fic rec: Space Travel

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Title: Space Travel
Author: candle_beck
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 4499 words
Rating: Mature
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: I would literally cross light-years for you, if someone would only give me a spaceship.

Reccer's comments: This is a phenomenal piece of writing.  It's one of the best extended metaphors I've seen, and it has a dreamlike quality that makes it seem almost surreal.  At several points, the language was so lovely that I had to stop and savor it before moving on, and the way John and Sherlock's relationship is written feels pitch-perfect. The imagery is vivid and poetic, the prose is oblique and unique and so skillful, and the John POV is excellent.  This fic is an underappreciated gem.

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[cathedralcarver.livejournal.com]

CANDLE BECK!
CANDLE BECK!
CANDLE BECK!!!!!!!

THIS AND EVERY SHERLOCK STORY CANDLE BECK HAS EVER WRITTEN

That is all.

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I'm glad you know this one, because it's SO GOOD, MY GOD. I missed it the first time around because I didn't watch Sherlock until after TRF had aired, so when I stumbled across it on AO3, it made my eyes widen in wonder. It deserves a bazillion hits. I usually only read BBC fic, but I'm going to have to go check out their other stuff now. <3

[cathedralcarver.livejournal.com]

jfc you want to ruin yourself? You want a reason to jump off a building yourself? READ CANDLE BECK.

Frickin Freckin Read THIS:

http://candle-beck.livejournal.com/142702.html

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OW OW OW DAMMIT

I'M BLUBBERING ONTO MY KEYBOARD NOW, I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY. That hollowed me out one word at a time. I can't help but be impressed by something that can gut me so efficiently. Even if it does make me want to curl up in the fetal position.

*wounded whale noises*

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Rhetorical question: why did Watson have to be such a moron and ruin everything? Still not over it. :(((