A Terribly Titled Fanfiction (part 2)

[hoc_voluerunt]

         “Watson!”

I heard Holmes’ muffled shout from below, probably delivered from the bottom of the stairs to my room, but I did not answer.

“You have been suspiciously silent up there for some time now,” Holmes continued. “Are you alright?”

Once more, I did not answer, my eyes and mind more than occupied by the little glass vial in my hand.

Comments

[w_a_i_d]

The fic is gorgeous. Poor, poor Watson, and go Holmes

[hoc_voluerunt]

Thank you very, very much!
You're probably right, about the notes, and I do very much appreciate the feedback. I'm probably going to go through and take the notes out and make a new post for them (although who knows how well that'll actually work, judging by my past record in editing posts...). So thank you!
I'm terribly sorry, though. I did try to cut down on the annotations within the story (trust me, it was even worse before), and I wasn't quite sure about the notes at all, but I'm just afraid that I'm going to put in all this work and then no one will notice because I made it way too subtle or something... thank you!

[w_a_i_d]

Oh trust me, I get it, and no need to say sorry at all! I'm pretty sure I've done the real life equivalent ("Did you see how this foreshadows that? Because it does. You didn't get that? OH NOOOO!") What you've got to bear in mind is that every writer you've ever loved, pro or amateur, has had that same worry -- except when they were worrying they were being too in-your-face obvious and clunky. And you know, you, as a reader, probably DIDN'T get every little nuance they worked so hard to craft. But that doesn't mean the work was wasted, because it's still part of what made you feel for the characters, relish the prose, etc.

I'm really glad you responded positively to my comment -- it really is a measure of how much I liked the story! Very touching stuff, the way suicide has come to seem a completely rational, sensible course of action to poor Watson rings painfully true.

[hoc_voluerunt]

You're right, in every way. Thank you for that.
And thank you simply for reading!

[john_loves_paul]

I love this so much!!! Poor Watson indeed but Holmes is so sweet and caring

[hoc_voluerunt]

Thank you!

[hoc_voluerunt]

Thanks!

[vsee]

Wow. I am so glad I found this story, even if I am kind of late getting here. This is really lovely.

[hoc_voluerunt]

Oh, well, thank you very much! (I sure don't mind if you're late...)

Might I ask how you found it, late as you are? Were you just trawling through some archives?

[vsee]

That's what I was doing, but it was one of those very convoluted things where you click on one thing and another and another until you are lost. :) I'm really not sure how I found it, other than I had a craving for something canon based. I'm not reading BBC based fic at the moment. (I don't object to it, but I haven't been drawn in.)

[tripleransom]

I wanted to leave you an even later comment and tell you that I loved this fic. I loved how kind Holmes is and your vivid description of Watson's PTSD and how Holmes helped him banish it with a kind of ritual 'bathing magic'.
I've read a lot of fic and wanted you to know that I think you have written a very fresh and original take on STUD. I hope you have continued to write.

[hoc_voluerunt]

Wow, thank you!! Comments are always appreciated, however late they are.

Your words are greatly appreciated. I've always looked back on this piece with a lot of trepidation (I have more than a few qualms with it as an old and inexperienced piece of work...), so your positivity is refreshing. Thank you!

(I have continued to write, since you ask, but I moved over to Ao3 a little while ago. You can find my new (and some of the old) stuff over there.)