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Performance In a Leading Role (3/?)

Jul 24, 2011 18:10

Title: Performance in a Leading Role
Author: MadLori
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 5800 (this chapter)
Genre: AU, romance
Warnings: None
Rating: PG for now, may go up to NC-17 later
Summary: Sherlock Holmes is an Oscar winner in the midst of a career slump. John Watson is an Everyman actor trapped in the rom-com ghetto. When they are cast ( Read more... )

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kim47 July 24 2011, 22:46:22 UTC

I'm rushing out the door, but I just have to say that this chapter is excellent, I particularly loved Sherlock's indignation and John's "kindly fuck of and stop judging me" speech.

Can't wait for more!

madlorific July 25 2011, 03:32:39 UTC

Thanks! That speech was a blast to write!

daisychains123 July 24 2011, 22:55:13 UTC

OH DEAR GOD, I WEEP WITH JOY AND EXCITEMENT EVERY TIME THIS FIC IS UPDATED. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS. IT'S LIKE BURNING, BUT SWEET. <3

madlorific July 25 2011, 03:33:03 UTC

Sweet, sweet burning. I have fics I feel that way about fo sho.

jesse_kips July 24 2011, 23:03:23 UTC

OMG, JOHN. YES. YES. OF COURSE HE NAILED IT.

Loved their argument at the end there as well - I think you are making this about Sherlock and John's characters. You may have put them in a different setting, but it's them alright.

Also, out of curiousity, exactly in how much detail have you planned this film out? Because it sounds like it would be amazing to watch :D

madlorific July 24 2011, 23:10:01 UTC

I think I might put a quick summary of the film's storyline on the next chapter for convenience. it's not terribly detailed. I'm avoiding including any actual dialogue from the film or much detail about it for a reason.

Say there's a novel written about an award-winning poet. And then some of the poet character's poetry is included in the novel, and everyone is all OMG IT'S GENIUS POETRY but you're aware that the author of the novel also wrote the poetry. And that's kind of gross. That's what I want to avoid. So I'm just describing the scenes that Sherlock and John are performing, but I'm not going to include much detail. That way later when the film is (spoiler, heh) critically acclaimed, you can fill in for yourself what about it was so good, aside from the performances.

lady_ganesh July 24 2011, 23:52:11 UTC

I approve of this plan. Especially since many times the OMG IT'S GENIUS POETRY is not that great. (See: Duma Key.)

madlorific July 24 2011, 23:54:02 UTC

This is why you make your artsy characters artists or musicians. Or actors! Then you can just talk about their brilliance without being tempted to try and show it.

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lindentreeisle July 24 2011, 23:07:09 UTC

God I love this fic. SO MUCH. SO VERY MUCH.

saathi1013 July 24 2011, 23:07:50 UTC

loving this. keep writing, please. I can't remember tracking a WiP this obsessively consistently in a long while...

madlorific July 24 2011, 23:13:14 UTC

*squeee* I'm so glad you're enjoying it. It is beyond fun to write. I've written 15,000 words of this in...um, about six days. O_O

saathi1013 July 25 2011, 00:18:34 UTC

It does seem like you're having fun with it, which is the best part! And now I am hella jealous of your output. DAMN.

madlorific July 25 2011, 00:32:51 UTC

Well, I've written over 80K words on Genie's blog in less than two months. I still think my record is 150K words of Brokeback fix in six weeks back in January of 2006. When it's coming, you run with it.

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