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Oct. 25th, 2025 08:42 am
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

AWS outage

Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 am
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DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
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Match emails have gone out from holmesticemods@gmail.com. Please check your inboxes, spam folders, junk mail, etc.

You MUST reply to your match email to confirm you received it, otherwise we will assume you've ghosted us and we will take appropriate measures (i.e., re-assign your match to one of our pinch-hitters). Please respond as soon as possible.

Your match email contains information about submission, but we will also post as we get close to the deadline. In the next few days we'll also put up posts asking for beta and pinch-hit volunteers -- please keep an eye out.

If you have any questions, for us or your recipient, please email us. Happy baking!
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Hello, everyone! I had just switched laptops, as mine had rather dramatically died, and I do not have email access to the mod account on the new device.
Rest assured the matches are complete and checked. I just can’t get them out to you quite yet and my co-Mods are not available at the moment due to scheduled activities (also known as “having a life”).
This is just an update to let you all know you haven’t missed them in a mysterious inbox folder and they are on the way as soon as possible (within a few hours for sure)

Winter 2025 Signups Are Closed!

Oct. 15th, 2025 03:48 pm
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Sign-ups are now closed! Now it's time for the mods to sequester ourselves with all of your thrilling sign-ups and devise a match for everyone. (Please note that any changes made to your sign-ups after this post goes up cannot be taken into consideration for matching purposes.) We expect matches to go out in the next couple of days; we'll post here when they have.

In the meantime, everyone please keep an eye on your email -- we might need to get in touch to clarify something about your sign-up or (in very rare cases, if we can't find a match for you) ask you to expand your sign-up.

As we near the submission deadline, we'll post reminders and instructions on how to submit your creations. Email us at holmesticemods@gmail.com or leave a comment on this post if you have any questions or concerns. We're always happy to answer, so please don't hesitate to contact us!

Thank you for signing up, everyone! Welcome to newcomers and old hands alike -- we're looking forward to this round of Holmestice with you!

Shambling in at the last minute

Oct. 15th, 2025 03:30 am
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Name: tepidspongebath
Contact email: tepidspongebath@gmail.com
AO3 username: tepidspongebath
Treat preference: treats would be wonderful!

I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Books: Doyle - Canon; Goodnight, Mr. Holmes - Douglas; A Study in Emerald TV/Film:Granada TV Show; Sherlock BBC; Livanov/Solomin Russian Holmes;
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: anyone!
I like working with one or more of the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Crossover; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; First Time; Friendship
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: dubcon; torture; alcohol/drug abuse; incest; self-harm; suicide; character death; etc.

I want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic, vids, graphics, podfic, music
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Books: Canon; Mary Russell Series; The Final Solution - Chabon; Goodnight, Mr. Holmes - Douglas; The Infernal Device - Kurland; The Seven-Percent Solution; A Study in Emerald; The Doctor's Case. TV/Film:Granada TV Show; Ritchie Films; Sherlock BBC; Elementary; Livanov/Solomin Russian Holmes; Petrenko/Panin New Russian Holmes; Rathbone Films; Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century; Sherlock Hound. Comics/radio/other: Watson and Holmes comic; Bert Coules radio dramatizations. Others?????
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson primarily, but I do love to see female characters featured heavily - everyone from Molly Hooper to Isadora Klein.
I like stuff in the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Crossover; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; First Time; Friendship; Drug Addiction; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence; Bondage
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I wouldn’t mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: dubcon; bdsm; bloodplay; torture; domestic abuse; alcohol/drug abuse; incest; self-harm; suicide; character death; etc.)

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive: Something fantastical please, something to do with dreams and longing, something where the characters cannot do without each other and it shows. I am thinking of Holmes and Watson, but feel free to surprise me.

Special requests: I mostly write Johnlock but very much enjoy writing minor characters in a major way. I also like the strange ones, the twisty, challenging ones - throw anything my way.
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Half the challenge of this nowadays is editing the formatting (as a possible future thing, if it's possible to create an alternate template formatted with "Markdown" syntax, that would be Very Useful, very possibly to more people than just me).

