The Final Problem: Sorrow

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Canon Story: The Final Problem
Title: Sorrow (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Words cannot adequately reflect my feelings at this time.  I know Holmes did not blame me for my actions, and yet I cannot stop the recriminations running through my mind.  How could I not know it was a trick, even if one I was guaranteed to fall for?  All that remains is to mourn the death of my closest friend.

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yes, I imagine that Watson is full of recriminations for himself. much seen in hindsight.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Very difficult for him - blaming himself and yet aware Holmes knew.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

That gnaws at me too - I used it as the core of Watson's grief in my "Oubliette" series, that he was so full of self-recrimination at deserting Holmes when he most needed an ally that he felt that he didn't have the right to mourn.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was hardly Watson's fault, but he must have felt it deeply.

[debriswoman]

Oh, poor Watson:-(

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Very hard for him.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Poor Watson indeed - so many choices were taken out of his hands. You wonder if Holmes had the right to make those choices for him, even though he only did so in order to keep Watson safe.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Holmes could have told Watson it was a trap, yet didn't.