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chockfullofsecrets · 3 years ago

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tickletober day 31/nope: tickle monster

this one's a birthday gift for @wordstrings and also a long overdue fill for this prompt! it's as much of a guess at characterization as i could cobble together from a supercut and a few clips, but i hope you enjoy, you wonderful person 💛

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Something’s wrong with his face.

Well, not really - Percy has it on good authority that his face is quite fetching, in certain circumstances, even with the nearsightedness-

The point being. Vex’s hand is on his cheek, and lovely as she is, it's also quite distracting.

“You’re not listening at all, are you?”

He blinks. Something about it is unpleasantly sticky. “What?”

“Percy, darling.” She’s leaning between him and his soldering iron now - bad, very bad, these people know nothing about tool safety - with her eyebrows raised in a way that never signals well for his dignity in the following minutes. “You’ve been down here for far too long - why don’t you come take a walk with me? Trinket misses you terribly, you know.”

He makes an attempt at nudging her out of his field of vision with his shoulder, spine twitching in sharp disapproval after a few hours of piecing together the minute details of his current project. “Does he?”

Vex grins, just visible in the blurry corner of his vision where his glasses don’t quite reach. It’s almost worth the terrible burns he’s certainly going to get from not being able to see what he’s doing. “I’m sure he’s going to give you a big wet kiss the moment he sees you.”

He heaves a put-upon sigh just to stretch her smile an inch wider, and - oh, she’s got him thoroughly distracted now, hasn’t she. Clever. And annoying.

Luckily, he’s not entirely unarmed at the moment. “Vex,” he starts. “You like it when I make you things, don’t you?”

The entire line of her body shifts - lovely, he can see his hands again. “This is for me?”

Ha. “Yes, so for the love of gods don’t make me fuck it up, all right?” He can’t quite help smirking as he pushes a little further. “Especially at this stage, which will be quite expensive to redo if something goes wrong.”

A complete lie, but not one she’ll know to spot - worth it, for some peace and quiet to finish the blasted thing. He’s fairly sure his aching spine will survive the night.

“Oh.” Vex’s fingers twitch, light and lithe against his jawbone. She’s contemplating. Good. “That’s - well, that’s not fair, now I hardly want to drag you out of here.”

He twitches a somewhat conciliatory grin in her direction. “Don’t worry, your greed is very endearing.”

He can’t see her face anymore, but he can feel the wince even as she laughs. “Oh, fuck off - you need rest, Percy. I’m supposed to look out for you, aren’t I?”

“Well, seeing as I’m not currently possessed-”

Vex sniffs pointedly. “There is a lot of smoke in here.”

He huffs. “I’ll find a good stopping point in an hour or two… maybe...”

There’s a frustrated sound from somewhere above his head, and Vex’s hand drops to the back of his neck. “Bad luck for you that I’ve brought help, then.”

Percy barely hears it, already half sunk back into the repetitive process of melting solder and pressing metal into place - but she pulls his head up, just a little, and-

“Hello, Percival.”

He freezes, a sharp reprimand on his lips, just in time to watch Vax melt from the shadows with a grin entirely too chilling to be pointed at anyone he isn’t trying to kill.

Though, judging from the way he’s flipping a dagger lazily in one hand, maybe death isn’t out of the question. It’s - it’s a lot, now that he’s distracted enough to feel every single ache of a day and a half of tinkering, but he makes the attempt to match that sharpness with some of his own. “Do the two of you really not have anything better to be doing?”

Vax shrugs, smooth and utterly unhurried, and advances. “Oh, normally I’d be quite happy to let you two handle yourselves, but you’re being a dick to my sister and today-”

His eyes gleam with a distinctly predatory look that Percy can’t quite keep himself from twitching away from. “Oh, today - today, I know a secret.”

He and Vex recoil in shocked unison - and oh, if she doesn’t know, that’s so much worse. “A-” Percy hedges, wondering if he can perhaps make a break for the door. “A secret?”

Vax reaches the other side of his workbench, reaching out to pluck the soldering iron from Percy’s hand as he leans in - thankfully he’s got enough sense not to grab it by the smoking end. “Would you like to know what it is?”

Percy’s shoulder hit the back of his chair. His chair hits Vex, boxing him in from behind. Fuck. “Will it matter if I say no?”

Vax - chuckles, low and throaty, his fingers on Percy’s wrist. He feels like a prey animal.

Vex clears her throat overhead. “Come on, Scrawny, please don’t make me watch you flirt.”

Her twin’s grin doesn’t waver one bit. Percy’s running out of danger signals for this situation. “I ran into Pike on my way down here,” Vax starts casually. His middle finger pokes out past his others, another swinging out in front to take a few mincing steps up Percy’s arm. “And, when I told her where I was headed-”

He leans impossibly closer, beaming up for the barest instant over Percy’s head before bearing back down on him. “She told me that, on the very predictable occasion of you being difficult-”

The combination of Pike and difficult and Vax’s extremely poor attempt at capturing their cleric’s saintly brand of frustration triggers a very unfortunate memory. Percy’s eyes widen. “Oh, no.”

He tries to tug his arm away, but it remains pinned with a grip of steel as Vax’s spidering fingers and betrayal press mercilessly on. “Oh, yes. Our dear Pickle told me that someone might be susceptible to a little convincing from the tickle monster-”

He’s not quite sure what happens next, really.

There’s a shout that’s certainly too high pitched to be coming from him, and - he’s trapped in his chair in one moment, and in the next he’s across his workspace, panting as his head whips frantically between a deviously smirking Vex and her evil, terrible brother collapsed into near hysterics on a nearby chair.

“Oh,” Vax squeaks out, “oh, your face, Freddy - Vex, get on his other side, now we have to tickle him-”

Percy looks despairingly at the jars of acids and many, many gently steaming pieces of metal currently strewn across the room. “No,” he insists. “Someone’s going to get hurt, this is undignified - Vax, I can see you, don’t you dare -”

His heart skips a beat as Vax regains his composure and rolls upright with that same teasing grin, starting to round the tables towards him. “You’d better run, Freddy,” he sings. “The tickle monster’s coming!”

He doesn’t have it in him at the moment to be embarrassed of the giddy terror that springs into being high in his chest. “Vex - Vex, darling,” he pleads, backing up until he can keep them both in eyesight, “let’s be reasonable here-”

She’s grinning too, rounding the room in the opposite direction. He sprints for the door.

