AN EMO TORCHWOOD DREAM!? SRSLY?

So basically, it was The End of Time, the bit where Ten is going around to say goodbye to all his companions, but instead of finding Jack on some space cruiser, he finds him being all emo in some desolate landscape, and his "gift" to Jack, instead of sexytiems with Alonso, is removing all of Jack's memories of Ianto (Donna-style). So the Doctor buggers off to regenerate, and leaves Jack all alone, not knowing that even though all Jack's memories of Ianto are gone, all the grief is still there*, AND IT WON'T GO AWAY, BECAUSE JACK DOESN'T KNOW WHY IT'S THERE.

And then a few centuries down the track, Jack meets some indirect descendant of Ianto's who looks just like him, and together they have to piece together the mystery of who Ianto was for Reasons That My Dream Wasn't Very Clear On.

BUT IT WAS REALLY SAD, YOU GUYS.

*Like Amy with Rory, except I didn't draw that parallel in my dream.

Just a quick note to say that I'm OFF TO JAPAN tonight. And I won't be back until January 10th. I probably will have internet over there, so I may well be "here", but I'm not sure how much time I will have for fandomy things, and I particularly want to let anyone who might have left gifts in my fandom_stocking know that if I don't respond until mid-January, then that's why. And I will say thank you in advance to anyone who has been kind enough to leave a gift for me.

Speaking of gifts, I received a lovely fic for Yuletide this year: Bound. It fills my request for wonderful USTy Jack/Phryne from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV) in the most perfect way. Those of you outside of Australia probably haven't seen this show, but if you ever do get the chance, I highly recommend it -- just as I highly recommend this fic for anyone who HAS seen the show. The anonymous author captures the characters' voices and their rapport beautifully.

Also, I have seen both the Doctor Who Christmas Special and The Hobbit, and I loved both of them.

fandom_stocking is up and running for the year, people!

It's the low-pressure fandom gift exchange of the holiday season -- you respond to the submission post, which comes with a handy-dandy form in which you let people know your favourite fandoms, ships, and your likes/dislikes, etc. Then one of the mods posts your "stocking" to the comm, with all of those details. Then you go around and look at other people's stockings, and if you feel like you can write/draw/make icons/make fanmixes/etc, for anyone else, then you do that, and post it to their stocking.

All stockings are screened until January 6th, so if you're going to make/write something for someone, there's plenty of time. And while you're encouraged to give at least one stocking gift to another, if you've hung a stocking yourself, there's no policing of that, and the mods are very good at making sure that everyone gets at least one gift in their stocking.

ANYWAY, for those of you who might be interested, my stocking is here:
http://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/296042.html

And if you already have a stocking up, then please leave a link in the comments of this post! (Or if you don't have one yet, please come back to this post when you do have a stocking.)

Finally got around to watching this.

My verdict: I liked it, but I didn't love it. Now, whether or not I love something is not usually a function of how good it is (see: Torchwood), and I think there are some thinks that Elementary did very well indeed. Lucy Liu and Johnny Lee Miller are both fine actors who made me like their characters -- though in Liu's case I like Joan for completely different reasons to why I like Watson, and while Miller has some moments that pinged me as quintessentially Holmes-ish, at other times, he was less so. Given that I believe that adaptations should be judged on their own merits, this is not something that I think is a problem -- but it does mean that I'm not going to love it in the way that I love ACD!Holmes and BBC!Sherlock.

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I actually wrote this about six months ago, for colebaltblue as part of June holmestice, and just now realised that I never posted it here or at AO3. So I shall now remedy that.

Title: A Study in Patience
Fandom: ACD!Sherlock Holmes
Recipient: colebaltblue
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Holmes cannot help but test Watson’s patience.
Notes: Thank you to my wonderful beta forestrose.

On AO3

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Hi Yuletide Author!

This is just a note to say thanks for writing for me. I won't go into great detail here -- I gave you a bit of detail in my signup, but this is just to let you know that I'm a pretty flexible person -- I won't be offended if you write friendship fic for two characters, where I've suggested that I ship them, and vice versa. If your strength is writing porn then, hey, I'm totes up for that (so long as they're all adults -- underage could get me in trouble)! But if you'd rather not write porn, then that's great too. I like contemplative reflective pieces, and I like plotty stuff, so -- play to your strengths, dear writer!

One thing I would request though, is please don't end things on a totally dismal note. Bittersweet is fine (and indeed, I think for at least one of my requested fandoms -- maybe even two -- bittersweet is inevitable), and I don't mind if you dial up the angst a bit -- but it'd be good to have a bit of hope in there too. (And if you'd rather write something happy and fluffy all the way through, that's fine too.)

Thank you again, mysterious writer!

