#bendedwillow

Just thought of that for some reason :P

I'm sure we'd find some sort of use for him hehe

We don't know when canon Milverton operated, Watson never gives a year and other people have dated it anywhere from 1890 to 1899 but at the end we don't know. So it's possible that Milverton operated at the same time as Moriarty did and I just had this strange thought, what if Milverton was blackmailing Moriarty?

Idk where I'm going with this or if I'm even going anywhere, I just thought I'd share.

Ooohh that's interesting! *o*

What would Milverton have on Moriarty? What if in this new AU, Moriarty and Moran have to join forces with Holmes and Watson to stop Milverton? What is both Moriarty and Holmes fake their deaths at Reichenbach to fool Milverton?

Thanks! I've answered 18 and 23 already, here ;)

8 - If you could own one prop from the set, what would it be? Oof this is such a good question! Honestly everything kjsfgkg but I'd love the Reichenbach drawing that's on top of the fireplace, and maybe a pipe? the happy one :')

Also this reminds me of this awesome Sherlockian Relics bundle that you can buy here with replicas of the blue carbuncle, the contract of the red headed league and the musgrave ritual (and a print of the drawing I just said I wanted! kjfhgkdf) If I didn't live in a country that hates me and makes purchasing things from somewhere else impossible, I would have bought it :')

11 - Favorite side character. Mrs. Hudson, no question! And Toby! <3 I also really like Kitty.

12 - Least favorite side character. This one is hard cause I would usually say Irene Adler, but because this is a "let's stick to canon" show, she's not horrible kjfhgkg I guess Moriarty? for that same reason that it's based on canon, Moriarty isn't that interesting lol Also because he's the villain I guess :P

Ooh I’m excited to watch more!

I also love that even with the changes they’ve made (which I like and find really interesting) it still feels faithful to the book y’know?

Traditional

Hidebound

Constant

Conventional

Old-fashioned

Orthodox

Set in his ways

Inflexible

Unchanging/unchanged

Old guard

Die-hard

Stick-in-the-mud

Thank you! :>

2. Favourite Canon story/scene?

- My favourite story is COPP, I wrote a post about it once! The themes of domestic abuse survival/living without a family, as well as COPP's aesthetics, are really beautiful and close to my heart.

BLUE is a close second, just for the sheer light-hearted joy of it and for the spirit of camaraderie between Holmes and Watson. That scene of Holmes standing under a streetlamp and laughing is so perfectly heartwarming. And of course, the thief concealing the spoils of his crime in a goose is just the wackiest, most satisfyingly absurd twist.

I'm Jewish but I do enjoy the Victorian Christmas aesthetic and BLUE is a brilliant example of it.

5. Most hated secondary character?

For @bendedwillow, who wanted more Holmes-narrated fics!

Jean la Bête (1k, G, established, proposal) by @gardnerhill. "He knows I love him. I may have once opined that I was very fond of the soil upon which he trod. We have fought and bled and celebrated for nearly twice as long as Victoria and Albert were wed. Yet all our legal documents list us as 'Single.'"

Riddle Me This, Mr Holmes (2k, G, established, fluff, epistolary) by @ancientreader. "The sixth day of Watson’s absence was a Sunday, and Wiggins did not appear. A Benevolent Society had taken an interest in him of late; the interest was not mutual, but one of the benevolent persons had a daughter for the sake of whose beaux yeux Wiggins suffered through interminable sermons."

Not the Voice That Commands (2k, G, pre-slash, growing relationship) by @educatedinyellow. "Watson seemed genuinely pleased to watch me evolve into a domestic mystery, and he had trouble concealing his amusement at my more eccentric bona fides. I could not always resist the temptation to talk absolute rot to him for the pleasure of watching his eyebrows zoom."

The Hawthorn Grove (1k, G, hiatus, pre-slash) by orchid314. "To find himself sharing lodgings with a person who believed that life was worth living. Well. The idea was at first an object of Sherlock's scorn. Then it became a faintly amusing habit in which he indulged his fellow lodger. And finally it was something without which he could not exist."

Two Days (6k, E, Labouchere amendment, first time) by @tweedisgood. "Watson did not attempt to press his suit in the days following, though a distinctly discernible air of hesitant yearning made a fair job of doing it for him."

Instruments of an Art (500w, G, first kiss) by keep_calm_and_ks. "To realise that one is in love with John Watson is not unlike experiencing the breathless pause after the first, vivace movement of Tchaikovsky’s fourth concerto. It is dangerous, too, because it marks an inevitable beginning: a headlong rush into a quiet and inescapable adagio."

Five Dirty Minutes In The Dark (1k, T, casefic, pre-slash, part of the fantastic Missing Pages series, highly recommend starting at the beginning) by @plaidadder. "Twenty cubic feet of air. Unknown quantity of chloroform, soaking the rags wrapped around my head. Hands bound behind my back. Lid on box. Light: zero. Room for maneuvering: almost nil. Time remaining: four minutes thirty seconds. This is the problem. These are the givens. Find the solution."

Broken, Mended, Mine (2k, G, established, addiction recovery) by @gailbsanders. "I very nearly killed you this morning, Watson,' I said softly. I trembled lightly, and longed for the heady rush of cocaine which would have fortified my courage. But the fragile, wounded bravery of a man barely holding his head above water was all I could manage, and so it would have to do."

Simple Tastes (1k, T, pre-slash, coming out) by aelfay. "I am fully prepared to account for my tastes, and I find them simple enough, despite the fact that Watson would no doubt describe them as eccentric. I simply want the best. Ofttimes, the best is cocaine, others, the thrill of a case.

