I know I was the least anonymous "anonymous author" ever, for a variety of reasons, but I just couldn't resist writing Exit Sherlock Holmes for you, and I'm so happy you enjoyed it. :D
The book is basically structured as a series of revelations about Holmes that Watson gradually discovers, and I thought adding another layer, with another bit of manuscript fiction, would make perfect sense. After all, everything we know of the "truth" is told to us second- or third-hand - and the contradiction I pointed out about how the Holmes/Moriarty relationship is described does exist in the book.
I love how the "vanishing into the twilight" bit is such a mirror for the end that Reichenbach could have been
YES! I wasn't thinking about it like that, but now that you say it, that's exactly how it functions, yes. Reichenbach must have been at the back of my mind. (Not that it isn't always, with this pairing!)
The book really falls down a bit with the simplified backstory and the whole good-and-evil contrast, but it's all so incredibly theatrical, you can almost believe that's deliberate. And it's very easy to twist it just a little into something less simplistic. :)
and how in their world being with a man is accepted - but being with one like you is not
And they can play lovers on stage/screen, sex scenes included, but they can't be together in real life. Poor boys. *g*
Anyway, thank you for such a lovely comment! ♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2017-12-22 12:26 am (UTC)I know I was the least anonymous "anonymous author" ever, for a variety of reasons, but I just couldn't resist writing Exit Sherlock Holmes for you, and I'm so happy you enjoyed it. :D
The book is basically structured as a series of revelations about Holmes that Watson gradually discovers, and I thought adding another layer, with another bit of manuscript fiction, would make perfect sense. After all, everything we know of the "truth" is told to us second- or third-hand - and the contradiction I pointed out about how the Holmes/Moriarty relationship is described does exist in the book.
I love how the "vanishing into the twilight" bit is such a mirror for the end that Reichenbach could have been
YES! I wasn't thinking about it like that, but now that you say it, that's exactly how it functions, yes. Reichenbach must have been at the back of my mind. (Not that it isn't always, with this pairing!)
The book really falls down a bit with the simplified backstory and the whole good-and-evil contrast, but it's all so incredibly theatrical, you can almost believe that's deliberate. And it's very easy to twist it just a little into something less simplistic. :)
and how in their world being with a man is accepted - but being with one like you is not
And they can play lovers on stage/screen, sex scenes included, but they can't be together in real life. Poor boys. *g*
Anyway, thank you for such a lovely comment! ♥ ♥ ♥