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sonetka

After The End, The Last Of It

Feb 08, 2016 10:34

One final bit of Strong Poison fic, and I think that after this the well will be just about dry, at least when it comes to Where Are They Now fics about characters who only appear in that book and then never again. I did have an idea for a Mrs. Pettican/Hannah Westlock follow-up, but it didn't really come together -- besides, given the time the ( Read more... )

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tudorpot February 8 2016, 23:18:39 UTC

Perfect pitch on the Reverend and Vaughn. I'd like to read Bunter's flirtation with the ladies, perhaps when he "walked" out with one of them, perhaps the queenly Mrs Pettican?

sonetka February 9 2016, 01:01:19 UTC

Ooh, that's a possibility! I think it was Hannah Westlock whom Bunter had "cultivated almost to breach of promise point" (going to church with her, even) which makes me wonder just how he managed to diplomatically ease her out of the picture! He probably contrived to make it her idea somehow, or after Urquhart's household broke up she ended up taking a job far off to be near family or something like that ... OK, maybe there's another SP fic left in me after all :).

nineveh_uk February 9 2016, 14:44:34 UTC

Argh, more awful Vaughan! I find your portrayal of him horribly convincing. Mr Boyes, I'm sure, is right about his motivation for researching the book being just wanting to talk to him. No doubt he has run out of people in London prepared to put up with it. It feels very plausible that he should find himself being glad to see that Harriet is doing all right and getting on with life.

(If I may do a really niggly Brit-pick, there wouldn't be scones for breakfast for the vicar in 1933 :-) )

sonetka February 9 2016, 18:20:08 UTC

Thanks for the catch! I'll give him toast instead. (Were scones more of a tea time thing then or were they just not as popular?) The funny thing is that Vaughan originally wasn't even supposed to be in this, it was just going to be a brief solo scene with Arthur Boyes alone -- but Vaughan just elbowed his way somehow. And no, that biography will never happen. Vaughan will probably die of natural causes at the age of about 89, surrounded by half-done chapters, notes, and a bunch of Philip's old papers, all of which will eventually end up in some minor library's archives to become fodder for desperate PhD students who absolutely must find someone different to write about ( ... )