kingstoken

Just a little about me for anyone who is newly following me or has stumbled across this journal. I am a fan writer, a gif maker, I make graphics like icons, moodboards and cover art, and I have tried my hand at making vids as well. You can find all my links in the sidebar or listed on my profile page. I am in many fandoms and am a multishipper, however I do have what I consider my main ships for certain fandoms, and I tend to ship mature pairings (with a few exceptions). I will list my current and past fandoms, and the pairings I really like in those fandoms, under the cut. I am the moderator for

fandomtrees, this is my is my fifth year doing that challenge, it is fun, but also mildly stressful. I have also run challenges over on tumblr. I am also an advanced editor over on Fanlore. On Dreamwidth I also post about movies and books I have enjoyed, in the past I did the

dwbookbingo. Unfortunately, that community is no longer running a bingo, but I liked doing it so much that I created my own book bingo, which a few DW mutuals do with me. This is the 2025 Book Bingo Card.
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An old-fashioned ornament of two young girls bundled up in coats and walking side by side is nestled amidst pine boughs.

Challenge #13

TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY SPACE YOU LIKE. It doesn’t need to be your favorite, or the one where you spend the most time (although it certainly can be). Maybe it’s even one that you’ve barely visited. But talk about that space and how it helps support fannish community.

Here a few communities I enjoy:

- Holmesian Mantelpiece - this one is over on Tumblr, and its a community for all Sherlock Holmes fandoms. We have fun sharing fanworks and voting on daily trivia
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fancake - is a great reccing community, every month is a different theme, and members share fanworks related to the them
- Fanlore Discord - if you're a fanlore editor come join us on the discord, we chat mostly about editing articles, etc, but also greater fandom stuff
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holmestice - if you're looking for a Hollmes related exchange I highly recommend holmestice, they run two exchanges a year, one in the spring and one in the winter, and its open to all Holmes adaptations. I got a lovely Rathbone Holmes fic last round, plus a nice Granada treat.

Snowflake Challenge: A pair of ice skates hanging on a wood paneled wall. Pine boughs with a few ornaments are stuffed into the skates.

Challenge #12

Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!

I'm terrible with posts like this, but here goes. Thank you to everyone who follows me and leaves comments on my posts. Thank you to everyone who does the Book Bingo with me. Aand last but not least, thank you to all my fellow Fanlore editors, there aren't a lot of us, but we toil away trying our best to archive fandom history.

Anyways, please enjoy this multifandom dance vid I found on the net:

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Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.

Challenge #11

In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your own post with the wishes you granted if you feel comfortable doing so.

I went through the wishlists and mostly gave recs, music for snowynight and kanadka, books for skytintedwater, podcasts for queer-scribbling, and a movie for cypresssunn.

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

Challenge #10: Big Mood (Board)

CHOOSE SOMETHING YOU LOVE AND CREATE A MINI MOOD COLLECTION OF THREE (or more) ITEMS THAT EVOKE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT IT. You don’t have to limit yourself to visual media, or collect the items into a special format like a square (though you can if you’d like).

So yesterday while doing some editing on Fanlore I found out what a colorbar was and I thought they were kind of neat. So for today's Snowflake Challenge I'm twenty years too late for a trend and made a colorbar for Holmes/Watson:

And yes I do realize one pic is of Basil/Dawson, but they are the mouse equivalent for Holmes/Watson, and I love them.

Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.

I've been busy that last few days with wrapping up fandomtrees, so I'm catching up.

Challenge #8

Talk about your creative process.

Oh man, I know some people have very detailed plans when it comes to writing, but I think I'm more of gardener than an architect like George RR Martin used to say. First I usually get a prompt either while doing an exchange or from one of those prompt month challenges like Flufftober, then I think on it for awhile. Once the outline of a scene has formed in my brain then I write it down. Usually I write it out by hand first, then I will type it up on my computer. The only time I skip handwriting is if it is only a drabble, that I might just type up quickly on my computer. Then I let a little time pass (usually a few days) and then reread it and do my revisions. I usually only do one set of revisions, which I know goes against common writing advice, but I don't usually have the patience to wait long for my story to be complete, also exchanges and what not have pretty tight deadlines, depending on the exchange. I normally don't use a beta reader unless it is a requirement.

Challenge #9

Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)

I'm sure I've talked about Hurt/Comfort before, and it's still the goat! I especially love it when the character that doesn't normally get cared for, or is normally the caretaker, is hurt and has to accept care and comfort from another.