Okay, did that episode seriously just end with ( spoilersCollapse )

Because I am still a fangirl at heart. And I watched the first two episodes of S5 last night.

I has observations:
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My Kindle tells me that I am 18% of the way through A Casual Vacancy. My thoughts so far: basically, it feels just like reading Harry Potter, except that( minor spoilersCollapse )

Via settiai

If I was a Disney Princess, here's how I'd look:



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Stolen from EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

1. Go to page 77 (or 7) of your current ms.
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written.
4. Tag 7 other authors. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THIS YET, YOU SHOULD DO IT.

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Title: In Another World
Author: lefaym
Beta: Many thanks to iamshadow and kath_ballantyne
Fandom: Sherlock
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Sherlock/John
Summary: In another world, John Watson lies dead. But not in this world.
Rating: Mature
Spoilers: None
Content Notes: Contains some violent imagery
Disclaimer: Moffat and Gatiss legally own this version of Sherlock Holmes. This story is based on The Adventure of the Three Garridebs by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Word Count: Approx. 600 words.

Cross-posted to AO3

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Originally posted by gillpolack at For Aussies - House of Reps marriage equality survey - IMPORTANT

Title: Filling the Gaps
Author: lefaym
Beta: Many thanks to lionessvalenti and squeaky_the_pin
Fandom: Sherlock
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Sherlock/John
Summary: Sherlock is home, but there are gaps in his stories.
Rating: Mature
Content Notes: Contains discussion of drug use/addiction
Spoilers: for The Reichenbach Fall
Disclaimer: Moffat and Gatiss legally own this version of Sherlock Holmes.
Word Count: Approx. 1,400 words.

Cross-posted to AO3

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Taken from pocky_slash and others.

Post the first sentence (or three) from every WIP you're currently working on, even if it's very short. Then invite people to ask questions about your WIPs. With any luck, the motivation to take that WIP one step closer to completion will appear as if by magic!

At the moment, they're all Sherlock. Well, there is one ACD!Holmes fic, but I'm thinking it'll work better in the bbc!verse, so I'll probably convert it. Oh, and there's that Harry Potter fusion thingie in there too. Many of these are set post-Reichenbach, so ( SPOILERS, SWEETIESCollapse )

I don't know how many of these will actually turn into completed stories. Some of them are well on the way to being completed -- others are just random lines that I'm hoping will find a home.

Anyway, ASK ME QUESTIONS!

So, I was googling Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek the other day, since there's a Holmes themed episode of The Next Generation which is relevant to a paper I'm thinking of writing, and I came across this detail: there's an early ST episode where Spock quotes the, "When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be true," line. In the episode, he attributes the line to "one of my human ancestors".

And of course, this raises the question: ( Spoilers for Hounds of the BaskervilleCollapse )

Title: Falling
Author: lefaym
Beta: Many thanks to fera_festiva, iamshadow, and kath_ballantyne
Fandom: Sherlock
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Sherlock and Molly, Sherlock/John
Summary: Sherlock hasn't stopped falling.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: for The Reichenbach Fall
Disclaimer: Moffat and Gatiss legally own this version of Sherlock Holmes.
Word Count: Approx. 2,000 words.

Cross-posted to AO3

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Title: Leavetaking
Author: lefaym
Beta: Many thanks to fera_festiva
Fandom: Sherlock
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Mycroft and Sherlock, with hints of Sherlock/John
Summary: The time for delay is over.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: for The Reichenbach Fall (and S2 in general)
Disclaimer: Moffat and Gatiss legally own this version of Sherlock Holmes.
Word Count: Approx. 1,100 words.

Cross-posted to AO3

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So my plan for today was to write some of the nice plotty ( and spoileryCollapse ) fic that I've been working on, especially the bits that involve manly hand-holding and other sorts of affection.

But what does my brain go and give me instead?

THIS: ( Spoilery, angsty, and NO HAND-HOLDINGCollapse )

My reaction to this scene: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! DO NOT WANT!!!"

And yet, I feel strangely compelled to write more. Fortunately, this scene doesn't fit in at all with the plotty ( spoileryCollapse ) fic that I mentioned above, so maybe I can write two versions; one that is lovely and full of hand-holding, and one that is full of angst and sadness. Seriously though, brain, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?

Title: Never Just Once
Author: lefaym
Beta: Many thanks to lionessvalenti
Fandom: Star Wars (Original Trilogy Only)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Luke/Leia
Summary: Sometimes, it has to be everything or nothing.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: George Lucas legally owns all Star Wars stuff.
Word Count: Approx. 1500 words.
Content Note: ( fic spoilersCollapse )

A/N: This was written for van as part of the fandom_stocking exchange.

Cross-posted to AO3

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