The Reigate Squires: Up and Down

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Reigate Squires:
Title: Up and Down
Author: Mafief
Rating: G
Warnings: Mention of depression
Author’s Note: Errr.. no idea what this is, but I’m going with it and checking this off my to-do list.
Summary: Spanning over the investigation and after when Watson “found him a prey to the blackest depression.”

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

A very interesting look at Holmes' mind.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Perhaps?
I'm putting it under the 'what the heck did I just post?'. Eh, it's done.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Great highs, great lows. Some people simply cannot live in the middle ground.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Living life on the extremes...

[debriswoman]

Highly unsettling....

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Completely agree.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

It's almost like a poem, isn't it?

I really like how the structure of the 60 reflects Holmes' thought processes. At first we have the list - Holmes is keeping a strong grip on his mind and is imposing control on it. Then things begin to loosen - we get to the crash and the words start to move away from each other, appearing on different lines and then floating away from each other altogether. And then at the end, the words come together again as Holmes attempts to regain control.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

It's like typography meets poetry (maybe?). Formatting was a pain. I forgot that when you post in LJ that the formatting all goes away, so I had to take screenshots. I wanted it to have visceral feeling with the looks of it and I'm happy that came through, even if it's unpleasant.