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Wholocked · April 30, 2014 2:20 am

Er...an Alternate Universe fic set in a Coffee Shop?

Schmiezi · April 30, 2014 7:26 am

Obviously ...

It sounded a bit like there's more to it, like certain tropes that always come up in Coffee Shop AUs or something.

(Of course, I could have simply read the fic to find out myself, but I am too absorbed by SilentAurors fix-it fics. )

Wholocked · May 1, 2014 3:47 am

Okay guys I have deleted all the responses on the Masterlist so that I can re-organise it all into genres or something. This will be a project that takes me a bit of time (obviously) but I needed to be able to post several extra replies to have them all at the top of the thread.

So my apologies to those whose posts got deleted - it's nothing personal I promise!

ETA: I have now edited only the first post (the single chapter fics) into the formatting provided by AO3, and have matched the information for non-AO3 links.

Do we like it, or is the old format better?

See post here: http://sherlock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=39491#p39491

Last edited by Wholocked (May 1, 2014 6:07 am)

Schmiezi · May 1, 2014 9:40 am

I like it.

And I am impressed with how much time you must have invested. Thank you!!

SusiGo · May 1, 2014 9:59 am

Looks fine to me. Thank you for all your efforts.

NotYourHousekeeperDear · May 1, 2014 12:34 pm

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SusiGo wrote:
And now for a very now one, written by the incredible Ivyblossom and Loudest-subtext-in-television (you can guess what she writes about). Unusual POV, really different and so well written. Read it!!

I was a bit disappointed to be honest. I found the second person future tense thing too meta. I couldn't actually get into the scenarios they were painting because it felt like there were too many people in the room. I loved Ivyblossom's previous work so much because I felt like I was in Sherlock's head, or John's head. this felt like I was reading a fanfic with half of tumblr on live webcast chatting about what was going on!

ancientsgate · May 1, 2014 2:26 pm

NotYourHousekeeperDear wrote:
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SusiGo wrote:
And now for a very now one, written by the incredible Ivyblossom and Loudest-subtext-in-television (you can guess what she writes about). Unusual POV, really different and so well written. Read it!!

I was a bit disappointed to be honest. I found the second person future tense thing too meta. I couldn't actually get into the scenarios they were painting because it felt like there were too many people in the room. I loved Ivyblossom's previous work so much because I felt like I was in Sherlock's head, or John's head. this felt like I was reading a fanfic with half of tumblr on live webcast chatting about what was going on!

Yeah, I couldn't read it, gave up after about 10 minutes of trying. The POV thing loomed large in my reading, and frankly, I couldn't relax and just read-- the POV was too odd. What was that supposed to be, some kind of god-like POV or what? I've read 1000s of slash fan fics in the 10 years I've been reading them, written more than a few myself, and I have never run across a POV technique like that. I do give them kudos for originality, anyway!

SusiGo · May 1, 2014 3:01 pm

Well, I really like the idea for once to write from the audience's POV. It took me some minutes to adjust but then it was fine. But I understand that it is not everyone's cup of tea. And it is a good thing that there is so much fanfic from which to choose.
It is a pity that ivyblossom does not write hardly any fanfic these days. Therefore I am very happy about authors like Silent Auror who is enormously productive and excellent at the same time.

tonnaree · May 2, 2014 5:34 pm

"If you close your eyes"
by nothingislittle

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173537/chapters/2390555

This one was dark and emotionally painful but in the end I found it very satisfiying.

SusiGo · May 2, 2014 6:10 pm

I agree. Quite extreme in every respect but well-written.

tonnaree · May 2, 2014 6:12 pm

I was half in tears thorugh most of it.

Schmiezi · May 3, 2014 7:13 am

tonnaree wrote:
"If you close your eyes"
by nothingislittle

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173537/chapters/2390555

This one was dark and emotionally painful but in the end I found it very satisfiying.

That was ... interesting. Thanks for recommending it. I don't see both John and Sherlock that dark, but it was written very convincingly.

Plus, it was hot.

Schmiezi · May 3, 2014 7:21 am

Has someone already recommended this one?

De Ses Cendres[/url] (11454 words) by [url=http://archiveofourown.org/users/AmphigoricSymphony]AmphigoricSymphony
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/Mary Morstan/John Watson, Molly Hooper/Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock Holmes
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Molly Hooper, Greg Lestrade, Sally Donovan, Philip Anderson, Sebastian Moran
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Roller Coaster, Psychological Trauma, Pain, Terrorism, Explosions, BAMF John, Mycroft To The Rescue, Minor Character Death, Major Character Injury, Child Death, Miscarriage, Polyamory, Sort-of, spousal death, widower
Series: Part 2 of Reason and Ashes
Summary:

The sequel to Raison d'être.

PLEASE: Read the tags!

It's a WIP, but updated very regularly. If you like angst, sadness and crying while reading fanfic, this one should be for you.
The same goes for the first part, BTW.

Wholocked · May 4, 2014 12:46 am

I must admit I've been a bit head-in-the-sand with regard to post-season 3 fics or fix-it fics. My head canon just wants to forget season 3 ever happened. I liked the season 2 canon!!! /cries

But that one does keep popping up in most of my searches so I have put it on my Mark to Read Later list on AO3....when I'm in the mood for some...whatever it is.

Thanks Schmiezi!

tonnaree · May 4, 2014 11:19 am

Currently reading School for Scandal. I've grown so fond of teenlock.

Schmiezi · May 5, 2014 8:13 am

Wholocked wrote:
I must admit I've been a bit head-in-the-sand with regard to post-season 3 fics or fix-it fics. My head canon just wants to forget season 3 ever happened. I liked the season 2 canon!!! /cries

In that case, you should check out this one:

Against the Rest of the World[/url] (151699 words) by [url=http://archiveofourown.org/users/SilentAuror]SilentAuror
Chapters: 20/20
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Mary Morstan, and others - Character, Greg Lestrade
Additional Tags: POV Sherlock Holmes, POV First Person, Present Tense, First Time
Summary:

Sherlock has been away from London for nine hundred and twelve days and counting, and has no idea what sort of reception to expect when he finally returns. Post-Reichenbach.

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SolarSystem · May 5, 2014 10:08 am

tonnaree wrote:
"If you close your eyes"
by nothingislittle

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173537/chapters/2390555

This one was dark and emotionally painful but in the end I found it very satisfiying.

I've only read the first chapter so far, and I've read similar sentences before, but nevertheless this just broke me completely:

"I want." Sherlock takes deep breaths. "I want everything. I want to take you apart and write my name all over the inside of you so that when you're put back together you'll never forget that you're mine and that I had you and that you're mine."

SusiGo · May 5, 2014 10:35 am

Yes. This is … intense.

tonnaree · May 5, 2014 11:56 am

SolarSystem wrote:
tonnaree wrote:
"If you close your eyes"
by nothingislittle

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173537/chapters/2390555

This one was dark and emotionally painful but in the end I found it very satisfiying.
I've only read the first chapter so far, and I've read similar sentences before, but nevertheless this just broke me completely:

"I want." Sherlock takes deep breaths. "I want everything. I want to take you apart and write my name all over the inside of you so that when you're put back together you'll never forget that you're mine and that I had you and that you're mine."

Yep, at that point I just shattered. And stayed a wreck for the rest of the story.

SusiGo · May 5, 2014 12:06 pm

I already thought about a new thread with favourite quotes from fanfics. There are sometimes things that stay in my mind for very long.