Fic: Living with Ghosts (Part 1 of 2)

[daylyn]

Title: Living with Ghosts
Author: Daylyn
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Not mine, although actually in the public domain. No profit is intended.
Warnings: AU (Sherlock Holmes is a ghost); Character Death (um… Sherlock Holmes is a ghost).

Summary: Watson remembers.

Author’s Note: Many (many) months ago, nlr-alicia

Comments

[evilleaper]

I am so looking forward to reading this. I am off to uni tomorrow but I will be sure to read on Sunday when I can relax again. Thank you for posting.

[daylyn]

Enjoy! I have to admit that I'm actually very pleased with the way this fic turned out. I truly hope you like it.

[prologi]

Oh, I'm liking this rather a lot. It's a fantastic little universe, the characters are so very themselves, and your prose is very pleasant to read.

The only bit I'm not sure about are the short scenes with Watson in the hospital. They do add something to the overall atmosphere, but I can't help but think that maybe they would work better in a more visual medium.

Off to part 2!

(This is playing merry hell with my NaNoWriMo, and I don't even care.)

[daylyn]

I can't help but think that maybe they would work better in a more visual medium.

That's interesting. One of my beta's first comments is that this almost seemed like a movie.

I do understand what you're saying about the hospital scenes. There were times when I was writing it I was like, "Oh dear lord, another hospital scene." It was, in some ways, a formatting choice. I wanted to differentiate between the present and the past, so I alternated each scene -- hospital, memory, hospital, memory, etc. I thought it would be easier to follow the timelines by remaining consistent. I guess I could have italicized the scenes from the past to also differentiate them, but that always irks me in fics (and I just skim over the italicized sections without really reading them).

But I'm glad you liked it anyway. Thank you.

[ree_rhea]

Oh how heartbreaking.
...off to read the next part.
~rhea

[daylyn]

Thanks!

[yaoimusings]

This is amazing. Poor Watson thinks he's going nuts at first, but at least he gets a good laugh out of it. I'd think my sanity had been lost, too.

It's sad, certainly, but I can't help but find myself snickering while reading this every now and then. Like this line:

"I did not think it would behoove my professional reputation if I constantly had to explain why I was talking to myself."

Fantastic. I'm so off to read the next part.

[daylyn]

It's funny -- I guess because I knew how it ended, I never really saw the story as sad. Angsty, yes, but I knew they had their happy ending. I'm glad that a little bit of humor came across -- since I think that Watson was definitely snickering from time to time.

[yaoimusings]

Yes, I think knowing how something ends definitely makes a difference. I can't imagine the times Holmes must have been deliberately obnoxious after they'd quarreled or something...

[liederlady221b]

*cries*

Oh! You've broken me. But it's okay. This is beautiful. And gut wrenching. And ...

*clicks Part 2*

[daylyn]

Thank you!