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**Posted by holmes23** December 10, 2013 2:18 pm

Extract from Sherlock Holmes' mental diary

Loved this fic so much .A perfect combination of humour and feelings, as Susi commented. Mycroft's cameo appearace is like icing on sn already delicious cake. Me as well enjoyed the 'might or might not' string about Holmes brothers, "so in character for both of them" as Wholocked stated..This is the very story I needed after an exhaustive day to cheer me up. Thank you unknown author

**Posted by SherlockianDE** December 10, 2013 4:23 pm

Extract from Sherlock Holmes' mental diary

What a great story! It was absolutely hilarious, I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard loved the bit about Sherlock writing Christmas cards to serial killers (when I read those names, I was wondering whether I should know those people or not )... and Sherlock getting banned from all the shops! Very much in character. And the emotion at the end was also wonderful

Everything will be OK

I'm a sucker for sickfics, so this was a great read. Good thing the story had that title though, otherwise I would reaaally have feared for John ... I liked how Sherlock learned to handle the situation. And the two original characters were really interesting! Would like to read about them again

Last edited by SherlockianDE (December 10, 2013 5:39 pm)

**Posted by crazybbcamerican** December 10, 2013 6:38 pm

Sherlock's Mental Diary
Love it, love it, love it! Did I mention that I love it? That was a wonderful pick me up first thing this morning. Excellent, and oh yeah, I would love to hear more about the Eggnog Incident :D

**Posted by Ormond Sacker** December 10, 2013 6:44 pm

Extract from Sherlock Holmes' mental diary

I wanted to quote my favourite parts from this story, but discovered that that would mean quoting all of it

**Posted by crazybbcamerican** December 11, 2013 1:12 am

Ormond Sacker wrote:
Extract from Sherlock Holmes' mental diary

I wanted to quote my favourite parts from this story, but discovered that that would mean quoting all of it

You know, I'll second that :D

**Posted by holmes23** December 11, 2013 2:20 am

crazybbcamerican wrote:
Ormond Sacker wrote:
Extract from Sherlock Holmes' mental diary

I wanted to quote my favourite parts from this story, but discovered that that would mean quoting all of it
You know, I'll second that :D

Me as well

**Posted by SusiGo** December 12, 2013 7:25 am

Another First Encounter

Quite a different take on Sherlock and John's first encounter which I like very much. I could feel the tension in 221B from the very first moment. And I admire the way you dealt with the Vampire request.
And the braces are lovely as well as very AU. Bravo.

My favourite sentence: “Well, Detective Inspector, four weeks ago a dead Klingon at a Star Trek Convention, two months prior to that a Hobbit drew his last breath at a Lord of the Rings Convention. And now a vampire is lying dead at a Fantasy gathering. I’m sensing a pattern here, wouldn’t you agree?”

**Posted by NotYourHousekeeperDear** December 12, 2013 7:27 am

Another First Encounter

What a prompt that was! If I had got that one on my first ever attempt at writing fanfic I would have freaked! The author did really well, it was an entertaining, fun read, actually would have loved to have known more about the case at the beginning... Very imaginative!

**Posted by Schmiezi** December 12, 2013 7:40 am

Another First Encounter

I love the clever way you dealt with the prompt. Sherlock being a vampire would have been the most obvious approach, and you avoided that by using your own ideas. I don't think you've cheated. You've been creative, and what more is there to ask for!

**Posted by holmes23** December 12, 2013 11:04 am

Another First Encounter

Why I am thinking of Irene Adler as a vampire! May be because she isn't my fav character . As others said you are very imaginative. With that tough prompt, you have done a good job, unknown author, especially when you are a first time writer.Welldone Because of my very limited knowledge of fanfics, it's the first time I came to know what AU is. I liked your approch to Sherlock and John's first encounter. It makes me think that their encounter at a crime scene or in the course of an investigation is more plausible than the original one.

**Posted by crazybbcamerican** December 12, 2013 1:10 pm

Another First Encounter

Oh my gosh! First let me say that you, dear unnamed author, tapped right into my one-day-hope-to-go-to-ComicCon-heart. I was hooked from the very first line...and the tension! Woof!

Secondly, you have never written anything like this before, ever? Honestly, I would have never known! That was well done, and I hope it was as much fun to write as it was to read :D As John would say: Brilliant!

**Posted by Harriet** December 12, 2013 1:33 pm

Another First Encounter

Oh, the details!

**Posted by Be** December 12, 2013 2:12 pm

Harriet wrote:
Extract from Sherlock Holmes' mental diary

made me laugh a lot! And it's also sweet and touching (Dec22), a perfect story for me!

Yes. Perfect and in character. I like his description of christmas.

**Posted by SherlockianDE** December 12, 2013 6:15 pm

Another First Encounter

That was a very clever idea of approaching that prompt! I would have been lost about what to write if had gotten it Very nice story, and I also liked the murder-at-conventions-theme... I'm sure John had to explain to Sherlock what in the world Klingons and Hobbits are

**Posted by Marva** December 12, 2013 6:20 pm

Another First Encounter

I amso glad I didn't get that prompt! Cleverly solved, dear anonymous author! I especially liked this line:
“I don’t even know you”, John said. Sherlock smiled and answered: “I’d like to say the same about you, but… well, that would be a lie.”

**Posted by SherlockianDE** December 12, 2013 6:26 pm

I just wanted to add, I'll be away without internet access from tomorrow until Monday night - so in case "my" story gets posted during that time: dear anonymous author, please don't wonder why I'm not commenting... I'll read everything on Tuesday at the latest

**Posted by holmes23** December 14, 2013 11:34 am

Isn't a Santa Fic due today?

**Posted by Kerkerian** December 14, 2013 11:56 am

holmes23 wrote:
Isn't a Santa Fic due today?

It seems I've been spoiling you by posting the majority of the other fics quite early (before going to work, that is). Which isn't necessarily doable at the weekends, though, since my family and pet demand attention as well.
The fic is up now.

**Posted by holmes23** December 14, 2013 1:10 pm

Kerkerian wrote:
holmes23 wrote:
Isn't a Santa Fic due today?
It seems I've been spoiling you by posting the majority of the other fics quite early (before going to work, that is). Which isn't necessarily doable at the weekends, though, since my family and pet demand attention as well.
The fic is up now.

I apologise to you Kerkerian for my insensitiveness. It seems, as you said, I have been spoilt and, have been checking every now and then if the story is up. The time difference also gave me wrong notion.

**Posted by holmes23** December 14, 2013 1:37 pm

John, Sherlock, texting, getting drunk
(I used the prompt as there is no title)

love this story soooooooo much Great fun, I can't stop laughing Sherlock and John are very much in character. I have got a lot of favourite quotes, and two among them are:
JOHNTHESKULLISPLOTIGTOKILUS - SH
SHE DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING. SHE KEEPS LOOKING AT MY SHIRT