his only link back to the world is Sherlock’s voice. Told mostly from John’s perspective, the payoff when John finally wakes up is lovely.

Meeting Clara - by BlueSkye12, 2K, G, no pairings (pre-Johnlock, perhaps, if you squint)

John and Sherlock have a chance meeting with John's former sister-in-law and Sherlock learns a thing or two about John's return from Afghanistan.

Sherlock learns exactly how much damage John suffered from the bullet that brought him to London and that fateful meeting at St. Bart’s. Clara is very protective of John, even if he’s no longer her brother-in-law.

Bitter Sweet - by distantstarlight, 17K, E, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Alpha John Watson is a retired army doctor with a chance to acquire an omega mate. He meets the most unusual omega he’s ever encountered.

A somewhat unusual take on A/B/O dynamics, where alphas need to have a use in life, either with a satisfactory career or as a parent to the next generation. Omegas, including Sherlock, are bought at auction, which some may find disturbing, but there’s no indications of maltreatment on anyone’s part. It’s Sherlock who has all the power in this relationship, although he’s deleted the reasons why. John may have to pay the price for that.

The Art of Seduction series - by flawedamythyst, 97K across 6 works, T to E, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/Jim Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes/many OMCs, John Watson/OMC, Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade

Sherlock ran a website called The Science Of Seduction, on which he gave advice on the best ways to get laid, wrote blog entries detailing the results of his various sexual 'experiments' and generally contributed to the stereotype of 'every gay man is a sex-mad playboy'. John avoided the thing like the plague. AU in which Sherlock treats sex like he does crime in canon. Inspired by Queer As Folk UK, but it very quickly went its own way.

I love this series. Sherlock is obsessed, not with crime, but with sex. John is his flatmate and pretty much the only gay man in London with whom Sherlock has not slept. John pines, Sherlock sleeps with most of gay London, and they all go dancing every weekend. Then Jim shows up and ruins everything. Or does he?

Semper Fidelis - by Blind_Author, 57K, M, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mycroft Holmes/Anthea

Written for a prompt. Moriarty frames John and "Anthea" of betrayals which cause both of the Holmes brothers to cut them off. Cue BAMF!John and BAMF!"Anthea" doing their best to clear their names.

John and Anthea go on the run after they are both framed the same day. They protect one another and bond over the idiocy of their respective Holmeses. Both are in established, if hidden, relationships. They bond while on the run.

Evidence of Human Life - by thesardine, 17K, E, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Sherlock's sanity deteriorates while he and John are stranded on a deserted island.

I basically summed this up in my personal bookmark as: Sherlock and John on a deserted island. They hunt seals, Sherlock periodically goes nuts, and they start having sex.   

This Doesn’t Feel Like Falling - by Dark3Star, 148K, E, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, pre Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade

When he fell from St. Barts, Sherlock knew he loved John Watson. John couldn't love him back (or so he thinks). Now that he's back from the dead things are back to normal... sort of. When a serial killer targets increasingly high profile gay couples Sherlock is on the case. With a, possibly ill-advised, plan Sherlock and John go undercover as a couple to uncover the truth.

Part 1 of a series, although this is by far the largest part.  Your classic “married for a case” trope, taken to the extreme. There’s a decent case fic, a lot of mutual pining, and some interesting wedding planning. Heed the warnings, there are some pretty graphic depictions of violence when they finally confront the murderer.

The Secret Identity of John Watson - by scifigrl47, 27K, G, John Watson/OFC (but don’t let that scare you!)

Taken out of context, John Watson leads a terrifying life. You have to wonder what those poor women he dates thinks of it, especially if John decides to try keeping one away from Sherlock, and Sherlock decides that it'd be best if he could get rid of her. After all, Mycroft's taught him a thing or two about removing potential 'problems.'

Told from the point of view of the bank girl John saves and then dates. Guys, I am a total Johnlock shipper, and so is everyone else in this crack-fest, although they aren’t actually together. Samantha and her girlfriends are an absolute riot, and their impressions of both John and Sherlock are hysterical.

Small Steps - by crossroadrain, 16K, unrated, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

"It's John's birthday and all his army buddies have got him a prostitute for a laugh.

A/B/O fic, where Sherlock is an unwilling omega stripper hired to entertain for John’s birthday get-together with a bunch of his army buddies. When John takes him aside to protect him from his army buddies, he learns something more is going on. The writing is a little uneven, because the writer is not a native English speaker, but the story is quite good.

Endings - by Purple_Slippers_18, 3K, T, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Fifty years. Eighteen thousand two hundred and sixty two days. It was a long time to be alive, never mind the thirty-four years Sherlock had breathed before he'd met John, which the man in question most certainly did not. As far as Sherlock was concerned, his life – the one whose memories he hoarded like a dragon protecting caverns of stolen gold – began on that serendipitous January afternoon when two strangers met in the research labs at St. Bart's.

Not for those who can’t deal with MCD or find assisted suicide disturbing, but they’re so in love here. Retirement!Lock.

Body Language - by CeruleanDarkangelis,2K, T Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

There is a language to dancing; a call-and-response from one body to another. Even with the poncy kind of dancing I knew he was versed in, the kind that requires classes and counting and rules, there is communication between bodies. Watching him now, I’m more than pleased to discover that he understands my dialect as well.

This is just 2K of absolutely hot dancing seduction. There’s a follow-up fic, Touch Me, about what happens when they get home

Blind series - by inspiration_assaulted, 19K across 3 works, G to T, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Lt John Watson, 25, will do just about anything to stay in the Army, even if it means marrying a man he's never met. It's only for two years, and he'll probably be in Afghanistan the whole time. How much can his life really change?

Mycroft arranges a marriage between Sherlock and John, allowing John to stay in the army and Sherlock to pay for rehab. They write each other letters, but have never met. I originally read this story on FF.net and loved it. I was delighted to find it on AO3, which is easier on my eyes.

Words of One Syllable and At A Loss- GwendolynnFiction, 101K across 2 works on FF.net, M, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

The landmine at Baskerville leaves Sherlock deafened. Unable to stand living without his friend John agrees to learn to sign, but foreign languages cannot be learned in a void. Sherlock helps John learn to sign by finally learning to talk to him.

This was one of my early favorites when I first started reading Sherlock stories on fanfiction.net. The author has slightly different versions up on AO3, but I find these much more enjoyable, as their relationship just seems to work better. The followup story is what happens during the Moriarty trial and after the fall, when Sherlock has to return unexpectedly after John goes missing.

The Otter and the Hedgehog - by Trinity Fire, 23K on FF.net, T, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade.

