The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, by Johanna Watson

[mutecornett]

There is so much right with the idea of a Sherlock Holmes double genderswap, right? Sherlock Holmes's misogyny makes much more sense as Shirley Holmes's bluestocking/early feminist impulse; Shirley Holmes's skill for disguise comes from needing access to places women can't go

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[puckling]

Perhaps Shirley shares quarters with her dearest friend Johanna Watson, who, as a source of supplemental income, writes semi-fictionalized accounts of their adventures solving mysteries around London--with their names changed a bit, of course, and their genders switched because it would be scandalous otherwise. But perhaps Johanna, in the course of one of their mysteries, decided to accept Mr. Morstan's proposal; Shirley, of course, feels betrayed.

:ALKJGOEI:LAK:GLDJSG, dear god your brain is awesome.

[mutecornett]

Aww, thank you!! <3 <3

[ciderapples]

[mutecornett]

I like to think that, surrounded by all that literature, the only story she wants to read is theirs.

Like--all of this comment, yes yes yes! This totally made my day. Thank you! I like to imagine it ending happily too--if not now, then maybe after the Great Hiatus.

[coloredink]

*SHRIEKS WITH DELIGHT* You talked about this, but I didn't think you were actually doing it! COLOUR ME DELIGHTFULLY SURPRISED.

[mutecornett]

Hahaha yeah! It just took me a while because I was having trouble with the composition and also making Watson recognizable without the mustache or the, you know, maleness. It's weirdly easy to make Holmes a woman--I guess because he's so unconventional--whereas Watson's Victorian femininity is (at least superficially) the opposite of his Victorian masculinity.

[sylvanwitch]

This is brilliant and entirely compelling! I love it! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. The expressions are marvelous!

[mutecornett]

Thank you so much!! <3 I'm really glad you like it!

[cesperanza]

*applauds like a mad mad mad thing*--I don't think I could ever get tired of this!!! A UNIVERSE OF YAY!

[mutecornett]

Thanks!!! I want to read a whole book (OR A WHOLE SERIES OF BOOKS) in this universe! I'm just not sure I want to write it, haha.