âYouâve made your point,â John says. âHe doesnât notice me. Doesnât care, all right? Let. Me. Go.â He sounds much more confident that he feels. Heâs hungry and cold and heâs slept poorly all week.Â
âBut we need to know!â Jimâs eyes widen. âWeâve established that youâre forgettable. The question is, how long will it take before Sherlock Holmes notices youâre gone? When will he begin to wonder where you are? Will it be the rent payment that brings it to his attention? Will your landlady be worried? And what about your alcoholic sister? Will she call?â
Part 7 of the More Words series, this one is for lovely reader CocoCrispian đ
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Summary: Back in London, Sherlock reminisces about the two years that have passed by so quickly. The large tree at Trafalgar Square makes him think back to the one they lit in Arboreta Combe the previous week. He's so lost in thought and startles when a familiar voice nearby interrupts his introspection.
I just found your account and I am blown away by your pieces. These are all absolutely extraordinary, and I must say that I'm sorry that your incredible art style has been stolen and used most often by AI
Please never lose your passion â¤ď¸
Hi anon ^^
Thank you so much for joining the party and enjoying my work! Itâs really kind of you to take the time to leave a comment. đ
Iâm sorry your incredible art style has been stolen and is so often used by AI.Â
It started really early, you know. I was already finding Bucky fan art on Pinterest that was veeeery close to my style (but with weird textures and shading), and I quickly realized they were AI-generated images. They were almost certainly made by feeding my work from The Life of Bucky Barnes (my Steve/Bucky side account) into models like MidJourney. đ
Thatâs life, I guess. đ Thereâs not much you can do about it, and I donât think tools like Glaze help all that much. Even if I protect my new pieces, I have a huge back catalogue that can already be used to train these machines. Enjoy the feast, Nano Banana! đđ
To be honest, the fact that my work gets fed into AI isnât even the worst part for me. What really gets to me is that people are now calling my art AI, including pieces from TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN. đ Usually when someone accuses me, I just sigh, explain that itâs not AI, show my old works, share process shots, etc. Most people are understanding, but sometimes you end up arguing with people who know nothing about digital art. And theyâre often younger than my DeviantArt accountâŚItâs getting exhausting in the long run, and I have a feeling this is only the beginning. đ¤
On top of that, my style seems to be exactly what AI loves to copy. Not to mention that my inspirations for this kind of work (like here, here and here) are artists such as John Singer Sargent and WaterhouseâŚthe very same artists AI is trained heavily on. So, at the end of the day, I study these masters, AI studies them too, and it also steals from me. The result? My art looks like AIâŚor AI looks like my art. I donât even know anymore. đ¤â âMy art looking like it was made by a robotâ definitely wasnât on my bingo card when I started my Tumblr in 2010.
So even when kind people like you tell me not to âlose my passionâ, itâs hard not to wonder sometimes⌠what for?
AI can almost do what I do now, and a lot of normies (Iâm using ânormiesâ without any condescension here) genuinely canât tell the difference. Theyâll call a piece AI even if I spent ten hours on it. They canât fathom that you can achieve these textures and this level of realism by drawing from scratch in Photoshop or Rebelle. Itâs draining, and it makes you question whether you should change your style⌠even though AI will probably copy the new one too. đ¤ No style is safe anymore. People think AI only copies Ghibli, Artgerm, or 19th-century paintings? Nope. This shit copies everything, from childrenâs drawings to medieval manuscripts to obscure artists with two pieces hanging in a suburban Nagoya gallery. Weâre fucked. đđ¤
Iâm not the only one feeling this way. Itâs becoming harder and harder for artists because people now constantly demand proof like videos, tutorials, the whole thing. I really dislike this atmosphere of constant suspicion, and for three main reasons:
Itâs often just a roundabout way of getting free resources. Many artists put WIPs and tutorials behind a Patreon paywall, so demanding âproofâ is basically asking for paid content for free.
From what Iâve heard from anime artists on Twitter, some people ask for tutorials specifically to feed AI video models so they can generate fake step-by-step processes and trick others into thinking their work isnât AI. The more you know, I was BAFFLED when I heard thisâŚđ A lot of these people charge for commissions but donât disclose that they use AI. Iâll be honest, I canât always tell whatâs AI and what isnât anymore, especially with anime-style art. I miss the early MidJourney days when it was obviously spewing digital goo and you could spot MJ v2 from a mile away. I canât stand AI bros, but at least some of them are honest about using it. They call themselves "artists", sure, but they donât try to scam people about how the work was actually made.
