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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 04:12:51 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Art Rec: Newspapers...Fairytales (John in TRF)</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://merilwenart.tumblr.com/post/180454535635/newspapers-fairytales-determined-to-be-more&quot;&gt;Newspapers...Fairytales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Artist:&lt;/b&gt; merilwenart on tumblr&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; John Watson, gen portrait &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; none given, I would say G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; none &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; none given&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; I thought this was a lovely portrait of John. To me it seems similar to the Impressionist style, with broad brush strokes, blurred patterns, and beautiful light. It brightened my day to see it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=542400&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>artwork</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:07:49 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Reccers wanted for November</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;unovis&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;unovis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you still interested in the comm? Reccers for this month, and any future months, are welcome to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt; sign up here&lt;/a&gt;.. For new posters,&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt;general Information is here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suggestions for themed recs or any other ideas to keep the comm fresh are also welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=542200&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:10:38 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Welcome to October!</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;unovis&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;unovis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to October, and our first volunteer for the month, &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://pipmer1.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://pipmer1.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;pipmer1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;! We&apos;re looking forward, as always, to your recs. Thanks to all for your posts during open recs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reccers for this month, and any future months, are welcome to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt; sign up here&lt;/a&gt;.. For new posters,&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt;general Information is here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suggestions for themed recs or any other ideas to keep the comm fresh are also welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=541868&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 14:12:35 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: Ripe, Strawberries Ripe</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;venusinthenight&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://venusinthenight.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://venusinthenight.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;venusinthenight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/15029006&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Ripe, Strawberries Ripe&quot;&gt;Ripe, Strawberries Ripe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/gardnerhill/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico&apos; alt=&apos;[archiveofourown.org profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/gardnerhill/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;gardnerhill&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Ms. Hudson/Joan Watson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 1671 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; Explicit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; None apply&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Elementary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; Summertime and the eating is easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; This is so yummy in multiple ways. It gets the reader to use their other senses -- namely smell and taste (if said reader has them, of course) -- in conjuction with imagination to put themselves into Joan&apos;s place as events unfold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also: ZOMG THIS IS HOT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=541580&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>genre: slash f/f</category>
  <category>verse: elementary</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>content: food</category>
  <category>character: joan watson (elementary)</category>
  <category>character: mrs hudson</category>
  <category>pairing: joan watson/mrs hudson (element</category>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: A Home for Us</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;swissmarg&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;swissmarg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/14390034&quot;&gt;A Home for Us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; sussexbound (SamanthaLenore)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 30K&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; M&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Mentions of torture and suicidal thoughts, PTSD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary: &lt;/b&gt;He has been on the road for two years, and he is exhausted. He&amp;rsquo;s almost accepted that he will never see London (John) again&amp;mdash;almost. But then there are nights like tonight, where he is weak, and all he can think of is the warmth of the flat they once shared, the crackle of the fire in the hearth, the teasing smile playing at the corner of John&amp;rsquo;s lips, the boxes of half-eaten Chinese takeaway balanced precariously in their laps. He aches at the memory of it, at the realisation that it is something he may never experience again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; Of all the cliffhangers the show has given us, I think the one at the end of series 2 is the most powerful for fans. There&apos;s something about the potential for anything to happen during the time Sherlock is away, both to him and to those left behind, and for an emotion-laden reunion when the Prodigal returns. This fic does a spectacular job of both, taking us into the minds, hearts, and bodies of both Sherlock and John as we see what a toll those two years took, and how they slowly manage to help each other to heal. (All episodes after Many Happy Returns are ignored.) This fic is truly a gem of its genre, filled with self-flagellating pining and aching regrets. The quiet rightness of them being together that neither can deny. The delicious, heady delicacy of the realizations and declarations and finally the swoon-inducing beauty of their eventual, inevitable consummation. Although there are some very angsty bits, the entire fic buoyed me up on a cloud of endorphins and just made me feel so serene and peaceful and comforted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/541217.