A Swarm of Bees

Jul 27, 2013 22:36

Title:  A Swarm of Bees
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gaslight, drabble

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donutsweeper July 28 2013, 03:35:44 UTC
Oh, interesting take on this!

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capt_facepalm August 5 2013, 17:45:47 UTC
Thanks! This one was a bit of a departure for me.

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pompey01 July 28 2013, 05:04:32 UTC
nice tribute to the anniversary of Maiwand today!

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capt_facepalm August 5 2013, 17:43:49 UTC
Thank you!
Maiwand is always on my mind in July, and I especially tried to write about it today. It took a while to figure out the right approach, since the "bees" aspect pointed so obviously in the direction of a Sussex retirement vignette.
The result: a drabble without Watson, yet affecting his situation profoundly.

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gardnerhill July 28 2013, 08:15:13 UTC
Yeah, funny how people get all indignant over genocide, abuse and exploitation perpetrated by their invaders - scuse me, *colonists*.

(Whatever you do, don't tell Texans that the white guys who died at the Alamo were fighting to KEEP slavery, battling the Mexican government's abolition of it.)

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capt_facepalm August 5 2013, 17:54:28 UTC
Thanks!
Yeah. Don't scratch the surface... you too may be living on stolen land...
(I am.)

Today's entry had to be a Maiwand fic even though I had already written Stragglers.

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med_cat July 28 2013, 11:52:32 UTC
Good use of the simile, I thought

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capt_facepalm August 5 2013, 17:50:49 UTC
Thanks!
The comparison between a swarm of bees and public opinion was an interesting leap.

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med_cat August 5 2013, 19:38:23 UTC
Indeed it was :)

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capt_facepalm August 5 2013, 17:48:35 UTC
It gets scarier if you consider the political conflict between England and Russia was known as "The Great Game", and as in chess, one might sacrifice a piece here and there in order to win.

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