The Sign of the Four: Formidable

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Sign of the Four
Title: Formidable
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Author's Note: Was I going to miss Holmes as a boxer? No way.

McMurdo was formidable in the first. His punches swung brick-heavy. Dangerous, if Holmes had allowed him to land any.

Fatigue set in by the second round. Holmes softened ribs and reddened cheeks.

The third involved a tactical choice, loss for gain. A fist connected, doubling Holmes over, but an uppercut square to a square jaw felled McMurdo like a pine.

Comments

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

We never saw enough of Holmes boxing, at least I haven't. =P I love the tactics you introduce it with!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

There is no amount of Holmes boxing that is too much. :) Thank you!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Quite. Now if only Holmes hadn't wasted his gifts, he might have become famous ;)

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Right on! Now I want an old-timey boxing promotion poster of Holmes with his dukes up... :)

[shadowycat.livejournal.com]

...an uppercut square to a square jaw felled McMurdo like a pine. .. and won his lasting admiration. Considering how useful this turned out to be, perhaps Holmes didn't "waste" his gifts after all. ;D Lovely!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

You're right -- this was a punch that came in very handy at just the right time!

Thank you!

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Now I need to go and watch Granada SOLI again, and ignore Mr Tweed's criticism of JB's footwork.

Many happy returns of the day, by the way.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

OH YES, Granada's SOLI is, as Holmes would say, delicious. And you can tell Mr. Tweed that it's two of us ignoring JB's footwork (although that's all I'll be ignoring of JB... yum).

Thanks very much for the kind wishes! It was a fun, laid-back birthday.

[sherlockholmes.livejournal.com]

I'm loving that you wrote about the boxing, actually. I think it's brilliant and the last line totally hits both the literal and literary mark quite cleverly.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you, especially about the wordplay. Always nice to hear something worked. Much appreciated! :)

Sunday, 21 April 2012

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[methylviolet10b]

Hee! Boxing Holmes for the win - and you capture it wonderfully. That was such a great moment of levity in the story, perfectly timed, and your 60 fleshes out the reference in such a fun, vivid way. Yay!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you! Holmes the pugilist is just too tasty to turn down. Always happy to hear you like my writing! :)