#oscar wilde and mycroft holmes

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The Very Essence

"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Mycroft is not alarmed by sex. Or Greg's interest in him. But venturing into romance brings on a host of doubts that manifest in a unique and distressing manner. A tale of Mycroft learning to trust Greg and himself, of coming to terms with uncertainty, and of uneaten cucumber sandwiches.

5 Chapters - Complete & posting daily

@keirgreeneyes @once-in-a-blue-moon-rising @the-toad-in-your-piano @lisbeth-kk

Thank you for reblogging:

@totallysilvergirl @copperplatebeech

Thanks to my beta @pipmer and to @chriscalledmesweetie whose wonderful rewrites of classic literature as Johnlock tales inspired the liberal sprinkling of Oscar's words in this one. And of course @cumberbatchedandgatissmitten for prompting LB's grand entrance.

Liberal blame to the MRC as well. @kingsmercyart for giving my art above the eagle eye.

@lavenderandvanilla @starsandstitches @blue-posey @ewebie

[oxalisvulcanicola]

LADY BRACKNELL. Do you smoke?

JACK. Well, yes, I must admit I smoke.

LADY BRACKNELL. I am glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind. There are far too many idle men in London as it is.

[crossingxheart]

on one hand I am not sure if my current state of emotion is because the audio drama is really THAT good or if my standards are just focused purely on the fun factor but Wow I am shaken to my very core

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Fic Series Pt 2: Bookmarks & Oneshots (Under 50K)

Hey all!! As promised on last week's post, here are the remainder of my bookmarks under 50 that are part of a series! AGAIN, these are fics on my bookmarks, so no fics will be added to this post BUT willl be saved for my MONSTROUS MFL list!!! So if you have them please feel free to comment and I'll catalogue them for the future list! Enjoy!

See also:

Fic Series Pt 1: Bookmarks & Oneshots (50K+)

The Trial of Sherlock Holmes Series by jenna221b (G, 3,015 w. across 3 works || TAB!lock, Metafic / TJLC, Victorian AU / 1895, Christmas, Sherlock’s Mind Palace, Oscar Wilde) – Scripts based on speculation that Sherlock will be put on trial in The Abominable Bride to parallel the Oscar Wilde Trials of 1895.

Sherlock's military kinks Series by kirakira_nanoda (E, 5,191+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || Military Kink, Slash, PWP) – John finds out about Sherlock's militaty kink. John indulges in Sherlock's military kink.

'How To...' Series by tigersilver (T, 5,445+ w. across 2 works || Post S3, Post Mary, First Kiss/Time, Mutual Pining, Requited Love) – Pining, requited, and unabated spates of 'first kiss' fluff. Post Mary, AU, mildly cracky. John lays a smooch on Sherlock's nape in passing. The world does that thing it does when it wobbles and Sherlock practically falls off his own pins.

No Mushrooms Please Series by lbmisscharlie (G, 5,456 w. across 3 works || Friendship / Bromance, Food Sharing, Fluff) – John and Sherlock and their lazy, dysfunctional Sunday mornings in bed. In which Sherlock has difficulty sleeping and John makes lots of toast.

The (Secret) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Series by DoubleNegative (E, 5,791 w. across 4 works || Fake Relationship, For A Case, Clubbing, First Kiss/Time, Established Relationship, Bad Pick-Up Lines, Banter, For Science!, Humour, Inconvenient Erections) – Sherlock Holmes and John Watson solve mysteries... in bed. Each of these stories stands on its own, but they all take place more or less in the same 'verse. None of them should be taken seriously.

