Vid rec - How Will I Know

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Title: How Will I Know
Music Title & Artist: "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston
Vidder: Duchesscloverly
Pairing: Mystrade
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Link: to the vidder's announcement on Tumblr or to their page on YouTube
Reccer's Comments: I have always liked and admired Duchesscloverly's Mystrade vids, especially the (by now famous) "A Fish Named Greg", in which Sherlock decides to take the goldfish matter in his own hands. There's skill, subtlety and seduction in this vidder's work which is always to the point and never ostentatious. Take this vid, which actually manages to turn mpreg (with pregnant Mycroft, no less!) into a visual romance.  Blink five seconds into the introductory scene, and you'll miss a very clever bit of editing, one which had me giggle helplessly when I noticed it. As always, the author's capacity to nip and tuck from various canons and then sew the bits into a seamless narrative is top-notch. And the story told here is hilarious and heartwarming in turn. (Though if you like your Mystrade a shade angstier, their Tumblr Masterlist contains darker stuff too!)