The Dying Detective: Thoughts from an unpublished account of Dr. Watson

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Canon Story: The Dying Detective
Title: Thoughts from an unpublished account of Dr. Watson
Author: wild_huntress (and soon to be reposted in my Holmes-fandom-specific journal, always_1895, provided that's OK by community rules).
Rating: G
Author’s notes: 1) I am going to take this story as an(other) example of Holmes putting his work way before common sense, and assume that the general unhealthiness of this plan actually did start affecting his thinking by its final stage. Watson, in his account, presumably tried to tidy it up and make Holmes seem more glorious, but could only do so much. 2) As has been suggested*, a remainder may be more likely than a reversion here. Perhaps Watson (and/or Holmes) put the reversion back into his account as an inside joke?

The best way of acting a part is to be it, but most eschew such idiocy for good reason. Forgiving Holmes was easier than even I expected, considering the state he was in - confusing a reversion for a remainder, for instance, or swooning quite genuinely when he rose. He knows how I appreciate being needed, and need me he does.

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* E.g. by Prof. Stephen Alton in The Game is Afoot!: The Significance of Donative Transfers in the Sherlock Holmes Canon, volume 46 issue 1 of the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal. Best law review article ever. /geek

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Thanks for reading xD - and yes, there's a reason why theatres etc only take "method acting" (even had that phrase in mind while writing) so far...