Sherlock Advent Series by bofurs_laugh (T, 5,963+ w. across 9 works || Series WiP || Friendship, Angsty Fluff, Christmas, Pre-Relationship, Jumpers, Heavy Fluff, Kissing, Friends to Lovers) – Sherlock and John take a case that starts to unravel their friendship, but the good doctor will do anything to keep his detective safe, even if that means walking away.

proper procedure Series by paxlux (T, 6,147+ w. across 2 works || Series WIP || Post-TGG, First Kiss, Sherlock’s Violin, Fluff) – He lies back in bed and listens to the notes and pictures them gathering around Sherlock’s feet like water. He feels like there's a stone in his chest, maybe an albatross around his neck.

Human Error Series by Spark_Writer (T, 6,432+ w. across 7 works || Series WiP || Canon Compliant, Mutual Pining, Unrequited Love, Angst, Dancing, Alternating POV, Infidelity, Happy Ending) – “It’s the end of an era,” says Mycroft. And the world lists on its axis.

Made of Music Series by SosoHolmesWatson (T, 6,464+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || Post S4, Parentlock with Rosie, First Kiss, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Cuddling, Love Confessions, Angst with Happy Ending) – For the past years, John and Sherlock have lived at Baker Street again, raising Rosie together--as friends and nothing more. Ever since the little girl has watched her first Disney movie, she is obsessed with princesses. When John comes home one day, he finds his friend and his daughter in the middle of a reenactment of her current favourite.

Undressed Series by QuinnAnderson (E, 6,653+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || Mutual Masturbation, PWP, Anal Sex, Table Sex, Sexual Tension) – Gymnophoria: (noun) the sensation that someone is mentally undressing you. Apodyopsis: (æpəʊdaɪˈɒpsɪs) noun. the act of mentally undressing someone.

Caught In The Act Series by ShirleyCarlton (E, 7,009 w. across 6 stories || Est. Rel, Voyeurism, Character POV’s, Masturbation, Switchlock) – This is a series of six scenarios written from the points of view of six different people as they accidentally walk in on Sherlock and John having sex.

Sherlock Holmes Is A Very Lucky Man Series by panickedbee (E, 8,181 w. across 7 works || Established Relationship, Anniversary, Cuddles, Fluff, Hand Jobs, Rimming, Teasing, Bed Sharing, Domestics, Public Sex, Blow Jobs, Bickering, Assorted Kinks, Flirting) – Just a lazy morning in bed, warm, soft, and two terribly romantic boyfriends loving each other.

Caught In The Act Series by ShirleyCarlton (E, 9,217 w. across 7 works || Established Relationship, Unintentional Voyeurism, Alternate POVs, Humour, Blow Jobs, Walking in on Someone, Switching, Public Sex) – This is a series of six scenarios written from the points of view of six different people as they accidentally walk in on Sherlock and John having sex.

The "This" Series by suitesamba (M, 9,230 w. across 12 works || S3 Fix-It, Humour, Drunkenness, First Kiss, Angst, Semi-Clueless Sherlock, Angsty Fluff, Hurt / Comfort) – Stag Night - back at 221B - in a world where Mrs. Hudson doesn't interrupt the guessing game with the client.

Dreamscapes Series by Goddess_of_the_Night (E, 9,897+ w. across 2 works || Series WIP || Bed Sharing, Platonic Cuddling, Sleepy Conversations, Fluff, Friends to Lovers, Hand Jobs, Frottage, Insomnia, Touching, Nightmares, Soft Sherlock, Emotional Hurt / Comfort, Dirty Talk, Chair Sex, Sherlock's Mind Palace, Sleep Experiments, Wet Dream, Praise Kink) – Sherlock and John spend the night in Scotland after finishing a case. The sole Inn in town only has one room left...one bed. This would be fine - if not a bit awkward - if Sherlock hadn't developed a habit of snoring loudly. John suffers through many hours of sleeplessness before he discovers that skin-to-skin contact stops the noise.

Imagines Moti Series by SwissMiss (T, 9,927 w. across 4 works || Magical Realism AU || Tattoos, Cover Art) – An AU in which life events appear as symbols on the skin.

