Open Recs Post

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This week's post -- for this month, we're just making a series of open recs posts, while our reccing members take a break.

Please make your recs in comments to this post. As always, we welcome recs for any version of Sherlock Holmes, for fic, podfic, vids, and art. WIPs are allowed in Open Recs, as are requests for specific or general types of works.


We also have one last slot for September reccers -- sign up here. As usual, we're looking for a variety of reccers to make between three and twelve recs a month. Reccers should wait three months before taking a turn reccing again, and be members of the comm (so we can give you posting access).

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Now for some art, particularly from East Asian artists putting putting out doujinshi [fan comics/manga]:

For Mycroft/Greg fans, try Church Police's G-rated 21st-Century Schizoid Men (http://nana-41175.tumblr.com/post/57961488426/sherlock-doujin-44-title-21st-century-schizoid)

My favorite S/J doujinshi artist/circle is Griotte. Stunningly made, gorgeous art (Sherlock esp is well done), and a superb sense of drama. Here's the cover for her 2012 retrospective collection of stories plus new material, Memoranda (http://songstersmiscellany.tumblr.com/post/58334342086/memoranda-a-retrospective-collection-by-my). I'd rate these as M or E.

A sequel(?) to the stories in Memoranda, You Make Me Feel So Sad (http://songstersmiscellany.tumblr.com/post/50684794166/my-copy-of-the-lovely-doujinshi-by-izme-griotte). Rated M or E.

Absolutely fabulous work by the Korean artist, SH2JW, Persuasion (http://nana-41175.tumblr.com/post/51296547957/sherlock-doujin-25-title-dangerous-disadvantage#notes). Definitely E.

An X-Men/Sherlock crossover by Jin, Dorothy Left the Battlefield (http://nana-41175.tumblr.com/post/51068079344/sherlock-doujin-24-title-dorothy#notes). Again, lovely art! Note that the link above also has a link to the complete work.

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*listens to the crickets chirping, the breeze blowing*

Here's a little gem. A one-shot set in a certain bar in the film Casablanca:

Everybody Comes to Rick's (http://archiveofourown.org/works/931450) (702 words) by lotherington (http://archiveofourown.org/users/lotherington)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: Mysterious city of sin and intrigue! Sherlock and John meet again in Casablanca.
‘He plays that bloody song all the time,’ John said with a half-choked laugh, pulling a pack of cigarettes out of the inside pocket of his jacket. He extracted two and lit the both of them, handing one to Sherlock without looking at him.
Crossover with Casablanca (1942).

A few WiPs:

Maintenance and Repair (http://archiveofourown.org/works/760382) (35886 words) by patternofdefiance (http://archiveofourown.org/users/patternofdefiance)
Chapters: 32/?
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, OCs
Additional Tags: AU - futurelock, augmented!John, Discrimination, not too distant future, body dysmorphia of a sort, self-care, TW: amputation, graphic depictions of gore, episode remixing, The Great Game, rated for eventual graphic sex and violence, eventual slash, preslash, Developing Relationship, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Body Modification, scifi violence and gore, Worldbuilding
Series: Part 2 of STATIC (http://archiveofourown.org/series/41420)
Summary: John wants to explain the rush of sensation and data, which is just another form of sensation (or is it the other way around?). John wants to say: Augmentation circuits report temperature, pressure, various forms of quantitative input. Sudden changes are reported as pain, since sudden changes are dangerous, and pain is the quickest way to encourage reflexive extraction.
But all John can manage is, “Nng.”
Because this sudden touch is not reporting as pain.

Captive Hearts (http://archiveofourown.org/works/559844) (141706 words) by Nana_41175 (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Nana_41175)
Chapters: 32/45
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Highlander!John, Lord!Lestrade, King!Mycroft, Monseigneur!Sherlock, Lady Hudson, Lady Molly, Mike Stamford, Billy-OC
Series: Part 2 of Captive Hearts (http://archiveofourown.org/series/39926)
Summary: A Medieval AU Johnlock romance. John Watson is a captive Highlander tasked to heal the Gaaldinian Prince from a strange malady. In return for his pains, John is forced into the service of the Prince, known only as Monseigneur.

Bring Me Back To Life (http://archiveofourown.org/works/770392) (30910 words) by yalublyutebya (http://archiveofourown.org/users/yalublyutebya)
Chapters: 11/?
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV)), Regeneration - Pat Barker (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Regeneration%20-%20Pat%20Barker)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Anderson (Sherlock), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, World War I, PTSD, War, Slash, Mild Gore, Mental Health Issues, Mental Institutions, Ableism, Depression, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period-Typical Prejudices, Violence, Drug Abuse, Withdrawal, Hurt/Comfort
Summary: After being injured on the Front, John Watson is sent to Craiglockhart Hospital for psychiatric treatment and finds himself sharing a room with the mysterious Sherlock Holmes.

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This week's chapter of the following is so damn good I was yelling and pulling my hair at the twists and turns and the gorgeous imagery and JOOOOOOHHHHNNN! So, ahem, yes, I'd suggest you read this particularly wonderful AU:

The Madness Of Angels (http://archiveofourown.org/works/489179) (81297 words) by ayalesca (http://archiveofourown.org/users/ayalesca)
Chapters: 11/13
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, James Moriarty, Sebastian Moran, Original Characters, Blue Electric Angels, Irene Adler, Lady Neon
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Fusion, Urban Fantasy, Case Fic, Romance, Magic Realism, graphic depiction of aftermath of torture, graphic depiction of human experimentation
Summary: Urban fantasy AU. In which John Watson is a war sorcerer recently invalided home from Afghanistan. In London he meets Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most irritating urban sorcerer and only consulting detective. There, John finds himself and Sherlock suddenly under attack by a mysterious and malevolent power—and drawn into a mystery that may tear London apart. A fusion with the Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin, but no prior knowledge is needed.
Chapter Eleven: In which the madness of angels is revealed.