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Secondhand Sight

Jul 24, 2013 11:45

Title: Secondhand Sight
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gaslight, drabble

Comments 24

monkeybard July 25 2013, 00:48:22 UTC

Oh, very nice!

capt_facepalm August 6 2013, 03:55:22 UTC

Thank you!
This is one of my favourites from this month!

rojo3131 July 25 2013, 04:05:59 UTC

I quite like the painting you decided to make your story from. And one can only hope that little visit to the gallery won't trigger any nightmares or unwanted memories!

capt_facepalm August 6 2013, 02:30:06 UTC

Thanks you so much!
And you know my methods so well since you have correctly extrapolated that this little innocent visit to the gallery will cause Watson problems. After all, he hasn't moved from that painting in a long time.

pompey01 July 25 2013, 05:06:48 UTC

Aww, Holmes being tactful shows how much he cares!

capt_facepalm August 6 2013, 02:32:26 UTC

Thanks!
I have no doubt that Holmes cares very much. It is the Victorian constraints that force us to read between the lines.

med_cat July 26 2013, 00:26:09 UTC

Well-written and IC, as always :)

capt_facepalm August 6 2013, 02:33:13 UTC

Thanks! I am especially please when the characters ring true despite the limits of a drabble.

med_cat August 6 2013, 02:34:35 UTC

Yours always do :)

gardnerhill July 26 2013, 04:12:57 UTC

Lovely. Yeah, war has a way of tattooing images onto your brain - some use ink, and some use paint, to soothe them.

capt_facepalm August 6 2013, 02:55:52 UTC

Thanks!
Holmes has come to face the fact that something is wrong with Watson. This was in the days before PTSD was invented, and his otherwise fine, upstanding fellow lodger definitely has a problem. In fact, neither of them understand it. Watson is sure that six months time and three continents distance would have relieved him of any war stress. Holmes is not so sure.

gardnerhill August 7 2013, 04:59:10 UTC

Poor fellow - imagine living at a time when the only name people had for PTSD was "cowardice." It's a good thing Holmes is smarter than the average Victorian.

capt_facepalm August 9 2013, 01:00:25 UTC

Yes, I think this is a major crux for Watson. Not only that other people might think him a coward, but that he is uncertain what the problem is, and he is probably very scared. Not something you can talk about in those days. So, if Holmes is a very observant man, the one thing that he is sure of is that Watson is not a coward.