The Light of Day Series by allonsys_girl (E, 10,607+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || TSo3 Rewrite, First Kiss / Time, Angst, Love Declarations, POV Sherlock, Fluff and Angst, Possessive Sherlock, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Humour, Sherlock-centric) – John actually notices Sherlock leaving the reception early, and chases after him. Angsty Johnlock. Happy ending, for sure.

The Emergency Contact Series by blueink3 (M, 11,763 w. across 2 works || Five and Ones, Mutual Pining, Fluff and Angst, Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Hospitals, Happy Endings) – The first time John Watson’s emergency contact is called is the first time Sherlock Holmes finds out that he has the job. The first time Sherlock Holmes realizes he needs an emergency contact is the first time he mentally appoints John Watson with the job. John, of course, does not know this and neither does the local hospital.

Intimacy Series by sussexbound (E, 12,281+ w. across 2 works || Series WIP || Love Confessions, Trapped in a Closet, First Kiss / Time, Emotional Intimacy, Physical Intimacy, Frottage, Fluff, Trust Issues) – This will basically be an exploration of building trust and intimacy (emotional and physical), the growth of a burgeoning sexual relationship, and John and Sherlock learning what a loving, intimate and committed relationship means for the two of them.

Reichenbach To Return Series by missilemuse (T, 13,272 w. across 6 works || Post-TRF, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Unrequited Love, Friendship, Humour, Love, Sherlock Whump, Doctor John, Hallucination, Fake Relationship) – For someone who was a genius, he was realizing too many things for the first time...

The Unintentional Crafts of Sherlock Holmes Series by KarlyAnne & cwb (E, 13,297+ works across 3 works || Series WiP || Post S3, Established Relationship, Panties, Arts and Crafts, Love, Experiments, Domestic Bliss, Penis Size, Fluff and Crack, Sexual Roleplay, Oral/Anal Sex, Couch Cuddles) – A collaboration between CWB and KarlyAnne, based on prompts from our Crafty!Sherlock Poll

The High Tide Series by stardust_made (E, 15,269 w. across 3 works || OMC, Angst, Jealousy, Developing Relationship, First Time, Romance) – A little favour Sherlock stupidly agrees to do for Mycroft leads to John meeting a handsome, afluent man, who is going out of his way to woo him. Sherlock struggles with the situation and with his own reactions to it.

Thermodynamics Series by entanglednow (E, 16,300 w. across 4 works || Asexuality, Bed Sharing, Sharing Body Heat) – In which there's no heating and there's a dead owl in Sherlock's bed.

Longitudinal Cohort Series by Anonymous (E, 17,355+ w. across 6 works || Series WiP || PWP, Angst, Anal, Rimming, Light BDSM, Bottom Sherlock, Caretaking, Established Relationship, Insecure Sherlock, Proposal, Fluff, Come Play, Fellatio) – PURPOSE: To describe single-point observations of life inside 221B Baker Street, specifically in the period of time after the love declaration of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. DESIGN: Longitudinal Cohort Study. METHODS: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson periodically observed. RESULTS: see attached reference documents. CONCLUSIONS: Best encompassed by this quote from Linda Brady, ""We recognize a soulmate by the supreme level of comfort and security we feel with that person. That doesn't mean that there aren't issues that remain to be ironed out. Rather, it means we know intuitively that we can resolve issues with our soul mate without losing his or her love and respect."

Baetica Series by Jberry (E, 17,943 w. across 2 works || Post-S3, Fake Marriage For a Case, Cruise Ship, Homophobic Language, Developing Relationship) – 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.

