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Sliding in under the wire
Surely no one thought I'd miss this round....
Name:graycardinal
Contact email: graycardinal007 at gmail dot com
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Gray_Cardinal
Treat preference: Yes, please!
I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic
In one or more of the following parts of fandom:
Books:
Canon/ACD • Laurie R. King (Mary Russell series) • Michael Kurland (Moriarty series) • Mercedes Lackey ("Elemental Masters" series) • Larry Millett (Minnesota-centric series, "Red Demon" & sequels) • Fred Saberhagen ("Holmes/Dracula File" & sequels) • Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes series) • etc.
TV/Film:
Christopher Lee films • Dinosaur!Holmes (Asylum) • Elementary • The Irregulars (Netflix) • Jago & Litefoot (from Doctor Who, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang") • Murder By Decree • The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Pennington) • Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century • Young Sherlock Holmes • etc.
For one or more of the following characters or relationships:
Canon: *Any* individual canon character • Holmes & Watson • Holmes & Moriarty • Holmes & Irene Adler • Sherlock & Mycroft • Watson/Mary Morstan
King: Damian Adler/Yolanda • Patrick • Watson
Kurland: Moriarty • Benjamin Barnett • Benjamin/Cecily • the Mummer • Madeleine Verlaine
Lackey: Holmes & Watson • Watson/Mary Morstan •
Springer: Enola & Watson • Enola & Mycroft • Enola/Cecily • Enola & Cecily
Elementary: Sherlock • Joan • Sherlock & Joan • Jonathan Bloom • Sherlock & Morland
22CEN: Holmes & Lestrade • Holmes/Lestrade • Lestrade & the Irregulars • Watson • Moriarty & Fenwick
I like stuff in the following categories:
AU (see below) • casefic • character-centric • crossovers • fluff • friendship • humor • meta
With any of the following ratings:
1) suitable for general audiences
2) non-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 want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s):fic • podfic • vids
In one or more of the following parts of fandom:
Books:
Canon/ACD • Laurie R. King (Mary Russell series) • Michael Kurland (Moriarty series) • Mercedes Lackey ("Elemental Masters" series) • Larry Millett (Minnesota-centric series, "Red Demon" & sequels) • Fred Saberhagen ("Holmes/Dracula File" & sequels) • Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes series) • etc.
TV/Film:
Christopher Lee films • Dinosaur!Holmes (Asylum) • Elementary • The Irregulars (Netflix) • Jago & Litefoot (from Doctor Who, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang") • MTM Productions Kitten!Holmes* • Murder By Decree • The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Pennington) • Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century • Young Sherlock Holmes • etc.
For one or more of the following characters or relationships:
Canon: *Any* individual canon character • Holmes & Watson • Holmes & Moriarty • Holmes & Irene Adler • Sherlock & Mycroft • Watson/Mary Morstan
King: Damian Adler/Yolanda • Patrick • Watson
Kurland: Moriarty • Benjamin Barnett • Benjamin/Cecily • the Mummer • Madeleine Verlaine
Lackey: Holmes & Watson • Watson/Mary Morstan •
Springer: Enola & Watson • Enola & Mycroft • Enola/Cecily • Enola & Cecily
Elementary: Sherlock • Joan • Sherlock & Joan • Jonathan Bloom • Sherlock & Morland
22CEN: Holmes & Lestrade • Holmes/Lestrade • Lestrade & the Irregulars • Watson • Moriarty & Fenwick
I like stuff in the following categories:
AU (see below) • casefic • character-centric • crossovers • fluff • friendship • humor • meta
With any of the following ratings:
1) suitable for general audiences
2) non-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:
I'm not looking for kink/explicit sex on the page as a component of a romantic relationship. That said, if the (consenting adult) partners in question are inclined that way, that's their business; I'm not going to tell them they can't have what they want. I just don't need to see or read about it onscreen.
On the flip side: if your story includes an old-school villain who's a mad scientist/sex maniac/sociopath/etc., then torture, rape, abuse, and so forth are likely to be right up their alley, and a certain amount of detail in conveying the awfulness of their villainy comes with that territory. I don't want to see gratuitous splattery gore, and I'd rather not see major characters murdered or permanently broken, but in the context of "this bloke is capital-E Evil", you should absolutely not shy away from documenting their crimes in appropriate detail. So long as our heroes ultimately give a villain of that sort their due, I'm willing to come along for the ride and consider myself more or less un-squickable.
Further details:
I am vast, I enjoy multitudes. The foregoing lists reflect current preferences but are not exhaustive. If there's a Holmesian fandom I've mentioned in prior signups but have omitted here, feel free to scoop up whatever prompts I may have given in the earlier round and run with them. (Yes, I'm running late enough that I haven't tried to give detailed prompts for everything; if you need more specific suggestions in particular fandoms once we're matched, have the mods ping me and I'll be glad to oblige.)
