Fic: Bel Canto - 5/16 (BBC Sherlock)

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Title: Bel Canto
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 6.7k out of 123.5ishk
Betas: vyctori, seijichan, lifeonmars
Disclaimer: Do not own.
Summary: After years of waiting for wealthy patrons to faint, Dr John Watson discovers a far more interesting patient in the opera house basement. (AU through a Phantom of the Opera lens.)
Warnings: Violence, internalized homophobia, eventual

Comments

[call_me_ishmael]

DFGJHSDKFGJSDHFGKSFKGSL

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XDDDD

[quirkies]

So much tension! I'd been utterly enthralled by the fantastic dialogue and layered, nuanced relationships (the Adler bits were particularly delicious) and was utterly unprepared for the big finale. *bites nails*

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Thanks! (God, I love writing her so much. Holding her thought processes in my head makes it feel like it's going to explode.)

[illereyn]

dun Dun DUN!!!!

Great work, I love all the subtextual hints, and Sherlock vs Irene mindgames.

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Thanks!

[rifleman_s]

““Arrogance suits me?”
“Not... precisely. But false modesty certainly wouldn’t.””

I very much enjoyed the conversations and banter in this chapter - the serious in conjunction with the lighthearted.

I was intrigued by John’s ideas for Christmas - too bad they’ve been thwarted (for the moment anyway).

And what a terrible cliffhanger (very spooky about your fan, too - a parallel to the plot you’re creating!).

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Thanks!

(That's not even the weirdest parallel. I will reveal the freakier ones as they occurred, don't want to spoil the story.)

[labellecreation]

May be odd to make this a reply to this, but first off this story is breathtaking, you have done it again to me and I thought The Stranger at the Gate (which btw I recently promoted in relation to a video on Youtube where Sherlock was a vampire and people were asking for Vampfic!) was delicious, now here I am lost in the excitement of the opera and hearing that violin in my head!

Now, why I reply: My best mate and I have a phrase for what happens when life seems to echo fiction. Coincidental Collide. It's something I have frequently come across while writing my own fics. It's a very spooky feeling- ESPECIALLY when the coincidence- like a fan breaking- seems such an obscure yet integrally linked one.

[siennis]

Just started reading this lovely story this morning, and I'm so addicted! I love the interactions between John & Sherlock (and John/Vernet ;D). I love the jealousy when John brings Sherlock to Adler and how he refuses to think of it as jealousy.

Your writing is always fantastic, and this is no exception. Very excited to read more!

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Thank you! And there is totally no reason for John to feel jealous, what are you talking about.

You've very good timing, as an update will be posted within the hour.