Gifts from the Sea Series by patternofdefiance (E, 19,438+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || Supernatural Creature AU || Tentacle Sex, Anal / Oral Sex, Switching, Pheromones, Puns, Emotional Sex, OctoJohn, Relationship Anxiety, Emotional Sex) – “A few weeks ago I would have thought you were impossible,” Sherlock begins, walking into the kitchen in his blue robe, and John – not quite catching on – wants to scoff and argue, No, actually, you are impossible, but then Sherlock continues: “But now I’d say you are improbable.” John thinks this might be flattering, if he could wrap his head around it, but he can’t – Sherlock is standing near, steaming his sun-baked-clean-sand smell, like the beach after rain, an alive smell, an other smell. It’s intoxicating, and John has been studiously avoiding it, but he can’t shift away now it’s so near. Now Sherlock’s so near. And then Sherlock ruins the probable-loveliness of his words and the definite-beauty of his presence by saying: “And by ‘improbable’ I mean ‘not yet scientifically acknowledged.’”

Barricade Series by stitchy (E, 21,016+ w. across 3 works || Series WiP || Post-HLV, Drunkenness, UST/URT, Angst with Happy Ending, Pining Sherlock, Friends to Lovers, First Time, Oral Sex, Developing Relationship, Holmes Family, Parentlock) – Sherlock has been struggling to keep his feelings at bay for everyone's sake.

Solace Series by CKLizzy (E, 21,515 w. across 5 works || Post-TRF, Developing Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Cuddling / Snuggling, Nightmares, Bed Sharing, Touching, Sleepy Cuddles, Kissing, Caressing, Frottage, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Friends to Lovers, First Time, Angst, Romance) – An Experiment - how long can you keep two characters physically and emotionally close without their relationship turning into a sexual one? Has five parts that see the development of John and Sherlock's relationship from their bedroom's perspective (no, don't worry, there will NOT be a talking bedroom in the story).

Through The Clouds Series by Mazarin221b (E, 23,134+ w. across 3 works || Series WiP || Retirement, Romance, First Time, Sussex, Beekeeping, Home Improvement, Developing Relationship, Marriage Proposal) – Sherlock takes a remarkably early retirement at 47, and convinces John that a change of pace would do them both good. They buy an old cottage on the South Downs, and exchange their nonstop life in Baker Street for quiet contemplation, bee studies, and book writing.

Forever Freebatch Series by alexxphoenix42 (E, 23,472+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || Real Person Fiction || Filming Sherlock, Gay Sex, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Infidelity, Polyamory, Pining, Angst, Happy Ending, Phone Sex, Shower Sex, Cuddles) – Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are working hard at both filming the Sherlock special, and keeping all its secrets under wraps. Somehow along the way, they stumble onto new developments that need to be kept just as private.

Winter's Delights Series by TakePenAndInk (E, 24,084 w. across 3 works || Original Characters, Christmas, Holmes Family) – Sherlock takes John home for Christmas to meet the extended Holmes family.

Two Coffees One Black One with Sugar Please Series by  Linpatootie (E, 25,419 w. across 4 works || Pre-Slash, Developing Relationship, Fluff, It's an Experiment, Domestic Bliss, First Time, Light Angst, Bed Sharing) – A somewhat pointless experiment on Sherlock's behalf leads to John having to re-evaluate pretty much his entire life.

A Satisfactory Arrangement Series by SilentAuror (E, 25,637 w. across 2 works || Post S3, Post-Divorce, POV John, Porn With Feels) – John has an issue. He loves being back at Baker Street now that his marriage is over. The only thing is, he doesn't fancy going the rest of his life without ever having sex again...

Sherlock’s Laboratory Series by berlynn_wohl (E, 27,362+ w. across 4 works || Series WiP || Science Fiction AU || Double Penetration, Oral/Anal Sex, Clone Sex, Dirty Talk, Foursome, Kinks, Established Relationship, Tentacles, Dubious Consent, Forced Orgasm, Massage, Genetic Engineering, Multiple Orgasms, Gangbang, Robot Sex, Androids, Angst) – “John, this isn’t one of your science fiction programmes. This is reality."

An Experiment in Apathy Series by belovedmuerto (G to E, 28,701 w. across 13 stories || Empath John, Empath-by-Proxy Sherlock, Epic Bromance Becomes Romance, Angst, Nightmares, Experiments, Trauma, Dreams) – "No man is an island, John. You less so than most." A sequel to the EiE Series, wherein John and Sherlock explore their relationship.

