http://cbzofdeath.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] cbzofdeath.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] reading221b 2014-08-16 04:00 am (UTC)

I'd like to nominate The Skeleton Winter (http://archiveofourown.org/works/279916) by branwyn.

It features a gender-swapped John Watson and dives into some of the darker implications of what it means when one is addicted to danger. I love this fic because I love the character of Joanna Watson, a tough female soldier who is struggling with self-destructive urges. And also, there is some seriously badass case fic inspired by ACD's "The Dancing Men".

One of the most interesting/disturbing things about BBC John Watson is that he conveys this sense anger bubbling just below his unflappable exterior. The author of this fic takes that characteristic of his personality and runs with it.

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