The Gloria Scott: Memories

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Canon: The “Gloria Scott” (GLOR)
Title: Memories
Author: ennui_enigma
Rating: G
Warnings: none
A/N: How would Victor Trevor remember his old schoolmate from Uni? Thanks in part to debriswoman and her fabulous Trevor verses (which you are only seeing a part of here in Sherlock60, I might add :P), I imagine him sitting under a shady banana tree, sipping a fruit cocktail, gazing over his lush tea plantation and reciting the following.

“Sherlock Holmes? How could anyone forget such a strange fellow? I came to know him after my dog taste-tested his leg. He had so many peculiar ideas. Scared my father half to death with his deductions. Still, I’m glad he was around at his end. Wouldn’t mind if Holmes cared to drop by for a cup of tea one day.”

Comments

[debriswoman]

Stranger things have happened..:-)

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Tis true! You never know who might pop in for a cup of tea these days!

[sherlockholmes.livejournal.com]

I like this a lot -- probably because I went for such an angsty 60 word story myself. It's nice to see a chipper, sweeter interpretation to the relationship/history between Trevor and Holmes.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Yes, you do seem to have an angsty streak in your writing...glad you can appreciate the opposite as well. That's what is so intriguing about these ficlets. So many different point of views and interpretations expressed succinctly. Great fun!

[hardboiledbaby]

So nice to see Victor with fond memories of his friend :)

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

I like to think that their friendship came at a time when both were rather friendless and that it was a mutually beneficial encounter if only for some short months at University and over the summer. Friends for a season.

[hardboiledbaby]

Friends for a season

Hee, I totally agree! GMTA: A Reason, a Season, a Lifetime

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Sipping a fruit cocktail under a shady banana tree is pretty much where I always want to be...so thanks for putting me there for 60 words, I appreciate it.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

No problem! Sounds good to me too :)

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

That sounds like he's talking to an interviewer, which immediately makes me think that this interview happened during Holmes's time of hiding after FINA. Oh great, now I have delicate images of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler beating the coconuts somewhere in that jungle in my head. XD;; Excuse me for a moment, I need to go drink my tea.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

LOL! Your imagination is leading you into some strange waters! Now your giving me images of Irene and Sherlock with coconuts...think I'll get some tea myself!

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Cin cin! ;P

60 for 60, week 1: The Gloria Scott

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[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Ah, a sunny ending for Victor Trevor! A lovely change of pace for the poor guy -- thanks for that!

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed! After such an awful tragedy with his father, I think it's nice to give the poor guy a good life on the tea plantations! Wouldn't mind joining him there someday myself :)

[snycock.livejournal.com]

ooh, intriguing... it's nice to see a version of Victor that's not too traumatized by the events of the case. Now I'm imagining a scenario where Holmes visited him during the Great Hiatus.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

An intriguing idea! A tropical tea plantation with a friend who he has not been in contact with for years sounds like a good hiding spot to me :-)

[musamihi.livejournal.com]

Yes, maybe Holmes can stop by after his little disappearing act at Meringen. You might as well come home with a tan, after all. Very nice!

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Need some new descriptions for "his ivory, pale, white, etc..." skin tones that always appear in fan fiction!