Two figures lunge in his periphery. He yelps, grabbing blindly for the door handle, as two thin arms wrap around his shoulders - a feather tickles his neck, coaxing a frantic giggling hiccup from his throat - it’s Vex, he’s stronger than Vex, he can get free of her as long as-

Cold hands claw at the back of his shirt, prying their way underneath and around to his sides. “No,” he gasps, fighting back the laughter bubbling in his lungs - it squirms into his muscles instead, turning his arms to jelly. “No, no!-”

A roguish grin weasels its way against his ear. “Got you~”

He makes one last desperate attempt at escape, but the first ghosting touch against the edge of his belly has him thrashing so badly that it’s hardly a struggle for Vex to wrestle him prone on his own workbench. “Hhh - ha! - this - ahhh, hnn - is a violation- oh gohohods-”

“Oh, darling,” Vex purrs, Vax smirking to match beside her, and he thinks he might have to make another deal with a demon to gain any sort of mercy. “You’re listening now, aren’t you?”

“Haahh - yes, yes, just - ahhh!”

Monsters, indeed.

#tickling #critical role #vox machina #percy de rolo #vexhalia #vaxildan #tickletober2021 #chocfic

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p-and-p-admin · 4 years ago

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Interview given to The Severus Snape and Hermione Granger Shipping Fan Group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/199718373383293/

Hello Lariope and welcome to Behind the Quill, it is a pleasure to talk with you.

Many of our group’s members requested you as an interview subject, but amongst more than a dozen stories in the HP universe you are probably best known for Killing Time, Second Life, and Advanced Contemporary Potion Making.

Okay, let’s jump right in. What's the story behind your pen name?

So, there's a really common plant in my area called Monkey Grass. Most people use it as landscaping filler. I thought it was pretty and asked someone who had some what it was called. She told me that it's technical name is Liriope, which I heard as Lariope. This was around the time that book 6 was released, and it struck me as a very witchy name, particularly as JKR likes flower names. Which Harry Potter character do you identify with the most? Wow. Probably Neville. I'm certainly not as brainy or as confident as Hermione, not as out-there as Luna, not as athletic as Ginny. I'm less angsty than Harry and less apt to charge off in my own direction. And I am certainly not as thoughtless as Ron, not as strict as McGonagall, not as dark as Snape. And if you've read Second Life, you know my feelings about Dumbledore! But I was someone who took some time to come into my own. Often bumbling or nervous, but when my back is to the wall, brave and honorable. So I'm going with Neville. Do you have a favourite genre to read? (not in fic, just in general)

I love fiction, but honestly, other than Harry Potter, I don't read fantasy! I tend to like "domestic" fiction, as in Anne Tyler, and literary fiction. I also really love Stephen King, oddly enough. Do you have a favourite "classic" novel?

By classic do you mean like, the literary canon, or just not fanfiction? My top five favorite novels are, in no particular order, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, It by Stephen King, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, The Temple of Gold by William Goldman, and The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I'm not big into the classics, which is weird for an English major to say. At what age did you start writing?

I've been writing all my life. The first time I saw Stand by Me at 11 years old, I rewrote it with a new ending because I could not bear the death of Chris Chambers. I think I've always been interested in working with other people's texts. How did you get into writing fanfiction?

I loved Harry Potter so intensely. I came to it as an adult at a particularly lonely time in my life. When book 6 was released I read it all in one gulp, and then felt kind of despondent when it was over. I thought of the good old rule of the internet, that if it exists, there is porn of it, so I went looking for what I called "Potterotica," figuring that it would give me an opportunity to read more about the characters I loved. I didn't yet have a concept of fanfiction, let alone fanfiction that wasn't erotica! As I read, I had the persistent feeling that I hadn't yet found exactly the story I was looking for. I kept feeling that I would do this or that differently. Then after the release of book 7, I was tormented by the fate of Snape. I really felt I needed to save him. That I couldn't relax until he'd had some love in his life before his death. I didn't have the sense yet that I could change his fate, only that I needed him to have happiness and love before he died. I have a Master's Degree in fiction writing, so I decided to just give it a try. My first story was terrible!!! It was called If Memory Serves and was archived only on the Restricted Section. But it definitely forced me to reawaken some skills, and whetted my appetite. What's the best theme you've ever come across in a fic? Is it a theme represented in your own works?

Hm. I'm not sure how to answer this question. I know that one of the things that I respond most strongly to in fic is a feeling of inevitability--that regardless of how or when, these characters had unfinished business with each other. I hate to use the word destined... but that feeling that there were many points in canon where something minor could have changed which would have changed everything and brought two characters together--and that that could have happened at any point, in any number of ways. I like very much when canon is reimagined or reinterpreted to make that relationship deeper--like reimagining the scene where Snape insults Hermione's teeth to have a totally different meaning in the context of their relationship. I think I am remembering Somigliana's The Traveller being particularly gratifying in that way. Obviously I play with canon a lot in my own work. I like for fanfiction to feel "real" as in, possible in a canonical context. What fandoms are you involved in other than Harry Potter?

Almost none! I've been fannish all my life, but Harry Potter was the first experience I ever had of "fandoms," that is to say, community built around a narrative. I usually just freaked out over things in private. After HP, I tried very hard to get into the Sherlock fandom, because I had a dear friend from the SS/HG community who was into it, but in the end, I could just never become invested in quite the way I had with Harry Potter. Subsequently, I had children, so I mostly support their fannishness now. If you could make one change to canon, what would it be? Do you have a favourite piece of fanon?

I wish Snape could live. I really do. He had a lot left to learn and a lot left to give to the world beyond the sacrifice of his own life to the cause. There are certain things I have ultimately accepted as head canon, as far as pieces of fanon are concerned. Honestly, they are so ingrained that I'm having trouble thinking of any! Sometimes when I watch the movies with my kids, I think, but wait, what about?... oh yeah, I forgot that wasn't canon. Do you listen to music when you write or do you prefer quiet?

I need dead silence to compose, because I hear the words in my head as I write and I can't be distracted from them. But I often pick pieces of music that I listen to obsessively in my downtime when I'm writing a story, that I think of as sort of like theme songs. Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova was one for Second Life. Table for Glasses by Jimmy Eat World still calls up Dark Santiago for me. What are your favourite fanfictions of all time?

Oooh. Ok. So I read a lot of Drarry, and I pretty much love everything that Sara's Girl has ever written. Somigliana's work--the Traveller was amazing. All the Best and Brightest Creatures by Wordstrings (Sherlock). I also really loved greywash's Sherlock fic. There was an SSHG that has been long since removed that was called Dear January--I still think of it. I loved all the epics of my particular time in the SSHG fandom. Mia Madwyn, Subversa, Loten. Are you a plotter or a pantser? How does that affect your writing process?

Definitely a plotter. I kept pages and pages of working notes and planning points as I was writing Second Life. I always began a chapter with a working document of where I thought the chapter was going, as well as a reread of that portion of canon. Points of discovery along the way still happened all the time--I'd be in the midst of something I had planned when all of a sudden I'd see some point of connection I hadn't even thought of, and something would open up bigger than I had thought it would be. I remember in particular the end of the Bathilda Bagshot chapter of Second Life, when Snape is running toward James and Lily's house and feeling like time is doubling back on itself--I didn't see that parallel until I was in it. I think you always have to have room to surprise yourself, even in the thick of your planning. That sense of discovery affects the reader's journey through your work. What is your writing genre of choice?

