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Art for iwantthatcoat: The Necessary Calm

Title: The Necessary Calm
Recipient:

iwantthatcoat
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: The Beekeeper’s Picnic
Characters/Pairings: H/W
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None
Summary: A post-picnic piece, with text from E. M. Forster’s letter to Florence Barger dated 25 August 1917.
Notes: Something sweet for you, dear Coat. I saw you reblog this quote and couldn’t get out of my head how perfectly it fits this particular version of 1920s Holmes and Watson.

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Fic for Alec: 10 CCs Of That

Title: Ten CCs Of That
Recipient: Alec / themonstrumologist
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Sherlock & Co
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (QPR, unsure if that’s & or slash!)
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary: The Carfax case has shaken John up. Sherlock's voice note, with its blunt affection, and John's mum's honesty leaves John vulnerable. He wants to tell Sherlock how he feels; he just needs to find the words.

Read on AO3: Ten CCs of That

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Fic for oui_oui: The Affair of the Statutory Duel

Title: The Affair of the Statutory Duel
Recipient: oui_oui / OuiWee
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Sherlock Holmes (ACD); The Grand Duke (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft Holmes., Sherlock Holmes, Grand Duke Rudolph
Words: ~2600
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary: Either the following material is an out-and-out forgery...or just possibly, Gilbert and Sullivan owe the central plot device of their last operetta to none other than Sherlock Holmes. (Which is to say, the story to which this summary is attached raises a hell of a lot more questions than it answers.)

Read on AO3: The Affair of the Statutory Duel

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Fic for flowing_river: Reinforcements

Title: Reinforcements
Recipient: flowing_river
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: M
Warnings: Blood and injury, graphic depictions of violence
Summary: When Holmes is injured while on a case, he conceals the extent of his wounds from Watson. They still have to ride back to town, and he doesn’t want his friend to worry. Unfortunately, their journey back is perilous, too.

Read on AO3: Reinforcements

Neighbor-Source Heat Pump

https://xkcd.com/3099/

The installation of the pipes on the inside of the insulation can be challenging, especially when the neighbor could come home at any minute.

https://xkcd.com/3099/

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Art for Penaltywaltz: One evening

Title: One evening
Recipient: Penaltywaltz
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: The Great Mouse Detective
Characters/Pairings: Dawson & Basil
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: A peaceful evening accompanied by some music

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Fic for Snycock: Afterglow

Title: Afterglow
Recipient: Snycock
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: M
Warnings: n/a
Summary:
Afterglow (n). 1: A glow remaining where a light has disappeared. 2: A pleasant effect or feeling that lingers after something is done, experienced, or achieved.

Solstice, sex, and Sherlock and John basking in the afterglow.

Read on AO3: Afterglow

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Fic for Graycardinal: a study in violin

Title: a study in violin
Recipient: graycardinal
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Elementary
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes & Joan Watson; Sherlock Holmes & Morland Holmes; Sherlock Holmes & May Holmes; Sherlock Holmes & Mycroft Holmes; Sherlock Holmes & Victor Trevor; Sherlock Holmes & Jamie Moriarty; Sherlock Holmes & Kitty Winter
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Summary: Sherlock's relationship with his violin through the years

Read on AO3: a study in violin

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Star Wars Fic and Meta - From All The Spaces Between Times - Chapter 47

Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 47 - Above Us, a Camouflage Net Made of Stars
Author:

elrhiarhodan /

elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars — Obi Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars — Jedi Apprentice Books
Characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Watto, Quinlan Vos, Padmé Amidala, Sabé, Darth Maul, Yoda, Mace Windu, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Professor Huyang, The Force, Plo Koon, Vokara Che, Siri Tachi, Aayla Secura, Bant Eerin, Bruck Chun, Xanatos du Crion, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Hego Damask II | Darth Plagueis, Komari Vosa, Bail Prestor Organa, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, eventual Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (we’re getting closer)
Word Count: ~ 5100 this chapter
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi has never known it, but he has always been the Force’s Champion, destined to suffer infinite sadness in defense of the Light. On his last turn on the wheel, responsibility for The Chosen One, the false child of prophecy, had been thrust upon him with no warning, and Darkness held the upper hand.

But this time, the Force has marshaled its power and will protect its Champion until the time is right, no matter how long Obi-Wan has to wait and how much he has to suffer.

Or,

Obi-Wan is reborn as a twelve-year old.

He wakes up on a slavers’ ship, with all of his prior life’s memories intact, and he’s bound for Tatooine with a Force-inhibitor collar around his neck, a bomb implanted in his spine, and no way of knowing what state of the Galaxy is in.

Just another day in the life of the Force’s Champion.

Chapter Summary: Bail is not quite sure what’s going on, but he’s very, very happy to see Obi-Wan and he’ll play along if it means seeing the last of that asshole, Cornen Pre.

