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out_thereA while back, dodificus recced a Sherlock story, The Progress of Sherlock Holmes. It's 62k of words, and I only got around to reading it last night/this morning, and have to say how much I loved it.
It's long and absorbing, but the style is immediate and personal. Most Sherlock POVs almost work for me -- as a version of Sherlock, a possibility -- but this one was Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock, the Sherlock I see on my screen and can imagine smiling and running after danger and moping around Baker St. This was one of those stories that settles you firmly in the character's world, that makes your heart sink and soar with Sherlock's own. This was the kind of story that makes you remember why you read at all -- to feel, to think, to be personally moved and changed by what the imagination can hold -- and while YMMV, I loved it so much that I'm pointing it out to other people.
(I loved it so much I discovered there's a 4,300 character limit on feedback and had to leave my rambling in two comments.)
dodificus recced a Sherlock story, The Progress of Sherlock Holmes. It's 62k of words, and I only got around to reading it last night/this morning, and have to say how much I loved it.It's long and absorbing, but the style is immediate and personal. Most Sherlock POVs almost work for me -- as a version of Sherlock, a possibility -- but this one was Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock, the Sherlock I see on my screen and can imagine smiling and running after danger and moping around Baker St. This was one of those stories that settles you firmly in the character's world, that makes your heart sink and soar with Sherlock's own. This was the kind of story that makes you remember why you read at all -- to feel, to think, to be personally moved and changed by what the imagination can hold -- and while YMMV, I loved it so much that I'm pointing it out to other people.
(I loved it so much I discovered there's a 4,300 character limit on feedback and had to leave my rambling in two comments.)
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Date: 2011-04-03 01:15 am (UTC)The genius is all hers, but it was an amazing amount of fun to help keep it on track and brainstorm ideas with her and and and. I was pretty deep into it the whole time, so I get a thrill out of people loving it, too. :D
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(Also, Ivy mentioned your loooooooong comment to me in chat. She's dumbfounded! And, last I heard, working on a reply. I said, "oh, out_there? awesome, I've known her for years." and she said, "what?! really? you know everyone! LOL" Which, you know, not true, but sometimes it seems true. :D)
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Date: 2011-04-03 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-03 02:39 am (UTC)It's one of the most enjoyable things about fandom and writing stories -- it's such a collective experience. It's something we do *with* others. I know I do -- I love seeing bits and pieces of friends writing, being able to be excited or concerned; and I love writing and showing bits to friends, using them as the first judge to see if it's working, talking through ideas and possibilities and bemoaning characters or plotlines that refuse to work the way you'd wanted. It's so much fun.
I said, "oh, out_there? awesome, I've known her for years." and she said, "what?! really? you know everyone! LOL" Which, you know, not true, but sometimes it seems true.
Hee! Fandom is small and huge at the same time. I swear, I think most fans could be linked by three degrees of separation, not six.
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Date: 2011-04-03 02:46 am (UTC)Hey, can I lure you into chat since you seem to be around at the moment? :D
http://mibbit.com/?channel=%23innercircle&server=irc.fdfnet.net
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Date: 2011-04-03 01:47 am (UTC)<3
I *may* have poured myself a gin & tonic in celebration. ;)
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Date: 2011-04-03 02:42 am (UTC)Ah, and I see you commented on AO3, so I'm going to go read that now.
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