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Excerpt...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=541217&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>content: hurt sh</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>genre: first time</category>
  <category>content: post-fall</category>
  <category>content: ptsd</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>genre: hurt/comfort</category>
  <category>genre: romance</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>genre: angst</category>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: The Five Doctors</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;venusinthenight&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://venusinthenight.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://venusinthenight.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;venusinthenight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/13090917&quot; title=&quot;The Five Doctors&quot;&gt;The Five Doctors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/gardnerhill/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico&apos; alt=&apos;[archiveofourown.org profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/gardnerhill/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;gardnerhill&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; None&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 10,006 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; Teen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Author did not give warnings (see reccer&apos;s comments)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Elementary, ACD Canon, BBC Sherlock, My Dearly Beloved Detective, Ritchieverse, Granada Holmes, Rathbone Holmes (films) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; Great minds think alike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; So many Watsons and so many Holmeses! Joan being a BAMF and being the Default Watson! Crack treated seriously! Such a good read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is some brief Victorian Era-typical racism (specifically orientalism) and misogyny&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=541123&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>verse: crossover</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>verse: elementary</category>
  <category>genre: crossover</category>
  <category>verse: granada</category>
  <category>theme: open recs</category>
  <category>character: marcus bell</category>
  <category>verse: acd books</category>
  <category>content: time travel</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>content: bamf jw</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>verse: ritchie films</category>
  <category>verse: other tv-radio</category>
  <category>character: joan watson (elementary)</category>
  <category>verse: other films</category>
  <category>genre: crack</category>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: Whiteout</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;swissmarg&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;swissmarg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/15319737&quot;&gt;Whiteout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Greg Lestrade/Molly Hooper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 37K&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; M&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; None&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; A documentary crew follows the Matterhorn aerial rescue team from Air Zermatt, profiling the mechanics, pilots, and paramedics as they save patients on the infamous mountain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their camera may catch more than they&apos;re looking for, however, when it comes to a certain paramedic named John Watson. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; What an incredibly inventive and gripping story! This is a complete AU in which Sherlock, John, and Greg are members of a Swiss mountain rescue team. Told in the format of a documentary with an extremely skillful film editor, the focus is nominally on the rescues and life on the mountain, but more tellingly digs into the private lives of the team members. The documentary format is pure genius with juxtaposed scenes, quick-paced montages and theatrical cuts that create fantastic tension and drama while preserving the mystery and building up an emotional reveal that literally had me grinning with tears of joy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rating is for language and possibly some depictions of injuries, no sex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/540789.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Excerpt...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=540789&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>content: hurt sh</category>
  <category>genre: au</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>content: bamf jw</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Vid Rec: Broken Crown - A Dedication to Eurus Holmes</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;swissmarg&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;swissmarg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; Broken Crown - A Dedication to Eurus Holmes&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Music Title &amp;amp; Artist: &lt;/b&gt;Broken Crown by Mumford &amp;amp; Sons &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vidder:&lt;/b&gt; OneAllysa/i-am-adlocked&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pairing or Character: &lt;/b&gt;Eurus Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, Gen &lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Link:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://i-am-adlocked.tumblr.com/post/164871000198/tribute-fanvideos-ill-never-wear-your-broken&quot;&gt;Tumblr post with vid embedded&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ll never wear your broken crown.&amp;rdquo; Here&amp;rsquo;s a tribute fanvid for Eurus Holmes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s Comments:&lt;/b&gt; Eurus is a much maligned character, but this vid really made me appreciate her better and see her as something more than an unprepared sensationalistic plot twist. It&amp;rsquo;s also a really nicely done piece of vidding and a good song.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=540420&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>genre: gen</category>