Haha, fanfiction is my writing genre of choice. No, I wrote short stories when I was pursuing my degree in fiction, which is kind of hilarious now, as I became sort of known for my long-windedness. Why say 100 words when 10,000 would do? I grew to love the novel during my time in fanfiction. It would be hard to imagine turning back to a shorter form now. But who knows. I always tell myself that once the children are grown I will get back to writing. I was beginning a sort of cross between fantasy and domestic fiction when I had children and I still think the idea has legs. Which of your stories are you most proud of? Why?

Oh, different ones for different reasons. I think Dark Santiago is the most structurally tight and sound thing I've ever done. Second Life is like a miracle that it even happened, that I was able to control such a behemoth and bring it home. I was terrified the whole way. And weirdly, there's a drabble series that is called The Sins of Severus Snape that I am still really proud of. I think of those like linked poems. A real exercise in being concise for someone who likes to sprawl all over the page. Did it unfold as you imagined it or did you find the unexpected cropped up as you wrote? What did you learn from writing it?

I think I've pretty much covered those questions in all my ramblings. I knew the general structure, I was happily surprised along the way, and I learned to write novels from writing fanfiction, Second Life in particular. How personal is the story to you, and do you think that made it harder or easier to write?

There's not a lot of personal parts of the story to me in Second Life. I mean, every character is drawn from me, in a way, just because they come into being informed with my way of looking at and understanding the world and other people. But there isn't a lot in there that echoes my experience. Advanced Contemporary Potion Making was personal, and I think you can feel that in the story. It takes the biggest step away from canon. It wasn't hard to write, but it was hard to live. And now, as I look back, I have a different perspective on my life and on the story itself than I did at the time that I wrote it. What books or authors have influenced you? How do you think that shows in your writing?

Oh man, Stephen King is all over my writing. I don't think I've ever written a sex scene that didn't have a grain of that scene in the sewers of It inside it. Not because of the child thing--I know that skeeves people out about that scene--but because in it, Beverly discovers the power of sex--sex as a force, a life-giving force, something with teeth. I think that idea shows up a lot in Second Life. I like fiction in which you are very much inside the character's heads, and I think that's apparent in my writing. I think I got that initially from Stephen King, who leaps around inside his different character's heads sometimes in the same paragraph! I also think the theme of unending loyalty, the power of friendship, the triumph of good over evil--those are very Kingian themes that I recognized in Potter and then carried into my own writing. Do people in your everyday life know you write fanfiction?

Yes. That wasn't always the case. During the time that I was active in the fandom, I was a young elementary school teacher, and I dreaded anyone finding out that I wrote sex scenes with children's book characters. I was very private about my fanfic then, and even a few of my closest real life people did not know. My parents still do not know. My children are teenagers now and into fanfiction in their own right; they know I wrote it, but they don't know my ship or my pen name. My husband has read most of Second Life. I recently started a new job, and during one of those "get to know you" games, I was asked to share something that other people wouldn't guess about me. I said that I had once been a fanfiction writer. How true for you is the notion of "writing for yourself"?

Mmm. I wrote the stories I wanted to read. Do you know what I mean? I wrote things because that's how I wanted to see them, how I wished they were, and I wrote to my own preferences. But writing in real time, for people who were actually reading and responding--that was crucial to the process. My biggest fear during the writing of Second Life was that I wouldn't finish it, or that I would lose control of it and it would become crap. "Breaking the story," I used to say, and I was terrified of breaking the story. But the fact that there were people experiencing it with me and waiting for it, reacting to it, and giving insightful feedback--that helped keep me very focused and motivated. I never wrote something because I thought it would be appealing to others, but I was so gratified that what I wrote did appeal to others. How important is it for you to interact with your audience? How do you engage with them? Just at the point of publishing? Through social media?

I had a LiveJournal and although I was not a frequent poster, I read my friends list every day during that time. I read what everyone else was reading and talked about the stories and themes that everyone else was talking about. I made a number very close friends during that time--other authors, people who were reading my stories and commenting. We talked on the phone frequently, and I had a team of beta readers. I went to conventions. I participated in the ss/hg exchange. A lot of those people were my audience, were reading my stories. And many of them became my good friends. I had a policy to answer all reviews when I was writing Second Life, and I did that until I was unable to do it anymore. When I had multiple stories it got much harder. That community changed a lot toward the end of my time in it. People were leaving LiveJournal, and Tumblr was on the rise, which felt like a much bigger pond. AO3 was replacing the smaller archives on which I had really grown as a writer. And once the movies were over and there was no more "fresh canon," people started to drift away. I do think that I might have lasted longer if that tight knit community had stayed in place. It played a big role in my commitment to my work and continued enthusiasm. As a side note, one of the friends I made in the SS/HG community is still my best friend. She is the "aunt" to my children, and we still talk on the phone weekly and visit at least yearly. What is the best advice you've received about writing?

If you want to write, then write. Make a routine. Write a certain number of words a day. Read them out loud to yourself. You'll hear your own bad habits and improve them.

What do you do when you hit writer's block?

If I'm already in a project, I will force myself to write a certain number of words per day. I will hold a scene that I'm longing to write out in front of myself like a carrot. Like, if you write this transition part that feels yucky and like you are stuck in it, then you can write the big reunion scene that you know is coming. If I'm not in a project... well, then I don't get through it. I just don't start a new project. If I need to write a story, as I did during graduate school or during the ss/hg exchange--I would do this thing one of my professors suggested--pick three headlines, words or ideas that have interested you over time and force them into the same story. Dark Santiago was that way. I had the prompt of fortune telling. I added an idea about the way magic works for muggleborns and the ocean town where I was living. Voila: Dark Santiago. Has anything in real life trickled down into your writing?

I'm sure it has in ways I can't even see. I remember once talking to a friend on the phone about Second Life as I was writing it, and she pointed out that the fact that I'm a Quaker was informing the story--like my own perspective on war and the horrors of violence were bleeding into the the kind of philosophy of Second Life. Do you have any stories in the works? Can you give us a teaser?

I don't. I wish I did! I often miss my time in fandom, the spirit of creativity and community, all those ideas just bubbling out in every direction. Any words of encouragement to other writers?

