No worries! I'm incredibly flattered that my work merits a re-read, especially from a writer of your caliber.
I began watching police procedurals and reading mystery books from a very young age, so the brother/sisterhood aspect of the law enforcement community has always been very appealing to me. In the show, it's clear Lestrade respects and trusts his female, minority subordinate, and that Donovan returns that respect and trust. Reichenbach would have shattered all of that in one brutal moment. Yet, Lestrade isn't the type to take the easy way out of hard situations (see, Sherlock), and I can see that he would be surrounded by people with the same attitude (especially since all of them would have enabled Lestrade to work with Sherlock for all these years by not reporting Sherlock's involvement). I wanted to explore the fall-out of Reichenbach on a tightly-knit community like NSY, and how people would cope with the conflicting feelings of anger and loyalty, and how they would heal from that blow.
All in all, this is a roundabout way of saying thank you for your wonderful feedback!
I began watching police procedurals and reading mystery books from a very young age, so the brother/sisterhood aspect of the law enforcement community has always been very appealing to me. In the show, it's clear Lestrade respects and trusts his female, minority subordinate, and that Donovan returns that respect and trust. Reichenbach would have shattered all of that in one brutal moment. Yet, Lestrade isn't the type to take the easy way out of hard situations (see, Sherlock), and I can see that he would be surrounded by people with the same attitude (especially since all of them would have enabled Lestrade to work with Sherlock for all these years by not reporting Sherlock's involvement). I wanted to explore the fall-out of Reichenbach on a tightly-knit community like NSY, and how people would cope with the conflicting feelings of anger and loyalty, and how they would heal from that blow.
All in all, this is a roundabout way of saying thank you for your wonderful feedback!
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