The Least of All Possible Mistakes by rageprufrock (R)
Title: The Least of All Possible Mistakes
Fandom: Sherlock
Pairing: Mycroft/George
Categories: AU, Genderswitch, AlwaysAGirl!George
Length: Super Epic (118,096)
Warnings: AlwaysAGirl!George if that's not your thing
Author on LJ: rageprufrock
Author Website: AO3 | Tumblr
Author's Summary:
If ever a people deserved tasering, it’s Holmeses.
Review:
Now, admittedly, I have many 'favorite' cliches (if only because I can never decide what I really like best). One of those cliches that I happen to enjoy is taking a character from a show and having them be a girl. And not turn into a girl because to my mind that's an entire cliche to itself (it is! Really!), but having the character always be a girl. This is one of those fics and it's done beautifully.
The writing will make you laugh and then cry and then want to beat the characters (and maybe the author except the author has to continue writing for the sake of everyone but mostly just me) and then love everyone and everything. It's complex and just so well done it's amazing.
What I love is how the fic doesn't shy away from the fact that George is a girl but she's still George. You don't just stick a character in a female body and call it a day; you take the character, keep the core of what they are, and still keep in mind that they're female now. How people react around George is slightly different because of it, and that's such an important detail.
The relationship between Mycroft and George... Honestly, I just want to swoon all over the place (which is horribly embarrassing, okay). It's steady and a little more low key, but it's wonderful and not quite perfect, but I'm calling it perfect because I love it so.
Just set aside a good chunk of time to read this because it's so well worth the time.
The Least of All Possible Mistakes
Fandom: Sherlock
Pairing: Mycroft/George
Categories: AU, Genderswitch, AlwaysAGirl!George
Length: Super Epic (118,096)
Warnings: AlwaysAGirl!George if that's not your thing
Author on LJ: rageprufrock
Author Website: AO3 | Tumblr
Author's Summary:
If ever a people deserved tasering, it’s Holmeses.
Review:
Now, admittedly, I have many 'favorite' cliches (if only because I can never decide what I really like best). One of those cliches that I happen to enjoy is taking a character from a show and having them be a girl. And not turn into a girl because to my mind that's an entire cliche to itself (it is! Really!), but having the character always be a girl. This is one of those fics and it's done beautifully.
The writing will make you laugh and then cry and then want to beat the characters (and maybe the author except the author has to continue writing for the sake of everyone but mostly just me) and then love everyone and everything. It's complex and just so well done it's amazing.
What I love is how the fic doesn't shy away from the fact that George is a girl but she's still George. You don't just stick a character in a female body and call it a day; you take the character, keep the core of what they are, and still keep in mind that they're female now. How people react around George is slightly different because of it, and that's such an important detail.
The relationship between Mycroft and George... Honestly, I just want to swoon all over the place (which is horribly embarrassing, okay). It's steady and a little more low key, but it's wonderful and not quite perfect, but I'm calling it perfect because I love it so.
Just set aside a good chunk of time to read this because it's so well worth the time.
The Least of All Possible Mistakes