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Rustic Hospitality AO3 site skin

This started off steampunk and then took a turn to more just rustic. If you like the look of this one and want to give it a shot, you can find the code and installation instructions on github.

oh! And I commented the code, so if you want to change anything (like remove the background image etc) you should be able to.

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Mystrade May 2025

Mystrade Meet Cute May Collection is now created! Please visit this COLLECTION PAGE for Info and FAQ.

Intro:

A collection of stories posted for the Mystrade Is Meet Cute event in May 2025

This event is intended to inspire new works in the Mystrade fandom on the theme of Meet Cute.

FAQ:

Can I post a WIP? : Yes, as long as at least one chapter is added to the collection by July 1, 2025.

What do you mean by "Meet Cute"?: A meet cute is a scene in which two people meet for the first time in a charming, humorous, or unusual way and eventually become a romantic couple. It's a common trope in romantic comedies, but can also appear in sitcoms and soap operas.

Can my story have other relationship pairings?: Yes, but Mycroft and Greg must be the primary romantic pairing featured in the story.

Can I post crossovers with another fandom?: Yes, but all other rules must be followed.

I added my story - Why don't I see my story in the collection?: All stories added to this collection are moderated, meaning they must be confirmed by a collection moderator before they are added. Stories will be confirmed within 24 hours - please be patient :)

I finished my story early - can I add it to the collection now?: The collection will not be open for new story submissions until May 1, 2025.

Rules:

1. This should be a new work that hasn't been posted anywhere else yet. (if you want to post early, or late, just let me know - we can be flexible.) 2. The main pairing should be Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade. 3. The story should feature a main theme or element of Meet Cute 4. All maturity ratings are welcome. 5. The minimum word count for acceptance is 2,000 words.

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SH – :Pride 2025: Procreate on iPad Pro

Woo it's been a few months, my apologies, it's been such a nightmare for me, and I'm trying to get my FTH piece JUST RIGHT before I show it to the bidder, but I really wanted a break from that so I decided I would get my ass in gear and get a Pride piece done for this year!!

It's been awhile since I've drawn something Johnlock, but I knew I wanted to get y'all a pride piece of them for this year. Went through some of my old reference photos and found this one I liked, so slapped John and Sherlock on it :) Quite happy with how it turned out minus the background, but I'm never happy with those so I hope you guys will excuse that, hee hee.

Happy Pride Season, everyone, and I hope you like this one!

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My machine sewn shirt tutorial is FINALLY FINISHED! Written tutorial on the blog, video tutorial on youtube. Both probably more detailed than necessary.

I'll post more shirt pictures later, right now I need to go work on other stuff to give my brain a rest from all the shirts.

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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On our recent vacation my beloved kept saying we should start up a coffee chain and call it Moondollars. I was really confused. I gave an uncomprehending laugh at what I assumed was nonsense.

They finally clarified it's inverted Starbucks. I finally laughed as loud as they deserved.

Then I pitched that Moondollar's logo should be a mermaid that’s just a fish head and lady legs.

I finally see their vision. We're gonna take the world by storm.

You can find this beautiful beverage peddling wench on my Redbubble and Teepublic.

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Behold my cursed ‘why I ship Irene/Molly’ PowerPoint 🤡

Is this embarrassing? Yes. Did I have fun making it? Absolutely.

Use the link to see the full version with GIFs—I maxed out the number of images I can include in one post...

Full version available here. Believe it or not, I had to skip a bunch of slides... Warning of NSFW fan art on slide 55.

I also (clown car honking noises) have two AO3 fics about this ship, one of which is 156 words, so... Here you go. ✨

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Reasons why computer problems seem to mysteriously vanish as soon as a technician shows up:

You were spacing out and skipping a step somewhere without realising it, and you can’t reproduce it when you try to demonstrate it because now you’re paying attention to what you’re doing

It’s an intermittent electrical connection fault that’s being aggravated by movement/vibrations in your desk; you need to check your cables

The act of explaining the problem to someone caused you to figure out what you were doing wrong

The real cause of the problem was somewhere upstream of your terminal device – for example, at the network service provider – and it got fixed at the source while you were waiting

Your computer is in a location with poor airflow and is overheating; waiting for the technician to arrive gave it a chance to cool off

Despite all appearances to the contrary, modern computers actually have very good fault recovery, and most minor problems will sort themselves out on their own if you give it a minute

