Comments | marysutherland: Sherlockmas Summer Vacay fic: While the Cat's Away. 2, We're All Going on a Summer Holiday (1/2)

marysutherland

Sherlockmas Summer Vacay fic: While the Cat's Away. 2, We're All Going on a Summer Holiday (1/2)

Aug 08, 2012 21:34

BBC Sherlock

Rating 15 (explicit het)

Summary: Sarah never falls for the right sort of man.

Betaed by the wonderful 2ndskin

NOTE: This was written for Prompt 78 of the Sherlockmas Summer Vacay festival: "John/Sarah; When Sherlock's away, John tracks her down hoping for another chance."

It's not essential to have read my previous Sherlockmas story ( Read more... )

het, sarah's pov, hurt/comfort

Comments 4

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 livejournal August 8 2012, 22:20:44 UTC

User dancy_dreamer referenced to your post from Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 saying: [...] by (Holmes/Watson | R | BBC) We're All Going on a Summer Holiday [...]

kalypso_v August 9 2012, 02:46:06 UTC

That's the best explanation - well, quite possibly the only explanation - I've seen of the dichotomy between Sarah hurling herself at John in the interview and him sleeping on the sofa...

marysutherland August 11 2012, 06:48:12 UTC

I've seen some fans very anti-Sarah because she lets John get away with sleeping on the job, but given that John immediately hits on a number of attractive woman and lets Sherlock get away with so much, that seems rather double standards. I think Sarah is one of the best bits of The Blind Banker. The script has her as John's age (and ZT is only a couple of years younger than MF), she has a responsible job, she's brave and funny about the first attack at the Chinese circus and she's one of the few women who are able to cope with Sherlock without losing their cool. I know she ends up being a damsel in distress, but I think almost anyone would be terrified in that situation ( ... )

kalypso_v August 11 2012, 11:18:37 UTC

Oh, absolutely the best bit of The Blind Banker (once she's got past past the male fantasy of gorgeous female boss instantly throwing herself at writer's viewpoint character). I could have done with a lot more of brave and resourceful Sarah.

And I like this account in parallel with Summertime Blues, because it highlights that she's a mature pragmatist, who understands John clearly enough to see that it's not a good idea long-term while fully appreciating his appeal. Whereas Kate is a young romantic, still willing to stake everything on a crazy love.