Sherlock Rare Pair Festival

promiseoflight asked: Hello! While I enjoy the purpose of this blog, I think it would be better put to use (on Tumblr) as an open-to-recs-of-all-the-rare-pairings-of-the-Sherlock-universe rather than a promotional blog for the Livejournal prompt/fill system. Personaly, I would enjoy that much more. I would love to participate if such a thing happens. Thanks! SM

We’re so sorry for taking so long to answer this! It was such a great idea that we needed some time to think it over. We’re going to give it a try. 

The deadline for fills has been moved to January 18th to accommodate the oncoming series two excitement! (Though we do also encourage fills even past that date if you can’t make the deadline.)

In addition, we’re opening up prompting again, so new prompts can now be posted over at the LJ prompt post. 

Happy New Sherlock! 

Tomorrow, December 15, is the last day the fest will be accepting new prompts. The rest of the month is dedicated to filling all the amazing prompt ideas you’ve all had! 

queenoakenshield asked: So I know you want stuff filled by Jan 1st, but what if the fills themselves aren't complete? Because I'm filling two prompts, and one of them is going to be... pretty epically long, and I'm not sure how feasible it is for me to have it all done in less than a month! :)

That’s okay! We realize that January 1st isn’t a feasible goal for all fills to be finished, especially long ones. Having a fill even partially done by that time is enough, as long as you’re planning to finish it, of course!

Should you wish to fill a prompt, simply click reply under that prompt on the LJ site and fill away!

New prompts will be accepted until the 15th. 

marmorean asked: Hello, I'm not used to the LJ prompt communities, so I have a small question and I hope I didn't miss the answer while reading the rules and regulations, but should we say which prompt we intend to fill, or not ?

There’s no need! Multiple fills for any given prompt are allowed, so you don’t have to make claims or anything. 

promiseoflight asked: Can we see some Sherlock/Victor Trevor? We meet him as Sherlock's first friend (and perhaps first lover) in ACD's The Gloria Scott when Holmes recounts his very first case to Watson. Fics of this pairing are hard to find. P.S. Thank for you doing this, it's quite relevant and fun ;)

Yes! It’s an excellent pairing. Feel free to post it on the prompts page on LiveJournal (the link is under the graphic that says Sherlock Rare Pair Fest). And you’re welcome! We’re thrilled that it’s taking off. 

fragoom asked: Is Mystrade considered to be a rare pairing or not?

For our purposes, yes. 

Trigger warning for mentions and discussion of racism, sexism, transphobia, violence, and rape. (Thanks to afrogeekgoddess for reblogging with warnings and thus reminding me to put them at the beginning of the post!)

We received a great question from Myheartinhiding, and the answer just got too long and complex to answer directly in message format, so we’re posting it here, instead! 

Myheartinhiding asked:

I’m not sure what you mean by avoiding “cultural appropriation.” To offer an absurd example, this might mean that anyone born and raised outside the UK would not be permitted to write a story or create a work of visual art based on the characters originated by Arthur Conan Doyle. As I said, absurd. Cultural assimilation brings vibrancy to the way we live, as well as the way we create and share ideas. Would you mind elaborating?

Sherlock Rare Pair Fest:

We’re so glad you asked. Your example is, as you said, absurd. This is not what we mean when we say cultural appropriation. What you’re referring to is called cultural assimilation—also known as Syncretism—by anthropologists as well as experts in the fields of culture and race studies. Syncretism, the melding and reconciling of two or more separate cultural beliefs, is generally thought of as a good thing. And it’s easy to see why—where would Americans like your mods be without our Sherlock fic?—but there’s more to it than that.

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