  <category>character: eurus holmes</category>
  <category>genre: angst</category>
  <category>vids</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>content: childhood</category>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Series Rec: Unwind</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;swissmarg&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://swissmarg.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;swissmarg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/series/704085&quot;&gt;Unwind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; illwick&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 450K+&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; Explicit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Some very rough sex, including scenes gone awry; check individual tags&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; None provided by author, but this follows John and Sherlock post-series 4 as they expand their relationship to include BDSM practices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; On the surface, this looks like lots of filthy smut. And it is. But it&apos;s also so much more than that. The installments range from pure PWP to hurt/comfort, fluff, and casefics. Throughout, John and Sherlock deepen and reinforce their emotional connection through an exploration of a variety of kinks. They also work through issues from both their individual pasts and the trauma they&apos;ve been through together. With very smart, sophisticated writing and consistently high emotional payoffs, this series definitely delivered far more than I expected. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The author is still adding to the series, but each installment can be read as a standalone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=540295&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>content: ptsd</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>genre: angst</category>
  <category>content: breathplay</category>
  <category>content: crossdressing</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>content: addiction</category>
  <category>genre: romance</category>
  <category>content: public sex</category>
  <category>open recs</category>
  <category>content: bdsm</category>
  <category>genre: established relationship</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>theme: open recs</category>
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  <lj:poster>swissmarg</lj:poster>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 21:32:42 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: The Men Who Talked Between the Words</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/1890621/chapters/4074051&quot;&gt;The Men Who Talked Between the Words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/users/Odamaki/pseuds/Odamaki&quot;&gt;Odamaki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade, brief John Watson/Mary Morstan, Harry Watson/OFC, James Sholto/OMC, Billy Wiggins/OFC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=460&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=460&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;460&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,000 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; Explicit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; past abuse (including implied/referenced child abuse), implied/referenced suicide (not of any character from the TV show), implied/referenced drug use&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; John expected to be a father some day; he expected to have the house, and the wife and the nice suburban job. Sherlock never expected to have children, in part because he never expected to make it past 30. As it turns out, you don&apos;t get a choice. Crammed into Baker Street with a baby, John struggles with single-parenthood and his own fears, while Sherlock treads the fine line between doing too little and saying too much. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; It&apos;s hard to think of what I can say about this fic that hasn&apos;t already been said. Four years in the making, of a length comparable to the &lt;i&gt;Lord of the Rings&lt;/i&gt; trilogy, this story took extraordinary commitment to create and the end result is simply astonishing. I&apos;ve been reading Holmesian fiction for quite a long time, and I&apos;ve never run across another story that felt quite like this one. There&apos;s something so authentic and keenly observed about the details. There&apos;s a realism here that reaches out and never lets me go. The characters - both the main and the secondary ones - have such distinct voices, and their lives and relationships are deeply grounded and believable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a realistic parentlock fic, and it&apos;s the deliciously slowest of slow-burn romances, and that heart of the story is beautiful. But that&apos;s really not all there is to it. Odamaki doesn&apos;t allow Sherlock, John, and the baby to live in a bubble. The story is full to bursting with the many other people who know them, who affect and are affected by them. Both Sherlock and John have important inward work to do before either is ready to think about romance. It&apos;s a story about growth, about healing, about hard-fought and hard-won maturity. About friendships and familiar places that won&apos;t stay neatly unchanged, and about painful habits and histories that won&apos;t fade away without long and deliberate effort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I think of this fic, the love story and the family Sherlock and John make together stands at the center. But I also think of Sherlock and Molly&apos;s quiet happiness working on her research together at Barts; James Sholto walking John through his fledgling orchard; Billy playing chess in hospital; Harry lounging with her girlfriend on the couch; Greg&apos;s tiepin; the moms in John&apos;s playgroup; the voice at the other end of a helpline. