The Yellow Face: The Perfect Outcome

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Canon Story: The Yellow Face
Title: The Perfect Outcome (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Rarely have I been so delighted at the outcome of a case as I was today.  Grant Munro’s ready acceptance of the little girl as his new daughter would have been compelling even had she been of his own race, but the way he naturally picked up the child is an example to us all.  Holmes failed, but love succeeded.
 

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

It was a touching, touching ending. Dr. Watson may be a little bit a man of his time in his attitudes, but I shared his joy in Munro's acceptance of his stepdaughter.

It all rather illustrates what a bizarre emphasis we humans put on appearances and our sometimes bizarre reactions to, and expectations of, people who don't look exactly like us. ...even had she been of his own race... But Lucy is of his 'race' too - her mother's genes have made her as well as her father's. It's so strange to think that what is a tiny difference in biology may make a huge difference to Lucy's place in society.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Dr Watson may be enlightened, but none of us escape from our conditioning entirely.

It's very true, two kittens born from the same mother one black, one white, and both would be deemed adorable.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

I had the same sense, that Watson would have not seen it as a failure except in terms of Holmes' deductions.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

We believe Dr Watson was highly delighted at the success - unlike Mr Holmes he is much more aware of the effect events have on people.

[debriswoman]

Nicely put:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Easily the sweetest ending to any of the Canon cases. (I can imagine this would have made the story hard to sell in the States, unfortunately.)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I believe everyone on this side of the Atlantic was very pleased with the outcome.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

I agree: an outstandingly successful case. Also, I wonder if Watson published it when he and Holmes had just had an unhappier one.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

It was indeed. And what a delightful thought.