Redamancy

Fanfiction
Title:	Redamancy
Author(s):	opalescentgold
Date(s):	April 3, 2016 — February 14, 2020
Length:	126.162 words
Genre(s):	M/M, Slash
Fandom(s):	James Bond, Sherlock
Relationship(s):
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Redamancy is a 00Q soulmate/soulmark reincarnation AU crossover with Sherlock, where Q is a "lost" brother Holmes and the other half of agent 007, James Bond. The work had until June 2024 a total of 140,101 Hits, 7,843 Kudos, 2,748 Bookmarks and 1,309 Comments.

Summary:

If you write something on your skin, then it will show up on your soulmate's skin as well.

James doesn't quite fall in love over physics discussions and cheeky book quotes scrawled over his heart, coding and riddles inked onto his skin, but he comes close. He does.

And then he actually meets Q.

Rec & Reviews

[Linorien]
It was a privlage to be your beta for this story congratulations on completion. And thanks for the excellent Mexican restaurant scene

[barbaravitoriatp]
Firstly, I would like to say that I almost never find good stories with Q being a Holmes, either being Sherlock's brother or being his son. However, this changed after I read your Fanfic, which with this final chapter made me cry. I had to breathe twice to contain the tears and pain that settled in my heart after reading it. Rarely does something touch me so deeply, so I congratulate you. I found your work on Tumblr, because of a fanart with James in the locker room looking at his thigh covered with letters - perhaps possible Q's test answers?

But going back to focusing on the plot, I had never heard of this type of soulmate, I have clearly read a story where a couple had the ability to feel each other, and one of the young people who was attacked by his father always had marked skin, which was reflected in his beloved, without the victim knowing it, of course. But it wasn't something others shared and it was in one story, so I never saw it happen again in written stories. Of course, in Hellboy we have twin brothers where what one does reflects on the other, even death, but that's another matter.

And again here I am deviating from the main thing. Well, you surprised me and left me floored, speechless and with my nerves in shambles, my heart shattered. Q and James are perfect and as soon as we have their last film together, Ben and Craig will no longer play these roles which will be given to others. 007 will now be a woman named Nomi and Q will probably be replaced by R.

[…] you write amazingly. His interpretation is beautiful, the evolution of their relationship is also beautiful, the way the second chance knocks on the door is exquisite. I'm delighted. They go together and are reincarnated, as silly young people, in love, and just like they were, but now with the chance to be together at the same time, without the relative fear of one going before the other. I just know that I wish we could have this chance too, to find a soulmate and be happy, […]

[…] Thank you for sharing something so beautiful with us.

[jannah - jana]
Nearly forgot I wanted to do this SO LETS GO DAY 1: A fic you keep rereading (I’m gonna cheat and mention 3 because I can and I will)

[jannah - jana]
Long fic:

- Redamancy by ao3 user opalescentgold (126k words)

By no means the longest fic I’ve read but the intensity of the fic sucks you in for the entirety of the ride and it’s PAINFULLLLLL at first. Its the usual soulmate fic but focuses on the identifying mark trope where

[jannah - jana]
if you draw something on your body it’ll show up on your soulmate’s body. Which was painful at first cuz of the characters’ huge age gap lmao but it was written so beautifully like??? Also the references they made here??? Insane love. I’d dare say that the author is rather

[jannah - jana]
Cultured just from their references and how it’s not necessarily OOC. I read this knowing all the twist and turns but it’s still so engaging! The fic started really angsty, bearable angsty, really angsty again, and then whoop happy ending… great read!

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[atsilaer]
I love you, really im in tears, cant even see what im typing. I honestly didnt expect to end like this. I really loved your work the characters are so well written it just feels too real. When I realised they are going to grow old togehter I knew it had to wnd like this but I didnt expect the emotions. I can count on fingers of my one hand how many times I cried reading something. I love how bitter-sweet the ending is. Sorry, its just overwhelming and Im calming down as I write this comment but i have to leave something for all your hard work. Like how you wrote James, its not like in some other fics where he magically falls in love or has an unexpected change of heart, it was there from the beggining, all his decisions based on his childhood and longing for his soulmate. Q's relationship with his family is also amazing. I really like BBC's Sherlock but people rarely write fics where it fits so well in Bond universe. John and Bond's first meeting realy had me. Anthea and Mycroft as platonic soulmates? Brilliant. I never thought about them that way but it makes so much sense there. Well, I have to go blow my nose now, so I'll just stop writing, cause I could use every word the english language has and even then I wouldnt express how much that fic moved me and how much I loved how it made me cry. Keep writing, lov u xoxo

[EmeraldSage]
Every time I go to re-read this, and I come all the way to the end, and that last line still gets me. Every single time. One of the most amazing works I've ever read, hands down.

[Gavia Baker-Whitelaw and Elizabeth Minkel]
“Redamancy” by opalescentgold. 126K words, rated Mature.

Backstory: Soulmate fic. Agents can’t have soulmates as it’s a security risk.
Rec: I love soulmate tropes, and this one is done extremely well. Eventual happy ending.

Content warnings: Angst, canon-typical violence, temporary character death

[jannah - jana]
The way that i’ll be forcing my future fiance to read Redamancy by opalescentgold

[jannah - jana]
And maybe my future kids too… a rite of passage where they get two fics:

1. my immortal

2. Redamancy

[jannah - jana]
ITS A RITE OF PASSAGE

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[j@nalee]
this is a personal call out to one opalescentgold for creating the emotionally damaging soulmate au Redamancy. if i had known that’s how the epilogue would’ve ended i would’ve stopped once they got together. 10/10 story but a really slow burn just for it to all fly by at the end.

Fanworks inspired

• Baker Street Approves by LaShaRa[1] (fanfiction)
• Redamancy by 10kiaoi(=ↀωↀ=)✧[2] (fanart)
• Redemency by apitnobaka (fanart)
• piece art II and piece art I by Venstar (fanart)
• If you write something on your skin, it will show up on your soulmate’s skin as well. by actual-quartermaster (moodboard)
• El Castillo's by spiritofcamelot (moodboard)