Ready for my Second Holmestice!!

[mismeander]

HELLO HELLO I'm so fricken hype this is gonna be so much fun :>

 

Name: mismeander (DW, tumblr, discord)

Contact email: jaco.taylor.555@gmail.com

AO3 username: mismeander (Pseud: mxmanders)

Treat preference: I love treats!

I will create:

A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic

In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Books: Doyle - Canon; A Study in Emerald; Raffles - Hornung; The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; TV/Film: Granada TV Show; Ritchie Films; Sherlock BBC; Rathbone Films; Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century; Sherlock Hound; Without a Clue; Gillette Holmes; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes; They Might be Giants; My Dearly Beloved Detective; Enola Holmes (only the first movie sorry); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1984), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’s Smarter Brother Comics/radio/other: The Great Ace Attorney: Chronicles; Frogwares Crimes and Punishments; Frogwares Devil’s Daughter.

For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/Victor Trevor, John Clay/Archie, Irene Adler/Violet Hunter, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson/Mary Mortsan, Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock Holmes, John Watson/Mary Morstan, Sherlock Holmes & Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes & John Watson, Enola Holmes/Louis Partridge Tewksbury, Herlock Sholmes/Yujin Mikotoba, Barok van Zieks/Albert Harebrayne, Gina Lestrade/Maria Gorey, Sigerson Holmes/Jenny Hill/Orville Sacker, AJ Raffles/Bunny Manders.

I like working with one or more of the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach;  Romance;  Hurt/Comfort;  Established Relationship; Crossover; Friendship; Humor;  First Time; Friendship; Drug Addiction; Case Rewrite; Fix-It Fic, Trans Holmes, Queer Holmes, Trans Watson, Queer Watson, t4t relationships,

With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 

I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: Somnophilia, bondage, bdsm, light sado/masochism, wax play, orgasm denial, crossdressing

I want to receive:

A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic, vids, graphics, podfic

In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Books: Doyle - Canon; Raffles - Hornung; The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; TV/Film: Granada TV Show; Ritchie Films; Rathbone Films; Sherlock Hound; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes; My Dearly Beloved Detective; Enola Holmes (only the first movie sorry); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1984);  The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’s Smarter Brother; Comics/radio/other: The Great Ace Attorney: Chronicles; Frogwares Crimes and Punishments; Frogwares Devil’s Daughter. 

For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, AJ Raffles/Bunny Manders, John Clay/Archie, Sherlock Holmes/Victor Trevor, Irene Adler & Violet Hunter, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson/Mary Mortsan, Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock Holmes, John Watson/Mary Morstan, Sherlock Holmes & Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes & John Watson, Herlock Sholmes/Yujin Mikotoba, Barok van Zieks/Albert Harebrayne, Maria Gorey/Gina Lestrade, Sigerson Holmes/Jenny Hill/Orville Sacker, Sebastian Moran/James Moriarty.

I like stuff in the following categories: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Post-Reichenbach, Pre-Canon, Established Relationship, Crossover, Holmes POV, Alternative POV, Toby, Trans characters,

With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 

I wouldn’t mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: Light somnophilia, bondage, bdsm, light sado/masochism, wax play, orgasm denial, crossdressing 

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive: I’m not super keen on heavy angst, or rather, if there is angst it needs to be resolved happily by the end of the work. I adore fluff and humor!

Special requests: 

Please don’t get overwhelmed by the length of the list aha. Here is what I am compelled by in each of the series I listed. Feel free to explore/extrapolate upon any/multiple:

