BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Good Sherlock Metas?

**Posted by Jawn** March 20, 2016 9:20 pm

Has anyone read any good Sherlock metas? I honestly don't care about the topic (Johnlock conspiracy, Mary, Reichenbach theories, etc, I'm good with anything), but I just want something to get me thinking. I know loudest-subtext-on-television on tumblr had some good ones but their blog is down and I have no idea how to find them now...

Additionally, any suggestions on how to write good Sherlock metas would be extremely helpful

Thanks!

**Posted by ukaunz** March 20, 2016 10:14 pm

I like The Final Problem's tumblr and this one in particular
http://finalproblem.tumblr.com/post/91922571645/down-in-the-valley

**Posted by SusiGo** March 20, 2016 10:20 pm

Well, let me point out some authors I can recommend:

wellthengameover
deducingbbcsherlock
ivyblossom
sherlockmeta
xistentialangst
beejohnlocked
miadifferent
jenna221b
the-7-percent-solution

and others.

I have written some myself if you want to have a look:

http://gosherlocked.tumblr.com/metas.com

P.S. I am moving the topic to our General Discussion.

**Posted by kgreen20** March 20, 2016 10:32 pm

Wellingtongoose's tumblr and LiveJournal accounts, which I highly recommend.

http://wellingtongoose.tumblr.com/

http://wellingtongoose.livejournal.com/

Last edited by kgreen20 (March 20, 2016 10:32 pm)

**Posted by Jawn** March 20, 2016 11:38 pm

Thanks so much, everyone! I'll definitely be reading these tonight!

**Posted by ukaunz** March 21, 2016 8:35 am

Another meta writer I enjoy reading
http://asherlockstudy.tumblr.com

**Posted by Vhanja** March 21, 2016 10:58 am

kgreen20 wrote:
Wellingtongoose's tumblr and LiveJournal accounts, which I highly recommend.

http://wellingtongoose.tumblr.com/

http://wellingtongoose.livejournal.com/

I was going to recommend her as well, my favorite Sherlock meta writer!

**Posted by Harriet** March 21, 2016 11:17 am

Refreshing and bright Video TJLC metas here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKUQWjx8aGnCmXgfAlqiuMg/videos

**Posted by Jawn** March 21, 2016 11:41 pm

These are all so good! I'm hopefully going to start writing some of my own soon, these really helped me figure out where to start.

Thanks a ton!

**Posted by Liberty** March 22, 2016 8:34 am

You might like this: http://multifandom-madnesss.tumblr.com/meta+makers It's about some of the meta writers, their writing process, their thoughts on the fandom, etc. (Sadly, not everybody is still around). It might be particularly interesting if you're thinking of writing your own metas, but it's a good read either way!

And by the same person, this: http://multifandom-madnesss.tumblr.com/meta is quite a useful reference if there's anything you want to look up.

Last edited by Liberty (March 22, 2016 8:54 am)

**Posted by Gwyndall** March 22, 2016 4:54 pm

I have been able to read loudest-subtext-in-television's work via the WayBack Machine Internet Archive. Some of the entries weren't preserved, but you can read most of her work there. It's a shame she was driven from the fandom. Here's a master list of her metas:
https://web.archive.org/web/20151020182509/http://loudest-subtext-in-television.tumblr.com/metas

**Posted by Harriet** March 22, 2016 8:20 pm

Thanks for sharing this, those are paramount!

**Posted by ukaunz** March 22, 2016 8:38 pm

Does the way back machine preserve things forever?

**Posted by Harriet** March 22, 2016 8:53 pm

*realizes with a slight panic she has only one digital copy of M-Theory and adds some safety copies to external drive*

**Posted by Jawn** March 23, 2016 1:44 am

Gwyndall wrote:
I have been able to read loudest-subtext-in-television's work via the WayBack Machine Internet Archive. Some of the entries weren't preserved, but you can read most of her work there. It's a shame she was driven from the fandom. Here's a master list of her metas:
https://web.archive.org/web/20151020182509/http://loudest-subtext-in-television.tumblr.com/metas

Ahh! Thank you!!!! I've been searching for a copy of her metas!

Additionally, I found another tumblr account with some nice ones, in case anyone else is interested. http://archipelagoarchaea.tumblr.com/meta . She's very detailed, and very interesting.

**Posted by Jawn** March 23, 2016 3:01 am

Liberty wrote:
You might like this: http://multifandom-madnesss.tumblr.com/meta+makers It's about some of the meta writers, their writing process, their thoughts on the fandom, etc. (Sadly, not everybody is still around). It might be particularly interesting if you're thinking of writing your own metas, but it's a good read either way!

I just read this series and I was looking for something exactly like this! Definitely gave me an idea of how to get where I want to go with writing metas. Thanks so much!

**Posted by Gwyndall** March 23, 2016 3:45 pm

ukaunz wrote:
Does the way back machine preserve things forever?

I don't know about "forever" but I know a website that has snapshots back as far as 2003.