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Fic - And There's Not a Cloud in the Sky - John/Sherlock - R

Aug 25, 2012 19:20

Title: And There's Not a Cloud in the Sky
Author: lotherington
’Verse: Long Ago and Far Away
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters/Pairing: John/Sherlock, Lestrade
Summary: WWII AU. November, 1944. For the first time in years, Sherlock and John have a case.
Rating: R
Word Count: ~1,900
Notes: The title is from There's a Land of Begin Again.

( ‘Yes, spare me trivial details, what do you already know?’ Sherlock pivoted and shone his torch in Lestrade’s face, who squinted and backed away from the light. ‘Or think you know, sorry,’ he said, illuminating the barrels and crates in the cellar rather than Lestrade’s nasal hair. )

verse: long ago and far away, genre: angst, genre: historical, pairing: john/sherlock, character: sherlock holmes, genre: drama, character: john watson, genre: other, fandom: sherlock, rating: r, genre: au, fic

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the_drummergirl August 30 2012, 13:30:47 UTC

I think you misunderstood my use of the phrase 'John is a strong character'. I want him to receive comfort as much as you do, and I agree that Sherlock was doing a lot of taking and not a lot of giving. But the nature of the characters is that John is a stoic and Sherlock is emotionally immature and a little but selfish. Maybe this is the event that will finally cause John to lose it after holding it together for so long, so we will get to see the helplessness and pain and anger. I want to see those from John as much as you. That's what I meant by 'Let's see John deal with them' - Not 'them' as in 'Sherlock's emotions' but 'them' as in 'those specific emotions, himself'. Sorry for ambiguous phrasing.

Additionally, John didn't want sympathy from Sherlock, if you remember. He pushed him away because he couldn't stand to be pitied. Sherlock allowed this to happen because he didn't know what else to do, because his character is fundamentally flawed in that way. From my point of view, this is in character for both of them.

Out of curiosity, would you have been happier if John had been the one caught in the bombing?

I understand 'strong' is a vague and unhelpful description of a character, but (somewhat naively, I suppose) I wasn't actually expecting my comment to be dissected and was trying to convey a general feeling to the author without writing an essay.

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