Recs: March 31, 2012
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beth_hAs I've noted before, I will clearly never catch up with old stories. If you have a favorite story (your own or somebody else's) that you think I might have missed and it's in a fandom that I've recced before (see my main recs page), feel free to leave a link below
Lewis
kapokoscheisigma: "Finally, an answer" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Author's summary: Just one of my takes on why Hathaway left the seminary, my most dramatic ..." This is a bit of an odd rec for me because the story is slightly more overwrought than my usual tastes and both James and Robbie [at least once each] occasionally sound like other people. And yet I really wanted to take a look at this moment in time - and to be honest, I can imagine this exact scenario taking place. Something about this touched me, so...there you go. Potentially spoilery content information: non-con - at the very least - involving James and Jonjo.)
wendymr (wendymr on LJ): "A Not Bad Detective" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Drunk as a bloody skunk, he is. Best state for him." As the author notes say, the obligatory post-'Dead of Winter' fic. No more than conversation really, but comforting and hopeful.)
Phantom of the Opera
Sandrine Shaw (sandrine on LJ): "L'Infants de l'Orage" (Erik, Madame Giry. "Wounded and on the run, Erik turns to the only refuge he knows." Post-canon. Gen, but perhaps not only gen? Madame Giry is given an excellent balance of reactions to Erik's presence in her home)
Pride and Prejudice - Austen
Ralkana (ralkana on LJ): "Learning to Hope" (Darcy, Lady Catherine. "She soon learnt that they were indebted for their present good understanding to the efforts of his aunt, who did call on him in her return through London..." (Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice, Ch 58)" The missing conversation I've always wanted to read.)
Sherlock Holmes
atropabelladonna1120 (atropabelladonna1120 on tumblr): "Drift" (BBC. Gen. Sherlock, John. "Sometimes, the greatest sadness comes not from falling or dying. Sometimes it comes simply from drifting apart. " As the author notes say: "Post-post-Reichenbach. A nod to "His Last Bow", in which ACD depicts Holmes and Watson as having somehow lost touch with each other for several years" Future!fic and...rather heartbrinking, yet imbued with love.)
aubkae (aubkae on LJ and tumblr): "Spaces Between" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "John watches Sherlock wander through the flat staring at everything like it's all new, touching random objects as if they can tell him something he doesn't already know. Their eyes meet. They look away." A lovely post-Reichenbach reunion story, with both men trying so hard to get things right.)
Beyond Insane (xbeyondinsanex on LJ): "Sine Qua Non" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "In order to help John get over his grief, Mrs. Hudson brings by a box of Sherlock's things for him to sort through. The items trigger feelings, memories, and a few eavesdropped-upon conversations with Sherlock's headstone." Touching and honest and wonderfully in voice. Potentially spoilery content information: yes, it's a reunion story, in case you were worrying.)
feverishsea: "The Real Meaning of Idioms" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "After two weeks away, John finally texts Sherlock. He doesn't expect Sherlock to respond. He doesn't expect Sherlock to keep texting him. And he really doesn't expect things to spiral out of control so rapidly." Post-Reichenbach, and John and Sherlock really don't want to be apart from each other. Charming and...inevitable.)
flawedamythyst (flawedamythyst on LJ): "Resurrection" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Coming home isn't as easy as Sherlock thought it was going to be." A slow and sometimes heartbreaking post-Reichenbach journey to a point where Sherlock and John can start to make things right.)
ingridmatthews (ingridmatthews on LJ): "Nothing So Ordinary" (Ritchie!Verse. Holmes/Watson. "A trip. A sit. A waltz." Watson is uncharacteristically frustrated, Holmes is uncharacteristically sensitive, and the story saves itself from plunging off the Treacle Precipice by being Just Right, romantically speaking.)
Kate_Lear (kate_lear on LJ): "The Mind Has Mountains" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "When first encountering Sherlock’s ‘black moods’ then John was entirely unprepared, army training be damned." Oh, what hard work Sherlock would be, even if one was in an established relationship with him. Very true to life. Potentially spoilery content information: References to bipolar disorder and potentially distressing.)
MerryArwen (lalaietha also on AO3): The "Clever Woman, Doctor's Wife" series. (Ritchie!Verse. Mary/Watson, Sherlock, other permutations. "" A smart Mary Morstan-centric story that begins in her childhood, moves through her early days with John Watson, and then...Mary brings Sherlock Holmes into the mix. Technically incomplete, but enough stories have been added to the series at this point to give it a sense of wholeness.)
