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Weekly Open Recs Post

Sep 08, 2012 10:38

You're welcome to leave recs in comments to this post. Any version of Sherlock Holmes is welcome, and any fan work as fic, art, vids, or podfic. Please feel free to recommend WIPs as well. We'd rather have individual recs than links to external rec lists, however. If you have any questions, please comment or PM one of the mods.

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Fic Rec: The Pearl Diver afrogeekgoddess September 8 2012, 15:36:34 UTC

Title: The Pearl Diver
Author: evil_whimsey
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson
Length: 3881
Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: References to suicide, self-harm, implied major character death, deep sea monsters
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: "... ...because Sherlock knows, the mad bastard always knew just where to find him. Snag him and reel him in." Entry for the Tentacles trope. Post-Reichenbach, spoilers for basically everything. Major character death implied.

Reccer's comments: This work is an exploration of John's deep grief after Reichenbach, inspired by the legend of pearl diver Ame Tamatori. This story fuses elements of the legend with Sherlock and John's intense moments together--the fall, the pool--to create a mystical, magical tale. I found myself unconsciously holding my breath for the entire time I read it. This story is all the colors of blue, it is shimmering and dark and haunting and pearlescent. And there is beautiful podfic at the same link, deftly read by the author.

Re: Fic Rec: The Pearl Diver chapbook September 9 2012, 04:42:19 UTC

Sounds gorgeous! *adds to the Gigantic Pile of Fics to Be Read*

tweedisgood September 8 2012, 15:57:54 UTC

Enthusiastically seconded.

girlonadragon September 9 2012, 00:32:29 UTC

VictoryCandescence's A Beginner's Guide to Apiology is a retirement AU with a bit of a twist. John and Sherlock meet for the first time when they're both old men who have already lived their lives. The ending is devastatingly beautiful. Bring tissues.

chapbook September 9 2012, 04:43:20 UTC

This also sounds lovely!

yaycoffee September 10 2012, 01:03:00 UTC

Seconded, Thirded, Fouthed (all the way to infinitiethed!) This story was AMAZING!

ntjnke September 11 2012, 17:07:21 UTC

Bah. This story made me cry, and that almost never happens to me. Beautiful fic.

ntjnke September 9 2012, 07:09:52 UTC

Run and read From Which Love Grows

Absolutely riveting. So happy I stumbled upon when I was a little link happy a few days ago.

Warning: WIP (for those of you who can't tolerate them). But the story is near the end and very satisfying even without it being complete.

FIC: The City & the City sussexdowns September 10 2012, 02:50:00 UTC

Title: The City & the City
Author: thedeadparrot
Pairing: Gen; Sherlock Holmes & Joan Watson
Length: 1,953
Rating: G
Warnings: No particular spoilers, and certainly none for plot points (such as they are), but depending on how you feel about these things, maybe proceed cautiously if you haven't seen the pilot? IDK, some people like to go in knowing absolutely nothing.
Verse: Elementary
Author's summary: This is how they understand each other, through the places they love and the things they have lost.

Reccer's comments: ashlhjjdfk, there is already Elementary fic!! And so far, this is the best I have read. By this point, Holmes and Watson are so iconic that I feel like there is a temptation to make them into BFFs from their first meeting. On the other hand, I really like to watch them figuring out how to like each other, knowing they'll get there in the end. This piece is short, Joan-centric, and navigates the two of them sort of feeling each other out and getting comfortable with each other. There's surprisingly a lot going on here for a show ( ... )