It's reccing time!
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still_lycoris about genderswitch fanfic- mostly the type that just randomly has one of the characters be a different gender to what they are in the books. I haven't read much in this field (mostly in its ballpark I have read FtM/MtF/Genderqueer variations) but recently I've read two, in which Lestrade in BBC!Sherlock fandom is female. And they were awesome. After some thought Lycoris and I concluded that the reason that these work are down to a combination of amazingly good writing (because when the writing is good things you usually wouldn't go for become suddently awesome) and that Lestrade is a good, interesting and well-rounded character in his own right.
So I thought I'd reccomend them, along with some other fics and bits that I have been watching/reading
Title: Bunnies and Brollies
Author: Anonymous
Fandom: BBC! Sherlock
Ship: Mystrade GL/MH with f!Lestrade
Summary: for the prompt: Lestrade has Mycroft love child/children. They get kidnapped during a case. Sherlock is called in to find the kids.
Bonus points if Mycroft doesn't know about the kids (maybe coz it was all a power game to him?).
Make it long and angsty with happy ending please?
Linky: http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/13188.html?thread=72521860
Why it's awesome: This is a long fic and, distressingly a WIP which as you know I rarely rec. It may even be abandoned *sob* but you should read it still because Lestrade is very very awesome, the Bunnies are adorable and so, in a way, is Sherlock. The characters are compelling and it is sad and hilariously silly in turns and the whole thing just sucks you in forever.
Title: The Least of All Possible Mistakes
Author: rageprufrock
Fandom: BBC! Sherlock
Ship: Mystrade GL/MH with f!Lestrade
Summary: If ever a people deserved tasering, it’s Holmeses. It's basically a 'how they got together and were rather awesome' story
Linky: http://archiveofourown.org/works/330685/chapters/533662
Why it's awesome: Another WIP- although this one was updated yesterday so it's still looking promising. It's hard for me to describe why I completely buy into female Lestrade in this, when usually I'd be all "O.o but he's awesome as is? Why?" but I just do. She's cool, she's kick ass and the author manages to not make her a totally new person and yet at the same time she's not just Lestrade with an 's' in front of the 'he'. She's very kick ass and kind of sweet and fun (well let's face it someone gets tasered in the first chapter, that's a definitely good way to start!)
I would also, in a Mystrade sense, like to draw your attention to this adorable video by duchesscloverly:
watch on youtube here
Which clevely using several films shows a Mystrade relationship through the ages which is lovely and marvellous and footage of Mark Gatiss crying. Yes. *incoherent blurbling*
still_lycoris about genderswitch fanfic- mostly the type that just randomly has one of the characters be a different gender to what they are in the books. I haven't read much in this field (mostly in its ballpark I have read FtM/MtF/Genderqueer variations) but recently I've read two, in which Lestrade in BBC!Sherlock fandom is female. And they were awesome. After some thought Lycoris and I concluded that the reason that these work are down to a combination of amazingly good writing (because when the writing is good things you usually wouldn't go for become suddently awesome) and that Lestrade is a good, interesting and well-rounded character in his own right.So I thought I'd reccomend them, along with some other fics and bits that I have been watching/reading
Title: Bunnies and Brollies
Author: Anonymous
Fandom: BBC! Sherlock
Ship: Mystrade GL/MH with f!Lestrade
Summary: for the prompt: Lestrade has Mycroft love child/children. They get kidnapped during a case. Sherlock is called in to find the kids.
Bonus points if Mycroft doesn't know about the kids (maybe coz it was all a power game to him?).
Make it long and angsty with happy ending please?
Linky: http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/13188.html?thread=72521860
Why it's awesome: This is a long fic and, distressingly a WIP which as you know I rarely rec. It may even be abandoned *sob* but you should read it still because Lestrade is very very awesome, the Bunnies are adorable and so, in a way, is Sherlock. The characters are compelling and it is sad and hilariously silly in turns and the whole thing just sucks you in forever.
Title: The Least of All Possible Mistakes
Author: rageprufrock
Fandom: BBC! Sherlock
Ship: Mystrade GL/MH with f!Lestrade
Summary: If ever a people deserved tasering, it’s Holmeses. It's basically a 'how they got together and were rather awesome' story
Linky: http://archiveofourown.org/works/330685/chapters/533662
Why it's awesome: Another WIP- although this one was updated yesterday so it's still looking promising. It's hard for me to describe why I completely buy into female Lestrade in this, when usually I'd be all "O.o but he's awesome as is? Why?" but I just do. She's cool, she's kick ass and the author manages to not make her a totally new person and yet at the same time she's not just Lestrade with an 's' in front of the 'he'. She's very kick ass and kind of sweet and fun (well let's face it someone gets tasered in the first chapter, that's a definitely good way to start!)
I would also, in a Mystrade sense, like to draw your attention to this adorable video by duchesscloverly:
watch on youtube here
Which clevely using several films shows a Mystrade relationship through the ages which is lovely and marvellous and footage of Mark Gatiss crying. Yes. *incoherent blurbling*
