alicambs-recs

Wow, a rec, only took me 3 years. I read less and less fanfic these days but still occasionally feel the desire to check out A03 from time to time and came across this Sherlock / Star Trek: The Original Series crossover written back in 2018! It was fun so in case anyone is still checking out this site here's to fanfic...
Sher Trek Miniseries by Caresa Toland A five-"episode fusion between Star Trek: The Original Series and the BBC's Sherlock, and featuring the adventures of Captain John H. Watson of the Federation Starship Enterprise and his first officer, Lt. Cmdr. Sh'lok. Includes retellings / restructurings of five Star Trek: The Original Series episodes, appearing here as "A Study In Darkness", "The Denevan Problem", "Sh'lok's Brain", and "Amok Sign and Mirror Mirror. A cleverly re-imagined and fun series. Warning that the 5th story is missing the last chapter but is still worth a read.

Forever is composed of nows by storyforsomeone Because peace may not be something you fall upon or finish but it’s certainly something you can build. Stone by stone; moment by moment. Luckily for all of them, Dwarves are rather good at building things that endure. This is summarised by the author as a series of moments after the Battle of Five Armies: of grief, healing, rebuilding, and finding home. It's fifty short paragraphs that build to a beautiful whole.

The Child and his Mandalorian by deebainwonderland It has been a very long time since the Mandalorian has truly known that he is loved. This is a series of short one shots regarding the relationship between the Mandalorian and his Child (aka the green bean or baby yoda :-)), all delightful and often revealing.

A Road from the garden by Chrononautical Bilbo Baggins has a brother. Worried about gossiping neighbors, his parents are very careful to hide Kili's nature. Long used to hiding his own nature, Bilbo accepts the same responsibility for his brother as he grows up. But hiding anything becomes impossible when dwarves come to the Shire A thoroughly delightful re-imagining of the Hobbit along with part of LOTR. This is a long read you settle into and enjoy.

Nature & Nurture by earlgreytea68 The British Government accidentally clones Sherlock Holmes. Which brings a baby to 221B Baker Street. I very much enjoyed this, which surprised me somewhat as I've never been a great fan of baby/kidfics, but the summary caught me and so I read. There's a roller coaster of emotions in the story, and a great deal of lovely wry humour much of it coming from the interactions between John, Sherlock and Oliver (baby Sherlock) Sherlock gave him a withering look. So did the baby. John wasn’t sure he could take two of them in the flat. The other short stories in the series are very much worth reading as well. 

 A Riddled Universe by hazeldragon Being the recipient of the Order of Merlin and also having his picture on the Chocolate Frog Cards was not a big feat for Healer Tom Riddle. As Head Healer at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, nothing much surprised him. Little did he know, his life was about to be turned upside down by the arrival of a bespectacled boy with messy hair through the Veil. This is a clever and intriguing story with many characters appearing, all slightly altered from their canon counterparts. Tom Riddle is powerful, impatient, sarcastic and ambitious, he even has a snake familiar, but unlike Voldemort, this Tom Riddle loves and is loved in return. Harry slowly begins to trust him and those around him even as he strives to return to his own universe. Someone however is not content with the way things are and Harry, the trouble magnet, becomes enmeshed with Riddle in dealing with a power struggle going on in the ministry and outside it.

A Study in Magic by Books of Change When Professor McGonagall went to visit Harry Watson, son of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, to deliver his Hogwarts letter, she was in the mindset of performing a familiar if stressful annual routine. Consequently, she was not prepared to find Harry Potter at 221B Baker Street.and the sequel A Study in Magic: The Application are  a fun BBC Sherlock HP crossover AU. I really enjoyed this read, Harry remained very much in character with his familiar friends, while Sherlock run rings round many of the wizards, and John, here a female, well John was just downright awesome at times. :-) The story involves most, if not all, of the characters of both the HP universe and the Sherlock universe. The author has made the story available as a PDF or ebook here

Life skills outside the curriculum by Endrina It was "Witch Weekly", of all people and organizations, the first to notice and comment on The Boy Who Lived’s absence from the ranks of first years at Hogwarts. The magazine went on to elucubrate that the young hero was studying at a foreign school, possibly Beauxbatons or Holzschuhkäse. This is a very different story, it borrows from canon and then makes its own rules. While very focused on Harry growing up outside of the Wizarding world, it doesn't neglect the other main players. The style of writing is interesting I found I rather enjoyed it but from time to time I was thrown at the author's choice of words or strange sentence construction, however it wasn't enough to stop me from reading it to the end. I enjoyed the Harry and Draco meeting and their slowly developing friendship, I loved the snippets on Remus and Sirius but my favorite parts involved the 'Missing Seven' plus Harry of course. Highly original and worth a read.

Two Households Both Alike In Dignity by mad martha That very first day on the Hogwarts Express, Harry shook Draco Malfoy's hand and became a Slytherin. Ron has hated him ever since. But Harry doesn't hate Ron ... This is a very different read and I wasn't entirely too sure if I was enjoying it or not for much of the time, but I stayed with it to the end and went back and read the earlier parts, which is I guess a recommendation of its own. :-) I started with Part 5 of the series Two Households (as linked) reading to the end of the series and going back to read the first 4 parts as an addendum to the first. It's a Harry/Ron and Sirius/Remus story in a sense that their relationships are important to the story, but it is more a story of  fascinating Wizarding World that borrows from canon but develops into a highly original story of its own. Due to Harry's choices here he isn't the brave Gryffindor Harry of canon but a somewhat distrustful and suspicious Slytherin, damaged by his muggle upbringing and the lack of trust that people have in him due to him being in Slytherin House. I understood his character even if I wasn't fond of the changes yet still rooted for him. Ron is written beautifully and intelligently which is such a plus and it is Harry's friendship and eventual love for Ron which is his saving grace. As an addition, Sirius and Remus' place in Harry's life is a treat to read and for a pleasant change, while Harry remains suspicious of almost all the adults in his life and Snape remains a total git throughout, Dumbledore is not painted as the bad guy. If like me you strongly dislike the religious elements (I found them highly intrusive and unwanted) you can kind of skim read them but it might be easier knowing that the author does have have her reasons which become a little more obvious as the series progresses, and as she makes no apology for including these elements as they fascinate her, if you want to read the story you take it as it comes. :-).