Since there have been lots of suggestions about what might happen in the last episode of Sherlock tomorrow, here are mine, based on nothing more than a brief re-reading of "Charles Augustus Milverton", rather too much time on Tumblr in the last few days seeing other people's theories, and then mixing them up together in my head to produce shiny new ( Read more... )

Last summer, a group of us, led by Kalypso, decided to stage our own reconstruction of "The Reichenbach Fall". Armed only with digital cameras, a convenient balcony, a small child and vast amount of misplaced ingenuity, we produced an epic reworking. The results, long feared to have been eaten by the Giant Rat of Sumatra, are now available on ( Read more... )

There's a meme been going round recently getting you to list the top 10 of your fics by popularity. (I saw it initially on morganstuart's LJ, though it now seems to have vanished from there, and AJ Hall has also done it).

Since AO3 has most of my fics on it and hit counters, I've used that. The one fic that isn't on there that might perhaps come in ( Read more... )

A new Round Robin Sherlock story is developing at Gayalondiel's LJ. So far there are missing otters, vampires and the dreaded Belgian Butterfly in a Box. But we need more people along to contribute, so get over there! (And add Lestrade in, or whoever else you fancy).

Most of my f-list have now seen X-Men First Class and some have even written fics about it, so I seized the opportunity of being alone in London to go and see it as well. And it was an experience. Assorted unconnected comments follow: those who fear spoilers or who really enjoyed the film should look away now.

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After writing a lyrical description of Sherlock, Shouldboverthis recently asked people to describe why they thought either John Watson or Mycroft Holmes were physically attractive. I'm not much good at descriptions, so this is the best I could manage for JHW.

Rating: 12

In many ways, it's easier to say what John Watson's looks aren't than what they ( Read more... )

( My unreadable writing )

Regular readers (all three of you) will know that many of my fics are extremely long (10,000 words plus) and thus require betas of unusual strength and stamina. In addition, my valiant betas have often succumbed to strange and unusual fates: laptops dying, mystery illnesses, overloads of RL work, or even being forced to live under repressive right- ( Read more... )

As a follow-up to 'By the Book', I can't resist quoting this bit from a biography of Coleridge I dipped into:

For Coleridge, the act of nursing or being nursed, and the intimacy of the sickroom, eventually became an emblem of true love and understanding. Sickroom incidents are frequent in his life, and gradually begin to pass into his poetry as ( Read more... )

BBC Sherlock

Rating: 12 (implicit slash, explicit weirdness)

Summary: Lots of people have been posting about what happened at the recent London Sherlock meetup. This is what didn't happen. Another metafic in sequel to warriorbot's Going Down With the Ship and my Captain of the Ship. This is crackier. It may even be meta-metafic, I've lost track.

( Another shitty day in paradise, Lestrade was thinking that afternoon. )