Sub Rosa

[prof_pangaea]

Title: Sub Rosa
Author: Professor Pangaea
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Disclaimer: Mr. Holmes and sundry other characters are now in the public domain, but of course I give ultimate credit and thanks for their existence to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Summary: "One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve. The truly beautiful and noble puts its lover, as it were, at an infinite distance, while it attends him more strongly than ever." -- Henry David Thoreau
























































































































































































Note: The full quote of the text "High and mighty" etc. is from Hamlet, Act IV, scene vii. It is a letter from Hamlet to Claudius, and reads: "High and Mighty,-You shall know I am set naked on your kingdom. To-morrow shall I beg leave to see your kingly eyes; when I shall (first asking your pardon thereunto) recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return."


EDIT: I want to sincerely thank everyone who has commented, both positively and critically -- I am very pleased at the amount of response that has resulted from this piece. I'm afraid that there were so many comments initially that I wasn't able to reply to each individually, as I usually do, but be assured that I have (and continue to) read and appreciate every single comment.

Comments

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

Despite their penchant for anachronism and not-quite British dialogue, the writing in Shoebox is really excellent, as well as much funnier than anything I have ever attempted (in the written form, at least). I had thought maybe the project had been abandonded but they updated a couple of times over the summer -- it seems like the multimedia aspect of it has been pretty much abandoned, though. I mean, early chapters would be made entirely of letters, or notes written back and forth, or large portions of story would be told through photographs, and now it's more like a fic with some illustrations. But it's still a pretty good fic.

As for the question, what kind of writer would I be if I just TOLD you? Have fun theorising (and if you don't want to theorise, I bet there's someone who does...).

[kels.livejournal.com]

Well, I still think that this is better than Shoebox, and I'm not just saying that because you're my friend. Take a compliment, Siobhan! Or those gift horses will come and bite yer face off. :P

The only reason I can imagine Holmes calling himself Caine is that he saw himself as the forsaken son. Whether he saw Watson or Mycroft as Abel, I don't know. I'd have to think on that some more.

My biblical theology is a bit rusty.