The Theory of Narrative Causality (2b/5ish)
anonymous
May 21 2011, 19:15:22 UTC
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
Sorry, was a bit amazed, hit Send too soon. So I, uh. That's pretty amazing.
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
Sorry, right, that doesn't quite cover it. That's brilliant. How d'you do that? I mean, I guess you could know the army doctor, working at a surgery thing if you were stalking me, but the PTSD? and the reading Doyle's stories when I was a kid?
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
If you say 'Elementary, my dear Watson,' I will hunt you down.
:D
From: consulting_detective, To: jumperfucker,
You're babbling.
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
I'm aware of that, yeah.
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
Also, you're stalling.
From: consulting_detective, To: jumperfucker,
Oh, fine. The medical studies are obvious - you speak of medicine yourself at length in your journal, protesting against a certain type of drug, making a celebratory post about that AIDS breakthrough a few weeks ago, you probably don't quite realize it yourself you are knowledgeable in military matters, more so than anybody else in this fandom. You mentioned having had a gun in your hand and riding a chopper in the past, and you've talked at length on the situation in the Middle East recently; you're clearly directly affected by it. Hence, military doctor, simple enough.
You have talked of pains in your shoulder and your leg without extrapolating on them; you seem relatively unfazed by the shoulder ache, but increasingly irritated by your leg, which means the reasons for each are different. You accept the shoulder wound because you consider it justified by your past; so, wounded in action. But your leg plays up when it should not, most likely from a psychosomatic limp, of which you are aware but unable to get rid. Your working daily at the local surgery fits in with the logical continuity of your medical knowledge.
Your relationship with sarah_s is a close one, and you've several times mentioned having lunch with her; however, you've also made a point of not meeting fandom friends offline, and of reserving this for people you know from everyday meetings. You lead a very busy, tiring day, if your complaints of paperwork and long hours are to be believed, and would not take several hours off on a weekday merely to have lunch with a friend. So you're working together, and are eating out on your lunch hour for company. You are informal with each other, but there is a slight awkwardness to your relationship, especially when you mention going out with someone, which can only fit new acquaintances - a level you have already passed through - or lovers turned friends again, unwilling to pry in their ex's affairs.
As for fanfiction, I should think that was obvious. Your past still haunts you, but you clearly enjoy writing your stories, and generally favour John Watson's POV, which, knowing your history, indicates that you are projecting your own experiences into them. It is quite a common means of coping with their pasts for invalidated soldiers to write down their experiences, and clearly your psychiatrist has put you up to it. You do it in quite a derived way, but you do it nonetheless.
Satisfied?
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
Wow.
No, hold on, I need to reread this.
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
What about the bit about my reading the Doyle stories when I was a kid?
From: consulting_detective, To: jumperfucker,
You said so yourself.
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
Did I?
From: consulting_detective, To: jumperfucker,
Yes.
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
How'd you know I have a psychiatrist, though?
From: consulting_detective, To: jumperfucker,
You are an ex-army doctor with a psychosomatic limp. Of course you've got a psychiatrist.
From: consulting_detective, To: jumperfucker,
John?
From: jumperfucker, To: consulting_detective,
Rrrrrrrright, hold on, still need to swallow this.
To: consulting_detective,
Sorry, was a bit amazed, hit Send
too soon. So I, uh. That's pretty
amazing.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
Sorry, right, that doesn't quite cover
it. That's brilliant. How d'you do that?
I mean, I guess you could know the
army doctor, working at a surgery
thing if you were stalking me, but
the PTSD? and the reading Doyle's
stories when I was a kid?
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
If you say 'Elementary, my dear
Watson,' I will hunt you down.
:D
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
You're babbling.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
I'm aware of that, yeah.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
Also, you're stalling.
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
Oh, fine. The medical studies are
obvious - you speak of medicine
yourself at length in your journal,
protesting against a certain type
of drug, making a celebratory post
about that AIDS breakthrough a
few weeks ago, you probably don't
quite realize it yourself you are
knowledgeable in military matters,
more so than anybody else in this
fandom. You mentioned having
had a gun in your hand and riding
a chopper in the past, and you've
talked at length on the situation in
the Middle East recently; you're
clearly directly affected by it.
Hence, military doctor, simple
enough.
You have talked of pains in your
shoulder and your leg without
extrapolating on them; you seem
relatively unfazed by the shoulder
ache, but increasingly irritated by
your leg, which means the reasons
for each are different. You accept
the shoulder wound because you
consider it justified by your past;
so, wounded in action. But your
leg plays up when it should not,
most likely from a psychosomatic
limp, of which you are aware but
unable to get rid. Your working
daily at the local surgery fits in
with the logical continuity of your
medical knowledge.
Your relationship with sarah_s
is a close one, and you've several
times mentioned having lunch with
her; however, you've also made a
point of not meeting fandom friends
offline, and of reserving this for
people you know from everyday
meetings. You lead a very busy,
tiring day, if your complaints of
paperwork and long hours are to
be believed, and would not take
several hours off on a weekday
merely to have lunch with a friend.
So you're working together, and
are eating out on your lunch hour
for company. You are informal with
each other, but there is a slight
awkwardness to your relationship,
especially when you mention going
out with someone, which can only
fit new acquaintances - a level
you have already passed through
- or lovers turned friends again,
unwilling to pry in their ex's affairs.
As for fanfiction, I should think that
was obvious. Your past still haunts
you, but you clearly enjoy writing
your stories, and generally favour
John Watson's POV, which, knowing
your history, indicates that you are
projecting your own experiences
into them. It is quite a common
means of coping with their pasts
for invalidated soldiers to write down
their experiences, and clearly your
psychiatrist has put you up to it. You
do it in quite a derived way, but you
do it nonetheless.
Satisfied?
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
Wow.
No, hold on, I need to reread this.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
What about the bit about my
reading the Doyle stories when
I was a kid?
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
You said so yourself.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
Did I?
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
Yes.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
How'd you know I have a
psychiatrist, though?
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
You are an ex-army doctor with
a psychosomatic limp. Of course
you've got a psychiatrist.
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
John?
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
Rrrrrrrright, hold on, still need
to swallow this.
Reply
To: consulting_detective,
Nope, sorry, still amazing. It's
got to be tremendous work,
remembering all these things,
how'd you do that? It's
extraordinary.
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
Do you think so?
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
'Course I do. It's amazing.
Surely you know that.
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
It's not what people usually say.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
What do people usually say?
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
GTFO.
Or, alternatively, DIAF.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
LOL.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
Seriously though, I feel a bit
like the original John Watson
must have felt when Holmes
deduced the shit out of him
in STUD
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
The original John Watson.
From: jumperfucker,
To: consulting_detective,
Oh, you know what I mean.
From: consulting_detective,
To: jumperfucker,
Yes, John, I rather think I do.
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