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Positively Angelic [Holmes/Watson, PG]

Jan 28, 2010 17:55

Title: Positively Angelic
Author: igrab
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Written For: phantom_roxs, who requested H/W, angsty h/c-ish sortof
Word Count: 938
Rating: PG
Notes: feel better, love ♥

( If you'd only waited, you would've noticed that I was already in the process of - )

pairing: holmes/watson, fandom: sherlock holmes, rating: pg, fanfiction

Comments 27

xtinethepirate January 28 2010, 23:03:44 UTC

OMG. YOU ARE A FICCING MACHINE TODAY writing through class, missy? *snerk*.

I love how you make it kinda fluffy and romantic, but still very them. The romantic is tinged with snark and cynicism, and the fluff undoubtedly will be used to sop up chemical spills, hee.

Also, this:

"Out."

Holmes got out.

"In."

Holmes went in. The walk up the stairs was difficult at best, with Watson shoving him from behind and blood trickling down his leg and "Really old boy, I think I can manage," he muttered, but the doctor's hand only tightened and what had he done to instill such rage? It was positively unhealthy.

Might I say, without sounding too horribly geektastic, that I love the way you alter your syntax to contrast pithy, simple sentences and compound/complex ones? Because I do.

igrab January 28 2010, 23:07:41 UTC

well, i skipped a couple this morning, but i had this big 3-hour block of time before arabic and i write fast ;3

ahsdjg. hearing you say that makes me incredibly happy, i take great care when i time my sentences and it's just, it's very nice to hear that it's specifically appreciated! i talk aloud to myself when i write, actually.

xtinethepirate January 28 2010, 23:20:49 UTC

Hee, glad to hear I'm not the only one who talks to herself while writing! ;)

But yes, it does make SUCH a difference. I cannot read a story that does not have fluid prose, no matter how good the plot of it may be. I know it's a thing to be like "well, a good story can make up for poor prose more than good prose can make up for a poor story" but no. If I can't read it, it's not worth reading. ///diatribe.

FORTUNATELY, you have both in abundance, heee. SO YOUR EFFORT IS NOTICED AND APPRECIATED.

igrab January 29 2010, 02:49:12 UTC

there are very few things that i can read if the writing is bad. there's a lot of rdjude that i read anyway, for example, because it's... passable, even if it's not... quite right. there's really only, like, three rdjude fics that i have 100% loved. but i love them. and like. my fandom. so. i read. but i either won't comment or will say something ~whatever if i only felt ~whatever about it, you know? i don't like to concrit unless i can tell that the person is a serious writer (or a friend, usually both) who would appreciate the concrit. and, usually it's so... subtle, like, it's hard for me to explain what i don't like in something because writing comes easily to me, so i don't even know how to phrase why i don't like something, it's just 'it's not good enough. be better.'

but for most things? if the writing throws me off, i close the window. the end. i have a much, much higher appreciation for writing than story. in fact, i would rather read something well-written of a pairing i dislike than something mediocre from one of my otps.

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belle_favrielle January 28 2010, 23:13:25 UTC

OH MAN. You weren't lying about posting this quickly. I love me some h/c, and I particularly liked Holmes in this. Especially the "smiling and smiling and smiling." The kiss on the forehead made my heart clench. <3

ingridmatthews January 28 2010, 23:22:12 UTC

It's official. I love your writing. This is no exception. A pleasure to read.

igrab January 29 2010, 02:25:41 UTC

thank you, very much! that is something that is so nice to nice, as opposed to just a fan of the content. so thank you. again.

random_nexus January 28 2010, 23:47:35 UTC

Ahhhh, you do the movie H/W so very well!
Loved this! Words and setting and all.

Excellently well done, you!

igrab January 29 2010, 02:50:07 UTC

thank you, you!

and idk, i like to blur the line more but this was closer in timeline to the movie, so.

random_nexus January 29 2010, 03:03:23 UTC

Oh, and, btw - I need to SQUEE DAMNED HARD AT YOU for that fanmix you did. It's totally fueled my latest big H/W fic and I can't thank you enough for making and sharing it!
XD

igrab January 29 2010, 03:54:26 UTC

oh lol, which one?

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sathien January 29 2010, 00:25:52 UTC

that's it. I AM OFFICIALLY STALKING YOU.

this was lovely. in-character and concise writing. the chaste kiss in the end made me squeal like stupid. more h/c please!

igrab January 29 2010, 02:42:26 UTC

*THUMBS UP* OKAY.

lol people seem to request it of me when they are sick, and thus, i am happy to provide. and there will likely be more XD