thank you Schmeizi for all the hard work you put into this and thank you Solar for such a fun and entertaining emergency fic. I feel more sorry for Nakahara than myself! I hope my mystery writer is Ok and not too stressed out by life. I would love to read even an incomplete version of my story.

I love the tunalock it was hilarious ! Would live a season 2 based sequel !

Thank you so much Schmeizi for all the hard work of organising and to every one - It has been such fun this year and the stories/pics and reviews of such great quality!  I will miss it! Im looking forward to reading the larger works on a03 soon I hope!  I am going camping for a few days now, but will stick mine up there when I get back (depends on how the weather turns out)
 

I loved Martin imitating Douglas and the evil goofy jokes.  I think I am basically the only Australian who has listened to Cabin Pressure but I will miss it dearly.  I spent a very happy month listening to cabin pressure on my walk to work and getting weird looks as I burst into sponteneous lols.  Plus my children are now big yellow car game players.

PLAY IT AGAIN, SHERLOCK
What a beautiful and romantic story.  I really loved how the author revealed the chemistry between the two characters by actually minimising the dialogue, but showing it in the actions of the two and the general atmosphere of the piece.  Lovely work.

In terms of the general discussion- I am a native English speaker which is lucky because there is absolutely no way I would be able to speak and write another language half as well as you guys!  i think all you non native speakers are unbelievable- I almost never notice it in reading posts and I certainly couldnt detect it in these stories which have all been so beautifully written.

Sorry- meant to comment earlier but had a hard time logging in on the weekend!
Something Precious- This story was so romantic.  I read it on a really bad day at work and it took me to another place- I love it when a fic can do that! 
How Sherlock Holmes Met Greg Lestrade
What I loved about this one was the dialogue.  It's not very often you read a fic and you can actually hear how the actors would say the lines. Both Sherlock and Lestrade were completely in character- the use of humour was excellent and again, very true to the show.  I found this one totally believable and a gem to read. Excellent work!
 

NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE?
Loved the characterisation of Sherlock in this one, and the use of drama to bring out the hidden feelings. Great read!

Gorgeous fic,and I really adored the  cat on the grave!

Just discovered the Danish-Swedish TV series- The Bridge. Fantastic show! I love the main female character- Saga- I think she is an interesting contrast to Sherlock (much more clearly Aspergers than Sherlock is, but they do have a lot in common) and the relationship between Saga/Martin is another interesting contrast to John/Sherlock.

Anyone seen it?

La Jolie wrote:

SolarSystem wrote:

I would definitely mention AU this time around, because I don't want to write any AU ever again. 

That's why I was a little worried about signing up. I mean, my specifics would be 

no AU
no crossovers
no slash
no porn
no pairings beyond canon

and that doesn't leave much, does it?
 

I totally agree with no porn, which is what we did last time, but I'm not sure about the rest.  No slash?  Does that mean no Johnlock?  I love writing/ reading Johnlock- I think Johnlock is a fascinating slash pairing and almost the whole point of Sherlock fanfic!  Also while I understand that AU is not everyone's cup of tea, but I was really hoping to use this Secret Santa to try my hand at it and stretch myself a bit.
I think we need to come up with an open ended prompt for everyone, but maybe have some method like last year when the receiver can detail their own fic preferences...