• Doyle - Canon; The relationship between Holmes and Watson is at the forefront, naturally, but I’m also really interested in the relationships between the people *around* Holmes. The way Mycroft gets on with John during the Hiatus, for example. OH also I LOVE Victor Trevor and would love to see his relationship with Holmes explored pre-canon.
• **Raffles - Hornung; Strong preference for  something standalone or crossover with this. I know it’s not *technically* a Holmes adaptation. But I’m the guy running Letters from Bunny, I just love these two thieves so much. I love the deeply fucked up way they care about each other and I love that they always win. 
• The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; It’s so much fun to re-imagine Holmes cases in THE horniest way possible. I find it incredibly amusing. I’d love to see a slutty rewrite of BLUE, SILV, NAVA, BRUC, BLAC, ENGR, or really any other that you fancy and have an idea for. I don’t care for the Holmes/Mycroft that happens in the canon of this one, so avoid that if possible.
• Granada TV Show; I don’t have much specific here; if something is done with this media, it should be wintertime and they should be cozy. 
• Ritchie Films; The dynamic between Holmes and Watson is so hilarious and I love to see an exploration of how they are both so bad for each other and also so good for each other. Any exploration with Mary approving of the H/W is suggested. ALSO I love Moraniarty from this series.
• Rathbone Films; I must confess this is a specific one: the lovely Jabbage (running LFW and making Beekeeper’s Picnic) has this headcanon that the reason Nigel Bruce’s Watson is so ditzy is because he sustained a brain injury off screen. This compels me tremendously. Any exploration of Holmes or Watson POV regarding his recovery from such an injury would tickle me pink. 
• Sherlock Hound; These dogs should take care of some children. They are so good at it and it would be adorable. Alternatively, the fact that there are a few human artifacts in the dog world (Mona Lisa, the gold statue in one of them is a woman) leads to some questions. How did these talking dogs get to be, if there are also real life humans at some point in the past or present?  
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes; Watson having his bisexual crisis is what would have improved this film and they were cowards not to write it. I think after the ballet Holmes and Watson should have a fight that ends in some wrestling and then kissing. 
• My Dearly Beloved Detective; LESBIAAAANNNSS!!! They’re so clever and sweet to each other. Let them crossdress or go on a date. Or both.
• Enola Holmes (only the first movie sorry); Enola and her boyfriend are cute. I’ll say it. They can have a cheesy bit of romance. I’d also love to see something where Enola follows her mother’s legacy a bit and becomes an anarchist.
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1984); An exploration of the culture shock that Holmes experiences would be capital. Missing his family and friends, waking up in a world where the social norms no longer make sense, it must have been very hard for him. 
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’s Smarter Brother; The Sigerson/Orwell/Jenny polycule is SO real please let them be together. It would be so cute and funny.
•  The Great Ace Attorney: Chronicles; I adore this duology!! I really love Herlock Sholmes/Yujin Mikotoba as the main H/W pairing, but also I adore Barok Van Zieks/Albert Harebrayne and Gina Lestrade/Maria Gorey. Barry Caidin has a special place in my heart too.
• Frogwares Crimes and Punishments; Holmes and Watson are my focus with this one. I’d love to see some hurt/comfort with these two. What if Holmes had injured Watson during blindfold shooting?
• Frogwares Devil’s Daughter; I am infinitely interested in the idea that Holmes inherited Moriarty’s daughter, but I think the game did a sloppy job of it if I’m being honest. How did that all go down? Did Holmes take care of her in the hiatus or Watson? I think one of the themes of the game deep down is that Holmes struggles to take ownership of his actions, or that he runs away from consequences. Follow that!

~*+. If none of these strike your fancy and you could craft a fun crossover, or if you love to be cheeky and would put in a cameo in one of the above options, here are some other fandoms I’m fond of: Ace Attorney, Professor Layton, Interview With the Vampire, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Osomatsu-San, Barbie Movie, Splatoon, Mob Psycho 100, Vocaloid, Horror Films (genre) Disco Elysium, Welcome to Night Vale, Maurice (1987), Jeeves and Wooster, Columbo, What We Do In The Shadows, Danganronpa, Sweeny Todd.

winter 23 signup; the diversions are on feet, or something?

[beamkatanachronicles]

Name: beamkatanachronicles / Danni
Contact email: purewhiteglastonbury@gmail.com
AO3 username: beamkatanachronicles
Treat preference: Treats are fine and loved!

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Put me in, Coach! (Sign-ups for Winter 2023 Holmestice)

[gardnerhill]

Name: gardnerhill
Contact email: Link sent to form.
AO3 username: gardnerhill
Treat preference: Yes please! My AO3 preferences are Automatically agree to your work being collected by others in the Archive and Allow anyone to gift me works

I will create:

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Holmestice Winter 2023 Signups are OPEN!

[holmesticemods]

The sign-ups are now open!

Treats Policy: As of February 2022, AO3 has introduced a setting to let users opt out of receiving additional gifts outside of formal exchanges (in Holmestice terms, "treats"). Please indicate whether you are or are not open to receiving additional fan works based on your sign-up. Also be sure to check your AO3 account preferences, under "Collections, Challenges and Gifts". AO3 accounts made before February 2022 default to ALLOW gifts, whereas new accounts default not to. Because signups are not handled through AO3, you MUST turn on treat ability if you want your gift posted to AO3. More information regarding this setting is available on AO3.

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Please note when putting down relationships:

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Do please make sure you're using / and & correctly in your sign-ups, as we use it to determine matches, and your match will use it to determine what sort of relationships to write for you.

Matches will be made on fandom, characters/pairings, categories, and ratings. All other details you include (besides any "do not wants") are optional; i.e., your gift-maker may take inspiration from any specific prompt you include, but they are not required to use them.

