insta!rec - intemperance by basingstoke

Intemperance by basingstoke, Sherlock Holmes movieverse, gen - written in first person John Watson with some of the best use and control of Victorian and first person language I've seen in any fiction, fan or pro. Holmes comes to Watson and Mary for assistance. This is another one that giving away anything more will take away from the reveal of the story, so if you're unsure, please check the headers at the link first. It's not just a unique story, but a unique way of telling it, and in a way that matches the pastiche of the era and the movie very well. And I love how it flows together; the very narration makes it feel possible, likely, and very honest.

In other words, really, read this one.

While I'm here, another couple of recs.

Rough Edges series by basingstoke, Sherlock (BBC), mostly gen, hilarious. First two are also a crossover with Black Books. The Holmes family is hilarious and so very terrifying. And they give their children really unsettling names. Three stories in the series, all awesome.

Pedestrian by vegarin, Sherlock (BBC), gen, set directly before the climax of The Great Game. This is, by far, one of the best John Watson's I've read and he and Moriarty's conversation is a field of landmines and unexpected, shocking insights.

The Paradox Suite by wordstrings, Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock/John - this one has been recced like, half the places I was sent, I think, and rightly so. I just love this for all the views of John and Sherlock and being in love with someone that sometimes who never really pretends he's really human and that's pretty much okay.

Comments

[basingstoke]

bweee thank you. :)

You know, it is funny seeing "Intemperance" described as gen; but of course what other label do you put on it? I've been struggling with the headers since the first idea for the story. (Which took the form of a letter to Mary, and was terrible. I realized pretty fast I'd have to do this properly.) That's why I did the two different versions.

[seperis]

No lie, the label took me longer to decide than writing the entry. Since there really isn't any explicit sex and with the only relationship already canon, that was as close as I figured it could come. *shakes fist at the limitations of labels*

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

Oh you give good things to peoples who is also away way to late. YAY!

[drunkoffthestars]

\o/ I have been having the hardest time finding Holmes-fic, by which I mean I have been far too busy to hunt it down myself. Thank you for bringing it right to my doorstep!

[wyoluvr.livejournal.com]

FYI, your link to Intemperance goes to the AOOO page and thus right to the warnings, which do rather give away the twist. i'm not terribly fussed, but i thought i'd point that out *g*.