Name: [personal profile] graycardinal
Contact email: graycardinal007 at gmail dot com
AO3 username: [archiveofourown.org profile] Gray_Cardinal

Treat preference: Yes, please!

I will create: )

I want to receive: )

Additional )

What does it need a title for?

Oct. 14th, 2025 11:55 pm
[personal profile] windows_to_nowhere posting in [community profile] holmestice
Name: Windows_to_Nowhere
Contact email: violintrenchcoat@proton.me
AO3 username: Windows_to_Nowhere
Treat preference: Treats would be amazing!

I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic, vids
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Sherlock BBC; Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B (see shilling for this play below!)
For one or more of the following characters or relationships:
Sherlock BBC: John & Sherlock, Mary/John/Sherlock, Mary/John & Sherlock, Mrs. Hudson, Sally, Mary, Janine, Eurus, Rosie
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B: Joan & Sherlock
I like working with one or more of the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Canon Compliance; Canon Divergence; Alternate Universe; Worldbuilding; Established Relationship; Friendship; Queerplatonic Relationship; Retirement; F!Sherlock
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: torture



I want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic, vids, music
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Sherlock BBC; Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B (see shilling for this play below!)
For one or more of the following characters or relationships:
Sherlock BBC: John & Sherlock, Mary/John/Sherlock, Mary/John & Sherlock, Mrs. Hudson, Mary, Janine, Eurus, Rosie
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B: Joan & Sherlock, Joan/Sherlock, Sherlock/Irene, Sherlock & Irene
I like stuff in the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Canon Compliance; Alternate Universe; Worldbuilding; Established Relationship; Friendship; Queerplatonic Relationship; Retirement; Case Fic; F!Sherlock; Ace!Sherlock, Aro!Ace!Sherlock
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I wouldn’t mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: Anything not in my DNWs is fair game in the service of angst :)

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive:
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B: Assuming it’s not currently playing in a theatre near you, you can buy the script here for US$10. I recommend skipping the Playwright’s Notes until you’ve read it through, they contain a major spoiler. F!Holmes and F!Watson in 2021! Fun/ny! Meta references! Sherlock being brilliant, bizarre, and emotionally stunted! Convoluted dramatic showdown with quintuple crossings! Gay kissing!
Fic ideas:
*Sherlock being made unambiguously aroace (whether or not anyone around knows the words)
*Joan realizing she really was jealous of Irene (and it being requited or not)
*Joan & Sherlock becoming closer
*More of whatever the frig was going on with Sherlock & Irene
*The sequel that was cruelly set up but will never happen

All purpose likes/prompts:
*epistolary, 5+1, experiments with style & format
*Meta (as in commentary or as in referencing the Sherlock Holmes multiverse)
*Sherlock being abrasive, solitary, super smart
*Relationships that are unconventional, complex, difficult to define, involve competing needs, require negotiation, that revolve around shared interests, that are extremely strong
*metamours Sherlock & Mary getting along so well it's scary
*TGG/TFP-esque convoluted scenarios by Moriarty/other villains
*forced to make difficult choices that have no get-out-of-jail-free, best-of-both-worlds escape hatch
*Jo(a/h)n confronting Sherlock’s enemies
*Going through hell with or for each other

Vid likes/prompts:
Loving, understated, heartbreaking, opinionated, euphoric, we’re-adrenaline-junkies-and-never-gonna-die… Also, vids that either work with the lyrics to show why the song is a great fit to the canon, or pointedly interpret either the lyrics or visuals differently than the artist intended. Special effects, experiments with the possibilities of the medium.
I love being introduced to new music via fanvids. Or taking an already popular song and tricking me into associating it with the vid & fandom in the future. I don’t listen to much music otherwise and the only thing that really unites my taste is that I like when it’s easy to make out the lyrics. If you’re really looking for ideas, artists I have been known to return to include Taylor Swift, Imagine Dragons, The Ark, Carbon Leaf, and The Longest Johns.