There's one exception to the write-me-anything request: canonical Cavallaro/Charlotte Holmes is off the table. I wouldn't be opposed to a suitably drastic fusion/fixit in the vein of my own prior effort - and I may yet get back to that one someday - but I'm too dissatisfied with the series as written to want more in its native worldspace. Find a way to put Charlotte and Enola side by side, make her a rival hologram to Star Trek's future!Moriarty, or introduce her to Saberhagen's Dracula...then you've got my attention, and happily so.
A word about the "MTM Kitten!Holmes" prompt mentioned above: Mary Tyler Moore's production company ended most of the many TV series they created with a logo that swapped out the MGM Lion for a tabby cat, and often added a sight gag related to each specific show. For Remington Steele, they gave the cat a deerstalker and a calabash. (See the end of the first-season theme here.) This is obviously the perfect jumping-off point for a story about the world's greatest feline detective; whimsy is encouraged, but I suspect kitten!Holmes is likely to remonstrate if not taken seriously.
On the non-prose options: I've been blessed with several wonderful podfics of some of my Holmestice contributions, and would be delighted with another (or a podfic of one of the works gifted to me in prior rounds, presuming the author's permission). And for this round, I've added "vid" as a potential gift: we have some brilliant vidders among us, and I would be fascinated to see what one of them might do with a vid spun off from one of my fics or inspired by one of the relatively obscure fandoms we of Holmestice like to uncover.
Special requests:
As above, so below - I am familiar with a significantly wider range of Holmesian pastiche and media than I can list in any one signup, I have been known to write gifts in fandoms I've not actually been matched on, and I'm generally happy to wade into some of the odder corners of Holmesiana. Present company may also recall that I am especially fond of crossovers as both a recipient and a writer, ranging from the serious to the outlandish. That said, I'm not a good match for someone looking for explicit sexual material, heavy romance, or angsty darkfic. I am very much looking forward to this round after something of a hiatus, and to stretching my Sherlockian muscles again.
Name:
graycardinal Contact email: graycardinal007 at gmail dot com
AO3 username:
Treat preference: Yes, please!
I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic
In one or more of the following parts of fandom:
Books:
Canon/ACD • Laurie R. King (Mary Russell series) • Michael Kurland (Moriarty series) • Mercedes Lackey ("Elemental Masters" series) • Larry Millett (Minnesota-centric series, "Red Demon" & sequels) • Fred Saberhagen ("Holmes/Dracula File" & sequels) • Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes series) • etc.
TV/Film:
Christopher Lee films • Dinosaur!Holmes (Asylum) • Elementary • The Irregulars (Netflix) • Jago & Litefoot (from Doctor Who, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang") • Murder By Decree • The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Pennington) • Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century • Young Sherlock Holmes • etc.
For one or more of the following characters or relationships:
Canon: *Any* individual canon character • Holmes & Watson • Holmes & Moriarty • Holmes & Irene Adler • Sherlock & Mycroft • Watson/Mary Morstan
King: Damian Adler/Yolanda • Patrick • Watson
Kurland: Moriarty • Benjamin Barnett • Benjamin/Cecily • the Mummer • Madeleine Verlaine
Lackey: Holmes & Watson • Watson/Mary Morstan •
Springer: Enola & Watson • Enola & Mycroft • Enola/Cecily • Enola & Cecily
Elementary: Sherlock • Joan • Sherlock & Joan • Jonathan Bloom • Sherlock & Morland
22CEN: Holmes & Lestrade • Holmes/Lestrade • Lestrade & the Irregulars • Watson • Moriarty & Fenwick
I like stuff in the following categories:
AU (see below) • casefic • character-centric • crossovers • fluff • friendship • humor • meta
With any of the following ratings:
1) suitable for general audiences
2) non-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 want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s):fic • podfic • vids
In one or more of the following parts of fandom:
Books:
Canon/ACD • Laurie R. King (Mary Russell series) • Michael Kurland (Moriarty series) • Mercedes Lackey ("Elemental Masters" series) • Larry Millett (Minnesota-centric series, "Red Demon" & sequels) • Fred Saberhagen ("Holmes/Dracula File" & sequels) • Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes series) • etc.
TV/Film:
Christopher Lee films • Dinosaur!Holmes (Asylum) • Elementary • The Irregulars (Netflix) • Jago & Litefoot (from Doctor Who, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang") • MTM Productions Kitten!Holmes* • Murder By Decree • The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Pennington) • Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century • Young Sherlock Holmes • etc.