Just when John and Sherlock think they have time to rest after a case, they get an unexpected surprise... Unexpected, yes, and fluffy!

This is a little uneven, and has a very awkward, very weird self-insert OC, but Sherlock the otter wandering around the flat tucking John the hedgehog into his scarf to carry him everywhere is just too cute!

Letters to a Soldier - by Pakmai, 70K on FF.net, T, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Captain John Watson is a soldier in Afghanistan. Sherlock Holmes has just been admitted to a drug rehab facility, assigned to write a letter to an unknown soldier. He doesn't expect to get a letter back from someone as interesting as John. John doesn't expect to get letter from a recovering drug addict. Together they form an unlikely friendship through letters.

I’ll admit, it’s been a while since I read this one, but this series turned me into a big fan of epistolary fics. The follow-up fic, Letters to a High-Functioning Sociopath, finished after I’d stopped reading regularly on FF, so I admit I don’t know how the series ended.

Flare - by iMusicalMinji, 6K on FF.net, T, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

John has a lot to learn about an elusive species when he ends up living with one. Like how he doesn't have to change under a full moon, how he is fireproof even if he cannot breathe fire himself, and how he loves the doctor. MythicalCreature!AU

A sweet dragon!Lock story, with some parental elements. Sherlock’s hoard made me laugh, and then I thought about it and it made sense. 

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what are your favorite ships and why? (from any fandom you are in)

👀 👀 putting this under a cut because it gets kind of long. i chose one per fandom or this list would get ridiculously out of control lmfao

in no particular order, my otps:

logan & roman || sanders sides

you guys are probably painfully aware of how much i love these two. their dynamic—working brilliantly when together, wreaking absolute havoc when they’re on opposing ends, and never seeming to agree on anything despite their similar intentions, and their playful banter—is absolutely to die for.

newt & thomas || the maze runner

my first otp ever, i think. honestly the perfect balance between reason and impulse, chaos and calm, thought and action. there’s more than enough quotes in the books that shows how gay they are for each other. i would know because i bookmarked them oops

jake peralta & amy santiago || brooklyn nine nine

honestly, they’re one of my only het ships lmfao but their relationship has progressed so much from season 1… they’re married… i still can’t believe it. from an outsider’s point of view people might see them as a couple where one is a goofball and the other is a stickler for rules but in reality they’re both dorks and deserve each other.

magnus bane & alec lightwood || the mortal instruments

funny story, when they first interacted i messaged my friends saying something like “i’m kind of picking a gay vibe here” and they messaged back “they’re literally boyfriends, sapph” so that was my first introduction to malec. they’re the badass couple but they’re also soft af,,, they deserve the world and more.

david rose & patrick brewer || schitt’s creek

david’s tendency to be overdramatic, patrick’s sarcasm, and the banter they share is the reason i’m alive,, their relationship is so adorable and you can See how smitten patrick is with david since the moment they met. you know those moments when patrick teases david and then kisses him to make him feel better? i’m gone. 

john watson & sherlock homes || sherlock

i tend to oscillate between fandoms a lot, but johnlock is a ship that i always manage to fall back to. the change in sherlock after meeting john, their domestic moments that we get to witness, and pure love and respect they feel for each other—that we can clearly see—is beautiful. 

tony stark & stephen strange || marvel

they aren’t the otp of my otps, but if it means anything i did go straight home after watching avengers: infinity war last year and read the entirely of the ironstrange tag on ao3 so there’s that. i mean, come on, the wink and the smirk, the tentative alliance they make, them making sure they’re okay when in distress (on both ends, multiple times :D), and their spider son… there Are reasons.

misc; ships that i shipped very briefly / only lowkey ship

- stiles stilinski & lydia martin || teen wolf- sam wilson & bucky barnes || marvel- alexander hamilton & thomas jefferson || hamilton

okay i literally have no explanation for the last one but in my defense we were learning about hamilton and jefferson in history and a girl said “they fight like a married couple” and i was CURIOUS and before i knew it i was reading a 40k jamilton fic at 3am

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Undercover in Spain - Part I Part II Part III

John can hear Sherlock mumbling something to his phone, but he's walking a little too far in front of him to discern any words and doesn’t really feel like slowing down. The prospect of locking lips with Sherlock has messed up with his head so much he ended up humiliating himself and now can barely imagine looking into his eyes without turning red.

“Er, John?”

Sherlock’s voice slightly echoes through the hallway.

“You’ve missed our door.”

Confused, John comes to a halt, turning to look at Sherlock, only to realise that  he was so buried in his thoughts he completely forgot to watch where he was going.

The first thing John notices once reaching the door is the number of their room. “222? Seriously?” He raises an eyebrow. Almost feels like he’s being pranked.

“Why, yes, 221 was already taken,” Sherlock says with an amused smile, then takes out the keycard from his pocket and proceeds to unlock the door. “Shall we?”

“Well, there’s no use of us loitering around, is there?” John utters, taking a step over the threshold. As soon as he walks further into the room, he founds himself unreservedly mesmerised. From huge, plush sofa in front of what must be the largest TV John has ever seen to the beautiful view that offers the window wall... he can instantly envision himself spending not just a week, but a whole month here in this room. That is, only if Sherlock keeps him company, of course.

“Nice, isn’t it?” 

John was so absorbed in his fantasy he didn’t even notice that Sherlock had approached him. He throws a glance at him then beckons toward the monumental window.

“Nice? Nice doesn’t even begin to cover it, Sherlock. It looks fantastic.”

“Mhm. And you haven’t even seen the bedroom yet.”

“The bed-? Oh.... The bedroom.” John draws a sharp breath. It hasn’t occurred to him until now. Or maybe it has, he just tried to push the thought away, as far as possible in fear of being overwhelmed by what it signifies. They’ll have to sleep in the same bed.

Just as the thought crosses his mind, Sherlock breaks the silence that has descended. “The bed's big enough to make you forget you’re lying next to me. In case you were wondering. Then again,” he purses his lips, a bit anxiously it seems. “I might as well sleep on the sofa if the idea of sharing a bed with me... bothers you.”

“Why... why would it bother me?” John's voice trembles, because God, it’s almost like Sherlock just read his mind but in the same time completely misinterpreted his thoughts, because sleeping next to him? Would most certainly not bother John in the slightest. Right opposite.

“I don’t know. I thought it would,” Sherlock shrugs, smiling somewhat apologetically.

“No, no,” John shakes his head, perhaps a bit more vigorously than he intended. “Sherlock, none of us is going to sleep on the sofa, alright? We’re adults. We can handle this like adults.”

