The Solitary Cyclist: Shortcut

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Canon Story: The Solitary Cyclist
Title: Shortcut
Author: hisietari
Rating: G

Nothing would keep me from saying that those busy years were a marvellous time, indeed. Always active, always busy, diving into deeper and deeper into complexities unthought-of, sometimes several at once. Physical strain? Amusing at most. Watson worried about my health, but he forgot how this tight-knit dome of cause and effect kept me alive: it blocked out the darkness.

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[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Yes, one can't help seeing all the frantic busywork in contrast to Holmes' dark moods and cocaine binges. The idea that it went even deeper than that, that it kept him alive - brrr.

Nice work.

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if crime had indeed left London with Moriarty, and it was terrible.

Ended up at visions of comic-Holmes chasing comic-Moriarty through afterlife with a little comic-trident. *shivers*

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I think there's another element in that tight-knit dome of cause and effect: the presence of Watson himself, sturdy, reliable, and kind. Holmes needs that in his life, even if he does not recognize it.

I love the depth of this one!

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

And if Watson hadn't grown that oversized moustache, he might have fit into that tight-knit dome of 60 words. *lol*

As you say, Holmes might not be so much aware of it (though certainly to some considerable extent), and I just couldn't squeeze the doctor into such small a space that was hardly enough for one problem without doing him injustice. Also, Watson is mightily important, but I don't think that he alone would have sufficed. Had Holmes not been that busy, and happy in his own way therefore, his darker habits might have driven out the doctor once and for all.

I usually don't have the courage for actual seriousness, hence the mass of lame comedy.

[methylviolet10b]

Yes, this. Holmes' happiness really is a balance maintained by counterweights of work and complex problems, isn't it? Nice!

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

His routine of keeping himself busy whenever possible is rather a Science of Distraction.

60 for 60, week 47: The Solitary Cyclist

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