Yes and No
by emungere, 5 k, explicit. "Yes, it’s for a case. No, I derive no
sexual gratification from it.“ “That’s nice,” John said.
“Did you eat while you were out?” John returns to the flat to find
Sherlock in a dress. Things devolve from there.
Trick
of the Light by SincerelyChaos, 4 k, explicit. PWP. Unilock. Sherlock
and John decide to become friends with benefits. It’s a bit novel for them
both.
Coldness/Heat by agirlsname,
3 k, explicit. The Inn is booked up on New Year’s Eve. The train home is
cancelled because of the snow. The only option is to sleep in the non-heated
guest room of a client, and John and Sherlock are freezing. You know where this
is going.
John’s room by alexaprilgarden,
3 k, explicit. There are two places Sherlock calls John’s Room. One is in the
flat at 221b, and one is in his mind palace.
John, In Sherlock’s Coat
by thelookyouredoingthelookagain, 2 k, explicit. John wears Sherlock’s coat,
which inspires an unusual reaction in the detective. A little PWP for you!
Reflections of You by
okapi, 4 k, explicit. Sherlock likes mirrors. Johnlock. PWP.
Say It Out Loud by Itsallfine,
5 k, explicit. John needs proof of Sherlock’s feelings before he can make a
move. Mummy Holmes is only too happy to provide, and works her devious magic on
New Year’s Eve. It doesn’t take much.
Oh, Holy Night by sussexbound
(SamanthaLenore), 5 k, explicit. Sherlock manoeuvres them towards the bedroom
and then lowers John carefully onto the bed. “Take off your shirt and trousers.
We should wash the shirt, just to be on the safe side with the poison, and
you’ll want the ice directly on the bruise, I assume.”
a strict progression of cause
to effect by JenTheSweetie, 1
k, explicit. “Do try not to create any paradoxes. The paperwork I’d need
to invent would be tiresome.” Sherlock learns a little something about sex.
And the causal nature of reality. But mostly sex.
How and What Now by yaycoffee,
3 k, explicit. After John’s life falls apart, he returns to Baker Street for
good. Sherlock has questions. They find the answers together.
In Your Own Time (But Quite
Quickly) by Berty, 2 k, explicit. John is no stranger to the attraction
of Sherlock Holmes, he just never thought of himself as being attracted to him.
An Erotic Sail by justacookieofacumberbatch,
4 k, explicit. Sherlock, fresh off a Semester at Sea ship in Crete, sees a
gorgeous older man, and I’m sure you can guess what happens next.
Still, With Hearts Beating
by FinAmour, 2 k, explicit. John already knows the sound of Sherlock’s
heartbeat. He’s become familiar with his breathing patterns, the way they grow
quicker and more shallow as the two of them run through the streets of London.
Suit and Tie Required
by janto321 (FaceofMer), 1 k, explicit. Sherlock and John need to dress up in
suits to go to this… club. Little does Sherlock know that John was once a
member.
I’ll Keep You by sherlockian4evr,
2 k, explicit. Sherlock is jealous of John’s dates, but he also knows something’s
not quite right. He figures out John is an incubus and wonders why John hasn’t
tried to get a leg over with him.
Oh nonny, it wasn’t even hard putting this one together. 😉
PHONE SEX
& TEXTING
Bless
Your Filthy Little Mouth by taylorpotato 2 k,
explicit. A bored Sherlock Holmes can mean a lot of things. Bullet holes in the
wall. Fires. A frantic search for cigarettes. But this time, apparently, it
means John’s going to get a lot of dirty phone calls. (Locked to AO3 users.)
Idle handsby kinklock, 7
k, explicit, deaflock. While working as a video sign language interpreter for
the deaf, John’s last client of the day asks him to interpret a highly unusual
call. (aka deaf Sherlock wants to call a phone sex hotline AU.) Hot and sweet. Thumbs
up!
Without You I Would Be Utterly
Bored
by lookupkate, 21 k , explicit. John is a struggling med student working a
phone sex line to get by when one client utterly catches his attention. A
little bit of “Pretty Woman” johnlock style, John as a rent boy, and Sherlock
as a sugar daddy. Things of course work out beautifully after some
misunderstandings along the way. Sweet and sexy.
A Brand of Gold by
aquabelacqua, 12 k, mature. Stuck in a b & b by himself at a conference in
Scotland, John finds himself texting Sherlock to check in, and the nighttime
conversation leads to some interesting places. Is it possible that John is
flirting with Sherlock Holmes? Drunk flirting and phone sex – YES!