John hesitates for a moment, as if contemplating something, then finally, his lips curl into a little smile. “And besides... we’re supposed to be a couple, are we not?” This time he makes sure to choose his words carefully. After all, he’s had enough of embarrassment for a day. Much to his relief, Sherlock giggles at his remark and thus the tension is finally eased.

“All right, then. You check the rest of the apartment, while I change into something more comfortable. And I suggest you do the same. We can’t walk around looking like we’ve never experienced summer before. Remember, we have to fit in.”

John looks him up and down, then smirks. “You look... fine to me.” Fine wasn’t exactly the first word that came to John’s mind but saying hot, sexy and gorgeous would almost definitely ruin everything he’s just barely saved, at least that’s what he thinks.

“Oh... interesting,” Sherlock’s face suddenly lightens up.

“Oh? Oh what?”

“Are you by any chance practicing flirting with me?” Sherlock smiles, a hint of playfulness in his voice.

John blinks at him. “Flirting? I wasn’t-I mean-”

“Have no worries, John. I don’t mind. In fact, I encourage you to.”

“You encourage me to... flirt with you?”

“Precisely,” Sherlock nods, then takes a small step forward to shorten the gap between them. “Go on. Flirt with me. We have to make the best possible impression.”

John stares at him for solid five seconds then bursts into a laugh. “Sherlock, it doesn’t work like that. I can’t just... say something like that on cue.”

“Why not?”

“It wouldn’t have any effect whatsoever. We can’t talk to each other like we’re mechanically reciting lines, Sherlock. It has to come naturally, on the spur of the moment.”

“Hm,” Sherlock pouts. “Fair enough... I suppose you were right. What you said in the elevator. We haven’t been a very convincing couple so far, have we?”

“No, I am afraid not.”

”Well then, I guess we have to go out tonight and... start anew,” Sherlock suggests. “There’s a fancy restaurant on the first floor. How about... a romantic dinner?”

John grins. “Not that I don’t appreciate the idea of having a romantic dinner with you, but aren’t we, first of all, supposed to be keeping an eye on the suspect ?” John isn’t even trying to blame Sherlock for acting like he’s forgotten the actual reason why they came to Spain. He almost forgot too.

Sherlock’s smile but widens though. “What makes you think he’s not going to be there?”

At that, John snickers, surprised he even had any doubts. Because of course the suspect’s going to be there. Sherlock is always two steps ahead of everyone...

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The London Underground in The Empty Hearse: Part 1 - Basics of the Underground

I love the tube almost as much as I love Sherlock Holmes, and so the London Underground plot line in TEH is super interesting for me - especially because it’s full of tube-based plot holes and inaccuracies! I’m really excited to combine these two fields of interest in some analytical posts. This series may help non-Londoners if you’re writing fic about the tube, or you may just find it interesting as there’s lots of cool trivia about the tube and London in it, and if that’s not for you, there’s also a lot of pretty screenshots of John and Sherlock coming up. Something for everyone!

I’m going to go through chronologically in a series of posts, pointing out things that people not familiar with the tube system may have missed, some insight into how they filmed these scenes, and a few bits of meta and headcanons we can get from this information, as well as laugh at a couple of silly plot mistakes. Feel free to message me if there’s anything specific you want to know, I love talking about this topic. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform; this hype train is ready to leave!

This first section pre-games may writing on TEH with some basics of the tube system. If you’re familiar with the tube system, you probably don’t need to read this, but feel free to anyway, I’m not gonna tell you what to do, live your dreams, but here’s you’re warning that this section isn’t really focussed on Sherlock.

Lines

The tube network has 11 official lines, but this is hotly debated amongst the TFL (Transport for London) fandom. Yes, there is such a thing. It’s mostly middle aged men. I’m very out of place there. Without going into deep fandom politics, there are other parts of the transport network which are on the tube map which aren’t underground lines, like the Docklands Light Railway (self-driving overground suburban trains),  the London Overground (like the underground, but…overground) and the Croydon tram network. Don’t get bogged down with those, they aren’t as fun because they aren’t old and in tunnels. 

The actual tube lines all have a line name and colour for identification. Here’s some info and stereotypes about each line:

Bakerloo line - Brown - Harrow and Wealdstone to Elephant and Castle

If your grandpa was a tube line, he’d be the bakerloo. Slow, clunky and old, with lots of war stories. He’s trying his best, but it’s not surprising that he sometimes takes the afternoon off.

Central line - Red - Epping to Ealing Broadway/West Ruislip

In the summer, this line is as hot as satan’s crotch, and just as unpleasant. In winter it can be a pleasant refuge from the cold.

Circle line - Yellow - It’s a circle… almost. More like a spiral since it was extended to Hammersmith.

Tourist line. You can’t get on a circle line train without seeing a London guidebook or someone holding a tube map upside down and looking confused.

District line - Green - Where doesn’t this line go? Upminster to Wimbledon/Richmond/Ealing Broadway/Kensington (Olympia)

Take the district line to go the same places as the circle line but avoid the tourists.

Hammersmith & City line - Pink - Hammersmith to Barking

No one even takes this line, idk. They probably got on it by accident.

Jubilee line - Grey - Stanmore to Stratford

BUSINESS MEN AT BANKS AT CANARY WHARF IN SUITS DOING THEIR SERIOUS BUSINESS COMMUTING TO WORK WHERE THEY DO BUSINESS

Metropolitan line - Purple - Aldgate to Amersham/Chesham/Watford/Uxbridge

This line goes all the way to zone 9, where the fuck. It’s more like a commuter train, not really used to get around London itself.

Northern line - Black - Morden to Edgware/Mill Hill East/High Barnet

Just a line. It’s chill.

Piccadilly line - Dark Blue - Cockfosters (ha) to Uxbridge/Heathrow Terminal 5

If you aren’t a true Londoner you take the tube from Leicester Square to Covent Garden, costing you like £3 for a 5 minute walk. This line is famously unreliable, there was a famous incident a couple of years back where leaves on the track broke all the trains.

Victoria line - Light Blue - Walthamstow Central to Brixton

Fast speedy zoom zoom line!

Waterloo & City line - Turquoise - Waterloo to Bank

This line just shuttles between these two stations. What even is the point.

General Information

Zones are how prices are decided, zone one is central London, the higher the zone number the further into the suburbs.

Station layouts are generally made up of a surface building, a ticket-barrier, and escalators or lifts down to platform level, where there are corridors leading to different platforms and trains. 

Fares are paid through contactless card, Oyster card (pre-payment cards, you load them up with money at stations) or occasionally paper tickets, although (contrary to where you might see either use in TBB) most Londoners would use Oyster or contactless.

If you’re struggling with how to pronounce any station names or just want a good time, this is a song with every tube station in it. It’s super cheesy. Have fun.

