it's been almost a year since i posted this link, which means i probably haven't updated any of the lists in the folder, and there may be some new meta writers that i haven't gotten around to including. But the idea is, here's a place to get started exploring series 4 meta (and yes, i still dream of doing earlier "semesters", but it gets harder when people leave fandom/tumblr).
My focus is more on reading the subtext, than trying to sort out "what really happened" in the surface story.
if i can figure out how to do it, i would love to make this a pinned post, since the clicky in my header stopped working last year.
ETA sept 2021, if google's new security measures interferes with the link, message me and i will see if i can get you in.
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(dry look) Nobody gets to tell me when to cringe. I reserve such assessments to those who have sufficient experience to correctly judge whatβs cringeworthy.
I would rather read the worst human-written fanfic than the most highly polished string of words extruded by an LLM. I am sure i am not in the minority on this.
If you write something on your own then you are one human being conveying something to another. Which automatically makes your writing more worth my time than anything generated by a machine.
Gen AI will not make your writing "good." It will make your writing, at best, a pleasant meaningless noise. Do not give up the privilege of using language to help you become who you are and share that with other humans.
They ran side-by-side. For once, John was actually ahead, steady, focused, almost graceful. His running style was steady, confident and consistent. Sherlock, normally a sprinter, was having difficulty finding a stride, yet still taking cheeky jabs at John.
βYou realise,β Sherlock puffed, βIβve let you take the lead. Morale purposes. Like a therapy dog!β
John didnβt even look at him. βSherlock, Iβm a former soldier. I can run.β
βYes, yes, but your legs are so civilian now, and the whole psychotic limp thing, could come back at any moment.β
βKeep talking and Iβll trip you.β
They hit Mile 12. Finish line in sight. Sherlock smirked, ready to unleash his full potential ahead of him. This is just chasing criminal speeds.
And then, without warning, John EXPLODED forward, a sudden blur of elbows, pure fury, and deeply competitive spite.
βWHAT?! JOHN?!β Sherlock yelped, faltering as John rocketed ahead.
John shouted back, voice triumphant and unhinged, βYOU CALLED ME A THERAPY DOG!β
Sherlock attempted to chase, baffled. βI meant EMOTIONALLY SUPPORTIVE, YOU MANIAC!β
John didnβt slow.
Sherlock wheezed.
Spectators roared as John crossed the finish line.
First place
And one of the volunteers hanging out the t-shirts looked in awe: βThat man just weaponised a compliment.β
A few years ago while trying to find ways to commit suicide as painlessly as possible, I came across a PDF of Dr. Paul Quinnett's The Forever Decision. Thinking it might go into actual methods of suicide (I read an article once that actually did that and was trying to find it again) I started to read it, and I think I only got about two pages in before I was crying too much to actually see the words.
I downloaded the PDF to my hard drive and I open it again whenever I'm feeling too suicidal to do much else, but not enough to start booking a ride to the hospital. And every time without fail I only go up to a few pages before backing off and choosing to live another day just because suicide suddenly seems even more unbearable than whatever the hell upset me in the first place.
All the book really does is [I'm pulling a summary from GoodReads here as, again, I've read no more than 5 pages] "discusses the social aspects of suicide, the right to die, anger, loneliness, depression, stress, hopelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, the consequences of a suicide attempt, and how to get help."
But it also starts with the author kindly asking the reader to complete the book before going through with anything, and for some reason I'm compelled to really just try to read it all before finalizing everything. Despite not yet completing it (hopefully never will) I think I can safely say it's saved my life at least a few times now.
It's intentionally legal to copy and redistribute this book to keep it as accessible as possible, and it's very easy to find, but here's a link for it anyways.
We look at how conservation efforts in India have been pivotal to the survival of these birds.
In the early 2000s, vulture populations in Asia began to crash for no apparent reason. It was eventually discovered that a drug veterinarians used to treat cattle was highly toxic to vultures and poisoning them when they fed on cattle carcasses. The governments of India, Pakistan, and Nepal all worked to ban the toxic drug and support vulture conservation programs.
Twenty years later this is a huge conservation success story. Several Asian vulture populations that had decreased by over 99% before the ban have made huge recoveries thanks to conservation breeding centers, the creation of vulture safe zones, and stricter drug regulations.
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inspired by me spacing out on a long drive & staring at trees. this happened earlier this year, and birches ended up growing leaves before i finished the doll.
all branches & roots are made of metal wire + hot glue, which makes them poseable and also keeps them from snapping.
Scriptorium cat collection is now in my shop!!! With criossanna (trad Irish belts), bookmarks, and patches inspired by the medieval Irish poem Pangur BΓ‘n and the inky cat paws left on medieval manuscripts. The pattern using the pick up weaving method is also available!