All the Rest (of What I Want) by philalethia, 68, explicit. Home from Afghanistan, John takes his
therapist’s advice and tries to meet people online. Specifically, he joins a
fetish site, where he ends up interacting with a man called SH who keeps paying
him money to perform odd tasks and seems very keen to take care of him. Daddy
kink.
While I’m Awayby cypress_tree, 8 k, explicit. John leaves to take a class in
Scotland for a month. Texting Sherlock leads to revelations leads to phone sex
while they are apart.
Against
the Wallby
odamaki, 6 k, mature. John must go away for a week-long work conference in
Edinburgh, and Sherlock is not happy at his absence to say the least. This is
so realistic, these two imperfect men trying to find their way together, and
yet it’s still sweet and very romantic in a grumpy, off-kilter sort of way.
Coffee Or
Something
by lookupkate, 12 k, explicit. John joins a website meant for ex military
personel to give each other support.
Sherlock working undercover accidentally meets him there. This is the
story of how Sherlock fucked up big time by lying about his entire past and
falling madly in love with the man he was lying to.
TFSH by
radicalnothing, 6 k, explicit. Some
drunk texting on Sherlock’s part leads to some hot, hot, hot sex when things
finally explode between John and Sherlock. Sweet and funny.
Messages Between Mates by icarryasonicscrewdriver,
1 k, Gen. Lestrade and Sally get ahold of John’s phone and start reading out
the record of John and Sherlock’s texts to each other. Adorable.
What He Wrote by Fitofpique,
2 k, explicit. Another fun auto-correct tale. John’s dirty typos in his texts
have Sherlock hot and bothered. Cute.
I Prefer to Textby ellie_hell, 8 k, teen. Though John
and Sherlock seem to be as they always were, at night they fall into the habit
of texting each other before bed, and a much more intimate relationship begins
to unfold between them. Sweet.
The Real Meaning of
Idioms
by feverishsea, 21 k,
teen. After two weeks away, John finally texts Sherlock. He doesn’t expect
Sherlock to respond. He doesn’t expect Sherlock to keep texting him. And he
really doesn’t expect things to spiral out of control so rapidly.
The Importance of Eating Meals by skyremains, 4
k, teen. John makes Sherlock text him what he is eating to prove he isn’t
skipping all meals. Sherlock says he’ll only do it if John text him HIS meals.
Funny and sweet. Some smut ensues.
Tease You Till You Come by phoenix089, 6 k, explicit. Initially, Sherlock was rather put out
by John’s lack of presence on the case. But then he starts to recieve pictures,
several of them, of an unexpected nature. The case is forgotten rather quickly
after that.
Sherlock is a Sexting Menace by orphan_account,
3 k, explicit. John gets distracted at
work when Sherlock starts sexting him – as soon as John leaves 221B and until
he finishes his shift.
All, we’ve heard from a bunch of you who are concerned about Tumblr censoring NSFW/adult content. While there seems to be a lot of misinformation flying around, most of the confusion seems to stem from our complicated flagging/filtering features. Let me clear up (and fix) a few things:
1. Last year, we added “Safe Mode” which lets you filter out NSFW content from tag and search pages. This is enabled by default for new users and can be toggled in your Dashboard Settings. As some of you have pointed out, disabling Safe Mode still wasn’t allowing search results from all blogs to appear. This has been fixed.
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Aside from these fixes, there haven’t been any recent changes to Tumblr’s treatment of NSFW content, and our view on the topic hasn’t changed. Empowering your creative expression is the most important thing in the world to us. Making sure people aren’t surprised by content they find offensive is also incredibly important and we are always working to put more control in your hands.
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THE YEAR IS 2013
This was Tumblr Staff’s response to a Change.org 20,000 signature petition in 2013 to stop exactly what’s going on right now. Tumblr Staff, with David Karp at the head, clarified these things and put these guidelines into place to ensure that the site would remain safe and they would continue to allow NSFW content.
Tumblr, we made this clear before and now 10 times as many people are making it clear again: You’re handling this in the wrong way.
You should be focusing on improving features like Safe Mode, the tagging system, blacklisting, whitelisting, filtering, blocking, reporting, etc.
Rather than deciding that destroying the foundation you’ve built and garnered for 11 years as a place where NSFW artists can easily get their work out there.
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