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inevitably-johnlocked · 3 years

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hi, i am looking for a very specific johnlock case fic on ao3 with an au where they are in america and on the oregon trail, possibly traveling to wyoming, or probably just western america!lock in generally. thanks! :)

Hey Nonny!

Ahh, I don’t know which fic this is, but I have a few American AUs in my MFL list, maybe one of them is it? If anyone knows which one it is for sure, let us know!!

AMERICAN AUs (TO READ)

Gone and Changed by cwb (E, 4,617 w., 1 Ch. || Farm/Ranch American AU || Teenlock, Friends to Lovers, Angst, High School, Summer Vacation, Swimming, Hot Weather, Oral Sex, Car Sex, Blow Jobs, First Kiss/Time, Falling in Love, Mutual Pining) – John and Sherlock are best friends, until John goes and changes. Part 1 of the Just Like That series

At All Material Time by dizzylittlesunflowers (T, 7,029 w., 1 Ch. || 1930′s Farm/Ranch AU || One Shot) – When John Watson first met Sherlock Holmes, the dark-haired stranger had told him he'd never make the mistake of falling in love. Set in 1930's Southern America, the mysterious Holmes family move into the deserted house opposite John Watson's farm. Intrigued with the strange newcomers, the young farmer lets his priorities slip. But not without consequence.

How to Sleep with Your Enemy in One Semester by 221b_careful_what_you_wish_for (M, 9,699 w., 6 Ch. || College / Uni Professors AU || Professor John/Sherlock, Enemies to Lovers, Rivalry, Bickering, Office Sex, Blow Jobs, Fluff, Domestics, John’s Beard, Idiots in Love, Humour) – Visiting professors John Watson and Sherlock Holmes are longtime academic rivals — and now unwilling office mates — at a prestigious American university. When their tense arguments give way to an undercurrent of mutual attraction, their war of wits turns into something more personal — until it goes off course. A party, a phone number, and deserted office at night might just bring them back together.

The Rainbow Connection by honeybee_motorcyles (M, 13,161 w., 7 Ch. || Post-TRF, Autistic Sherlock, American Road Trip, Understanding, Communication, PTSD Sherlock, Regression, Aspergers, Angst and Fluff) – A Road Trip is the best cure for Sherlock and John's relationship.

Wild Skies by darkestbliss (E, 13,339+ w., 9/? Ch. || WiP || American Farm/Ranch AU || Age Difference, Fluff, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Bottom Sherlock, Virgin Sherlock, Teen Sherlock, Summer Camp, Older John) – Sherlock Holmes, show jumping champion turned druggie, is sent to a small, remote ranch in Wyoming for the summer as part of his rehabilitation process. There, he meets John Watson, a beautiful and good-natured ranch hand who was raised by the West.

The Reawakening of John Watson by 221b_careful_what_you_wish_for (E, 20,463 w., 14 Ch. || Historical 1800s American/Victorian AU || Artist Sherlock, Writer John, Angst with Happy Ending, Bisexual John, Period Typical Homophobia, Sensuality, Experienced Sherlock, Pining, Past Drug Use, Slow Burn, Love Confessions, Flirty Sherlock, Frottage, Outdoor Sex, Trust Issues, Minor Character Death, Sexual Tension, Colorado / London, Rimming, Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, POV John) – Trying to escape his troubled past in England, John Watson has started a new life in the American West. When he meets the handsome artist Sherlock Holmes, a smoldering attraction is sparked, complicating his quiet, carefully guarded existence. Maybe taking a risk with Sherlock is exactly what John needs to feel alive again...

Learning Curve by thpontiacbandit (M, 41,422 w., 22 Ch. || Teacher / Parent AU || America, Fluff and Smut, Parentlock, Frottage) – John is a Kindergarten teacher. One of his students, a boy named Henry Holmes, refuses to speak in school. John is determined to get to the bottom of it, and that is how he meets Sherlock Holmes.

