Sherlock Recs (not just confidential to abrae)
So I've been chatting to Will about gender over the last few weeks, and more specifically about gender-fluidity and queerness after he sent me Crisis on Inbetween Earths, which was published earlier this week. I mentioned in one of my emails I was interested in genderswap fic, and it strikes me that Sherlock is perhaps the fandom where this is most successful. So, here are a list of fics I've been reading that feature fem!Sherlock or trans Sherlock. I'm not great at detailing why I like fics, but I think these are definitely worth reading and I'd love to know what you all think.
The Syntax of Things
When John looked at him, Sherlock felt whole, felt like he was who he was meant to be. Not a freak, an oddity, or a monster in-between.
Body of Evidence
You were born Sheridan Olivia Holmes. Your family called you Sheryl.
You didn’t like those names but it didn’t occur to you to switch to anything else. Not yet.
And Then You Wake
All her life Sherlock Holmes has fought for her place in the world. Too smart and too bloody arrogant to allow herself to be relegated to a ‘woman’s place’ she instead creates her own position and becomes the first Consulting Detective in London, quite possibly the first in the world. This does not, as she naively hoped, bring her any kind of contentment until one day, working in the labs at Bart’s; she is introduced to the man who will change her life.
Doctor John Watson is a medical man who went to war in the vain hope of saving lives, of making a difference in the world. In exchange for his naiveté he is captured, tortured, rescued and shot. Instead of a nation grateful for his sacrifices, John returns home to a world he can’t quite fit himself back into and, just when he’s considering giving up trying, a run in with an old friend introduces him to the woman who will change everything.
***WARNING*** fic contains events (or illusions thereof) that may be triggering for some readers including but not limited to: sexual assault (rape and lesser degradations both) and war-time torture (with the expected resulting PTSD)
Nocturne
John fantasizes about eating Sherlock out, and then Sherlock demands that he does.
A Room Untended
Please note the various tags for triggers. Sherlock had thought he'd excised his heart, years ago. The arrival of John complicates matters, but then, life has rarely been simple.
Nothing But What God Gave You
Co-ed means compromise. Apparently.
And here are some others.
Horse And Carriage
Sherlock proposes. John thinks the whole idea is ludicrous.
Seven Ways to Fall Asleep
John and Sherlock fall asleep together.
Other Things to do After Buying a Cat
It starts because of Sherlock (most things seem to). It's up to them to make it come to more than that.
And finally, here is wordstrings whose work I love.
The Syntax of Things
When John looked at him, Sherlock felt whole, felt like he was who he was meant to be. Not a freak, an oddity, or a monster in-between.
Body of Evidence
You were born Sheridan Olivia Holmes. Your family called you Sheryl.
You didn’t like those names but it didn’t occur to you to switch to anything else. Not yet.
And Then You Wake
All her life Sherlock Holmes has fought for her place in the world. Too smart and too bloody arrogant to allow herself to be relegated to a ‘woman’s place’ she instead creates her own position and becomes the first Consulting Detective in London, quite possibly the first in the world. This does not, as she naively hoped, bring her any kind of contentment until one day, working in the labs at Bart’s; she is introduced to the man who will change her life.
Doctor John Watson is a medical man who went to war in the vain hope of saving lives, of making a difference in the world. In exchange for his naiveté he is captured, tortured, rescued and shot. Instead of a nation grateful for his sacrifices, John returns home to a world he can’t quite fit himself back into and, just when he’s considering giving up trying, a run in with an old friend introduces him to the woman who will change everything.
***WARNING*** fic contains events (or illusions thereof) that may be triggering for some readers including but not limited to: sexual assault (rape and lesser degradations both) and war-time torture (with the expected resulting PTSD)
Nocturne
John fantasizes about eating Sherlock out, and then Sherlock demands that he does.
A Room Untended
Please note the various tags for triggers. Sherlock had thought he'd excised his heart, years ago. The arrival of John complicates matters, but then, life has rarely been simple.
Nothing But What God Gave You
Co-ed means compromise. Apparently.
And here are some others.
Horse And Carriage
Sherlock proposes. John thinks the whole idea is ludicrous.
Seven Ways to Fall Asleep
John and Sherlock fall asleep together.
Other Things to do After Buying a Cat
It starts because of Sherlock (most things seem to). It's up to them to make it come to more than that.
And finally, here is wordstrings whose work I love.