Lol, Some Days 'stronger Than I Think I Am' Seems Like A Freaking Low Bar! But I Do Hope So.

Lol, some days 'stronger than I think I am' seems like a freaking low bar! But I do hope so.

Fic Rec

@thetimemoves had the wonderful idea to celebrate @splix71‘s memory today, on her birthday.

So, in honor of Splix, I want to take a moment to gush about one of my absolute favorite BBC Sherlock fics of all time. 

The Case of the Green Gown

I followed along with this fic as a WIP from the very first chapter. I usually don’t make a habit of bookmarking stories until they are complete, but I bookmarked this one immediately. The note I made on my bookmark, way back in January of 2015, was “heartbreakingly plausible.”

This fic. This fic.

In addition to being an absolutely smashing original casefic, with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing right up until the end, every single chapter is permeated with breathtakingly complex character work and rich emotional nuance.

The timeline jumps back and forth, with John and Sherlock reconnecting to work on a case together after they have drifted apart. The reasons behind their estrangement are explored slowly and with devastating effect as the story unfolds.

Complicated character relationships are handled beautifully, in a way that feels both painful and so very, very real. John is a study in buried anger and resentment, Sherlock is proud and stubborn and lonely, Mary is deeply flawed and persists in making bad decisions for very believable reasons, and Mycroft– even Mycroft is gifted with a beautiful, heartbreaking history of his own.

All I can say is… if you haven’t read this absolute masterpiece, go read it. Savor it. We are so lucky, collectively as a fandom, that Splix gifted us with her time and talent. ❤︎

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Top and bottom five

These are my most and least popular works. Not all my works are on AO3, so technically this isn’t quite statistically accurate, but whatever. :D

Top five, from most kudos:

Staircase Wit -  ‘ L'esprit de l'escalier - Sherlock never suffers from it, which isn’t to say he doesn’t suffer for it. Five times he took a beating, and one time he got away.’  Well, I love me some whump and if this is my most-kudosed fic I guess other people do too. :) This was also my first Sherlock fic of any length, so it was really heartening that it was appreciated. <3

Method Act - ‘Something very strange keeps happening at 7:35 PM.’ AKA the fic where Sherlock and Benedict Cumberbatch switch places. This was probably the most fun I’ve ever had writing a fic. I had a lot of folks say “I don’t usually like RPF but….” So, if you read this and liked it despite some reservations, thanks for reading out of your comfort zone! :D

The Case of the Green Gown - ‘…Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action which I can recall in our association. I was alone. —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’ This is a tough fic to summarize; essentially, it’s ten years after the events of His Last Vow and Sherlock and John are estranged, and a case brings them back together. Flashbacks detail what went wrong and how. It’s a long fic, and tough to write, but ultimately very satisfying.

We Really Must Talk - ‘Two Jedi, having crash-landed on an unfamiliar planet, come to some realizations thanks to the assistance of an extremely peculiar native.’ My first Sherlock fic, which of course is a mashup with Star Wars. Total throwaway, but a giggle.

A Million By Tuesday - ‘From a prompt on the Cabin Pressure meme. AU: Gordon Shappey’s disgruntled ex-employee, Douglas Richardson, seeks revenge by kidnapping Gordon’s trophy husband, Martin.‘  I’m glad this made the list! This is my favorite Cabin Pressure fic; writing it was a complete breeze, combining my hard-core abduction kink with my hard-core slow burn romance kink.

And now, the bottom five, starting with the least popular by kudos:

Adrift - ‘A one-off set in Merry Amelie’s “Academic Arcadia” universe.’ Merry Amelie has been writing college professors Quinn/Ian, an AU version of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, for a long, long time, and they are available on AO3 [261 works as of this writing!].

Roses of Picardy - ‘Stills of Jamie Stewart and Jim Nicholls set to John McCormack’s “Roses of Picardy.” Final image courtesy of LeylaLovely.’ Okay, I am no vidder, this is abundantly clear. :D BUT, I still liked doing this, because I adore Jamie and Jim with all of my heart. If someone asked me what fic of mine I *really* wanted them to read, I’d say Roses of Picardy.

Chiaroscuro - ‘A predator contemplates his prey.’ My first ever fic, The Phantom Menace my intro to fandom, in 1999. Tempus fugit, man. The fic is what it says on the tin, essentially.

Thaur -  ‘And the Ring that he held seemed to him exceedingly fair to look on…. —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion’ A fic for the Sons of Gondor Trick or Treat Exchange. This used to be a popular exchange on LJ. It was bittersweet to participate in this particular exchange, in 2015, because the fandom was so very diminished, but that’s the way it goes. Aragorn/Boromir is still my pairing of choice in LOTR, and I still love them very, very much indeed.

Hardly a Substitute - ‘ Rents and Sick Boy fill the blank spaces.’ So, in 1994 I went to see Shallow Grave, and that spurred a more than ten year obsession with Ewan McGregor. My fannish loves are long and intense. :D This is one of the only PWPs I’ve ever done, in Trainspotting.

So, there it is. Hope you enjoyed reading - I enjoyed writing it!

if you don't do anything else today,

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.

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