[Sherlock Holmes ACD] --- Beyond Recognition (JWP#04 2017)

[alaylith]

Title: Beyond Recognition
Theme: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts 2017
Prompt: To the Makeup Table! Focus on Holmes and/or Watson in disguise - for a case, or for any other reason.
Author: Alaylith
Rating: General Audiences
Universe: ACD
Characters: Holmes, Watson
WordCount: 226
Summary: A diguise is not the only way to be unrecognizable.

Comments

[capt_facepalm]

Ouch. So much angst. (Glorious, glorious angst!)

[alaylith]

Being mean never felt better. ^.^

[gardnerhill]

A ya! Pain is a terrible disguise.

[alaylith]

Grief even more so. :(

[gardnerhill]

Much as I grieved the loss of David Burke in the post-Reichenbach Granada Holmes, it almost made visual sense to replace him with an actor who looked older, greyer, sadder, even shorter.

[thewhitelily]

Oh wow, what a great concept, that Holmes didn't even recognise Watson on that first encounter! I have chills from this.

[rojo3131]

Oh lovely, unexpected angst! I really like this piece; we always assume Holmes recognised his best friend from the first time he saw him; what a painful scenario to contemplate and for the detective to unknowingly find out his friend lost his family, aged so much in such a short amount of time, became almost an alcoholic and is a step away from the grave.