Yuletide Reveal! Sherlock Holmes: Commonplaces and Merlin: That Shall Achieve The Sword

[astolat]

\o/

Commonplaces (2478 words)
Sherlock Holmes/Irene Adler
Only to be adored was, in the end, nothing; to be adored by someone worthy, everything.
Written for betareject!

Comments

[deepad]

Holmes and Irene would both find irresistible, even when they also found it maddening.

This is a very good point, and I think you illustrated it really well in your fic.

Also, you are weird and awesome for pulling out a 5,000 word treat while we are wibbling waiting for uploading to close. :D

(also also, thanks for all your hard work!)

[nicolasechs]

*Of course* you wrote my favorite story from this Yuletide and one of my favorite Merlin stories ever. After all, you've written some of my favorite stories in all the other fandoms I read. And this:

So, er, sequel coming soon?

Has me clapping my hands in glee. :)

Thank you again for writing this and for all the hard work you do for Yuletide every year!

[tricksterquinn]

...figures you wrote That Shall Achieve The Sword. It's the one I've been waiting with bated breath for the reveal on. Also, it means I now have two of your fics in the top tier of the Merlin recs post I'm in the middle of putting together.

Geez, astolat.

[marycrawford]

Awww, you wrote the Holmes/Adler (and Holmes/Watson) story! Yay!

I adore Irene Adler, but this is the first time I've read a story featuring her that worked for me. (I admit though, I am a sap and decided that Holmes would go back to Watson in all ways, after the end, so as to have a happy ending. *cough*)

You got no comments from me due to worries that I'd out myself by commenting on all the Holmes stories except my own, but I loved this story and recced it to Dorinda in chat. :-)

[destina]

I guessed the Merlin story was yours, in a conversation with various people about style; you are the master of 'get right to it' in stories. However, there is something you do which tips me off faster than the pacing; perhaps you can guess what it is. *g*

[astolat]

...the colons? :>

[destina]

:D :D