FicRec: When the War Fires Fade

[tanpopo03.livejournal.com]

Title: When the War Fires Fade
Author: snowdarkred
Pairing: Gen
Length: ~ 7 K
Rating: PG13
Warnings: violence
Verse: Sherlock BBC (fusion with the book "Sunshine")
Author's summary:The Wars turned the world on its head, and in that unrivaled chaos, John Watson was born with a rare gift. Sherlock, naturally, was born with an even rarer one. Years after the Wars end and the Others return to their dark lairs, two men are introduced by a well-meaning mutual acquaintance. And their world is upturned yet again.
Reccer's comments:
The author lists "magic" and "vampires that don't sparkle and are actually supposed to be somewhat scary" in her warnings. So if that has you running away screaming there's probably nothing I can do, but if you like fantasy AUs (or are willing to give them a try) this fic is definitely an example of how it should be done.
While the world isn't the same as the one on screen John and Sherlock still are - enhanced abilities or not. The world building is fantastic, I dare you not to get sucked into it. The fic is actually a fusion with the book "Sunshine", but I haven't read it and I didn't feel like I was missing things. Not knowing the book might actually have been a good thing suspense wise, since I did not see Sherlock's abilities coming.
John is a total bamf on top of everything else, which is always a big plus in my book :).

Comments

[themusecalliope]

This is still one of my favorite fics. Has anyone podficced it, by any chance?

[unovis.livejournal.com]

This story was already recced: http://community.livejournal.com/221b_recs/5280.html

[tanpopo03.livejournal.com]

Yeah... sorry. I realized that too late. Good example I make, huh? *looks sheepish*

I thought about deleting it, but that seemed silly, too... But you can if you want to.

[unovis.livejournal.com]

Oh for Pete's sake -- I was too focused on recording recent recs and didn't even notice it was you. Just shows anyone can do it. I have both links on the spreadsheet.