Sherlock Fic: Arcana 2b/4

Jun 13, 2013 13:28


Because LJ loves to make our lives difficult, this chapter is split between two posts. See the first half here.
read the second half here. )

arcana, fandom: sherlock (bbc), fic

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rosa_acicularis June 14 2013, 02:30:37 UTC
I don't know if he's going to constantly harass her about it wanting to see more and more or if he'll do himself damage trying to delete a branch of knowledge he knows nothing about let alone hardly believe.

Ha! Yes, deciding between those reactions was one of the trickiest parts of the whole AU. In the end, though, I found myself going in rather a different direction...

I wonder if it would work for him as well as it works for Jo? Especially when it's a hereditary thing.

You have hit upon a very interesting problem. And that's all I can say about that. ;)

And I'm so glad you're enjoying Harry! She's become one of my favorites, and I'm hoping one day she'll get that scene with Mycroft I've been planning. 'Cause you know that would be a good time.

Thanks so much for the wonderful comment!

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tardis_stowaway June 14 2013, 02:12:20 UTC
I adore this. Sherlock and Joanna's food fight after the cabbie incident was hilariously immature, exactly the sort of thing I can imagine them doing.

I really like Joanna and Harry's relationship. They don't get along at all, but there is still a shared past and the caring that comes of being each other's only remaining family. Joanna seems to want to leave her past behind if she can't . I loved the scene of Sherlock trying to protect Joanna from Harry's late night drunken visit.

So Moriarty seems to have at least an interest in magic and possibly is a practitioner himself. This does not bode well for the future. Joanna might want to leave behind her grandmother's legacy, but it doesn't want to be ignored. I wonder how much Sherlock guesses of her family's traditions, even if he doesn't believe in them.

Thank you again for sharing this story.

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rosa_acicularis June 14 2013, 02:41:58 UTC
Joanna might want to leave behind her grandmother's legacy, but it doesn't want to be ignored.

Well said! That pretty much sums up the whole story. It'd be a good line for the movie trailer voice over: "In a world where magic thrives and every police officer's an idiot, all Dr Joanna Watson wanted was to live a normal life and leave behind her family's dark legacy. But it would not be ignored."

And then explosions.

Also I JUST NOTICED YOUR ICON SO APPROPRIATE

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tardis_stowaway June 14 2013, 04:05:21 UTC
I have a special place in my heart for movie trailers that begin with a deep-voiced man saying "In a world..." Now I want the movie version of this. If you were picking an actress for Joanna, who would you pick?

I JUST REMEMBERED I HAD THIS ICON AND I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO USE IT IN AN APPROPRIATE CONTEXT. Your Uther Single Lady icon never fails to amuse me, partially because of the instant dance routine it conjures in my head.

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rosa_acicularis June 14 2013, 06:02:55 UTC
The fabulous Jessica Hynes seems to be a popular fancast for a BBC style fem!Watson, and she was definitely on my mind as I wrote. Beyond just having the right look, she (like Martin Freeman) is capable of playing a character who's both an everywoman and a person with such a spectacularly unassuming inherent goodness to them that they're actually sort of a freak.

I mean that in the best sense, of course. :)

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lutamira June 14 2013, 03:04:58 UTC
OMG I was sooooooooooooooooooooo excited when I saw you'd posted this (these)!!! Seriously. Dropped everything and got comfortable on the couch and then fell right head over heels again, down the rabbit hole into your amazing AU.

Is Moriarty genderswapped too??? (That is my big guess.)

And I'm so desperate to know how the For the Forgotten might come into play - I mean, they have to remember at some point, right??? Right???? ;D

Anyway, just wanted to say how fantastic this all is - your writing and world-building are both so stunning.

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rosa_acicularis June 14 2013, 04:03:08 UTC
I'm so excited that you're so excited!

Is Moriarty genderswapped too??? (That is my big guess.)

Argh! I wish you were right, because that would have been awesome. Unfortunately, I decided early on to limit the genderswapping just to John/Joanna -- things are AU enough as it is. (So, for example, Sarah Sawyer is still a Sarah, and not a Stanley. Not that Stanley would necessarily be the name I chose. Though it might be.)

I mean, they have to remember at some point, right??? Right????

I don't know, do they? *evil laughter*

(Yeah, they do.)

Thanks so much for reading, and for the wonderful comment!

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thistle_verse June 14 2013, 04:38:46 UTC
I am enjoying this story so, so much. I can't even tell you. The dialogue is just insanely perfect and the way you build character interaction is equally amazing. Something about "E. Farmer, In defiance." just took my breath away, too.

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rosa_acicularis June 14 2013, 06:03:58 UTC
Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

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rosaxx50 June 14 2013, 09:24:07 UTC
I am madly in love with everything this story chooses to be.

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rosa_acicularis June 17 2013, 01:43:19 UTC
I'm so glad!

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