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a compelling fic about love and family, but it&apos;s also about all those other nooks and crannies of life that too often get left out of love stories. There&apos;s a village of vivid people wrapped up in this story, and I love them all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Also, I should add: 1) the story is complete. It ends at chapter 27. There are still new chapters going up, but they are &apos;bonus material&apos; like deleted scenes and FAQ responses from the author. 2) The story goes AU after series 3, and incorporates no elements of series 4. The baby is a girl, but she is not the canonical &apos;Rosie&apos; of the TV show).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=539931&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>content: childhood</category>
  <category>content: ptsd</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>content: drugs</category>
  <category>character: inspector lestrade</category>
  <category>genre: romance</category>
  <category>content: marriage</category>
  <category>theme: at home</category>
  <category>genre: first time</category>
  <category>content: ust</category>
  <category>genre: au</category>
  <category>genre: slash f/f</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/mary morstan</category>
  <category>content: meeting family</category>
  <category>content: retirement</category>
  <category>character: molly hooper</category>
  <category>character: harry watson</category>
  <category>character: mrs hudson</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>character: holmes&apos; mother</category>
  <category>theme: family</category>
  <category>content: addiction</category>
  <category>theme: case fic</category>
  <category>content: kid fic</category>
  <category>content: kissing</category>
  <category>genre: angst</category>
  <category>pairing: lestrade/mycroft</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>genre: established relationship</category>
  <category>character: victor trevor</category>
  <category>character: mycroft holmes</category>
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  <lj:poster>rachelindeed</lj:poster>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:03:09 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>August: Open Recs Month</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;unovis&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;unovis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A heads up for the coming month--I&apos;m opening up posting to anyone who&apos;d like to make a rec. It&apos;s a good chance to try your hand at writing a rec or to rec without a full month&apos;s commitment, or just to share something special you&apos;ve come across. Recent fests, including &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://holmestice.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://holmestice.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;holmestice&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;, have resulted in some fine new work out there in Sherlock Holmes- land. So, if you&apos;ve ever wanted to give it a try, or if you&apos;re an old hand with more to share, please feel free to join in. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For new posters,&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt;general Information is here&lt;/a&gt;. We&apos;re also looking for reccers for September and later months, and as usual, &lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt;you can sign up here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all, and let me know if you have any questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=539685&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>!mod-post</category>
  <category>open recs</category>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 04:59:59 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: Text Omitted</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/2321159&quot;&gt;Text Omitted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/users/Waid/pseuds/Waid&quot;&gt;Waid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=2&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=2&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,000 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; Teen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; discussion of past child abuse (physical abuse from a parent)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; ACD Holmes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; Watson learns something disconcerting about Holmes&apos;s past. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; There&apos;s something about this story that has stuck with me for years. I&apos;m not sure I can precisely articulate it, but it has something to do with its deliberate combination of intimacy and distance. The vignette takes place in the first blush of Holmes and Watson&apos;s new relationship - they are in bed together, joyous and lazily post-coital, learning the idiosyncratic details of each other&apos;s bodies. In the midst of this warmth, Watson observes a small scar on Holmes&apos;s neck, and Holmes tells him the truth about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holmes suffered abuse as a child, about which he maintains ambiguous memories and feelings. And the story quietly and beautifully observes the complex reactions both Holmes and Watson have to sharing this knowledge. Something rings true to me about the double consciousness they both seem to feel. Holmes is at once vulnerable and guarded, drawing nearer to Watson but needing also to step back. Watson, for his part, is conscious of the thrill of a biographer presented with new insight into his subject, even as the lover in him reacts with profound emotion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The author captures a deeply loving moment in the evolution of their relationship, which is not at all a &lt;i&gt;simple&lt;/i&gt; moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=539415&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>genre: romance</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>genre: angst</category>
  <category>content: hurt sh</category>
