Dee Laundry

Oh, bother! I forgot to share the fic I received for Homestice, which is lovely and well worth reading!

We need more fics where Sherlock is Gray-Asexual and more fics from the POV of characters with depression, and this is both. ♥ ♥ It's also a Sentinel & Guide AU, which I haven't explored much but am very interested in now.

Between Two Infinities (8988 words) by inatshej
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Sarah Sawyer, Mycroft Holmes
Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides, Sentinel Sherlock Holmes, Guide John, POV Sherlock Holmes, Jealousy, Infidelity, Smut, Gray-Asexual Sherlock Holmes, Top John Watson, Bottom Sherlock Holmes, Dom/sub Undertones, Depression, Betaed, Some Humor, Established Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes Loves John Watson

Summary: Sherlock knows that with the development of optical instruments in the Baroque, humans suddenly found themselves between two infinities: the endlessly vast cosmos and the inconceivably minuscule universe of life on Earth. That's how he feels as a sentinel, stretched between the two infinities and held only by John, his guide. But John has never wanted to be a part of this life. Now that he can fulfill his dream of a wife, a suburban house, and children with Sarah, Sherlock finds himself on the losing side.

Last year, Mr. L and I watched the recent Watchmen series starring Regina King, and were blown away by its magnificence.

Today Festivids opened and there is a Watchmen vid set to the song "Nothing Is Safe" by clipping. The vid reminded me how great and fearsome the series is, and reminded me how I felt watching.

Nothing is safe in America, and I need to continue to grapple with, continue to push myself to fully accept that it was my family, my culture that made it that way. Those villains I see on the screen, who were real, who actually perpetrated that evil? They were doing it for me.

I don't have to exploit the inheritance they left for me, but I do have to understand they wanted me to have it. I do have to stand next to Black people, and Indigenous people, and all other people of color, and acknowledge that they're seeing the past and the present correctly.

Until we White people can do that en masse, and shun the individuals who choose not to, nothing is safe.

Hi everyone. How's y'all?

Vid rec: Go see The Greatest by bironic because it is the greatest. Another masterpiece a la Starships.

Putting it out to the universe:

I would really, really like to do the kind of work described below for a small publisher in the Washington DC area. I am fortunate enough that I could do it for just a small stipend (maybe even lower than listed below) and the lifetime discount on purchases. My only requirements are that 1) the hours can be done over the weekend; and 2) the people at the publisher not be jerks, with the corollary that the authors they publish not be jerks.

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Con.Txt 2014 Panel
Dubcon Fucking: How Does It Work?
Moderated by Ellen Fremedon; scribed by Dee Laundry

Notes below are as they were typed during the panel. If you attended, please feel free to comment with any points to add, or any corrections that are needed.

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First of what I'm sure will be many, many recs.

The vid for me! Always on My Mind, I Love You Phillip Morris. SO GREAT. Whether you've seen the movie or not, if you like scams and love and heart-felt zaniness*, you will like the vid. It's a great teaser for the movie without major spoilers. And I adore it. Plus if you can watch the vid without wanting to snuzzle Phillip's cute wittle face, well, comment and tell me how.

(*Just this second realized that this is my issue with Ben Stiller; his zaniness always seems to be missing heart)


A more serious and equally as heartfelt vid: The Waiting Game, The Station Agent (2003). Ooh, lovely job capturing this found-family, who-am-I-and-what-do-I-want film.

9 to 5, Lego Star Wars. Hilarious! As such_heights said, "I love everything this chooses to be." (Also, listen closely to the lyrics of the song. Dolly Parton's talking about what capitalism does to us.)

Sheep Go to Heaven, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. If you like the band Cake, I think you'll like this vid. It's charming. Even if you don't know the source (which I didn't), as long as you watched US TV in the 90s/00s you'll recognize the actors. :)

Nine Years of Ballet, ASSHOLE!, Outrageous Fortune (US 1987). As the anonymous vidder says, "how jetés and stage combat saved the world." This is a "source summary" vid, and a great one. You'll enjoy the story even if you've never heard of the movie.

Happy End to 2013! In case anyone wanted to leave this year (or start the next) reading House/Wilson fics, here are some of the older ones from my Memories... ones you might have missed.

Will be adding to this throughout the day.

2005:
Conclusions by alazysod, PG-13.
Excessive Tape and Major Miracles by barely_bean, PG
Not Quite Kosher, by nutmeg4077, R.
Play to Win, by angelgazing, PG.
The One in Which House Marries Wilson (Or Possibly Doesn't), by Niq, PG-13.

2006:
Crazy by sua_lay, PG. Marked as crack but it really isn't. :)
The Visitor by genagirl, PG. Hee! Bonus awesome Cuddy.
Five Things... by simple__man, aka Nicky. If you haven't read everything by Nicky, PLEASE DO. Marvelous writer, and I'm not just saying that because he let me borrow one of his OCs. :)
Synchronicity by Sam_Storyteller (copperbadge), R.

The lovely line drawing "Happy Birthday, Sherlock Holmes" features six versions of Holmes (including Dr. Greg House and Basil). And exactly who would be wishing Holmes/House a happy birthday? That's right; the six Watson/Wilson/Dawson bffs. ♥ ♥ ♥

Here's a bit of fun for a Monday morning!

Rumrouz shows the freedom and release of dancing when you're "not supposed to." I would've liked to see more large people dancing, but when you're working with major media your sources are limited.

Strong rec for this multi-source fanvid Safety Dance

bironic finished a vid this weekend. Actually, she finished the vid this weekend, and I got a chance to beta (critiques = zero), and YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING BY NOT HAVING SEEN THIS VID YET.

But you will. In August, after it premieres at Vividcon.

\o/

My mind (and other parts of my body) keep going back to this fic, which is a good indicator that I should mem it (done) and rec it.

NC-17 like whoa, Embarrassed of Nothing by Mercy, House/Wilson (like whoa), body fetish, indulgence in fantasy, no violence. Might not be to everyone's taste, but if it is to your taste... Mmm. This line from the fic captures the mood: "Wilson has a very limited collection of sexual deviances, though he keeps it closely guarded, well-dusted and largely untouched. Most are still in their original boxes. It's always nice when he lets House take one out to play with."