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Harriet · February 2, 2014 3:32 pm

Didn't know where else to post this:

Lily · February 2, 2014 4:13 pm

Found this story earlier today:

Come Apart at the Seams by harlequindreaming.
"Sherlock's often considered his body and everything else as merely transport for his brain. Then the transport starts to malfunction and everything goes to pieces."

I was halfway through the story when I realised that I was crying. Still not entirely okay.

SusiGo · February 2, 2014 10:14 pm

Harriet wrote:
Didn't know where else to post this:

Great job, Harriet. And there are lots and lots for him to read.

Harriet · February 2, 2014 10:15 pm

Eeeek - you put those *glasses* on!

SusiGo · February 2, 2014 10:28 pm

Sorry, they are John's reading glasses. Nothing else.

Harriet · February 2, 2014 10:29 pm

"John-Reading Glasses"! Fine!

mrshouse · February 3, 2014 9:39 am

Well in the lovely rhine area it's freezing cold today, so to warm up a little fluffy-fluff....
https://archiveofourown.org/works/187762

ancientsgate · February 5, 2014 3:45 am

http://archiveofourown.org/works/682743/chapters/1252649
A Shipless Ocean by myswordfishmind
Ten years after the fall, Sherlock goes back to London to find that John no longer lives there. Instead he resides in a seaside town, a widower, and the father of a seven year old son. Now, Sherlock must struggle with the fact that there may no longer be a place for him in this new world.

SusiGo · February 5, 2014 7:44 am

I read that one a while ago, it was quite moving. I can recommend it as well.

Wholocked · February 7, 2014 9:22 am

Here's one I just found, presumably written after season one called The Empty House and while you're there, check out her other stuff as well
http://doodle-writes.livejournal.com/29455.html

Wholocked · February 13, 2014 2:02 am

Masterlist is (finally) updated.

Wholocked · February 17, 2014 12:21 am

Here's one I just finished. It's quite a combo of genres/tropes. Casefic, Sherlock hiring a prostitute, eventual Johnlock etc. I enjoyed it. Not the greatest ever, but certainly worth a read

Cannot Help But Fall
John really hadn’t expected to come down for his morning tea on a normal Baker St Sunday and find a strange man asleep on the sofa.

SusiGo · February 17, 2014 7:36 am

So here are two series 3 Johnlock fics I enjoyed. They are based on what happens in the series and continue to tell their own stories.

"Act IV"
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1169857

"Deductions of a Lesser Mind"
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1144158

ancientsgate · February 20, 2014 11:34 pm

OK, madlori has finally begun posting her Performance in a Leading Role sequel, which is titled
Lifetime Achievement.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1214155?view_adult=true
Unfortunately, it'll be 10 chapters, and she's only posting one each Thursday for the next 10 weeks, so I might wait until it's mostly all posted to start reading. To me, waiting a week between chapters is just crazy-- I won't enjoy it, read that way. Anyway, it should be a good one! Happy reading, everyone.

tonnaree · February 20, 2014 11:52 pm

ancientsgate wrote:
OK, madlori has finally begun posting her Performance in a Leading Role sequel, which is titled
Lifetime Achievement.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1214155?view_adult=true
Unfortunately, it'll be 10 chapters, and she's only posting one each Thursday for the next 10 weeks, so I might wait until it's mostly all posted to start reading. To me, waiting a week between chapters is just crazy-- I won't enjoy it, read that way. Anyway, it should be a good one! Happy reading, everyone.

*happy dance*

tobeornot221b · February 21, 2014 5:06 am

ancientsgate wrote:
OK, madlori has finally begun posting her Performance in a Leading Role sequel, which is titled
Lifetime Achievement.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1214155?view_adult=true
Unfortunately, it'll be 10 chapters, and she's only posting one each Thursday for the next 10 weeks, so I might wait until it's mostly all posted to start reading. To me, waiting a week between chapters is just crazy-- I won't enjoy it, read that way. Anyway, it should be a good one! Happy reading, everyone.

I already knew - but thanks for the reminder!

Wholocked · February 21, 2014 5:14 am

I am re-reading PIALR in preparation :D

KeepersPrice · February 21, 2014 4:48 pm

SusiGo wrote:
So here are two series 3 Johnlock fics I enjoyed. They are based on what happens in the series and continue to tell their own stories.

"Act IV"
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1169857

"Deductions of a Lesser Mind"
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1144158

I haven't quite finished it yet but "Deductions of a Lesser Mind" is really superb. It reads like a dream (as in written by someone who writes like a professional) and it's an excellent Johnlock answer to some of the unease I felt watching HLV. Thanks for rec'ing Susi. This story really hits the spot for me.

tonnaree · February 21, 2014 6:10 pm

Often I will love a story but have no desire to see anything similar happen in the series. "Deductions of a Lesser Mind" is a good example of that. I would rather they not go in that direction with Mary.

Going to read "Act IV" this weekend.

KeepersPrice · February 22, 2014 1:44 pm

tonnaree wrote:
Often I will love a story but have no desire to see anything similar happen in the series. "Deductions of a Lesser Mind" is a good example of that. I would rather they not go in that direction with Mary.

Going to read "Act IV" this weekend.

Agree! It's great, but only as an imaginative alternate reality.