BBC Sherlock / Harry Potter Xover - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7771687/1/Symphony

I enjoyed reading this. Two problems with it though, (1) it's going to be slash apparently and (2) it's short. Also the author (esama) has a lot of stories so I have no idea if this one is on the to-update list or not. I think some of their stuff has been well received here but this is the only one of their stories that I can remember reading off the top of my head.

Anyway. Harry (around eighteen?) is on the run and manages to end up in 1980 near the house of one Sherringford Holmes, father of Mycroft (eight) and Sherlock (baby). It's a vaguely fluffy fic that appears to have some semblace of plot appearing as well. I found Mycroft amusing in a good way and Sherringford to be a genuinely interesting OC (even if I can't picture Holmes Sr. being much like this at all).

*shrug* Harry is determined to do something about the timeline and keeping things from going to hell but he's not sure what yet. At least he isn't ignoring the problem.

Almost Recommended indeed. If it was a bit longer and didn't have slash planned I might put it up in For Review.

Edit: Maybe I should have put this in the HP Almost Recommended thread, but since the "world" in question is that of Sherlock I auto-posted here. Dunno which would be more correct.

 

Yeah -- being slash by itself doesn't prevent a story from making it into the library, but it does make it a hell of a lot harder. No pun intended.

Unless this story gets updated to 40k+ words, obtains an interesting/active plot, and keeps the high quality without allowing slash to play too major a role... it'll stay here.

In other words, yeah. It'll stay here.

 

I just finished re-watching Seasons 1&2 of Sherlock and, as usual after I've encountered media that I enjoy, I went in search of fanfiction. Many of these are crossovers with Harry Potter, because that at least sometimes allows for some version of a plot that isn't Holmes and Watson getting their sexy on.

Some of the following are closer to the "barely readable" end of the spectrum than the "almost good" end, so you are warned (though in the interest of not listing everything I read I did leave out some of the worst ones that I bookmarked anyway). ...And damn, I was expecting there to be a lot of slash fiction in this category, but it's like there's almost nothing else and it's really effing irritating.

I'm only gonna link to the stories that were either short but complete or WIP that were at least 10-15k long. There were a bunch of semi-promising starts to longer stories that petered out well before reaching the 10k marks.

Why Neville Really Hates Baker Street
Neville is dropping off a gift for a friend of his Gran's when he meets the world's only consulting detective. Sherlock is curious, and Neville simply wants to not have 'breaker of statute of secrecy' on his records.
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The writing in this one was halfway decent but I found it to be pretty boring as nothing much happened. No real plot or anything.

The Case of the Unwelcome Owl
"So," said John, feeling out of his depth once again. "An owl." It was the same mild, politely curious tone of voice with which he had previously found himself uttering such things as: "So – three bags of frozen AB negative," and "So – a selection of human ears.""Goodness, John, with deductive prowess like that you'll soon be putting me in the shade," Sherlock said tartly. "Can't sneak anything past you, can we?"
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I found this one to be somewhat amusing. Luna is Sherlock's cousin. I think it was complete. Still not worth a solid recommendation since, once again, nothing really happened in the fic.

A Study in Magic (Please note that this is NOT the one in the DLP library of the same name -- that one is MUCH better, and this one is crossed with the BBC show instead of the original works)
When Professor McGonagall went to visit Harry Watson, son of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, to deliver his Hogwarts letter, she certainly wasn't expecting to find the cause behind Harry Potter's disappearance. BBC Sherlock HP crossover AU
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This story is weird and creepy as hell in some ways, since Watson has inexplicably become female while looking EXACTLY THE SAME as he does in the TV show. So everyone always thinks he's a man. His name is still John. He is married to Sherlock. It's REALLY WEIRD. It is a 140k+ story though, and I skimmed most of it. A few parts seemed halfway decent. Most of it was just... a weird mix of fluff and weirdness, and not at all the standard DLP fare. I wouldn't "recommend" it I suppose, but it's easily the longest fic I came across that might qualify as "barely readable."

