The Adventure of the Dancing Men - Parallel Problem

[methylviolet10b]

Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Doctor John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Summary: The dancing men aren't the only problem to be solved. 
Warnings:  Some spoilers for The Adventure of the Dancing Men, so if you haven't read that, you might not want to read this.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes:  60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

DANC -- The Adventure of the Dancing Men

The parallels were too exact to ignore. One party, close-mouthed, keeping the other in the dark even as danger loomed. The other party, devoted to a fault, determined to protect the other, refusing to question or break his word.

And now the terrible news: the trusting party was dead.

Holmes resolved then and there to be more forthcoming with Watson.

Comments

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

It is a painful lesson to learn, but I'm glad he does. To end up as the Cubitts do is a future too bleak to contemplate.

I love your Holmes, always learning to be a better man.

[methylviolet10b]

*Trying* to be a better man, anyway. This is one lesson he fails at again and again in canon - but he is a little more forthcoming with Watson in, say, 1895 than he is when DANC occurs (which is a fairly early adventure in my head!canon)...

Thank you!

[hardboiledbaby]

Oh, yes, very nice parallel to draw, and good for Holmes to see it. :)

[methylviolet10b]

Thank you! For whatever reason, this parallel really jumped out at me when I re-read DANC. :-)

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Holmes is such a secretive, cryptic man, isn't he? I adore the way he recognizes that it's possible to take that too far and that he needs to be better for Watson. Lovely, as per usual!

ETA: Great title for your story, by the way!

[methylviolet10b]

Thank you so much! Holmes never really does overcome his secretive streak, at least not in canon. He gets better at times, and then there are the notable backslides *coughHiatuscough*. But I do like to think that he realized secrecy can be taken too far, and that's why he slooooowly started telling Watson about various things - like his family history, the existence of Mycroft, oh by the way bring your revolver... ;-)

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Great idea--but alas Holmes' resolution never lasts for long.

[methylviolet10b]

Alas, no - but he does get a *little* better over time. :-) Thank you!