Meta about Meta, and John H. Watson, M.D.

[alixtii]

My post the other night on person and tense was, admittedly, about equal parts tl;dr and navel-gazing (but then, that can describe most non-fiction posts in this journal), but its contents did also point towards a conclusion that I didn't draw then but will now: that our talk of "tenses" and "persons" in reference to fiction are oversimplifications

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[wisdomeagle]

(This line of logic leaves us to assume that all of the people who searched out Holmes to solve their mysteries within the canon after reading Watson's accounts didn't understand the notion of fiction.)

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[alixtii]

It's a little odd because I just left a comment in Kristina's blog deconstructing the notion of fiction, but certainly the denizens of Victorian/Edwardian London would have recognized a difference.

[ladyvivien]

interesting, especially as I'm currently reading the Mary Russell books...

[alixtii]

I know the basic outline of the Mary Russell books, but now that I think about it I don't know their POV. Limited third? First with Mary narrating?

[drifterskip]

Well, now I have the desire to go and read as much of the Sherlockian canon as I can. Or anything SH, really. I was always a big fan of John Watson, puzzlings over the wandering war wound aside.

[alixtii]

Well, you'd probably enjoy "Requiem," if I may pimp myself, although its Watson content is very limited.

[drifterskip]

Pimp away, mate. I will certainly give it a look.

[alixtii]

You have the link?