Trains are different for each line; generally the lines use all the same trains.

The tube network has more overground track than underground; in central London the tube runs underground, but in the outskirts the lines tend to emerge into the open.

Trains usually run every 2-3 minutes, from about 4am to 1am. Some lines run 24 hours on weekends, the Night Tube. Message me if you want more info on that because it’s complicated and unless you need to know about it for an actual reason, it’s not interesting.

Rush hour/busiest times are approximately 7:30-9:00am and 5:00-6:30pm.

The key etiquette rule of the tube: never make eye contact and never speak to people if it can be avoided at any cost.

Next time: John takes the tube to Baker Street. Can we work out where abouts in London John lives with Mary?

Tag stash: tagging a few people who have shown interest in this topic in the past, message me if you want in/out. There’s about 5 more posts on this to come, because I didn’t want it to be one ridiculously long thing...

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Edit: the tags are done properly now and I’m no longer a mess (kinda)

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I was tagged by @slothssassin , and i think i’ve gotten tagged a couple of other times but haven’t gotten round to doing it until now so sorryyy! 

RULES: answer 30 questions and tag 10 blogs you are contractually obligated to know

Nicknames: sustracoffee, smol, shorty...anything that's a variation of small

Gender/pronouns: She/her

Star sign: Leo

Height: 4ft 11in (hence the nickname smol)

Time: 16:26

Birthday: 13th August

Favorite bands: It’s hard to say that I have a favourite band tbh because i listen to a lot of random songs from a lot of random groups, but I love the black keys and the smiths!

Favorite solo artist: Lady Gaga, Sia, Lana Del Rey

Song stuck in your head: Nothing at the minute actually!

Last movie you watched?: The X Files: Fight for the Future

Last show?: The X Files  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Why did you create your blog?: Initially, this was a kinda sideblog for posting about doctor who and other geeky shows that didn’t fit into my old aesthetics/spirituality blog. I never really used it and then once I got back into mass effect I logged back in to rave about aliens and haven’t ever stopped.

What do you post?: Mass Effect, Dragon Age, the occasional post of a favourite tv show or film.  

Last thing you googled?: ‘shrugging emoji’ 

Other blogs: i think my old johnlock blog is floating around somewhere but we are not going to talk about that 

AO3: mass_effort

Do you get asks?: Occasionally

How did you get the idea for your URL?: commander shepard put in a whole lot of effort in order to destroy the reapers, so...’mass effect’...’mass effort’...idek if that makes sense but i like it 

I follow: 354

Followers: 1281

Average hours of sleep: on a good night around 8 on a normal night around 5

Lucky number: 13

Instruments: I did the clarinet for a little bit when i was younger but now nothing...unless you count fucking around on the piano. I can play a couple of tunes.

What are you wearing? Jeans, stripy top, dressing gown.

Dream job: An actress, but idek if i have the talent and i don’t have the confidence to find out so ??? probably a scriptwriter or director

Dream trip: a road trip where you visit places from all my favourite tv shows/movies. I would love to go to Cardiff tbh and stand on top of torchwood 😂

Favorite food: Pizza, Pasta, Curry, Cookie Dough

Significant other?: Maybe, we’ll see.

Last book I read: Reason and Responsibility, for philosophy 

Top 3 fictional universes: Mass Effect, Dragon Age andddddddd I can’t think of a third one just yet!

Tagging whoever wants to do this, yes you right there! 

I know some people aren’t keen on sharing personal info :) 

[ginny-lily]

I’m so done

I will probably make a lot of people feel offended by this. Well, guess what: I don’t care.

Recently it has become increasingly hard for me to enjoy Tumblr. No matter which fandom tag you look into, you’ll stumble upon hate and criticism eventually.

I am being given the feeling, that I am not allowed to like anything anymore – because it’s “problematic”. Now, don’t get me wrong. I know that representation matters. I know that accurate representation matters. But people are never satisfied. And it’s exhausting.

When I look up a show or episode I enjoyed, I am more often than not greeted with posts from people finding things to hate about it.

Let’s take Supernatural as an example. Yes, the leads are two white, straight (at least canonically) American men. Yes, women are usually killed off pretty fast. Yes, there is not a lot of diversity. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not a good show. If you have a problem with it, don’t watch it!

People. If writers would include everything in their works to make them as diverse as possible, the story might suffer because they’re focusing too much on satisfying their audiences than on actually entertaining them.

I loved 13 Reasons Why. And okay, maybe it’s not a good representation of the real world and okay, maybe it is romanticizing suicide? That’s not my opinion. And honestly I don’t care. Because I don’t watch things to analyze their representation of minorities or “touchy topics”. I watch them to be entertained. I’m not annoyed that Johnlock isn’t canon because it’s “queerbaiting”; I’m annoyed because I think they’re made for each other.

There is a comedian I love who regularly makes jokes that many people on this site would want to castrate him for. I can see that these jokes are sexist and stereotypical – but I still laugh. Because it’s entertainment. If he was to come up to me in a private setting and make those jokes, he’d lose his balls faster than he could blink.

What I’m saying is that people on here get offended way too fast. And that you need to stop telling people what they can and can’t enjoy. Let people watch their shows and read their books and ship their ships. If you’re offended, blacklist the tags, unfollow people – block them if you must. But stop spreading negativity.

It’s so exhausting that people are never satisfied. Someone could literally make a show about a black lesbian couple with mental illness fighting terrorists and being badass or something and people would still find things to criticize for being “problematic” or “not an accurate representation”. To you I say, make it better. Write a book or a script or whatever, work hard to get it published and try to satisfy and audience. Spoiler alert: It won’t work.

I work hard long hours. When I get home I just want to watch something entertaining without having the feeling to support something that is wrong.

Tumblr users like to say that shows or people or ships are toxic – but I think Tumblr is the thing that’s actually toxic. People on here are massive hypocrites. And sure, maybe that’s my privileged self talking here. I don’t know what it’s like to be part of a minority or an oppressed group (unless you count women as being oppressed). I do want to support you. But I’m done feeling guilty for liking things that aren’t diverse. And I’m done with this stupid site. Fandoms have once been a refuge for me with lots of people I could talk to. Now the majority of fandoms make me feel sick.

I know that not all people are like this. I know that most of you aren’t bad people. But it’s become exhausting and I feel sad that with everything that’s going on in the world, not even fans can stick together.

TL;DR: Stop being oversensitive assholes.

