Comments | sherlock_remix: FIC: "Straight Through the Heart" for wallhaditcoming!

innie_darling in sherlock_remix

FIC: "Straight Through the Heart" for wallhaditcoming!

Apr 01, 2011 22:04

Original Author: wallhaditcoming
Original Story Title: "Middles"
Original Story Link: http://wallhaditcoming.livejournal.com/13497.html
Original Story Pairings, if any: John/Lestrade
Original Story Rating: PG-13
Original Story Warnings, if any: none
Remix Author: jain
Remix Story Title: "Straight Through ( Read more... )

verse: bbc, jain, pairing: john/lestrade, fanwork: fic, rated: pg-13, challenge: round one, wallhaditcoming, rated: g

Comments 8

wallhaditcoming April 2 2011, 02:22:08 UTC

There are no word to express my unbridled squee at this. The closest I can offer is the following keyboard smash: uescrkde5yh8o; ms

All of it was fantastic, but this was beyond a doubt my favorite bit: (Which was itself due to an improbable set of events that made him feel sometimes as though his life were being written by a screenwriter. Or possibly as though John's and Sherlock's were, and Lestrade simply became caught up in their story whenever he entered their periphery.)

I love this pairing, so to see someone else playing around in the same sandbox and kicking such ass while doing so...XD

tldr: I love this fic and you, whoever you are, for writing it.

jain April 11 2011, 03:42:07 UTC

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, even with the somewhat ridiculous premise. Thanks for providing the source story; I'd been meaning to write a John/Lestrade story but hadn't gotten around to it yet, so it was awesome getting assigned to remix you for this exchange.

kikainausagi April 2 2011, 07:08:42 UTC

Hee, superhero!John! Lestrade's reaction to this realization is delightful.

I also love the bit about how John and Lestrade got together- it is witty and fun. :)

jain April 11 2011, 03:49:29 UTC

Thank you so much! One of my favorite things about canonical Lestrade is how he prefers to reach conclusions in a stolid, systematic way, but is still willing to entertain ideas that at first glance appear ridiculous, and I really enjoyed getting to explore that aspect of his characterization here.

gloria_scott April 2 2011, 15:20:28 UTC

John as the quiet, unobtrusive superhero. Makes so much sense!

jain April 11 2011, 03:37:20 UTC

I thought so. :-) Thanks for the comment!

innie_darling April 8 2011, 21:08:45 UTC

Now it all makes sense - John is a superhero! This is wonderful!

jain April 11 2011, 03:51:10 UTC

Thank you very much! I do think that his being a superhero would explain some of the otherwise difficult to reconcile aspects of his personality. :-)