So, Sherlock again.

[emmagrant01]

I'm now up to date on Sherlock canon, woot! And now I'm looking for fic. And by fic I mean porn.

Anyone have any recs? I've been cruising the kink meme and a few comms, but haven't yet found anything that really presses my buttons. Said buttons would be first-time John/Sherlock fic with both boys fairly IC. Surely such fics exist in a fandom that's been around a few years?

EDIT: Lots of amazing Sherlock recs in the comments!

I'm really finding myself wanting to write for this fandom. Things need to sink in a bit (and obviously there are two more episodes coming), but yeah, I think there will be fic. :-D

Two quick pimps:

1. snapecase is currently posting! I wrote a fic for this one, in case anyone is interested. This is the first fic I've ever written from Snape's POV, and only the 2nd or 3rd Snape-centric fic ever. So it may be easy to spot the n00b, LOL.

2. Y'all, I am so effing proud of the current episode of slashcast. It's our 5th episode since the reboot and I think it's our best one yet. If you haven't listened, I hope you'll give it a try and then comment to let us know what you think. :-)

Comments

[sorion.livejournal.com]

May I pimp my own? It's first-time, there's sex, and I'm told they're IC :)
http://sorion.livejournal.com/509594.html

I'd rec more, but I don't really read porn-only all that much anymore. If you can deal with some plot with the sex, let me know what kind, and I can find some more for you :)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Well, when I say porn I really mean plot-with-porn. Pure PWPs are awesome, but a plotty porny fic is worth it's weight in gold for me! :-)

[dark0feenix.livejournal.com]

Yay! So far, I've seen the first season only, and though I love it to pieces, the problem is that for me Sherlock feels asexual almost. So, if you can get round that somehow, I'm looking forward to reading any and all BBC Sherlock/John you come up with. :)

[madlori.livejournal.com]

Yes, he's supposed to be. But that doesn't stop us fic writers!

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Ah, but it's the same Sheldon/Leonard dynamic that I love on TBBT, yanno? I realized halfway through the first episode that this was going to push some of the same buttons for me: hyper-intelligent asexual guy with sidekick who keeps striking out with girls. :-D

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

And written by Femme? I'm SO THERE.

[madlori.livejournal.com]

I've been in this fandom for almost a year, and I've written a lot. It's a great fandom, very cracky. One tip: about 99% of it lives on Tumblr. If you need a tour guide let me know - the fandom is chock full of injokes and memes and can seem kind of impenetrable to a newbie. Also there's a surprising amount of really great fanart from comics to paintings. Let me know if you want to join the Tumblr fandom and I can tell you some folks to follow.

AO3 is a big place for Sherlock fic. If you go to the sherlockbbc livejournal, there is extensive tagging to help you find fics, and there's also 221b_recs for recommendations. Also on sherlockbbc there is a weekly Sunday recs post. Some are on a theme, some are general. There's a tag for them so you can see just those. Let me hop over to my Evernote and see if I have some fics bookmarked that fit your criteria. The two that pop to mind right away are:

The Progress of Sherlock Holmes

The Shape I Found You In (porn is in the sequel)

If it's okay with you I'll post to my Tumblr and point people to your entry so they can come over and leave their own recs.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

On Tumblr, really? All of my Tumblr experience has been with graphics, so I must not be looking in the right places for fic. Any help you could provide would be awesome!

How much importance is there in the fandom of being very well versed in the Holmes universe in general? Are people uptight about that, or is it okay if you aren't (when it comes to writing)?

[essie007.livejournal.com]

I second both of those. Especially "The Progress of Sherlock Holmes" which hits all my buttons.

[sorion.livejournal.com]

I very much second The Progress of Sherlock Holmes...

[elethoniel.livejournal.com]

Ohh! Good grief! There's so much good Sherlock BBC fic out there - this fandom particularly loves AU's, which is marvellous as they're usually all IC! Three I recommend are madlori's Performance in a Leading Role (Sherlock and John are actors! It's such a beautiful, incredible fic. Definitely a must read.) And The Theory of Narrative Causality (The Meta fic to beat all Meta fics. Sherlock is a fanartist who loves to cause wank and John is a well-loved fanfic writer. It's so epic.) And Two Two One Bravo Baker (John and Sherlock meet a few years earlier. Whilst John is still an Army Medic. So much glorious porn, complete with fabulous plot!!)

