I am SO far behind, and there are so many new and wonderful contributors, and even familiar faces have clearly branched out in new directions this round...so I doubt I will have very many firm guesses this time. But what the heck! I'll throw my vague impressions into the wind and see if I can spot some likely suspects!
1) I think the first of the two beautiful 221B Baker Towers fics this round, "Do You Observe," must be starfishstar's. They have been so enthusiastic in advocating for that verse, but have conspicuously not commented or left kudos there. Also, I know that they were concerned about whether they would have the resources to research and write for that verse in an authentic way, and the 1sentence format strikes me as a brilliant way to approach that challenge, allowing them to paint so many dazzling ideas and moments and give a kaleidoscope of glimpses into that world. It's gorgeous, it's moving, and I think it's starfishstar's.
2) "In Pursuit of a Suit" strikes me as SCFrankles's work. The lovely prose and hilarious absurdist elements are all there, I think I spotted a Dear Ladies cameo, and the deeper emotion and more melancholy reflections, all steeped in a level of detail that indicates extreme familiarity with the ACD canon, make me think this is her story. She mentioned recently that she wanted to push her writing in new directions and try to deepen the characterizations, and those elements seemed really strong to me in this fic. But she couldn't resist that pun for the title! It's like a calling card :P
3) "Frost at Midnight" is sanspatronymic's -- cold toes, fond endearments, and Victor Trevor. The evidence is inescapable!
These others I'm less sure of, but I'll go ahead and guess:
"Five Christmases and an Easter" - dogandmonkeyshow
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Date: 2018-12-16 11:07 pm (UTC)1) I think the first of the two beautiful 221B Baker Towers fics this round, "Do You Observe," must be starfishstar's. They have been so enthusiastic in advocating for that verse, but have conspicuously not commented or left kudos there. Also, I know that they were concerned about whether they would have the resources to research and write for that verse in an authentic way, and the 1sentence format strikes me as a brilliant way to approach that challenge, allowing them to paint so many dazzling ideas and moments and give a kaleidoscope of glimpses into that world. It's gorgeous, it's moving, and I think it's starfishstar's.
2) "In Pursuit of a Suit" strikes me as SCFrankles's work. The lovely prose and hilarious absurdist elements are all there, I think I spotted a Dear Ladies cameo, and the deeper emotion and more melancholy reflections, all steeped in a level of detail that indicates extreme familiarity with the ACD canon, make me think this is her story. She mentioned recently that she wanted to push her writing in new directions and try to deepen the characterizations, and those elements seemed really strong to me in this fic. But she couldn't resist that pun for the title! It's like a calling card :P
3) "Frost at Midnight" is sanspatronymic's -- cold toes, fond endearments, and Victor Trevor. The evidence is inescapable!
These others I'm less sure of, but I'll go ahead and guess:
"Five Christmases and an Easter" - dogandmonkeyshow
"Kintsugi" - gardnerhill
"The Kincardine File" - smallhobbit
"Bones McCoy, Private Investigator" - ireallyshouldbedrawing
And I'll have to keep reading/watching to see if I can come up with any more guesses as I continue to catch up! :)