Comments | parrotfic: fic: Never Look Back (John/Sherlock, Sherlock BBC/A Study In Emerald)

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fic: Never Look Back (John/Sherlock, Sherlock BBC/A Study In Emerald)

Oct 29, 2010 20:13

Title: Never Look Back
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)/A Study In Emerald (H.P. Lovecraft's mythos)
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Rating: R
Word count: 5600
Warnings (highlight to read): ( skip) graphic violence, gore, Lovecraftian insanity
Summary: "Thus always to tyrants, then?" John says, inspecting the polished metal. Just yesterday, it had been smeared with ( Read more... )

john/sherlock, slash, sherlock (bbc), crossover

Comments 23

elethoniel October 31 2010, 12:42:40 UTC

This was absolutely brilliant. Am off to discover H.P. Lovecraft now (I had A Study in Emerald saved on my laptop, but had no idea it was a crossover!) feel slightly ashamed I've not read anything by him before.

I really do love this fic though!

thedeadparrot November 1 2010, 01:35:00 UTC

Thanks! Um, I would not actually recommend Lovecraft myself, since his prose tends towards the purple, and he has pretty much some of the worst racism I've seen in a twentieth-century author. I do enjoy the mythos, though, and the way people play with it. Maybe it would be more entertaining to watch The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu instead.

ravenskyewalker October 31 2010, 18:05:34 UTC

Ooh, wowwww... I just recently read "A Study in Emerald," thought it was brilliant, and so wanted to read more of what might come next. Thanks for this piece!

thedeadparrot November 1 2010, 01:36:02 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

nataliadarimini November 1 2010, 13:29:41 UTC

I love this ridiculously much. Just, like, crooning to my laptop while I'm reading it.

thedeadparrot November 2 2010, 02:22:30 UTC

Thank you! I'm thrilled you enjoyed it that much!

slashygood November 11 2010, 09:41:03 UTC

I clicked on this from someone's memories without thinking, and got a thrill up and down my spine when I realised what it was, it didn't disappoint! Not sure what else to say except that I loved this, and your integration of BBC Sherlock characters into the Study in Emerald world feels very real and complete and delicious! Thank you!

thedeadparrot November 12 2010, 02:24:19 UTC

Thank you for the comment! It was fun reimagining them in this context, so I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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thedeadparrot December 3 2010, 11:43:38 UTC

Thanks for reading! Yeah, Gaiman planted the image of Watson with his knives in my mind and I couldn't quite get it out. I'm glad you enjoyed it!