At all times, Watson is the best of me."

Bloody Cornwall (8k, M, ptsd recovery, friends to lovers) by @mistyzeo. "'Holmes, you haven't slept a full night since we came back from Cornwall. Something's the matter, isn't it?'

'Nothing's the matter,' I said. My cup of coffee barely shook in my hands."

Some Gentle Dove (8k, T, established, miscommunication, Sussex) by @sanspatronymic. "Watson nodded and turned the page, trying his best to appear unaffected by my praise, though I caught the trace of a pleased smile below his mustache. He is not terribly good at keeping a straight face, my John, but his attempts are utterly bewitching."

Possible (900w, T, friends to lovers, bisexual Watson) by violsva. "Watson looks rather charming when confused and irritated, but I dislike the reaction when I am making perfect sense."

Chimera (800w, G, pre-slash, pining, hiatus, epistolary) by stardust_made. "My dear John. I am writing this letter on one of the quietest nights I have ever had. There is some peace in it, but no great measure. It is not the silent night of songs, but that of the desert, and there is only one thing I miss more than the cold, damp climate of England."

Since First I Saw Your Face (300k, M, ICONIC novel-length fic, unfinished, friends to lovers) by @artemisastarte. "I was not the austere icon, the saint of the intellect he thought me. I was not the passionless creature I had pretended to be. I was human, and hungry, and the torment of longing and not having fevered me to madness."

The Thieves' Den (6k, T, casefic, friends to lovers) by flawedamethyst. "'If he dies,' he started, and then found himself stumbling over the word, unable to continue. If Watson died, then what? How could he recover from such a thing?"

Idée fixe (1k, T, late love, first kiss) by nowstfucallicles. "It is too grave a thing to be treated as a mere distraction, too tenacious to be dissolved in tobacco smoke. What does one begin with an idée fixe? With a mind bent towards one single thing. One single man. This man."

That Most Precious of All Things (11k, T, heartbreak and recovery, friends to lovers) by earlybloomingparentheses. "He could not love me. I am a master of deduction; certainly I would know if he did. And that was overwhelmingly for the best. I could live with the constant ache of unfulfilled desire; but he, good soul that he was, should never have to."

The Tempest (3k, T, after hiatus, friends to lovers) by hardboiledbaby. "In this manner, we had forged a life together. We were partners in all but the carnal: this had been sufficient. Cherished, even.

But then he plighted his troth to Mary Morstan, pledged to her those parts of him that were beyond my reach: his love, his ardor, his fidelity. And that was unbearable."

The Rose Grew Round the Briar (4k, G, established, growing relationship) by garonne. "I had done something to displease him, but I knew not what. He wasn't sulking, of course; he never did. Watson, unlike myself, took no pleasure in being aggrieved, and no satisfaction in showing it."

Avowals (3k, T, post-hiatus, love confession) by garonne. "The feelings which had welled up in me upon seeing Watson again had been difficult to master, and it sometimes seemed that my every moment since our reunion had been dedicated to fighting the impulse to throw myself at his feet."

Wintry Morning, Victoria Station (1k, T, established relationship, proposal) by garonne. "The scope of my senses had shrunk to encompass only the little patch of platform in which Watson and I stood, separated by a mere two feet of air. He was grinning into his moustache, his eyes crinkling up into lines of joy."

In the Shadow of the Past (5k, M, casefic, established) by garonne. "I looked with amusement on Watson's enthusiasm. There was a time when I was desperately jealous of such attentions paid to other people, but I have been confident of him for many years now."

A Taste of Honey (3k, T, pre-slash, sickfic) by methylviolet10b. "I had long since ceased to think of Watson as an invalid, or anything other than a reliable companion, a constant source of strength, support, and occasional pawky humor. I certainly never considered him as fragile.

But I should have known better."

Songs of Spring (800w, unrated, established, Sussex, epistolary) by waid. "I know, dear heart, that you haven’t left me for good. I do not know what it would take to drive you away; after almost thirty years of utterly wrongheaded if mostly inadvertent experimentation upon the subject, I have concluded I will never find out."

Mon Cœur (1k, T, established, jealousy) by la_novatrice. "'You must know that there is nowhere I would rather be than here with you, my boy.' He broke away only slightly and uttered the words between their breaths. Holmes, startled, opened his mouth to reply and discovered he had none."

Last (1k, M, mourning, epistolary, part of a brilliant series) by the_cool_aunt. "I do not go to church and light a candle in your remembrance. Instead, every year on this day I play all of your favourite tunes. They are, for the most part, lively and light, and that helps."

The Adventure of the Doctor's Heart (12k, E, casefic, friends to lovers) by @mistyzeo. "Some days, I am very glad he is so painfully unobservant; if he had noticed the way I was devoted to him, I would have been lost. Watson is the best sort of upstanding citizen, and I am the worst sort of invert."

And my own Holmes-POV fic:

Luck Or Something Like It (2k, T, early days, ptsd, love confession). Watson feels the need to test his luck; Holmes hopes to help him trust it.

Loch Lomond (200w, T, post hiatus, first kiss). Watson comes home.

Coup De Foudre (800w, T, established, love confession). For once, Watson beats him to it.

The Answer to a Question (22k, T, friends to lovers, coming out, rewriting the hiatus). The stories behind the story we know.

The Certainty Of John Watson (1k, G, post hiatus, pre slash). A chance to make things right.

Poets Lie (5k, T, canon rewrite, Garridebs, getting together). He could have loved him silently forever if Watson hadn’t gotten that glimpse of his heart.