For one or more of the following characters or relationships:
Canon: *Any* individual canon character • Holmes & Watson • Holmes & Moriarty • Holmes & Irene Adler • Sherlock & Mycroft • Watson/Mary Morstan
King: Damian Adler/Yolanda • Patrick • Watson
Kurland: Moriarty • Benjamin Barnett • Benjamin/Cecily • the Mummer • Madeleine Verlaine
Lackey: Holmes & Watson • Watson/Mary Morstan •
Springer: Enola & Watson • Enola & Mycroft • Enola/Cecily • Enola & Cecily
Elementary: Sherlock • Joan • Sherlock & Joan • Jonathan Bloom • Sherlock & Morland
22CEN: Holmes & Lestrade • Holmes/Lestrade • Lestrade & the Irregulars • Watson • Moriarty & Fenwick
I like stuff in the following categories:
AU (see below) • casefic • character-centric • crossovers • fluff • friendship • humor • meta
With any of the following ratings:
1) suitable for general audiences
2) non-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:
I'm not looking for kink/explicit sex on the page as a component of a romantic relationship. That said, if the (consenting adult) partners in question are inclined that way, that's their business; I'm not going to tell them they can't have what they want. I just don't need to see or read about it onscreen.
On the flip side: if your story includes an old-school villain who's a mad scientist/sex maniac/sociopath/etc., then torture, rape, abuse, and so forth are likely to be right up their alley, and a certain amount of detail in conveying the awfulness of their villainy comes with that territory. I don't want to see gratuitous splattery gore, and I'd rather not see major characters murdered or permanently broken, but in the context of "this bloke is capital-E Evil", you should absolutely not shy away from documenting their crimes in appropriate detail. So long as our heroes ultimately give a villain of that sort their due, I'm willing to come along for the ride and consider myself more or less un-squickable.
Further details:
I am vast, I enjoy multitudes. The foregoing lists reflect current preferences but are not exhaustive. If there's a Holmesian fandom I've mentioned in prior signups but have omitted here, feel free to scoop up whatever prompts I may have given in the earlier round and run with them. (Yes, I'm running late enough that I haven't tried to give detailed prompts for everything; if you need more specific suggestions in particular fandoms once we're matched, have the mods ping me and I'll be glad to oblige.)
There's one exception to the write-me-anything request: canonical Cavallaro/Charlotte Holmes is off the table. I wouldn't be opposed to a suitably drastic fusion/fixit in the vein of my own prior effort - and I may yet get back to that one someday - but I'm too dissatisfied with the series as written to want more in its native worldspace. Find a way to put Charlotte and Enola side by side, make her a rival hologram to Star Trek's future!Moriarty, or introduce her to Saberhagen's Dracula...then you've got my attention, and happily so.
A word about the "MTM Kitten!Holmes" prompt mentioned above: Mary Tyler Moore's production company ended most of the many TV series they created with a logo that swapped out the MGM Lion for a tabby cat, and often added a sight gag related to each specific show. For Remington Steele, they gave the cat a deerstalker and a calabash. (See the end of the first-season theme here.) This is obviously the perfect jumping-off point for a story about the world's greatest feline detective; whimsy is encouraged, but I suspect kitten!Holmes is likely to remonstrate if not taken seriously.
On the non-prose options: I've been blessed with several wonderful podfics of some of my Holmestice contributions, and would be delighted with another (or a podfic of one of the works gifted to me in prior rounds, presuming the author's permission). And for this round, I've added "vid" as a potential gift: we have some brilliant vidders among us, and I would be fascinated to see what one of them might do with a vid spun off from one of my fics or inspired by one of the relatively obscure fandoms we of Holmestice like to uncover.
Special requests:
As above, so below - I am familiar with a significantly wider range of Holmesian pastiche and media than I can list in any one signup, I have been known to write gifts in fandoms I've not actually been matched on, and I'm generally happy to wade into some of the odder corners of Holmesiana. Present company may also recall that I am especially fond of crossovers as both a recipient and a writer, ranging from the serious to the outlandish. That said, I'm not a good match for someone looking for explicit sexual material, heavy romance, or angsty darkfic. I am very much looking forward to this round after something of a hiatus, and to stretching my Sherlockian muscles again.
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(Don't worry, I take my whimsical kitten Holmes very seriously indeed!)
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Glad to be of service (he said, a trifle belatedly). I believe sanguinity is right; I recall the MTM kitten!Holmes coming up in a conversation quite some time back. (It happens that I was a serious fan of Remington Steele back in the day, so I come by the acquaintance straight from the original airings.)
I should note that I have, in fact, committed something of an homage to kitten!Holmes already, though not explicitly in a Holmesian context (and I find as I look back that I evidently mentioned this to sanguinity at the time). This story, from the period when I was actively writing in Castle fandom, makes extended references to an obscure - and wholly invented - 1970s animated cartoon series featuring a Siamese (and not necessarily Sherlockian) version of the character.
This should absolutely NOT prevent anyone from exploring a more explicitly Holmesian kitten!Holmes. (Or, come to think of it, from expanding on the fragmentary descriptions given in the above-noted story to present an actual episode from the lost 'Clarissa Catnap' archive, because you just know they must have written an explicitly Sherlockian script to justify introducing the deerstalker in the first place. This is exactly the sort of thing that blanket permission statements such as the one in my AO3 profile are written to cover....)