bendingsignpost · Historical Fanfics
1 historical fic by bendingsignpost in our database, ranked by kudos. Period settings raise the stakes on intimacy: letters take weeks, reputations can kill, and a glance across a ballroom carries a novel's worth of meaning.
bendingsignpost is an AO3 author writing in the Doctor Who fandom (among 3 fandoms in our database), best known here for "Four Letter Word For Intercourse", which has earned 20k kudos on AO3. Our database tracks 5 of their works totaling 385k words.
Best Historical Works by bendingsignpost
bendingsignpost's historical fanfiction on AO3, sorted by kudos.
Irene Adler/Sherlock Holmes · Sherlock BBC
After years of waiting for wealthy patrons to faint, Dr John Watson discovers a far more interesting patient in the opera house basement. (AU through a Phantom of the Opera lens.)
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Why Read bendingsignpost's Historical Fanfics
Historical — Fic set in a real historical period — regency ballrooms, world wars, golden-age piracy, 1980s small towns — either because canon lives there or because the writer relocated the cast. Distinct from historical-au in usage mainly by covering canon-era period fic too.
Period settings raise the stakes on intimacy: letters take weeks, reputations can kill, and a glance across a ballroom carries a novel's worth of meaning. bendingsignpost has earned 35k kudos across the 5 works tracked in our database, totaling 385k words.
Their historical works alone have earned 3k kudos, making them a go-to author for readers who love this trope in Doctor Who.
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Stories focused on emotional pain, drama, and intense feelings.
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bendingsignpost · Secret Identity
A character lives a double life — superhero, spy, undercover royal — and the story orbits the strain of the secret and the looming moment it breaks. Romance versions often have one partner unknowingly involved with both identities.
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