Fic Recs

[neadods]

Y'know, it makes total sense that I'm into Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. Both of them have world-wide fame, have been arguing canon/creating meta and new adventures for decades, and have been slowly evolving while remaining true to basic tropes and fundamental characterizations.

Neither man particularly fits into his environment. Both dislike violence, prize intelligence, are chivalrous towards the weak, and are very choosy about who they work with.


Anyway, I promised some fic:

The comment fic Pop Quiz, Hotshot

“Don’t worry, John,” Sherlock says, still calm, almost blasé.

“He’s aiming a gun at your head,” Watson points out, but his voice isn’t wavering. You can tell he’s a soldier, from that point alone.

“Yes... so I suppose an open casket is out of the question.”

dark_aegis's A Version of Normal. A psychosomatic limp isn't the only thing Watson brought back from the war.

He’s in the middle of Tesco's when it happens. Something clatters to the ground in a thunder of metal clanks and suddenly, he’s back in Afghanistan. The aisles morph into rocks - cover - and the other people turn into enemies. He drops what he’s carrying to the ground, the sound of shattering eggs barely registering over the remembered sounds of gunfire.

Comments

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

I just started the "Beekeeper's Apprentice" (been meaning to read it since it first came out!) and I am delighted with the voice of the author. Very real to my ear.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Beekeeper, but later in the series the author made a couple of decisions that turned me off. (This must, in all honesty, be said for my reaction to several series!)

[mechturtle.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the recs!

I like the character and meta similarities you pointed out between DW and SH -- I hadn't thought of it before, but it does make so much sense!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

They're surprisingly similar characters; it's no wonder that Moffat ended up writing both. If you see the modern Holmes, you'll see moments that are both pure Doctor and yet still pure Holmes.

[flaviarassen.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the modern remake/update of the Holmes Saga? It's a 3-part miniseries (BBC, I'm pretty sure). But it stitches Holmes & the 21st century together with astonishing skill - and one tidbit is brought to mind by your post: not just Watson's psychosomatic limp, but the fact that he sticks w/Holmes because he actually misses "the action"!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yes, and LOVED it - both these recs are fics in that version of the universe.