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Fic Rec: Chanson Triste

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Title: Chanson Triste
Author: fengirl88 On Ao3
Pairing: Ella/Anthea
Length: 603
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Anthea's love of French is one of the things Ella can't share.

Reccer's comments: I admire Ella and Anthea's relationship in the series Sleeping Beauty, but have highlighted this particular ficlet because of the musical references. Clearly fengirl88 is quite knowledgeable about classical music, including the vocal repertoire! She's selected a chanson [French art song] that fits one aspect of Ella and Anthea's relationship: both women work long hours in highly stressful, important jobs. To have a someone in whom, according to that chanson, "moonlight lies dormant,/A gentle moonlight of summer", someone full of "brightness" who can soothe and support their lover through sorrow and pain is priceless. There's also a little meditation on perfection vs. "good enough" in life and work that illuminates the nature of their love.

I heartily recommend listening to the recording linked at the bottom of the page. If you do not speak French, I'd also use the lyrics and their translation listed here.

Art Rec: Winter's Solace

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Title: Winter's Solace
Link to Preview for page 8
Artist:] pennies_4_eyes
Pairing: Sherlock/John (pairing from the artist--see the link, but what you see to date could also be termed pre-slash)
Length: 7 pages completed
Rating: PG (based on completed pages)
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: This is page 1 of a BBC Sherlock fandom fancomic I've been doing for months. It goes into print once it's done. (About 16 pages?) I'm on page 6 and 7 right now. Story is planned out though I may extend it a page or two for a nice epilogue.)


Reccer's comments: Alas, this fragment of what would have almost certainly been a spectacular h/c fancomic is long abandoned. The artist has been deleting their fannish material in some locations, so I'd suggest downloading* this unfinished gem for your own private enjoyment.

Not only do I love the composition of the panels (note the wonderful rhythm of the panels on p. 6-7) and the richly-colored character designs (based on S1), I positively adore the IC dialogue. I suspect pennies-4-eyes aka Elfkin either lives/has lived in the UK, for they seem quite familiar with speech patterns and local slang. See especially the conversation between John and Greg over the phone on page six. Dialog-wise I've not seen a better Sherlock fancomic; as for the art, it is also among the very best fancomics created for this fandom.
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* = I'm assuming this is OK because that option has been left on the dA pages.