I don't believe that the end goal of fanfiction is to become a published writer, just as I don't think every guitarist has to have the goal of selling out a stadium, or every golfer has to want to compete in the Masters. I think you can love a thing without making it your livelihood. You become a "real" author the minute someone else reads a story that you wrote. Many of you reading this right now are people who made me an author. It is, as Stephen King once wrote, a kind of telepathy. I thought of something once, in 2008, in the southeast of the US, and you can read it right now wherever you are, and experience the thoughts and feelings I was dreaming up then. It's a wonderful gift, writing. And working among people who are dedicated to improving their craft and talking about stories and ideas--that is just the very best ground for making something that makes YOU proud. Thanks so much for giving us your time.

Thank you! I am really honored to be asked

#fanfiction #fanfic #ss/hg #snamione #writing

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tickle-bugs · 4 years ago

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Hi Bugs!! Your SPN fic was lovely! I’m not really in the fandom anymore but I was super into it at one point (I can credit thebest-medicine and the wonderful TFB community for getting me into it!) and you totally nailed their characterization! 💕💕 Thank you as always for your fics. You’re truly a gift to the t-word community, even those of us too afraid to come off anon.

oh my goodness, this is so sweet? Wow? Anon, darling, I send you a personalized forehead kiss.

I was lowkey nervous about them at first but SPN settled into my bones like it’s always belonged there. I hope my fic can help people in these difficult times™. SPN and the AKF initiative got me through a lot and I just want to share that with people.

I don’t think anons realize how much I love you guys?? Even the lurkers?? It warms my heart. Once upon a time, I was a humble anon, so I have a special place in my heart for y’all <3

If you ever wanna come off anon and message me, feel free, or you can pick a signature so I know it’s you! (for example [noun]!anon, like donut!anon or smth. I’ve also seen people make up a name. It’s really up to you and there’s no pressure at all.)

also our paragons of the TFB community (like the best-medicine, wordstrings, etc) are wonderful and deserve a round of applause.

#bug answers #anon #you are SO sweet and this warmed my heart #god this message was so kind #have a wonderful day/afternoon/night lovely

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blogstandbygo · 4 years ago

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Fic review - Dear John

Title: Dear John

Author: wendymarlowe

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/2647979/chapters/6744731

Podfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/3581616

# of words: 23,031

Rating: Explicit

Date published: Completed 2015-02-09; 64 chapters

Key Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson

Themes/Tags: Long-distance romance, Online Dating, Post-Reichenbach, Pining, Epistolary, Cybersex, Sherlock is gonna be so screwed when John finds out, And yes you can take that multiple ways

Review:

I know a number of people who don’t like reading WIPs, and I get that. It’s hard to read something, get caught up in the story, and then find out that it hasn’t been updated in three years. (There’s a number of reasons for that, including, y’know, real life, so this certainly isn’t meant to blame authors). But there is also a lot of excitement to be had in following a WIP – waiting for the next chapter, checking your email for the notification, seeing the update on Tumblr or Twitter and not wasting another second until you can read and get caught up.

Dear John took that excitement and did something entirely new with it. The premise was good, to begin with: John has gotten himself onto a dating website, and Sherlock finds out while he is on his hiatus (aka ‘dead’), and responds under the name William. After a bit of time, they are corresponding back and forth, and eventually sexting, etc. And this is where the genius bit comes in: the fic updated in real time. That means that when John writes something, and he waits on tenterhooks until William responds (several days later), we the readers are also waiting on tenterhooks, right along with him.

It brings back the personal experience of online dating: the nail chewing, the waiting by the phone, the self-recrimination and re-examination of everything I said or did: did I go too far? Did I expose too much? Did I overshare? Is he ghosting me? In addition, we readers knew that William is in fact Sherlock, and he’s actually bringing down Moriarty’s network, and may well have been hurt, this compounds the tension.

It was my first experience with a fic phenomenon: everyone was going nuts, especially once it caught on and readers were collectively losing their minds when a cybersex episode was followed by nearly three weeks of silence from William, with John ratcheting up the tension with barely-in-control touching-base messages. And then we were all imagining what was happening when they finally agreed to meet at a restaurant.

Brilliant fic, brilliant concept. Unfortunately impossible to recreate it now, but please imagine this as you read now.

The words that took my breath away:

I am none of the following: unemployed, abusive, financially destitute, stupid, or a convicted criminal. I am, I’m told, an annoying and overbearing prat on occasion, but I expect I should be able to downplay that quite adequately over a typed medium.

I don’t want you to feel like you’re competing with an ex-boyfriend, because it’s really not like that at all. I’m just . . . I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it.

Tell me something true about yourself?

If you like this, try:

Dear Reader, by SherlockWho

All the Best and Brightest Creatures, by wordstrings (I include this because it was unfinished for ages, and there was a similar sensation when the author updated)

Reblog to share the fic love!

Send me your recs! Reccing yourself is welcome!

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hypahticklish · 5 years ago

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Lee truth 1, dare 2/4 (they’re kind of the same??), and Ler truth 3, dare 4.

Lee T1) What’s your favorite spot to be tickled?

If I’m wanting to be just awash in goosebumps and quiet smiley butterflys, I adore light tickling on my ribs and sides. If I’m wanting to be lost in ticklish sensations that range from silly giggles to uncontrollable laughter, I actually really love my feet being played with.

Lee D 2/4) I dare you to tag a ler/the first ler that comes to mind that you want to be tickled by. Be respectful! (They are kinda the same lol)

Oooo…well, see, so, oh geez…so the first Ler I thought of is @wordstrings because her writing makes me feel and long for things lmao she’s just so incredible at describing touch and that lovely intimacy that comes from a (play) partner, as well as some super teasy tactics. BUT I’m 100,000,000% cool with just enjoying her wordsmithing cause consent and wow I’m just rambling now aren’t I??

Ler T 3) What is your personal biggest tickle themed fantasy?

Hmmm…as a Ler, and within the realms of reality because “just Dean Winchester” isn’t a viable option…probably just having a switchy session with someone who genuinely enjoys both sides. And while I’m on the dishing end, taking my time to build them up, exploring their body and finding where they like to be tickled, where theyre most ticklish, and how they like to be tickled. Building the energy and drawing out how long I can keep them riding a ticklish high before it becomes “too much” so they hang onto that bliss and just feel so light and good afterward. And if we’re both interested in a NSFW variety, teasing them with pleasure while tickling them at the same time to conflict their body and confuzzle their mind. Again, drawing out their ecstasy to the brink of frustration before bringing them to orgasm. I mostly wanna make my play partner feel good in this fantasy.

Ler D4) If you could tickle anyone in the world, who would it be?

Dean Winchester, hands down. Wait, still doesn’t count cause not reality? Boooooo, my answer still stands!

#switch #tickling #truth or dare #thanks anon!#personal ask games

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house-of-fangirl · 5 years ago

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Rating: Mature

Relationship: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Additional Tags: Angst, Pre-Slash, Mental Health Issues, Psychopathology & Sociopathy. Romance, First Time, First Kiss, POV First Person

Series:Part 1 of The Paradox Series

Summary:

In which what's in Sherlock's head is never going to get any better, and John is nearly thrown out of his flat.