I also love Fairy Tale/Fantasy AUs. I'm not even sure why, but if you put my faves in a fairy tale retelling I'll eat that up with a spoon. There was this exchange called Fairy Tale Inspired that I loved, and participated in every year, but unfortunately it stopped running. I thought about running a similar exchange myself, but I have so much on my plate at the moment I don't currently have the time.

I also enjoy a good regency AU, probably because I read so many regency romances years ago. I especially like alternative realities where same sex pairings were accepted at the time.

Lastly, bed-sharing. For some reason the characters have to cuddle up in bed together, yes please! It doesn't even have to lead to sexy times, although a little smut is always a treat. I just love my characters being all cozy together.

If there are any vidders who follow me, Dashcon 3 is looking for vids for their AMV Showcase, they're having an in person show and a virtual show. If anyone is interested you can find more info here: https://www.tumblr.com/dashcon-two/805639043423535104/amv-showcase?source=share ;

Challenge #6

Top 10 Challenge

Okay I originally planned to do a top ten vids list, but I checked and I did that last year and not much has changed. Then I was going to do top ten fics I read in 2025, but they would all be Sherlock Holmes so not very exciting. Finally I thought about listing my top ten Sherlock Holmes adaptations, but then I realized that I haven't watched ten adaptations. So after all that and racking my brain I just thought I'd do something simple and pick my top ten Doctor Who companions!

I will preface this by saying I have only watched New Who and only up til Thirteen's last season. At that point I got sucked into Sherlock Holmes and haven't returned (but I hope to at some point). So this excludes all of Classic Who and Fifteen. I'm also excluding characters like The Master and River Song because they don't quite fit in the companion category for me, and I'm excluding one episode only companions (although we've had a few great ones). Lastly, this is just my personal preference.

10. Graham
9. Yasmin
8. Sarah Jane
7. Clara
6. Amy & Rory
5. Jack
4. Rose
3. Martha
2. Bill
1. Donna

Challenge #5

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

This one is fun and easy. My wishes are:

1. Check out my fandomtree and if you'd like you can leave me a little something under my tree. I'm asking for Sherlock Holmes (Granada and Rathbone films), The Great Mouse Detective, Our Flag Means Death, Doctor Who, and Dead Boy Detectives. The deadline is Jan 17th.

2. Kudos and Comments on my fanworks! My AO3, I've created fanworks for Star Trek, Good Omens, Sherlock Holmes, Supernatural, OFMD, and many more!

3. Go to arab.org and "click to help", it's free and all money raised is donated to UN agencies.

Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page

Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

I wasn't sure I understood this challenge at first, but it looks like people are just sharing cool things they've come across on the internet, so here is a short list of cool things I've come across lately in no particular order:

- Star Wars art from a zine on Fanlore of Han, Leia, Luke and Chewbacca
- Art of Holmes and Watson in their jammies
- It was Sherlock Holmes' birthday yesterday, so please enjoy this vid highlighting all the different actors who have played Holmes throughout the years
- I recently listened to this podcast Curse of: America's Next Top Model, it goes into the show's history and the problematic nature of the show, also did you know the models never even got paid for their time on the show?!
- A poster for the 50th anniversary re-release of Goncharov, the greatest film that never existed
- Angel Aziraphale and Angel Crowley art

Anyways, I could keep going, but I don't want it to be too long. I hope you found something you enjoy!

Stole this from

lebateleur

Your main fandom last year?
Sherlock Holmes, various adaptations but Holmes in general

Your favorite movie watched last year?
I didn't watch many, but I would say K-Pop Demon Hunters, it's very fun.
However, I also watched all the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films this year and my favourites were The Spider Woman and The Woman in Green.

Your favorite book read last year?
If I can chose a children's book, I'm going to say Basil of Baker Street. I was delighted by it, so many Holmes references, and a good little mystery and adventure story.

Your favorite TV show of the year?
I watched the good chunk of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series year, and I loved it! It's very book accurate, and where they did makes some changes it works out well.
Also, Interview with a Vampire season 2 was fantastic!
But also, I'm currently working my way through Heated Rivalry and I'm enjoying it so far.

Your favorite video game of the year?
I didn't really play any games this year unfortunately. I started The Beekeeper's Picnic, but unfortunately never finished it, but hopefully some day.

