Oops, a bit thin, I wanted to say. Late in the evening. 

Something precious

Wow, just wow... A S3-fix it, that stroke every. single. chord that did not sit well with me in HLV, really every single one. So many feels, you want to cry and smile at the same time. I liked the telling from two point of views. I actually liked that nothing sinister happended to Lily Watson but you know that she won't be in the way... Lovely idea to have her risen mainly by Harry and her girlfriend, and lovely that Sherlock did not get all aaaaawwwww about her against his character.
My favourite quote to make me laugh would be: I don't shave for Mary Watson. My favourite quote for my johnlocky heart would simply be the end...
Thank you, dear unknown author!

Crotchet Sherlock and John have it so nice on the mantelpiece. I so envy them.

ALL THEY NEEDED


Loads of Johnlock fics have John and Sherlock being surprisingly proficient at all the relationship stuff all of a sudden, and it always grates. I thought it was very IC and very refreshing and also very touching how in this one, they really aren't. Sherlock literally offlines for HOURS on being told by John that he loves him? Absurd, but yes, how else would he react to such news? (I love the exchange about "who else did Mary shoot lately?", too.)


And Mycroft Holmes, matchmaker. Who would have thought he had it in him?
I love the entire scene between Sherlock and Mycroft in 221B - by far my favourite. So many good lines!
"Getting advice from Mycroft was a hateful thing in general. Getting good advice from Mycroft regarding his love life was unbearable."

And then Mycroft dragging Sherlock back to the hospital by his ear to take care of John. Hilarious.


More favourite lines.
"He had moved that chair to another room, so he would not be reminded of John's absence every day. But that had only left a John's-chair-shaped hole in the fabric of the room."

"For some reason, John was the only person in the world who could state the obvious without driving Sherlock insane. Probably because Sherlock loved the sound of his voice."


And finally, three cheers for Mrs Hudson! I'm not fond of Evil Mary, really not, but this was one of the best resolutions to an Evil Mary scenario that I've ever seen!

Well done, unknown author!
 

All they needed

Wow, another beautifully written fic. I'm not into evil Mary fics either but this one was so skillfully made that I still really enjoyed it. The characters were so IC, especially Sherlock with the lists of pros and cons and then him fleeing to his mind palace. Mrs. Hudson sounded exactly like in the series, I could completely imagine Moftiss writing a line like that for her. And Mary in the beginning, I could completely see Amanda acting that. 

Only one tiny thing: Mycroft as a matchmaker? Really? But then Mycroft as a handy plot device is very IC indeed!  And his voice was so good. I loved how you comined the superficial sarcasm with the deeper caring underneath. When I read 'trouble in paradise' I heard Mark's voice in my head. 

My favorite part: the dialogues. They're so realistic, like how real people would speak. I loved how the writer showed the difference between what the characters say and what they feel inside. 

Nice, really nice. 

Dear unknown author,
thank you so very, very much for that lovely fic about Sherlock and John and how they, uhm, end up together in front of the fireplace. When I mentioned the fireplace in my prompt I thought of various scenarios (and I hoped you wouldn't give me something like we did see CAM do in HLV... ), and I love how you repeatedly returned to it. Starting with Sherlock and Mary trying to get a fire going up until, you know... 
I love how in the beginning you seemed to ignore one of my deal breakers - ParentLock - only to give me something that was kind of ParentLock but at the same time wasn't ParentLock at all - or at least it didn't feel like ParentLock to me. And you actually really got me with all that talk about how Sherlock and Mary get along so well and are good friends... it was great how you then let us have a look into Sherlock's thoughts.

I could go on and on. I loved your Mycroft and could really hear his voice when I read the dialogue. And I agree with what silverblaze already mentioned, the dialogue was great, not just Mycroft's but the dialogue of all of them. 
Sherlock and John and how they finally admit their feelings for one another... it felt absolutely believable and warm and heartbreaking and also funny to me.

