BreathingIsBoring wrote:

I am sorry about not being able to comment. I confess that I've been swamped with exams and schoolwork for a while, every single week... If anyone's familiar with the IB diploma program, you know what I'm talking about I'll be able to read and comment over break, and I wouldn't dare not leave a comment on the fic written for me. That would have been heartbreaking to me; I can't imagine doing it to someone else. 

Winter break starts on Saturday. After I catch my breath from Star Wars (hehe), I'd be happy to contribute to the collective missing prompts via fanart or another fic. 

I hear that-- I've been running around like a chicken with my head off for a while, now. By the way-- your fic is done. 
 

RavenMorganLeigh wrote:

I'm *finally* getting to read the fics. I am blown away by the talent on this board. Blown away!!! 

Dear, I have converted your fic into a html file and will post it soon.

(Actually, the point of the SECRET Santa was to keep the identity of the writer secret. As you have posted your fic on AO3 already AND wrote down here who you are writing for, I think that ship has sailed in your case.)

Still, could you consider erasing your post and take it off AO3 for another few days?

Mammals

Aaaaww...
Sweet little parentlock (which I hardly read...) which gave me a very good feeling in my chest. I feel soooooo very much for John, struggling with those tiring first weeks after birth, I remember it so well: nappies, feeding, gainig enough weight, grasping some much needed sleep... Gah... Nice touch that Sherlock knows that much about babycare, of course from a scientific point of view, us Johnlockers love some good science.
Had to laugh at the bit with the hands and the deduction teaching at the beginning.
And you managed to bring the elements of love in a very both sweet and hot way.
Thank you, dear unknown author.
 

MAMMALs

Ultimate cuteness! Adorable, lovely and wonderful.

It was a nice touch to tell part of this story with the help of health-surveillance forms, we didn´t needed many words about Mary that way and yet we could guess with precision what really happened. John´s narrator´s voice ballanced that perfectly.

Sherlock as a baby-caretaker... I can´t believe I am saying this but I adored him in the role! He was his very self, excentric and sporting the most unusual ideas and yet so very perfect while tending to little Jasmine. His scientific knowledge was impressive - finally a story that used his range of wisdom in a useful way and didn´t portray him as a complete moron. I love how you described him here, dear author.

Sherlock singing "Somewhere over the rainbow".... wow! Extremely sweet. (Of course, I presume, he didn´t sing a disco version from Marusha but that he had chosen Judy Garland´s dreamy and nostalgic original.)
 
John was a typically stressed parent – that´s probably why he was throwing all those „psychopaths“ around – but still very caring. The detail how baby was clutching to his chest moved me almost to tears right at the beginning. And speaking of chests... imagining him and Sherlock with their shirts unbuttoned.... hmmmm.
 
I was a bit sad when you mentioned that John „kind of escaped to Scotland“ from Sherlock. I cannot imagine what feeling it had to be for Sherlock to come into the hospital as usual and find both John and baby gone, without the word of explanation. Still, John returned after all and the detective deduced meanwhile that he would, so that „sour note“ was not so severe. Great ending with that mammals reference!
 
Really an enjoyable, shiny Christmas gift have you given to us, dear unknown author.  


 

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Body Snatchers

Great title!
I think this was once again a very good story. The case-plot was very well constructed and Sherlock and  John were extremly in character. Poor John, Sherlock did behave like a prick sometimes.
Although I had a suspicion in which direction the story might lead, the conclusion was still a shock and very sad. I really liked that Sherlock was bothered emotionally as well in the end. He isn't the heardless sociopath after all.
There were a lot of hilarious moments in the story I liked, e.g.
- the meeting between John and Mycroft
- Sherlock playing golf (including the correct outfit) - John's disguise -  "...if he weren’t looking like a seventies rock star long past his heyday..." can please somebody made a sketch from that Scene - Sherlock throwing the cosy out of the window
Oh and I like that story begins and ends with Sherlock offering tea to John, that had a nice touch.


