MsOwl

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  1. Summary

    These are what I have affectionately dubbed The Iristitials. Each story spotlights a different moment in the first ten years of Iris’s life.

    The stories can be read independently, but many details will carry through.

    In the same way, these borrow a lot of pre-canon details, characters, and headcanons from BombshellBlondie’s incredible fic “Life Simply Grows Around It.” This fic changed my life and I cannot recommend it enough. You don’t strictly need to have read it first for this series to make sense, but also, do not deprive yourself. Go read it!

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  1. Rec 7

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    Iris doesn’t know how old she was when she first asked Hurley about her parents. She doesn’t remember it, but she knows there had to be a first time.

    There had to be, because all the characters in stories had parents: a mother and a father. 

    Iris has neither. She has a Herlock.

    or, how iris wilson gets her last name

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    02 Feb 2026

  2. Rec 43

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    "We may have an unfortunate amount in common, you and I," says Barok from behind the rim of his goblet.

    The partnership of Barok van Zieks & Kazuma Asogi, post-game.

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    30 Jan 2026

  3. Rec 12

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    Iris’ rapid development was nothing short of both a miracle and a mystery to Herlock Sholmes.

    The milestone markers in all of the childcare books were approximations, of course – there was no precise given time for when each motor and cognitive skill would unfold, and it was normal for it to vary with each child. Sholmes had tried to chalk it up to him being extra surprised as a first-time parent… but nonetheless, everything felt so soon.
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    or, a fic in which baby Iris takes her very first steps

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    27 Jan 2026

  4. Rec 9

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    In many ways, taking on the role of father has been little more than a pantomime act. A mould he has haphazardly pressed himself into, but rarely has he felt the tight and ill-fitting walls of that mould more than right now, scrabbling for something to say.

    Iris must see the conflict on his face. It is the sudden tilt to her head and the concerned worry in her lip that finally pushes the words into his mouth.

    “It’s a marvelous story, my dear.” he manages at last, forcing a reassuring smile. It is not a lie. It is marvelous. Sholmes can appreciate good literature when he sees it and this, indeed, has all the hallmarks of a competent novella and would have impressed even if it had not been penned by an eight-year-old’s hand.

    Iris shows Sholmes her first manuscript.

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  5. Rec 44

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    The death of his wife in childbirth leaves Yuujin Mikotoba with severe depression, a mountain of guilt, and a daughter he is ill-equipped to care for. An attempt to put six thousand miles between himself and his grief doesn't work as well as he'd hoped. Maybe repeatedly putting himself in mortal peril alongside the most insufferable man in London will do the trick.

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    I.e. if Capcom won't give us "TGAA: Investigations: the Prequel" I will write it myself, as self-indulgently as I want.

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    12 Dec 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Stop everything and read this right now