Weekly Open Recs Post

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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

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Title: The Pearl Diver (http://archiveofourown.org/works/436694/)
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

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