The Bone Fiddle by htebazytook & Vulgarweed (E, 61,167 w., 13 Ch. || American Historical 1970′s AU || Appalachia, West Virginia, Vietnam War, Watergate, Murder Mystery, Case Fic, Drama, Humour, Romance) – In November 1973, Vietnam vet John Watson returns to his family's old home in Arthel County, West Virginia, deep in coal country. His low expectations include recuperation and boredom. Instead he finds a ruined landscape, a series of grisly murders, and one of the world's weirdest neighbors. Part 1 of the The Bone Fiddle series

Next Right: Welcome to Westbound Rest Area 818 by elwinglyre (E, 73,618 w., 16 Ch. || American Unilock AU || Bunk Beds, Anonymous Sex, Homophobia, Closeted John, Roommates, Angst with Happy Ending, Idiots in Love, Music, Rape/Non-Con, Hurt John, BAMF John) – Sherlock Holmes dreams of escape from his smothering family and space to breathe. Studying chemistry at the University of Michigan, he's almost far enough away to fill his lungs. Almost. While John Watson dreams of being a doctor, he also dreams of being with another man. John knows that with hard work and study, he can make the first a reality, but he's certain the second can never be. Until a secret encounter in the dark at Rest Area 818 changes everything. When Sherlock meets his new roommate, John Watson, he sees a man in the closet. Sherlock hides from no one. Except from his own family, a detective inspector who wants his evidence returned, and his secret encounter at Rest Area 818. Setting late 1970s, Michigan, USA. POV third person alternates between John Watson and Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock, P.I. by Callie4180 (E, 83,264 w., 11 Ch. || Magnum P.I. Fusion || Past Relationships, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Canon-Typical Violence, Stalking, Creepy Moriarty) – For the Fall TV Sherlock fusion project. Sherlock, P.I. is an American television show that follows the exciting adventures of genius private investigator Sherlock Homes and his friends as they live their lives on the beautiful island of Oahu in Hawaii. Sherlock solves crimes as he wrestles with the ghosts and demons of his past.

Boyfriend Material by PoppyAlexander (E, 151,282 w., 58 Ch. || American Hockey AU || Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Closeted John, POV John, Pining, Casual Sex / Hook Ups, Rom-Com) – Boston Brawlers' team captain John Watson longs for two things: a championship before he retires, and a boyfriend. Assigned to room with goaltender Sherlock Holmes--known around the league as both a genius and a "weird dude"– on Brawlers' roadtrips, John discovers the things they have in common that lead to an easy friendship and a convenient arrangement.

Nine and a Half Weeks by CumberCurlyGirl and Kameo (E, 175,094+ w., 35/? Ch. || WiP || American AU || Different First Meeting, Daddy Kink, Bottomlock, Anal Plug, Riding Crops, Spanking, Light Bondage, Anal/Oral, Aftercare, Posh John, Virgin Sherlock, Homophobia, Sugar Daddy John, Rimming, Coming in Pants, Light Dom/Sub, Past Sherlock / Victor, Light BDSM, Public Sex, John in a Kilt, Vibrators, Happy Ending) – Sherlock Holmes is about to graduate from high school in midwestern America. Despite his intelligence, his prospects are bleak due to poverty, an indifferent, alcoholic father and poor choices. One day, at work, he sells a riding crop to a handsome blonde Brit and his life is changed. He doesn't know what hit him - until he does. This is a story of a journey to love and self-acceptance and explores many themes along the way: drug abuse, grief, coming out, age difference, consent. Lots of sex but so much more.

Just Like That Series by cwb (E, 201,462+ w. across 4 works || Series WiP || American Teenager / Farmer AU || Best Friends, Friends to Lovers, Angst, High School, Summer Vacation, Swimming, Friends to Lovers, Car Sex, Mutual Pining, Falling in Love, Kissing) – John and Sherlock are best friends, until John goes and changes.

The Devil's Blaze by DulcimerGecko (E, 296,121+ w., 25/? Ch. || WiP || American Cowboy / Rodeo AU || Vet John, Case Fic, Texas, Slow Build, Manipulative Sherlock, Masturbation, Developing Relationship, Dancing Lessons, Drunk Sherlock, Safe Sex, Blow Jobs, Horny John, Cowboy Sherlock, Cowboy John) – Sherlock Holmes, the world’s only Consulting Equestrian Expert, is the individual called when horse owners are out of their depth. At the behest of his elder brother, Sherlock travels to Amarillo, Texas, to investigate why a valuable bucking stallion has seemingly gone berserk for no reason and killed his trainer. The local authorities suspect the owner of fraud and possible animal abuse, but Mycroft sees parallels to an unsolved case from the 1980s wherein a racehorse killed a groom. Complicating the situation is John Watson: bronco rider, rodeo veterinarian and one of case’s primary suspects... Part 1 of the The Devil's Blaze series

#steph replies #johnlock fic recs #to read #american au #help steph find fics #Anonymous

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inkribbon796 · 4 years

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Quick question: Which villain/hero is which character? I've just started to read your AU (It's flipping amazing BTW), but sometimes I keep forgetting who is who 'cause of the secret identities and all. 😅

I’m glad you like it pal, and no problem: (real name; super power)

Tell me if I forgot anybody. Other villains and heroes will be added if they appear in the story. Sorry this is so long,

Things to note: Jack and Mark are Jackieboy Man and Silver Shepherd because it seemed weird to not make them superheroes. All the Sides used to be Thomas before he was broken apart. I want to add in Lixian, Gabe, and Mika but don’t know how to yet and I don’t want to throw them in haphazardly because they deserve better than that.

