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So "grant access" is one tickybox, and "subscribe" is another. I think I may have missed one of those tickboxes along the way, which might explain why my reading page is so relatively boring over here. Oops. Crap.

Okay, so DW's username maker thing is totally busted.

The penultimate chapter of this story, that started as a oneshot and morphed into a beast. Thanks as always to trinaest for all of her help from start to finish, and for her great ideas. Thanks also to gelishan and thisprettywren for readthroughs and clarifying questions. Thanks finally to elethe, who is not only completely hilarious, but also a very very thorough britpicker and general cheerleader. This time thanks also to the #innercircle, an IRC chat (accessible via the web on the link there) trinaest set up for our super-exclusive clique (everyone is invited!). It's been a pleasure meeting folks there. Drop by any time!

The Progress of Sherlock Holmes (LJ tag | DW tag | @AO3)

Part 1: Anchorite (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 2: Hospital Corners (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 3: Penrose Man (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 4: The Heart is not Heart-Shaped (LJ | DW| AO3)
Part 5: The (7%) Solution (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 6: What we know about Mary (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 7: Surplus Data (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 8: The Conductor (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 9: Almost Unnoticeable (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 10: Too Long (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 11: Call it what it is (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 12: The Case of Mary Morstan (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 13: James (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 14: Pattern Recognition (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 15: Pair Bonding in Moles (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 16: A Frightfully Dull Cliche (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 17: Lead Me Not Into Temptation LJ | DW | (AO3)
Part 18: The Question Underneath (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 19: Equilibrium (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 20: Designed for Poetry, Not Accuracy (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 21: His (Left) Hand (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 22: Advantage: John (LJ | DW |AO3)
Part 23: The Hidden Man (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 24: Sociopath (AO3)

This part requires massive thanks. I had a bit of a panic about it here, and many kind people talked me down off a high place. (Call it smut-remorse.) What really made me feel better about this bit was the crowd who offered to descend upon me virtually inside a google doc and tell me to my (virtual) face whether they thought it was okay. trinaest said, "right, I think it's great, but I have a sick sense of humor. Let's see what other people think." So in came the kind, wonderful and fantastic lavellington , uwsannajane , kim47 , gelishan and thisprettywren . Without them, I would probably still be hyperventilating in a corner. Thanks also to treehavn ("that is so WRONG") and lies_d for putting up with my idiocy and reading this anyway.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

The Progress of Sherlock Holmes (LJ tag | DW tag | @AO3)

Part 1: Anchorite (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 2: Hospital Corners (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 3: Penrose Man (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 4: The Heart is not Heart-Shaped (LJ | DW| AO3)
Part 5: The (7%) Solution (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 6: What we know about Mary (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 7: Surplus Data (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 8: The Conductor (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 9: Almost Unnoticeable (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 10: Too Long (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 11: Call it what it is (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 12: The Case of Mary Morstan (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 13: James (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 14: Pattern Recognition (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 15: Pair Bonding in Moles (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 16: A Frightfully Dull Cliche (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 17: Lead Me Not Into Temptation LJ | DW | (AO3)
Part 18: The Question Underneath (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 19: Equilibrium (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 20: Designed for Poetry, Not Accuracy (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 21: His (Left) Hand (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 22: Advantage: John (AO3)

In sum: Some smut that was sort originally meant to be in the previous part, but I didn't think it fit there. You may need a sick sense of humour to enjoy this as much as we did.

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Thanks to trinaest as always for holding my hand (over the top bits here not her fault), gelishan for the violin pick and the belly fat, elethe for the britpick, the grammar pick, and for being an invisible typo-fixing elf and doing a live as-I-type beta in Google docs. (It's MAGIC.) I felt like I was in a Monty Python sketch (this one). Thanks as always to treehavn (for whom we shall all blame) and applekid for cheerleading and general support.

