grrnnng! mmffphh mph! as;lkdfj! (holmes/watson rec)

[cimorene]

the tell-tale heart by dana kujan might be the best holmes/watson i've ever read. excellent characterization and excellent narrative voice, very watsonish. sweet and sharply affecting. believable and well-characterized (something of a rarity in this fandom). a christmas story featuring mistletoe. pg.

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[dana-kujan.livejournal.com]

Hi! kemelios provided a link to your entry in her comment on "The Tell-Tale Heart." I just wanted to drop by and thank you.

Thank you! Sherlock Holmes is my oldest, dearest fandom and I really wanted to do it justice-- once I got over my initial "freak-out" when I learned I had drawn it as my yuletide assignment. I'm overjoyed that the story has been so well-received.

Thank you again for your kind words.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

your oldest and dearest fandom, yet you've never before written in it? i'm intrigued.

[dana-kujan.livejournal.com]

Well, like I said, I wanted to do them justice. The style was always too intimidating. Third person just didn't seem right-- even those few (two?) written by Sir Arthur were never my favorites.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

mmm. i like the idea of holmes pov for the stories. i mean, for fanfic--the canon ones by holmes lack much of the charm of the watson ones. but yes, doing it justice is a concern. i've been flirting with the idea. i have the strongest possible bunnies associated with 'the devil's foot' and 'the bruce-partington plans' and a fairly good one for _the hound of the baskervilles_ which i've been nursing since last summer. ::sigh::

[dana-kujan.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, Devil's and Bruce have slash stamped all over them. I welcome any stories that would expand on that!

But Hound? Now, I'm intrigued.

::offers carrot to your plot bunny::

[cimness.livejournal.com]

have you recently seen the granada version of 'bruce'?

holmes invites watson to dinner at the closed restaurant; proposes house-breaking and grins from ear to ear when watson finally agrees to it; flirts with watson unstoppably; and ends the evening (in the middle of the night) in an extremely delighted, irrepressible fashion.

the next morning he and watson are breakfasting while mycroft lurks, and he's wearing his shirt unbuttoned, the collar sticking up in different directions on either side, and his hair unkempt! and seems distinctly after-glowy, i might add. what is one to think? i giggled for a full minute.

if you re-read _hound_ with a sharp eye you may find what i saw, particulary in and just after the scene where watson discovers holmes's hideout on the moor.