I could also say that artists who post for free owe you shit, politeness be damned, and that we should just answer like this to any kind of demand:
Anyway, here I am rambling againâŚ
Welcome to my account, anon! Thank you so much for enjoying my art ^^ I still have some pieces I havenât posted yet, including pre-serum Steve, Sherlock, Spidey/Deadpool, and more.
Oh, hey! Been a minute or seventeen. So if you were following that fluffbruary (2025) fic I was posting, it's now on AO3 in its entirety.
If you're following the links in the posts, here's chapter 27 so you can pick up where you left off.
Guilty as Charged
(20905 words)
Chapters: 28/28
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock (BBC TV 2010)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: fluffbruary's Fluffbruary Prompt Month 2025, Getting Together, greg is traumatized by johnlock, sherlock is a scheming bastard, First Kiss, First Time, Friends to Lovers
Summary:
Greg pops by the Diogenes unexpectedly asking Mycroft to join him for a drink - of stolen liquor. What follows is a series of cosy meetings appointments dates engagements where no one is being entirely honest about what he wants.
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She loves Sherlock and John without strings,
So she gave to those two lucky kings
A place they can stick
Their best wedding pic
Surrounded by gold, like their rings.
'Tis a Gift is on AO3.
I wonder if you think you know
What gift that could be? Well, if so,
Please share it with me
And fill me with glee
By putting your guess down below!
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Summary: Back in London, Sherlock reminisces about the two years that have passed by so quickly. The large tree at Trafalgar Square makes him think back to the one they lit in Arboreta Combe the previous week. He's so lost in thought and startles when a familiar voice nearby interrupts his introspection.
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Heâs never without his, itâs true,
So Sherlock and John need some, too.
Each one comes with a sword
In case something untoward
Should ever befall or ensue.
'Tis a Gift is on AO3.
I wonder if you think you know
What gift that could be? Well, if so,
Please share it with me
And fill me with glee
By putting your guess down below!
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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Jefferson Hope, Greg Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock Holmes), Molly Hooper, Philip Anderson, Mycroft Holmes
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Suicide, Canon Divergence - A Study in Pink, Choices, POV Sherlock Holmes, Happy Ending
Summary:
Everything you doâ or donât doâ has consequences.
Does the great Sherlock Holmes have regrets?
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This is a lovely surprise! Iâm always thrilled to see a new story from this author.Â
in re conversations that thankfully seem to be occurring only on other sites, i actually love when the fiction i'm reading uses words i don't know and have to look up! admittedly it does not happen often, because i am an adult who read a lot as a kid and has since done what is frankly maybe a bit too much education, but please do casually drop words like phalanstery in your book so i have to look it up and then find myself reading wikipedia pages about 19th century socialist utopianism! please do throw around rare plants and birds whose names i don't know because they're not native/common anywhere i've ever been! then i get to look at pictures of things that i've never seen before!
I know Iâm a loyal person. At least toward people who deserve my loyalty. After our first meeting in the lab at Barts, I didnât consider that Iâd be so committed to Sherlock as I became. Not to this extent. It frightens me sometimes, to be honest.
âYou are quite loyal very fast,â Mycroft remarked when we first met. (When he abducted me, to be correct)
I puzzled him, and very few people were able to do that. Anyway, I passed the test and was âallowedâ to move into 221B Baker Street.Â
God, I was so pissed off with him.
He was not the only one who irritated me, but he was Sherlockâs family, so mostly I let it slide.Â
When Sherlock brought me along to our first crime scene together, I was too stunned to speak my mind to the other yarders. Sherlockâs intellect had already amazed me profoundly, but when he listed all the things he observed from the pink clad woman on the floor, I was blown away, and there was no force in the world that couldâve silenced my praise.
âYou know you are saying that out loud, yes?â he asked when Iâd uttered the second âfantasticâ.
I blushed and excused my behaviour; after all, we were standing around a murdered person. He brushed it away and said it was fine. It was evident that heâd never heard the words before. Not directed at him, at least, which I found incredibly sad.