#johnlock

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inevitably-johnlocked · 10 months ago

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damnbluewires said: i have a really dark version of this premise called cross wired by prettyarbitruary maybe?

books-n-pickles said: This sounds like wordstrngs' New Days To Throw Your Old Chains Away, part of the Paradox series. https://archiveofourown.org/works/555849

kitten-kin said: Could it possibly be "Damnatio Memoriae" by lovetincture? https://archiveofourown.org/works/17726879

raina-at said: Sounds like the Paradox Series by Wordstrings, Sherlock has a Fine and Not Fine list, and at some point they discuss the lists in detail. https://archiveofourown.org/series/28906

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Cross Wired by PrettyArbitrary (E, 7,168 w., 1 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Dark Characters AU || Rape/Non-Con, Triggers, Dubious Consent, Fantasies, Sensory Deprivation, Knifeplay, Asphyxiation, Bloodplay, Bondage, Possessive Behaviour, Captivity, Rough / Unsafe Sex, Bad Decisions) – John reads Sherlock's diary. It turns out that this is not his first mistake.

The Paradox Series by wordstrings (M to E, 98,863 w. across 8 Stories || First Kiss / Time, Mental Health Issues, Moral Ambiguity / Dubious Ethics, Angst, Psychopathy, Depression / Suicidal Ideation, Hurt/Comfort, POV First Person, Possessive Behaviour, Homophobia, Sexuality) – In which what's in Sherlock's head is never going to get any better, and John is nearly thrown out of his flat.

Damnatio Memoriae by lovetincture (E, 55,098 w., 20 Ch. || Psycopathology, Sociopathy, Sadism) – Sherlock Holmes is a sociopath and a sadist, and he’s in love with John Watson. He also wants to torture him. John is surprisingly okay with this, with one caveat: He doesn’t want to remember any of it. A loving, healthy relationship, with the occasional torture session courtesy of dubiously legal pharmaceuticals. It’s all fine. Or, it would be fine, if an old enemy didn't have designs of his own on the both of them. Did it really happen if you don’t remember? Part 1 of Damnatio Memoriae

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Thanks guys, hopefully one of these are it!

Hello, I am trying to find a fic that I read a while back and have an urge to read again. It was about Sherlock and his (actual) sociopathy and he was a bit Not Good and had a list of things he wanted to tell John -- about how he felt about him and things he thought about and wanted to do, but he was afraid of John's reaction. They go through some of the things on the list and Sherlock can't believe John loves him enough to still be with him knowing his dark feelings.

Does this sound familiar at all to anyone? I feel like it was fairly long, like 20K+ words. Thanks for your help.

Hey Nonny!

Ah, sadly I don't know this fic at all, Nonny, but hopefully someone else does!! Anyone able to help us?

#johnlock fic reqs #dark fics #help steph find fics #next day reblog

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wordstrings · 4 years ago

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(ignore this if it’s too personal) how did you figure out you were ace? I can’t tell if I don’t like sex because i haven’t had /good/ sex or if I haven’t had sex with the /right/ people or maybe it’s my medication? or maybe i’m just not into sex. i’m so confused 😩

When I was in late elementary school, a friend told me a person in her class was “hot.” I had no clue what that meant. I mean, I knew it meant they were attractive somehow, but I couldn’t figure out how.

When I was in middle school, there was sex ed in health class and abstinence/purity talks in church. I had no idea why it was such a big deal.

When I was in high school, there were whispers that one of my friends was a lesbian, because of the way she expressed things about women in her various forms of art. I said that didn’t have to be the only conclusion, because one can appreciate different people’s aesthetics without being into them, right?

All through my teens and early twenties, I never heard of the concept of asexuality. Being unknowingly demiromantic on top of it, plus having a naturally subdued external emotional affect, I just figured my feelings were broken. I coped by embracing the studious nerd archetype and identifying pretty closely with Spock from the original Star Trek series that my family was a big fan of.

The first time I actually questioned whether I was straight was during my first year of college. I had a bit of a personal crisis over feelings for my best friend. I still believed that being gay (or anything else in the “LGBT” grouping I’d heard of) was sinful and misdirected.

I managed to shove all that down when I fell for a guy friend, and didn’t pick it up to examine it again for years.

The guy and I eventually got married. The first time I had sex was the wedding night; up until then, it was easy to point to religious reasons for abstaining, but the reality was that I just hadn’t been interested. I didn’t dislike the idea of sex. It freaked me out a bit because I’d never done it, and a penis held about as much intrigue for me as a rubber duck, but I wasn’t opposed. I figured I just had to, I dunno, get into the swing of things, and the appetite would come.

The appetite didn’t come. I decided that must have been due to my birth control medication, which I’d only begun taking months before the wedding. I switched to a low-dose pill that my doctor said would be just as effective while reducing any side effects on my “libido.” (Spoiler alert: when your baseline libido while not on potentially libido-reducing medication is already near flatline, switching the meds doesn’t change that.) I had sex with my husband probably twice a week, usually not because I actively wanted to for my own sake, but because that’s what you do. It wasn’t bad – in fact, he went out of his way to make sure it wasn’t – but it just never caught on with me as something exciting. Mostly, I found it tiring and messy which, coincidentally, is also the reason I’ve never liked working out.

I’d been married for a year when I discovered asexuality for the first time at age 26.

The split attraction model suddenly had everything making sense. My feelings weren’t broken – I was just a sex-neutral asexual person, while I remained perfectly capable of romantic attraction. (My identification with being demiromantic didn’t come until years later). I definitely felt romance with my spouse. I’d also felt romance with that best friend years before. I’d never felt sexual attraction to anyone, of any gender, in my life, ever.

Asexuality isn’t about whether I do or don’t like sex. It’s about how I’m attracted (or not) to people.

It’s possible to be asexual and love sex. It’s possible to be allosexual and dislike sex. It’s possible to feel any given way on any number of sexual and romantic spectrums, and it’s possible to decide you want to label yourself differently than you have before whenever you discover new information about yourself. (And you’re going to keep discovering yourself for years and years and years.)

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Other posts on being ace:

Bill Nye just casually validated asexuality and I spent ten minutes crying in my kitchen

on the intersection of faith and asexuality

being asexual and having kinks

#my private messages are always open too <3 #ask #anonymous #asexuality #personal time with wordstrings

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spenglernot · 6 years ago

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A Year in the Fandom (What I’ve Learned): Part 1 – Gratitude for Fan Fiction

In July 2017, I discovered fan fiction. Before then, I had never read a transformitive work in my life. I didn’t eschew fan fiction. I simply didn’t know about it. If you had asked me to define “shipping,” I would have described various forms of freight transport. But down the rabbit hole I chose to go, and oh my, what a wonderful journey it has been.

