Fic & Other Recs, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes

Misc. Links
There is now a tumblr called 221 Baking Geeks

Olympics video is being pulled down as fast as it goes up, but The Montreal Gazette has the Benedict Cumberbatch opening sequence. (And do not even START me on NBC's coverage. The only thing that could have been more offensive than NBC's censoring of the tribute to terrorist victims is NBC's patronizing response to being called out on it.)

Folk on Twitter: Tomorrow a twitter-based online murder mystery goes live.

John Finnemore has a Cabin Pressure FAQ up on his blog. Yes, there will be a 4th season, with the same cast... whenever he can get his mitts on the cast and writes the episodes. His comment on unsolicited scripts and fanfic is a masterpiece of diplomatic humor.


Holmesian Canon Links
The Mystery of 221 B Baker Street - mapping out where the original flat was, and how it was supposed to look, with photos of various recreations.

Abbreviations Reference Card. Holmesians tend to refer to the canonical stories with a 4-letter code taken from the title. (As you've noticed; that's extended into Sherlock fandom, with references to the episodes, in order, as PINK, BANK, GAME, BELG, BASK, and FALL.) Fortunately, there's enough wriggle room in multi-word titles to distinguish between The Canon and Sherlock canon: The Hound of the Baskervilles is HOUN, so The Hounds of Baskerville became BASK. Equally, Scandal in Bohemia is SCAN, while Scandal in Belgravia is BELG.

Sherlock Links
Misc
Another theory on "IOU" in FALL

Heartbreaking post-FALL painting We Are Always Under the Same Sky

Downloadable Sherlock Clue(do) game board

Fic:
What She Saw Molly's POV watching one character react to another's death, because she's seen this before. The sole warning is for character death; as someone who recently put a pet to sleep, I would have appreciated a warning for those extended scenes, so here that warning is.

For once I'm not reccing slash because of the slash part - TBH, I think the final set of "we're gonna get it on" texts is the weakest part of On Lacuna and Conjunction. It's all the texts leading up to it that amuse me.

Speaking of amusing me, here's an AU with a twist: John is John. Sherlock is the monster under the bed. Bump in the Night and its Mycroft-centered sequel, My Brother's Keeper. Mycroft makes an even better monster-under-the-bed than Sherlock: Scaring a child in their bedroom is a petty pleasure, intimidating whole countries with a few words and a tilt of his head in an utter joy.

Chutzpah award to whoever turned a robot vacuum review into Sherlock fanfic.

Essays From Inside the Aurora Theater

A matched pair of sobering links: the first two people to escape from the Aurora theater have written up their experiences. Warnings out the wazoo, especially as both begin with Carli taking a picture of her multiple buckshot wounds.

Chris' Story
I’m not saying I’m the superfan or anything, but let’s just say I own a shirt at least. Or, I did own it; I’m not sure where it is right now. The last time I saw it was covered in blood and teargas, and it was being shoved into an evidence bag along with my pants and boxers and shoes.

Carli's Story
I was saved by natural selection, and tear gas. That’s right - tear gas.


This is hitting the atheist blogs because Carli specifically rules out divine intervention. I think it's a good read not due to that but because it's a compelling view of what really happened inside, including their shock, disbelief, and the survivor's guilt/PTSD that they're dealing with now. (I'm going to link to it the next time I deal with some macho idiot who's convinced that if he were there with his magic detachable dick that goes click he could have Saved The Day single-handedly and possibly single-bulletedly. Why, yes, I *am* still furious at that jerkwad on Facebook, why do you ask?)

There is also a link to donate to their medical bills and living expenses, as Carli cannot work while she heals.

Holmesian Knitted Cloths

I think I've been drafted back onto Team Sherlocked. This is what I get for admitting I did a 221B washcloth during the opening ceremonies! (And not knitting any since...)

Anyway, I'm archiving this set of non-Ravelry links for future reference/the use of other knitters:
221B Washcloth
Map of Great Britain (Note: the designer doesn't seem to know the difference between GB and just England)
Numbers & letters
The footprint of a gigantic hound

The only bicycle I can find is for pay and I'm too cheap, and I can't find a pipe at all.

I think there's a washcloth variant of John's jumper, but I'd probably just do a couple rounds of the scarf pattern. (Although I've discovered, in my various attempts, that I like knitting mock cable much more than real cables)