All We Ought To Ask

Title: All We Ought To Ask
Author: achray
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Hudson, Mary(/John), Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, illness (Sherlock)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


1860. Change is in the air. John is a clergyman and former army chaplain, attempting to settle down in a country parish and lead a quiet life. But with Sherlock Holmes, reputed to be England's most dangerous religious controversialist, as the local aristocrat, what are his prospects of success?


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This leaves me kind of unsure of what to write.
I like the idea, I love the characters, I adore the Johnlock interactions.
Yet I do not approve of the way religious topics are dealt with. To me, a book is not supposed to judge - only characters may judge. To me, the author's influence is way too big, and the writer's kind of judgemental and doesn't leave enough room for doubt. A book may never attack a person's own beliefs. It should enrich the audience and show new ways of thinking but never close existing pathways. That's the problem I see here.
But don't get me wrong; this does not mean I didn't enjoy it. The writing's very good - I just fear that some people might be offended by the depiction of religion in here.

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Impossible Loyalities

Shadows in Scarlet

Title: Shadows in Scarlet
Author: shirleyholmes
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/John, Irene, Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, mention of murder
Length: Short
Status: Ongoing

Sherlock Holmes is Gentleman Death in silk and lace-- a cold, cynical vampire ever-desperate for something to break the tedium of eternity. He finds it in Dr. John Watson, a depressed war-hero committing slow suicide through drink and the dangers of London's gambling dens.

Their strange friendship is fraught with difficulty from the onset-- but their lives truly take a turn for the macabre when they find themselves at the center of a gruesome (and infamous) murder spree.

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Vampires. God. I never thought I'd read something like that. Especially not set in Victorian Era. Screams "badfic". Seriously, though, this is like nothing I expected. The characters are interesting, in their own way unique, and Sherlock is rather complex. No badass vampire, no "angel". He's a vampire version of the canon Sherlock.

The Unexpected Key

Title: The Unexpected Key
Author: Desiderii
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mycroft, Lestrade, OFC, Sally
Warning: NC-17, het, genderbender, AU
Length: Novella
Status: Completed

Miss Sherlock Holmes objects most strenuously to the very idea of finding a husband. Instead of accepting that she must, she sets out to ensure she will never have to.

John Watson, invalided home and recovering from a nasty bout of enteric fever, never thought to find anyone interested in him ever again, let alone someone like Sherlock.

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Definitely a must-read. I liked the Victorian setting, Sherlock's bloody stubbornness and Mycroft's desperate act. Yes, if Sherlock was female, if they were living in the Victorian Age, then it would have happened like this. If it hadn't... shame it wouldn't have XD