As someone who spent the majority of my adult years reading non-fiction (with notable exceptions for the Harry Potter stories and a few other works), I was gobsmacked and inspired by the high quality of transformative works. So many of them were thrilling, suspenseful, complex, funny, erotic, engaging, heartbreaking, meaningful, poetic, and had fabulous characterization. Above all else, I found fan fiction to be deeply thought-provoking.

These stories explore love, tenderness, sacrifice, ethics, gender, sexuality, family relationships, power dynamics, violence, addiction, mental illness, recovery – in short, the human condition - all in a feast for the mind and the heart, given generously by authors whose diligence and skill is extraordinary.

That generosity of authors is possibly unique to the fan fiction and fan art experience, and is deeply compelling. After discovering transformative works, I became quite taken with the notion of posting comments to stories and seeing authors’ replies. Oh, interaction with authors? Marvelous! It was great fun to see what readers posted, and how authors responded. Still, for months I left my AO3 guest kudos and moved on. I finally dipped my reader toe into the comment water shortly after I got a proper AO3 account. I commented on Width of a Circle by @may-shepard and - oh my God - she replied. That… was thrilling.

Interacting with authors continues to be enthralling, rewarding, and meaningful. It is part of the fan fiction reading experience that I most cherish, and I deeply appreciate that writers take the time to read their comments. I am stunned each and every time they reply, partly because I never expect it, and partly because what they say is always so thoughtful and kind.

The one-year anniversary of my entry into the world of fan fiction approached as spring 2018 morphed into summer. I decided to go back through my AO3 history, bookmark what I've read, in the order in which I read it (to the best of my approximation before my AO3 account was activated), and comment on my impressions of each story. Taking the time to review each work and think about how it affected me, reminded me of my many moments of discovery and enjoyment; of those times when I had to take a few days, or a week, to processes what I read because the story had been so affecting and enveloping. Honestly, I had to do that with the majority of stories I read.

Reading fan fiction for the past 12 months has been an incredible source of replenishment for me. I am still drawn to non-fiction for many reasons, but facts are now under continuous assault. I find I can no longer dispassionately, steadfastly advocate for truth and what should be self-evident reality with the consistency I expect from myself. I am newly drawn to considering the deeper truths that fiction addresses, and in so doing, I am able to re-engage with the world as it is.

In a very real way, reading fan fiction has helped me regain my composure by refilling my depleted joy reserves. For lack of a better term, Johnlock stories make me happy. They make it easier for me to be emotionally and intellectually present with my family and friends, to perform professionally with tenacity, to continue with my volunteer work at a non-profit organization with passion, and to engage in political debate and activism. I am a better person because I read fan fiction.

Thank you isn’t enough. You’re saving me isn’t enough. You’re doing God’s work (because, you absolutely are) isn’t enough. You are all much better with words than I am. So, I’ll conclude by just saying it again, to every author whose work I have read thus far…

Thank you, Johnlock fan fiction writers! ...

@patternofdefiance @sincewhendoyoucallme-john @weeesi smurff @suitesamba @wordstrings @victory-candescence (VictoryCandescence on Ao3), Reyonea (deleted AO3 account) @alexxphoenix42 @DaisyFariy1 (DaisyFairy on AO3) @wendyqualls (wendymarlowe on AO3), @conversationswithjohnlock (cwb on AO3), @may-shepard (May_Shepard on AO3) @mamaorion @darcylindbergh @johnlocked-starkid (johnlockedstarkid (wholockian007) on AO3) deduce-my-heart (linds7) @iamjohnlocked4life justfandomthings CaitlinFairchild @consultingbeekeepers @fellshish @holmesianpose ( bittergreens on AO3) @phoenix89 @saradobiebauer @prettyrealisticjohnlockfanart (ShirleyCarlton on AO3) @schmiezi @splix71 (Splix on AO3) @madlori (Mad_Lori on AO3) ampersand_ch @itsnotgonnareaditselfpeople (Quesarasara on AO3) @emmagrant01 Atiki @rageofthenerd (Phyona on AO3)

And tagging a few folks I follow, just because: @sarahthecoat @inevitably-johnlocked @the-signs-of-two

Photo Credit: Kate Ter Haar, Flickr

#fandom love #johnlock #johnlock fic #sherlock #bbc sherlock

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johnlockficclub · 7 years ago

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JFC Fic Recs 2

Woohoo! Time to share the second round of fic recs from our JFC members - we hope these fics bring as much joy to new readers as they have to the members who recommended them. Get reading!

The Quiet Man by @ivyblossom recommended by @asleepatlast

“It’s a stunning and tragic exploration of the psyche of John falling apart from heartbreak after The Reichenbach Fall. The layers of him are peeled back slowly, revealing more and more of John’s feelings for Sherlock as he tries to work through his grief, building this wonderfully rich picture of their history. He’s an unreliable narrator at times, which is always a joy to read, and watching him lose touch with reality as he spins off into the torment of his heartbreak really makes this fic stick with me. It feels so real and the first-person perspective makes it feel so much more intimate. John is trapped in his own head reliving memories of their time together and hallucinating Sherlock’s voice in his desperation to cope, and we’re right there with him, sharing headspace. It makes it impossible to put this story down until you’ve absorbed every last beautifully-worded bit of it. The imagery is rich, the dialogue is engaging, and the characterisations are wonderfully deep and distinct. Honestly, a must read.”

The Craving in Between by @love-in-mind-palace recommended by @mandapanda8

“It sucks you right in and you don't want to stop reading!”

(Never) Turn Your Back to the Sea by @discordantwords recommended by @chrysanthemumsies

“It completely redeemed EVERY PART of S4. It’s the most in-character fic I have ever read. After reading it, I have had difficulties separating what happens in it from ACTUAL S4, because it’s written just so wonderfully. Absolutely fantastic fic.”

The Devil's Blaze by @dulcimergecko recommended by @my-johnlocked-life “Former bronc rider now veterinarian John meets 'horse whisperer' Sherlock who's pretending to be from Montana. John in jeans. A lot. Sherlock in jeans. A lot. Every chapter's a treat!!!”

The Paradox Series by @wordstrings recommended by @onesmallfamily “I think it is some of the most beautiful writing I've ever read, ever. Both Sherlock and John make some profoundly romantic gestures for each other. It's a touchstone in the fandom for me because of it's outstanding quality.”

