Sherlock/Alien films crossover (Part 2/2)

[tawabids]

Title: They Mostly Come Out at Night
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC) / Alien Franchise
Rating: R for some violence
Summer: For the kinkmeme prompt here - Mummy Holmes was admiral of the British space fleet, and her sons were gestated in a synthetic womb called an AGU. When something monstrous burst out of a lieutenant's chest and got loose on board a ship

Comments

OP

[karukyan]

Might as well deanon

Re: OP

[tawabids]

Oh man OP, thank you so, so, so much! I don't deserve such a long and eloquent comment :3 you make me smile forever. I'm sorry I didn't reply earlier, I'm actually travelling around Scotland at the moment (I'm usually at the opposite point on the globe) and keep running out of phone battery. But I'm super happy you're so pleased with the fill. I had a lot of fun plotting and writing it, especially trying to keep the relationship dynamics between John, the yarders and Sherlock parallel with canon, and it also rekindled my love for Alien and it's ilk. Poor Sherlock, though.

Now that's it's finished you can tell me what all your ideas were for the fill! I'm very curious to see how they lined up with the final product.

Thank you again for all your kind words!

Re: OP

[karukyan]

To be honest, I can't imagine the story going any differently then how you've written it here; I mean it when I say that it's absolutely perfect

Re: OP

[tawabids]

Sorry for the late reply, I didn't have Internet for a while. I haven't got long to reply but I wanted to say that IS fantastic that the two parallel ideas lined up so well! Maybe you must have subconsciously communicated a lot in the prompt. I love the Mrs Hudson as the AI thing, I wish I could read that!

I'm afraid I'm not usually in the states, I'm from New Zealand right at the very bottom of the pacific!

[percygranger]

This fic? Is really damn fun. It's not often I want to see a story played out by the original actors, but this one is more than good enough to inspire that. Your imagery is very vivid.

I love so many things about this: the initial uncertainty/panic, the logs (it's my personal theory that Mrs. Hudson was the woman who took Sherlock to the greenhouse, but I'm probably wrong), how John gets involved, Sherlock (Oh, Sherlock...everything Sherlock), and how you've transformed the yarders. Thank you for not treating Sally and Anderson as incompetent or complete dicks. And, finally, the ending, which isn't really an ending, just a new beginning. One mystery is solved and hundreds more remain.

I wish I had a cogent analysis or thought to share, but really, I just loved it. Thanks for writing.

[tawabids]

Thank you heaps and heaps more :D I would LOVE to see any of the actors in an Alien film, especially since BC looks a bit extraterrestrial in certain lights. In a good way.

Ooh I love the idea that Mrs Hudson was the other last survivor! I didn't mean for her to be anyone in particular but we'll call that fic-canon now. And I'm glad you liked the yarders, I admit that I actually liked Sally a lot more after tRF - even though what she does is awful from Sherlock/the audience's POV, she believes (not without evidence) that she's saving London from a criminal psychopath who nearly murdered two children, so I think she gains a lot of honour (I personally think she would make a better nemesis to Sherlock than Moriarty, since they are both in such mutual and constant conflict/disagreement by nature rather than by one party's obsessive creation as per Sherlock and Moriarty.)

Anyway, enough meta, you don't want to hear about that. Thank you again!

[maigrey_star]

Wow, what a fantastic fill! You did an amazing job with this AU, all the characters were quite perfect in this 'verse. It made me want to find my Aliens DVDs!

I loved Sherlock in this and the reason why he survived and your Captain Lestrade had everything I love about his character, so much love for the yarders and poor Mycroft at the end but I'm sure he's not giving up on his little brother and maybe Greg can forgive him for almost getting killed on his mission(I love his memory of Mycroft saving his life/career so much)

Thanks for sharing such an awesome fic and if you want to visit this 'verse again I wouldn't complain. :D

[tawabids]

Thank you so very much :D sorry for the late reply, I haven't had Internet for a while. I hope you at least watched Aliens after this!

I'm glad you liked all the characters, I usually write too much John and Sherlock and I forgot how much fun Greg and the yarders are, or how much I enjoy constructing dialogue for Mycroft. I doubt I'll get a chance to continue this in the near future but maybe someone else will pick it up where left off.

Thanks again!

[tsubasafeathers]

Oh Sherlock your brother was 12 it would take at least until his mid 20s to get high up in the political scale and who knows how much more after that to get the authorization needed for this trip and the team ready. ;_; I feel so bad for poor Mycroft.

[splonders]

Came here from holmes-finders for a really great read,had me on the edge of my seat all the way through! Thanks for sharing.

[tawabids]

Thank you so much! :D