Re: another animal transformation/fairy tale promptmad_maudlinMay 22 2011, 22:08:52 UTC
This is oddly appropriate, given that male swans are aggressive and bite. (And they have something pretty damn close to teeth inside their bill, so it hurts.)
At the Shore (1/2)tawabidsMay 23 2011, 12:05:23 UTC
The dawn was always blood and pain. Sherlock had called it transport, had scoffed at death, had brushed off hunger and days without sleep. But every day at dawn his mind became a hollow, and the hollow was filled screams, and every morning it surprised him that it hurt this much again
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Re: At the Shore (1/2)tawabidsMay 23 2011, 12:06:26 UTC
His wings against the water could no longer hold him up, and he splashed uselessly to keep his head afloat, his chest constricted as the ribs broke again and again as they tightened like a corset. He felt the unbearable itch of hair curling out of his scalp, heard his nose click back into joint, parted his lips to gasp at the cold night air
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Re: Oops ^ I mean, part 2! Right up there!tawabidsMay 24 2011, 14:33:01 UTC
Eeee! :D I'm so flattered, thank you. I should really clean up and crosspost my fills here to other comms, but I feel like... I really enjoy just writing on the spur without any long-term commitment to the pieces, if that makes sense? But it's very warming to know that other people think they're worth rec'ing!
I will keep my eyes open for a romantic L/S that catches my fancy ;)
Re: At the Shore (1/2)shiverelectricJune 7 2011, 12:27:56 UTC
Wow, this was brilliantly amazing! The descriptions were so vivid, so detailed, I've never read anything like it! And the overall arc, my god, truly brilliant! And the characters were completely impeccable, especially Sherlock. Love this!
Re: At the Shore (1/2)helva2260June 9 2011, 23:36:54 UTC
This was absolutely gorgeously written. I loved your descriptions of the transformations, especially.
But I hope you'll forgive me for saying that if I'd known it involved major character death, I would not have read it. Not tonight at least; I might have braved it in the morning, when I had time to recover.
Re: At the Shore (1/2)tawabidsJune 10 2011, 02:04:47 UTC
I'm so sorry for your loss, I wish I could reach over there and give you a big hug of apology for not warning. I don't usually warn outright for character death because of the spoiler issue but I try to put it behind a white-out so people can read it if they want, I think I just forgot here because I wrote and posted this fic in one night very late. I wish I could go back and stop you before you read it :( thank you for letting me know.
Re: At the Shore (1/2)daemoninwhiteJune 27 2011, 08:17:13 UTC
My god this is amazing. It reads like a poem, after I read it for the first time, I had to go back and read it aloud a second time. I love the rhythm of the words, the word choice itself; a million things that the English major in me can name but the poetry-reader in me refuses to because it would kill the magic.
John has to jump through the traditional fairy tale hoops to get Sherlock back.
(or maybe Sherlock is just a were-swan, that would be cool too)
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ALSO OMG, MY HEART!!! D:
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I will keep my eyes open for a romantic L/S that catches my fancy ;)
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oh, my heart
thank you so much for the perfect tragic ending!
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But I hope you'll forgive me for saying that if I'd known it involved major character death, I would not have read it. Not tonight at least; I might have braved it in the morning, when I had time to recover.
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Needless to say: fantastic!
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