@TeeJay

You're into Sherlock BBC now, too?! *beams* I know that fandom (and adore it utterly)! \o/

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Well, I wouldn't consider myself an active fan, and I'm not following the fandom too closely (other than sometimes skimming through the admittedly mostly uninteresting things tagged 'Sherlock' on Tumblr and watching one of the LJ comms). But, yes, I am definitely into Sherlock BBC.

It came highly recommended by a good friend of mine, so I finally checked it out last month. And then bought the Blu-rays after watching the pilot because I was sure I was gonna love it. And I did. It's awesome.

I don't think I'm gonna go as far as writing fanfic for it, mainly because I find it so difficult to make the characters sound right, and mainly because I'm not into the whole slash thing (which seems to be the predominant inclination in this fandom as well -- is there any show with two male leads where that doesn't happen?) and because I haven't really had anything spinning in my head that I feel needs to be written down. I think Cami said you hadn't watched s2 yet, so I'll refrain from metioning something I was about to write. Cause there is this one thing I do wonder. But anyway... :-)

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I don't think I'd dare try and write for it, either! And, yup, slash pretty much dominates in the fanfic world (though I've found a few gems that keep me wanting moar). I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan for a long time, so it's not really a new to loving the characters. I'm in complete awe, though, of how they've made a modernized version, with younger Sherlock and John, work so well.

Aaand, we have actually seen S2 now, (not unexpectedly) cruel finale and all. So spoil away! :D

*needs more SH iconz*

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See, the thing is, I usually speak English with a British accent, so this shouldn't be hard for me to write. But I've just been watching so much US and Canadian TV that all my expressions and some pronunciations are American rather than British. (Yes, this is bad.) :-)

I found it incredibly hard to find Gen Sherlock fic. A very nice fan sent me a Gen reclist the other day, and I haven't been able to go through all of it yet, but do you have anything you can readily recommend off the top of your head? I'm really craving post Reichenbach fic, specifically where John and Sherlock are reunited. (That should be interesting to watch when it finally airs!)

I had a Sherlock Holmes phase when I was teen and devoured all the books. But I must admit that I haven't touched them since. I don't even know if I still have them. Probably on my parents' attic somewhere. But, yes, the modernized version of the concept is just wonderful. Moffat and Gatiss are geniuses! So well cast, too.

After I'd watched the show, I knew I needed some icons, so I made some. Feel free to snag.

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Ironically, I've found that I have been watching/reading so much that's British, that I have British expressions creeping into my vocabulary. And I love ttheir expressions--even though I'd never intentionally (seriously) try using them in conversation, 'cause I'd just sound ridiculous. ^^ But more than that...writing Sherlock's Intellect is just too intimidating. :P

As for recs... Try checking out:
Anything by KCScribbler: http://kcscribbler.livejournal.com/ (She does all Gen, and has a WIP kid!fic that Is. Phenomenal.)
Here's a post-Reichenbach WIP: http://strapped-wrist.livejournal.com/8635.html (9 parts so far, with no reunion--but it's quite well done so far)
A light-hearted post-Reichenbach reunion: http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/17487.html?thread=102521423#t102521423
John!angst: http://messageredacted.livejournal.com/25350.html
An interesting dystopian AU: http://trolllogicfics.livejournal.com/69817.html
Sick!fic: http://ariadnes-string.livejournal.com/43484.html
Loved this: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6212474/1/Explosions_Literal_and_Otherwise

Sorry if John!whump isn't your prefered cuppa, because it rather is mine (some of the authors, such as ariadnes, have fics that give equal treatment to Sherlock). :3

Could I have that gen rec list you mentioned? *grabby hands*

I'll check out your icons, for sure. ;)

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Just yesterday, when I was watching Sherlock with my German friend who's been living in the UK for over ten years, I realized just how much of the UK-specific stuff I don't know. Cause she had to explain to me what an ASBO was. You never cease learning new things! Proof that watching TV can be entirely educational.

Thanks so much for those recs. I will surely look at them. I just e-mailed you the rec list I have. And you're asking me if John!Whump isn't my cuppa?! Hello?!! I'm the whump junkie. I don't care who gets whumped. Bring it on!!! :-D

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Thanks so much for sending the list! It's been fantastic so far. Your friend is a wonderful person. :DDD

"And you're asking me if John!Whump isn't my cuppa?! Hello?!! I'm the whump junkie."

*palmforehead* What was I thinking?! *grin*

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Truth be told, she isn't even a friend. Just a very nice fan who answered my desperate search for true Sherlock gen fic in one of the LJ comms. :-) I only looked at a few of the post Reichenbach fics on there. I totally need, like, three weeks off to read all the great stuff out there (and it's not just Sherlock).

Btw, I wrote a cute little ficlet myself the other day as a response to a prompt that just popped into my head. Care to read? (http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/338410.html?thread=59880426#t59880426) (So, yeah, apparently I *can* write Sherlock fanfic if prompted right...)