Magic

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even if that means violin concerts at 4am and fights about cocaine on a regular basis

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So many modern detectives have tried to emulate Sherlock Holmes, and none of them have even come CLOSE to touching Benoit Blanc. That man is Holmes' true spiritual successor. He's a silly little guy. He's gay. He's a drama queen. He has impeccable fashion sense. He loves music. He works with the cops but refuses to work for them. His voice is both goofy and incredibly fun to listen to. He sucks at playing Clue and Among Us. He mopes in the bathtub for weeks when he doesn't have a case. He loves hanging out with The Girls but gets incredibly uncomfortable when women flirt with him. The only reason he can afford his gorgeous downtown apartment is because his husband works a real job.* The only thing he hates more than Rich Assholes are Stupid Rich Assholes. He solved a double (attempted triple) homicide and the thing that made him most upset was plagiarism. He supports women's rights and women's wrongs. He refuses to break the law himself but actively encourages his client to commit arson.

And, most importantly, he and Holmes would fucking love each other. If most of the modern day detectives inspired by Holmes ever met him, he would probably want to kill them with hammers, but he and Blanc would probably end up being penpals and sending each other newspaper clippings about crime or some shit. And I can absolutely envision a teenage Blanc reading the Holmes stories and being like, "Wait, being a silly little gay private detective is a viable career option? Well, I guess I've finally found my calling in life."

Anyway I love the Benoit Blanc movies and I hope they make a million of them

*confirmed by Rian Johnson

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as a childhood developer of worm hotels, I approve this post.

my grandpa was a good man. and it really wasnt his fault - recreationally lying to kids is a proud family tradition - but he told me, once, that cutting a worm in half resulted in two worms.

i think he said it so i'd be more morally okay with fishing? i actually dont remember the context.

point was, he told me this, and he understimated (by a very large margin) how much i liked worms. i was a worm boy. very wormy. and after hearing that, i went home, and i dug through the garden, flipped over every rock, did everything i could to gather as many worms as i could, and then i uh.

i cut them all in half. every worm i could find. all of them. with scissors.

i then took this pile of split worms, and i put them in a box with a bit of lettuce and some water and stuff and went to bed expecting to double my worms overnight. i have math autism, so i had a vague understanding that if i did this just a few times in a row, i would eventually have a completely unreasonable amount of worms.

i was very excited to become this plane's worm emperor.

(i think i was...six?)

anyway, i did not become the inheritor of the worm crown. i instead woke up to a box of dead worms and cried. a lot. i got diagnosed with panic attacks as a teenager, but i think i had them as a kid, i just had no idea what they were. i was kind of processing that a.) i had killed what i had assumed was every single worm in my yard, and thus would have no more worms, and b). i was going to like, worm hell.

(six year babylon spent a lot of time worrying about god.)

so i kind of freaked out, and i climbed a tree, because god can only smite you if you're touching the ground (?) and i sat up there mostly inconsolable until my mom came out and asked, hey, what's up? what happened?

so i explained to her that i had killed all of the worms, forever, and was also Damned, and she took me to the compost pile, and we dug for all of five seconds and found like twenty more worms.

the compost pile was full of worms.

and she told me that a). there were more worms, and we could put them back under rocks and stuff and recolonize our yard and b). that one day, i would die, and i would go to heaven, and i would be able to talk to the worms, and i would be able to tell them all that i was very sorry, and that i killed them on accident out of excessive Love, and that they would forgive me, because worms have six hearts and no malice.

at that point, i think i was sixty percent tear-snot by weight, and i had no choice but to gather enough worms that i could hug them. which my mom helped with. and then after that she helped me put some worms back under each rock.

and for my epilogue: i spent a significant portion of my childhood in trees. and for many years after, even when my mom didnt know i was watching, i would catch her giving the space under the rocks a light spritz with the hose. not because she loved worms.

but because she loved me.

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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the British Government

“There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick.” ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Now John, Sherlock liked right away, And Hudders is welcome to stay; But Mycroft’s a dick — He’ll take a sharp stick, And poke that smug arse every day!

Written for @notjustamumj's Towel Day 2025.

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the British Government is also on AO3.

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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.

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The Red-Headed League - Part 2

Part One here!

POV: you stage a murder mystery style reveal to address your ex's self confidence issues

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!