Thank you for these recs, JFC members! If anyone else would like to recommend a fic, please do so here! :)

#johnlock fic club #fic recs

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swissmissficrecs · 7 years ago

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Rec List: Sherlock is a Bit Not Good

(But just a bit.) I saw someone complaining that they had a hard time finding fics in which Sherlock is not softened beyond recognition. So I searched my bookmarks and came up with these:

After School Special by Sexxica. 38K, Explicit, Johnlock. Not even his fantasies could have prepared John for what happens when he is caught hiding under his chemistry teacher's desk. The prospect of detention has never been so exciting.

angels long-fallen by Speechwriter (batmansymbol). 15K, Not Rated, Johnlock. The one thing Sherlock doesn't know about Jim Moriarty is the most important.

If you close your eyes by nothingislittle. 21K, Explicit, Johnlock. "John smells like everything Sherlock has ever wanted and scotch and clean laundry and the only thing he can think is John John John, chanting within him, plastered on the inside of his skull like wall paper."

In Darkness, Light by Kryptaria. 12K, Mature, Johnlock and Sherstrade, sort of. Mostly Gen though. "One day, we'll be standing around a body, and Sherlock Holmes will be the one that put it there..." "Why would he do that?" "Because he's a psychopath, and psychopaths get bored." Sally Donovan got it wrong.

Love, Sociopath Style by fantomeq. 13K, Explicit, Johnlock. Sherlock likes to experiment on John in his sleep. John has a few experiments of his own to conduct.

New Sub!John Headspace by mugenmine. 68K, Explicit, Johnlock. Sherlock is miserable at communication, John is terrible at saying no, and they both fail spectacularly at negotiation. In the middle of this all, John tries to come to terms with his need to be bound and dominated, while Sherlock comes up with new, slightly disturbing, mildly scientific, and often misguided ways to test John's limits.

No One Knows You Better by LynnLarsh. 13K, Explicit, Johnlock. John loses his memory. Sherlock sees it as an opportunity.

Penumbra by Saki101. 46K, Explicit, Johnlock. A gothic AU of the Sherlock universe inspired by the universe of Dark Shadows (the television series), presented in four episodes*, and written for the Miniseries March Challenge at Fall TV Season Sherlock. Preview: In Maine, there was Collinwood and the three centuries of history that were woven into its walls. In London, there is Holmeswood Manor (or the Manor on Baker Street as the urban legends have it), tucked now into a city street when once its oak woods rolled from the heath to the river. John’s grown up with its stories of ghosts and wizards and things that hunt in the night. They are certainly not going to keep him from interviewing for a residential post at the Manor because he cannot afford London on an army pension and there could not possibly be any truth to the tales.

Smile Like a Paper Cut by J_Baillier. 37K, Mature, Gen. Many serial killers are capable of leading outwardly normal lives, hiding in plain sight as husbands, wives, scout leaders, doctors, policemen, soldiers and employers. What if Sherlock is one of them? And what if John discovers his secret?

Still of the Night by michi_thekiller. 30K, Explicit, Johnlock. 1.) Curfew must be obeyed. 2.) Streets must be clear by sundown. 3.) If you find yourself out after curfew, seek shelter at the home of a friend, relative, or neighbor whom you know and trust. 4.) Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should any unknown persons be allowed into the home after curfew.

Swallow You Whole by Lindentreeisle (Captainblue). 16K, Explicit, Johnlock. "That was amazing," John blurted out.Sherlock, already turned halfway to the door, paused and whirled back around. "Really?" he asked, narrowing his eyes at John."Yeah," John said. Sherlock flashed him a quick, tight grin, and then John saw the fangs. Oh.

The Paradox Series by wordstrings. 98K, Explicit, Johnlock. In which what's in Sherlock's head is never going to get any better, and John is nearly thrown out of his flat.

The Pleasure-Dome Hotel by raiining. 16K, Explicit, Johnlock. This is the fic where I said 'in the BDSM world AU Sherlock would totally make John strip for him. And kneel. And ... do other stuff.' and then I realized I couldn't write sex. And velvet_mace said she could write sex and yes. Yes she can. So we wrote this. Its porn with plot. Over 16,000 words of porn! and much less of plot. "Sherlock pressed his finger on the keypad and ran a critical eye over the hotel room after the door unlocked and opened."

The Song Nobody Knows by Laur. 78K, Explicit, Johnlock. If Sherlock could take John Watson back to his cave, he would keep him alive as long as possible. He would collect rain water and sea weed and fish to feed him, and he would keep him warm with his soft feathers. In return John Watson would answer all of Sherlock’s questions. Yes, Sherlock would keep him, his own little mystery to unravel. Eventually, though, the human would die, as they always did, and Sherlock would have to eat him, like he always did. This was much more interesting.

#rec list #angst

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bagofthumbs · 7 years ago

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Top Five, Bottom Five

tagged by @a-different-equation

Rules: Tag the person who tagged you, always post the rules, answer the questions, and add the date!

Note: for mine, they’re all podfics, since that’s my contribution to the fandom

What are your five most popular works? (starting with the most kudos)

“All the Best and Brightest Creatures”, written by wordstrings. This is, by far, my most popular podfic. It’s an amazing story, by an amazing writer. It was intimidating as all heck to record such a beloved story, but it was a complete labor of love. Length: about 30 hours. http://archiveofourown.org/works/5279255

“The Risk of Absence”, written by prettyvk. This is the second in the “James Holmes Chronicles”. A wonderful tale with an amazing original male character in James. Length: about 15 hours. http://archiveofourown.org/works/4130215

“Crazy for Love”, written by prettyvk. This is the first in the “James Holmes Chronicles”. You can thank this story for the fact that I decided to get into podficcing in the first place. I wanted to hear this story and nobody else had recorded it. Length: about 12 hours. http://archiveofourown.org/works/3604923

“Rocks of Salvation”, written by KeelieThompson1. This is the first in the “Ava Watson ‘verse”. Another amazing series. The story continues in “Nest Among the Stars” and concludes in “Crush it ‘till the Petals fall” (which I just finished not long ago). Supporting words: “Tea and Coffee” and “When His Hour Will Come”. Length: a bit more than 17 hours. http://archiveofourown.org/works/4967680

“and your very flesh shall be a great poem”, written by CaitlinFairchild. This is a WIP. Currently waiting for a new chapter to be written. The main storyline arc has completed, but there’s a rather important thread that needs to be tied up. http://archiveofourown.org/works/3868957

What are your five least popular works?