[enby-angel]

A Pair of Sad Bisexual Sods

Author: Willow Angel (willow0angel; Willow_Angel) Fandoms: Supernatural, Sherlock (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: N/A Category: M/M Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Background Relationships Tags: mentioned sabriel; Mentioned Adamandriel; Mentioned Michifer - Freeform; Alternate Universe- No Supernatural; Mechanic Dean; Mechanic Dean Winchester; english teacher castiel; castiel novak - Freeform; mentioned relationships; Mentioned Characters; Bar; rough day; Casual drinking; no triggering stuff; John is so done with Sherlock; But yet he still loves him; John Watson Loves Sherlock Holmes; Dean Winchester Loves Castiel; Closeted Dean; Closet Bisexual; they really are a pair of sad bisexual sods; John and Dean have a heart-to-heart; Strangers; Strangers to Friends; They help each other out; Friends to Lovers (not Dean and John good lord); i wrote this at 2am; I'm sorry if this sucks; but i had to write it; Destiel - Freeform; Johnlock - Freeform; Mentioned Sam Winchester/Gabriel - Freeform; Mentioned Adam Milligan/Samandriel; Mentioned Lucifer/Michael - Freeform (because I ship that in AUs thanks to fanfiction); Fluff; just fluff

Summary: AU. Dean Winchester went to a bar after a rough day. John Watson went to a bar after a rough day. Somehow, these two strangers help each other find the loves of their lives.

Ao3 Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/8152624

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It was just a bar. How both of them managed to get there at the same time is a mystery, one that will probably remain unsolved. The ways of the universe are yet to be discovered.

The first one to slide onto a bar stool was a fierce-looking man, who looked like he could use a few drinks. Trained green eyes scanned the area around him, and whether he was looking for a girl to hit up or just for the sake of looking around, nobody will know but himself. There were a couple of grease stains on his flannel, and silver rings clinked against a beer glass as he took a gulp. He sighed and rubbed his eyes with one hand. This man had two possible names, but we shall call him Dean Winchester.

"Rough day?" asked the second man, who took a seat beside him. This man looked a fair few years older than the first, though he might have been older than he looked. He spoke with a British accent, and he too looked weary and in need of a drink. He ran a hand through sandy blonde hair as he ordered a beer for himself. This man only had one name with many titles, but we shall call him John Watson. "You look like you're ready to kill someone."

Dean snorted. "Is it that obvious?"

John grinned. "Takes one to know one."

Dean grinned. "That's fair," he said, drinking a bit more. "Anyone in particular?"

"My flatmate," John answered, rolling his eyes. "God, he's a pain in the ass sometimes."

"I know the feeling," Dean said.

John chuckled. "How about you?"

Dean shrugged. "Eh, bunch of stuff. Job, brother, job, friend, job again, nothing in particular."

"Good god, what kind of job do you have?"

"Mechanic," Dean replied. "Got some really rude customers recently. Act like they know everything about cars when really they don't know squat, and then they try to tell me how to do my job... I'm sure you get the point," he finished, taking a particularly big mouthful of his drink.

"Blimey, mate," John laughed. "I didn't know being a mechanic would be such a hard job."

"Where do you work?" Dean asked.

John paused and tried to put words into order. "Sometimes I'm a doctor, and other times I'm running after my brilliant yet manic consulting detective of a flatmate."

Dean raised his eyebrows and whistled lowly. "Whoa, you're busy, aren't you?" John rolled his eyes, and Dean stopped. "Wait, consulting detective? What the heck is that?"

John shrugged. "Exactly what it sounds like, I suppose. He's an unpaid homicide detective. Whenever the police find themselves at a loss - which is quite often, fortunately for him - they consult him for help. He's solved almost every case he's been put on."

"Now my job seems boring compared to yours," Dean commented with a small laugh. "That must be painful."

"Both physically and mentally, yes," John said. "The most painful part is that Sherlock doesn't realise how bloody brilliant he is. He also doesn't realise how bloody oblivious he is sometimes." He stopped, and then laughed. "God, I must be tired. Spilling my life story to a stranger."

Dean shrugged. "Believe it or not, sometimes it helps." He finished his glass and raised his hand for another drink. "I'm all ears."

John rubbed his eyes and signalled for another drink himself. "Sherlock Holmes is a bloody brilliant man. He can figure out everything about you just by looking at you, down to the minute details. He sees the finer details of everything, which is why he's such a good detective. He knew I'd served in Afghanistan just by looking at me for about two seconds while he was in the middle of one of his experiments. We agreed to be flatmates and then he started dragging me along to his cases, which have ended up with me literally running after him. One of the people we were chasing turned around and shot me twice in the leg, once [1] ."

"Jesus," Dean said. "That ain't healthy."

"You're telling me," John said, taking another drink. "But I just can't help trying to keep up with him, you know? It's like I've become addicted to the adrenaline rush. Besides, I like to write about the cases we work together, and I love writing about his 'deductions', as he calls them." He drew quotation marks in the air as he spoke.

Dean raised an eyebrow at him. "Now, I might be reading this the wrong way, but it seems to me like you're chasing after him in more ways than one."

John snorted. "Well, it's more obvious to you than it is to him, that's for sure."

Dean smirked. "Is he more used to seeing you with chicks or something?"

"Maybe." John rolled his eyes. "I have been with a couple of blokes before, but that was back in my high school days. It might also be because he's 'married to his work'." He sighed, taking a large gulp of beer. "He's also just an ignorant git."

"So, you are in love with him, then." It wasn't a question.

"Yep." John took a drink. "I'm in love with a maniac that never knows when to stop talking. I'm in love with the man that's saved my life more times than I can count, you have no idea."

"You should tell him."

John choked on his drink. "Are you mental?" he coughed. "I just told you he said he's not interested."

Dean shrugged. "Hey, worst he could say in your situation is 'no', right? Kinda sounds like he'd keep dragging you along to your cases anyway."

John looked at him, his blue eyes showing weariness and pain and heartbreak beyond his years, before looking down into his glass. "Well, I suppose you're right."

Dean grinned, taking a drink.

"What about you? Got your eye on someone?"

Dean looked over at him, hesitant to explain.

"Come on," John prompted. "You owe me."

Dean sighed, supposing that he was right. "Okay, fine. Yeah, I do, I guess."

"Guy or girl?"

"Guy," Dean admitted after a slight hesitation.

John laughed. "Good to know I'm not the only one," he said.

"Yeah," Dean said. "Except my problem is, I've never been with a guy before. I'm twenty-seven and I'm not even out of the closet yet."

"Nothing wrong with that." John shrugged. "What's his name?"

Dan grinned, and looked straight ahead. "The friend I mentioned earlier, Castiel," he said. "Castiel Novak. You might know the name, the Novaks and the Shurleys are all related somehow and they made up half of the high school when I went."

"Isn't Castiel an angel of some sort?"

