āYouāve made your point,ā John says. āHe doesnāt notice me. Doesnāt care, all right? Let. Me. Go.ā He sounds much more confident that he feels. Heās hungry and cold and heās slept poorly all week.Ā
āBut we need to know!ā Jimās eyes widen. āWeāve established that youāre forgettable. The question is, how long will it take before Sherlock Holmes notices youāre gone? When will he begin to wonder where you are? Will it be the rent payment that brings it to his attention? Will your landlady be worried? And what about your alcoholic sister? Will she call?ā
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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Jefferson Hope, Greg Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock Holmes), Molly Hooper, Philip Anderson, Mycroft Holmes
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Suicide, Canon Divergence - A Study in Pink, Choices, POV Sherlock Holmes, Happy Ending
Summary:
Everything you doā or donāt doā has consequences.
Does the great Sherlock Holmes have regrets?
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This is a lovely surprise! Iām always thrilled to see a new story from this author.Ā
in re conversations that thankfully seem to be occurring only on other sites, i actually love when the fiction i'm reading uses words i don't know and have to look up! admittedly it does not happen often, because i am an adult who read a lot as a kid and has since done what is frankly maybe a bit too much education, but please do casually drop words like phalanstery in your book so i have to look it up and then find myself reading wikipedia pages about 19th century socialist utopianism! please do throw around rare plants and birds whose names i don't know because they're not native/common anywhere i've ever been! then i get to look at pictures of things that i've never seen before!
I know Iām a loyal person. At least toward people who deserve my loyalty. After our first meeting in the lab at Barts, I didnāt consider that Iād be so committed to Sherlock as I became. Not to this extent. It frightens me sometimes, to be honest.
āYou are quite loyal very fast,ā Mycroft remarked when we first met. (When he abducted me, to be correct)
I puzzled him, and very few people were able to do that. Anyway, I passed the test and was āallowedā to move into 221B Baker Street.Ā
God, I was so pissed off with him.
He was not the only one who irritated me, but he was Sherlockās family, so mostly I let it slide.Ā
When Sherlock brought me along to our first crime scene together, I was too stunned to speak my mind to the other yarders. Sherlockās intellect had already amazed me profoundly, but when he listed all the things he observed from the pink clad woman on the floor, I was blown away, and there was no force in the world that couldāve silenced my praise.
āYou know you are saying that out loud, yes?ā he asked when Iād uttered the second āfantasticā.
I blushed and excused my behaviour; after all, we were standing around a murdered person. He brushed it away and said it was fine. It was evident that heād never heard the words before. Not directed at him, at least, which I found incredibly sad.
So, when Sergeant Donovan warned me about him afterwards and referred to him asĀ The FreakĀ once more, I made up my mind.
***
As a doctor, I never believed in the label Sherlock put on himself as a sociopath. Granted, I am no psychiatrist, but I know he has empathy for (a few) people around him. Mrs Hudson is a good example.
When I first met her, she opened her arms to Sherlock, and he willingly hugged her as if she was a beloved family member. There was nothing artificial about it. It was genuine affection.
That said, he drove her mad fairly often, but the few details they both let slip about her past, told me that she was used to all sorts of ruckus and shenanigans. She needed excitement in her life just as much as we did.
Angelo is another one of Sherlockās devoted fans, and Sherlock tolerates the gushing, and the teddy bear hugs admirably. Itās easy to discern that he feels relaxed in the Italianās company, and his mask of indifference vanishes completely. I find it utterly fascinating to watch.
***
I was much more prepared at the next crime scene some weeks later.Ā
Sherlock found nearly half a dozen clues in under one minute that had escaped the police. Both Anderson and Donovan mocked him and told everyone willing to listen that he made it all up to sound interesting. He didnāt bother to reply but kept the deductions coming. Luckily, Lestrade took notes and told the others to keep their mouth shut. They didnāt.Ā
I decided to intervene and took a step toward them both, crowding them so they had to step back a few feet.
āWhat the hell?ā they asked in unison.
I lowered my voice, which I knew was far more effective than yelling. By this point, my subordinates from the army wouldāve realised that the best way forward was to keep mum and agree to everything I told them. Of course, Anderson and Donovan werenāt that clever. They both perceived me as non-threatening, a lap dog. Big mistake.
āIf you two continue to call SherlockĀ FreakĀ and to ridicule his deductions, youād better watch your backs. The ice under your feet is about to crack real soon if this doesnāt stop.ā
āAre you threatening a police officer, Doctor Watson?ā Donovan asked in her normal condescending tone.
āThatās right, Sergeant.ā
āWe will report you to the Superintendent!ā Anderson exclaimed in a high-pitched voice which hurt my ears.
āPlease do. There are enough witnesses who have heard you two harass Sherlock every chance you get,ā I said calmly.
āAs if heās not offending us,ā Sally scoffed.
āOh, I know he does. But heās not the one starting it, is he? He only replies accordingly. I assume youād done the same if you were in his shoes. Most people would. You should be ashamed of yourselves, acting like teenagers instead of adults. Grow up, for goodnessā sake!ā
āBut I ā ā
āShut up, Anderson! He is summoned by your commanding officer, and he solves every case you lot are unable to. Surely, that should be enough for you to keep your thoughts about him to yourselves. Without him, dozens of criminals would still walk the streets of London. Feel free to correct me if you think Iām wrong.ā
And with that, I walked away from them and stood a little closer to Sherlock than normal. He didnāt seem to mind one bit; he was practically beaming at me.
