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Name: what-alchemy

Contact email: known to the mods

I will create: fic

In the following parts of fandom: BBC Sherlock, ACD

For the following pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

I like working with the following categories: slash/het/femslash/gen, trope subversion, genderswap, flangst, retirement fic, magical realism/fairy tale, soulmates, romance, h/c, misunderstandings, break-up/reunion, small-scale AUs, Holmes family/childhood gen, happy endings. I could be convinced to write Harry Potter crossover/fusion fic.

I am willing to create for the following kinks: While I'm likely to go into "mature" territory, I am not likely to go into "explicit," so while sex/sensuality/light erotica are still on the table, I don't think anything that could be described as a kink in the sexual sense is.

I want to receive: fic, podfic

In at least one of the following parts of fandom: BBC Sherlock, ACD

For at least one of the following pairings:Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

I like stuff in the following categories: slash, genderswap, flangst, retirement fic, magical realism/fairy tale, soulmates, romance, h/c, misunderstandings, break-up/reunion, AUs

I wouldn’t mind any of the following kinks: I'd prefer plot over porn, but if the spirit moves you, I like stories with rimming, fingering, crossdressing (for a case! for science! for whatever excuse they've got this time!), barebacking, bottom Sherlock, sex toys/object insertion

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive: I am a sucker for flangst, prolonged misunderstandings, and break up/reunion fics. I would prefer a future, post-hiatus, or hand-wavey timeline fic which does not delve too much into Reichenangst if at all, and I would prefer a happy ending. I love a Sherlock who is strange and characteristically socially tone-deaf, and a John who likes him that way and has an issue or two of his own. Sherlock attempting to be romantic and succeeding only in being very him about it would be amazing. I’m not one for asexuality or platonic romance fics. In the kinks corner, I would rather not see permanent major character death, alpha/omega dynamics, vampires or werewolves, BDSM, or darkfic type things like heavy torture, blood/knife play, or non-con/dub-con. Also, character bashing, especially of Sally, makes me very, very sad. Also, I'm trying my best to avoid S3 spoilers, so I'd rather a gift that did not include speculation drawn from spoilers.

Special requests: Very long or specific prompts result in badfic from me, so I'd prefer broader or more open requests. I am especially into AUs and magical realism/fairy tale/fantasy right now, though not vampires and werewolves and such. I would prefer to be matched with someone who would like more plot than porn. I specialize in flangst and am probably not up for heavy angst or darkness this time around. I am straight-up not good at case-fic. I hope to be paired with someone who would like a more light-hearted romantic story.