Bonus Gift for tocourtdisaster: Failing and Flying

[holmesticemods]

Title: Failing and Flying
Recipient: tocourtdisaster
Author: [to be revealed]
Characters: John Watson; mention of others
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Summary: Later on that night, as he took to the internet to find out more about the man he might share a flat with soon, he had no reason to think that the man would be the Daedalus to his Icarus. That Sherlock Holmes

Comments

[tocourtdisaster]

Oh, this is gorgeous! I love the mythical comparison and how it fits them so perfectly. It's not something I would have ever thought of, but it fits. I absolutely love this insight into John's mind. Thank you so very much!

[dreambrother89]

I'm really glad you liked your gift :-) I'm sorry it was late, life went super crazy around the time of submitting and it took ages to transfer words to paper (well, file). I read the poem somewhere and the last two lines really struck me, and made me think of John.

Happy New Year!

[exbex]

Brilliant. I love John's insight, and the interpretation of Icarus is intriguing. The way you used language, also, really let's the theme shine.

[dreambrother89]

Thank you so much for your words :-) I was quite unsure of the language in this, thought it felt too simple and repetitive, but I'm glad it worked for you.

[eanor]

Wow, this is beautiful! I love the imagery you used, closely connected to the Greek Myth. Yes, I can totally see how Sherlock is the sun, burning everyone daring to come too close! But John knows this and - this part is what I love best - still risks falling for having experienced greatness once. Oh, how beautiful and what an intriguing thought!

[dreambrother89]

That's exactly what captured me about the Gilbert poem - how you have a certain judgement about a person's actions and suddenly someone comes around and says no, his falling wasn't a failure, it was simply an end to a victory. The poem did all the hard work, I just had to bring in John and Sherlock.

Glad you liked! Thanks so much for telling me so.

[lbmisscharlie]

This is really lovely: a great interpretation of the myth and brilliant characterization of John as thrilled by all he can possibly experience but resigned to its eventual ending.

[dreambrother89]

Thank you :-) I loved how you can view the same actions and consequences from two differing points of view and have it be justified by one, villified by the other. John maybe be thought a sidekick but that's not really the whole story, is it? How many people can say they've been a sidekick to Sherlock Holmes?

[shefa]

Oh, very nice. So appropriate to use a mythical structure as framework for these two. Love the tone of the writing, too. Nicely done!