The Dying Detective: Come to My Senses

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Canon Story: The Dying Detective
Title: Come to My Senses
Author: rabidsamfan
Rating: G



For two hours I waited, trying to reconcile my medical instincts with my hesitation. It was not until I returned from my errand to Culverton Smith that I realized what had been bothering me. For all that Holmes looked terribly ill, the room did not smell like a sickroom. It was a sham. And I was not the intended target.




Author's Notes: I've always wondered why Watson didn't override Holmes, too, and think it must be because he had conflicting data to contend with.

Comments

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It is too puzzling that Watson should be so taken in... and so (relatively) nonchalant about the whole thing, esp. Smith's bragging about how he's succeeded in his biological warfare against Holmes at the end.

[hardboiledbaby]

Excellent! The good doctor is a fine detective in his own right :)

[methylviolet10b]

Yay for perceptive Watson! I never bought into the idea that he didn't figure out Holmes was malingering, and not really ill/dying.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. This is spot on. Doctor Watson using all of his senses to deduce the reality of the situation is brilliant. Yes, yes, yes.

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like! That makes complete sense and is going in my headcanon now.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Yeah, unreliable narrator time, methinks.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Very well explained.

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Excellent--shows that Watson too can observe without even knowing that he is doing so.