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Hello, Holmestice

[deelaundry]

Name: deelaundry aka Dee Laundry
Contact email: deelaundry@yahoo.com
AO3 username: dee_laundry
Treat preference: Would love to get treats

I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic, vid
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: TV/Film: Sherlock BBC; House MD; Ritchie Films; Granada TV Show
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Any character, any relationship except romantic Sherlock/Molly (I will write friendship for Sherlock & Molly).
I like working with one or more of the following categories: Fluff; Humor; Angst; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Case Fic; Established Relationship; First Time; Friendship; Drug Addiction; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence; Post-Reichenbach; Bondage; Crossover (only certain sources)
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: dubcon; non-con/rape; bdsm; bloodplay; torture; domestic abuse; alcohol/drug abuse; incest; self-harm; suicide; character death; mpreg; past child abuse being remembered by adult characters (I am not willing to write or imply any current day abuse of Rosie, Archie, or any child character).

I want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic, vid
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Sherlock BBC; Ritchie Films; Watson and Holmes comic; House MD; NRK Sherlock parody, parts 1-3; Enola Holmes (Netflix)
For one or more of the following characters or relationships:John Watson (or Wilson) and Sherlock Holmes (or House), with other characters as needed; original characters are good. Relationships: My only "no" is romantic Molly/Sherlock. Molly & Sherlock friendship is good; other friendships and romantic relationships are good, as long as the relationship between John Watson and Sherlock Holmes is also included (whether strong friendship, QPR, or romantic). Polycules are also great!
I like stuff in the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Crossover or Fusion; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; First Time; Bondage; Domestic; Parenthood; Mpreg; Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics; TLD Fix-it; TFP Fix-it; TEH Fix-it; Canon? I don't know her; Post-canon
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I wouldn't mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: Alternate realities with different gender/sexuality/identity constructs (e.g, Alpha/Beta/Omega, Dom-sub universe, Littles Are Known, LeGuin's Hainish universe, acearo is the default); identity play; age play; gender play; dressup; collars (related to power exchange/dom-sub or not!); orgasm denial/delay; public or semipublic sex; poly lifestyle and/or poly play; power exchange; pain play; dubcon; incest play; actual incest (not current Mycroft/Sherlock please unless it also includes John); child abuse (past only); domestic abuse; alcohol/drug abuse

Please include further details about what you'd like to receive: I would LOVE to get fic/art/vid with John and Sherlock based on your experiences. I once read a story where a retail superstar OC helped Sherlock find the perfect present for John. AWESOME. Desi John? Trans Molly? Sherlock really is a girl's name? Canadian Parks & Rec AU where Mycroft "occupies a minor position"? Would be fantastic! Please don't racebend the characters of color (including Sherlock & Jon from the Watson & Holmes comic) but changing the White characters to be part of your community is great. I listed a lot of kinks/topics above but please feel free to ignore them all if that's not what you want to create. (Very much would love art or vid based on my fics or fic based on my vids.)  Also, if you know both House MD and Sherlock BBC, a crossover would be cool, especially James Wilson and John Watson getting to know each other.

Do Not Want: Works with minimal attention to John. Dismissing or sidelining John & Sherlock's relationship; critique is fine and other relationships are fine, just make sure to include John & Sherlock too. Also DNW focus on/kink for: Vomiting, scat, watersports, omaroshi.

Winter Holmestice 2023 application

[thefruitviking]

Name: thefruitviking
Contact email: lucienspooner@gmail.com
AO3 username: FruitViking
Treat preference: I like treats!

I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic, also I am a voice actor so if you would like me to read something as Holmes I am up for that!

In one or more of the following parts of fandom:
Books: Doyle - Canon
TV/Film: Granada TV Show; Ritchie Films; Rathbone Films; The Great Mouse Detective Film

For one or more of the following characters or relationships:
Holmes/Watson, also Holmes & Watson

I like working with one or more of the following categories:
Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; Drug Addiction; Queerplatonic Relationships; Whump

With any of the following ratings: delete any that do not apply 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes

I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: Torture; alcohol/drug abuse; self-harm; character death

I want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic

In one or more of the following parts of fandom:
Books: Canon
TV/Film: Granada TV Show; Ritchie Films; Rathbone Films

For one or more of the following characters or relationships: 
Holmes/Watson, also Holmes & Watson

I like stuff in the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Friendship; Case Fic; Autistic Sherlock Holmes

With any of the following ratings: delete any that do NOT apply 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes;

I wouldn’t mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: Alcohol/drug abuse; self-harm; character death

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive: I prefer to read Holmes and Watson as queerplatonic partners, but I'm open to romantic interpretations! I would adore anything that's inspired by either my Wild West AU (ongoing series called YeeH&W because I couldn't resist) or A Study In Saltwater, my multi-chapter fic in which Holmes is a merman. Art or fic inspired by them would make me so happy!

