Was recommended to this by cesario from a conversation about Donleavy/Russell...
Man. What a moment this is. You may think me silly, but as most of the time Russell's Holmes looks an awful lot like Brett to me, this was really cool to imagine. The beginning was just perfect for this.
I'm getting to 'know' the character of Donleavy more and more these days, and I'm becoming ever more intrigued with her side of the story. Little Patricia showing her dollhouse to a teenaged Holmes--Oh, heavens. That's jewel-bright, indeed. What a vista for an imagination to jump off of!
The thing that really set my mind to whirring was this line: Holmes thought back to that moment when he had looked into Moriarty's cold, blue eyes, and had realised, incontrovertibly, that this man, whom he had trusted and loved, was a monster. You're borrowing from the backstory mined by Meyer and (I know, not the best example) Case of Evil, as well as Young Sherlock Holmes--a backstory that always has fascinated me, and you've done it very well. It stands to reason that a mathematics tutor would be someone Holmes would look up to--the second (or perhaps third) son of a country squire would find connecting with another brilliant mind a sort of rescue, if you will. Then to face a betrayal--whatever form that took--would be shattering. If Holmes had been more like Moriarty, perhaps Russell would have faced the same thing after a time...
And finally, the parallel between this near-tragedy and Watson's--I sat back and let that echo for a moment.
All in all, I'm just blathering on to say "Well done!"
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Man. What a moment this is. You may think me silly, but as most of the time Russell's Holmes looks an awful lot like Brett to me, this was really cool to imagine. The beginning was just perfect for this.
I'm getting to 'know' the character of Donleavy more and more these days, and I'm becoming ever more intrigued with her side of the story. Little Patricia showing her dollhouse to a teenaged Holmes--Oh, heavens. That's jewel-bright, indeed. What a vista for an imagination to jump off of!
The thing that really set my mind to whirring was this line: Holmes thought back to that moment when he had looked into Moriarty's cold, blue eyes, and had realised, incontrovertibly, that this man, whom he had trusted and loved, was a monster. You're borrowing from the backstory mined by Meyer and (I know, not the best example) Case of Evil, as well as Young Sherlock Holmes--a backstory that always has fascinated me, and you've done it very well. It stands to reason that a mathematics tutor would be someone Holmes would look up to--the second (or perhaps third) son of a country squire would find connecting with another brilliant mind a sort of rescue, if you will. Then to face a betrayal--whatever form that took--would be shattering. If Holmes had been more like Moriarty, perhaps Russell would have faced the same thing after a time...
And finally, the parallel between this near-tragedy and Watson's--I sat back and let that echo for a moment.
All in all, I'm just blathering on to say "Well done!"