Sherlock rec

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Title: Sherlock Won't Say He's in Love
Music Title & Artist: "I Won't Say I'm In Love" from Disney's Hercules
Vidder: lotrfan2888
Pairing or Character: John/Sherlock
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Link: http://lotrfan2888.livejournal.com/6077.html
Reccer's Comments: This is made by the same vidding genius who made the "What Is This Feeling?" vid I linked yesterday. She's made many, but IMO these two are her best. In this one, we can easily believe that Sherlock is besotted with John and that he's afraid of his own feelings, she did such a great job of choosing clips with the right kinds of expressions. It's also amusing to see all the other characters, including Moriarty, apparently chiding Sherlock to admit how in love he is. And of course, I always loved this song anyway.
Incidentally, when I first came across this on youtube, I also found two other Sherlock Holmes vids from other 'verses to the same song, a Holmes/Watson one based on the Guy Ritchie movies and a Basil/the lady mouse singer one based on The Great Mouse Detective. Apparently people see this song as expressive of Sherlock Holmes in love!

Sherloc fic rec

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Title: Amnesia Doesn't Make You Gay
Author: grey_bard, jmtorres
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 1251
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: "If it could be easily induced and temporary, I might quite like having amnesia," Sherlock mused. "What a challenge! What a mystery! Pity it's wasted on you, John."
(Contains absolutely no dub-con)
Reccer's comments: Hilarious. Teaser:
"Are you always this much of an insensitive wanker?" John asked.
"Well, since you don't remember me at all, I suppose I have to tell you yes, in fact."

Fic Rec: After Life and After Death

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Art Rec: Virtuoso

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Title: Virtuoso
Artist: alicexz (on deviantART)
Pairing: None (Gen)
Length: N/A
Rating: Unrated (I would rate it G)
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Artist's summary: Painted entirely over Livestream last night, you can view the full recording [link] at my new Youtube channel. Thank you very much to all who stayed and watched! I have always loved all imagery of Sherlock Holmes playing the violin, I find it very striking and it's one of his most recognizable and interesting character traits imo. This piece is inspired by BBC's Sherlock series (I cannot possibly recommend this show more, go watch it on Netflix Instant!)

Hit Download Image on the right for a large wallpaper size! (1500x1000px) Drawn in Adobe Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. Reference from here - the violin IS in the proper position, he is just STARTING to play in this shot. Painted in four hours over Livestream.

The time-lapsed full process video is up, please go take a look! [link]

Reccer's comments: I haven't seen many art recs made, which is a shame as there are so many amazingly talented artists in this fandom. This stunning digital, from-scratch portrait captures Sherlock in a private moment depicting the intimate and little-explored relationship between him and his music. The warm colours and tactile, luxurious feeling of the clothing evoke a sense of homeliness and comfort that we rarely associate with the character.

I recommend, for a full appreciation of the piece and of the artist, to watch the time-lapse version of the process video. It is fascinating to see how the artist sketches out the main shapes, then develops the colours and lighting and reveals the bone structure and other fine details.

The artist's deviantART gallery of Sherlock art with several other professional-quality portraits of all the main characters is here.