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Fic for lavvyan: Through a Glass, Darkly

Jun 12, 2011 09:28

Title: Through a Glass, Darkly
Recipient: lavvyan
Author: mainecoon76
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson, Moriarty, mention of Watson/Mary; everything else is in the eye of the beholder. Book Canon with a dash of Granada, some ideas borrowed from BBC.
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Betaed by mrs_sweetpeach, who once again spent a lot of time correcting my mistakes and discussing ( Read more... )

character: moriarty, character: holmes, source: granada, 2011: gift: fic, character: morstan, character: watson, pairing: holmes/watson, source: acd canon, pairing: watson/morstan

Comments 23

autumnatmidnite July 5 2011, 05:17:31 UTC

Oh. Oh. Ohhhh.

This has to be one of the best takes on the events surrounding FINA that I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading! I love how even though this was a reflective piece, you didn't have Holmes step a toe out of character or go ridiculously maudlin, only kept this quietly introspective. And kept everything in line with Canon, while still managing to make this seem so fresh.

I'm also more than a little tempted to have a good cry. But I mean that in the best possible way, because even with that epilogue, this was absolutely bittersweet and affecting all the way through. Not an easy feat to pull off, considering all the fics out there revolving around the hiatus. This one though... just, wow.

mainecoon76 July 6 2011, 10:11:48 UTC

*blushes*

Oh, wow. I'm really flattered :). You know, I'm so glad you're saying that, because I did wonder whether or not the world really needs another FINA fic. But it is fascinating to transfer ideas back and forth between canon and BBC, and I liked the BBC take on the Holmes/Moriarty relationship.

And FINA is just a bittersweet story, isn't it? I suppose that's why we all love it so much.

karadin July 5 2011, 13:26:43 UTC

Beautiful canon story, thank you!

mainecoon76 July 6 2011, 09:59:31 UTC

There can never be enough canon stories... :)

Glad you liked it!

innie_darling July 6 2011, 01:50:01 UTC

This is beautiful.

mainecoon76 July 6 2011, 13:03:08 UTC

Nice to know! :)

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mainecoon76 July 6 2011, 13:04:04 UTC

*beams*

xthursdaynextx July 20 2011, 19:46:15 UTC

I really liked this, especially how it was so obvious to the reader how Watson felt for Holmes but he remained oblivious, and his not understanding how pretending to be dying would hurt Watson. A nicely different take on Reichenbach and the things leading up to it that Watson doesn't get to see.

mainecoon76 July 22 2011, 19:13:14 UTC

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for telling me! It's not so easy to write something new about Reichenbach, there are so many great fics out there... so it's nice to know I managed at least to some degree. :)