The Adventure of the Dying Detective: Impaired Judgment

[methylviolet10b]

Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes
Summary: Three days without food might be a lesser feat for Sherlock Holmes, but what about water?
Warnings: Spoilers for the resolution of DYIN.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

Total rush job this week. Sorry!

DYIN – Impaired Judgment

Three days without water – without liquid of any kind – reduced me to a level of idiocy I hope I never achieve again. My failure to anticipate Mrs Hudson; my abuse and reckless endangerment of my Watson; and worst, my utter forgetfulness of him in the twinned ecstatic rush of incipient victory and the sweet taste of moisture on my lips.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I do like this interpretation - it redeems Holmes a bit.

[methylviolet10b]

Thank you! It's one of the more "Holmes is an utter ASS" fics in the canon, I agree. Three days without water though - that's enough to make anyone stupid and thoughtless!

[debriswoman]

An interesting explanation for a series of mad decisions:-)

[methylviolet10b]

Very mad, I agree. Thank you!

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can imagine something like this -- a plausible excuse.

[methylviolet10b]

I don't know that it's plausible - but then again, this isn't one of the more plausible stories in canon, either. ;-) Thank you!

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Wow, very good explanation of the case! His brain would most likely switch to emergency procedures at that state.

[methylviolet10b]

Thanks! Emergency procedures, or shut down entirely - three days without water could easily be fatal.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

I like it very much; rush job or not. :-)

[methylviolet10b]

Thank you! :-)

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's idiocy, all right. It's nice to see some contrition about this case -- it's so very needed. And an extra thanks for including an apology for the miserable moment where Watson was forgotten, hidden away. Ack! That bit is so awful!

[methylviolet10b]

Contrition is definitely missing from the canon story, I agree. Not one of Holmes' shining moments, to be sure!

Thanks!