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"Red Gold" (Sherlock Holmes Pirate AU), JWP Practice Prompt #3

Apr 21, 2014 22:56

Title: Red Gold
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (“Study in Crimson” pirate AU)
Pairing: None
Word Count: 1491
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Violence, gore.
Summary: Sometimes you’ve just gotta say “Screw the Prime Directive.”
Author's Notes: For the 2014 JWP Practice Prompt #3: Action!
( Pipe the lubbers aboard! )

watsons woes july prompt, fanfic, a study in crimson, sherlock holmes

Comments 4

only_po April 23 2014, 04:58:38 UTC

Love this! Pirates being pirates, wounded!Jack, Shear-Lock with a new trophy for his collection, Wiggins waiting until he was done before fainting (not that I entirely blame him; it takes more nerve to hurt someone to help them than it does if you *want* to hurt them). I do worry about the notoriety Dr. Jack is making for himself, though. The more recognizable a man is, the more visible a target he becomes.

However, that does explain how the circumstances came about in the very first installation you posted for this series. (Don't suppose you'd reconsider the fates of a couple key crewmates, in that first story?)

gardnerhill April 25 2014, 03:24:20 UTC

The very first installment was the story "A Study In Crimson" for the Watson's Woes 2011 July 4 prompt. Do you mean that one?

capt_facepalm April 26 2014, 07:08:51 UTC

Yarr! This certainly is an action-packed chapter in the Study in Crimson universe! You have a good balance between the violence and action in the first scene, and the reflection afterward. I like how the Bakers are a bit thirsty for action after a long period of running and hiding. "Be we rabbits, or be we foxes?" Foxes indeed. Also, that Watson is action-oriented and still manages a degree of humanity is a very nice touch! I cannot wait for them to catch up to Milverton. It will be interesting to see if you have him (Milverton) make a valiant stand, or act like a sniveling coward.

gardnerhill April 26 2014, 17:20:45 UTC

This prompt was a godsend - I realized that my pirate saga had gotten way too talky lately. Sometimes you just have to follow the advice of Nate, the veteran pirate in the comic strip Overboard: "Take two swords and hack at everything that moves."

Not sure yet how Milverton will behave. Sometimes those frightened rats have a nasty bite when they're cornered.