Words. Pics. Me.
Hi, I’m wordsandpics. I make things — mostly Sherlock-shaped, occasionally other shapes when the mood strikes.
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Current WIP: Standing Orders
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almost home
NASA

let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
Monterey Bay Aquarium

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sheepfilms

izzy's playlists!
ojovivo
The Bowery Presents
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸

shark vs the universe
Sweet Seals For You, Always
will byers stan first human second
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One Nice Bug Per Day
The Stonewall Inn
Show & Tell

Love Begins
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"

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Words. Pics. Me.
Hi, I’m wordsandpics. I make things — mostly Sherlock-shaped, occasionally other shapes when the mood strikes.
AO3: wordsandpics
Current WIP: Standing Orders
Original art
Fic covers

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Hey, love! I really loved those two fics you suggested recently. Can I ask what kind of fics you like to read / usually look for? And maybe suggest some older ones you've read and loved?
I'm glad you liked them! As for what I look for in fics, I'm interested in Robby and Jack from the show, so I'm looking for stories that capture the guys as they are, founded in what we have from canon. They can be transported to other settings/times, of course, so long as they're grounded in a deep understanding of them as people. Which great writers can do! I'm always a little in awe when they make it work.
You can find many stories I've enjoyed in my fic recs tag, although that tends to be limited to stories the writers linked to here on tumblr. As for older stories, I'm gonna call everything from 2025 "older" and include some recs below the cut. The following is just a selection, not meant to be comprehensive.
For a badge :D !!
In 1957, the Soviet Union sends a dog into space. The night before, a scientist (Martin Freeman) takes her home to meet his daughter (Alexan
I can't believe we can see 'Little Bug' on this webpage🫢
@safedistancefrombeingsmart ‼️ (finally we can watch this short film)
That was fantastic, made me all 🥹🥹🥹. Also, how many close-ups of Martin's face can you put into a bit more than 9 minutes? That's not a complaint btw. 😆
Say My Name
Mycroft awakens momentarily confused, his heart beating fast, to find himself tangled in the sheets of an unfamiliar bed. Then he smiles, calm returning, at the stripes of warm sunlight that spill across the room and the luxurious sheets of the bed he finds himself in. A breeze slips in through open French doors, carrying the scent of the nearby beach.
Then his heart skips a beat for a different reason as he is reminded why he is here, in a strange room in a strange land, yet not alone: Gregory.
From the en suite, Greg strides out, scratching at his silver head absently. The same sunlight falls over him, highlighting the lines of his nude form. Seeing him awake, Greg smiles radiantly and extends his hand, stepping closer to the bed.
Mycroft also reaches out, drawing him into the soft space beside him.
"I've waited a long time. Is it too soon?" he asks.
"Too soon to what?" Greg raises a curious brow.
“Say my name,” he whispers, shy but earnest.
Now lying beside him, Greg grins with soft indulgence. Left hands with matching bands intertwine, and the room seems to brighten.
Greg tenderly speaks his full name, emphasizing the newly added hyphenation, glimmering with the truth that this is the first morning of the first day of the rest of their lives together.
“Mycroft David Alexander Holmes-Lestrade.”
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DANGEROUS COMPANY [Cover Art] by helloliriels
'A stranger with mysterious, beautiful eyes keeps appearing to Doctor Watson' - A Fandom Trumps Hate gift 💜for @holmesianlove for her new fic!
Slowly, And Then All At Once
the first hucklerobby fic by LipstickDaddy on AO3
Summary: Dennis Whitaker has made it this far in life knowing when to push and when to let himself be pulled. Working with Dr Robinavitch at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Centre is no different. He doesn't mind if things fall slowly into place.
Rating: E
Notes:
(1) I've taken some liberties with the canon scenes but I'm sure none of you will mind
(2) I've once again shoehorned some dialogue from bbc sherlock into this, because I love suffering and it's fun— there's also a snippet of dialogue from a Pitt cast interview stuck in here, can you spot it?
(3) as a M*A*S*H enjoyer I couldn't help add the scene about Hawkeye. You get it. You get me.
(4) for the sake of this fic let's pretend the data breach storyline hasn't happened >.>
read it here.
reblogs appreciated, I'd like to make more Pitt mutuals!
tagging people who've 'liked' my fic teasers, please let me know in the replies if you'd like to be tagged in future fics.
★ The Game is On! - Sherlock
This scene has always been very important to me, and now that I'm getting more sentimental with age, it constantly brings tears to my eyes. The fact that John couldn't tell the therapist about Mary's hallucination, but started talking to her in front of Sherlock, killed me, tore my heart out, and continues to do so with every rewatch.🙏
*captivating title full of action*
Hi guess who got reincarnated again. Anyway, this is for @totallysilvergirl , in great thanks for her support 💝🫣
Its been so long that im SO outta loop, but ill add the old taglist hope its ok xx