"Yeah, the Angel of Thursday," Dean explained. "And if this guy isn't an angel then I don't know who is. Well, most of his family is named after angels, and they've got a big-ass family, and it's a small world after all. My little brother Sam is dating and living with his older brother Gabriel, and my other little brother Adam is dating his cousin Samandriel."

"That's a mouthful."

Dean snorted. "You have no idea. There's Uriel, Raphael, Balthazar, and a whole bunch more. Can I also take the time to point out that Cas's older brother Michael is dating a guy called Lucifer?"

"Good god."

"Yup."

"So, tell me about Castiel."

Dean smiled, looking down at his hands and spinning the glass around on the bar. "Like I said, this guy is somehow an actual angel. He's a dork, but somehow he's still adorable. I had a crush on him in high school, just after he came out as pan, and then he left for college. But now he's back and teaching English at the high school here and... We started talking again, we met up for coffee to catch up after so long, and I guess I just fell in love with him again. I did have a girlfriend while he was gone, but that ended not long before he got back." Dean wasn't sure why he was still talking. "And I've never been with a guy before, like I said, and I have no idea what I'm doing."

John suddenly laughed. "We're a pair of sad bisexual sods, aren't we?"

Dean laughed with him. "Cheers to that," he said, and they did.

"Tell him," John said. "Go on. If he feels the same way, then you'll figure it out together. Like you said, worst he can say is 'no', right?"

Dean smirked and downed the rest of his drink. "I guess so." He looked over at John, who was looking at him with an intense and observant gaze. "I'll tell Cas if you tell what's-his-name, sound fair?"

John's gaze turned to a glare. "His name is Sherlock."

"And that's a girl's name," Dean said, rolling his eyes. "Sound fair?"

John raised his eyebrows. "I don't even know your name," he said, and Dean sighed.

"Dean Winchester," he said, holding out a hand.

"John Watson," was the reply, along with a firm handshake. Definitely military. "And yes, that sounds fair."

"Tell you what," Dean said. "Next week, right here, same time. I'll tell you how it went."

"Sounds good."

~~~

A week later, when John Watson slid onto the bar stool next to Dean Winchester again, Dean was smiling into his drink.

"Hello again, Dean," John said, ordering a beer. "Judging by your smile, I'm guessing it went horribly wrong?"

Dean laughed. "And judging by yours, I'm guessing it went the same?"

John joined in laughing. "Congratulations," he said. "On both the boyfriend and coming out of the closet."

"And congratulations on yours," Dean replied. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and flipped through the photos, and showed the screen to John upon finding the picture of Castiel he'd sneakily taken while on their dinner date. Castiel's eyes were shining a piercing blue, and he had a surprised smile on his face at having a photo taken of him all of a sudden, dark hair sticking up all over the place and his trench coat hanging over the back of the chair. "This is Cas, in case you were wondering."

John smiled, and took put his own phone. After a minute, he showed Dean a photo of a man that must have been Sherlock. Curly black hair, extremely pale and looked very tall, although that might just be the coat. His eyes were just as piercing as Castiel's, but they were a mix of green and blue and grey and yellow. His expression showed that he was irritated at having his photo taken, but he just couldn't stay annoyed at whoever was taking the photo, which would be John.

"I guess we both got lucky, huh?" Dean said, putting his phone away and working on his drink.

"I guess so," John murmured. After a minute of silence, John went on to say, "Thank you, Dean."

"No worries, we're even," Dean replies with a shrug. "You helped me, I helped you, no big deal."

There was silence, and then Dean couldn't help but start to laugh, John joining in after a moment.

This, my dear reader, was a story about how two strangers helped each other find the loves of their lives, and how they both gained a friend for life along the way - all thanks to fate putting them both in the one bar at the same time after a rough day.

And this, my dear reader, is the conclusion.

~~~

[1]: Reference to "The Three Garridebs" from the Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Go and read it, it's awesome, and one of the only times that Sherlock Holmes shows emotion in the ACD canon. Basically, a case of a very convoluted imposter leads Holmes and Watson to the basement of an old house, where the imposter, ‘Killer Evans’ is trying to hide his counterfeiting press (not much real about this guy). Holmes confronts him, and Evans appears to agree, only to shoot Watson twice in the leg. Watson’s not badly wounded, so it all turns out okay in the end.

(Summary courtesy of acme146 from chapter 8 of Dreams and Visions.

[consequentson]

You’re ‘disappointed’ in a tag because he’s being shipped with a man? 🤔

No, anon. I’m disappointed in a tag because the exact phrasing was:

now THIS is some  👌 👌 👌 good  👌 👌 👌 ship 👌 👌 👌

Hello guys, we are two johnlock shippers with a broken heart but recently found comfort in dyler. Aren’t they the cutest couple you’ve ever seen? Like, omg. They are so made for each other. Why can’t they see it? Why does every single ship we ship not realise their love¡ ¡¡¡???? seriously it drives us insane.

Okay yeah, firstly -- Dylan has never expressed any sexual or romantic interest in any male characters on the show, but, y’know, whatever -- that doesn’t bother me. Canonically, he’s probably not interested romantically or sexually in guys, but if people want to imagine otherwise, that’s cool; he’s fictional, so it’s not bothering anybody. 

What does bothers me is that the user apparently thinks Dylan and Gunner are ‘so made for each other’ and in love and don’t realize it (as well as the juvenile tone of the post in general, though I know that’s my own perception). 

If you’ve actually watched Bates Motel (which I’m assuming you haven’t because otherwise I would’ve blocked you for trying to stir up shit, honestly), you’d know Dylan and Gunner’s personalities and that they’re anything but made for each other. The extent of their interactions is that they work together, and they think each other nice, but they otherwise have very low opinions of one another, don’t believe in one another or support the other, find one another annoying. 

The user obviously just thinks they look good together -- and I’m definitely allowed to be annoyed when people completely disregard everything besides my favorite character’s physical appearance and state things as facts rather than opinions or wishful thinking, especially when it’s such a horrifyingly common theme in the general Bates Motel tags, for a show that’s written for a mature audience able to process and think critically about complex content.

[kat-wick]

Why are people mad?

I never really write on here but after watching sherlock today I went on the tag to check out what people were talking about… I’m very disappointed… a bit with the show, yes but also with how the community is acting right now.

The episode was great! We all know this, it may have had a bit of forced hetero moments and the reason for the sister being evil was not clear but in the end we got what we wanted didn’t we? I am a huge johnlock shipper and all I wanted was for sherlock and John to get together.