*Heroes: (aka the Coalition of Heroes which include some of the Iplier’s, most of the Septics, and half of the Sides)

-The Silver Shepherd (it’s Mark Fischbach; super strength, flight, invulnerability)

-Jackieboy Man (Seán McLoughlin; super speed, X-ray vision, keen hearing, super agility)

-Detective Abe Lauer (Detective Abe; unwillingly and occasionally displaced in time, unable to die)

-Dr. Edward Iplier and Dr. Henrik von Schneeplestein (the don’t have a secret identity; cynicism, medical knowledge)

-Marvin the Magnificent (this is his secret identity because he doesn’t go by his real name; magic, alchemist)

-Bro Average (Chase Brody, immaculate accuracy)

-J.J (Jameson Jackson; time manipulation)

-Gatling (Bob Muyskens; summons impenetrable barriers)

-The Drowned Man (Wade Barnes; hydrokinesis)

-UFO (Amy Nelson; flight)

-Blank (Ethan Nestor; aura dampening, invisibility)

-Robbie the Zombie (Robert Gravesly; zombie, super strength, undead)

-Captain Morality (Patton Sanders; emotional manipulation)

-Logic (Logan Sanders; super intelligence)

-Prince Creativity (Roman Sanders; object summoning, powers based in creativity)

-Anxiety (Virgil Sanders; fear manipulation, manifestation of fears)

-Nate (Nathan Sharp; bard, he strengths and deplores people with music, turning reality into a music video)

-Bing (doesn’t use a secret identity; AI unit, super intelligence, nanites)

-Oliver (Google Yellow; AI unit, super intelligence, nanites, humanity)

-The Host (formerly Arthur Isaacs, the Author; realty manipulation through narration)

-King of the Squirrels (Kaylor Kingston; animal telepathy)

-Explosion Boy (Eric Derekson; explosions from his fingertips)

-Yellow Tape (Randall Voorhees)

-Captain Magnum (doesn’t use a secret identify; he’s a 10ft tall pirate)

*Allies:

-Mayor Damien Mood (Dark, yes he finds their trust hilarious)

-Yancy Times (doesn’t use a secret identity, doesn’t want to be a bad guy; manipulating people when he sings)

-the Jims (RJ, CJ, all of them work for both sides; crazy hive mind)

-The DA (Y/N; is the viewer)

*Villains:

-Dark (Damien and Celine Doom, the Entity; void aura, magic, undying)

-Wilford Warfstache (William J. Barnum, other identities; manipulation of the meta, void manipulation, plot armor)

-Anti (glitch demon; dominion over electronics, void manipulation)

-Mare (music demon; sound manipulation)

-Google (doesn’t use an alias; AI unit, super intelligence, nanites)

-Deceit (Janus Sanders; illusions, magic, living lie detector)

-The Duke (Remus Sanders; object summoning, powers based in creativity)

-Orange (too lazy to use an alias; tbd when Thomas announces him)

-Ed Edgar (does not use a real alias; no known superpowers)

-Bim Trimmer (does not use alias; slight void aura, slight inhuman strength, cannibal)

-Yandere (Yan Ayano; summons weaponry from hammer space)

-Illinois Jones (does not use an alias; uncanny luck, luck and probability manipulation)

#superhero au #asks #i probably forgot someone

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anneapocalypse · 6 years

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How would you go about making Donut (and maybe Doc as well if you wanna) relevant in the later seasons?

Great question, thank you!

As my canon review of Donut has progressed I’d like to modify my statement a little further: since bringing Donut back from the dead, none of the writers have known what to do with him.

I wouldn’t change much about Recollections. I like Donut’s role in season 7, in relaying Tucker’s message and giving us a flashback to a debrief with the Counselor. Both of those things are pretty vital to the plot. Even Wash shooting him serves its purpose and delivers the impact it needs to.