Morgan_Stuart (on AO3, morganstuart on LJ): The Sofie Series (BBC. Lestrade, Sofie Lestrade, Sherlock, John, Mycroft, Mrs Hudson, others. "A series centering on an OFC, i.e., Lestrade's daughter Sofie" Well written and engaging, with just the right balance of canonical plottiness and feelings. Especially recommended for those readers who, like me, love to see Sherlock, in particular, interact with cool, smart kids. And yes, Sofie is a bit 'wise beyond her years," but she's really great, so... Potentially spoilery content information: If you are exclusively a Sherlock/John shipper, this might not suit you. The relationship between the men is perfectly canonical, but the subtext of the series - especially in the sequel chapter - is entirely heteronormative. Sherlock is unpaired, but he's the only one.)
out_there (out_there on DW/LJ): "Leave the Signs and the Sirens" (BBC. Sherlock/John...eventually. "After John's released and back home at Baker St, Sherlock still feels it. Down the centre of his chest there's an ache like a healing wound. A physical awareness of a body he usually ignores as much as he can. It's psychosomatic, nothing more interesting than that." Set directly after 'The Great Game," and with no knowledge of season 2. Long and wonderful, with a Sherlock who takes a very long time to recover from the events at the pool and for a variety of reasons finds it all but impossible to talk about, yet somehow, John knows just how to show support. Very good Lestrade and Mycroft.)
unovis (on DW): "Undressing" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Clothes on, clothes off: John sleeps badly, Sherlock may be a modest man. Contains buttons, mint, and a substance that may be tar." Smart, insightful, and clever. Alternating povs, with both men trying to say more than they're able and occasionally trying to keep from saying anything at all. Somehow, though, an understanding of sorts is still reached)
Star Trek
igrockspock (igrockspock on LJ): "Logic Demands That You Take Off That Ridiculous Hat, Get Naked, and Come to Bed" (TOS. Amanda/Sarek. "When people ask how he met his wife, he says they exchanged cultural information at a diplomatic event. He does not mention that she beat him at logic (twice), or that afterward, they took off their clothes." My pre-TOS OTP. *g* Here we have Sarek and Amanda getting to know each other through 'team building' exercises, which should, logically, be a crack premise, but no! It's clever and yes, it's funny at times - although mostly in that 'wow, these two people are really from different species, aren't they?' way - and it's weirdly believable.)
Sunshine - McKinley
Demeter: "The Definition of a Path" (Sunshine, Constantine. "Even Vampires can have quiet evenings." A simple conversation, but one which determines Sunshine's future. Post-canon. Note: could maybe have benefited from one more round of editing, but still works extremely well.)
Lewis
kapokoscheisigma: "Finally, an answer" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Author's summary: Just one of my takes on why Hathaway left the seminary, my most dramatic ..." This is a bit of an odd rec for me because the story is slightly more overwrought than my usual tastes and both James and Robbie [at least once each] occasionally sound like other people. And yet I really wanted to take a look at this moment in time - and to be honest, I can imagine this exact scenario taking place. Something about this touched me, so...there you go. Potentially spoilery content information: non-con - at the very least - involving James and Jonjo.)
wendymr (wendymr on LJ): "A Not Bad Detective" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Drunk as a bloody skunk, he is. Best state for him." As the author notes say, the obligatory post-'Dead of Winter' fic. No more than conversation really, but comforting and hopeful.)
Phantom of the Opera
Sandrine Shaw (sandrine on LJ): "L'Infants de l'Orage" (Erik, Madame Giry. "Wounded and on the run, Erik turns to the only refuge he knows." Post-canon. Gen, but perhaps not only gen? Madame Giry is given an excellent balance of reactions to Erik's presence in her home)
Pride and Prejudice - Austen
Ralkana (ralkana on LJ): "Learning to Hope" (Darcy, Lady Catherine. "She soon learnt that they were indebted for their present good understanding to the efforts of his aunt, who did call on him in her return through London..." (Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice, Ch 58)" The missing conversation I've always wanted to read.)
Sherlock Holmes
atropabelladonna1120 (atropabelladonna1120 on tumblr): "Drift" (BBC. Gen. Sherlock, John. "Sometimes, the greatest sadness comes not from falling or dying. Sometimes it comes simply from drifting apart. " As the author notes say: "Post-post-Reichenbach. A nod to "His Last Bow", in which ACD depicts Holmes and Watson as having somehow lost touch with each other for several years" Future!fic and...rather heartbrinking, yet imbued with love.)
aubkae (aubkae on LJ and tumblr): "Spaces Between" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "John watches Sherlock wander through the flat staring at everything like it's all new, touching random objects as if they can tell him something he doesn't already know. Their eyes meet. They look away." A lovely post-Reichenbach reunion story, with both men trying so hard to get things right.)
Beyond Insane (xbeyondinsanex on LJ): "Sine Qua Non" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "In order to help John get over his grief, Mrs. Hudson brings by a box of Sherlock's things for him to sort through. The items trigger feelings, memories, and a few eavesdropped-upon conversations with Sherlock's headstone." Touching and honest and wonderfully in voice. Potentially spoilery content information: yes, it's a reunion story, in case you were worrying.)
feverishsea: "The Real Meaning of Idioms" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "After two weeks away, John finally texts Sherlock. He doesn't expect Sherlock to respond. He doesn't expect Sherlock to keep texting him. And he really doesn't expect things to spiral out of control so rapidly." Post-Reichenbach, and John and Sherlock really don't want to be apart from each other. Charming and...inevitable.)
flawedamythyst (flawedamythyst on LJ): "Resurrection" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Coming home isn't as easy as Sherlock thought it was going to be." A slow and sometimes heartbreaking post-Reichenbach journey to a point where Sherlock and John can start to make things right.)
ingridmatthews (ingridmatthews on LJ): "Nothing So Ordinary" (Ritchie!Verse. Holmes/Watson. "A trip. A sit. A waltz." Watson is uncharacteristically frustrated, Holmes is uncharacteristically sensitive, and the story saves itself from plunging off the Treacle Precipice by being Just Right, romantically speaking.)
