Fic: Bel Canto - 11/16 (BBC Sherlock)

May 17, 2013 20:57

Title: Bel Canto
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 6.8k out of 126k
Betas: vyctori, seijichan, lifeonmars
Disclaimer: Do not own.
Summary: After years of waiting for wealthy patrons to faint, Dr John Watson discovers a far more interesting patient in the opera house basement. (AU through a Phantom of the Opera lens.)
Warnings: Violence, internalized homophobia, eventual character ( Read more... )

character: molly hooper, pairing: sherlock/john, fic: bel canto, fandom: bbc sherlock, rating: pg13, length: epic, character: original, character: stanley hopkins, character: mycroft holmes, character: john watson, character: sherlock holmes, character: mrs. hudson

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bendingsignpost May 25 2013, 00:33:33 UTC
Misdirection is one of the biggest parts of magic, you know. :P

(He goes through pretty much everything that can be thrown at him, and sheer determination and lack of realizing his own damage keeps him standing.)

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rifleman_s May 18 2013, 21:01:29 UTC
Above and beyond the call of duty - self-inflicted poison/vomiting - oh John!

Such suffering in this chapter and seemingly not really any further on . . .

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bendingsignpost May 25 2013, 00:35:55 UTC
Nope, this chapter was meant to bring things down to the wire and bring in the opera.

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rachelindeed May 18 2013, 21:04:39 UTC
“Thank you, Mr Jamison,” John says sincerely. He gives his shoulder a gentle squeeze. “You’ve been a great help.”

No, Mr. Jamison. I don't believe you have.

Despite the Vernet mess, John still defaults to assuming the person in front of him is decent. He's not totally broken, which is nice, even when he's totally wrong. I think he's wrong, anyway. We'll see :)

It’s not the drink that has been poisoned. It’s the cups.It's EVIL Birling Day :( And no one is Miss Marple ( ... )

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bendingsignpost May 25 2013, 00:44:14 UTC
It is evil Birling Day! I couldn't resist the shout out.

I think Holmes would probably rather see the opera house wrecked than see his opera wrecked. Except that Mrs. Hudson cried at the thought of losing that job, and I like to think he'd put his masterpiece in the shooting gallery for her.

You pretty much nailed it. Also, he's back to being angry with the piece because of John.

I used to do theatre in high school, and I must say that scene of everyone going out for coffee, logistics and gossip felt very true to life, with nice period details (that bootblack!)

I also had theatre in high school, sans bootblack. We had an issue of illness and vomiting, so the winnowing of the cast came from that. And then Cabin Pressure provided a good mechanism.

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tintop_lizzy May 19 2013, 23:41:08 UTC
I am insanely pleased to see you duplicating stuff to AO3. I d/l your stuff there regularly.

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bendingsignpost May 25 2013, 00:44:22 UTC
Aww, thanks!

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