Your favorite song, album, or artist to listen to this year?
Song: Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters (it is such a great sing-along, belt it out type of song)
Album: K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (so many great bangers on that, although my choices were also slim because I didn't listen to many full albums this year)
Artist: The only one that comes to mind is Chappel Roan, although I think she was more 2024 than 2025, but I was still listening her quite a bit at the beginning of the year

Favorite podcast of the year?
Sherlock & Co (although, I've fallen behind on it). I also enjoy If Books Could Kill.

Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
I guess falling into Sherlock Holmes fandom this year was unexpected, and something I really needed this year to distract me from stuff going on in my life. One of my fave Good Omens authors starting posting Granada Holmes related stuff and it got me to check out the series and I've been in thick of it ever since. I loved the Sherlock Holmes stories as a teen, and there has been some comfort in returning to what I previously loved only in a different way.

Your biggest fandom disappointment?
No real major disappointments I can think of, but that's mostly because I've been sticking with older completed series recently so no newer series that are cancelled after only one season like previous years.

Your TV boyfriend of the year?
John Watson

Your TV girlfriend of the year?
Svetlana from Heated Rivalry, maybe?

Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Can I tell you how times I rewatched The Empty House and the scene where Watson finds out Holmes is alive? Way too many times!

Fandom resolutions for 2026?
I have a lot of IRL stuff happening this year, so I'm putting no pressure on myself when it comes to fandom.

Your biggest fannish anticipations for the new year?
I have no idea, I didn't expect to fall into the fandoms I did this year, so I'm sure I'll be surprised again this year.

Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.

I'm having the worst luck with the Snowflake challenge this year, my brain just won't cooperate. I bounced off of the first two challenges, I just couldn't seem to bring myself to do them. So this is my attempt at doing challenge number three.

Okay, I'm going to talk a little about the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone. I watched them back in the autumn and I can't get them out of my head! Firstly I have to say that these are not for everyone, they are not book actuate, most of the films take place in the 1940s, so they were modern adaptations at the time. The characterization of Watson is off, poor Watson comes off as a bit of a bumbler, mostly for comedic effect, although how much he is a bumbler varies depending on the film. Also there are three different actors who play Moriarty!

Taking all that in consideration I still love these films! I wasn't convinced in the beginning, but as the series went on I became hooked. The Holmes & Watson relationship is not like canon, and yet I still came to love their dynamic. I ship Holmes/Watson, like I do for almost every adaptation.

In a way this terrible for me because the fandom for this 1940s film series is so small! There are only 182 works on AO3, and only a tiny handful of writers who write for the fandom, and usually only for challenges like Holmestice. I'm pretty sure I've read almost every Rathbone!Holmes fic on AO3 in the last couple of months.

I'm probably not doing a good job of selling it, but if you like old Hollywood movies, or are a Holmes aficionado who likes to know all the different adaptations maybe give it a chance. One note, these were made mostly during WWII, so be prepared for a sprinkling of war-time propaganda.

Anyways, here is a cute fanvid to maybe sell you on it:

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I realized I never got around to promoting my own

fandomtrees, so here it is. I'm asking for anything other than icons (fic, art, podfic, etc), and the fandoms I'm asking for are: The Great Mouse Detective, Sherlock Holmes (both Granada and the Rathbone films), Our Flag Means Death, Dead Boy Detectives, Doctor Who, and podfic for any fandom I've written for.

I finished my 2025 Book Bingo card! I am very late finishing this year, and I almost thought I wouldn't complete it in time. With everything going on in my real life it was very hard to concentrate on reading. Thank God for short books and audiobooks, I could listen to those while I was doing other things like cleaning, sorting, packing, etc. Also, the 2026 card is ready, so go check that out if you haven't seen it.

Behold my complete card!

( Reading Wrap-up )

Introducing the 2026 Book Bingo Card!

Don't forget if you are having trouble filling some of the squares you are allowed two substitutions and two wild cards, substitutions are substituting one category for another, I'll post a substitution list below, wild cards can be any book you want, including fanfiction, the fanfiction should be over 50,000 words and fanfiction can only be used once for a wild card square.

Substitution list:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*Classic/Retelling
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Non-Human POV
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Number in title
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*Indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Re-read

Wow, the end of the year approaches, which means planning for next year's book bingo! (Good news, I'm very close to being finished my bingo card, only one square left to go, which I'm pretty sure I can read/listen to one book before the end of the year.)

