Art Rec: You Were Always With Me

[chapbook.livejournal.com]

Title: You Were Always With Me
Artist: maskedfangirl
Pairing: Gen, but could easily be read as S/J
Rating: M (for blood)
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: I've been utterly sucked into Tumblr and all but abandoned this LJ for the last few months, sorry. But some pieces don't play nicely with Tumblr's formatting. This is one of them.
Spoilers for "The Reichenbach Fall."

Reccer's comments: No S3 Spoilers
This mini-fancomic still feels so relevant because it shows some of what Sherlock had to do during the Hiatus. He kills and is wounded himself in turn. As he travels and takes care of Moriarty's network, he uses his smartphone.

I like the contrasts here. The emotional restraint makes the opening section quiet, the duel a sudden shock of red. Also outstanding is the layout, which adds to the dramatic punch of the middle section and the ending. Finally, I like the woodcut-like thickness of the lineart and the character designs in the two "money shots".

Comments

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Very powerful stuff! Thanks for reccing it here.

[chapbook.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome! :)