“The Question”, written by prettyvk. Length: 10:22 minutes. This is a little one-shot in the ‘Ink Your Name’ verse. http://archiveofourown.org/works/9622085

“2 Bits”, written by Ewebie. Length: 9:40 minutes. Just a sweet little dreamy piece. http://archiveofourown.org/works/7974292

“When His Hour Will Come”, written by KeelieThompson1. Length: 1:17:40. This is a supporting player to the Ava Watson verse and gives some insight into what happened while Sherlock was away after the Fall and before he came back. http://archiveofourown.org/works/6349171

“Just This Once”, written by prettyvk. Length: 4:30 minutes. This is a little one-shot in the ‘Ink Your Name’ verse. Admittedly, it was done back when I didn’t know what the heck I was doing, and I get that people that haven’t read/listened to the main story would be uninterested in this. http://archiveofourown.org/works/3699566

“Brother Mine, It’s Time To Sleep”, written by LostMyHeartToHim. Length: 19:04 minutes. It pains me a bit that this is my least favorite podfic. It’s a relatively new one, and I enjoyed recording it. It is a bit creepy, but hey, creepy is kind of fun to do. It’s my first post season 4 podfic. http://archiveofourown.org/works/9691868

8/14/17

#bbc sherlock #podfic

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cumbermalady · 8 years ago

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(LONG long post. click on the title to go to the link)

SHERLOCK WHUMP:

The Breaking Wheel (J_Baillier) - The instant classic. Prolonged, nuanced medical angst. The best. (and the 7PercentSolution & J_Baillier sequel On the Rack )

Lunar Landscapes (J_Baillier) - This author is a genius. And this work has practically every colour of Sherlock angst/whump that exists.

Fratros, Eros and Agape (emma221b) - John finds Sherlock bleeding in Magnusson’s office. What happens next (is glorious)

Harmless Things (J_Baillier) Scorpions do horrid things to Sherlock

All the Best and Brightest Creatures (wordstrings) - This is epic; and heartbreaking and beautiful. So beautiful....

My Will’s Not My Own (SailorChibi) - Read the warnings. This one broke my heart; oh Sherlock. It’s never his fault...

The Dying Detective Remix (SailorChibi) - When will Sherlock EVER ask for help.

Whenever it’s right (Aliea) - John sees a beautiful man with green eyes on the train. And then the train explodes...

Electric Pink Hand Grenade (BeautifulFiction) - Everyone knows this one. The greatest brain in the world gets the world’s worst migraine...

Dangerous Mould (Benfan) - (Near) death via a petri dish

Raison d’etre (AmphigoricSymphony) - This is like the War and Peace of Sherlock whump. Bloody Mary...

Lopov (AmphigoricSymphony) - Mycroft saves a brutalised Sherlock in Serbia

Addicted to a Certain Lifestyle (sfmpco) - Another fill-in-the-gaps after Sherlock’s collapse at Baker Street during HLV.

Your Visible Ghost (anactoria) - Read the warnings. Sherlock goes missing and John receives a video message...

Staircase Wit (splix) - Sherlock just keeps getting beaten (up). And asphyxiated. Quite beautifully.

The way it was meant to be (whitchry9) - John leaves Sherlock for just four days. And of course; pneumonia.

Fever (thecommonplaceofexistence) - John leaves Sherlock again. Sherlock gets pneumonia. Again.

How to torture John (Dlvvanzor) - Read the warnings. Seriously. Read them. This is Sherlock whump but almost equally John.

The Yellow Poppies (SilentAuror) - Mary is a bad person. Sherlock suffers.

Rush (Valxyri) - Sherlock gets drugged with a massive overdose

In The Silence (ScopesMonkey) - A longer saga (Sugerverse) is worth the read but this section is quite angsty and Sherlock gets concussion. Chapters 3 – 5 esp.

A More Vicious Motivator (ShezzasCompanion) - Read the warnings. Sherlock returns from Serbia and well, things just go from bad to worse...

Perfectly Fine (cabintardlock) - Sherlock gets ill and like an idiot hides it from his doctor...

Pain Management (TheGracefulBlueCat**) - Missing scenes from HLV most about pain and angst and trauma. **So many of this author’s works are wonderful Sherlock / John whump which I am not going to list here but recommend...

The Game has Changed (youtextd) - Mycroft arrives in Serbia too late to save Sherlock from terrible, long-lasting trauma. This is the story of how John and Mycroft help Sherlock back.

Not the King’s Men (StoneWingedAngel) - Oh god. Sherlock :-( this is as far as you can go before Sherlock is too traumatised to recover...

Getting Over It (The_Cool_Aunt) - Something’s not quite right with Sherlock. John starts to notice...

Finger Painting in the Dark (whitchry9) - Read the warnings. Moriarty gets his hands on Sherlock and well... it doesn’t go well. At all.

Tears of the Violinist (SUPRNTRAL LVR) - Moriarty steals Sherlock again. It’s brutal.

Cleansing (CumberbatchCritter) - John stumbles across Sherlock detoxing after being in hospital for so long. It’s a painful process.

Confessions (hockeylass) - John and Sherlock hit the road on a case; and then everything goes to hell.

Not Quite in his Right Mind (BakerTumblings) - Sherlock gets a head injury and it’s a shock for John...

No Incentive So Great (thisprettywren) - Sherlock argues with John. And then gets kidnapped. John is awesome.

The Fix (peg22) - Sherlock goes out for milk. And is injected with heroin.

Blind-Spot in Your Intellect (Only_1_Truth) - Sherlock tests a drug on a military-trained flatmate with PTSD...

The Emergency Contact series (blueink3) - Who Sherlock has as his Emergency Contact when he gets hurt, changes over time...

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JOHN WHUMP:

And a Doctor (StillWaters1) - One of my absolute favourites. Sherlock whump too. Doctor John everybody; stand clear.

De Ses Cendres (Amphigoric Symphony) - Tortured epic saga where Magnusson goes after Sherlock and well, everybody suffers. Endlessly

The Third Brother (uglycrow) - Another favourite. John gets wounded during a visit to the Three Garridebs.

The River Variations (withoutawish) - John gets hurt during a Three Garridebs encounter and Sherlock fractures

Into Dark Waters (Breath4Soul) - (TFP) John waits for Sherlock in the Holmes mansion’s well. He runs out of time.

We go anywhere but to the ground (geordielover) - Read the warnings. Sherlock is gone and John.... breaks.

There but for the Grace of John Watson / The Boys of Baker Street (skyefullofstars) - Parts one and two of a trilogy where John is kidnapped, drugged and becomes addicted and Sherlock is tested to the extreme. Bonus Sherlock whump amongst this sweeping narrative.

Reaction (Blind_Author) - Read the warnings. What happens to John before the semtex and vest incident at the pool.

Triage (scullyseviltwin) - John gets shot. Sherlock falls apart. The aftermath of that...

Handle With Care (TheGracefulBlueCat) - John gets attacked with a scorpion. What is it with these men and scorpions??

Very Good Indeed (stillwaters01) - John diagnoses what toxin he’s been drugged with and has seconds to guide Sherlock to saving him.

Deal (Basser**) - John underestimates his injury and scares Sherlock (**this author does lovely whumplets)

Vital Organs (firstdrafted) - How can John whump be so goddamned sweet. This is lovely

#sherlock whump #john whump #sherlock #john watson #this is my phone back up #thought i'd share #fic recs #master list

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