Citations:Mystrade

Proper noun: "(fandom slang) the ship of characters Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade from the television series Sherlock"

 * 2011, Claire Monk, "Heritage Film Audiences 2.0: Period Film Audiences and Online Fan Cultures", Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, Volume 7, Issue 2, November 2011, page 474:
 * The latter include Lestrade (as played by Graves) appreciation and fanfic sites [URLS redacted], a significant strand of (self-evidently, fanon/non-canon) ‘Mystrade’ slash activity, in which Lestrade is imagined to be in a romantic/sexual relationship, or even civil partnership, with Mycroft Holmes (played by Sherlock’s co-creator, Mark Gatiss)
 * 2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 361:
 * It seems natural in the context of fandom that Mystrade and Wincest are important generic categories, or that Kirk and Spock is an entirely different fictional animal from Kirk/Spock.
 * 2014, Helen Wong, "Reporter navigates the horrifying waters of Shipper Lake", The Saratoga Falcon (Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California), Volume 54, Number 4, 14 November 2014, page 14:
 * Sailors on a nearby ship called “Mystrade” told me that “Johnlock” was a combination of the names “John” and “Sherlock.”
 * 2015, Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2015), ISBN 9780544214040, page 265:
 * In Sherlockian fic, this generally means Holmes and Watson—though a huge body of work, known collectively as Mystrade, centers on Mycroft and Inspector Lestrade deep in lust, and, trust me, every character gets his or her share.
 * 2015, Katharine E. McCain, "Canon Vs. 'Fanon': Genre Devices In Contemporary Fiction", thesis submitted to Georgetown University, page 45:
 * Snarry, Spirk, Mystrade, Rumbelle, Destiel, Dramione ... these are not debilitating diseases, but rather representations of love.
 * 2015, Kee Lundqvist, "Stories of Significance: The Process and Practices of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 98:
 * Compare Lorna's reaction of shuddering and looking away as Sherlock kisses Molly onscreen in a fantasy sequence to serial-shipper timetumblingconsultant who exclaims in glee over everything from Mystrade to Janlock (Janine/Sherlock) during our online watch-along of "His Last Vow."
 * 2016, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, "Paratextual Navigation as a Research Method: Fan Fiction Archives and Reader Instructions", in Research Methods for Reading Digital Data in the Digital Humanities (ed. Gabriele Griffin), page 62:
 * To exemplify, 16magnolias' Lessons in Love is described as containing 'sweet, slow Sherlolly' and 'minor OCs' whereas SailorChibi's Walking Together is labelled an 'AU' featuring 'Johnlock & mentions of Mystrade'.
 * 2017, Mattias Boström, From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon, unnumbered page:
 * Johnlock was what it was called when Sherlock and John interacted this way. "Sheriarty" was Sherlock and Moriarty; "Mystrade" meant Mycroft and Lestrade.
 * 2017, Christina M. Miranda, "Minding the gaps: deducing meaning in Sherlock Holmes fanfiction", thesis submitted to DePaul University, page 27:
 * Certainly, not everyone who watches ​Sherlock comes away determined that the men are romantically attached, or that​ any​ men are attached (there are infinite other popular queer ships, from Sheriarty (Sherlock and Moriarty) to Mystrade (Mycroft and Lestrade).
 * 2018, Jennifer Wojton & Lynnette Porter, Sherlock and Digital Fandom: The Meeting of Creativity, Community and Advocacy, page 36:
 * Although various pairings of characters are often featured in fan fiction, especially a same-sex sexual relationship, known as slash (e.g., Mystrade [Mycroft and Lestrade]),