221b_recs | Entries tagged with character: soo lin

rachelindeed.livejournal.com

Title: Jie Jie
Author: viggorlijah
Pairing: Soo Lin Yao; gen
Length: 2,400 words
Rating: G
Warnings: character death
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: The name they use on the small obituary in the Times is not the one she was born with, but it's the one she chose.

Reccer's comments: I just stumbled across this story this evening, and it is so well done. A quiet, relentless, clear-eyed look at the aftermath of Soo Lin's death in The Blind Banker, focused particularly on the ways that she is remembered and forgotten, the different facets of her character which were noticed or overlooked by others, and the elements of her story that died with her as well as those that lived on. A complex, at times bleak, but intelligent and ultimately beautiful vignette. Also, Molly is not in the story for long, but I really love the role she plays.

For those who, like me, would need to look up the translation, "Jie Jie" means "older sister."

rachelindeed.livejournal.com

Title: That's not my name! - women of bbc sherlock
Music Title & Artist: "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings
Vidder: justacrosshair
Pairing or Character: gen; Irene Adler, Kate, Kitty Riley, Beryl Stapleton, Soo Lin Yao, Sally Donovan, General Chan, Sarah Sawyer, Jeanette, "Anthea," Molly Hooper, Mrs. Hudson, Ella Thompson
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Link: Note: I was not able to find the vidder on LJ, tumblr, or DW, so this link is to YouTube: That's not my name vid

Reccer's Comments: This vid offers a fun, punchy, sharp and somewhat angry commentary on the limited character development and screen time provided for the women of BBC Sherlock (note that this was made before S3, so it does not feature Mary or Janine). Entertaining, catchy, cleverly edited, and a fierce piece of meta to boot. It gave me fresh appreciation for the investment so many fine actresses have brought to the show and the ways that they used what opportunities they had to create moments in which their characters could live and breathe.

verdant_fire

Title: Names for the Galaxy
Author: evadne
Pairings: John/Sherlock, background Anthea/Mycroft
Length: 191102 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: N/A
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: Sci-fi AU. Sherlock Holmes is a recent arrival to 22nd century earth, and determined to find out who he is and where he comes from. John Watson has the unenviable task of teaching him how to be a normal human being.

Reccer's comments: I haven't read anything else quite like this story, fic or otherwise. The worldbuilding is phenomenal, and the treatment of the characters is so empathetic that I really felt what they were feeling as I read this. It also has some of the best plotting I've seen. The foreshadowing was very skillful; I went back and read through again after I got to the big reveal, and details that I didn't make much of at the time suddenly stood out in retrospect. I adore this version of Mary, and Mycroft and Anthea are quietly badass together. And of course, the Johnlock is excellent, both very hot and very moving. I don't understand why this fic isn't better known in fandom, but it certainly ought to be. (One reading note: one of the characters starts off the story mixing up their gendered pronouns, but it's not a typo; there's an in-universe reason for it and it only lasts a few chapters.)

pipmer1.livejournal.com

Title: Movement
Author: story_monger
Pairing: Gen
Length: 22,500 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Major Character Death
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Sherlock is dead. He appears to be haunting John. John is unaware of this. Being dead is hugely inconvenient. Sherlock versus the afterlife.

Reccer's comments: I'm reccing this because the writing is just too gorgeous to miss. Yes, there is major character death, but if it helps at all, it takes place before the story even begins. For Sherlock is a spirit, you see; or ghost, if you will.

This was written pre-series 2, and has nothing to do with Reichenbach. The story begins with Sherlock waking up in 221b. Not only does he have no recollection of how he got there; he's not even aware at first that he's actually dead. The fact of his demise becomes quite obvious rather quickly. At first Sherlock seems to be tied to the flat, because he seems to be unable to leave the premises. After a bit of experimentation, he finds out it's not the location he's tied to, but a person. In fact, the very person who was present with him when he died. And Sherlock seems to have some unfinished business before he can move on.

The gorgeous imagery the author uses is simply breathtaking. The story actually moves back and forth between two different narratives. The main one is written in past tense, and follows Sherlock as he's stuck in limbo while he tries to communicate with John and others, with varying degrees of success. The secondary one, woven throughout the first, is written in present tense. That one leads us on an internal journey as the spirit struggles with letting his past life go, including the people in it, so that he can move on to whatever's next.

The premise reminds me very much of the movie "Ghost", and gave me similar sorts of feels. Never fear, though; in the end, John and Sherlock are eventually reunited. Be on the lookout for a subtle twist; if you miss it, the story will still stand on its own.

chapbook.livejournal.com

Title: The Madness of Angels
Author: ayalesca
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 87,457
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Canonical and Minor Character Deaths
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Urban fantasy AU. In which John Watson is a war sorcerer recently invalided home from Afghanistan. In London he meets Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most irritating urban sorcerer and only consulting detective. There, John finds himself and Sherlock suddenly under attack by a mysterious and malevolent power—and drawn into a mystery that may tear London apart. A fusion with the Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin, but no prior knowledge is needed.

