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The Sword and the Shield by 29Pieces
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
17 Aug 2019
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It is far too easy, Crowley reflects, to mistake Aziraphale as a helpless, hand-wringing bookshop keeper. It is far too easy to think him prey. Three evil men make the mistake. The angel clenches his fists and there"s a crackle in the air. Crowley can read the signs. And he knows how this is going to end.
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Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
19 Aug 2019
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One of the best "Aziraphale in full angel mode" fics I"ve read. Dramatic, heroic and terrifying in equal parts. And a wonderful supporting role for Crowley in almost a role-reversal for the two characters. An amazing story fabulously narrated.
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He"s perfectly happy to live out the rest of his life in monastic devotion, feeding John and loving John and provoking John just enough to distract him from what Sherlock did to their kitchen table.
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Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
10 Jan 2019
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Beautiful tender retirement fic, full of love and affection.
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Some things can"t be put into words
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- Part 1 of Ten Plus Two
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
23 Nov 2017
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A gorgeous revisiting of the conversation between Young and Rush in "Twin Destinies," investigating how Rush almost offlines when Young offers to be one of the twelve people needed to keep Destiny going. I loved that moment in the episode; and I love this story!
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These differences between British and American terminology and culture below are all ones I have seen in Sherlock fic or that are likely to come up in Sherlock fic. It is not exhaustive and I know that I will think of or spot at least 10 more as soon as I post this, but it is a start. If you have read fic set in America written by a Brit you will know that these things jar and spoil the flow quite a lot, so here you go.
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- Part 1 of Brit-pick tips for Sherlock
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
14 Mar 2017
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A very useful guide to UK vs US terminology. Essential for non-British fanfic writers!!
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Happiness Is a Warm Gun by 221Btls
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
24 Oct 2016
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Sherlock is minutes from being killed. Can John save him?
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- Part 1 of Happiness is a Warm Gun
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Lazarus, Brother Mine, Lazarus by KtwoNtwo
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
08 Mar 2016
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So what exactly was going through the head of Mycroft Holmes during the events shown in The Abominable Bride?
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
08 Nov 2016
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Very clever twist on "The Abominable Bride," showing how things said by John, Mary and Mycroft on the plane insert themselves into Sherlock"s Victorian fantasy.
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Sherlock is five years old, a genius and naked but for a sheet. Mycroft hopes to remedy the naked part...
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An iterative series of 221B stories. One 221B per chapter. Last story is told entirely in words starting with B.
They are books in a used bookstore, who should not be shelved together.
When they aren"t socks.
Or ice.
Or dinosaurs.
Or a bee and an ant.
Faunlock, Parentlock, Teacherlock or... other things.- Language:
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Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
14 Jul 2016
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Good god. One of the crackiest and most hilarious 221Bs I"ve ever read!
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"I dream of what it"s like," [Sherlock] says with difficulty, and the words taste right in spite of the fact that everything else tastes wrong, "when we leave this place."
John is quiet for an unbearably long while (too quiet: no humming, no breath) before he lets his forehead drop to rest against Sherlock"s, smudge of ash and grit and sweat mixed with something far too heavy to be tears. He presses one hand over Sherlock"s heart, and there"s warmth again. The promise dazzles him. It stings.
"What"s it like?" asks John, finally, his voice thick with the promise of rest.
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
02 May 2016
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One of the best death fics in Sherlock fanfic. Both heartbreaking and beautiful.
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Sometimes late at night, when all I hear is the sound of Sherlock’s steady breathing beside me, I wonder if the life we have now is my reward for surviving everything that went before. But then Sherlock cries out in the dark, his body sweaty and tangled in the sheets, legs kicking out against some imagined villain, and I wonder how my reward can also be his punishment.
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Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
10 Mar 2016
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Oh my. This is eerie and tragic and spooky and yet totally beautiful. Rarely have I read such a short story with so much *feeling* in it. It leaves you aching for more - both for more background to what happened before, and for a sequel.