From All The Spaces Between Times — Chapter 47 - Above Us, a Camouflage Net Made of Stars (On AO3)

( Meta — Chapter 47 - Above Us, a Camouflage Net Made of Stars )

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Fic for Ghostbees: I'm the board, the lightning, the thunder

Title: i'm the board, the lightning, the thunder

Recipient:

ghostbees/

vernets

Author: REDACTED

Verse: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)

Characters/Pairings:
Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Jenny Vandeleur/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Rating: Teen and up, for a couple of mild references to drug use and violence, but both are canon-typical.

Warnings: none

Summary: The Silk Stocking case is Holmes' last. After he retires to Sussex, Jenny knows better than her husband exactly what Sherlock Holmes needs.

To my recipient:
Hi, Ghostbees. I hope this story fulfils your desire for character-centred musings and introspective portraits; I've tried to facilitate that by bringing Jenny to the foreground.

This is a retirement-era fic, but cosy domesticity is always juuust off waiting in the wings.

This Holmes is happily gay, and I used Jenny's (canonical) tolerance to avoid any period-typical homophobia, but I hope you'll forgive me for letting Jenny realise that fact well in advance of her husband.

Read on AO3: i'm the board, the lightning, the thunder

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Fic for Rudbeckia: The Decades

Title: The Decades
Recipient: rudbeckia
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Rathbone Holmes
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary: Watson waits for the sunrise.

Read on AO3: The Decades

Trojan Horse

https://xkcd.com/3098/

Ultimately, history would imperfectly record the story of the Foal of Troy.

https://xkcd.com/3098/

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Fic for Edosianorchids901: Gone to Ground

Title: Gone to Ground
Recipient: edosianorchids901
Author: REDACTED
Verse: A Study in Emerald
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Culverton Smith
Rating: T
Warnings: minor character death, eldritch horror, drug use
Summary: It is in the nature of monsters to be monstrous but what must one think of those who choose to become so?

A reimagining of The Dying Detective in the universe of A Study in Emerald.

Read on AO3: Gone to Ground

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Fic for Smauglock Holmes: When Life Gives You Grapefruits...

Title: When Life Gives You Grapefruits…
Recipient: Smauglock Holmes
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: E
Warnings: None
Summary: When a novel virus brings London to a standstill, Sherlock and John find themselves confined to their flat, cut off from the world. As the days stretch on, John wrestles with feelings of uselessness, while Sherlock distracts himself with odd experiments, including one he’s unwilling to share with John.
In the intimacy of quarantine, John’s long-smouldering attraction deepens as he and Sherlock find ways to pass the time. When John inadvertently interrupts Sherlock’s secret experiment, he is surprised to find just how human his flatmate is. A vulnerable moment and a brave question change their lives forever.

Read on AO3: When Life Gives You Grapefruits . . .

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Fic for write_out: The Protection of Broken Wings

Title: The Protection of Broken Wings
Recipient: write_out
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Mycroft Holmes series by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock Holmes; Mycroft Holmes & Cyrus Douglas
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Near drowning
Summary: This time, Mycroft forces his body to move, to save Sherlock from the water, because there is no other option. Sherlock isn't happy with the revelation of what his brother has been hiding for years that this leads to.

Read on AO3: The Protection of Broken Wings

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Smut Wars Exchange Dear Author Letter

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Bridge Types

https://xkcd.com/3097/

Pontoon bridges are just linear open-sided waterbeds.

https://xkcd.com/3097/

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Fic for Kingstoken: The Ballad of the Abbey Grange: because in the end, the love you take is equal..

Title:The Ballad of the Abbey Grange: because in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
Recipient:kingstoken
Author: REDACTED
Verse:Sherlock Holmes--Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
Characters/Pairings:
Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Stanley Hopkins,
Rating:General
Warnings:No Content Warnings Apply
Summary:Holmes and Watson must pose as a couple for a case at the mysterious Order of Chaeronea. During that investigation, they witness the misbehaviour of Sir Eustace Brackenstall. Several weeks later, Sir Eustace is murdered on his estate in Kent, the Abbey Grange. Inspector Stanley Hopkins requests the assistance of the great detective in solving the case.
A retelling of The Adventure of the Abbey Grange with a twist; a twist with historical validity.

Read on AO3: The Ballad of Abbey Grange: because in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

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Fic for Ghostofnuggetspast: I Dream of Sherlock

Title: I Dream of Sherlock
Recipient:

ghostofnuggetspast
Author: REDACTED
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: Teen
Warnings: No Archive warnings apply. Mild unintentional exposure to substances
Summary: Lost in the Afghan desert, John finds something that can make all his dreams come true... or has he? But maybe his dreams can come true anyway.

Read on AO3: I Dream of Sherlock

Check Engine

https://xkcd.com/3096/

They say it's probably safe to keep orbiting for a while, but if it stays on or starts flashing we might have to call someone.

https://xkcd.com/3096/