Season 9 has no “real” Blood Gulch so we’ll bypass that for the purposes of this post (but ask me sometime how much better it would have been to make Epsigulch a four-part miniseries between seasons and actually show us the break-in mission to retrieve the memory unit onscreen, showing us the reveal that Carolina is alive through Wash’s eyes instead of Epsilon’s with her iconic “You’re gonna help me kill the Director” line delivered to Wash instead). Season 10 is where Donut returns, and by then it’s so late in the Freelancer saga that there isn’t time to do very much with him, though I do like the fact that a) they have at least a cursory explanation for Doc saving his life, b) he and Doc are chilling together in Valhalla and growing vegetables because that’s cute, and c) he does go with them to the final battle.

I do think Donut is underutilized in season 15, but I think nearly all the Reds and Blues (with the exception of, ironically, Grif) are underutilized in season 15, and that’s more a function of making Dylan and Jax the protagonists and letting them drive the plot entirely; more on that here.

Where I really think Donut specifically could’ve been better utilized is in the Chorus Trilogy, and here’s how I think that could’ve been done differently. (Sorry, folks, I’m incapable of brevity. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You knew who you were following here!)

First: Is there any real reason why Donut can’t crash land on Chorus with the rest of them? I mean… it actually makes more sense if he does, because unlike Doc he actually went to Offsite Storage Facility to find the Director and he’s in the Hargrove photo op, so… I mean, I get dropping him off at Valhalla with Doc because they’re married now and all. I don’t even necessarily dislike that. And when the two of them show up and send away their ride–it’s not that it doesn’t work, Donut’s main joke since season 1 has been his obliviousness (yes, it’s that more than the gay jokes actually, I know, I was surprised too) and Doc’s joke is that he’s… well, not good at anything. So for them to show up for the express purpose of being blithely useless doesn’t not work, but it would make just as much sense for Donut to already be there, and since Doc arrives only to disappear and be forgotten for a season and change, I’m not sure what purpose his arrival at that time even serves.

But here’s my real question:

Why can’t Donut be a Captain?

There is legitimately no story reason why Donut can’t be put on the New Republic side of things in the first half of season 12. In fact, character-wise, it makes more sense for him to be with the other Privates (bow chicka) than with the COs. Sure, it makes the teams uneven, but in the New Republic sequence it really doesn’t matter because the whole point is the Reds and Blues are no longer acting as Reds and Blues; they’re acting as captains of their own respective teams.

For Donut to be the fifth captain of Lightish Red Team and part of the New Republic shenanigans opens up endless possibilities for character and relationship development. We get to see how the other four function as leaders; why not Donut? We get to see Tucker and Grif wrestle with their own sense of identity; why not Donut? Caboose learns what it’s like to be taken seriously; Donut occupies a similar place on Red Team where he’s used to no one ever really listening to him except to tell him to shut up, so what’s it like for him to be put in a position where people respect him and look up to him? There is so much that could be done with Captain Donut that if he was That Character for me I’d probably already have written an AU for it.

But let’s say you don’t care for Captain Donut. You like four on each side, it’s nice and symmetrical, so Donut goes with Wash and Sarge and Lopez and lands on the Fed side of things.

Why do both Donut and Wash act like season 7 never happened?

Yes, Wash’s Casual Whistling was a funny joke at the end of season 10, I will give you that. As was Donut not actually recognizing Wash–a joke that worked, I would like to point out, because Wash changed the color of his armor.

I’m sorry, what did Wash just do at the end of season 11? Oh right, he went back to his gray armor.

I owe this point to my good pal @tuckerfuckingdidit, who just today pointed out to me that Wash is alone with Sarge and Donut more than once during the Chorus trilogy–and at no point do either of them address what happened.

Now, I won’t say there’s no way that Donut still doesn’t realize who he is, because again, Donut’s central joke from Day One is his obliviousness. But if that’s gonna be the point, then do something with it. Lampshade the fact that Donut still doesn’t realize the guy who put a Magnum round in his gut (obligatory joke about Donut having Wash’s Magnum inside him goes here) has been chilling with the Blues for two seasons now.

Note that this doesn’t have to be serious, or angsty–you can keep Donut primarily a comic character and still build off past canon. Hell, you’ve got Lopez right there, you can bring him in on the joke too, as it’s been established that Donut can only understand Lopez occasionally, and only at the most inconvenient times. Lopez keeps trying to tell Donut, “This is the guy who shot us,” and Donut doesn’t get it, chattering blithely about how much better this is than the last time he was held hostage.

As for Wash, he absolutely knows who Donut is, and the lack of any visible discomfort over the prospect of Donut realizing who he is–not only is that a missed opportunity to create tension, it kind of undermines Wash’s Vaguely Remorseful Fever Dream if he never expresses any of that remorse to Donut himself. I will accept that Wash has some vague residual Bad Feelings about what he did, but it seems to me that it’s more about what kind of person Wash is and how he sees himself than it is about actually feeling bad for what Donut went through.

