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Holy crap.
It's been over ten years since I last wrote fiction of any kind, let alone fanfic. A bunch of various things conspired for this to happen that I won't go into, and I was at least satisfied with my various non-fiction writing (some posted here, but most posted on my theatre blog) even though I missed the feel of having a character take over a story, and I worried I'd never get back to that place where I hear the character's voice in my head.
I had watched the first series of Sherlock because I'm a Moffat fan (even though I can never remember if it's two f's and one t, or two t's and one f), LOVED how he 'modernized' Jeckyll, and have enjoyed other versions of the good detective: so I knew it was going to be good. Having them acknowledge the very long history of people already slashing the two main characters just added to my enjoyment of the first series, but I never did much more than that. The second series gobsmacked me (I love that word - gobsmack), and - well, as my note below states, could easily see a scene or two in my head. Meanwhile, I was enjoying JD's Sherlock stories, and figured that would be that ... and then John started 'talking'. In present tense (I normally HATE present tense) - and in 50+ sentences that would put Faulkner to shame. I was both excited and scared, and ... well, the results are below. You can also read it on AO3.
Totally not betad, so please read with the proverbial grain of salt. So, without further ado....
( Read more... )
It's been over ten years since I last wrote fiction of any kind, let alone fanfic. A bunch of various things conspired for this to happen that I won't go into, and I was at least satisfied with my various non-fiction writing (some posted here, but most posted on my theatre blog) even though I missed the feel of having a character take over a story, and I worried I'd never get back to that place where I hear the character's voice in my head.
I had watched the first series of Sherlock because I'm a Moffat fan (even though I can never remember if it's two f's and one t, or two t's and one f), LOVED how he 'modernized' Jeckyll, and have enjoyed other versions of the good detective: so I knew it was going to be good. Having them acknowledge the very long history of people already slashing the two main characters just added to my enjoyment of the first series, but I never did much more than that. The second series gobsmacked me (I love that word - gobsmack), and - well, as my note below states, could easily see a scene or two in my head. Meanwhile, I was enjoying JD's Sherlock stories, and figured that would be that ... and then John started 'talking'. In present tense (I normally HATE present tense) - and in 50+ sentences that would put Faulkner to shame. I was both excited and scared, and ... well, the results are below. You can also read it on AO3.
Totally not betad, so please read with the proverbial grain of salt. So, without further ado....
( Read more... )
