jawnasaurus
Hi DrJohnHolmes,
I really hope you get to read this. I think I left a message on here a few years back in which I said reading your work has become part of my routine. I dread to say it but I haven't been on wattpad in a LONG time due to school and life in general and so I haven't been keeping up to date with your work. I am still very much invested in the sherlockian universe and until recently, this was a very much passive obsession lurking in the background of life. That was until I finished my alevels and now I am faced with months of stagnation before University (which is maddening to think about when I read your fanfiction curled up in bed at 13 before school). I finally watched sherlock again today and I had to write to you.
I don't know why I didn't say this earlier because I think about your work multiple times a day. I think you have contributed more to the fandom that you could ever imagine. Last year I made a tiktok (Jawnasaurus.2) about Secretly I think You Knew and it reached 1359 likes and 24 comments, many of which knew the work instantly and commented how impactful that was to them and how "it feels ingrained in my head."
I have more to say so I will put it as a reply...
DrJohnHolmes
@jawnasaurus Hello, and wow! Thank you so much for this. It means so much that you still think of my work. Those were the good old days, huh? This message comes at a wonderful time. I haven't written in a long time, as I had labored for a long while on an original work before finally giving up on the fourth re-write. All the same, that creative itch started to hit me for the first time in a long time over the weekend, and I wonder if this message is yet another sign to try again! I also think about my scenes a lot, in a strange dissociated way. Every time I see a freezer, for sure! And every time I see a fraternity house or a church. I'm beyond happy that there are still people out there who appreciate it! Strangely enough...I think we have interacted on TikTok. I've since deleted it (rots your brain!) but if I'm thinking of the right account, who posted the Secretly I Think You Knew video, you had also posted something in regards to Johnlock in the OG stories, with illustrations from the books. And one was a photo of Holmes reclined after being bitten by Victor Trevor's dog, with Victor in the armchair, and you had labeled it as a moment between Watson and Holmes! And I commented to correct the mislabeling, and you said you did know but you hoped no one would notice...something along those lines. Happy to know that my love (and knowledge) of Victor has permeated through to my readers! I am only semi active on Tumblr, as tisnotmydivision! But I'm still here on Wattpad, checking in. There are still some readers who interact. Best of luck to you in University. You will excel I am sure, and you will learn all the skills you need to surpass any old fanfiction on this site! I appreciate your revisiting to drop a note, and know your pleas are heard! I think I'll spend my evening reading my own work, and see what creativity stirs in the next couple of weeks...
jawnasaurus
When I first commented on this conversation that your work had become part of my routine, that was not an understatement. I would set an alarm for 3-4am and read until 6:30am every single morning without fail. Because of that, I really got into English Literature and took it at college and am I about to study English at University. I want to go onto screen writing as a career and if I become half the talent you are I will be proud. Your unexplainable ability to create such devastatingly indefinite scenes that haunt me constantly is unworldly. I can't picture the titanic without imagining a poor Sherlock rocking the boat of John's sexuality. I can't imagine a car breaking down without thinking of Mycroft's warped perception of protection. I can't think of death without knowing it can be a friend. Like a Fairytale is as prevailing in mind as the bible is to a priest and don't get me started on I Know Your face. I have never been able to write tension as good as Sherlock putting his cigarette in John's mouth at the hospital no matter how much I try to out-tension it. I could go on and on about the masses of lasting scenes your work has left me with circling around my head every day.
I am writing this, more than anything, a plead for you to carry on writing. I don't mean fanfiction but please take this as seriously as I can possibly make this, you HAVE to write, no matter what level it is, even if it's not fandom related. You have altered my aspirations and redefined literature to me and many others. Everything I've ever written has been a owe to you and I am so thankful for you. Nothing has plagued my mind as much as that damn freezer.
As a last request, is there any other socials you use (tiktok, tumblr ect) we can find you on? Thank you for making my teenage years bearable.
