binx72

[binx72]

Inktober day 30, fandom edition:  The Blind Banker.

a last one before the road…

pentel pocket brush, pigma micron 005 and 08, uniball signo white gel pen in my toned tan strathmore sketchbook

My art tag

My inktober tag

[binx72]

My latest cartoon for New Scientist

[binx72]

I mean…

[binx72]

I like to think Sherlock would stand quietly, watching Watson sleep for about twenty minutes while smoking and eventually, he would wake Watson just to bother him, pretending he hadn’t been observing him closely like stalker for almost half an hour

[binx72]

Showcase: non-tumblr Johnlockers, 1:

stopthat (and there's a new fic)

I bailed on most SM platforms, so maybe the writers I’m going to feature are promoting their fics like mad where I don’t see them.

But on the very off chance that anyone on tumblr hasn’t found their way to them yet, here goes. (And if you DO love them, thanks for reblogging to spread the love!)

First up: stopthat

I would read a stopthat fic shipping two ants in an ant farm. Fortunately, today they started posting another Johnlock story, no ants. My heart leaped up when I got the notification from AO3, and again when I read the chapter quickly, and yet again (several times) when I read it slowly a few hours later.

Tapestry (1/4 chapters, 2149 words so far).

Summary: John and Rosie are away, maybe just far enough away for John and Sherlock to come clean with each other.

Excerpt:

The flirtation is something new between them—barefaced and blatant beneath a thinning mask of banter, often cut short and ultimately ignored.  This candid side of John—this exhilarating openness—will spark a million little fires all across his skin, burning points of frisson.  The searing shock of it will launch his heart straight through the ceiling—always just a bit frustrating when it flops back down into his chest.

John knows full well he isn’t interested in sex, and he is all too aware John isn’t interested in men.

And yet.

*

Stopthat writes so beautifully, and the portrait of Sherlock in a newly-empty home, consoling himself with a John t-shirt and a visit to John's bed--poignant and insightful. Their banter that darts in so close to unveiled honesty, stopping in also to wave at bravado flirting (but still taking shelter in the cul de sac of plausible deniability--!), and finally pulling up to the courage of self-revelation: I'd take every day of the week. And the range in their skills--! How quickly they telegraph body positions and associated expressions and emotions. How deft, their bark-with-laughter quips and their knife-in-my-ribs tenderness.

More recs follow, including the new fic:

A couple of short one-shots to get a sense of stopthat’s themes and style:

2878 words.

Summary: Sherlock plans a romantic date with John but the weather ruins it. But it still goes the way he wanted. Better, even.

Tags: POV Sherlock Holmes, romantic friendship, asexual Sherlock Holmes, straight John Watson, Sherlock hates labels, John Watson loves Sherlock Holmes, homoromantic characters, cuddling and snuggling, touching, post-Reichenbach, love confessions, fluff, first kiss, developing Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, insecure Sherlock Holmes

Now (1213 words)

Summary: John has only caught glimpses of it before.  He’s seen flashes of it, in Sherlock’s less guarded moments, only to doubt it all completely once it’s been carefully shuttered away. But Sherlock is not hiding now.

If I quoted every sentence that made me say "oh that, now THAT is just perfect" I'd be copy-pasting the whole thing. I love how this builds and crests and ebbs with such uncertain inevitability. Just a few gems:

• John stares at him, bemused, drinking him in, stealing this opportunity to bask in the beginnings of an unprecedented transparency that’s been developing between them.

• It’s part of their routine, he supposes, to pretend he’s finding some level of fulfillment with the carousel of women he spends his evenings trying to woo. His heart isn’t in it. His heart is lying here beside him on their sitting room floor.

• They look like two people whose fates have been woven together rather quickly and quite irreversibly through many shared traumas and some sort of unnamable bond.

Stopthat has 30 works posted on AO3. Here’s a knockout, featuring a demisexual Sherlock and a gay John Watson:

Anything at All (7/12 chapters, 31K words so far)

Summary: London, 1998. In a time of hollowness and upheaval, two wayward young men wander into each other's lives, forever altering the course of history.

And here's a new one:

Summary: Being so far from home makes things feel different somehow. A bit lighter, he supposes. A bit heavier, as well.

tags: Case FicFake/Pretend RelationshipFake MarriageIdiots in LoveFriendship/LoveFriends to LoversFluff and AngstIt's For a CasePre-ReichenbachLightheartedAttempt at HumorBanterTravelCaliforniaJealous Sherlock HolmesSharing a BedCuddling & SnugglingHeadaches & Migraines

Again, thanks for reblogging!

@subliminalmineral @calaisreno @khorazir @bluebellofbakerstreet @podfixx @7-percent @lisbeth-kk @thegildedbee @solilu @raina-at @discordantwords @calaisreno @keirgreeneyes @thalialurksalot @peanitbear @ghostofnuggetspast @randomwordsonpaper @faithhopeandmisery @whatnext2020 @iamjustreading @a-victorian-girl @readingwithgwen @ghostofnuggetspast @jbaillier @starrla89 @deaflock @sgam76 @dragonnan @naefelldaurk @lololollywrites @mydogwatson @copperplatebeech @helloliriels @johnlockfics @saki101 @chriscalledmesweetie @anyawen @itzmi @kittenmadnessandtea @mazaherstuff @bluebellofbakerstreet

@izhunny @kybele-reads @meetinginsamarra @hesagoodone @wizama @colourfulwatson @fieryphrazes @k2ntwo @dduane @bakingsherlycakes @jolieblack @onceuponatmi @friday411 @deelaundry @serpensortia @lhrinchelsea @gomielka

Again, thanks for reblogging!

[binx72]

John Watson’s bedroom at the official Baker Street museum notably contains: a desk, a toilet, a bust of Sherlock Holmes, a single chair (chained to the wall??)

John Watson’s bedroom at the official Baker Street museum notably does not contain: a bed

[binx72]

I feel like tumblr should be bigger fans of The Blues Brothers. It's a movie that has everything we value as a community. Attention and respect to pioneering black musicians, open hostility to nazis, open defiance to police, Carrie Fisher with a rocket launcher and flamethrower, a soundtrack that goes hard as hell, John Belushi so blasted on cocaine that he continues to do somersaults despite having a broken ankle. It's got it all!

[binx72]

Reblog to give a trans person a fresh and perfectly ripe mango wait huh

It's the wikipedia image??? How big could it be

What

Huh???

[binx72]

Having to explain to way too many people that no, Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons.

[binx72]

[binx72]

Surprise! Season 2 Q&A: Part One, our Actor Q&A, is coming to your feeds tomorrow!

Featuring Jeremy Thompson (Hampton Fawx), Chris Vizurraga (James Stallion), Katie McLean Hainsworth (Madge Stallion), and Rob Kauzlaric (Sherlock Holmes). Moderated by our creators, Ian Geers and Lauren Grace Thompson.

[binx72]

THIS is the bear cave painting i was talking about, the line weight, the proportions, the fine details around the face, and the fact that this all had to be drawn from memory, idk man, it’s incredible to me. if i could meet one person from history it’d be the person that painted this bear 30,000 years ago

[binx72]

Made some art for the latest chapter of 'The Chemist' I posted last week. Art is now in the story, too.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12789318

I am flattered if you reblog, but do NOT post my art on other sites/social media or use in any other way without my written permission.

[binx72]

Man Bun Sherlock

He got tired of going to the hairdresser, so he just allowed it to grow.

I am flattered if you reblog my art, but do NOT post my art on other sites/social media or use in any other way without my written permission.

[binx72]

Is it wrong to want to move to Daddyhole Road?

[binx72]

[binx72]