I remember seeing the movie Enemy Mine when I was in high school. It was on tv and I remember sitting with my mom watching it and asking her βIβm not sure if this is a good or bad movie.β
It was released in 1985 and is about two enemies, an alien and a human, crash landed on a distant planet and having to survive together.
Ok, so it was based on a novella, and that was the plot of the novella, but the movie clearly wanted a big climax so they added a huge subplot about how the aliens who the humans captured were used as slaves in this big mine in space.
This was added because apparently, studio interference came up and said you canβt have a movie called Enemy Mine without having a mine.
Which is stupid since clearly βenemy mineβ was simply a way of saying βmy enemyβ. Adding a subplot about a mine for NO REASON takes the personal story of reconsideration of prejudices and makes it into a low budget Dune knockoff.
What does this have to do with anything?
I knew this story ages ago, well before watching Sherlock. When I first heard Mycroft saying βbrother mineβ I used to think of this movie and him mining Sherlocks, because the audience would be too dumb to not know that he was using a kind of fond nickname for Sherlock.
Never thought I'd have the opportunity to say this again: Reducing women and girls to their vaginas and then forcing them to show those vaginas to strangers is not a feminist ideal.
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I recorded a bunch of chapters before camp, went to camp, then recovered from camp, and now I've finally edited them. Here's the first batch! :)
Chapter 32: Haere! (Farewell!)
Chapter 33: Kaunga (The Act of Swimming)
Chapter 34: HΔ«koikoi (to March)
Chapter 35: Anahera (Angel)
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i have a liddell and scott around here somewhere, but i feel like i dimly remember that the root of text and textile is something about "to make". but it has been quite a while.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
It is one of the curious ironies of existence that a man, believing himself content and secure, may find his fortunes undone by a cruel turn of fate; and yet, when all hope seems lost and he stands upon the very brink of ruin, some unforeseen caprice of providence may lift him once more from the abyss.
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock Holmes)
Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Watson's Family History, Gambling, Post-Book: A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle, Trust, Developing Friendships, Friendship, References to Drugs, References to Addiction, Watson is down bad
Collections: Very Sincerely Yours - Fics Collection
This story holds a very special place in my heart at is was written for the @very-sincerely-yours-zine, a Holmes/Watson anthology! It brought together some of the most talented fan artists and writers from this corner of the internet discussing the queering of the reading of Holmesβs and Watsonβs relationship. The result was a stunningly beautiful book, reflecting on the idea of home and the premise βthat Holmes and Watson love each other very muchβ (Foreword), and in so many different ways. It is a dream come true and a great honour to have contributed to this beautiful, moving, heartwarming project, and I consider it the pinnacle of my fanfiction career. Thank you to everyone who made this possible! <3
I especially thank dear @petitcroc for creating the stunning illustrations for this fic - I almost cried with happiness when I saw them. <3
I can only encourage you to look up the other contributions to the zine! You can find some of the other fanfics in the Fic Collection here on Ao3. There will be a leftover sale of physical copies and merch from 7 to 31 July 2026 here. PDFs will be on sale indefinietely. Look up the info post on Tumblr! The proceeds of this will go to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
Let me know if you no longer wish to be tagged! <3
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The second shipment of "The Art and Stories of Three Patch Podcast: Celebrating BBC Sherlock Fandom 2013-2023" is finally here, and I will be hard at work packing and shipping out these books to our over 100 Indiegogo supporters over the next few weeks!
If you missed it, this is @threepatchpodcast's 240-page hardcover book that sums up 10 years of podcasting and recording the BBC Sherlock fandom. We have a few extra copies available that are now available for purchase on my Etsy:
Major update! We have now shipped out all of the books! Thank you all so much for your patience.
If you *did not* receive your book yet AND did not get an update email about your book, please reach out to us! There are definitely still books in transit, but we want to make sure you have all received your books.
We still have a few copies available at https://foxestacado.etsy.com/listing/4514416538/the-art-stories-of-three-patch-podcast
The second shipment of "The Art and Stories of Three Patch Podcast: Celebrating BBC Sherlock Fandom 2013-2023" is finally here, and I will be hard at work packing and shipping out these books to our over 100 Indiegogo supporters over the next few weeks!
If you missed it, this is @threepatchpodcast's 240-page hardcover book that sums up 10 years of podcasting and recording the BBC Sherlock fandom. We have a few extra copies available that are now available for purchase on my Etsy:
Major update! We have now shipped out all of the books! Thank you all so much for your patience.
If you *did not* receive your book yet AND did not get an update email about your book, please reach out to us! There are definitely still books in transit, but we want to make sure you have all received your books.
We still have a few copies available at https://foxestacado.etsy.com/listing/4514416538/the-art-stories-of-three-patch-podcast
