[ SECRET POST #2041 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2041 ⌋

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Comments

[mrv3000]

I've gotten a bit burned out on the Reichenbach Feels, but for me it's with fic. I'll read just about anything but a Reichenbach-related fic now. There are only so many times I can read it, even if it's by different authors.

[biohazardgirl]

+1 But only because all of them are so goddamn FLUFFY.

Can't we have a DARK post-reichenbach fic? Blargh. Everyone wants to make Sherlock ~normal~ and it's starting to kind of drive me up the wall.

[enjoythesilence]

See, I've just joined the fandom and read a handful of fic and I'm already seeing this problem. It's especially difficult finding a decent fic as a John/Sherlock shipper since I cannot picture him engaging in sex, not even with John. I thought it was maybe the area I was hanging out in (sherlockbbc comm) but from this comment I'm assuming this is fandom standard?

I really hope not. =(

You might like this.

[anonymouslyyours]

http://zirak.dreamwidth.org/266.html

Re: You might like this.

[enjoythesilence]

Thanks! I've tried out some asexual!Sherlock fic and he still rings too sexualized for my tastes. I will read through these and hope for the best. <3

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[biohazardgirl]

Hnng why are you so wonderful? Can I marry you and your art and your fic recs? I promise to be a good wife and everything.

We can shotgun it in Canada.

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[anonymouslyyours]

I read your comment as "We can shotgun in Canada," and was going to be like "But I can't do pot if I want to enlist!" and then realized you were talking about a shotgun wedding. XD No one would ever have to hold me at gunpoint to marry you darling biohazardgirl who writes deliciously eerie Sherlock Frankenstein crossovers!

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[biohazardgirl]

Really? I'll have to call off my henchmen with shotguns who are stalking your house then. That's wonderful news!

Are you enlisting soon? I have a friend who's going down to basic in Texas in a few days.

You might like me even more soon. . .I think I'm going to write a Voldemort/Giant squid fic tonight for the lulz. . .

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[anonymouslyyours]

You saw it?!?

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[biohazardgirl]

Yes :D My email tells me whenever someone comments back to me when I'm logged in on DW. Also, you sent me a message in my inbox. It's a lovely picture in the most horrifying of ways.

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[anonymouslyyours]

I'm very proud of it in the most horrifying of ways.

[biohazardgirl]

Well, yeah, actually that IS fandom standard, but I'll help you out a bit :D

For me, Sherlock/John was an acquired taste, so I understand where you're coming from a bit. I read it like no other now, but when I first started reading in the fandom, I didn't read it at all.

Here are some fics that make me like the pairing (& are completely or mostly non sexual):

-The Long Drive & its sequels (stupiddrawings): IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS YET YOU MUST RIGHT NOW. It has everything you're looking for. It's funny & Sherlock is utterly in love with John in a non sexual way. Really good; I'v e read this twice.

-It's Complicated (r scribbles): This fic is really funny and fun. It's not EXACTLY Sherlock/John, but it has undertones, and it paints a good picture of a sexually repressed & damaged Sherlock. First fic that convinced me that he could be a sexual being. Really good; I've read this four times. You should also read all of r scribbles's other stuff, because she's really good.

-The Thermodynamics Series (entangled_now): First fic that convinced me that this pairing was possible. Asexual Sherlock, sex in the fourth part. Really good; I've read this twice.

-walk through ghosts (augustbird): Oh, this fic hurts my heart. Mostly non-sexual Sherlock, it's basically John is getting married and moves out and Sherlock pines after him and John doesn't figure it out until it's far too late. Really good; I've read this twice.

-To Light Another's Path (beautifulfiction): Sick & Casefic; she just completed this one. I followed it for four months because it was so good. There is only one sex scene, and the relationship itself is very believable, even after they have sex, which is always what I feel writers struggle with in Sherlock fic. I really bought the relationship here, moreso than in the majority of fics that I read.

The Important Bit (Raynedrop) & the other fics she says you should read in the summary for this one: All of those fics are Sherlock/John & no sex. They're marriage fics, but they're not schmoopy and they're very believable. I really like the way the pairing is presented in these fics.

The Elephant in the Room Series (flawedamythyst): H/C hallucinating John & Sherlock trying to make him better because it was Moriarty that caused it. I don't think there's any sex in this series, and the chemistry is lovely, and there's no 'healing cock' and you should read it. You should actually read all of flawedamythyst's stuff because her stuff is delightful.

You should read all of KCS scribbler's stuff, although she primarily writes gen.

That's all I can think of right now.

[merryghoul]

+2!

[cloud_riven]

Oh man, I've been avoiding Reichenbach fic even before the TRF episode. I just don't like retreading the same "john cry, sherlock come back, john punch him the face, fight fight fight kiss. oh no john had wife, she dead now, kiss."

[mrv3000]

Yeah, I like John/Sherlock slash as well as anything, but I also need variety. And unfortunately I've already read tons of Reichenbach fics. Even if the author tries to put a new spin on it (and kudos for trying to make it different), it's still pretty well the same story over and over.