Special requests: I've never done this before so I don't have anything I'd rather not get, as long as it's in line with what I've said already. Thanks!

Second Holmestice!!!

[inkonice]

Name: Lilith 
Contact email: inkfeathers57@gmail.com
AO3 username: inkfeathers
Treat preference: Open

I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic, 
In one or more of the following parts of fandom:  Books: Doyle - Canon; Livanov/Solomin Russian Holmes; Bert Coules radio dramatizations, Frogwares' The Awakened/Chapter One, BBC Sherlock, A Study in Emerald
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Holmes/Watson, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
I like working with one or more of the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship;  First Time; Friendship; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence; 

With any of the following ratings:  2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes

I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: bdsm; bloodplay;  domestic abuse; alcohol/drug abuse; character death; child abuse; omegaverse. 



I want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic.
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Books: Canon; A Study in Emerald; Sherlock BBC; Livanov/Solomin Russian Holmes;  Bert Coules radio dramatizations, Frogwares' The Awakened/Chapter One
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Holmes/Watson.

I like stuff in the following categories: Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Early Days; Pining; Mutual misunderstanding; Miscommunication; Resolved Sexual Tension; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Married life ;Friendship;  First Time; First Kiss; Dealing with Trauma; Top!Sherlock Holmes; ANGST!!!; Sherlock Post-season 4 fix-it. 

With any of the following ratings: 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I wouldn’t mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: bdsm; bloodplay; torture; domestic abuse; alcohol/drug abuse; character death; child abuse; cheating; omegaverse

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive: 

For fic: 

General assesment: I like fics that don't make it so easy for Holmes and Watson to love each other as they do, as they are both very complex people with a lot of baggage. I like when things hurt, but because the moments when they do meet eye to eye and find each other are so much sweeter then.

For BBC Sherlock:

1. Post-season 4 fic of John comming to terms with how much he loves bottoming for Sherlock. Maybe they're in a recently established relationship and they've been doing it the other way around until John finally experiments? Maybe they naturally fell into that dynamic since the first time and John is still dealing with some residual shame? You decide.

2. Post-Season 4 fic of them both going to therapy dnfkjdbkjfhkhdskghkdsjgkjd I'd like for it to be acknowledged that there's a lot they need to process together and actually communicate to each other before they could have any semblance of a healthy relationship, and also just for their own sakes. Much angst and pain but also lots of genuine and devoted love.

3. Post-season 4 Johnlock wedding??? As always, I'm not one for an overflow of fluff. I'd love for their wedding to be a quiet, peaceful occassion that gives them a lot of bittersweet feelings about how painful it was to get there but how rewarding it is to finally pledge themselves to each other. 

A Study in Emerald:

1. Your take on how Holmes and Watson came to meet as actor and playwrighter in Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald. 

Books Canon:

1. A fic dealing with their relationship immediately post-hiatus. With Watson furious at Holmes and refusing to talk to him after his deceit, and Holmes trying to win him back. 

2. A fic dealing with the period of time in which Watson is married to Mary. You can choose to either have Watson be cheating on Mary with Holmes, and the angst that comes with that, or them having an unspoken thing between them that they're both voicelessly aware of. Or maybe they had a romantic/sexual relationship before Watson's marriage and stopped because of Holmes' drug use and self-destruction, but there are still plenty of feelings there. 

3. (Established relationship) Your take on how Holmes decided to retire and how Watson decided to follow him. I headcanon that Watson probably wasn't very pleased with the idea of retiring so early. Did he stay in the city for some years more before going with Holmes to Sussex? Did he comply at the end, for the promise of privacy by the sea? Did Holmes have to do a grand gesture? Did something pushed them both to move? Go wild! 

For art:

General assesment: I'd love for more H/W NSFW/suggestive art to be around lol I'm also very partial to the kind of design Watson has in Frogware's remake of The Awakened. 

1. (NSFW) Holmes and Watson getting frisky against a wall :3 (Within the confines of 221B?? At the Baskervilles' Hall? Who knows!!) I'm really partial to Top!Holmes. 

2. (NSFW) BDSM Art with Holmes as Watson's Dom. 

3. A pretty portrait of Watson similar to his design in the adapatation mentioned above. 

4. Some suggestive art of them just being comfortable and in love with each other in their 221B home or on one of their country vacations, just before or after making love is also welcome :3 

 

Special requests: Although I added BBC Sherlock in the requests I'm wiling to take, I would very much rather it not be the only option from my match. In general I would prefer to be matched with someone who has given many options for requests (both for art and fic and the different adaptations I mentioned), as it gives me peace to have where to choose from. 

 

Happy Holmestice!