Death Notice: Mary Watson

[rabidsamfan]

They were watching Mycroft of course, so messages of concern to no one but myself he sent disguised. Even ordinary messages passed through several sets of hands – in India I received packages from horse dealers and military men and once from the paws of a cheeky walnut-stained sahib youth who was begging bread for a genuine lama. Mycroft knew I would read every word on every scrap of wrapping paper, hungry for news of home. Some packages had to be forwarded more than once, coming weeks late into my hands.

Oh, Watson, I came as soon as ever I knew.


mordelhin asked for Sherlock Holmes

Comments

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was heartbreaking.

I adored the BBC Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett. *sighs wistfully*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I've loved Sherlock Holmes (and Watson!) since I was a teenager. I've got some perfectly dreadful fanfic I wrote in college drifting around here somewhere...

[angharad001.livejournal.com]

Anything Mycroft!!

This is a very clever and moving little piece of writing - I'm a bit addicted to Holmes. Brilliant detail.

Thank you for it

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

It's easy to be addicted to Holmes! I'm glad you enjoyed this.

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Yay, a wonderful fandom to write in.

A moving and clever piece of writing!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I do like Sherlock Holmes. It's fun rediscovering old loves.

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

I barely even know Holmes, but this made me all fuzzy :D

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Awwww. You don't need to know much, actually. I'm glad it made you fuzzy!

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

*clutches chest* oh, ow, eee. Lovely and owy.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

*passes over tylenol*

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

...and once from the paws of a cheeky walnut-stained sahib youth who was begging bread for a genuine lama.

Dear heaven, what did you manage here: a Doyle/Kipling-crossover?

*laughs with delight*

And it is wonderful, of course. You're a genius.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I'm not the first to do it. I have (but haven't read yet) a copy of "Sherlock Holmes: the Missing Years" by Jamyang Norbu which is about Holmes and the Babu!

[mordelhin.livejournal.com]

I just saw that on Amazon and considered getting it. Let me know if you like it.

[dreamflower]

Oh, this is beautifully heart-breaking, and an excellent explanation for the timing of his return!!

Sherlock Holmes was one of my early loves!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I still do love him. I've got all sorts of books and videos and all. Time to haul them out and enjoy!

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

You have such a talent for drabbling... I ache with envy!

(((RSF)))

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! I think it's just that I can actually finish drabbles... Unlike longer works!

[fictualities.livejournal.com]

Completely awesome. I think what I like best here is the deliberate disproportion between paragraph one and paragraph two: the richly detailed, vivid, atmospheric route the message took to get to Holmes, and the immediacy and simplicity of Holmes's heartfelt response. The contrast makes Holmes's feelings stand out so beautifully. *admires*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I was halfway through figuring out how to have Holmes find the clipping when I realized what the last line had to be. It's what I love about drabbling, taking a plotbunny and turning it in your hand and head until the heart shines through.

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

OMG. Holmes fic.

(((((((((( a Watson fan puddles at your feet)))))))

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yay for Watson!

Did you ever see the poem about the Basil Rathbone "Hound of the Baskervilles" which berates it so thoroughly for messing up Watson? Poor Nigel Bruce!

[mordelhin.livejournal.com]

I love how you pack so much into these, it takes me several readings to see everything that's there. Simply lovely. And you slipped Mycroft in there. Good show!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Mycroft insisted...

[mariole.livejournal.com]

Oh, I SWOON for Sherlock Holmes! Lovely, lovely job. You have a gift for picking really interesting angles that haven't been explored before. Brava.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

*bows*

Thank you. I just open the books and think about what I find, usually.

[persephone-kore.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Nice detail, and the last line does hurt.