Dear John Series by wendymarlowe (E, 30,802+ w. across 3 works || Post-TRF, Long Distance Relationship, Mutual Pining, Epistolary, Cybersex, Angst, Apologies, Online Dating) – With Sherlock dead, John eventually (under duress) makes a profile on an online dating site. And falls into a long-distance relationship with an enigmatic partner who reminds him of Sherlock in all the right ways. (Hint: it turns out to be Sherlock.)

Xmas Dinners Verse Series by ardenteurophile (T, 31,236+ w. across 2 works || Series WIP || Christmas, Family, Humour, Romance, Drama, Fluff, Angst, Developing Relationship) – 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.

Among the Secret Things Series by TakePenAndInk (E, 33,565 w. across 2 works || Amnesia, Angst, Drama, Pining) – 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.

It’s No Longer Eighteen Ninety-Five Series by glenien (E, 36,080+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || Post-TAB, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Fluff and Angst, Tears, Sherlock's Mind Palace, Past Drug Use, PTSD, Awkward Sex, References to Depression, Hugging, Soft John, First Kiss/Time, Dance Lessons, Parentlock, Happy Ending) – John takes Sherlock home. Although it is true love which fills their hearts with mutual flame, both John and Sherlock need to face their ghosts, to be able to speak its name.

Love Is Series by SilentAuror (E, 36,903 w. across 2 works || Post S3, Alternating POV Each Story, Angst, Unrequited Love, Rejection then Reconciliation, Romance, Mary Divorce, Eventual Happy Ending) – At Mrs Hudson's urging, Sherlock finally decides to tell John how he feels about him.

Inscriptions Series by orphan_account (T, 36,909+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP || Soulmates AU || ASiP, Symbolic Rings, Romance) – Everyone is born with the name of their Soul Mate on their finger. This is called their SBI, or Soul Bond Inscription, and from the time a person turns sixteen, they are locked in a Search for the person with the corresponding SBI; the person with their name on their finger, in the same color as their own SBI. They do not know when, and they do not know where. All they know is that at the end of their Search is the person they are meant to spend the rest of their life with.

The Pool Series by Salambo06 (E, 39,340 w. across 2 works || Fake Relationship, Mutual Pining, Miscommunication, Misunderstandings, First Kiss/Time, Alternating POV Per Story, Sexual Fantasies, Love Declarations, Angst with Happy Endings) – John and Sherlock know the Yard has a pool going for when they’re finally going to get together. It’s been running forever, and it’s worth thousands of pounds. It’s all fun and games, hahaha, until they find out Lestrade is in dire financial straits (dog needs emergency surgery, he’s putting his kid through gymnastics training, I don’t know, something), and they decide to fake a relationship to win the pool for him. Sherlock figures out the day and way that Lestrade thinks it’s going to happen, and they act it out. It’s all for a good cause, fake relationship style, until it’s not.

HOT DOLPHIN SEX Series by cwb (E, 47,486+ w. across 2 works || Series WIP || Post S3, Villain Mary, Friends to Lovers, Pining Sherlock, Spies/Secret Agents, Epistolary, Confused Sherlock, Dreams, First Kiss/Time, Texting/Sexting, Hand Jobs, Honeymoon, Travelling, Wedding Fluff, Happy Endings) – What's next on the sex holiday agenda? Bingo or shuffleboard? SH. You don't want to know. Now you have to tell me. SH

A Love with No Name Series by aceofhearts61 (G to M, 49,955 w. across 20 stories || Asexual Sherlock / Straight John, Est. Rel, Queerplatonic Relationship, Romance, Cuddling, Fluff, Platonic Romance, Domestics, Rape/Non-Con) – In which Asexual!Sherlock and Straight!John are platonically in love life partners.

