Master Post: Sherlock Personifics
Inspired by the conversation that produced this quote, I present, for your enjoyment, unusual ships and characters in the Sherlock Fandom.
I think Destinationtoast coined the term 'personific,' as in a fic that personifies something inanimate, and I really like it. I haven't read most of these (yet), so I could be wrongly interpreting tags, but I reasoned that one would most likely find personifics via unusual ships and characters.
I manually searched likely corners of AO3. Please let me know if there are others you know of that I can add! Please heed tags. Many are crack, some are not, all look intriguing.
Sherlock/Boredom
Doctor, doctor by Meowbowwow
Sherlock/Deerstalker
I Heard It Through the Clothes Line by canolacrush
Sherlock/Drugs
Not Bored by LikeATeddyBear
Sherlock & Drugs
"The Fortress and The Mind Palace Rebuild" by AriadneVenegas
Sherlock/Enchanted Sex Toys
Love My Charms by DarkMetropolis
Sherlock/Food
What's Your Recipe? by Doodled93
Sherlock/Frog
Prince Sherlock and the Frog by i_ship_an_armada
Sherlock/His Brain
Emergenz Noia by SupremeCommanderOfThisVessel
Sherlock/His Imagination
Gutted by kijakazibibi
Sherlock/Horse
Zeichenkohle by ThreePipeProblem (7percent)
Sherlock/John's Moustache
The Moustache Maketh the Man by CopperBreeches
Sherlock/London
Into the Ocean by Nos
Sherlock & London
Over Ground and Under Ground by khorazir
Sherlock/Microscope
Envy, Through a Microscope by destinationtoast
Sherlock/Pillow
Feathers by Darmed
Sherlock/Riding Crop/Skull/Handcuffs
Possessions by wheresmywatson
Sherlock/Tea
Where It's Always $18.95 (new and improved, with less angst!) by Iwantthatcoat
Sherlock/Tentacles
Squeeze by misanthropyray
Хватка by Oruga
Sherlock/Violin
An Audience by shiverelectric
Boston Marriage by pendrecarc
Sherlock/Wine Bottle
Botellon by TheOtherMaddHatter
Sherlock/The Work
You Are My Poetry by CeliaEquus
Sherlock & The World
Falling (no end in sight) by Rhyolight
John & The Army
The Birthday by AriadneVenegas
John & Clarinet
A Guide to Clarinets for the BBC Sherlock Fandom by JessamyGriffith
John & Family
The Birthday by AriadneVenegas
John/Gun
John Watson - RESPECT by JessamyGriffith
John/Jam (Jamjohn)
Twenty-two Portraits from a Cakecroft Tarot by Silvertounged
John/The Ladies
Areas of Expertise by Winter_of_our_Discontent
John/Magical Things
The Beast and the Harlot by Dirty_Corza
John/Patience
What's Your Recipe? by Doodled93
John/Seasons
Four Lovers by orciny
John/Sherlock's Purple Shirt Buttons
I Heard It Through the Clothes Line by canolacrush
John/Three Continents
John Watson - RESPECT by JessamyGriffith
John/Toast
Crunch by tweedisgood
Mycroft's Umbrella/John's Cane
Smitten by Faitour
Cane and Ella's Love Song by dainochild
Mycroft/Cake (Cakecroft, Mycake)
50 Shades of Frosting by thordasgay
The 'A' stands for 'Annoyed' by kyaticlikestea
A Bit of Midnight by Nyxe
Cake by wowriley
Cakecroft by TheTimelordsConsultant
A Cake in Pink (221B) by 221BeeMine (mazzer)
Christmas at 221B by the_bonny_wordsmith
Crumbs by surrenderdammit
Death, Taxes, Rain, Dessert by corpsereviver2
Deflouring by orphan_account
The Distance by orphan_account
Just a spoonful of sugar.. by deductionist
MH/Cake by Aenonnymoose
Mycake by CaptainOfShips
Mystrade vs. Mycake vs. Umbrellacroft, Or: The things that Greg has to compete with by LadyLilyMalfoy
Of Cake and Men by HulkeyesBitch
Prompt: Mycroft ejaculates buttercream frosting. by ohvictor
Schrodinger's Basket by chasingriver
Stories of the Holmes Family; A Fucking Terrifying Christmas by Sherlokicks
Talking cake by surrenderdammit
Thanks for everything! xxJim by thequeergiraffe
Thermoception by radio_silent
The Tragic Tale of Mycroft's True Love: A Ficlet by Linnea_Bjornberg
Twenty-two Portraits from a Cakecroft Tarot by Silvertounged
Mycroft/England
The British Government by seerofsight
Mycroft/Food
A Most Murderous Case by Del (goddessdel)
Mycroft/Umbrella (Umbrellacroft)
The British Government by seerofsight
Death, Taxes, Rain, Dessert by corpsereviver2
Demise of an Umbrella by Consultingcrackaddicts (GodIPitytheViolins)
Goodbye, Old Friend (And Hello Again) by emsloe
Indulgent by Brynncognito
Mycroft Loves His Brolly by swtalmnd
My Dear Umbrella (Series) by DancingFish
Mystrade vs. Mycake vs. Umbrellacroft, Or: The things that Greg has to compete with by LadyLilyMalfoy
Nothing to Hide by swtalmnd [art]
Only a Slice of Cheesecake Left by SpiffyWordPlay
Moriarty/Food
What's Your Recipe? by Doodled93
Moriarty/Gun
One of those days by Ebyru
Moriarty/His Mind
You Can't Always Get What You Want by Hoodoo
Moriarty/Westwood
Cheeseballs by thoroughlysherlocked
Molly/Death
Small Matter of Miscommunication by Valerian
Cake (Anthropomorphic) (7 results)
[all are linked above in Cakecroft]
John Watson's Cane (7 results)
Riding Crop - Character (1 result)
Skull (Character) (58 results)
includes The Skull (Sherlock)
Umbrella - Character (62 results)
includes Mycroft Holmes' Umbrella
Violin - Character (21 results)
includes The Violin (Sherlock)