Okay, the internets. You were right.

[dira]

I had a sudden and somewhat unusual impulse tonight to stop resisting watching things everyone is telling me I will love, so I finally watched MCR's Danger Days trailer (oh boys) and now I am half an hour into the first episode/movie/unit of Sherlock.

Yyyyyeah, so I was hooked inside the first two and a half minutes. &Watson;

Please feel free to offer advice on where on earth one starts, with the fic. I confess myself a little daunted. Also, I know there have been awesome vids and I only saved a link to Lim's "Dry," so recs for those are also appreciated.

And now, somebody seems to be in peril, so I shall get back to watching.

(♥&Watson;♥)

(Awww, Sherlock, you're not really a psychopath, are you? You're just ... Sherlock Holmes. ♥)

Comments

[rossetti]

I've delicious'd a small, scattered collection of stories.

And ::cough:: these quotes from the making of are rather inspirational.

ALSO, OMG! Finish all 3 eps before you start reading -- or, if you don't, at least be careful.

[dira]

Thank you for the tip! I've watched all three now and am in a slight state of O.O and WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE WHY IS IT NOT NOW.

But I guess that's why we have fic. :)

[rossetti]

Could it be any more obvious that Moffat loves the dramatic cliffhanger? A year to wait is a ridiculous taunt. It's like he knows we have the power of fic to sustain us!

[aria]

IDK where to find the fic, but whenever I see anyone is watching Sherlock for the first time, I like to edge in with the following caution: the first episode is excellent, and the third is quite charming, but the middle one ... is uncomfortably imperialist and Orientalist, and both John and Sherlock's characterizations are somewhat different than they are in the other two episodes. I am not saying you should not see all three! I just wish I had been warned, because I loved the first episode so, and the second one was so many intersections of Do Not Want for me.

I hope you enjoy your foray into the fandom, though!

[mermaid]

Oh man, this is so true. I was deeply disappointed with the second ep, but fortunately the third was a vast improvement.

[harriet_vane]

This. The second one discouraged me from watching the third for several weeks. The first and third are SO MUCH better.

[spatz]

The second was, notably, the only episode not written by one of the co-creators (Moffatt and Gatiss), but by some other dude.

[dira]

Thank you for that! It made it a bit easier to navigate. And now I have watched the third and WHEN WILL THERE BE MORE HOW ABOUT NEXT WEEK THAT WOULD WORK FOR ME.

[missmollyetc]

...Oh, Dira. ::giggles::

But yes! Here is my Holmes/Watson tag on Delicious: Holmes/Watson It's a mix of original flavor canon and new.

I can also recommend:

The series by wordstrings that begins with An Act of Charity, then The Paradox Suite, and finally (currently, anyway) The Death and Resurrection of the English Language.

[dira]

Thank you! And you will be pleased to know that this afternoon when I got off work I went and checked out a copy of A Study in Scarlet, too. :)

[missmollyetc]

\o/ Avoid the Casebook of Sherlock Holmes except for the Adventure of the Three Garridebs!

[dira]

Duly noted!

[missmollyetc]

There's some really egregious racism in there. I couldn't even get through the second page.

[dira]

Ugggh, ACD, why so ... Victorian?

[missmollyetc]

Because they are stupid, Dira, that's why! Ugh.

[anotherslashfan]

pandarus has podficced many excellent Sherlock fics. You can find my Sherlock recs in these posts: http://anotherslashfan.dreamwidth.org/tag/rec:+sherlock; they are thrown in with lots of other recs, though.

[dira]

Thanks for the recs!

[phineasjones]

all i've found, i've delicioused.

[dira]

Thanks!

[par_avion]

Vids: http://www.diigo.com/user/veni_vidi_vids/sherlock

Don't miss the one by charmax!

[dira]

Oooh, thanks!

[ariadnes_string]

My Sherlock bookmarks on delicious--probably some repeats from other lists--

[dira]

Thank you!