[teachingmycattoread]

Things We've Yelled About This Episode #3.8

Anno Dracula, Kim Newman

Uzumaki, Junji Ito

World War Z, Max Brooks

Dracula, Bram Stoker (our episode here, mini ep here)

Kim Newman's Empire column (links collected on his website here)

Jack the Ripper (wiki)

John Seward; Dracula, Bram Stoker

Sherlock Holmes; the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Raffles; the Raffles stories, E. W. Horning

Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales, Bram Stoker

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson

From Hell, Alan Moore

The Jack the Ripper letters (wiki)

The Diogenes Club; fictional club from the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mycroft Holmes; the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Laundry Files, Charles Stross

Equoid, Charles Stross

Full list of Anno Dracula characters here

InfoWars (wiki)

Mary Sue (trope)

not like other girls (trope)

Oscar Wilde

IT, Stephen King

Jiangshi; Chinese vampires (wiki)

The Count; Sesame Street

Blindsight, Peter Watts (available for free here)

The AIDS crisis (wiki)

Bloody Sunday (wiki)

Drinking your respect women juice (duckduckgo refuses to furnish me with the origins of this piece of internet lingo, alas)

Fridging (trope)

Bridezilla (definition)

Hate Sink (trope)

Annie Lennox (wiki)

Arthur Holmwood, Lucy Westenra; Dracula, Bram Stoker

The Vampyre, John Polidori

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (our episode here)

Dr Moreau; The Island of Doctor Moreau, H. G. Wells

For a full list of cameos, see this section of the Anno Dracula wikipedia article

Lord Ruthven; The Vampyre, John Polidori

Carmilla, Sheridan LeFanu

Joseph Merrick (wiki)

The Museum Vrolik, Amsterdam (website)

Jabba the Hutt and Princess Leia; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

The Bloody Red Baron, Kim Newman

The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien

Anno Dracula on AO3

Catherine Eddowes (wiki)

Mary Jane Kelly (wiki)

Mansplain Manipulate Malewife (meme)

Van Helsing; Dracula, Bram Stoker

Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding

Hugh Grant (imdb)

Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss (meme)

Lenore, Edgar Allan Poe

ACAB (wiki)

The Muppets

Miss Piggy, Kermit; The Muppets

Jack Black (imdb)

Tim Curry (imdb)

Threads (1984)

Shout outs!

Charlotte's insta

Telling the Bees, Emma K. Leadley

Cat Rating: 6/10

Next Time on Teaching My Cat To Read

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

[fictionkinfessions]

Sometimes you have obscure sources that are obscure in the sense "no one has ever heard of this, and no one ever will because only I know about it" and then you have obscure sources as in "Heavily canon divergent AU of a source that's actually really well known except no one has ever heard of said AU", for some reason my obscure sources only ever apply to the latter.

German audiobook adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, except it's focused on Oscar Wilde and Mycroft Holmes and every gothic literature character ever is there and also like every prominent victorian person? Sure as hell.

Modern reinterpretation of Mozart's "Entführung Aus Dem Serail" which was only ever performed four times in a relatively unknown German town? Why not!

Also having random kin mems of the latter...

- Shaun Hastings / Elijah Miles #📋

[nordleuchten]

I am super late to the party, but if you are still interested in recommendations – the Maritim Verlag has some really good audioplays on YouTube. Many of them revolve about Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, John Watson, Professor Moriarty, Irene Adler, Oscar Wilde and such. There are different “universes” and series that occasionally cross-over. Especially with the Holmes audioplayes, there are both original pieces as well as new ones. I am not necessarily a audioplay-person but the Maritim Verlag always gets me.

Me: wow, not living in a German speaking country for a while has made my speaking and listening a bit rusty. I should look for something to listen to for practice.

The search results when I look for podcasts in German: Do you need something about grammar? Perhaps someone speaking to you slowly like a child? Simple sentences?

