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Fic: The Blurring of the Lines

2021-11-01T20:09:34Z

Title: The Blurring of the Lines
Author: spacemutineer
Rating:
Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: a brief apocalypse and the emotional fallout from it
Word Count: 14581
Summary: Mycroft comes to see his brother with news of a scientific discovery and impending doom.
Author's Note: An adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger novella The Poison Belt into the world of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Only plot was adapted, all characters are Sherlockian only.

( Should the day the world ends begin differently than any other? )

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Person of Interest Fic: If Only for Tonight

2020-01-08T23:42:19Z

Title: If Only for Tonight
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: R
Characters: Harold Finch/John Reese
Warnings: implied/referenced suicide and torture
Word Count: 12K total
Author's note: I'm posting this story in seven chapters, one chapter a week on Wednesdays. Please use the links to read on AO3. I'll update this post as I go.
Summary: Harold and John try to pick up the pieces immediately after Harold's rescue from Root and slowly they begin to heal from their wounds together.

Chapter 1: The Passenger
Chapter 2: Arrival
Chapter 3: Sunset
Chapter 4: Night Watch
Chapter 5: In the Wake
Chapter 6: The Bottom of the Glass
Chapter 7: Reclamation

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So... I'm writing Person of Interest fic

2019-08-19T19:51:40Z

After years of happy fic writing and reading in the Sherlock Holmes world, I have recently fallen in love with another difficult, secretive, and emotional (on the inside) genius and the deep connection he shares with his brave, ever humane, and action-oriented partner.

I always meant to check out Person of Interest when it was on and I never got around to it. But thanks to Netflix, I've fallen deep into the well. These are basically the same kind of stories I enjoy telling with Holmes and Watson, but it's great fun to explore the differences in character, setting, and technology. And I have to admit, after so long working in canon ACD, it's refreshing to be able to use modern American English vernacular freely.

Holmes and Watson are still my undying loves, and I'm still writing for them too -- I have a number of WIPs, including one that is very far along and that I love -- but Finch and Reese have gotten my writing flowing in a way it hasn't for a long time. I'm having a lot of fun with them.

Below are AO3 links for anyone interested. For POI viewers, these are based entirely on the first two seasons of the show. The entire series is great, of course, but as a lover of procedurals, I have a real affection for the simpler era when it was mostly Finch and Reese vs. the world, saving lives and learning about each other.

Comedown - An alternate take on the end of s02e13 Dead Reckoning. They've survived and returned from the rooftop, but the experience lingers.

Blood Money - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. As Reese's life hangs in the balance after being shot by Snow's CIA sniper, Harold has little to do but wait and watch and think.

A First Few Dawns and Dusks - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. After the emergency intervention at the morgue, Reese wakes to find himself still alive and still (and never) alone.

Vital - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. With Reese both at his side and nowhere near him, Harold is wearing himself down to collapse.

As always, thank you for reading!

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Fic Speed Date Meme

2018-08-09T18:35:39Z

I'm occasionally over on Tumblr, and educatedinyellow came up with a really fun meme there for back fic catalogs and resurfacing old favorites. I thought I'd bring what I came up with over there here too. To be honest, I never know if I'm doing Tumblr right and I greatly suspect I'm not (tagging seems to work not at all for me), but I loved this idea and I hope it's okay that I'm bringing it here.

Via educatedinyellow:

When it comes to your own fics, which one do you think is…

The funniest:

Four Cups of Tea (AO3) - Funny is a relative measure, but I got a few jokes in there.

The most romantic:

Adagio for Violin (AO3) or if you’re into Elementary, Interludes in Winter (AO3)

The most unusual:

Nepal, 1891 (AO3) - Originally an experiment for Twitter with a relatively exotic concept to boot.

The scariest:

The Weapon of Choice (AO3) - Short but pure horror, beware.

The sexiest:

His Non-Native Tongue (AO3) - I usually go for subtlety. Not especially here.

The saddest:

Night on the Train (AO3) - A character study of Holmes and a personal favorite.

The prettiest:

Scars (AO3) - There is a delicacy to this one I love.

The most exciting:

Night and Water (AO3) - The Steamship Friesland, always fun and thrilling.

The happiest:

Later. After. (AO3) - Rare fluffiness from me.

The most realistic:

The Adventure of the Bridegroom's Photograph (AO3) - My one and only true casefic, and based on a real-life mystery that ACD also wrote about. I put a lot of research into this one.

The most fantastical:

The One Fixed Point (AO3) - ACD-style science fiction.

The most complex:

The Acting Physician (only on AO3) - A meticulous retelling and fix-it for The Dying Detective from Holmes' perspective

The simplest:

Rest (AO3) - Short and sweet.

The closest to what you wanted it to be:

60 Words for 60 Cases (only on AO3) - My first run of 60 for 60, and I loved doing it. What a way to explore the canon.

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Fic: Night and Water

2018-05-17T22:45:27Z

Title: Night and Water
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: water and fire danger, injury
Word Count: 6000
Summary: The greatest heights of danger and discovery await the detective and the doctor on the Dutch steamship Friesland.

By the time they found themselves out on the deck, the ship was beginning to list toward starboard, and already unsteady movement became ever more so. Holmes scanned the deck for options. At first, all he could see was the tilting, smoky bow, the moaning wind, the waves of the choppy, livid ocean. And of course, the two of them. Beyond lay the safety of land and aid, the far windows alluringly bright and shimmering in the overwhelming dark. In between there was only night and water, so much night and so much water, all of it black and deep and unforgiving.

( "You should be sleeping, you know." )

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Ficlet: Rest

2018-05-10T18:40:04Z

Title: Rest
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 221B
Summary: The first night in Baker Street after returning from his hiatus and death itself, Holmes settles in and finds what he'd been missing.

( Read more... )

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Fic: Scars

2017-11-01T23:59:29Z

Title: Scars
Written for: acdholmesfest 2017
Recipient: rachelindeed
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: residuals of war
Word Count: 2550
Beta Thanks: to my dear tweedisgood, always so helpful and encouraging.
Summary: Early in their partnership, Holmes turns to Watson with a question.
"We have been learning about each other, Watson. I would learn this."

( "It won't do, Watson." )

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