Sherlock Fic Recs

[neadods]

ETA: I forget who it was on the flist who was squeeing over a female Sherlock Holmes character, one invented as direct publishing competition to the ACD stories. What was the name of said character? I think I downloaded one of her books and now I can't find it in the clutter on my HDs and don't remember what I'm looking for. ETA2: I was thinking of Madelyn Mack, but check comments for links to another juicy gender-bending knockoff written at the same time.


Before I get to fandom, a quick shout-out to my oil company, of all people. They came to replace a valve (estimate $400) and were able to get the old one working again (cost under service contract, $0) The downside is that to get water through the system again, I've got to have the heater running full bore for another hour at least. It's getting hot in here.


Another downside is that you would not BELIEVE the amount of fic I've slogged through this week, and yet there are only 4 being passed on, and two of them with heavy warnings. Signal to noise in fandom was not the best this time around. Also, I haven't worried about spoiler warnings before, but now I know someone reading this who is waiting for the US airings, so I'll start giving said spoiler warnings for the next couple of weeks.



First up, sadbhyl's got a nice gen piece where gives Sherlock an earful about calling himself (wrongly in John's opinion) a sociopath: DSM-IV. No spoiler warnings for the fic itself, but Blind Banker and Great Game warnings for the discussion of sociopathy the fic spawned over on the main comm


Then there's the rather cracky Daily Diary of Mycroft Holmes. (Full season spoilers)
Dr. Watson refused spy money. Sherlock will be disappointed; he needs a new suit. So does Dr. Watson. Should not be allowed to dress himself.


And then there are two commentfics from the meme that are warning city. Non-con. Multiple sexual kinks, graphically described. Attempted suicide. Basic premise that one character is far, Far, FAR more deeply fucked up than seen on screen.

So why am I reccing A Thorough Examination and In Depth (which should be read together if read at all)?

Because in a fandom that is (as most of 'em) awash in kink fic written by people who don't have a clue other than what they've read in fic written by people who don't have a clue, this is absolutely dead on about what headspace is really like. From both sides, even if one of those sides is having trouble processing and accepting those desires. Actually, in part *because* of that problem too. Heavy-duty kink is not blithely fallen into.

Comments

[melusinehr.livejournal.com]

I will not click on those links just yet, but thank you for the spoiler warnings! I've been going through your previous recommendations and picking ones that seem non-spoilery; so far I've managed not to stumble across anything I don't want to know. What a thoroughly lovely show!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Off the top of my head I haven't been reccing things that are massive spoilers (at least without saying things like "Right after The Great Game..."), but there is one title that is, on sober reflection a Big Honkin' Spoiler. If it's slipped by, I'm not going to point it out.

[melusinehr.livejournal.com]

I will try my best to wait patiently for a week and a half. :)