And there a lot of sentences I loved, but let me just mention this one, because it made laugh and go "Yes! Yes! Yes!" and "Aawww..." all at the same time:
"This is unacceptable, brother", Mycroft hissed. "Your cowardice prevents John from healing properly. Get over your childish little trauma and talk to him!"   

So thanks again, dear author... and let me know once the more explicit version can be read over at the Archive! 
 

La Jolie wrote:

silverblaze wrote:

Only one tiny thing: Mycroft as a matchmaker? Really? But then Mycroft as a handy plot device is very IC indeed!  And his voice was so good. I loved how you comined the superficial sarcasm with the deeper caring underneath. When I read 'trouble in paradise' I heard Mark's voice in my head.  

 
I felt the same - "Really?"
But then, explicit Johnlock is not the most likely thing we'll ever see in the actual show, so once you suspend disbelief and actually find it possible to picture Sherlock and John naked on the carpet in front of the fireplace (erm - can I say that, or is it too explicit already?) , it's quite possible for Mycroft to give them their blessing, too. He WANTS his brother to be alright, after all!

And I agree that "trouble in paradise" is a great line for Mycroft/Mark!!!

 
There are a couple of fanfics actually, where Mycroft playa the part of a somehow weird cupid. Well, in a Mycroft-way. The most squishy part I read in " Albion and the woodsman" ( which I found very sweet), where there is a Mycroft who drops by every single day to visit Albion....Naaah, that's not him. And I don't like the Johnlock somehow over sweetly combined with Mystrade and the we have a happy gay foursome. Ugh.

Nono, never assumed you did criticism there. And that's an experience that I make as well, having fun with things that usually are not your cup of tea. Or having a row with a trope you don't like yourself while writing to give someone else a nice surprise, well not to a tortuous extent. The stories are written with very much love. 

All they needed

Thank you for the lovely fic, unknown author, this was just what I needed today. No idea if it was deliberate but Sherlock and John making love in front of the fireplace for me definitely cast out the Magnussen demons. 

And I think that Mycroft being trying to bring and keep Sherlock and John together is very much in accordance with the show. From the beginning Mycroft appreciates John being there for Sherlock and shows his trust in John again and again.

And I forgot my favourite thing - BAMF! Mrs Hudson - yeah! 
 

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I am terribly behind with reading and reviewing. But I want at least leave a few sentences for all those wonderful fics we had in the last couple of days.

Bump in the Night
Oh my! What a ridiculous story! But I mean ridiculous in a very very positive way. What a brilliant idea for a quite tricky prompt. The story was so much fun to read with the ghostbusting girl-group and the slightly hormone-driven teenage brother, who still happened to be the most reasonable of the whole party
The characterizations were wonderful and all the little details about Sherlock's past especially the Turing reference well-conceived. I enjoyed the story a lot and would really like to read a sequel. Please, unknown author?

Nothing’s going to change?
Very exciting story. I like those storylines where Sherlock and/or John discovers their feeling towards the other one in a critical situation. The tension was very well described and the idea of John's encoded message was very good. I loved the part with the Celtic amulet, especially at the end of the story

Guardian
I loved the perspective of the story. Mycroft was so well characterized and I was really mesmerised by how the story developed. When I read the first paragraph I hoped that it would be the grave of the third brother but couldn't be sure until the end. The microphone in Sherlock's coat was a very clever idea to keep Mycroft's perspective and still joining Sherlock and John in their doings.The conversation between Sherlock and Mycroft at the end and especially the last sentence of the story was very moving. Thank you, unknown author.

Something Precious
I am lost of words. This was definitly one of the best series-3-fix-it stories I read so far As other's have already mentioned, the story covered nearly every unresolved part of HLV. The emotion's of Sherlock and John are so beautiful descripted, especially Sherlock's POV The way you brought Harry into the story was wonderful and I liked her character very much. I don't see Mary as a negative person therefore I sometimes have difficulties when she is characterized in stories in a mean way. But it was plausible and believable here. The ending was wonderful, funny ("feck the nurse", "No way...") and heartwarming Many many kudos.

I will comment on the other stories as soon as I read them.

 

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