Guessing Post

[holmesticemods]

Thank you so much for another wonderful round of Holmestice! The mods want to say THANK YOU to all the creators who joined us for this round. You put in a lot of hard work and made some really great fanworks.

Reveals and the Master List go up on June 28th. Until then, please enjoy and comment on all the lovely fanworks. Creators, please do NOT respond to Dreamwidth comments or post your fanwork elsewhere on the Internet until reveals go up in the community. (You may of course reply to comments on AO3, which preserves your anonymity.)

But we're not done yet -- treats are coming right up! We'll continue to accept treats right through until reveals, so if there's a prompt for which you want to whip something up, please do! Just send it to holmesticemods@gmail.com using the regular submission guidelines.

If you'd like to guess at who created what in this round, a list of all the contributors -- including treat-makers -- is below the cut. Go ahead and take a guess! It's all in good fun.

ETA: Eeep! The earlier version of the list of creators had some errors, but it should be right now! (We hope!)


a_different_equation
alexcat
ancientreader
angelqueen04
camillo1978
clearinghouse
colebaltblue
discordantwords
dogandmonkeyshow
dryadinthegrove
gardnerhill
graycardinal
ireallyshouldbedrawing
iwantthatcoat
marta_bee
monkiainen
nairobiwonders
nottoolateforthegame
oldshrewsburyian
rachelindeed
sanguinity
sanspatronymic
tazlet
trobadora
valdavermillion
write_out


Go forth and leave love for your fellow Holmestice authors, artists, vidders, and podficcers. See you again on the 28th, when we reveal who made what!

Comments

[graycardinal]

[working steadily away at the Spreadsheet of Doom]

Judging by the initial mass of "possible" tickyboxes, this may end up being a singularly challenging round aside from one or two really obvious deductions.

Meanwhile, just to make things interesting, two truths and a lie:

(1) My contribution is written in first person.
(2) My contribution neither mentions nor features Mycroft.
(3) My contribution is not a crossover.

[rachelindeed]

Such an intriguing clue, it seems a shame not to take another crack at guessing your contribution! So here we go...

My initial guess for you was "Escapade," because the recipient mentioned an interest in pastiche in their sign-up and also because you seemed the most likely to be familiar with such an obscure 'verse. And your clues just barely fit "Escapade" - it's written in first person, it's not a crossover, and there is one brief reference to Mycroft. So my initial guess might still be correct.

But your clues seem a better fit for the fic that was my second-choice guess for you, "By Any Other Name." And, in looking at your sign-ups, I can see that you could very easily have been matched with AngelQueen04 on the basis of Mary Russell and then decided to switch up the 'verse you actually created for (sneaky!!)

So, yes, on reflection I believe it's more likely you are responsible for this lovely Enola and Mycroft fic.

Which leaves the perennial mystery of who the heck went out and found the Holmes vs. Houdini comic for this Holmestice? Bless them, whoever they are! I am firm in committing gardnerhill to your equally obscure Solar Pons fic, so I am going to guess...Iwantthatcoat for "Escapade." They like challenging assignments and said they'd be willing to look up source material for an unfamiliar part of the fandom in order to please their recipient :)

So, my revised guesses:

Escapade = iwantthatcoat

By Any Other Name = graycardinal

[graycardinal]

True but possibly misleading facts:

In my not-at-all-misspent youth I dabbled fairly seriously in minor stage magic, and remain moderately interested in magic and magicians (a couple of college classmates of mine were card-carrying professionals, one of whom became a good friend and is now a well-known stage actor).

I will admit to having read -- and disliked -- Daniel Stashower's Holmes/Houdini novel, The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man.

[sanguinity]

How many Holmes-Houdini things are there, anyhow? There are at least two comics, I know.

On second thought, don't answer that! You have more guesses to make. :-D