PPC Rec Center/Lily Winterwood's List

Welcome to Lily's page of fic recs.

I don't usually rec fics, but when I do, I rave about them.

Also, I organise by type of fic before fandom.

BBC Sherlock

 * Glimpse of Gold by TheOtherMaddHatter, rated T


 * Complete, sequel pending
 * Warnings for violence, gore, extremely brutal matriarchial cannibalistic mermaids, Moriarty-brand creepiness
 * Captain Sherlock Holmes lives life on the open sea, bound to no one, and loved in secret by someone who could never hope to reach him. But Pirates are often drawn in by a glimpse of Gold and flashes of innocence.
 * All right, if you're not into AU it might not be your cup of tea, but this is Sherlock in a Pirates of the Caribbean-esque setting. Sherlock as a pirate, essentially. The plot is fantastic; there are some really intense scenes, and I mean intense as in battling and pirating and stuff.
 * Darkling, I Listen by You_Light_The_Sky, rated Teen
 * In-progress (last updated 11 September 2012)
 * Warnings for violence, psychological horror, disturbing-as-hell-demons and witches and whatnot.
 * No one who enters old London ever comes out. They say that the beast devours them. When his sister disappears, John ventures into the dead zone beyond the wall, and finds a brilliant madman under a terrible curse...
 * The imagery is gorgeous. It lends itself to fanart, with so much detail and... yeah. I basically wish with all my heart that this could be published original fiction. It deserves a movie.
 * Most Ghosts Are Idiots by GoldenUsagi, rated General
 * Complete
 * Warnings for obvious character death (it's kinda the premise of the entire thing)
 * The one where Sherlock is already dead but hits it off with John anyway. John returns from Afghanistan later than he did in canon and rents a long vacant flat in Baker Street. But it has a few problems, he discovers, such as the ghost of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock throws books about, plays the violin at all hours, and leaves ominous messages on the bathroom mirror. John settles in regardless, determined not to let a haunted flat get the best of him. Though he does wish Sherlock would stop hiding his cane. Sherlock’s not an ordinary ghost, but then, most ghosts are idiots.
 * This is hilarious. Sherlock makes an amazing(ly annoying) ghost. I love how, despite Sherlock being a ghost, the two still form that infamous friendship and bicker like Sherlock's alive. (Also, it's plain damn funny.)

Casefics (BBC Sherlock only, for now)

 * Concertos and Blackmail; or, The Updated Adventure of Charles Agustus Milverton by hoc_voluerunt, rated PG-13
 * Complete
 * Warnings for non-graphic violence, swearing, dubiously legal actions (if you know the original story, you know what they're up to).
 * It's around about when John's in a white dinner jacket, shooting out security cameras and running from guards through the skyscraper of a media tycoon-cum-gentleman blackmailer, that he realises he's probably gone well and truly mad. He couldn't really care less, though. And hey -- he and Sherlock started out sharing a flat; how appropriate if they end up sharing a prison cell. (Case!fic based on the original ACD story The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton.)
 * An amazing update of MILV. It stays true to the heart of the original and yet adds modern quirks and touches, much like the rest of BBC Sherlock. You can almost hear the violin music in the concerto scene. Also, technically John and Sherlock are supposed to be just bros in this, but if you have slash goggles with those two you can definitely read it as such. Gorgeous writing and excellent characterisation.


 * Not Yet Dead by Castiron, rated Teen
 * Complete
 * Warning for major character death.
 * Sherlock Holmes has long been fascinated with (and haunted by) the tragic story of his namesake cousin. When his nightmares about it grow unbearable and he starts seeing hypnotherapist Jim Moriarty, however, Sherlock begins to wonder whether he himself is his cousin's reincarnation. Have Sherlock and the modern John Watson known each other before this life? Can Sherlock solve a nineteenth-century murder and prove the historic Dr. Watson innocent, and also solve the current string of oddly-posed unidentified corpses?
 * The plot twists are incredible. Let's start with that. The plot twists are incredible, the melding of BBC and ACD canons almost flawless, and who doesn't enjoy a good reincarnation fic? Technically this also fits under AU, since it diverges from BBC and ACD canons after BLIN and FINA, respectively.

Crossovers

 * 221B Bag End series by ElderberryWine, rated Teen (I'd say PG-15)
 * In-progress? It's a series; who knows.
 * No significant warnings, as far as I know
 * Lord of the Rings/Sherlock Holmes crossover AU.
 * Okay, this is an amazing series. It’s basically Frodo and Sam as Holmes and Watson - ACD Holmes and Watson, too. There are clever callouts to the ACD canon (the Garridebs reference in the first one particularly comes to mind) and the love shown between both Frodo and Sam and Holmes and Watson is evident in every scene. My only issues are that the love scenes get a bit repetitious and that Watson’s voice tends to overpower Sam’s, but overall the series is excellent and needs more love. Read especially if you ship Johnlock and/or Frodo/Sam.

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