Because I'm in a sharing mood and have some extra time:
I've put this in a few other places, so if you see it floating around elsewhere it's me. As far as I know, I'm the only one with this headcanon.
After the Job debacle, Jemima keeps trying to summon Crawley. Not intentionally, and not by way of hellish ritual or anything. She just keeps praying to God for "that funny demon" to come back and play with her.
Crawley can feel it. At first he laughs it off, but after a while it gets annoying. So one day he goes back to Job's place to tell Jemima to stop doing that to tell her that she can't be doing that. He means to tell her off, really. But she ends up showing him all of her new pottery projects. By the time she eventually ends up plaiting his hair he makes up his mind to tell her...
When Sitis comes in, wondering who Jemima is talking to. She sees Crawley, recognizes him.
"Ah Bildad the Shuhite, how lovely to see you again. You're staying for dinner of course." Then she leaves, presumably to get dinner going. Crawley is left speechless, mouth open, no words, not given a choice.
At the dinner table, he feels out of place. Ennon and Kesiah keep looking at him funny, and once or twice they try to ask questions, but Sitis shushes them. After they eat, Crawley is given an open invitation to join them again next week. He says no.
Sitis sets him a place anyway.
He shows up.
Each dinner he's given another invitation. Each time he declines. Each time Sitis sets him a place anyway. Each time he shows up anyway. It's almost like she's known his type before. The type who are prickly on the outside, but sweet on the inside and just wanting someone who is willing to hold them regardless of the thorns. The only other person ever to do that has been Aziraphale, and Someone Knows where he is these days.
Next thing he knows, Crawley has actually become Bildad the Shuhite: Family Friend. He is around regularly, and even Ennon and Kesiah don't mind him so much, although they still roll their eyes at him whenever they think they can get away with it.
He tells Jemima his real name ONCE. While the two of them are alone, playing Tea Party with her dolls.
She mishears "Crawley" as "Crowley."
He keeps it.
Everyone has paid for the items that they won! This means we are currently at £320 (or 64%) of the goal of £500.
If anyone else is wanting to donate, I will leave the page open for a bit longer. You can donate here.
Auction update!
You can donate directly to Just Giving here for the remainder of the month.
The auction has now ended. Thank you to everyone who donated items and fan works and to those who bid.
What happens next?
You can donate directly to Just Giving here for the remainder of the month.
Thank you all.
Just a reminder-
Item 1: BBC Sherlock, Mycroft/Greg or a Mycroft Holmes character piece, 2000-5000 words. From @johannadc HIGH BID £25
Item 2: Collection of Mycroft stickers, all goldfish themed, from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID £15
Item 3: 4 Mark themed notecards from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -£5
Item 4: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -£15
Item 5: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -£15
Item 6: 4. A 3K Mystrade fic. Any rating, best at domestic fluff, hurt/comfort, but give anything a try. No noncon, underage, graphic violence, permanent MCD. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID £20
Item 7: Mystrade Funko set, which features Mycroft and a romantic Greg (roses and champagne) and their ginger cat. From @LittleFluffyClouds. HIGH BID £85
Item 8: Mystrade fic 2,000-3,000 words @LittleFlufftyClouds. Please contact them for details. HIGH BID £20
Item 9: 1-2K word fic from @Ivycopper. Please contact them for details. HIGH BID £10
Item 10: Motive and the Cue program signed by Mark and Johnny Flynn from @antheas-blackberry HIGH BID £40
Happy Friday!
Here is an auction update:
Item 1: BBC Sherlock, Mycroft/Greg or a Mycroft Holmes character piece, 2000-5000 words. From @johannadc HIGH BID £25
Item 2: Collection of Mycroft stickers, all goldfish themed, from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID £10
Item 3: 4 Mark themed notecards from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -£5
Item 4: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -£15
Item 5: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -£15
Item 6: 4. A 3K Mystrade fic. Any rating, best at domestic fluff, hurt/comfort, but give anything a try. No noncon, underage, graphic violence, permanent MCD. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID £20
Item 7: Mystrade Funko set, which features Mycroft and a romantic Greg (roses and champagne) and their ginger cat. From @LittleFluffyClouds. HIGH BID £75
Item 8: Mystrade fic 2,000-3,000 words @LittleFlufftyClouds. Please contact them for details. HIGH BID £15
Item 9: 1-2K word fic from @Ivycopper. Please contact them for details. HIGH BID £10
Item 10: Motive and the Cue program signed by Mark and Johnny Flynn from @antheas-blackberry HIGH BID £40
Today is Mark's birthday!
If you would like to donate to the fundraiser for Switchboard, you can do so here!
The auction update is as follows:
Plenty of items without bids, so get bidding everyone!