And from a story standpoint, that’s fine–that’s the kind of person Wash is. But the potential for tension between himself and Donut, building on past events and both characters’ established temperaments, is really interesting, and it’s just not utilized at all. As I said above, I would ultimately have preferred Captain Donut, but if you make the deliberate choice to stick him in close proximity to the guy who shot him, at least… do something with that that involves both characters.

And finally, we come to Doc. Poor Doc.

Look, you can’t give me Doc saving Donut’s life and returning to live with him in Valhalla and grow vegetables together and fly out to Chorus together for a failed rescue mission and then have Doc just disappear and Donut not notice. Not when Doc has been basically the only person in Donut’s life for such long periods of time offscreen. I don’t care if Docnut is canon; I don’t care if you ship it, I don’t care if I ship it. Doc’s Joke is that he’s not good at his job, or much of anything else, and that neither team really wants to claim him. But Donut is the exception. Doc successfully saves his life. They live together.

If Donut’s Joke is that he’s oblivious, it doesn’t work if everyone else is also oblivious, because there’s no joke, it’s just… everyone forgot about Doc. But what if you turn Donut’s Joke on its head, make him the only one who does notice that Doc is missing? Let the joke be that even though everyone else forgot Doc, Donut just assumed they were all searching for him this whole time. Why were we flying out to all these remote outposts if not to find Doc? Space pirates? Alien temples? What are you guys talking about? And thus, you can still use the obliviousness joke while maintaining relationship continuity, which is something that Donut out of probably all the Blood Gulchers desperately needs to feel like a full character.

(And I’m sorry I didn’t get to how to make Doc himself plot-relevant, but this post is already long enough, so that will have to wait for another day.)

You don’t need to have every single character perform some major heroic act to feel relevant to the story. You do need maintain some kind of emotional continuity, and actively look for moments to carry their established character beats forward, and that takes more than just repeating the same jokes over and over.

#docswiss #ask anne #franklin delano donut #avian dentistry #rvb critical #red vs blue #franklin donut

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thatsnotcanonpodcasts · 5 years

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Episode 52: Fossils, Jean Luc Picard & Metro Exodus

Oh my giddy aunt, will you look at that, we have reached 52 episodes! Wow, you like us, you really do, thank you. Even more surprising is the fact that we haven’t had the ‘Mericans come busting through our doors looking for fossil fuels, erm, I mean terrorists etc. We have an amazing episode for you this week, starting with DINOSAURS!!! That’s right folks, dinosaurs, and the feather that covered them. It is much more interesting than you might think learning about the α and β keratins that make things such as hair, claws, horns, and feathers. This is combined with a look at some amazingly huge pterosaurs, namely the Quetzalcoatlus Northropi. A dinosaur the size of a small plane that could fly for days at speeds of 140-160 miles per hour, perfect for the get-away on the weekend and avoiding traffic. After this we are faced with news from Star Trek regarding Piccard no longer being a Captain, so grab your cup of Earl Grey Hot and strap in for this as it is amazing, particularly when we try to combine Doctor Who, Star Trek and James Bond into one movie or series. That’s right folks we have tried to combine three of the greatest franchises together this week. After this head exploding drama we look at the absolute mayhem and devastation that is the Metro Exodus leaving Steam debacle. It is such a disaster that you could be forgiven for thinking that we have visited a sewage treatment plant, and trust me plenty of that is hitting the fan over this. After this roller coaster ride we look at games such as Stardew Valley, Elder Scrolls Online and the fact that the DJ is still lonely in Fallout 76. So please, sit back and sip your cup of Earl Grey Hot as we take you on a journey through these topics. As always we would love to hear from you so feel free to drop us a line. As always stay safe, look out for each other and drink lots of water, thank you, so long and farewell.

EPISODE NOTES:

Fossil Feathers reveal

- https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/fossil-feathers-reveal-how-dinosaurs-took-flight

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus

Jean Luc Picard - https://comicbook.com/startrek/2019/01/27/star-trek-new-picard-series-no-longer-captain/

Metro Exodus leaves Steam - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/valve-decries-unfair-decision-as-metro-exodus-leav/1100-6464623/

Games currently playing

Buck

– Elder Scrolls Online - https://store.steampowered.com/app/306130/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online/

Professor

– Stardew Valley - https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/Stardew_Valley/

– Fallout 76 - https://fallout.bethesda.net/