Fic for graycardinal: to cradle the world in his hands

[holmesticemods]

Title: to cradle the world in his hands
Recipient: graycardinal
Author: k_e_p
Characters/Pairings: Tennyson and the Irregulars
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Ableism
Summary: He does not feel limited. A Tennyson origin story.

Comments

[graycardinal]

All right, back at actual keyboard (if severely underslept), but I cannot nap until I have given this story its due.

It really is a spectacular piece -- all manner of detail pulled deftly from canon, and all manner of purest speculation extrapolated from canon that nonetheless feels wholly and indisputably right. The resonances between Tennyson and his mum based on their different yet complementary conditions are elegantly illustrated, and we also see the differences (and similarities) between Tennyson's online friends and his live ones as they become true Irregulars. His relationship with his mothers is entirely realistic and nicely nuanced.

Some may feel that Holmes' initial dismissal of Tennyson is overly harsh and out of tune with 22CEN's characterization, but I think it fits here, as Holmes is still settling into his new existence and adjusting to higher-tech surroundings than he's used to. You've also done an excellent job with early-canon Watson here, finding a way for him to be a bridge between Tennyson and Holmes in multiple respects. And I do like the portrayal of how education has (and hasn't) evolved in this future.

And then there's the whole tonal-language thread, which is so utterly logical that if this wasn't what the show's writers had in mind in the first place, I think someone must have borrowed a TARDIS to take it back into the writers' room while the character was being developed.

It's beautifully executed from start to finish. I am enraptured, delighted, and generally gobsmacked. THANK YOU!!!!