Snowflake Challenge Day 2: Sherlock Holmes (ACD) AU recs

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

The Snowflake Challenge Day 2 is:

Day 2

Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.

Sherlock Holmes (ACD) Alternate Universes.


The Vermillion series by gardnerhill. Vampire!Holmes/human!Watson. My favourite AU series in all of the ACD fandom. I adore every word of this series.

The Art of the Blood by Vulgarweed. Another vampire AU. Holmes/Watson. Inspired by Paganini's bloodletting kit and a fill for my bid for the Fandom Trumps Hate auction. Vulgarweed, like a dark, gothic fairy god-ficcer, made my nightmare come true.

Stormy Petrels and Seventeen Steps by rachelindeed. ACD Wing!lock. Holmes/Watson. Holmes and Watson have wings, Holmes those of a goshawk, Watson those of a skylark. Lovely! My second favourite AU in ACD fandom.

I am the Girl for Her by sans_patronymic. Genderswap AU. fem!Holmes/fem!Watson. Holmes and Watson with busts and bustles. Ardent hand pressing by a ficcer who can create entire Merchant Ivory productions out of a single unwashed teacup.

And if you can imagine Holmes & Watson as themselves but surrounded by a kind of Victorian Muppet-style menagerie.

The Ocelot Collection by Small_Hobbit. If you like this, you'd also like The Marylebone Monthly Illustrated [but, per the rules of the Day's challenge, I'm not allowed to rec it as I am a contributor].

Comments

[seleneheart]

I love a good AU, but Sherlock is one of those massive fandoms that I find hard to navigate. Thanks for these!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Cool. These are for ACD Sherlock Holmes, i.e., the original character from the novels and short stories. I agree that BBC Sherlock is massive and has all the AUs imaginable.

[seleneheart]

Those are the ones I first encountered as a kid so I like those better!

[tei]

Oh man. Vampires. I LOVE VAMPIRES, and I have never read the Vermillion series! Thank youuuuu!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oh, you're in for a treat. It's excellent.

[scfrankles]

And if you can imagine Holmes & Watson as themselves but surrounded by a kind of Victorian Muppet-style menagerie. I've never thought of it in those terms but you're so right ^___^

A great selection of recs - I really must go and read 'I am the Girl for Her' again ^__^

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, Holmes and Watson are permanent special guests but the animals are running the show, I think.

Thank you! I thought it was a manageable set of parametres for me to meaningfully rec some things.

[debriswoman]

I did wonder if you might have to expand on the muppet comparison:-)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Indeed!

[smallhobbit]

I really like the description of the Ocelot & Co being Muppet-style. Although the Ocelot would like to point out that the Ferret is the only muppet!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ha! I wondered if you would like this or not. It was difficult to explain succinctly what the world was about to an outsider. Yes, Ocelot, Sloth, Inky, Mouselet, Aemelia, Gary the Grasshopper, really all the animals (except Ferret) are much more serious than the average Muppet. But there are serious Muppets. Kermit was serious and in the show, he was like running the thing. So he's sort of like the Ocelot, I think.