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Im finally gonna start posting on here lol, I hope Yall like it?
“Lately I am changed by him.”
Following Sherlock is John! Had a lot of fun painting him- I had to! John screams dog: being loyal and all, but he is also a soldier after all, doing policework now, so I decided to pair him up with a German Shepherd.
John is joining Sherlock in my Redbubble Shop--> https://www.redbubble.com/de/shop/ap/181235697?asc=u
You can find Sherlock here
Look out for Irene, James or Mycroft next!
Anynone in the mood for an 'in love with my best friend's dad' - Mystrade fic?
I have started one:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Smut, pinning, fluff, and a sprinkling of angst, ahoy!
Watching BBC Sherlock for the first time, and holy hell, Watson’s cane use is giving me shoulder pain. Why the FUCK is he making it harder on himself 😭?????
Never mind we didn’t need it anyways I guess
CAN WE STOP GETTING HIT BY CARS PLEASE ????
Okay why is Watson surprised that Sherlock is “a junkie” YOU SAW HIM PUT ON 3 NICOTINE PATCHES EARLIER??? HE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT SMOKING??? OBVIOUSLY THEY’RE DIFFERENT, BUT COME ON. THREE. THREE NICOTINE PATCHES
Okay I finished episode one, that was so gay what?????

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I think fanfiction as a medium is different enough from mainstream literature in the tools it offers writers that it's a shame that it's not talked about more often. And it's not me saying "fanfic is better than books xD" because that sort of mindset is a symptom of people who aren't particularly well read in either medium. I'm just speaking of like... The little things you get to do with a fanfic that you genuinely can't really do in an original story.
I had a big fanfic in a previous fandom where one of the big reveals was the involvement of a kind of infamous villain, whose presence was built up to and foreshadowed through the whole fic until his reveal without ever mentioning his name, so that the name drop would be a gut punch. It worked especially well because of who the villain was and his presence in that fandom space specifically (it's very complicated) and if it was an original story this reveal wouldn't work at all the way it was written in the fic. Because if you don't have a predisposition to think about that character and his relationship to the hero in a very specific way, then just seeing their name won't do much to you; the reveal and the recontextualisation it pushes upon you hinges on your previous knowledge of the source material.
I think it's an interesting tool fanfic authors are given. One of my favorite fanfic of all time is partially a re-imagining of its source material's canon, and something it does is introduce antagonists much earlier in the story or deepen npcs' stories. It then works to evoke a tragic irony that again wouldn't work if you didn't know the source material, and it's something the author obviously has a lot of fun with.
You could call it cheap or a crutch and I mean, yeah, sure, it is a little bit: the fanfic relies on previously established emotional bonds and stakes to achieve its goal, and in some cases it saves the author from having to 'properly' build up its stakes. But I think it's INTERESTING that it has that tool at its disposal. I think it's a fun thing to play with and I think these built in expectations and emotional bonds are especially why I find story driven aus in particular to be fascinating in the amount of ways you can play with them. You know??
so i don't remember if ive ever shared this but an incredible consequence of reading Sherlock Holmes as a kid was me imagining them as even gayer than they are in canon.
so here's the deal, when i'd asked my mother what a "dressing gown" was, she explained to me that it was basically a bathrobe. so, my knowledge of bathrobes being 'clothes you put on your naked body after a shower as a comfortable alternative to a towel', my mind of course conjured Holmes and Watson walking around their flat in nothing other than a dressing gown on. like this:
and kid me went "huh, that's awfully intimate. theyre definitely SOME sort of great friends." I am honestly pretty ashamed to admit i only realized they actually wore normal clothes under their dressing gowns when i started searching for Sherlock Holmes fanart and saw people drawing it. oops.