The Relevance of Goodness

[mainecoon76]

Yes, it really seems that without holmestice, I wouldn't do any fic writing at all. At least I'd be finishing none. So here it is, my once-every-six-months fic, this time written for breathandflesh :

Title: The Relevance of Goodness
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Trevor, Holmes/Watson; both can be read as friendship or pre-slash. ACD canon.
Rating: G
Warnings:

Comments

[mainecoon76]

*Sits down to contemplate thought-provoking comment*

First, thank you for your wonderful feedback. It's about the nicest thing to say to a writer that a story is genuinely moving. But then the same is true of your brilliant recording. Thank you so much again!

The most interesting thing about canon!Trevor, imo, is Holmes's reaction to him. They are both friendless when they meet, and bond very quickly, which Holmes usually doesn't, except with Watson. Something about Victor must have been remarkable enough to genuinely spark Holmes' interest, but from the story itself we cannot tell what it is. So there's enough room for a fanfic to explore it. :)

My own interpretation is that Victor is too much like Holmes himself, sans the brilliant intellect, for them to really get along permanently, and Victor knows it. They understand each other's faults, but neither is patient and tolerant enough to forgive them. It would have distracted fom the story to explore this relationship in detail, but that's the backstory I had in mind.

Of course, the things you noted fit with this very well. Though I suppose it means that Victor, who is able to step back and be happy for Holmes, is a better man than he gives himself credit for.

- And now I'm going to find myself some podfic for my drive to work tomorrow. :)

[hardboiledbaby]

Something about Victor must have been remarkable enough to genuinely spark Holmes' interest, but from the story itself we cannot tell what it is. So there's enough room for a fanfic to explore it. :)
True! And I really enjoyed your take on it. Also, I do think that Victor as you've written him is a 'good' man; perhaps not in his own eyes by the lofty standards he described, but we the readers can see it in him. Another layer of meaning to the relevance of goodness. :)