Sep 6, 2019
It is always awkward doing business with an alias.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (as Sherlock Holmes; The Blue Carbuncle)
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It is always awkward doing business with an alias.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (as Sherlock Holmes; The Blue Carbuncle)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 18/27 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Eurus, Sherrinford Holmes, Mary Morstan, Greg Lestrade, Mummy Holmes, Daddy Holmes, Harry Watson, Culverton Smith Additional Tags: S4 fix-it fic, nothing was as it seemed, Unreliable Narrator, John's alibi theory, Sherlock and John were in cahoots against Mary the whole time, Villain!Mary, TFP was John's coma dream, John's Mind Bungalow, Eurus is a liar, she's not The Other One, there is an Other One though, sherrinford, Redbeard - Freeform, Redbeard was a dog after all, Misunderstandings, alternating povs, Friends to Lovers, Missing Scenes, Happy Ending Summary:
Sherrinford is not really the name of some high security prison. That was just a figment of John’s frantic coma dream. And Eurus is not actually Sherlock’s sister. That’s just something random she said to John before shooting him. Sherlock and John were never actually estranged. That was just their act to cover up what really happened to Mary – or Rosamund Moran, as her real name has turned out to be. Sherlock does have a secret sibling, though, and his name is Sherrinford.
After finally eliminating Moran – though in a rather dramatically different way than they had envisioned – and exposing the truth about Eurus, John encourages Sherlock to delve into his past and to find out whether the reasons to keep Sherrinford away from Sherlock were the right ones, and to discover what really happened in 1981. Along the way, Sherlock and John gradually, finally, stop keeping each other at a distance, and eventually become a proper family of their own. __________________ The only good thing about being down with a cold is how much wonderful fic writing I’ve gotten to loll in and scream about lately. Huge, exuberant kudos to @shirleycarlton whose brilliant s4 fixit weaves excellent johnlock sense into the show’s confusion. With each passing chapter we get to feast on more of her wonderfully, uniquely developed characters, tender revelations, and totally engrossing storyline. Please, go read it from cover to cover and leave her juicy comments so she’ll write more!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 11/25 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Eurus, Sherrinford Holmes, Mary Morstan, Greg Lestrade, Mummy Holmes, Daddy Holmes, Harry Watson Additional Tags: S4 fix-it fic, nothing was as it seemed, Unreliable Narrator, John’s alibi theory, Sherlock and John were in cahoots against Mary the whole time, Villain!Mary, TFP was John’s coma dream, John’s Mind Bungalow, Eurus is a liar, she’s not The Other One, there is an Other One though, sherrinford, Redbeard - Freeform, Redbeard was a dog after all, Misunderstandings, alternating povs, Friends to Lovers Summary:
Sherrinford is not really the name of some high security prison. That was just a figment of John’s frantic coma dream. And Eurus is not actually Sherlock’s sister. That’s just something random she said to John before shooting him. Sherlock and John were never actually estranged. That was just their act to cover up what really happened to Mary – or Rosamund Moran, as her real name has turned out to be. Sherlock does have a secret sibling, though, and his name is Sherrinford.
After finally eliminating Moran – though in a rather dramatically different way than they had envisioned – and exposing the truth about Eurus, John encourages Sherlock to delve into his past and to find out whether the reasons to keep Sherrinford away from Sherlock were the right ones, and to discover what really happened in 1981. Along the way, Sherlock and John gradually, finally, stop keeping each other at a distance, and eventually become a proper family of their own.
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THIS.
I’ve just fallen back in love with BBC Sherlock.
This, from a s4 fixit writer - see, I was running away from the Bucket o Crazy the show writers provided.
@shirleycarlton fearlessly dove headlong into that maelstrom, armed with metas and her own excellent craft, and metamorphosed the season into a logical, thrilling, tender johnlock masterpiece.
It's like watching s4, except it's wonderful and I'm not yelling.
I can picture the writing room - there must be walls covered with post-its and sheets of the script, string spider-webbing it all into a VERY satisfying and cohesive plot.
More, please!!!
If you’re looking to sleep peacefully now that season 4 has come and gone...
Before you scroll past!! For Sherlock fans, the title can be a red flag, but the author spends almost the whole video pointing out how Sherlock, Dr. Who, and Jekyll and Hyde fans have been wronged by Moffat’s manipulative writing style, and he never goes into blaming anyone for liking it.