  <category>verse: acd books</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:13:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Vid Rec: Soldier</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Soldier, a tribute to Captain John Watson M.D.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Music Title &amp; Artist:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Soldier&quot; by Fleurie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vidder:&lt;/b&gt; i-am-adlocked (on tumblr), a.k.a. OneAllysa (on YouTube)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing or Character:&lt;/b&gt; John Watson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Link:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://i-am-adlocked.tumblr.com/post/165649708863/tribute-videos-soldier-keep-on-marching-on-i&quot;&gt;Soldier vid post on tumblr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here is the YouTube link, if you have trouble viewing the vid on tumblr: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjQsp8TAy9w&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjQsp8TAy9w&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s Comments:&lt;/b&gt; *deep breath* So, this is a BBC John Watson character study through all four seasons but with emphasis, I would say, on the later seasons. It offers a careful, insightful, and emotional exploration of the John Watson that angered many fans both of the BBC show and of the original Doyle stories, myself included: the angry and sometimes violent man who is, in important ways, &apos;not okay&apos; and who knows that about himself. The vid touches on a host of issues - trauma, PTSD, alcohol dependency, trust and anger issues, violence, loss, addiction to danger. The vid highlights many of John&apos;s worst moments - both as a person suffering and as a man lashing out - but it also remembers his strength, his desire to heal and protect, and the hellish experiences he has been through that have shaped his emotional landscape. This tribute refuses to minimize his flaws, but nonetheless approaches his character arc with respect and empathy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As in many well-edited vids, I was struck by a number of the vidder&apos;s visual storytelling choices. With a keen eye for parallels and a confident touch in the layering of song lyrics, dialogue, and imagery, it&apos;s a powerful work. Sometimes I find that fanvids, by condensing a narrative and developing tone, mood, and emotion with greater immediacy than a fully mounted episode, can succeed in making certain characterization or story choices work better than they do in the source material. For me, this vid does that for John.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDITING TO ADD WARNING: The editing style includes cuts that flash briefly through a white screen. There&apos;s no strobe effect, but if you are sensitive to white flashes then you may want to avoid this one, or try it out carefully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=539206&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>content: hurt jw</category>
  <category>content: ptsd</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>vids</category>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:42:22 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Art Rec: A Sketch of Young Mycroft</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://the-painter-and-the-poet.tumblr.com/post/175926766529/a-sketch-of-young-mycroft-holmes-pencil-with&quot;&gt;A Sketch of Young Mycroft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Artist:&lt;/b&gt; the-painter-and-the-poet (on tumblr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; none&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; not rated, I would say G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; none &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; A sketch of young Mycroft Holmes- pencil with digital tint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; This lovely sketch was just posted today, and wow, it&apos;s gorgeous. It presents us with an unusually rumpled Mycroft, perhaps at the end of a late night in his first year at university? I love the wrinkles of his cardigan, the tails of his untucked shirt, the delightfully narrow and angular tilt of his shoulders, his lowered eyes, and a haircut reminiscent of James Dean. Quietly attractive, self-contained, and full of character -- this is a beautiful portrait of the young man Mycroft might have been.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=538969&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>character: mycroft holmes</category>
  <category>artwork</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>genre: gen</category>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2018 03:04:07 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Vid Rec: Human</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Human &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Music Title &amp; Artist:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Human&quot; by Rag&apos;n&apos;Bone Man &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vidder:&lt;/b&gt; Pteryx Videos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing or Character:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, ensemble &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Link:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepteryx.tumblr.com/post/157770412842/we-might-all-just-be-human&quot;&gt;Human vid on tumblr&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s Comments:&lt;/b&gt; This vid is stunning; an emotional, multi-layered, and moving look at Sherlock&apos;s journey toward deeper humanity through all four seasons. This vidder is one of the best in the fandom, and I have rarely seen such complex and confident editing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There&apos;s not a great deal to say about this one beyond: it&apos;s amazing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=538799&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>vids</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:20:14 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Vid Rec: Shut Up and Drive</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; [Sherlock Hound | 名探偵ホームズ] - Shut Up and Drive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Music Title &amp; Artist:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Shut Up and Drive&quot; by Rihanna &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vidder:&lt;/b&gt; sanguinity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing or Character:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Hound/Watson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Hound &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vidder&apos;s summary&lt;/b&gt;: Hound wants Watson to drive his car (&lt;i&gt;if you know what I mean&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Link:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://sanguinarysanguinity.tumblr.com/post/175347109603/sherlock-hound-%E5%90%8D%E6%8E%A2%E5%81%B5%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA-shut-up-and-drive&quot;&gt;Sherlock Hound Shut Up and Drive vid on tumblr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here&apos;s an alternate link for download or streaming at AO3: &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/14895642&quot;&gt;Shut Up and Drive AO3 link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s Comments:&lt;/b&gt; The summer 2018 round of Holmestice recently concluded, and this delightful vid was a great highlight! Cheerfully and affectionately tongue-in-cheek, full of visual double entendres and energetic vehicular flirtations, this vid will charm your socks off. Funny, fast paced, seamlessly edited, adventurous and domestic, and genuinely warm-hearted on top of it all, this vid celebrates a colorful and charming version of Holmes and Watson&apos;s immortal partnership.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was previously unfamiliar with the &quot;Sherlock Hound&quot; adaptation, but wikipedia informs me that it was a Japanese-Italian animated series that ran for one 26 episode season from 1984 to 1985. Several episodes were directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, and the steampunk sensibilities of this verse appear to great advantage in the vid!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=538433&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>genre: romance</category>
  <category>genre: humor</category>
  <category>verse: other tv-radio</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>vids</category>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 01:43:59 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: Private Friends</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/14827686&quot;&gt;Private Friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/users/orchid314/pseuds/orchid314&quot;&gt;orchid314&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 7,000 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; T&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; none&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; ACD Books&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; John Watson tries to make sense of words and desire. Sometimes, he finds, that’s not such a simple task.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; This is an exceptionally beautiful and tender love story. At times it has an almost dreamlike tone, perhaps aided by its non-linear structure as Watson drifts in and out of different precious and private memories. At moments it is imaginatively and delicately sensual, at other times it&apos;s bickering and delightfully funny - the rhyming dictionary! - and at still other times it can be shyly romantic or quietly sad. It offers up a gentle kaleidoscope of emotion and character insight as we trace the shift from friendship to romance, and the way that shift must bridge the painful gap of Reichenbach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dialogue is often elegantly simple and understated. The settings are vivid, etched in period detail but never cluttered. The portrait of love at the story&apos;s heart feels genuine - at times courtly, at times frustrated, at times peaceful - and on a meta level the fic deliberately plays with words. It&apos;s a gently and pleasantly ironic twist that, even as Watson comes to see the value in leaving the most private parts of their shared life unwritten, the fic itself writes these very moments with grace and power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s a lovely story that I hope will move you as it did me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=538290&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
  <category>verse: acd books</category>
  <category>genre: established relationship</category>
  <category>genre: first time</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>genre: romance</category>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:37:41 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Rec: Maintenance and Repair</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;rachelindeed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/works/760382/chapters/1422707&quot;&gt;Maintenance and Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://archiveofourown.org/users/patternofdefiance/pseuds/patternofdefiance&quot;&gt;patternofdefiance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson; brief John Watson/OFC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 106,000 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; Explicit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; graphic depictions of violence/gore; amputation; body dysphoria; ableism&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; John wants to explain the rush of sensation and data, which is just another form of sensation (or is it the other way around?). John wants to say: Augmentation circuits report temperature, pressure, various forms of quantitative input. Sudden changes are reported as pain, since sudden changes are dangerous, and pain is the quickest way to encourage reflexive extraction. But all John can manage is, &amp;ldquo;Nng.&amp;rdquo; Because this sudden touch is not reporting as pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; This wonderful fic was five years in the making, and I&apos;m so excited to be able to share it here on this comm now that it is finally finished! Patternofdefiance is a terrific writer, and this story is full of rich characterization, internal struggle, complex emotional and interpersonal dynamics, utterly convincing world-building, and well-realized original characters. This is a science-fiction, dystopic AU, but it&apos;s set in the very near future and the social, political, and psychological elements are convincing because they&apos;re only a few degrees removed from those of the world today. In this slightly more technologically advanced future, it&apos;s become possible to repair previously incurable injuries by grafting sensitive but short-term technology into the bodies and brains of the wounded. These disabled persons, who appear close to cyborgs, then have to deal with the ableism of a society that regards them uneasily and a medical profession that considers them