This was in a final set of just 5 or so BBC fics that I was still struggling with last night, even after I’d assigned guesses to everything else. So some of these BBC fics are going to be my shakiest guesses of all! Here I matched merely on some tenuous formatting things (use of a graphic at the start of the text, sometimes using lower case titles, some similar tags). So it’s one of those guesses where I think I’ve got a reasonable match, but I’m equally aware I could be 100% wrong!
This Meeting of Like Minds (Mary Russell, art) – iwantthatcoat (?)
Another shaky guess, because art (and vids) are the things I’m least able to comment on or analyse in any useful way! I would have thought OldShrewsburyian or rachelindeed (known fans of the Peter Wimsey series, which is the crossover ‘verse here), but they both left kudos! Well, or sanguinity, but Sang is noted as beta here. Oh, and cam_elot is the sole person who offered graphics – and seems to maybe even have a similar style – but they offered only BBC (and I think made a vid!) so this seems less likely. Which leaves me with…known chameleon extraordinaire iwantthatcoat! Who didn’t offer the Mary Russell ‘verse, no, but did offer art, and is known to leap at a new and confounding challenge each round of Holmestice. And could have matched on recipient language_escapes via ACD and Bert Coules, but then decided to try something different instead.
Old Dog Waltz (ACD) – twicecurvedspine
Mostly by elimination (none of the other possibilities seemed to fit in terms of punctuation etc.); also twicecurvedspine offered Holmes/Watson/Other, as well as Holmes/Watson and Watson/Mary, which seems to fit here. :-)
The Choices We Make (BBC) – pipmer1
Again, part of the final set of BBC fics I struggled with! But the use of some specifics like the tag “Alternate Universe – Supernatural Elements” and the Mycroft/Lestrade pairing, put me at pipmer1 as my best guess. I’m far from sure, though!
A Conductor of Light (Ritchie) – alexcat
Another one I was very unsure about, but alexcat could be a match in terms of tags and e.g. style of summary (short, present-tense sentences). Why yes, some of my evidence *is* quite slim. But I’ve got to grasp at something! ;-)
The Adventure of the Dying Private Investigator (Watson and Holmes) – iwantthatcoat (with maybe sanguinity as an outside option)
Okay, I realize this may conflict with what I wrote above, but I do think iwantthatcoat wrote my wonderful gift, set in the rare ‘verse of the Watson and Holmes/A Study in Black comic! Only two people offered this ‘verse, and gardnerhill was quickly eliminated through leaving kudos. I do think it *could* also be sanguinity (who has developed a rather devious habit of just putting “tbd” for which fandoms she’ll offer, which makes her hard to guess!), who certainly could have decided to match herself on me based on the various very rare fandoms I requested. I think I’ve placed Sang elsewhere, but I did have a lot of trouble pinning her down this round (again!) so she’s still a possibility here, especially if I’m wrong about iwantthatcoat here, but right about iwantthatcoat above.
The Mystery of the Misplaced Detective (ACD) – scfrankles
Gen, humor, tags that match SCFrankles, charming and clever? SCFrankles. :D
...Okay, that's the first batch. I'm going to be out for a while, but more when I'm back later this evening!
starfishstar's alarmingly large pile of guesses, pt. 2
hands full of matter (BBC) – write_out
This was in a final set of just 5 or so BBC fics that I was still struggling with last night, even after I’d assigned guesses to everything else. So some of these BBC fics are going to be my shakiest guesses of all! Here I matched merely on some tenuous formatting things (use of a graphic at the start of the text, sometimes using lower case titles, some similar tags). So it’s one of those guesses where I think I’ve got a reasonable match, but I’m equally aware I could be 100% wrong!
This Meeting of Like Minds (Mary Russell, art) – iwantthatcoat (?)
Another shaky guess, because art (and vids) are the things I’m least able to comment on or analyse in any useful way! I would have thought OldShrewsburyian or rachelindeed (known fans of the Peter Wimsey series, which is the crossover ‘verse here), but they both left kudos! Well, or sanguinity, but Sang is noted as beta here. Oh, and cam_elot is the sole person who offered graphics – and seems to maybe even have a similar style – but they offered only BBC (and I think made a vid!) so this seems less likely. Which leaves me with…known chameleon extraordinaire iwantthatcoat! Who didn’t offer the Mary Russell ‘verse, no, but did offer art, and is known to leap at a new and confounding challenge each round of Holmestice. And could have matched on recipient language_escapes via ACD and Bert Coules, but then decided to try something different instead.
Old Dog Waltz (ACD) – twicecurvedspine
Mostly by elimination (none of the other possibilities seemed to fit in terms of punctuation etc.); also twicecurvedspine offered Holmes/Watson/Other, as well as Holmes/Watson and Watson/Mary, which seems to fit here. :-)
The Choices We Make (BBC) – pipmer1
Again, part of the final set of BBC fics I struggled with! But the use of some specifics like the tag “Alternate Universe – Supernatural Elements” and the Mycroft/Lestrade pairing, put me at pipmer1 as my best guess. I’m far from sure, though!
A Conductor of Light (Ritchie) – alexcat
Another one I was very unsure about, but alexcat could be a match in terms of tags and e.g. style of summary (short, present-tense sentences). Why yes, some of my evidence *is* quite slim. But I’ve got to grasp at something! ;-)
The Adventure of the Dying Private Investigator (Watson and Holmes) – iwantthatcoat (with maybe sanguinity as an outside option)
Okay, I realize this may conflict with what I wrote above, but I do think iwantthatcoat wrote my wonderful gift, set in the rare ‘verse of the Watson and Holmes/A Study in Black comic! Only two people offered this ‘verse, and gardnerhill was quickly eliminated through leaving kudos. I do think it *could* also be sanguinity (who has developed a rather devious habit of just putting “tbd” for which fandoms she’ll offer, which makes her hard to guess!), who certainly could have decided to match herself on me based on the various very rare fandoms I requested. I think I’ve placed Sang elsewhere, but I did have a lot of trouble pinning her down this round (again!) so she’s still a possibility here, especially if I’m wrong about iwantthatcoat here, but right about iwantthatcoat above.
The Mystery of the Misplaced Detective (ACD) – scfrankles
Gen, humor, tags that match SCFrankles, charming and clever? SCFrankles. :D
...Okay, that's the first batch. I'm going to be out for a while, but more when I'm back later this evening!