Comments | keerawa: Fic: Playing God [BBC Sherlock]

keerawa

Fic: Playing God [BBC Sherlock]

Jul 09, 2015 15:49

Title: Playing God
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rating: PG
Characters: John Watson
Length: 221b
Alternate Link: AO3
Author's Notes: Written for the watsons_woes JWP 2015 Prompt #9: Healer's Choice. Unbeta'd.
Summary: No one questioned my decision in the moment, or at any time afterwards.

( Playing God )

sherlock, 221b, fic

Comments 6

pompey01 July 10 2015, 16:46:09 UTC

Barrons died? Oh what a shame. // sarcasm

I don't blame John in the least.

keerawa July 11 2015, 00:57:38 UTC

Well, he blames himself, or at least thinks that he should.

Thanks, pompey01!

hardboiledbaby July 12 2015, 21:30:00 UTC

No excuse, but hopefully no regrets. John is a practical man. Nice one, thanks for sharing :)

keerawa July 12 2015, 21:45:40 UTC

I think that John doesn't regret it, but feels he should. Thank you, hardboiledbaby!

methylviolet10b July 20 2015, 05:16:47 UTC

Given that John is used to making life-and-death choices, I can't see him regretting saving the valuable life over the criminal's, no matter what others might say. He might know that he would be expected to regret it, but I can't actually think he would. Not much, anyway.

Nice fic!

keerawa July 20 2015, 23:28:48 UTC

John's training and experience showed him that Sherlock was not in any immediate danger from his injuries, whereas Barrons would die if not given immediate care.

So choosing to look after Sherlock was 'a bit not good'. Then again, John's moral system is not the conventional one. And I think you're right. He doesn't regret it.

Thanks for the comment!