violently unstable. Most of the care they receive is limited to &apos;maintenance and repair,&apos; with the goal of preparing them for death once their augmentations fail - usually within two years - and ensuring they take no one else with them in their slow descent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John enters the story as one of these disabled veterans, struggling in the aftermath of invasive procedures that were undertaken without his consent and which have transformed his body and his life in ways he finds hard to accept. It is in this state that he meets Sherlock and becomes his flatmate, friend, and colleague. Gradually they are both drawn into a series of mysteries surrounding other &apos;augmented&apos; people, and they begin to realize that the information about John&apos;s condition peddled by the medical and political establishments may not be trustworthy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This story has it all: insightful social commentary, an intelligent cast of characters -- John&apos;s ex, Mona, is one of the best OFCs I&apos;ve encountered in the fandom -- and a slow-burn romance between Sherlock and John that, though fraught with miscommunication, manages to be both passionate and analytical, and above all superlatively in character.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=537962&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>genre: angst</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>content: hurt jw</category>
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  <category>genre: friendship</category>
  <category>genre: romance</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>character: original character</category>
  <category>character: john watson</category>
  <category>genre: case fic</category>
  <category>genre: first time</category>
  <category>content: ust</category>
  <category>genre: au</category>
  <category>character: sherlock holmes</category>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:13:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Sliding into July...</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;unovis&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;unovis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My apologies for the late welcome post. Idiotically, I&amp;nbsp;made the welcome post to a different comm, and only noticed it wasn&apos;t here when I&amp;nbsp;was nudged. Yes, coming unglued in the lovely swampy heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, officially and in the right place, Welcome to this month&apos;s reccer,&lt;b&gt; &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rachelindeed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rachelindeed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;! Thanks for your continued participation, and as always, we look forward to your recs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks as well to&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;[Bad username or unknown identity: &amp;amp;nbsp;]&lt;/b&gt; for stepping up with recs for June!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are still accepting reccers for July and any later month. &lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt;You can sign up here&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt; General Information is here&lt;/a&gt;.             Experienced and new reccers or members are all welcome. You     only      need    to make four recs a month, for works created  for  any     version   of      Sherlock Holmes, as fic, art, vids, podfic, or   meta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=537620&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2018 04:17:52 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Art Rec: Untitled (Kiss) by amysherrierart</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;vulgarweed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;vulgarweed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; untitled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Artist:&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://amysherrierart.tumblr.com/&quot;&gt;amysherrierart&lt;/a&gt; on Tumblr&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; T? SFW but steamy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Granada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; I’ve been re-watching “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (aka the Granada Series) and I just have to draw these beautiful boys. &amp;lt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; A kiss is just a kiss? This one is not. This one is absolutely searing. Just a wild kiss up against a wall, with beautiful position and coloring. There is a beautiful sense of desire unleashed and restraint breaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amysherrierart.tumblr.com/post/160322018947/ive-been-re-watching-the-adventures-of-sherlock&quot;&gt;untitled lovely kiss by amy sherrier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that&apos;s the last of my recs for June! Thanks to everyone for your patience. This spring has been a very trying time for me, but I did manage to rally at the end. I hope you enjoy all these artists&apos; beautiful works, and make sure to let them know too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=537379&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>artwork</category>
  <category>content: kissing</category>
  <category>verse: granada</category>
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  <lj:poster>vulgarweed</lj:poster>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2018 04:06:25 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Art Rec: Rosie Is Playing With Mrs Hudson Now by sh2jw</title>
  <link>https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/537302.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;vulgarweed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;vulgarweed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Rosie is Playing with Mrs Hudson Now (or is that the summary?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Artist:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://sh2jw.tumblr.com&quot;&gt;sh2jw&lt;/a&gt; on Tumblr&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; E/NC-17/Explicit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; Neither Mrs Hudson nor Rosie are in this picture, we&apos;re only reassured that the baby is with a competent sitter. :) Surrounded by toys and diapers and the trappings of parenthood that have transformed 221B, Sherlock and John take a probably rare - and therefore extra urgent - bout of personal quality time with each other: still mostly clothed, on the chair, desperate. It’s super hot and intense, and given so much warmth and depth by the detailed surroundings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sh2jw.tumblr.com/image/157835479954&quot;&gt;Rosie is Playing With Mrs Hudson Now&lt;/a&gt; (and Sherlock and John playing with each other)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=537302&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>pairing: jw/sh</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>artwork</category>