You'll Never Be Alone In The Bone Orchard
John Watson meets Mycroft Holmes one day early. The world tilts slightly on its axis.
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This one was actually pretty good. John meets Mycroft and starts working for him before he ever has a chance to meet Sherlock and things take a very different route. It's a complete one-shot, around 9k words.

The Road Trip Series
Sherlock, John, and Lestrade on a road trip together, stuck in the same car for hours. The numbers are how long they have been on the road.
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I actually found this to be somewhat funny. It's different at least. The last one wasn't as cool as the first couple though. It's not really a "proper fic" but if you're a fan of the characters and want to see them acting a bit stupid then have a go.

Living Lore
London dreams of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson.
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This is another complete and fairly short story. It's a bit of a mindscrew/horror too.

Routine Procedure
A meeting at a broken-down red telephone box. Sherlock needs to make a call and Harry's just trying to get to work.
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Just a short one-shot that's almost exactly what it says on the tin.

Whispers in Corners
Everything started with a stumble - his new life in a new world as well as his surprisingly successful career as a medium. AUish HP x Sherlock, the BBC version not Victorian, crossover, warnings for eventual slash.
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SLASH, sadly. I only put it here because (1) It's complete and (2) I liked what the author with Harry as "The Master of Death" enough that it outweighed my dislike of the completely unnecessary slash. Harry ends up in the "world" of Sherlock -- this is not the same universe/whatever as HP canon and the magical world doesn't exist. Harry is an adult. He uses the resurrection stone and works as a medium. It's reasonably cool. He meets Mycroft. It's still cool. He DATES Mycroft and it becomes less cool, though I suppose there's no reason why Mycroft himself can't be canonically gay. *shrug* At any rate, if you don't mind the slash too much I'd say it's worth a read.

A Brief Account of Life with Zombies
Sherlock thinks it's all a bit of a nuisance, John is having the time of his life, and Mycroft is Not Impressed. With anything, but mostly his minions' inability to provide a good cup of tea.
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Another short (1k) one-shot that's almost exactly what it says on the tin.

Harry Potter of Baker Street
Sherlock Holmes discovers family he never knew he had, and John Watson finds a child living in the cupboard. Crossover between BBC Sherlock and Harry Potter.
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This one was actually, dare I say it, kind of cute. It was meant to be cute too, as someone has dropped off a four year old Harry with his long lost cousin Sherlock who has little idea what to do with him. There were some genuinely funny bits in it, but don't go into it expecting much of a plot -- Harry is four years old and remains so for the entirely of the 30k words or so that have been written. He does at least seem to act his age. Sherlock wants to rename him, John says no, and Sherlock often treats him like a dog (rewarding him with a cookie for staying somewhere when he is asked to, etc.). If you go into it expecting a humorous, fluffy, cute fic then you probably won't be too disappointed. If you go into it expecting something else you are out of luck.

The Box
A teenage Sherlock wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of how he got there. Is it a conspiracy, or is he really ill?
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This is... I don't know what this is. I think it was written by someone who works in a psychiatric hospital as a sort of "guidebook to how patients feel" or something. It features Sherlock, yes, but it's more like an essay in most places than it is a story. It's 100k words though and readable, but only if you feel like reading this sort of thing. As far as the quality of the actual story goes it's not that great, and I have no way of knowing if the other stuff about mental health is accurate or not, so YMMV. I skimmed more than read in many, many places.


Anyone know of any others? There were probably half a dozen more that I marked as "barely readable" in my mind, but they were either too short or just too plain poorly done in some way (there was one where a 12 year old Harry was acting as if he were 5, but otherwise the premise and writing was alright & another where Watson was dealing with perfectly legit PTSD brought on my the Baskerville ep when Sherlock dosed him with that drug, a cool fic idea, but it felt a little too angsty or OOC or something) to add to this particular list.

Oh, and I'll end with posting links to Ravenclaw Codex and Study in Magic -- the two Holmes / HP crossovers that actually made it into the DLP library, though both are crossovers with the original stories by Doyle. I prefer the second one to the first.