A Holmesian Solstice

Title: Elementary!
Recipient: graycardinal
Artist/Vidder: beekeaper
Verse: Elementary; Murder by decree, Young Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek Dear Data; The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson; Sherlock Holmes & Joan Watson; Sherlock Holmes & Jane Watson
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary: Holmes and Watson's friendship in different versions, the greatest duo, represented by the song "Elementary" from "Sherlock The Musical"

( Elementary! )

Title: Just Dance
Recipient: sanspatronymic
Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: Multiple: BBC Sherlock, Cushing Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), Elementary, Frogwares Crimes & Punishments, Granada TV 1984, Great Mouse Detective, House M.D., Howard Holmes, Moriarty the Patriot (憂国のモリアーティ), Murder by Decree, My Dearly Beloved Detective, Mystery Queen (추리의 여왕), 1979 Soviet Holmes (Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона), 2013 Russian Holmes (Шерлок Холмс), Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Rathbone Hound of the Baskervilles, Ritchie Films, Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century, Sherlock Hound, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Whitehead Holmes, Without a Clue, Zero Effect
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, James Moriarty
Rating: G
Summary: Prompt: "I love a good 2000s-style, on-the-nose, every-lyric-has-a-visual-pun kind of vid. Have fun! Use as many Holmeses and Watsons as you like! I also have what has been referred to as "the musical taste of a gas station convenience store," so I will probably love any song that your dad is most likely to play at a barbecue..."

( Just Dance )

Title: By the Seaside
Recipient: graycardinal
Author: luthienberen
Beta: rae_fa
Verse: Murder by Decree
Characters/Pairings: GEN, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
Rating: Teen/Mild to moderate violence of depictions of non-sexual mature themes [reference to Jack the Ripper, nothing gory, and reflections on the past and future]
Warnings: Minor Angst then FLUFF, Humour, Slices of Life, Christmas, Friendship.
Word count: 3,275

Author’s Notes: graycardinal had Murder by Decree listed as an option and I couldn’t resist delving into the Holmes and Watson as portrayed by Christopher Plummer and James Mason respectively. This Holmes and Watson are more mature and settled into life with each other, hopefully I’ve captured their spirit.

The title comes from a well-known British song, (which I have heard often and also sang off-key *ahem*), “I do like to be Beside the Seaside”, that admittedly was written in 1907 so a bit after 1888! However, I assure you that the lyrics do not appear in this story, it just fit the feel of fic. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Do_Like_To_be_Beside_the_Seaside

Thanks to my beta who has ventured into the rarer Sherlock Holmes adaptions for me!

Summary: After unveiling the sordid conspiracy behind the Jack the Ripper killings, Holmes decides what he and Watson need is a holiday from London and where better than spending Christmas by the seaside?


Read on AO3: By the Seaside