His Last Bow: Making the Dreadful a Memory

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: His Last Bow
Rating: Gen
Author's Note: Thanks to the mods & comm members for making Sunday morning's the highlight of the week.

“Will you do the honours, Watson?”
“Gladly. On behalf of your country, the sacrifice is appreciated, but let’s make a dreadful memory of it.”
I took the proffered razor and set about the task in silence. Finally, he asked,
“So, my blithe boy, won’t you come down and meet my bees?”
I grinned. “Of course. I thought you’d never ask.”

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Ha! Reminds me of this lovely Elina Elisu picture (http://elina-elsu.deviantart.com/art/Holmes-Goatee-564244390).

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely pic! Great colors and expressions! Thank you! You (and Violet's motorcycle) were the reason I started doing this. So glad for you & your fics.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Awesome! She is wonderful, isn't she?

I do love the image of Violet putt-putting all over Great Britain and Europe as one of those eccentric rich women living a Bohemian life.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

A lovely ending.

And thank you so much for joining in.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And thank you for all your hard work & comments. They've made a huge difference in my life.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

:)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you so much for joining us and making the comm an even better place to spend time in ^__^ You know, one thing that I am so proud of is that the comm seems to have encouraged you to write poetry. You're a natural poet and I'm so happy that the comm seems to have drawn that out.

And it's a lovely note for you to end on - war might be coming but their relationship is renewed and hopefully they will be reunited properly when the fighting is over.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

You've poured so much time and energy into this comm. I want you to know that it is appreciated.

And, yes, I've said in other places, I will probably always dabble a bit in poetry even if I stop writing fic because it's good for my brain. And I wouldn't know that if it wasn't for this comm. And I've now read the whole of canon! And there are so many great parts of it. And with BBC Sherlock on hiatus and gone uninspiringly wonky to boot, I am very grateful to have found canon.

Yes, let's not focus so much on the East Wind. At least they're together--and there's Tokay.

[debriswoman]

What a nice thought to end on:-)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, let's wrap things up on a happier note than the war to end all wars.

[sanguinity]

Yes, there's time for a detour to Sussex! And if there isn't now, there definitely will be later.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Hey, you caught up! Congrats.

Yeah, let's catch up and have some honey and play a few tunes and, you know, maybe solve a mystery or two. :)

[sanguinity]

I caught up! By hook or by crook, I was gonna finish out the round with you guys. :-D

And yes, let's!

Oh, wait, you mean them. ;-)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you happen to come across an Amazon halloween costume, let me know (of the non $350 cosplaying variety). I've seen a Hippolyta one, which isn't interesting to me. The best one I've seen so far is Beach Battle Diana. Less armor-y than I'd like, but ok. Shield + sword extra!