Music likes/prompts:
Cozy or angsty or adrenaline-filled vibes... Songs that tell a self-contained story... As far as I can tell, fan music seems to have dropped off even more dramatically than other mediums after S2, it would be cool to get something that references the later seasons (or Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson)!

DNW: PWP (explicit content is fine, just not as the sole focus), gore, Mary portrayed as worse than John & Sherlock, Sally portrayed as worse than Sherlock, canon negativity

Special requests: none

I cannot live without brainwork!

Oct. 14th, 2025 11:29 pm
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Name: Vulgarweed
Contact email: You got it already
AO3 username: Vulgarweed
Treat preference: Treats are allowed and very welcome!

I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): fic
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Doyle - Canon; BBC Sherlock; Watson and Holmes (comics); Mycroft Holmes series (Abdul-Jabbar/Waterhouse); Affair of the Mysterious Letter (Hall); Warlock Holmes (G.S. Denning); A Night in the Lonesome October (Zelazny); Victorian Undead comics, Sherlock Holmes & the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane), The Seven-Percent Solution (Meyer), The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Townsend), Moriarty: Hound of the D'Urbervilles (Newman), Dust and Shadow (Faye), The Angel of the Crows (Addison) and likely lots of others - try me!
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Holmes/Watson, Holmes/Watson/Mary Morstan, Holmes/Watson/Most Any Third Party, for the Mycroft Holmes books, Mycroft/Cyrus Douglas, Holmes/Moriarty in some canons, femslash of underappreciated women esp in BBC
I like working with one or more of the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Crossover; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; First Time; Friendship; Drug Addiction; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence; Bondage; Magic/Fantasy/Occult AU
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: bdsm; bloodplay; alcohol/drug abuse; threesomes; polyamory; rough sex; public sex; supernatural sex/sex magic; fetishes; body worship



I want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic, vids, graphics, podfic, music
In one or more of the following parts of fandom:Doyle - Canon; BBC Sherlock; Ritchie films; Granada; Watson and Holmes (comics); Mycroft Holmes series (Abdul-Jabbar/Waterhouse); Affair of the Mysterious Letter (Hall); Warlock Holmes (G.S. Denning); A Night in the Lonesome October (Zelazny); The Irregulars; Sherlock & Co podcast, Victorian Undead comics, Sherlock Holmes & the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane), The Seven-Percent Solution (Meyer), The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Townsend), Moriarty: Hound of the D'Urbervilles (Newman), Dust and Shadow (Faye), The Angel of the Crows (Addison) and likely lots of others - try me!
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Holmes/Watson (in any verse except Hall; glad to do Haas & Wyndham BFFs there); Holmes/Watson/Character of Your Choice (in any verse), Holmes/Other (if it makes sense in that canon), Mycroft/Cyrus (Jabbar), Holmes/Watson/Morstan (in any verse); Rare F/F pairings (in any verse); maybe Holmes/Moriarty
I like stuff in the following categories: Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Crossover; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; First Time; Friendship; Drug Addiction; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence; Bondage; Magic/Fantasy/Occult AU
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I wouldn’t mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: bdsm; bloodplay; alcohol/drug abuse; threesomes; polyamory; rough sex; public sex; supernatural sex/sex magic; fetishes; body worship

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive: I'm pretty flexible. I love a good casefic, but I'm equally happy with a warm PWP. Remixed canon stories in AU verses are always welcome. Character voice matters more to me more than plot really. I do love a good magical or fantasy or SF AU. I'm just happy to see these characters in a new light, doing their thing in an unexpected way. I'm always up for travel stories. Whether it's solving a weird mystery or exploring a new kink or taking care of each other in some especially them kind of way, I'm here for it. I love seeing alternate points of view and subversive views of canon.For art, anything on the themes listed above - atmospheric, sexy, funny, whatever strikes you. I love romantic settings, intimacy, costumes. Also fond of spooky. I would especially love art for any of my fics or any of the lesser-known book canons I’ve listed here - or even some I didn't, I'm an adventurous adventuress. For podfics, any of mine that you like, no restrictions. For music, surprise me!