[reinekes-fox]

Feeling so sorry that english speakers cant listen to the delight that is

Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes - Sonderermittler der Krone

An audio book from Maritim. Its so funny, cause Wilde is forced to work for the british crown under Mycroft Holmes and he is pure smugness. Like "Oh I know your brother quite well from Oxford! We partied all the time."

And when most protagonists are like "Oh no I have to kill someone?!" he is just like "Oh well guess I will just kill him. No problem." And it even touches on the subject that he was possibly bisexual! „No off course I am not in love with a woman, that’s absurd!“

And it gets better: the same audio book label makes the same with

Irene Adler!

In one episode they meet and they fucking hate each other its the best.

But wait there is more:

Edgar Allan Poe and Auguste Dupin!

[helplessly-johnlocked]

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple", Oscar Wilde

(x/x)

[oxalisvulcanicola]

LADY BRACKNELL MYCROFT. I’m sorry if we are a little late, Algernon Brother mine, but I was obliged to call on dear Lady Harbury Smallwood. I hadn’t been there since her poor husband’s death. I never saw a woman so altered; she looks quite twenty years younger. And now I’ll have a cup of tea, and one of those nice cucumber sandwiches you promised me.

LANE MRS HUDSON. [Gravely.] There were no cucumbers in the market this morning, sir. I went down twice.

ALGERNON SHERLOCK. No cucumbers!

LADY BRACKNELL MYCROFT. It really makes no matter, Algernon dear Brother. I had some crumpets with Lady Harbury Smallwood, who seems to me to be living entirely for pleasure now.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm

[klarawhy]

LET THERE BE POETIC MYSTRADE

"Your back, your whole body, is like a starry night," kiss.

"You, my Oscar. It's paradox," laugh, "'cause you're younger," lick the sweat off the back.

"But let me be your bright young lover, teach me, 'cause I'm unspeakable."

"Oh, darling, darling mine," slow blink of eyes. 

"You showed me things, I'm going wilde. Wanna tell you books of words," hold him tight!

[particularfangirl]

Okay hear me out.

Okay so, I just found a German audio drama I didn't know existed. Basically it's just Oscar Wilde and Mycroft Holmes working together to solve crimes. So they're just like Sherlock and John and it's one of the best things I ever listened to.

It's a shame there's no English version. You're missing out on something, folks.

[coffee-bees-and-beerbottles]

I’ve just realised how similar this exchange is to the famous “interview” scene in “The Imprtance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, in which Lady Bracknell tells Jack Worthing (the love interest of Gwendolen Fairfax) to sit down, to which he replies “I prefer standing”. This is interesting as Mycroft is said to have played Lady Bracknell at school, going by the final problem, directly addressing this similarity... and considering how Lady Bracknell is interviewing Jack for marriage to her daughter here... 👀👀👀👀👀 we may be expecting a happy announcement by the end of the series...

[noxreparo]

Truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Oscar Wilde

[just-kalina]

I found this audio book “Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes” and I thought - that‘s the two gayest people ever. This must be gay. And the first conversation goes like that

Mycroft: We will find a suitable disguise for you. How about you dress up as an English lady again? I'm sure you'd enjoy that.

Oscar: Am I really the only one who'd enjoy that or could I warm your withered heart with it as well, you old reptile?

Mycroft: I refuse to tolerate such insinuations. My interest is wholly resevered for the love of my homeland. Sentiment for a woman - or even more incredible, a man - would only be hindering.

And then they go on talking about how much influence Mycroft has. I think I'm in love.

[aziraphalecrowleyship]

Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Oscar Wilde, Mycroft Holmes Additional Tags: Victorian Sherlock Holmes, Alternate Universe - Victorian Summary:

bei dieser Geschichte handelt sich um eine Fanfiktion, die auf der Hörbuchreihe: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes – Sonderermittler der Krone basiert. Protagonisten: Mycroft Holmes, Oscar Wilde und ein paar Überraschungen ^^