Other non-AU's set in BBC!verse are:
The Paradox Series
A Silver Sixpence
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
34 Minutes (Oh lord. I'd forgotten about this one. SO HOT.)
Annnd, if you want some painful, yet amazing angst, madlori is your lady - Alone on the Water (Okay so this has no porn, but it is a fandom classic. And jfc, it might prepare you for the pain of the third ep of this season D: D: )

Uhm, Okay, yes. I like sharing fanfic. Especially from this fandom, it's all so wonderful ♥ I hope you enjoy! :)

[madlori.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks for the recs! I've had such an awesome time writing Sherlock fanfic. The fandom response to Alone on the Water has really knocked me on my ass, though. The fic sort of...went viral. It has its own fandom. Fanart, fanvids, original SONGS for goodness' sake...O_O

[essie007.livejournal.com]

I'm typing up a large rec list for you. So many fics!

[essie007.livejournal.com]

Well since you asked, there is a ton of it. This fandom is incredibly prolific. I'll give you recs I can remember and then some places to find recs.

For smut you first and foremost want to check out abuntantlyqueer over at AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/users/abundantlyqueer/pseuds/abundantlyqueer

I’d start with her “Warzone Series.” It slots right into canon, and is incredibly hot IC smut. Then there’s “Best Laid Etc” for more IC canon smut. Then when you have a ton of time read her epic “Two Two One Bravo Baker” which is a smutty AU where John and Sherlock meet in Afghanistan. It has also spawned an entire fandom of it’s own. Then just generally check out everything else she’s done.

You’ll also want to check out wordstring’s “Paradox Series.” http://wordstrings.livejournal.com/ It is one of the most well written things I have read in fandom, and as I recall it’s mostly NC-17. It can get very disturbing, but I found it very in line with the disturbing aspects of the show, and it’s basically all about John and Sherlock’s epic messed up love.

Everything by bendingsignpost http://bendingsignpost.livejournal.com/11944.html#cutid6 My favorites are the “Watches Verse” and “Behavioral Modification” but everything is superb.

“Symmetrical, Unbroken” by knkwrtr is a great intersex!Sherlock fic: http://knkwrtr.livejournal.com/2422.html

There’s also etothepii who doesn’t write exclusively John/Sherlock, but always writes fantastic AU’s. Everything he does is worth reading: http://etothepii.livejournal.com/527.html#cutid2 Of the John/Sherlock my favorites are “Your Moral Crisis is Stupid,” “It’s Easy to Trust Someone Who Can’t Break You” and it’s sequel “Everything You Tell Me (is mapped in your scars)” which are in a BDSM verse and “I Used to Live Alone Before I Knew You”

These are the staples IMO, but I’ve got more recs coming.

[dracavia]

I'm actually reading a Sherlock story right now (first one I've ever read), because of both the news of Benedict jointing the Trek cast, and because my sister has been telling me I need to watch the series (now I just need to find a place to watch it, lol). So I can't vouch for the ICness of the particular fic, but the author, beren_writes, has a good history with ICness in the other fandoms I've read her stuff in based on my experience.

Anyway, it's a Sherlock/HP crossover of sorts, Sherlock centric. No porn I'm afraid, it's PG-13, but I'm really enjoying it thus far, I'm about halfway through.
That Which Is Buried.
Summary: When Sherlock starts acting strangely after a case, John recognises the signs of possible repressed memories. He goes to Mycroft to find out what could be wrong with Sherlock and how to help him.
Word Count: 15,754

[madlori.livejournal.com]

Series 1 is on Netflix streaming.

[ias.livejournal.com]

Off the top of my head anything verityburns does.

There are other fics that made a big impressions on me but unfortunately their titles did not, so I'll have to dig those out.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-D

[shanna-souzou.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I just got caught up last night with 2x01. I hope you'll post links to any good fics you read. I don't have the time to devote to fic-finding but I haven't adopted a new fandom since Harry Potter and it feels like Sherlock may break that pattern. Especially if there are any awesome "yay John" fics. I adore Watson so much!

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Yay, more new people! I'm slowly working my way through all the recs here. I have to say that "The Progress of Sherlock Holmes" (see above) is pretty damn amazing.

[foxestacado.livejournal.com]

I HAS RECS:

http://keyofx.org/fiction_sherlockholmes/category/universe-bbc-sherlock/

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Woot! Thank you!!

[evalangui.livejournal.com]

I don't remember how porny their fics were, but both pi8fancier and resonant are writting in the fandom and have produced (not surprisingly) exceptionally good fics.