And they did! They live and work together! They raise Rosie together and are a happy couple! It may not have been explicitly said outright but it’s there! I understand why the show couldn’t go in the johnlock way because even if, us as a community are ready for it many people still don’t have that mind set, people aren’t ready for such a huge show to show there main protagonist togther… so you know what they did? They hid it. They hid the relationship underneath science and drama but at the end of the episode we see sherlock and john happy, content to live and raise Rosie while doing cases.

Basically what I’m saying is that if this is the last episode of sherlock I am damn proud with it! I don’t want it to end but if it must then I am happy that I got to see these two Character evolve and grow to love! So you go Mark and Steven! And I know why you guys are angry but really, you can’t just hate the writers for not writing something people aren’t ready to see yet.. maybe once the world becomes more open we may have a stand alone episode were sherlock and John are more of an obvious couple but for know we should be happy, happy that this community has been there together with the show and created something so much bigger then the show.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

hey steph, remember when i said that when things were going to be revealed people would simple forget all the actual abuse and gaslight they did with us and they would be hyped again? is happening. dont forget what they did with us.

Anonymous said to inevitably-johnlocked: they are really scared of falling off the public attention that they are doing what exactly what they said to be “toxic” in mid 2017. they are really pathetic, lmao.

Hey Nonnies!

I’m putting these together since they’re about the same thing, which I think, after some perusing around, is actually about a new mobile game like Sherlock The Network. 

Firstly, to all my followers, I will be blogging – warily – about it, only because I am mildly curious and because I do like to keep people updated on stuff happening in the fandom and from TPTB. That said, to those who just can’t put their hearts into it anymore, note that I have made a special tag you can block: thegameisnow. I may miss a couple here and there, but I’m pretty meticulous about tagging so it should be okay. 

Secondly, in response to both of you, yes, it’s not surprising to me that they aren’t addressing the backlash and just sweeping it under the rug, but either it’s because they’re genuinely ignorant about what they did or they’re afraid of saying the wrong thing and making it worse, so eventually, “ignore and pretend it never happened”. The third option of them is that it’s all part of the plan. Still shitty though, LOL. And we can’t control how people react to things -- I’ve overreacted in the past myself -- and I don’t shame them for being excited about it. I just don’t want their hearts broken again, is all, and hope that the approach this new stuff cautiously. I’m interested but TPTB and BBC are, inevitably, there to make money.

And thirdly, Nonny #2, I got your second private message and I THINK I know which situation you’re talking about but wouldn’t mind if you clarified it for me. I know it’s absolutely not their first time being this way with their fanbases (I think it happened with the Who fandom as well? I can’t recall).

Anyway, as I said I am curious so let’s see where this one goes. Going to continue tinhatting and remain skeptical in equal measures. :P

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hey sorry do you know any ‘being a couple for a case’ fic ? Thank you'

I CERTAINLY DO. It’s one of my favourite tropes of ALL TIME. Like, I reread these fics ALL THE TIME. I am just SO SAD that there’s no long-fic really strictly from Sherlock’s POV. Like I would LOVE for a fic where we see Sherlock’s thought processes about trying to get John to be his date / partner / whatever. 

FAKE RELATIONSHIP 

ANYWAY. I added a few onto this list here, but here’s a full list of the ones in my bookmarks.

Wars We Fought, Things We’re Not by blueink3 (M | 55,126 w.) - Five months after John’s world has fallen apart, Mycroft sends the consulting detective and his doctor on a case that neither is prepared for. [[**FAVE. You have to check this one out!**]]

I can’t pretend by Salambo06 (E | 7,692 w.) - They had arrived more than a hour ago, and the moment they had walked inside the hotel reception, John had understood why Sherlock hadn’t wanted to come. Two men, posh suits and expensive watches on their wrists, had come to greet them with sharp remarks and badly hidden mockery, and John had seen red. Sherlock hadn’t said anything, mostly ignoring the two men entirely, and without thinking twice about it, John had slid an arm around Sherlock’s waist and introduced himself as his husband. [[AHHH so much pining John, I love it. Sherlock is so good to him!!]]

A Hundred Thousand Ways to Say the Name John by Jberry (E | 16,825 w.) John Watson and Sherlock Holmes must solve a case on a cruise ship. To get close to the crew and passengers, they must get married for the case on the Baetica. However, their relationship hits rocky seas both due to the case and internal conflicts. Part 1 of Baetica [[FAVE!!! MUST READ!!]]

Twelfth Night by yourdykeinshiningarmor (E | 15,139 w.) - John is invited to his aunt’s Twelfth Night ball. Sherlock offers to attend with him as a friendly face among strangers, but John’s family force him to address his true feelings for Sherlock. [[this one is cute]]

Till Death Do Us Part by prettysailorsoldier (M | 15,390 w.) - When Sherlock links a recent spree of murder-suicides to a psychologist who specializes in marriage counselling, there’s really only one thing to do: Go undercover as a couple in hopes of drawing the killer out. Faking a relationship seems easy enough, but things take a turn when their real issues start to creep into the sessions, and, all the while, a killer is watching, waiting in the shadows for their chance to strike. Part 12 of 25 Days of Johnlock [[OH GOD this one is lovely. Lots of pain but happy ending]]

That Partitioning of the Things of Youth by wearitcounts (Sher_locked_up) (E | 35,353 w.) - Victor Trevor is in town, and nobody’s happy. [[I really like this one. Jealous John AND Sherlock and lots of Angst]].

What I Hide By My Language, My Body Utters by PixChuu22 (M | 9,047 w.) - Based on a prompt from Tumblr user thetwogaydetectives - “fake relationship that ends up being so real, they finally realize they are in love.” (I like this one. They end up together because of a case).

The Case of the Made-Up Case by DoubleNegative (T | 2,394) - Sherlock takes John to a club. For a “case.” Yes, John, a case. Part 1 of The (Secret) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [[CUTE!]]

The Newlywed Game: Johnlock Edition by patternofdefiance (E | 9,020) - John and Sherlock pretend to be married in order to be contestants in a Newlywed Game. Of course it’s for a case. Of course it doesn’t stay that way. Part 8 of I Blame Tumblr [[LOVE THIS ONE. It’s so cute!]]

A Case of Identity by jkay1980 (T | 91,009 w.)John and Sherlock have succeeded in rebuilding their friendship after Sherlock’s fake suicide, but an unusual case puts their relationship to the test. They pretend to be engaged and attend a marriage counseling workshop. Under the pretext of the case, Sherlock turns out to be a master of seduction, and John finally learns he might like Sherlock more than he thought. Slowly, John discovers that he loves Sherlock not only in a friendly, brotherly way, but both men have to fight their own demons before they can think of taking their relationship to a new level… [[I love this fic. It’s a really great long-fic!]]

