The Lion's Mane: Relationships

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: Relationships
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: PG

It did not take me long to establish the true relationship between Murdoch and MacPherson; or that Miss Bellamy was a blind, for although both young men had a certain fondness for her, it was not of the same magnitude of feeling they had for each other.  I made no comment on this, understanding too well the need for silence.

Comments

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Oh, so it was that way, was it? It makes a lot of sense, actually. It explains Murdoch's seemingly erratic behavior better than the story does. I guess this section was deleted for being too scandalous for publication!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Holmes very carefully made no mention of his knowledge in this respect, not wanting to make things any worse for Murdoch.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I agree with tardisjournal - your story does give us an excellent explanation for Murdoch's behaviour. The phrase is "madly in love" for a reason, and lovers can sometimes hate each other as much as they love each other. And I wonder if at some level Miss Bellamy was aware of the situation. It has to be said that she does seem a bit too composed after McPherson's death - maybe like someone who has lost a dear friend, rather than someone who has lost the love of her life.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. She did seem to take the news better than might have been expected.

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

Mmm, this is really interesting and very reliable theory. (And I'm afraid it send a certain wild plotbunny hopping my way.) Holmes knows best what facts should never be allowed to be said aloud.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I hope you are able to make use of that wild plotbunny - I shall be interested to see what happens to it.

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

It's rather persistent one, so I guess I better should. ^w^ But it will take some time ...