The Adventure of the Creeping Man: Roots

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Creeping Man
Title: Roots
Author: tweedisgood
Rated: G



He writes that I had no roots. In fact, I had one: a deep tap that threatened to suck nourishment from the healthy root system of a sturdy, flourishing English oak. Time to pluck it up, any gardener would say.

That offending plant would wither into straw now, but it was a desiccated old stick to begin with. Small loss.

Comments

[methylviolet10b]

Oooh, ouch. Your Holmes in this story really doesn't like himself, does he?

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he would think of it as a 'realistic' appraisal of his value to Watson - after all, the tone of this story (ACD apparently in one of his 'I'm only writing this for the money, how far can I go to make this golden albatross around my neck sound as offputting as possible?' moods) has Watson being fairly cutting, for him...

But yeah, ouch. What can I say: the Angst Fairy came a-calling, and I can rarely resist her charms :-)

[methylviolet10b]

Watson *is* definitely scathing in his assessment of his worth to Holmes in this, yes, and it totally works with the angst fairy. I had quite the visit from the angst fairy myself in this week's drabbles (also about Holmes' retirement, oddly enough; I must have had it on the brain). The one positive note CREE has for me is that Watson is writing about it twenty years after 1903 - which means that a) he survived WWI and b) he's still in touch with Holmes, at least to some degree. :-D

But yes, CREE definitely has ACD's "I'm SO tired of this character" written all over it.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, when you bring the knives out, you don't mess around. Absolutely painful and I love it.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I used to be something of a specialist in angst, mustn't get soft in my old age...

[flawedamythyst.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love this. Poor Holmes.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yeah, definitely in his misery mood yesterday.

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Holmes is this odd mixture of utter self-confidence and utter self-loathing. We always see the self-confident in his abilities side, but I love the way you explore the self-loathing side in so few words and without it being an exploration of his drug addiction. Excellent!

[hardboiledbaby]

Oh, my. No punches pulled here. Awesome.