The women of the show, smart and informed and competent and opinionated, coming together to solve all the things, yay! This is one of my favorite BBC tropes, and I never see it anywhere near often enough.
Mrs. Hudson was a real star here. I adored the moment that you had her dispel the dream, drawing it in that camera-looking-up, threat-dissolves-to-surprise-reveal-of-our-hero-being-heroic framing that we all know so well. :-D And you did a lovely job keeping her on the knife-edge of competency and vagueness, precise focus and randomness. (Janine appreciates Mrs. Hudson, too!)
And Janine's scathing bite -- and a promise that she and Mary will be back on good terms again! -- and Mary learning to reach for and accept help, and even Molly having her own critical role in the solution, despite not getting the screen time of the others.
You have a nice touch with backstory, too: all told, not that many words spent on it, and yet you did more with a few well-chosen evocative details -- Mrs. Hudson hitchhiking -- than many do with elaborate, fully-explained headcanons. I also appreciate that you tried to handle Voodoo respectfully. (I can't say if you succeeded -- not my area! -- but I'm glad that you made the effort.)
I never know if clicking on a Mary fic is going to make me happy or make me regret my choices. I was very pleased that I clicked this one. :-)
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Date: 2015-12-11 10:31 pm (UTC)Mrs. Hudson was a real star here. I adored the moment that you had her dispel the dream, drawing it in that camera-looking-up, threat-dissolves-to-surprise-reveal-of-our-hero-being-heroic framing that we all know so well. :-D And you did a lovely job keeping her on the knife-edge of competency and vagueness, precise focus and randomness. (Janine appreciates Mrs. Hudson, too!)
And Janine's scathing bite -- and a promise that she and Mary will be back on good terms again! -- and Mary learning to reach for and accept help, and even Molly having her own critical role in the solution, despite not getting the screen time of the others.
You have a nice touch with backstory, too: all told, not that many words spent on it, and yet you did more with a few well-chosen evocative details -- Mrs. Hudson hitchhiking -- than many do with elaborate, fully-explained headcanons. I also appreciate that you tried to handle Voodoo respectfully. (I can't say if you succeeded -- not my area! -- but I'm glad that you made the effort.)
I never know if clicking on a Mary fic is going to make me happy or make me regret my choices. I was very pleased that I clicked this one. :-)