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Actually, unlike with some other fandoms, there are actually gen writers in it. Though the slash writers more or less hijacked the best fic-meme out there, but with the Sherlock Fandom it's more a big come together, and a lot of writers oparate in the "it could be slash, but I don't tell" realm, the show itself mostly operates in too.

Love the show, too, btw, but the long waits between the season are something else. Not that I complain too much, considering the rare high-quality TV which is the result.

I have my own theory about the end of season 2 - care to hear?

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I've just probably not looked in the right places for the gen fanfic. The comm I'm following is terrible with tagging. About 80% of the fics tagged 'gen' are actually Johnlock slash. But it's okay, I have a pretty long reclist now that I'll look through when I find the time.

Sure, hit me with your theory! Btw, Moffat or Gatiss said somewhere that there's a clue about what happened at the end of Reichenbach in The Blind Banker. I've since rewatched that episode twice, and I'm just not seeing it. Very frustrating.

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AO3 is a pretty good source...just filter the gen stories out (and pay attention if there is a pairing in the header). I have found some pretty good ones there.

Though, in this particular fandom, it pays off not to be picky. There are some pretty good, plotty slash fics in it.

Okay:
Clue 1: Sherlock asked Molly for help. She would be certainly able to fake an autopsy for him.
Clue 2: When John is called away, Sherlock is playing with a baseball. What for? That's not really his usual behaviour. But there is this old trick, where you put a baseball under your arm in order to pretent not to have a pulse.
Clue 3: When this big car? LKW? Truck? turns up in front of Barts, Sherlock asks Moriaty to step back from the ledge. So he can't see what's going on down the street.
Clue 4: He also asks John to go back, making sure that this garage is in HIS way, so John can't see the street beyond Sherlock neither.
Clue 5: The way Sherlock falls, with the long coat and the arms spread out, he would slow down his fall a little bit...not much, but if there is not the hard street under him, but something soft instead, ie on top of this truck, it wouldn't be hard to survive the fall. The roof is not THAT high.
Clue 6: The biker turns up pretty convenient to stop John from immediatly looking behind the garage. Enough time for Sherlock to roll himself from whatever he really fell on to the street (and put some fake blood/red spray paint on him). We even see the truck driving away.
Clue 7: All the people turning up are pretty fast, and very insistent to bring Sherlock away immediatly. Preplanned helper?

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That actually sounds like a really plausible theory. I never noticed, but I just watched that scene again, and you're right. There's this lorry there that drives away just as John runs to look at Sherlock's body. While I thought it was obvious that the bike driver who hits John was staged to delay John finding the body, I think your back-of-the-lorry theory is pretty sound. Sherlock could have put a thick air-cushion on there or something else to break the fall. I don't think he could have just landed on a lorry without anything to break the fall from that height. And this building between John and the street was also pretty convenient, and I also never really noticed that. I suck at deduction. ;-)

And, yes, of course Molly would have played a part in a) all the blood on the street when John sees Sherlock's body and b) making sure everyone will believe that Sherlock is actually dead. No doubt about it.

I'm pretty sure Sherlock staged the whole thing, including paramedics and everything. Maybe even the crowd that gathered there. He's meticulous like that, isn't he?

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Yeah, the first thought I had after this scene was "why did he insist that John goes back?" John could have seen him from his former position just as well. And then I concluded that it was less about what John could see and more about what John couldn't see from this other position, and that was the street.

But I admit, the only reason I noticed the baseball was because the very same trick was featured in a Mentalist episode, which happend to air the same week.

I'm wondering if Mycroft was involved in the plan or not.

I didn't know that there is supposed to be a clue in "The blind Baker". Now I have to rewatch it, too.

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starrylizard.livejournal.com

*butts in* Did you notice early in S2, the scene in which Mycroft says "MRS HUDSON" and Sherlock gets annoyed, the neswpaper he is reading has an article about renovations going on in St Barts? That has to be in the solution somewhere, right?

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I did notice, but I heart that the audiocommentar in the DVD is saying something about it, which dispelled the connection. Since I don't own the DVD yet, I couldn't hear it and judge for myself yet.

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starrylizard.livejournal.com

Interesting! I've not managed to look at my DVDs yet.

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starrylizard.livejournal.com

I now feel less silly for putting out a Twirly Sherly rap! :D
It'd be fun to vid this! :P

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Nope, not silly at all. If you vid it, I'd totally watch it!

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OMG!! So funny lol!!!! Well, I have to say that the whole wardrobe (minus maybe the silk robe) is quite flattering lol. But making a song about the purple shirt? I had quite a good laugh :)))

Oh BTW, I've been "scared" to go into fanfic because as you know I'm not into slash eiher. Could you recommend some to me? I tried the links on the above comments but they didn't work...

Oooo now Caffrey on a tight purple shirt.....

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