Ok I've been super inspired by @bitmeddler 's Sherlock Holmes Newt and Hermann AU so I've been doodling some companion pics (which Bit has graciously put in the story). Thought I'd compile them here and do a shout out and a fic rec for the story!
Hermann Gottlieb: Consulting Detective Rating: Mature Author: @bitmeddler
Hermann Gottlieb: Consulting Detective
***New Chapter Posted***
Chapter 6: A Study in Sapphire: The Emblem
Chapter Summary: The autopsy uncovers a strange tattooed symbol upon the deceased’s forearm which brings to light an unexpected revelation about the venerable Dr. Newton Geiszler.
Category + Rating: M/M (Mature)
Relationships: Newton Geiszler / Hermann Gottlieb (Pacific Rim)
Tags: Alternate Universe - Sherlock Holmes setting but with Pacific Rim characters; Alternate Universe - Historical; Alternate Universe - Victorian; Alternate Universe - Detectives; First Meetings; Developing Relationship; Passionate and Fascinating Exchange of Letters; Slow Build; Slow Burn; Getting Together; Pining; Falling In Love; Eventual Relationships; Mystery; Murder Mystery; Action/Adventure; Adventure & Romance; 221B Baker Street; Eventual Happy Ending
Story summary: When Hermann Gottlieb, the world’s only consulting detective, receives a letter from American doctor Newton Geiszler, their correspondence sparks the joint investigation of a series of happenings that take them into the fog shrouded world of the capital’s criminal underbelly. A Pacific Rim adventure mystery set in the gas-lit streets of Victorian London.
Kaiju weren’t the only things that went bump in the night
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Furthering my Newmann Halloween agenda
Tales from the Jaeger Pilot AU
Here’s a rough snippet of a larger bit of story I’m poking at that goes along with this pic:
Then there had been the letters from Newton, the anticipation churning each time he flipped open his post box, and the relief that came with the knowledge there would only ever be words on paper between them, keeping him safe and Newton at a distance.
Ha.
He stares down—one arm tucked behind his head, the other still holding the burning nub of a cigarette like a lifeline—and wonders if anxious anticipation and cultivated distance are all he’ll ever be capable of. He’s mesmerized by the steady rise and fall of Newton’s head pillowed against his stomach. How easy it would be to just reach out and…touch.
His fingers twitch.
You’ve been a menace to me for 6 years.
Three years of letters. Then three years since the letters had stopped, when Newton ceased being nebulous words safe on a page, and burst loud and colorful and real, into Hermann’s life at the academy.
In the Jaeger AU that lives in my head Hermann and Newt are pilots together. They start out joining the academy at the same time for science. Through a series of events they become pilots instead, though not initially partnered together. Eventually they lose their respective original partners and are paired together.
It’s during one of their battles with a kaiju that Hermann is severely injured, causing irreparable damage to his leg. He is not able to pilot afterwards and that’s when he transfers to the k-sci department.
Although it is by no means his fault, Newt blames himself for Hermann’s injury. They’re already connected via the drift and he won’t abandon him so he follows Hermann to k-sci.
The incident definitely leaves a strain on their relationship and they go back to bickering just like they did when they were cadets, and just like we see them in the OG movie.
This pic is the rescue scene post battle when the helicopter is coming to evac the stranded pilots as their jaeger is too damaged to make it back to land
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Their Jaeger’s name is Kaiju Blu and it’s based on @gum-drop-glitch ‘s amazing design
Hermann Gottlieb: Consulting Detective
Category + Rating: M/M (Mature)
Relationships: Newton Geiszler / Hermann Gottlieb (Pacific Rim)
Tags:
Alternate Universe - Sherlock Holmes setting but with Pacific Rim characters; Alternate Universe - Historical; Alternate Universe - Victorian; Alternate Universe - Detectives; First Meetings; Developing Relationship; Passionate and Fascinating Exchange of Letters; Slow Build; Slow Burn; Getting Together; Pining; Falling In Love; Eventual Relationships; Mystery; Murder Mystery; Action/Adventure; Adventure & Romance; 221B Baker Street; Eventual Happy Ending
Summary: When Hermann Gottlieb, the world’s only consulting detective, receives a letter from American doctor Newton Geiszler, their correspondence sparks the joint investigation of a series of happenings that take them into the fog shrouded world of the capital’s criminal underbelly. A Pacific Rim adventure mystery set in the gas-lit streets of Victorian London.
The First Arc: Chapter One: Prelude: The Arrival of the American Doctor
Chapter Summary: Dr. Newton Geiszler arrives to London from America to meet his correspondent of three years, Hermann Gottlieb.
My contribution for the Ten Years of Experience Newmann Zine! I looked inside myself and asked my inner Guillermo del Toro for guidance and he told me to get really self-indulgent with a weird bad-end/dark AU and who am I to refuse my inner Guillermo del Toro.
More Pacific Rim-Loki AU featuring Mobius and Loki’s first time drifting and piloting a Jaeger against a kaiju
It…doesn’t go well…
When fandoms collide...
How about a Loki - Pacific Rim AU?
Could be one of the various timelines! The kaiju are actually beasts from a mysterious place (probably Kang doing shenanigans in this timeline). They’re being sent to take over Midgard and the other 9 realms. Loki is sent, along with Thor, as ambassadors to Midgard to help since Asgard has technology that can help. Eventually, with Loki’s help, there are some jaegers developed that run on magic (thank you @voxmyriad for that bit of inspiration! ) and the pilots of those need to have a non-magic co-pilot for hand-wavy reasons. Loki had one, lost one, then, through a series of convenient events, they discovered a J-tech named Mobius might potentially be drift compatible with Loki Loki, of course, scoffs at the idea and a beautiful partnership is born
I imagine Sylvie and Verity (Hunter-B15) another jaeger pilot pair
OB and Casey as a J-Techs for Loki/Mobius and Sylvie/Verity respectively
Of course Hermann and Newton are there still as the K-science team cuz I can't not have them, along with our favorite characters from Pacific Rim and Loki