"Playing Human" by Snake-easing was also a great xover with His Dark Materials (but I believe you needn't know that canon to read it).

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

IM IN UR LJ, STEELING UR LINKS.
K? :D

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Yes PLZ! :-D

[phoenixacid.livejournal.com]

Hee, I have a Sherlock rec tumblr if you want more fic recs. Also here are some that got me started. :)

Have fun reading awesome fics! <3

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Perfect! Thank you! :-D

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, I would be so excited if you wrote fic in this fandom.

I prefer bottom!Sherlock, so most of my faves are that, but I'm not sure what hits your kinks:

My personal favorites would be the collected works of etothepii, which has lots of first-times between John and Sherlock.

If you like darker things (particularly John with a medical fetish and Sherlock who indulges him), I love A Thorough Examination / In Depth by emungere.

I have a ton more if you want to check out my memories, but those are the ones that stick out a lot for me at the moment. I hope you have fun in the fandom! :)

*adds this entry to mems for everybody else's delicious recommendations*

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

I know this is a bit late, but I must also highly recommend all of bashfulbetty's Sherlock stories. Extremely well-written and plotty, with some of the best character development I've seen. Here is the link to her masterlist.

[longtimegone]

You need to read the Infiltrate series. NEED. I just finished it last night. It's dark, twisty and violent and pulls no punches, but it's also AMAZING. It has INCREDIBLY hot sex too. Sex that, as a bonus, furthers the character development!

http://archiveofourown.org/series/11392

Infiltrate is the first story and the two that follow are direct sequels in the universe.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec! *adds to the kindle stack*

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[simarillion.livejournal.com]

Hi! I haven't read the posts for some time and the first thing I see coming here is that you discovered the Sherlock fandom. :)
I skipped through the posts above and I'll just add a couple of additional recs. The above mentioned Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori and the 221 Bravo Baker Verse are Classics that you probably have alreada read. :)
Furthermore I'd recommend the following:
The Republic of Heaven (http://blind-author.livejournal.com/tag/the%20republic%20of%20heaven) by blind_author
Summary: HDM AU. Born to a witch and a human, people know that Sherlock will unusual from the start. John Watson, on the other hand, seems perfectly ordinary, except for his deamon...
The author has other stories in the BBC verse that can be found on her journal.

Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc (http://etothepii.livejournal.com/11079.html) by etothepii
Summary: "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc. It's the family motto." "What does it mean?" "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us."
Notes: Crossover with The Addams Family. Followed by Woe and Arachnids and Your Body Before Me.
Further stories by that author I'd rec are to be found here (http://etothepii.dreamwidth.org/1208.html).

With Laurel They Go (http://archiveofourown.org/works/124582) by Sevenses
Summary: In which Watson is a fire-breathing dragon of Her Majesty's Aerial Forces. Crossover with Temeraire - knowledge of the series will help to understand the fic, but is not necessary.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker (http://archiveofourown.org/works/165165/chapters/240313) by Vash137
Summary: Sherlock, upon discovering that John is bisexual but has sworn off men, makes it his mission to help set John up on various dates so he can find the perfect man. Hilarity ensues.

Paper Chase (http://sam-storyteller.dreamwidth.org/158055.html) and the sequel Rematch (http://sam-storyteller.dreamwidth.org/168353.html) by Sam Storyteller
Summary: One criminal consultant. One consulting detective. A Sherlock/White Collar crossover.

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[simarillion.livejournal.com]

In search of a word: A symphony of first times (http://queenfanfiction.dreamwidth.org/12598.html) by Queenfanfiction
Summary: There's a new concert master at the London Symphony! And John Watson is starting to fall a bit in love with both the music and the man making it.

Sherlock the Demon Hunter (http://archiveofourown.org/works/203005/chapters/300866) by Lady Ra
Summary: Sherlock is in Massachusetts with John who is attending a conference. Sherlock finds Dean Winchester digging a grave, and the game is on.

Observations on Sentinels and Guides in Victorian London (http://archiveofourown.org/works/224907/chapters/340216) by Ryuuza Kochou
Summary: A Victorian era AU where Sentinels and Guides are members of everyday society. Starring Sentinel! Holmes and Guide! Watson.
This not a BBC verse story, it's from the Guy Ritchie movie verse. But it's really amazing. I just have to rec it. ;)

Enjoy the reading!

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

My AO3 bookmarks, lots of which are Sherlock.
http://archiveofourown.org/users/raveninthewind/bookmarks