The Five Orange Pips: Nature's Justice

[hardboiledbaby]

Canon Story: The Five Orange Pips
Title: Nature's Justice
Author: hardboiledbaby
Rating: PG
Warnings: none

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It was not man's justice that befell the murderers of young Openshaw. It was justice meted out by the sea, condemning both guilty and innocent.

Unfair, tragic? Yes, but no less unfair that the sins of the Colonel was visited upon his brother and nephew, no less tragic that Holmes did too little, too late.

Nature's justice—harsh, imperfect... inexorable.

Comments

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Lovely!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Very true that.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, we had very similar angles here! I like your take on this very much. inexorable -- exactly. So good!

[methylviolet10b]

Oh wow. No, the sea isn't fair, any more than life is. Not unfair, either; it just is, and you captured that wonderfully.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Interesting flip side to the idea written by spacemutineer...

[hardboiledbaby]

Thank you :)

[hardboiledbaby]

Thanks for reading :)

[hardboiledbaby]

Indeed we did—GMTA, yes? ;) Thank you!

[hardboiledbaby]

Yay, I'm glad you think so. Thank you!

[hardboiledbaby]

I was struck by how much the weather and the sea influenced the whole tenor of the story, and I guess I wasn't alone :) Thanks for reading!