Mammals

D'awww again
I am always so impressed how it is possible to put so much into a relativly short story. It was once again such a sweet John-and-Sherlock-just-belong-together-story. I liked the way, Sherlock behaves. On the one hand he is very scientific regarding the treatment of Jasmine but on the other hand very tender and loving. Nice idea how to get Mary out of the way, though I had to google what AWOL means.

Last edited by stoertebeker (December 17, 2015 12:47 pm)

Schmiezi wrote:

RavenMorganLeigh wrote:

Schmiezi wrote:

Dear, I have converted your fic into a html file and will post it soon.

(Actually, the point of the SECRET Santa was to keep the identity of the writer secret. As you have posted your fic on AO3 already AND wrote down here who you are writing for, I think that ship has sailed in your case.)

Still, could you consider erasing your post and take it off AO3 for another few days?

Done. I deleted it.  Thanks for putting up with me-- I know I've been a bit-- discombobulated.

Never mind. I wouldn't have learnt the word "discombobulated" without you!

Well, it's a good thing I've learned to say, "Ja, es tut mir leid!" and Enschuldtigung!" Bitte!

Christmas is ForGiving
 
Wow, what an unusual Dark!John tale for Christmas! Still, it was quite interesting. The portrayal of John, trapped under the weight of his bad choices, suffocating in the atmosphere of ordinarity which is so crippling to him, being unhappy with the mundane, gray, listless existence... yes, I think that this would be John´s fate without Sherlock. The separation from the detective who impersonates the meaning of John´s life would not be beneficial to our good doctor.
 
Mary´s disappearance and her later fate was a nice touch, if she dramatically died in this story, it would steal the light from John´s tragedy. It was much better in this way. Also, the information about her „assassin´s gear“ being used and about the murder she commited was chilling... once again a bitter remainder of why it is a bad idea to choose living with an unrepentant assassin. It would be just a question of time until such relationship exploded into shambles.
 
Very angsty scene of John´s drunken night and his reunion of Sherlock, very bitter, cruel, unreasonable words being thrown around... and yeti t was beautiful how safe and at ease John felt when he suddenly found himself back in Baker Street. Also, it was good how he backpeddaled when his violent side was tempting him at the sight of Sherlock...
 
The dark story of two very damaged men, indeed and yet the warm hint of forgiveness and acceptance and the first rays of hope shone through the ending of it. Thank you for that, dear unknown author.
 

Finally found the time for some comments...


[b]God Rest You, Dr. Watson[/b]

Such a sweet story! Poor John - although I enjoyed imagining Mycroft helping carry him (and the shopping) - awfully nice of him! And I also enjoyed thinking of Sherlock investigating the case of a missing husky!

(The Tunalock story - I *love* that Shrlock is a 'beautiful slender tuna'  and OMG MYCROFT IS AN OCTOPUS I am dead hahah. SUCH a cute story!)

[b]A Singular Gentleman[/b]

Such an interesting and original story.  I liked the novelty of it, and how the characters were depicted in this universe - and the fact that they were still very much 'them' despite the totally different circumstances. I also have a weak spot for the writing and the language used....very nice.




 

Molly Hooper´s Last Boyfriend

Dear unknown authors, do you want to give me a stroke right before this Christmas? 

Just yesterday we had this very angsty fic and bam! Today it´s followed by another, even darker and angstier. Brrr!

Your story, dear author, is a very original take on canonical case of "Illustrious Client" and I really enjoyed how you built the scenes on canon, but still gave me a load of big surprises throughout the tale. The reappearance of Irene Adler was a great idea and her role in the action as a badass satisfied me to no end. I loved your interactions between John and Sherlock. John´s fear and his rush into the hospital after "the murderous attack on Sherlock Holmes" made it to the papers was just as moving as in Doyle´s original and your canon-compliant remark about Chinese pottery made me laugh.

And yet that ending! Poor Molly´s cruel fate! I´m crying. I had a foreboding of dark things to come when I saw "unhappy ending" among your prompts and God, did you manage to create an unhappy ending of gigantic proportions, indeed. 

Baron Gruner was positively demonic here. So glad Irene Adler had repaid him his perversity as he deserved. Still, I´m brokenhearted. Gotta go and see a stream of cute kittens videos to make my mood better. 

This is very good news.