Reccer's comments: No S3 Spoilers

This impressive work is one of my favorite BBC series fics.

The bare facts: it is a fusion (with crossover elements consisting of cameos from two urban magic series) that requires no knowledge of the originals to steal your breath, squeeze your heart, and cause you to pound the nearest surface in amazed delight. The vivid, sharply realized settings and the stunning way in which John, Sherlock, Mycroft, and Irene just fit as their IC selves into the dangerous and fantastic landscapes of the City of London is truly remarkable. Let me not leave out the brilliant dialogue, the skillfully re-imagined S1 and S2 cases, and the plot twists so gorgeously done that my sole desire (aside from thanking the author) was to find the other enraptured commenters and hold a joyously raucous re-reading party.

I'll be honest: This fic reminds me exactly why I fell deeply, madly in love with the BBC series in 2011.

Excerpt:

“What are you exactly, John?”

“Washed-up RAMC,” John says lightly.

“Oh, no, I think there’s rather more to you than that,” Sherlock breathes.

He grabs John by the elbow and yanks him to a stop; John nearly stumbles. He gets his footing back and has his mouth open to swear at Sherlock when the iron-like grip loosens, shifts, and then Sherlock takes John’s hand in his own with surprising gentleness. Their eyes meet, dark blue to an ice blue so intense that John has to remind himself to breathe. Then John feels a softly glowing warmth in his hand, and in the next instant all of London thrills through John’s body and his heart suddenly jumps, resets its rhythm, palpitates, and then pounds in the rhythm of cars stopping and starting at thousands of traffic lights. His head fills with the laughter and sorrow of eight million souls; his lungs fill with the air they inhale and exhale. John closes his eyes and allows himself to exist within every footstep on every cobblestone, every raindrop falling on every roof, every spark of electricity burning through every streetlamp in London.

Sherlock pulls away and his gaze is challenging, his lips mocking.

Silently John reaches into his pocket and takes out the shell casing belonging to the bullet that is currently lodged in a dead serial killer’s heart. Sherlock’s face opens in a grin and John is absurdly pleased by Sherlock’s smile.

He reaches out for Sherlock’s hand.

The shell casing firmly fixed in his mind, John clears the London fog from their eyes and shows them both the clear starry night skies above a starkly beautiful desert. He fills both their lungs with the rush and roar of air during a parachute jump. He makes their hearts step in time with the inexorable march of conquering soldiers down through thousands of years of history. Then he presses the shell casing between his and Sherlock’s hand. He feels the sharp, desperate struggle between life and death imbued into the metal; he can feel the tiny thing pulsating as if it were the heart that it had stopped so recently.

And he sends a thrill of power into Sherlock’s body, filling him with the hot roar and spray of blood that the bullet remembers and will always remember.

“You’re a war sorcerer,” Sherlock says the words like a spell that is new to him: feeling the words for their hidden powers, tasting and feeling them for secrets and nuances. His eyes are scanning over John, studying every molecule of him, sniffing out every tendril of magic that is awakening deep inside John’s blood. “How can you be this powerful in London?”

“Because you are a battlefield,” John whispers, and with that realization his world blurs, reels, and then snaps into razor-sharp focus again.

keerawa.livejournal.com

Title: In Flames: The Life and Death of Soo Lin Yao
Author: radial_symmetry
Pairing: Gen
Length: 8,289 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Canonical Character Death
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Yao Soo Lin has four tattoos, but only three of them belong to her.
Soo Lin wanted to live a worthwhile life, a life with meaning, but that has never been possible. She will have to settle for making her death mean something, instead.
Reccer's comments: Every person is the hero of their own life's story. Here, although Sherlock Holmes never deduced it, we find out why Yao Soo Lin is a hero to many.

I find 'The Blind Banker' problematic, partly because of the weak characterization of Soo Lin. But this story reminds me of why I love fan fiction by weaving between the few details we see in canon to turn a minor 'disposable' character into a strong and vibrant woman with a powerful story of her own.

sussexdowns.livejournal.com

Title: you took my hand and danced with me
Author:

flecalicious
Pairing: Gen
Length: ~1,000 words
Rating: PG
Verse: Sherlock BBC/Doctor Who
Author's summary: It's bigger on the inside, she'd said, and he'd smiled and whisked her away.

Reccer's comments: Haha, oh god, I'm sorry I'm reccing ALL THE CROSSOVERS this round, but I love crossovers kind of more than everything. And this one. Oh. The women of Sherlock front and centre, traveling with the Doctor. Because they deserve it. The Sarah vignette is pitch perfect and Mrs Hudson's absolutely breaks my heart. More people need to write about these ladies (TARDIS optional).

unovis.livejournal.com

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221B Recs

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Entries tagged with character: soo lin

Fic Rec: Jie Jie

Vid Rec: That's not my name!

fic rec: Names for the Galaxy

Fic Rec: Movement

Fic Rec: The Madness of Angels

Fic Rec: In Flames: The Life and Death of Soo Lin Yao

FIC: you took my hand and danced with me

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