Okay, so today’s story is not quite that bad. But it’s up there!
Got a hankering for some Johnlock, and started reading. The thing about the Sherlock fandom is that it’s pretty mature, and there are good writers out there – people who, if they wrote professionally, I would happily hand over my hard-earned cash for their books. Hell, even the author of the travesty I’m about to discuss has written some good stuff.
But not “Going Once, Going Twice” by prettysailorsoldier on AO3. My main issue with this story is that it’s so completely out of character that it’s unbelievable. I mean if you have to choose any fandom out there, Sherlock is one of the tops when it comes to proper use of language. So it’s quite unbelieable when Sherlock uses the word “wanna” repeatedly, as does other supporting characters. And Sherlock absolutely abhors his brother – but he would never introduce him as “Mike”, even if it’s to get his goat.
There are other good Sherlock stories out there, and like I said, even by this same author. I wouldn’t even consider this a Sherlock story, though. I would consider it a story that happens to have character names the same as you would have found in an episode of the BBC series, “Sherlock” – but that’s where the similarities end.