Comments | awanderingbard: Nero Wolfe: Cut off At the Knees

awanderingbard

Nero Wolfe: Cut off At the Knees

Apr 05, 2017 10:25

Title: Cut off at the Knees
Characters: Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, Saul Panzer, Fritz Brenner, Orrie Cather, Fred Durkin, Inspector Kramer
Pairings: none, passing reference to Archie/Lily Rowan
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: assault and injuries inccured
Word count: 4,105
Summary: Archie takes a beating, requiring Wolfe to adapt to temporary life ( Read more... )

rating: pg-13, length: oneshot, fandom: nero wolfe

Comments 3

donutsweeper April 5 2017, 16:57:28 UTC

Oh my GOD, this is WONDERFUL!!! I love your Wolfe voice, it's so true to canon it reads like Stout himself could have written it. Wonderful, fic. Absolutely AMAZING!!

awanderingbard April 5 2017, 17:10:58 UTC

Hee! Thank you, dear! I'm so glad you liked it. I really loved the prompt, so thanks for putting it out into the world, even if it wasn't directed at me and I came in and yoinked it. I'm glad Wolfe sounded like himself, he's sort of a tough nut to crack. Though I found it kind of interesting that when I'm writing from Archie's POV, Archie is this suave, debonair, witty guy who looks after a childish recluse, but when I started writing on Wolfe's side, Wolfe became a measured, quiet, stoic man and Archie turned into a five-year-old. It was fun to explore.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment!

donutsweeper April 5 2017, 17:22:39 UTC

Lol, I love your comment that the POV change flips the way the characters seem. It's the sign of nuanced personalities and characteristics because for all Wolfe sees Archie as this sort of irascible annoyance (and Archie seeing Wolfe as a sort of childish recluse) there's also that deeper sense of acknowledging it's only a small facet of the other character overall.