Item 1: BBC Sherlock, Mycroft/Greg or a Mycroft Holmes character piece, 2000-5000 words. From @johannadc HIGH BID £15
Item 2: Collection of Mycroft stickers, all goldfish themed, from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID £10
Item 3: 4 Mark themed notecards from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -
Item 4: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -
Item 5: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID -
Item 6: 4. A 3K Mystrade fic. Any rating, best at domestic fluff, hurt/comfort, but give anything a try. No noncon, underage, graphic violence, permanent MCD. From @lavenderandvanilla HIGH BID £15
Item 7: Mystrade Funko set, which features Mycroft and a romantic Greg (roses and champagne) and their ginger cat. From @LittleFluffyClouds. HIGH BID £60
Item 8: Mystrade fic 2,000-3,000 words @LittleFlufftyClouds. Please contact them for details. HIGH BID £10
Item 9: 1-2K word fic from @Ivycopper. Please contact them for details. HIGH BID £10
Item 10: Motive and the Cue program signed by Mark and Johnny Flynn from @antheas-blackberry HIGH BID £40
Happy Saturday! Here is the list of auction items.
Hopefully all the links work! Please let me know here or at @antheas-blackberry if something looks wrong or I've linked your Tumblr incorrectly.
So the auction works the same as other years. If you would like to bid on an item, click the link and it brings you to a google form. Fill in your email and the amount you would like to bid.
I have figured out how to get the bids to go to a spreadsheet so you can all see what is going on without me having to update the page with the high bid every day. If not, I will just update the list every day with the highest bid.
The auction will remain open until the 20th of October. This gives me time to make sure all the links are working and deal with any initial issues. On the 20th I will close the pages for bids and then update the Tumblr page with the final total.
Once I have the highest bid, I will email the donor and the winner and then they can work it out how to deliver the item/fanfic once the donation has been made to Switchboard. All I need is proof of your donation (i.e a forward of the confirmation email from Just Giving).
All bids are in GBP ££.
If you put a bid in, the bid MUST be greater than what the current high bid is within the spreadsheet! There are a few items which have more recent bids, but are less than the first bid. The high bid will stand in this case, so if you are bidding on an item, please check that yours is the highest!
This has worked well over the past few years and everyone who is literally sending an item has agreed to pay for postage. If this ends up being an issue later on, let me know, and I can work it out.
Item 1: BBC Sherlock, Mycroft/Greg or a Mycroft Holmes character piece, 2000-5000 words. From @johannadc
Item 2: Collection of Mycroft stickers, all goldfish themed, from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla
Item 3: 4 Mark themed notecards from Redbubble. From @lavenderandvanilla
Item 4: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla
Item 5: 1 silver plated necklaces with a snowflake and umbrella charms. People can message me for details. From @lavenderandvanilla
Item 6: 4. A 3K Mystrade fic. Any rating, best at domestic fluff, hurt/comfort, but give anything a try. No noncon, underage, graphic violence, permanent MCD. From @lavenderandvanilla
Item 7: Mystrade Funko set, which features Mycroft and a romantic Greg (roses and champagne) and their ginger cat. From @LittleFluffyClouds.
Item 8: Mystrade fic 2,000-3,000 words @LittleFlufftyClouds. Please contact them for details.
Item 9: 1-2K word fic from @Ivycopper. Please contact them for details.
Item 10: Motive and the Cue program signed by Mark and Johnny Flynn from @antheas-blackberry
Thank you to those of you who have offered fanfic and items for the auction! It really is most appreciated.
I will be listing the items this week, and will post when the auction has gone live.
I apologise for the delay in the auction going live this year but I have had a work deadline that took precedent! I should have things up and running by Friday!
Thank you all for your patience!
There is still time to offer a fic, fan art or fan item! The deadline has been extended through this weekend!
Please send an email to mgbdaydrive@gmail.com if you would like to participate!
Hello!!!!!
Just a reminder that if you are planning to donate a fan work (fic/artwork) or a physical item, you have until 30 September to contact me with the details.
For fanart- please let me know what you are willing to draw/paint or if you have a specific piece of work to donate
For fanfiction- please let me know what you are willing to write (what fandoms, length, pairings, and/or things you are not willing to write
For anything else- please let me know what it is you are willing to donate (i.e physical media) along with a photo of the item (please note you will need to pay for postage)
Questions? Let me know!!!!
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It is time to think about the Mark Gatiss birthday drive for 2024! Mark’s birthday is 17 October and I’m excited to see how much money we can raise this year! Last year we raised £500 for Switchboard.
To start, we will once again be having an auction for fan works and goods. If you’d like to donate a fic or an item please email mgbdaydrive at gmail dot com.
Requests for donations will end at the end of the month and the auction will go live on the first of October.
If you have questions or anything at all, please let me know.
Hello!!!!! It is time to think about the Mark Gatiss birthday drive for 2024! Mark’s birthday is 17 October and I’m excited to see how much money we can raise this year! Last year we raised £500 for Switchboard.
To start, we will once again be having an auction for fan works and goods. If you’d like to donate a fic or an item please email mgbdaydrive at gmail dot com.
Requests for donations will end at the end of the month and the auction will go live on the first of October.
If you have questions or anything at all, please let me know.