So, when Sergeant Donovan warned me about him afterwards and referred to him as The Freak once more, I made up my mind.
***
As a doctor, I never believed in the label Sherlock put on himself as a sociopath. Granted, I am no psychiatrist, but I know he has empathy for (a few) people around him. Mrs Hudson is a good example.
When I first met her, she opened her arms to Sherlock, and he willingly hugged her as if she was a beloved family member. There was nothing artificial about it. It was genuine affection.
That said, he drove her mad fairly often, but the few details they both let slip about her past, told me that she was used to all sorts of ruckus and shenanigans. She needed excitement in her life just as much as we did.
Angelo is another one of Sherlockâs devoted fans, and Sherlock tolerates the gushing, and the teddy bear hugs admirably. Itâs easy to discern that he feels relaxed in the Italianâs company, and his mask of indifference vanishes completely. I find it utterly fascinating to watch.
***
I was much more prepared at the next crime scene some weeks later.Â
Sherlock found nearly half a dozen clues in under one minute that had escaped the police. Both Anderson and Donovan mocked him and told everyone willing to listen that he made it all up to sound interesting. He didnât bother to reply but kept the deductions coming. Luckily, Lestrade took notes and told the others to keep their mouth shut. They didnât.Â
I decided to intervene and took a step toward them both, crowding them so they had to step back a few feet.
âWhat the hell?â they asked in unison.
I lowered my voice, which I knew was far more effective than yelling. By this point, my subordinates from the army wouldâve realised that the best way forward was to keep mum and agree to everything I told them. Of course, Anderson and Donovan werenât that clever. They both perceived me as non-threatening, a lap dog. Big mistake.
âIf you two continue to call Sherlock Freak and to ridicule his deductions, youâd better watch your backs. The ice under your feet is about to crack real soon if this doesnât stop.â
âAre you threatening a police officer, Doctor Watson?â Donovan asked in her normal condescending tone.
âThatâs right, Sergeant.â
âWe will report you to the Superintendent!â Anderson exclaimed in a high-pitched voice which hurt my ears.
âPlease do. There are enough witnesses who have heard you two harass Sherlock every chance you get,â I said calmly.
âAs if heâs not offending us,â Sally scoffed.
âOh, I know he does. But heâs not the one starting it, is he? He only replies accordingly. I assume youâd done the same if you were in his shoes. Most people would. You should be ashamed of yourselves, acting like teenagers instead of adults. Grow up, for goodnessâ sake!â
âBut I â â
âShut up, Anderson! He is summoned by your commanding officer, and he solves every case you lot are unable to. Surely, that should be enough for you to keep your thoughts about him to yourselves. Without him, dozens of criminals would still walk the streets of London. Feel free to correct me if you think Iâm wrong.â
And with that, I walked away from them and stood a little closer to Sherlock than normal. He didnât seem to mind one bit; he was practically beaming at me.
âDinner?â he asked after heâd lifted the police tape for me.
âStarving,â I replied.
âIs Angeloâs, okay?â
âGod yes!â
***
Neither of us made a big thing out of it when our hands brushed, and our fingers entwined a few moments later; it felt like the most natural thing in the world.
Apparently, Angelo discerned that something had changed between us, but he didnât remark on it. He just fetched a candle, lit it, and went to get us a bottle of wine on the house.
To my astonishment and delight, we reached for the otherâs hand once we had removed our coat and jacket. A voice in my head told me I was on thin ice starting a romantic relationship with the slightly mad worldâs only consulting detective, but I told it, in no uncertain terms, to stop bothering me. I was fine. It was all fine. More than fine, in fact.
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Summary: John has finally taken the leap, and decides to direct his stories at a new audience. He is sceptical before the meeting with his new editor at Mike's pub, and when the young woman walks into The Dragon Slayer, John invents an emergency and flees the place.
sometimes Iâm reminded that there are still people who donât know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers â and the siteâs sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms â and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.
you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.
ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.
ao3âs main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.
there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I donât want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you wonât see the things you donât want to see.
itâs your job to curate what you see. itâs not other peopleâs jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.
also you cannot censor âonly the things you personally hateâ without expecting everything else, that isnât of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think âwhy do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? theyâre grooming childrenâ.
if you allow the things that you hate to be censored â because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.