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Sherlock and John’s relationship moves from platonic to physical with no fanfare, no explosive arguments, no drunken confessions. It was just John doing what he always did, and Sherlock finding a fitting new way to thank him.
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Five Things That Never Happened to John Watson, and One Thing That Did by PipMer
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
24 Sep 2015
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“John,” Sherlock huffed against his neck, tone amused and more than a little affectionate, “spare me your existential ramblings on reincarnation and other impossibilities. This is the only universe that exists, and here we are, however improbable.”
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
22 Sep 2015
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A gorgeous and clever 5+1, brilliantly twisting BBC (and ACD) canon.
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DI Lestrade said that Sherlock Holmes was a great man, and one day, if they were very lucky, he"d be a good one. John Watson is many things, but lucky isn"t one of them.
This is the story of how the impossible happens.
(Now in chapters for easy downloading!)
The lovely Miamam translated this work into Czech, which is a labor of love if there ever was one. I"m humbled and so very grateful.
Podfic by the incredible, patient, hard-working, and talented AxeMeAboutAxiomancy. Srsly, people. I can"t even with the love. Thank you, you wonderful, wonderful person.
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Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
21 Aug 2015
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This is a masterpiece, so full of emotion and character development and heartbreak and so much *love*. It"s such a beautiful tale of two very broken men and their journey. It is utterly stunning.
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It"s story time in the Holmes household
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
25 Mar 2015
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Lovely short childhood fic, with Mycroft rewriting the "Goldilocks" story to suit Sherlock"s mind. Now my new headcanon.
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John has a fever and Lestrade is left to deal with it.
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Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
24 Feb 2015
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Beautiful little ficlet. Brought tears to my eyes.
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At a crime scene, Sherlock accidentally calls Lestrade "Dad".
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Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
12 Feb 2015
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One of the most adorable 221Bs I"ve ever read, with a beautiful last line and "b" word.
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“Come prove to me that you like it, then,” your owner says and together you glide to the jumble of sheets in a corner of the room to perch on top of it. “I’d like to give you a token of my appreciation. That’s good manners, isn’t it? To thank someone when they give you a present?”
“Sherlock, I said…”
“I heard what you said perfectly well, Mycroft.” His tone is a little peevish. Your sash is unwound again and swept out of the loops. Holding one end in his right hand he starts winding it around his right wrist first, looping it loosely around the left after. When he’s done he falls back onto the bed, raising his arms above his head so your sash is close to those delectable black curls that eddy on top of it. His weight presses your back panel into the sheets. Thank God they’re a decent thread count at least, even though they’re nothing but plain cotton. But oh, how you cherish the brush of all that glorious skin which now rests on top of you.
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
23 May 2014
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As it turns out, Sherlock has never deleted a single of word for insulting bad ideas--they"re far too useful.
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
16 Apr 2014
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John thinks he should probably explain to Sherlock a few of the finer points of romance. Wine, strawberries, a roaring fire on a winter"s night. Sounds perfect, right? Leave it to Sherlock to find a way to make his own point, instead.
They’d been arguing (“Not arguing, John, we’re having a philosophical debate.”) over the concept of romance for the better part of a week. Sherlock, always direct in his attentions, hadn’t ever seen the point of it if not for shamming someone into doing something he wanted, in which case there were plenty of other ways that were much less complicated or time-consuming. John had just smiled at him and decided after their last go-round that demonstrating would be much more effective than explaining.
And it seems to be working, if the eagerness with which Sherlock opens his lips to accept the sugar-coated berry is any indication. John touches Sherlock’s lower lip with the fruit, leaving a tiny spot of sugar that Sherlock instinctively catches with his tongue. John’s breath hitches at the sight, so he does it again, only for Sherlock to smirk before slowly dragging his tongue across his lower lip.
Bookmarked by Ariane_DeVere
10 Apr 2014