This is the list with substitutions from last year:

*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*From your TBR
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*YA/Children's
*ebook/Audiobook
*Classic/Retelling
*Female Author
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Banned Book
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Crime/Mystery
*Non-Human POV
*Author you've never read before
*Book older then you are
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Graphic novel or Comic
*Pet or Animal Companion
*A main character over the age of 30
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*Humour
*Non- fiction
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Book made into a film or tv series
*Historical (fiction or non-fiction)
*Number in title
*Female author
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Set at a school/university
*No sex/romance
*Re-read
*A favourite author blurbed it
*Figures without facial features on the cover
*First Person POV
*Job/Profession in the title

If you have any suggestions please comment on this post and I will add them to the list. Then in a few days I will make the 2026 Bingo card!

Hey friends, I have opened up

fandomtrees for sign-ups again this year. It's been five years since I started modding this fest, hard to believe, eh? Anyways if you're interested head on over.

Taken from

tellshannon815, but I've seen a few others also doing it as well.

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for [starting] a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

A — Ache Not Use (Dead Boy Detectives, Edwin/Cat King)
B — Bonfire Mishap (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley)
C — Culottes (Doctor Who, Thirteen/Missy drabble)
D — Desire Exposed (Sherlock Holmes Granada, Holmes/Watson)
E — Except For This One (Star Trek: TOS, T'Pring/Stonn)
F — Fevered Faint (Sherlock Holmes Granada, Holmes/Watson)
G — Good Fashion (MCU, Loki/Mobius)
H — Homes on Distant Moons (OFMD, Ed/Izzy, Sci-fi AU)
I — Illuminating, My Sweet (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley)
J — Jewel Tones (OFMD, Stede & Ed & Izzy drabble)
K — Knowledge From Light Reading (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley, and implied SPN)
L — Little Brother (Batman, Tim & Dick drabble)
M — Make This Make Sense (Doctor Who, Twelve/Missy)
N — No Relief At The Club (OFMD, Ed/Izzy/Stede)
O — Opened Her Arms To Me (Star Trek: TOS, Scotty/Uhura)
P — Poinsettia Presenting Prettily (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley)
Q — Questioning Attraction (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley)
R — Remembrance Passing By (The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky)
S — Shelter For My Bones (OFMD, Ed/Izzy/Stede, WIP that I swear I mean to finish some day!)
T — Two Girlfriends (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Tendi/Mariner/T'Lyn)
U — Unseen Angel (SPN, Sam & Cas)
V — Valentine's Day Gift (Doctor Who, Donna/Rose Tyler drabble)
W — Where I Should Be (Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Seven of Nine)
X —
Y — You Are Not A Freak Show (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley)
Z —

Well, I got 24! Try as I might I couldn't find anything starting with an X or a Z.

This is going to be a very short reading wrap-up this quarter, I only completed three books. My book bingo card is not looking so good, I'm not as far along as I would like, but between buying the new house and sorting and organizing things, I haven't had the brain power for reading more than fanfic or watching old Sherlock Holmes movies. This might be the first year I don't blackout my bingo card, but we'll see.

Ice Trap by L.A. Graf - this is Star Trek: TOS novel. There are two storylines going on, one that is very McCoy and Kirk focused, and another surprisingly focused on Uhura and Chekov! If you like McKirk or McCoy you might want to check it out. I also think the author did a good job with Uhura's character, I didn't completely agree with their characterization of Chekov, but I still enjoyed this. It takes place on an ice planet, so not the typical Trek setting, and there's lots of action after the initial build-up at the beginning of the book. Hardly any Spock in this one, so keep that in mind.

The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag - a murder mystery, this is a solid mystery, but a bit depressing of a read at times, because its about rich men being awful and getting away with it because they're rich. The main character, Elena, isn't always the easiest to follow either because she's a deeply traumatized individual. One note, there is a sprinkling of homophobic language throughout the book, probably because it was written in the early 2000s.

Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus - this is the first book in the children's book series that inspired The Great Mouse Detective. I was delighted by this! It's charming. I love all the little details about Baker St and Holmes that the author was able to tuck into corners of the story. Basil literally learning to be a detective at the feet of the Master. It was also a great little mystery, and surprisingly intense at moments for a children's book, Dawson nearly gets eaten by an owl! He's okay, but I would have been so scared for him as a child. I think this would be a great introduction to Holmes style stories for young readers. I also listened to this as an audiobook and the narrator did a wonderful job.

And that's it for now, I will hopefully try and complete more books in the last quarter of the year.

I remember not that long ago I saw someone asking for "Fall/Autumn" songs, but I'm afraid I can't remember who. Anyways, I came across this song again and I thought it would be great for an autumn playlist.

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