ext_291207 (![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
chapbook.livejournal.com) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
221b_recs2013-09-30 11:54 pm
chapbook.livejournal.com) wrote in 221b_recs2013-09-30 11:54 pm
Entry tags:
- character: "anthea",
- character: anderson,
- character: inspector lestrade,
- character: john watson,
- character: molly hooper,
- character: mrs hudson,
- character: sherlock holmes,
- character: victor trevor,
- content: asexual sh,
- content: dub-con,
- content: music,
- genre: angst,
- genre: first time,
- genre: slash m/m,
- pairing: jw/sh,
- theme: sherlock pov,
- verse: sherlock bbc
Fic Rec: Behavioural Modification
Title: Behavioural Modification LJ
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bendingsignpost
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 23,726
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Whatever it took, he was going to make this work.
Reccer's comments: “You do realize you’re prostituting yourself for tea, don’t you?”
This sounded humorous, an excellent, funny opening line, until I read on. The sentence echoed repeatedly in my head, as each new appearance of or reference to tea added to its weight and sharpness (a double-edged blade). From comedy to near-tragedy.
Homoromantic asexual Sherlock is my personal headcanon and best of all he is treated as a complex human being here, rather than a fetish object. John is not a one-dimensional savior, which does him justice as well. Their sex is sometimes sad, sometimes beautiful, but always represented with a refreshing air of reality.
bendingsignpost has nailed Sherlock, a brilliantly-voiced (unreliable) narrator, whose romantic and sexual past has twisted his notions of the proper way to conduct a relationship. Add to this a fantastic characterization of Molly, outstanding dialogue, a glorious passage of violin playing, and an ending that feels so well earned.
Note: If you love this, I enthusiastically recommend Ben's recent posting of the "AU of [his] AUs", AKA No Fixed Point. "Behavioural Modification" is one of the fics given the AU treatment. I'll say no more and leave it to the lucky recc'er who gets to do a formal rec of NFP...
Author:
bendingsignpostPairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 23,726
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Whatever it took, he was going to make this work.
Reccer's comments: “You do realize you’re prostituting yourself for tea, don’t you?”
This sounded humorous, an excellent, funny opening line, until I read on. The sentence echoed repeatedly in my head, as each new appearance of or reference to tea added to its weight and sharpness (a double-edged blade). From comedy to near-tragedy.
Homoromantic asexual Sherlock is my personal headcanon and best of all he is treated as a complex human being here, rather than a fetish object. John is not a one-dimensional savior, which does him justice as well. Their sex is sometimes sad, sometimes beautiful, but always represented with a refreshing air of reality.
bendingsignpost has nailed Sherlock, a brilliantly-voiced (unreliable) narrator, whose romantic and sexual past has twisted his notions of the proper way to conduct a relationship. Add to this a fantastic characterization of Molly, outstanding dialogue, a glorious passage of violin playing, and an ending that feels so well earned. Note: If you love this, I enthusiastically recommend Ben's recent posting of the "AU of [his] AUs", AKA No Fixed Point. "Behavioural Modification" is one of the fics given the AU treatment. I'll say no more and leave it to the lucky recc'er who gets to do a formal rec of NFP...