āDinner?ā he asked after heād lifted the police tape for me.
āStarving,ā I replied.
āIs Angeloās, okay?ā
āGod yes!ā
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Neither of us made a big thing out of it when our hands brushed, and our fingers entwined a few moments later; it felt like the most natural thing in the world.
Apparently, Angelo discerned that something had changed between us, but he didnāt remark on it. He just fetched a candle, lit it, and went to get us a bottle of wine on the house.
To my astonishment and delight, we reached for the otherās hand once we had removed our coat and jacket. A voice in my head told me I was on thin ice starting a romantic relationship with the slightly mad worldās only consulting detective, but I told it, in no uncertain terms, to stop bothering me. I was fine. It was all fine. More than fine, in fact.
Summary: John has finally taken the leap, and decides to direct his stories at a new audience. He is sceptical before the meeting with his new editor at Mike's pub, and when the young woman walks into The Dragon Slayer, John invents an emergency and flees the place.
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sometimes Iām reminded that there are still people who donāt know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers ā and the siteās sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms ā and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.
you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.
ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.
ao3ās main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.
there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I donāt want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you wonāt see the things you donāt want to see.
itās your job to curate what you see. itās not other peopleās jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.
also you cannot censor āonly the things you personally hateā without expecting everything else, that isnāt of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think āwhy do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? theyāre grooming childrenā.
if you allow the things that you hate to be censored ā because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.
Iām sorry that this is so late!
But Iāve got a *lot* on my plate
Ā Ā Because in real life
Ā Ā Thereās always some strife
And sometimes you canāt escape fate..
-=<+>=-
Wiggins, the captain of the Baker Street Irregulars follows Holmes to fight at Reichenbach Falls - hijinx ensue...
-=<+>=-
My mother has had a stroke, but is finally out of the woods.
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Hug your family and friends and tell them you love them. you just never know.
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āHe hasnāt noticed youāre missing. What does that tell you?ā
John says nothing.
āYou keep waiting, wondering when he will ask too much of you. You fear it because then youāll have to choose between your self-respect and your compulsion to follow him. Thatās it, isnāt it? You shot the cabbie, and it gave a whole new meaning to your life.ā
Moriarty smiles, his eyes empty.
Thereās no answer to this. John has been waiting, thinking heāll reach the limit, but Sherlock only pushes, and asks, and John keeps giving.
āI have an idea,ā Moriarty says. āLetās find his limit.ā
Part 7 of the More Words series, this one is for lovely reader CocoCrispian š
For this end-of-career investigation into the disappearance of a gentlemanās army mate, we are astonished to hear from Holmes himself for the first time. There is no denying that Holmesā narration lacks Watsonās warmth and poetic touch, but his two stories are not as inferior as some critics seem to think. It is true that compared to his earlier recollections in "The Gloria Scottā and āThe Musgrave Ritualā, they could do with some joie de vivre, but that is only in keeping with the tone of the other tales from The Case-Book, including those narrated by Watson. What is evident is that, at the time he is writing these, Holmes does miss his friend terribly and funnels his loneliness into sarcastic remarks, as he is wont to do.
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Paint Your Palette Lavender
Sherlock has an epiphany.
Giving Us Lift
How will John entertain Rosie while Sherlock is out on a case?
X Marks the Spots
After Mrs. Hudson accidentally gives Sherlock and John a pan of brownies enhanced with her herbal soothers, the boys engage in some pirate role play.
Well Iām Not NOW!
When Sherlock goes undercover in a drug den, John will go to any lengths to get him out. In the process, heāll discover a very interesting length, indeedā¦
The Value of Deductions
If Sherlock had a gold coin for each of his deductions, would it be a blessing? Or a curse?
So there's a Bill Bryson book called The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way, which is a fun accessible book about English and etymology.
Are there any books/blog/documentaries kinda like that about non-English languages written in English for English speakers?
Because I really like learning fun trivia about languages but I don't want a textbook, you know? I like knowing that Chinese calls a penguin a business-goose, but I'm never going to learn Chinese. I know that English's history is unique, being three languages stacked on top of each other in a trench coat, but I want to know more about history and etymology in other languages. Like if there's something like "101 weird facts about Welsh" that'd be great.
I have one for Latin: A Natural History of Latin by Tore Jansson. Not as amusing or entertaining as Bryson (as I recall), but it's not a hard read, very clearly written, and it's interesting:
"No known language, including English, has achieved the success and longevity of Latin. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its direct descendants, and countless Latin words and phrases comprise the cornerstone of English itself.Ā A Natural History or LatinĀ tells its history from its origins over 2500 years ago to the present. Brilliantly conceived, popularizing but authoritative, and written with the fluency and light touch that have made Tore Janson'sĀ SpeakĀ so attractive to tens of thousands of readers, it is a masterpiece of adroit synthesis.
The book commences with a description of the origins, emergence, and dominance of Latin over the Classical period. Then follows an account of its survival through the Middle Ages into modern times, with emphasis on its evolution throughout the history, culture, and religious practices of Medieval Europe. By judicious quotation of Latin words, phrases, and texts the author illustrates how the written and spoken language changed, region by region over time; how it met resistance from native languages; and how therefore some entire languages disappeared. Janson offers a vivid demonstration of the value of Latin as a means of access to a vibrant past and a persuasive argument for its continued worth. A concise and easy-to-understand introduction to Latin grammar and a list of the most frequent Latin words, including 500 idioms and phrases still in common use, complement the work."
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