#medium podfic

Sherlock is peculiar, disgusting, and completely useless at being a decent dragon.

Writer: winterhill

Reader: Helens78

Length: 41:53

Audio: First time I've heard this podficcer, and so glad I didn't miss it! Ha sheep effects! She is also really good at adding little reading touches like calling to far off which makes for a great immersive podfic experience. She's got John's character voice inflections down to a pat too, you can hear his exasperation with Sherlock, loved it.

Story: Dragon!Sherlock! But don't worry it's gen so no dragon sex if you're squicked by that. I actually have no idea what this is crossed over with, but that didn't stop me loving the hell out of this story. I loved how Sherlock was characterised so well even tho he doesn't speak - ie an annoying git even in dragon form lol. Plus it's like a casefic! Dragon casefic!

Rating: A, dragon!Sherlock casefic with awesome reader effects

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There are three mysteries to living with Sherlock Holmes.

Writer: parsnips (trifles)

Reader: lalejandra

Length: 34:42

Audio: Love lalejandra's reading of this, it's like I'm in kindergarten and I'm sitting on the floor listening to story time. Totally captivated.

Story: I love the way the cute mystery actually has importance to the serious mystery. And John on the case! John's reveal at the end was awesome. Plus lots of warm and fuzzies at the end.

Rating: A, humour, mystery, and cute feels!

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Sherlock Holmes is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past…

Writer: AutumnAtMidnight

Reader: vulgarshudder

Length: 58:47

Audio: Uhhh I recorded and edited this in two evenings to get it done in Xmas, so any mistakes I appologise. And I got all experimental with the soundtrack, totally stealing Ms. H's soundtrack idea, I get the feeling you either love that or hate it, but it's only for the last 5 mins or so.

Story: Christmas Carol Sherlock! And written in a Dickensian narrative style and flowery vocab! I searched high and low for the perfect Christmas Carol cross over, and this was it! It was a really clever cross over, bringing in ACD cannon in which I loved!

Rating: A-, best Christmas Carol Sherlock fic out there!

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There's been so much good podfic this week, you guys are not making it easy to pick recs!!!!

The reason John and Sherlock have four children is because they didn't want five.

Writer: SkipandDi

Reader: Ms. H

Length: 46:34

Audio: I feel SO bad this being my first Ms. H rec, her advent calender series has been FANTASTIC. She runs music in the background, and has some fantastic choices. I was a bit thrown when I first started listening to her podfics, because I'd start getting distracted by the music. But once I got used to it I was able to focus on the voice and the music becomes like a movie soundtrack adding to the tone. It's a really interesting technique.

Story: God I love the OC POV of this Holmes family, esp the the social climbing lady who has some expectations dashed about the`Earl of Abingdon`. And I just love the idea of John being some kind of Angelina Jolie going around adopting all these kids, always seemingly with a baby on his hip, I mean awwwwww John.

Rating: A, I could not wipe the grin off my face listening to this

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I'm really too spoilt for things to rec nowdays! Time to set up a queue!

John Watson has been trapped since the moment he left Sherlock's funeral. It just took him a while to realise it.

Writer: KeelieThompson1

Reader: Makani

Length: 51:08

Audio: I try not to focus too much on people's accents because, you know it's just something you have. But SCOTTISH PODFICCER!! it's just like slipping into an aural bath. I love love the contrast of emotion Makani puts into John, his strength being tested to breaking point to desperation, anger and resignation...I seriously have a lump in my throat just listening to this. And I REALLY enjoyed her Moriarty, it was playful and insane, really well done. "I don`t see a biscuit" was just SINISTER.

Story: This story was heart breaking...John is just so alone, and goes through the tradegy of Harry, you can see why he clings to Ava. It was such a natural and believeable development to the character.

Rating: A, I reaaaally hope Makani does more to this series, she totally owned this story

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A post-Reichenbach reunion story, about time, and distance, and the way men bond in war. “In war, violence and care could look so much like each other, an uncanny horrific resemblance; sometimes he feared he’d forget the difference.” About how violence waits in memory: "His heart is heavy with the dread of what he’ll find. As if this were, indeed, the battlefield, and this another lovely young soldier with shrapnel in his heart." About finding a way home, and closing the gaps: "That pale beautiful face, that smell of weariness and smoke. This body he has loved at the distance of arms and years." And about how perhaps the differences and distances aren't so great after all: "John gives him his lips and lets him bite them just a little, for pain is the edge of pleasure, and fighters love that line."

There is also epic poetry from Mesopotamia, fellatio, and very energetic frottage. Because of, you know, reasons.

Warnings: some violent imagery, explicit

Writer: professorfangirl

Reader: justgot1

Length: 41:10

Audio: Welcome new podficcer justgot1!! She works magic with this story, the emotion she puts into John left me with my heart in my mouth. John's anger just blew me away, and I nearly burst out crying in public at one point! I can't wait to hear more from justgot1!

Story: Wow this story...it's so poetic and the emotion. I almost don't want to see the 3rd series now because this story is so perfect!! It really has everything I imagine with their reunion.

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Moriarty recaptures John and leaves him trapped in a world of hallucinations.

Writer: flawedamethyst

Reader: quintenttsy

Length: 48:20

Audio: quintenttsy has quite a fast reading pace, but as with the rule of 10 mins I stopped noticing and was totally engrossed. I like the way she does John's voice, it's got this kind of vulnerability.

Story:  Oh god this is so wonderful, John's totally bizarre non-sequitor hallucinations, sometimes funny, sometimes kind of terrifying. Sherlock's insistence for caring for him just...warms my blackened heart. The whole elephant in the room verse is wroth a read, esp the POV of Norbert the baby elephant.

Rating: A, JOHN TRIPPING BALLS.

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The night the aliens came was the first time John understood the extent of his predicament.

Writer: candle_beck

Reader: candle_beck

Length: 34:06

Audio: candle beck has a really cool voice! I was like oh hello when i started listening, new awesome podficcer discovery. But alas this seems to be her only Sherlock podfic *sad panda face* But she has MANY MANY podfics for other fandoms! I'm pretty much an exclusive Sherlock listener (DO NOT JUDGE ME FOR THE PEEP SHOW PODFIC I HAVE) but I like her as a reader so much I will have to give her *gasp* classic Holmes podfics a try.

Story: It is a nice getting together story at heart, but I found her characterisation of Sherlock just spot on, and so funny. Just one of the many little moments I loved:

Sherlock was saying something about institutionalised paranoia and a government gone mad with power derived from fear. The men in biohazard suits trickled in and out of their flat, carrying bits of Sherlock's home laboratory bound in thick plastic. Sherlock's bloodless face was alight with outrage, and he paced, his narrow hands flitting through the air.

He's so acerbic but then you get these little moments of aww where you see Sherlock's softer feelings coming through.

Rating: A, I`m about to go beg her to do more Sherlock podfics

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