If Watson Were a Poet (Gen)

[numberthescars]

Title: If Watson Were a Poet, or 5 Sonnets John Wrote and One He Never Finished with Commentary by Sherlock Holmes
Characters: John, Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Length: 2000 words
Summary: what it says on the tin. Slightly cracky Shakespeare-Sherlock crossover (Shakeslock?).
Notes: I tried to get this to fit the timeline according to the show and John's blog,

Comments

[anonymous]

Iambic pentameter...

Sherlock...

Uhm. Did I by any chance stumble across you on Omegle a couple of days ago? :D

MS

[numberthescars]

Yay thanks for commenting! Also, what's Omegle? (I guess that's a no then?? pleased to make your acquaintance now though!)

[magzness]

Ahhh I was smiling so hard and then oof. I wonder how Mycroft got a hold of the last one? Sherlock's comments are great. Just a little thing--in S1 E2, Sherlock corrects "persevered" even though it's right...?

[numberthescars]

Yay you're back with the pretty pretty icon! I hope the end came across as hopeful as opposed to depressing... : (
Also, thank you so much for catching that! I fixed (er...unfixed?) it. ^_^

[magzness]

verily! I've been checking back every day once in a while because I really want to read Nomino but I'm waiting until--actually I don't know why I'm waiting. I guess I want to keep the number of WIPs I'm tracking to a minimum. xD anyway, don't worry, it's not terribly depressing but it just--even the smallest thing about Reichenbach hits me hard. and no problem!

[numberthescars]

I totally understand about RF. There's really only one cure: go for straight for the fluff. I recommend some vids too. Then: let the drinking games begin (if you're legally allowed to drink. Kids, don't drink! its bad! there, I have fulfilled my adult responsibilities ^_^). A shot every time John says "Sherlock" and even RF would start to sound funny.

And so sorry about NOMINO! It's been going through a bit of a transformation, because I had originally not planned on giving Molly her own voice AT ALL (it was going to be a John POV straight through) but I got stuck and realized the problem was than I need Molly. So...a chapter will come soon! And Molly gets to be BAMF! I hope it lives up to your expectations.

[pennswoods]

This is all things hilarious, sweet, and brilliant in format. What a terrific encapsulation of the series so far.

[numberthescars]

Wow, thank you! That's exactly what I was going for. It's great to hear that the sonnets weren't such a turn-off. I was a little worried that they were so bad they'd be virtually unreadable...
In full disclosure, this was betaed by my mum. Who is a professional poet. Her reaction: "This is....interesting."
Numbers: "It's sort of a spoof. Funny, you know."
Mum: "Oh! Oh, so they're meant to be bad. that's good then."
Numbers: ... FML

[arianedevere]

Oh lord, I love these so much! I was giggling all the way through, until I saw the email to S Sigerson and then gulped and wondered whether to continue. Glad I did, but John's last poem nearly drove me to tears. So glad Sherlock's coming home to him!

This was really clever and inventive. Marvellous! Memming like woah.

[numberthescars]

Thank you so much! Sorry the last poem made you so sad, I just felt there was no other way to sum up ep 3...glad you thought the angst was worth it in the end. ^_^

[labellecreation]

John's bad poetry and Sherlock's corrections, both so delightful I laughed so much and the e-mails too, then the last one :-) my heart went aww he mastered it in his grief. I loved it.

[numberthescars]

Thanks! Yes, I think we're all with Sherlock--good thing John became a doctor, not a poet. ^_^ SO happy to hear you liked the last poem...I really tried to make that one both better written than the previous five and at the same time feel unfinished. But yeah, poetry is fricking hard. I have so much respect for people who write it for real.

[labellecreation]

the A-Z was key to the code yellow,
and the pa PA nearly [died] no she didn’t when [?find rhyme with yellow?]. I’d give up now

the A-Z was key to the code yellow,
left the PA faint. (Nine mil from her fellow.)

I got an A in English Lang GCSE.^ How did I do?

[numberthescars]

EXCELLENT. Sherlock approves too. *thumbs up*