fic: your heaven's trying everything (to break me down)

[bittereternity]

Title: your heaven's trying everything (to break me down)
Fandom: Elementary
Characters: Joan Watson, Joan & Sherlock
Words: ~1.4k
Warnings: General spoilers for the first few episodes, but nothing in particular.
Notes: I started writing this after the first episode. Yeah, no, seriously. I kept changing things about it until I realized that I'm

Comments

[lyssie]

yes, this. Exactly. I love how this delves into Joan, how it puts her in the spotlight and twists and turns to remind us that it isn't just Serlock and his addiction that the show has to detail and overcome.

Here’s the thing no one understands about her choice to be a sober companion: the reason she’s so good is because she knows what being an addict feels like.

Here’s the thing about addiction: drugs aren't defined by simple chemistry. Drugs don’t need to be tangible, physical for them to create an addiction.

These two lines ring so true to me, with how Joan has reacted to everything. It's obvious she takes life straight-on, with both hands. But even that can be an addiction, and I love the idea that she enjoyed playing God (who doesn't, in the end).

*happysigh* This was lovely. =D

[bittereternity]

thank you so much for reading! ♥
yeah, i think people sometimes tend to forget that Watson was *more* than just Holmes' companion! In this case, I think in order to be good at her job, she must have somehow gotten first-hand experience of what an addiction feels like, and (imo) becoming addicted to her work sort of explains why she backtracked when her patient died.

(or, it could just be me grappling blindly for some Watson backstory.)

[bittereternity]

Thank you! I'm not sure how much I like the show yet but I've come to like Watson a lot as well. *g*

[odakota_rose]

I don't know how to say this other than wow. Brilliantly done, totally in character, and I love how you've pulled together all the little threads of details about Joan that are hinted at but never quite elaborated on.

[bittereternity]

Thank you so much for reading! <3

[foxrafer]

This is a really good character study with some interesting observations of Watson.

[bittereternity]

Thank you!