The Progress of Sherlock Holmes (LJ tag | DW tag | @AO3)

Part 1: Anchorite (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 2: Hospital Corners (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 3: Penrose Man (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 4: The Heart is not Heart-Shaped (LJ | DW| AO3)
Part 5: The (7%) Solution (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 6: What we know about Mary (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 7: Surplus Data (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 8: The Conductor (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 9: Almost Unnoticeable (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 10: Too Long (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 11: Call it what it is (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 12: The Case of Mary Morstan (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 13: James (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 14: Pattern Recognition (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 15: Pair Bonding in Moles (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 16: A Frightfully Dull Cliche (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 17: Lead Me Not Into Temptation LJ | DW | (AO3)
Part 18: The Question Underneath (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 19: Equilibrium (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 20: Designed for Poetry, Not Accuracy (AO3)

In sum: Sherlock rushes to see John, who is (unfortunately) otherwise occupied. At home: Mycroft awaits bearing gifts.

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Thanks to gelishan for her violinpicking skills (that's like Britpicking, but for violin details) and for making sure John doesn't smash Sherlock's violin in error, and to trinaest for the beta read-through. My apologies to elethe , Britpicker extraordinaire, for finishing this while it was 2am in the UK. Don't give up on me!

The Progress of Sherlock Holmes (LJ tag | DW tag | @AO3)

Part 1: Anchorite (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 2: Hospital Corners (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 3: Penrose Man (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 4: The Heart is not Heart-Shaped (LJ | DW| AO3)
Part 5: The (7%) Solution (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 6: What we know about Mary (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 7: Surplus Data (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 8: The Conductor (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 9: Almost Unnoticeable (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 10: Too Long (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 11: Call it what it is (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 12: The Case of Mary Morstan (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 13: James (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 14: Pattern Recognition (AO3)

In sum: Sherlock tries to be comforting by playing his violin for John. A conversation results in which most (if not all!) of the chips are finally on the table. Just actually talking things out? Very helpful. You know that saying about "assume". Yep. LOL oh man.

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Thanks to elethe for trying to make this make sense in a British context (you keep trying, and I keep failing to learn some basic lessons, shame on me, praise to you!), gelishan and trinaest for assuring me that this isn't quite as boring as i think it is (possibly I over-outlined this part? It has plot significance! Necessary!) and generally making me feel better. Saintly patience, both of you, and a understanding of the writing crazy.

The Progress of Sherlock Holmes (LJ tag | DW tag | @AO3)

Part 1: Anchorite (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 2: Hospital Corners (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 3: Penrose Man (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 4: The Heart is not Heart-Shaped (LJ | DW| AO3)
Part 5: The (7%) Solution (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 6: What we know about Mary (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 7: Surplus Data (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 8: The Conductor (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 9: Almost Unnoticeable (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 10: Too Long (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 11: Call it what it is (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 12: The Case of Mary Morstan (AO3)

In sum: Sherlock gathers information about Mary's activities in order to bolster an argument he is preparing to make. Text conversations. Disguises. Mycroft does not approve.

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Anyone with a gmail account willing to have a read over of something? I started with a plan going in one direction and ended up with a major unexpected revelation. (I blame the fact that I wrote parts of it on a plane.) Might be too expository, or too confusing, or it might be happening too soon or too fast. (Can't really be accused of doing anything too fast, though: 10 parts and 25K words into what is ostensibly a Sherlock/John fic, we have no Sherlock/John.)  Will only make any sense if you've read the first 10 parts of The Progress of Sherlock Holmes.

O_O

Anyone available to chat it out on a lovely Saturday afternoon?

Elise, I know you're going to have words about this one...I wrote it in the wrong timezone! Em: thanks for giving it a beta read on your BB. <3

The Progress of Sherlock Holmes (LJ tag | DW tag | @AO3)

Part 1: Anchorite (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 2: Hospital Corners (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 3: Penrose Man (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 4: The Heart is not Heart-Shaped (LJ | DW| AO3)
Part 5: The (7%) Solution (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 6: What we know about Mary (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 7: Surplus Data (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 8: The Conductor (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 9: Almost Unnoticeable (LJ | DW | AO3)
Part 10: Too Long (AO3)

Welcome to the wistful fluff portion of this series, or, as Em calls it, "limp porn". John is married, and John and Sherlock's life goes on largely (but not entirely) as usual. The difference in their lives is most obviously highlighted by the sporadic return of John's limp, which Sherlock tracks and combats. This is a form of progress, no?

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