DNW (creating or receiving): Non-con, graphic torture, graphic child or animal abuse (sexual or not), major (permanent) character death, bleak hopeless endings

Special requests: None

Holmestice Sweet Holmestice

Oct. 14th, 2025 04:37 pm
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 Iwantthatcoat:
Contact email: imkatherinealtimeter@gmail.com
AO3 username: Iwantthatcoat
Treat preference: Absolutely!

I will create:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic, short animation, music
In one or more of the following parts of fandom:: Books: Doyle - Canon; A Study in Emerald; TV/Film:Granada TV Show; Ritchie Films; Sherlock BBC; Livanov/Solomin Russian Holmes; Petrenko/Panin New Russian Holmes; Rathbone Films; Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century; Sherlock Hound. Comics/radio/other: Watson and Holmes comic; Bert Coules radio dramatizations, Sherlock & Co podcast, Fawx and Stallion podcast, Baker Street 2033 podcast, Baker Towers, Warlock Holmes, Study in Honor, Beekeeper’s Picnic, Watson’s Sketchbook, kinda up for anything if I can consume the content in time!
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: Holmes/Watson, Holmes&Watson, add Mariana here in whatever way you’d like (threesome is fine!) for Pod, Sherlock & Mycroft, & with minor characters, probably open to anything, actually 
I like working with one or more of the following categories:Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Crossover; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; First Time; Friendship; Drug Addiction; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
With any of the following ratings: 1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I am willing to create for the following squicks and/or kinks: dubcon; non-con/rape; domestic abuse; alcohol/drug abuse; incest; self-harm; suicide; character death; child abuse



I want to receive:
A fanwork of the following type(s): art, fic, vids, music
In one or more of the following parts of fandom: Books: Doyle - Canon; TV/Film:Granada TV Show; Ritchie Films; Sherlock BBC; Livanov/Solomin Russian Holmes; Petrenko/Panin New Russian Holmes; Rathbone Films; Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century; Sherlock Hound. Comics/radio/other: Watson and Holmes comic; Bert Coules radio dramatizations, Sherlock & Co podcast, Fawx and Stallion podcast, Baker Street 2033 podcast, Baker Towers, Warlock Holmes, Beekeeper’s Picnic, Watson’s Sketchbook
For one or more of the following characters or relationships: I like H/W H&W the most but I am good with anything you feel like putting together for Sh&Co (I lovvvvvve Victor and would love to see him come back) and any & pairing in other universes.
I like stuff in the following categories:Fluff; Angst; Post-Reichenbach; Alternate Universe; Romance; Hurt/Comfort; Established Relationship; Crossover; Friendship; Humor; Case Fic; First Time; Friendship; Drug Addiction; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence;
With any of the following ratings:1) suitable for general audiences; 2) non-explicit sexual content; 3) explicit sexual content; 4) mild to moderate violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes; 5) moderate to explicit graphic violence or depictions of non-sexual mature themes
I wouldn’t mind any of the following squicks and/or kinks: whatever you feel makes the story work for you as a writer, but keep in mind I do not do well with a lot of graphic descriptions of needles and blood and slashing. I especially like confessions of unusual kinks and partners embracing them fully.

Please include further details about what you’d like to receive: I would love me some Viclock for Sh&Co, especially with him returning to London present day. (I headcanon his as an allo/ace relationship that they didn’t know how to navigate yet, but do what feels right to you…one of them could have not been in a good space for a relationship. Rather not see cheating) Also happy to see a Reichenbach interpretation! I do not like amnesia fics of misunderstanding tropes, or anything where people are not believed/gaslighting. No DV or any abuse between any main characters but can be in the story elsewhere. I love retirement in any universe that doesnt have retirement yet. Really, just make it creative and different from a typical episode and expand on the existing dynamic and I will be thrilled. Also, anything involving a continuation or reinterpretation of one of my fics in *any* format is always amazing! 

Special requests: nope
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