Kate_Lear (kate_lear on LJ): "The Mind Has Mountains" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "When first encountering Sherlock’s ‘black moods’ then John was entirely unprepared, army training be damned." Oh, what hard work Sherlock would be, even if one was in an established relationship with him. Very true to life. Potentially spoilery content information: References to bipolar disorder and potentially distressing.)
MerryArwen (lalaietha also on AO3): The "Clever Woman, Doctor's Wife" series. (Ritchie!Verse. Mary/Watson, Sherlock, other permutations. "" A smart Mary Morstan-centric story that begins in her childhood, moves through her early days with John Watson, and then...Mary brings Sherlock Holmes into the mix. Technically incomplete, but enough stories have been added to the series at this point to give it a sense of wholeness.)
Morgan_Stuart (on AO3, morganstuart on LJ): The Sofie Series (BBC. Lestrade, Sofie Lestrade, Sherlock, John, Mycroft, Mrs Hudson, others. "A series centering on an OFC, i.e., Lestrade's daughter Sofie" Well written and engaging, with just the right balance of canonical plottiness and feelings. Especially recommended for those readers who, like me, love to see Sherlock, in particular, interact with cool, smart kids. And yes, Sofie is a bit 'wise beyond her years," but she's really great, so... Potentially spoilery content information: If you are exclusively a Sherlock/John shipper, this might not suit you. The relationship between the men is perfectly canonical, but the subtext of the series - especially in the sequel chapter - is entirely heteronormative. Sherlock is unpaired, but he's the only one.)
out_there (out_there on DW/LJ): "Leave the Signs and the Sirens" (BBC. Sherlock/John...eventually. "After John's released and back home at Baker St, Sherlock still feels it. Down the centre of his chest there's an ache like a healing wound. A physical awareness of a body he usually ignores as much as he can. It's psychosomatic, nothing more interesting than that." Set directly after 'The Great Game," and with no knowledge of season 2. Long and wonderful, with a Sherlock who takes a very long time to recover from the events at the pool and for a variety of reasons finds it all but impossible to talk about, yet somehow, John knows just how to show support. Very good Lestrade and Mycroft.)
unovis (on DW): "Undressing" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Clothes on, clothes off: John sleeps badly, Sherlock may be a modest man. Contains buttons, mint, and a substance that may be tar." Smart, insightful, and clever. Alternating povs, with both men trying to say more than they're able and occasionally trying to keep from saying anything at all. Somehow, though, an understanding of sorts is still reached)
Star Trek
igrockspock (igrockspock on LJ): "Logic Demands That You Take Off That Ridiculous Hat, Get Naked, and Come to Bed" (TOS. Amanda/Sarek. "When people ask how he met his wife, he says they exchanged cultural information at a diplomatic event. He does not mention that she beat him at logic (twice), or that afterward, they took off their clothes." My pre-TOS OTP. *g* Here we have Sarek and Amanda getting to know each other through 'team building' exercises, which should, logically, be a crack premise, but no! It's clever and yes, it's funny at times - although mostly in that 'wow, these two people are really from different species, aren't they?' way - and it's weirdly believable.)
Sunshine - McKinley
Demeter: "The Definition of a Path" (Sunshine, Constantine. "Even Vampires can have quiet evenings." A simple conversation, but one which determines Sunshine's future. Post-canon. Note: could maybe have benefited from one more round of editing, but still works extremely well.)
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Date: 2012-03-31 04:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-03-31 09:38 pm (UTC)I have a question, and I'm not sure who or where to ask. Why do so many of the BBC Sherlock stories have John with blue eyes when his eyes are obviously brown?
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Date: 2012-03-31 10:01 pm (UTC)Although...take a look at this picture of Martin Freeman. That seems pretty clearly blue with brown flecks to me. I suspect he just has really changeable eyes (like Cumberbatch), and so people write what they like best. My Watson is brown-eyed, but sadly, I'm not the Queen of the World yet. :)
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Date: 2012-04-01 12:22 am (UTC)It's just that so many of the fics have him with blue eyes, I was beginning to doubt my own mind.
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Date: 2012-03-31 10:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-31 10:19 pm (UTC)(have you watched Sherlock at all yet, or is that not your thing?)
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Date: 2012-03-31 11:14 pm (UTC)Thanks!
Date: 2012-04-02 03:28 am (UTC)Re: Thanks!
Date: 2012-04-02 03:52 am (UTC)