No seriously, would people from the Melboune area of Australia be interested in a mini Sherlock Convention?!?
Uhhh! I reeeaaally wanna organise a Melbourne area mini Sherlock con!
I love these things, and have been drooling over the Bay area (California) one…
A Beginners guide to the BBC Sherlock fandom-
(I’ve been sitting on this for a while, then I saw a post that an introduction to a fandom would be a good thing, so I thought ‘why not?’ This post is also directed at the Tumblr fandom, and any information may vary, as regards livejournal, etc)
First up, welcome to the fandom! We are very please to have you and most of us would be very happy to help you out with anything we can or just have a chat! If you’ve just arrived, you’ve likely got excess feels, and we are here for you!
BBC Sherlock is occassionally referred to as Beeblock, and here in the fandom you’ll find enough talent, insanity and shoulders to cry on to tide you over until the next season.
We basically have one rule- respect each other. Here in the fandom, we are generally a fairly understanding bunch, and respect each others ships and opinions. This is not to say we are a perfect fandom. Wank happens (notable cases are opinions about ‘Elementary’ and ‘Thrillerbatch’ (covered below). The rule of the fandom is summed up best in the Fandom pledge of kindness by the lovely Valeria2067-
At some stage our fandom somehow ended up married to the Doctor Who fandom (or possibly in a polygamous relationship with the Whovians and the Supernatual fandom, so you will come across a multitude of references to Wholock or Superwholock) (In fact, crossovers are quite a popular thing)
The main pairing in this fandom is of course Sherlock and John, but here is a place where you may also ship to your heart content. While there are some that only like to ‘ship’ in a purely platonic way, some also basically ship all the ships it is possible to ship, including Jumper/scarf, two mugs, Moriarty/and as-yet-nonexistent character, Sherlock/door, and pretty much every combination of characters you can think of. There is even the Sherlock game of battleships
Other things in this guide-
Inside Jokes
‘Tumblr Famous’ Sherlockians
‘Fandom classic’ fics, and where to go for fic recs
Other things to know
(I’ve included whatever I could think of, if there’s anything I’ve missed, let me know. And Please understand that this is all subjective and you don’t have to agree with anything I say)
Mind of a Sherlock fangirl…
I cleaned it up a bit, and coloured…
(and I’m having way too much fun with Redbubble, so if you like, you can find it here)
Would everyone jump down my throat if I said I loved ‘John Watson Jumper day’, and now for some reason I can’t shake off desire for a Sherlock ‘chin-off’ day….?…
Sherlock Craft swap!
Hey there Sherlockians!
I have a deep love for the craft swaps (particularly the Discworld themed ones!) that are organised through Craftster.org, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a Sherlock themed one!
I now there are so many fabulously talented people in the fandom, and I for one would just love to make and receive something crafty and Sherlockian (or even not that crafty, if your talent lies elsewhere!!
(maybe something like this!)
Please drop me a line if you would be interested, or reblog this post in case your followers are! Thank you so much!
Sherlockian Public Holidays Collections-
Halloween (Including- A nightmare before Sherlock)
(If you can think on others to add, let me know!)
(of course there are exclusively Sherlockian ones I could add, like John Watson Jumper Day, or Frycroftis Day, or there was the Prom, not exactly a public holiday)
Favorite Fandom Five…
My rather overdue Sherlock fandom five for this week month
- Mybelovedcheshire solves the problem of fandom shipping wars- actually battleships! (Chesh retains her place in Fandom 5, as with previous ones)
- This holiday film of Benedicts lead to some rather amusing Reichenbach crossovers
- Not the only one getting the ‘fun with subtitles’ treatment
- Russian cosplayer wins all our hearts with harpoon wielding Sherlock on the subway…
- and talented people continually insist on tearing our hearts to sheds, because the fall didn’t quite manage to get every little bit…
Bonus: Sherlockians get in on any fad going around. This week- Mapcrunching