A Bit of Indulgence by beltainefaerie (NR | 3,364 w.) -  A case leads John and Sherlock to fake being boyfriends and John runs into an old acquaintance. [[This one is so domestic and cute GUH I love it.]]

The Norwood Love Builders by flawedamythyst (T | 47,798 w.) - Sherlock and John go undercover to solve the murder of Joanna Oldacre, but things are complicated by the many feelings John has been repressing in the wake of Sherlock’s faked death and return. [[OMG this is like my FAVOURITE fic in this genre ever. It’s SO good and well characterized]].

Hitting the Water at Sixty Miles an Hour by what_alchemy (E | 30,568 w.) “You love your mother, Sherlock?”John watched the muscles in Sherlock’s jaw jump. He nodded in one sharp jerk.“Then we’re going to her party and making her happy.” John let out a resigned sigh. “As a ruddy couple, you bastard.”

Once More, With Feeling by cellard00rs (T | 21,178 w.) - To put off his meddlesome, matchmaking mother, John convinces Sherlock to play the role of his significant other. Unparalleled awkwardness ensues. [[nice amount of fluff and pining!]]

Hope Springs Eternal by QuinnAnderson (T | 4,054 w.) - John Watson and Sherlock Holmes go on holiday, and Sherlock has romance on the brain. [[Another cute one!]]

Five Times They Kissed for a Case, and One Time They Kissed for Real by fleetwood_mouse (M | 32,406) - A stolen ring! An artful blogger! And many more adventures for your enjoyment.

Disguises are always a self-portrait by yellowteapots (NR | 6,223 w.) - They were headed to a Pride Fest for a case-triple suicide/murder- which, of course mean they had to pretend to be couple. John had a suspicion Mycroft took a fairly sadistic glee in booking them a (single king-sized bed) room at the most romantic B&B in town. (I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH)

A Silver Sixpence by doodle (E | 16,400 w. LIVEJOURNAL) - John and Sherlock have to get married for a case, and learn some things about each other. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this story, though its only fault is that it’s on LiveJournal… (PITA to read on mobile)

AMNESIA:

Here are a couple where either John or Sherlock have amnesia and they think that they are each other’s husband or partner.

Among the Secret Things by Kate_Lear (E | 26,073 w.) - Sherlock would be the last person to describe himself as given to flights of fancy, but at the look on Lestrade’s face he could swear that something inside him curls up and dies. Part 1 of Among the Secret Things

What Meets the Eye by worldaccordingtofangirls (M | 8,251 w.) Amnesia is just another case to solve. Piece together unfamiliar faces, reconstruct the old identity, the lost reality. A challenge that Sherlock could even enjoy. He can read people like books. The man with the silver hair is his boss. The tottering old woman, his landlady. The girl with the worried look in her eyes…infatuated. And as for John Watson? His husband. Obviously.

“FOR A CASE” TROPE

So these aren’t necessarily relationships, or weren’t tagged as such, but contains some other “for a case” fics!

Midnight Blue Serenity by BeautifulFiction (E | 151,907w.) - When Sherlock infiltrates a club in order to track down a serial killer, his altered appearance is enough to make John question his assumption that Sherlock is beyond his reach. However, is he the only one who appreciates his flatmate’s charms, or is Sherlock at risk of becoming the next victim? [[THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVE FICS OF ALL TIME. tw for gore-ish type things near the end.]]

It Isn’t Strange Until You Think About It by ivyblossom (T | 4,596 w.) - John tells the truth about how it happened. For some reason, “it’s for a case” always seems to do the trick.

The Case of the Vanishing Pants by SwissMiss (E | 44,025 w.) - Five times John and Sherlock lost their pants for a case. [[there are some angsty bits in this, but I did giggle at a few scenes]]

OTHER SORT-OF RELATED FICS:

Here are a few that aren’t REALLY “for a case” but they end up together or the Johnlock is strong in it because of cases or because of situations.

Rescue by missilemuse (T | 2,574 w.) - If this was the way Sherlock Holmes loved, it was no wonder why he had avoided the damned emotion for over half of his life. Part 6 of Reichenbach To Return [[this isn’t really Johnlock, but it is… it’s non-ad10ck ad10ck. You have to read it to understand. It’s SO good and painful, trust me. Sherlock!Whump and pining]].

Five Times John Noticed But Didn’t Really by ScandalousMinds (T| 6,383 w.) 5 times John (thought) he noticed something peculiar about his and Sherlock’s relationship but really missed the obvious.

A Need To Know Basis by mattsloved1 (K+| 964 w., FFNet) - As the cab door shut firmly, the DI had yelled out they were to make an appearance at Scotland Yard the next day. It was while John watched London pass by that it happened. (short and sweet!! I love it!!)

Hallowed Eve by EventHorizon (T | 14,750 w.) - It probably wasn’t the smartest idea to let Sherlock choose the costumes for Halloween, but John never considered himself the smartest man in the room, anyway. (It’s a couple’s costume thing!)

Equine Arse Anonymity by Kayjaykayme (E | 3,834 w.) - Sherlock needs to speak with suspects at a fancy dress ball. He chooses a couple’s costume for himself and John. It is logical, practical and well thought out. John doesn’t agree and exacts sweet revenge.

Maybe This Christmas by feverishsea for leopardwrites (T | 6,021 w.) Anthea has given up her life, her own desires, even her name in service of something greater than herself. But that doesn’t mean she can’t see when someone else wants something – even if she doesn’t happen to care overmuch for that person. And it doesn’t mean she isn’t willing to help. (Anthea gets the boys together)

You Can Imagine the Christmas Dinners by ardenteurophile  (T | 23,584 w.) Sherlock takes John along for Christmas dinner with Mycroft and Mummy (And “Anthea”, too). Over the course of the evening, John realises that everyone in the room - apart from him - seems to think that he and Sherlock are a couple. Part 2 of Xmas Dinners Verse (I LOVE THIS ONE)

The Sexual Awakening of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson by suitesamba (M | 24,579 w.) Sherlock owes Mycroft a favor. Mycroft calls in that favor by offering Sherlock’s consulting services in a charity auction. Sherlock and John soon find themselves at the country manor of Mrs. Ives-Patton Smarmington III - not very coincidentally a long-time friend of Sherlock’s mother - where they are reluctant participants in her Murder Mystery Weekend. It’s a play within a play for Sherlock and John, and their roles for the weekend event bleed over into their real lives, waking the sleeping dragons within. Or In which John learns that Sherlock owing Mycroft a favor is very suspect, and Sherlock has a very bad idea.

Hope those satisfy! Alex also has a list that has some ACD Holmes on the list too!