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  <lj:poster>vulgarweed</lj:poster>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2018 03:57:14 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Art Rec: The East Wind by aneko</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;vulgarweed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;vulgarweed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; The East Wind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Artist:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://anekoartsins.tumblr.com/&quot;&gt;anekoartsins&lt;/a&gt; on Tumblr&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Gen, Eurus Holmes  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; Stunning fairy-tale-style image of Eurus Holmes - with violin, blackbird, stormy sky and sea and wild hair. She’s posed with grace and beauty and yet distorted, full of infinite sorrow, removed from the world and lost in herself. I get the sense when she touches her bow to the strings, something magical and terrible will happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://anekoartsins.tumblr.com/post/156302357744/the-east-wind&quot;&gt;The East Wind&lt;/a&gt; by Aneko&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=536859&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>artwork</category>
  <category>genre: gen</category>
  <category>character: eurus holmes</category>
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  <lj:poster>vulgarweed</lj:poster>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2018 02:53:58 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Art Rec: Moriar Tea by kimberly80</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;vulgarweed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;vulgarweed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Moriar Tea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Artist:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deviantart.com/kimberly80&quot;&gt;kimberly80&lt;/a&gt; at DeviantArt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock Holmes/Jim Moriarty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; T (SFW image but strong language)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; Gloriously clever and oh-so-pretty play on a coffee-shop or tea-house&apos;s chalk sign: beautiful fluidity of lines, incorporation of text, gorgeous rendition of manipulation and longing. Make sure to look at it large. You won&apos;t be able to take your eyes off it for quite a while, i&apos;ll bet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deviantart.com/kimberly80/art/Moriar-Tea-341953182&quot;&gt;Moriar Tea&lt;/a&gt; by kimberly80&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=536618&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>genre: slash m/m</category>
  <category>artwork</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>pairing: moriarty/sh</category>
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  <lj:poster>vulgarweed</lj:poster>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 14:11:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Art Rec: The Pathologist by bubug</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;vulgarweed&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://vulgarweed.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;vulgarweed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; The Pathologist&lt;br /&gt;Artist: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deviantart.com/bubug/&quot;&gt;bubug&lt;/a&gt; on DeviantArt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Gen, Molly Hooper &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verse:&lt;/b&gt; Sherlock BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&apos;s summary:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Sherlock&quot; + Tim Burton. “I’ve seen much worse, but then I do post-mortems!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reccer&apos;s comments:&lt;/b&gt; Exactly what it says on the tin - adorable creepy morbid Molly in a Tim Burton pop-gothic cartoon style, with her brain friend Helen-Louise in a pan in her hands, and lots of adorably sinister tools in her lab coat pocket. I love Molly, I love her corny gallows humor, and this portrait really does her justice. Please do be sure to look at this as large as you can get it, the attention to detail is incredible. The artist also has portraits of Irene Adler and Jim Moriarty in this style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deviantart.com/bubug/art/Molly-453676051&quot;&gt;The Pathologist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=536387&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>artwork</category>
  <category>verse: sherlock bbc</category>
  <category>genre: gen</category>
  <category>character: molly hooper</category>
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  <lj:poster>vulgarweed</lj:poster>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:11:37 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Still open! Reccers wanted for July</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;unovis&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://unovis.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;unovis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are still accepting reccers for July and any later month. &lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt;You can sign up here&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;a href=&quot;https://221b-recs.dreamwidth.org/499583.html&quot;&gt; General Information is here&lt;/a&gt;.             Experienced and new reccers or members are all welcome. You     only      need    to make four recs a month, for works created  for  any     version   of      Sherlock Holmes, as fic, art, vids, podfic, or   meta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=221b_recs&amp;ditemid=536242&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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