I love Sherlock. I really do. I think everyone on my dashboard should watch this video regardless, especially the Tinhatters and the TJLC believers. It’s an investment, it takes some time to watch, but it is so worth it.
I'm so tired but part of me still wants to believe. I think everyone's putting their hope in the Contact twitter accounts? What happened to the lost special? What happened with that mysterious website?
Hi Nonny!
Yeah, I think so at this point. Fan run or not, they are rather lovely. Thelostspecial.com was fake and it was a “fan” who thought it would be hilarious to shit on Johnlockers... who also had an odd amount of knowledge about our fandom and the things associated with it for someone who claimed they never were a fan – it lead some to believe that it was part of the ARG.
you are (STILL) why I’m here
reposting YOU ARE WHY I’M HERE, MARCH 8TH EDITION
I’m still here because of you. Yup, I’m with a lot of you. I want it to be clever. I want the puzzle to add up to something, for there to be a greater game afoot. I showed up here because I fell head over heels in love with a version of this story that so many of you also see. I wanted the show makers to be making Our Story. But if they are, their game is cruel. And if they aren’t, I don’t need to keep looking for it.
Because it doesn’t stop that I’m still ridiculously in love with this story. And wow, many of you are, too. They don’t get to touch that. We exist in our own right, a bunch of little bright spots scattered all over the world connected by copper cable and invisible airwaves, and we get to share that, for as long as we want. We don’t need to be validated by one particularly loud narrator. We are the best narrators. We can find it in their episodes, we can cobble it together with our own hands. I’m here for your stories, your art, your umpteen intelligent, compassionate variations of this idea we love.
I could exist here as a very happy audience to your work, but then something totally magical happened. In the last few months, I found a brave part of myself I hadn’t dared think existed. The safety of this community helped me love myself enough to make time for my writing in the midst of family-work-a-day chaos and crushing self-doubt. To try harder, to take chances. I gave my stories to you and found kindness and excitement and acceptance. I mean, wow, that’s some healing shit.
Now. Multiply my little bright spot of an experience exponentially. So. That’s why I’m here. Because of you, because love conquers all, because you’re telling the story I want to read again and again, and I hope I am, too. May my small glow of appreciation lift you up, as you have often lifted me.
Please reblog if you’d like to spread the love, add your voice.
shamelessly wallowing in gratitude and tagging willy nilly hither thither... there are hundreds and hundreds of you. xo
@brilliantorinsane @khorazir @min2chin @tqosaw @is-that-a-designer @sherlockisnolongeravailable @bbcbluebell @vitruvianwatson @sussexbound @violets-of-resistance @addignisherlock @hip-hoppin-hobbits @tiniestjohn @marcespot @cupidford @shirleycarlton @liddrose @watsonshoneybee @hudders-and-hiddles @toxicsemicolon @hubblegleeflower @teapotsubtext @sturfadurf @currently-in-my-mind-palace @erowira @trashlocking @be-there-now-in-a-minute @librarylock
March 8
So did anything happen...did I miss something?
When Prophecy Fails - Here we go again...
“The meteor doesn't arrive. Your congregation panics. The most crucial step at this point is to direct blame at an object other than yourself. The second is to promise delayed gratification. Tell them that the meteor will come. Pick a date in the not too distant future: close enough that they won't have much time to reconsider, far enough that they will have time to process and reignite their passion. The meteor will not arrive on the assigned date. This is optimal. Your congregation will now have the option to accept that they have been duped twice and that all the measures they have taken to prepare for the ascendance were for naught. They will remember the hopeless shame and despair they confronted the first time the meteor did not arrive. They will remember the joy that believing your assurances and prolonging their hope, no matter how illogical, brought them. Rather than accepting that they were wrong, they will believe whatever you tell them next.” ~ Anon
I know the horse has bolted, but please don’t harass people associated with the show this time because your mass delusion/ confirmation bias yet again failed to happen. If you’re going to blame anyone, blame the TJLC BNFs who strung you along and yourself. Especially if you blew up at people associated with the show on twitter, dog piled, harassed or pushed other fans out of the fandom (or associate with or follow those who did). And if/when you give up the tjlc delusion please stay away from any charismatic or high demand groups...Don’t take that Scientology stress test. It’s a trap!!!