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500 followers, 500 thank yous’!!!!

What?! Can’t believe this, I never thought I’d reach 10, let alone 500!!!

✨ I’d like to start my Oscars speech with a sincere thank you to each one of you beautiful souls reading, liking, sharing and writing back… this wouldn’t be possible without you.

Trust me, I now recognize each of the ones constantly sharing the stories, the ones leaving lovely messages part after part, the anonymous comments and I treasure everyone of you.

I wasn’t sure to make a celebration or not, but honestly, I wouldn’t be here writing and staying up late (sometimes very late at night) writing the crazy ideas I get… so why not? Since we’re at different time zones, I thought of two celebrations, one for PM and one like a brunch (yeah, I’m that extra hostess 😉).

I’d love to see you all raising your glass with me, there’s a drinks table full of 🍷, 🍺, 🥃, 🍹, 🥂,🍸, mimosas, margaritas, and also non-alcoholic drinks, whatever you want🥰

I hope you don’t think it’s too much alcohol 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Goodness what you must be thinking of me, I only drink a glass of wine every now and then, on special occasions… So I prepared a table of desserts for you! Brownies, cookies, oatmeal bars, eclairs, lemon tart, scones, macaroons… brunch, whatever you fancy! Be my guest

So you (lovely reader!) can send me a gif or a photo of the characters I write for Cillian, Tommy Shelby (Peaky Blinders), Lenny Miller (Anna movie), Robert Fischer (Inception movie), Emmet (A quiet place 2), Raymond Leon (In time movie), William Killick (The Edge of love movie), Damien O’Donovan (The wind that shakes the Barley), Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow in Batman), Martin (Retreat) (am I forgetting someone????) with or without a prompt you choose and I’ll write a small blurb.

🔮 Send one of these in my ask box and I will answer your question(s)… anything you want to know about me 😉

🗳 Send me something you would like to see in my stories and we’ll see what we can do (a quote you love, song, poem, situation).

Some prompts in this link you can send me or choose for yourself👇🏻

Link to prompts

✨You’d like to see your love story be part of a fanfic? Send it in! I’m always looking for inspiration.

📖 Or you can also write your own blurb/one shot inspired by my celebration (totally free) and I will be forever grateful and honored 😊, moodboards are always welcome!!! (Tag me!)

♥️ Last but not least, send me what you love/like about a story, I always love to hear from you. Your comments feed my soul.

🍀I don’t want to set an specific end date because I don’t know how long it will take me to fit this with the on going stories and we all know that inspiration can’t be forced, but let’s say you have July to send whatever you feel like.

💕I’m adding some lovely accounts I highly recommend you start following in case you don’t know them. Some of them are incredible writers some make gif/moodboards and some are the biggest cheerleaders of this fandom, these go in no particular order… and I’m glad I came across everyone. (I wanted to add everybody) 🥰🥰

@missymurphy1985 @gypsy-girl-08 @lyarr24 @zablife @theshelbyclan @thesoldiersminute (thank you for all your incredible gifs!) @holacia2 @peakyv @queenshelby @cillspropertea @madame-wilsonn @theshelbyslimited @runnning-outof-time @l1-l4 @gretelshelby @allie131313 @cloudofdisney @heidimoreton @killmecillian @retromafia @tatianapetrovna @2000snostaalgiia @seleneshelby @ange-thoughts @cillmequick @datewithgianni @peaky-cillian @anonymooseforever007 @yrli8 @celticmelody @toms-cherry-trees @shaddixlife @padfootdaredmetoo @evita-shelby @shelbydelrey

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Fanfics I Really Liked in April ´22

So. Since I keep a list of what I´ve read anyway (there´s always a list), I will rec all the fics I´ve wholly enjoyed on a monthly basis. Old and new, canon or AU, big or small authors, long or short but nearly always Johnlock(-ish).

Night Vision by standbygo @blogstandbygo​

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8106865

Different first meeting in a library during a blackout. In the dark all is more exciting, so John stays in the library. And who is the handsome burglar he meets there?

Coventry (-series) by standbygo @blogstandbygo​

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2256522/chapters/4954131

This has been on my MFL for a long time and I´ve always hesitated because it´s a Dollhouse Fusion and I do not know Dollhouse. That was stupid. It´s absolutely not necessary to know it, as the author states as well. Such a great sci-fi-esque AU! Suspenseful, surprising, I have been hooked right from the start. Don´t stand by, go read. (Had to do this pun, not sorry).

The Bone Fiddle (-verse) by htebazytook/Vulgarweed @vulgarweed​

https://archiveofourown.org/works/573857/chapters/1028448

The so called “Appalachian AU”. Set in the 1970´s, it´s a lovely and often funny depiction of this age and the, let´s say, quirky country and people. The atmosphere and vibes are oozing off every sentence, Sherlock and John fit perfectly into this age, of course fit perfectly together and solve a really difficult and very smart plotted murder series. I absolutely love all the 70´s, sort of hillbilly variations of Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson, John´s trailer and Sherlock “mountain wise man” house. So much fun and suspense!

Missing the (Fixed) Point by @discordantwords​

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31635359/chapters/78288491

A 5+1 AU different first meeting. Sherlock disrupts John`s plans. It´s DiscordantWords, so what more reason do you need to read anyway?

No Regrets by Calais_Reno @calaisreno​

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38138260

Short and sweet. Locked in a cold warehouse, Lestrade deduces Sherlock.

The Dancing Man by ShirleyCarlton @shirleycarlton​

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36296488

Short and smutty. John meets a very sexy bloke on the dance floor. It does go very well. 

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Special feature: The author EventHorizon

A very prolific writer with 151 works up to date, earlier works are Johnlock, later works are Mystrade. You can praise (or blame) them because this fic is why I´m here. Reposting the comment I made.

Hallowed Eve by EventHorizon @eventhorizon451​

https://archiveofourown.org/works/548726/chapters/977387

Sherlock coaxes John to go as a matched pair (sort of) in costumes on a Haloween tour.

 “It´s been a long time since I read this. This was the first fanfic I´ve read EVER and it took me some time to find it again. Can´t say why I chose yours, AO3 really overwhelmed me back then. I just learned that fanfiction even exists and I´ve been new to the Sherlock fandom. So. I read this and was confused as hell that they would kiss! How could this be? How could this be written at all?? Why did this make me happy??? And embarrassed somehow???? 😆 Obviously, I´m over this confusion. Coming back, I want to thank you for this (completely random but still) great entry into this rabbit hole. I can say for sure that it was you who got me hooked on fanfiction. Thanks for making me an addict...🙏 and showing me that everything is possible here. Until today, I´ve gone down this road to the end and started writing myself. OK. Just to let you know you´ve been my first 😉💖🥂 Love, Samarra”