Really? Is that what it's called?

[bowie28]

Well, yes, Sherlock Holmes and Criminal Minds have something in common. Aside from the fact that SH is basically CM in Victorian England, the two male leads also seem to be a little bit in love with each other.

"What were you doing just now?"

Flushed, Reid said, "Thinking. Trying to make sense of the crime scenes. What Sherlock Holmes called

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[bowie28]

I too was accused of seeing gay in everything, but Lord knows I see nothing slashy between Supernatural boys, one of the biggest slash fandoms EVER! I have nothing against incest. I can see the brothers in Heroes getting it on, but never Dean and Sam. Never. I wonder what's wrong with me sometimes because I'm a hardcore Jensen/Jared (J2) fan.

CM novels didn't blow me away or anything, but I appreciate all the little bonding moments between the characters, something sorely missed in the last two seasons of CM. *glare at the writers* I hope you'll enjoy all of the books though. The cases are interesting. :)

[bowie28]

If you're interested, I just posted the stuff from book 2. Not much on the slashy side, but it gave us some character background. :)

[travelinthedark]

am currently downloading. will commence squeeing as soon as i finish reading them.

thank you so much for uploading these! <3 <3

[travelinthedark]

OKAY AM IN THE MIDST OF READING BUT

Reid on page 104??? '"If you'll forgive me," Reid said, "I have to begin with all the things we know."

hello, holmes.

[bowie28]

I really need to rewatch the movie. I haven't read the SH books so the references mean very little to me unless they were in the film. - -''

I wish the entire exchange in chapter four was in the actual show. I mean when was the last time we saw Hotch teased Reid? Did that ever happen on the show? I would love to see the look on Reid's face, lol.

[travelinthedark]

that wasn't a particular holmes reference, it's just the type of thing he (or maybe more accurately, watson) says in the books. more of a generalization, i guess?

but i definitely agree with what both you and daylyn say below about there being flirting in the exchange in chapter four. and that hotch's flirting would most definitely be subtle (because can you imagine him trying to use some of morgan's pick up lines??).

that led me to wonder, though, about how much of the lack of slashiness portrayed on screen comes from there being less slashy material written into the script, or from the actors taking the dialog in a different direction.

obviously the books inherently gives more material and detail by their nature, but it makes me wonder about the rest? if that makes any sense....

but i will say that hotch making references that only reid would understand? ftw.

[me_and_thee]

Jump Cut is the only book I've read in the CM series so far, and yet I'd (not surprisingly, though) forgotten about that! Thank you for reminding me. =)

.:still misses that kind of interaction on actual show, meh:.

[bowie28]

So glad to see you here. I was sure this entry wouldn't show up on your f-list again.

Yeah, I too forgot about the SH references until I saw the movie and then I remembered that something SH was mentioned in one of the CM books, and bam! Hotch and Reid bonded over Sherlock freakin' Holmes!

I actually got an idea for a crossover months ago. It's epic and still there. Sadly due to my job, I don't think it will turn into anything real any time soon, so I hope someone else would pick up on the idea of CM/SH crossover and provide us some slash goodness. XD

How horrific was the latest episode by the way? I think I might be the only one, but I'm not ready to see Hotch smile yet.

[me_and_thee]

Yeah, LJ's being so unnerving it finally convinced me to half-migrate to Twitter! And that's saying a lot.

Sorry this reply is so late but I keep missing LJ notices (your post @ cm_hotch_reid reminded me to check back on this entry) and LJ is apparently hell bent on not fixing this problem. >(

I'm going to download the CM books-related stuff ASAP, thank you SO much for the uploads!

And yes, the latest (couple of) episode(s, if you ask me) pretty much sucked.

I think I might be the only one, but I'm not ready to see Hotch smile yet.

You're not the only one. In my book, Hotch is only allowed to smile around Reid. XP

But, seriously, one of the first things I told coffeecocktails re: the episode was that I'd had the feeling Hotch was on the verge of laughter throughout the whole thing, which was kinda surreal.

[bowie28]

I should get on Twitter more, but LJ takes most of my time, and I don't have a lot of it, lol. I check Twitter from time to time, and mostly only to stalk the celebs, mind you. Like MGG's latest pic on the set from Joe's tweet. The hair was a bit out of control, but I liked it. Looked so soft, hmm...

I was on a verge of something while watching that horrendous episode. It felt like another show, but that discussion was so over by the second hour after the episode was aired, lol. I liked last week's ep though. And we've got the good old caffeinated Reid who's nervous around big guns and Hotch (+Morgan) being (over)protective of him. XD

There's some H/R goodness in book 2 and 3 but nothing full-blown like their SH bonding in book 1. Still there are some squee-worthy moments if you really look for them, lol.

[daylyn]

Thank you! This was awesome. And I swear that Hotch was flirting with Reid over the Holmes stuff. Flirting, I tell you. No, really, there was flirting. I'm convinced.

Why yes, I can see the slash everywhere, why do you ask?

Oh, and I agree with you about not being ready to see Hotch smile in the current godawful, horrible episode. Although his smile seemed more like a forced grimace at times. There was just so much bad about that episode -- what did they do to our loved characters? A note to TPTB: if you want us to care about the new characters, don't make charactertures out of the old characters

[bowie28]

Flirting! And I thought I was seeing things, lol. Yeah, I almost thought the first time around that it was out of character for Hotch to being that casual with his subordinates, but then again, it was back when Hotch's marriage was fairly intact and Gideon was still there to take the "mentor" role with Reid, so Hotch can just be... I don't know... a coworker... who flirts with another coworker? You don't see that happening with Prentiss, do you? LOL (Wait until you see what happened in the second book, haha. No, nothing discriminating, sadly. Just a short, weird exchange that could be interpreted in our slash heart's favor, lol.) I'll get those up tomorrow or something. ^_

[daylyn]

I re-read it again. I still see flirting. I mean, it's subtle flirting (Hotch-like flirting), but there's flirting there. And he's making sure Reid is alright (and telling him that he knew Reid wouldn't let him down). And continuing to make references to Sherlock Holmes that only Reid knew the context of. Yep, flirting. That's my story and I'm sticking to it

[daylyn]

it's subtle flirting (Hotch-like flirting)
*snort*

and i second the potential greatness of the cm/sh comm.

[travelinthedark]

I <3 the extra 'notes' you make in the margins. That smiley face !!! made me crack up.

Whatever he said, he's going to want to hear this. Wake him."

Was followed by Reid like, running his hand through Hotch's hair and kissing him and murmuring things against Hotch's skin while Hotch woke up. ???

Because that's totally what happened in my mind.

<3s for 'scanning' these!

[bowie28]

Highly possible, especially since Hotch and Haley had already separated. XD Now you know you need to write that fic, right?

You're welcome. It's the least I can contribute to the fellow H/R shippers. :D

[daylyn]

Yep, that's it. And it totally explains why Hotch's short hair was so mussed when he re-appeared.

So much H/R goodness going through my mind.

[bowie28]

Now that's one fic I want to read.

Just posted stuff from Book III. Dig out your x-ray goggles and you'll see some H/R goodness, lol.