Fic Rec: Space Travel

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Title: Space Travel
Author: candle_beck
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 4,500 words
Rating: M
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: I would literally cross light-years for you, if someone would only give me a spaceship.

Reccer's comments: In some ways, this is a very familiar story. Sherlock and John are adrenaline junkies. Eventually they can no longer resist each other. Their candle burns at both ends, it may not last the night. So many people tell variations of this theme in so many amazing ways, but this one stands out to me as beautifully conceived and well-characterized. It shifts confidently between action and lyricism, between cynicism and romance.

It's very hard to carry off a sustained metaphor when describing a relationship; this fic threads the needle in my opinion, and creates images both memorable and bizarre. It also catches a very Series 1 sense of Sherlock and John just as they're beginning to know each other and to be puzzled by the ways that the two of them together seem to -- against all odds -- work.

There's a reckless joy portrayed here, and the author takes care to make the recklessness disquieting and the joy immense.

Vid Rec: Boys Keep Swinging

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Music Title & Artist: Boys Keep swinging, David Bowie
Vidder: daasgrrl
Pairing or Character: Sherlock/John
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Link: Boys Keep Swinging

Reccer's Comments: Remember that glorious time when Sherlock wasn’t only the cleverest series you’d ever seen but also the coolest, sexiest and craftiest brimming with good cases and wonderful dialogue and lots of angst and just kept you locked to the screen, occasionally sniggering or simply howling with laughter.

That spirit is captured perfectly in this fun vid that proves daasgrrl is not only a wonderful author and a great designer of magazine covers but also a glorious vidder. Just look how cleverly she uses the material to illustrate a few catch phrases of the song (okay, it's almost the whole song but then she does such a great job and Bowie's texts are often quite short):

Nothing stands in your way
When you're a boy

When you're a boy
You can wear a uniform
When you're a boy
Other boys check you out
You get a girl
These are your favourite things

Luck just kissed you hello
When you're a boy

They'll never clone ya

Learn to drive and everything

That’s just, so immensely cleverly done. Every time I watch this vid I feel this huge smile grow on my face. Because, god, yes, Sherlock and John are BFF’s and, even though there were some awkward times like being strapped in a coat lined with Semtex or having to deal with CIA thugs, together they had such FUN.