I am as the White Rabbit this week -- late and flailing (this is what I get for signing up for both Holmestice and Yuletide, though, so it's my own fault). Also, holiday shopping to finish (all but done) and cookies to bake (not).
However. This is just fascinating. I like this Araminta very, very much; this Mary, meanwhile, is very much a cipher (but then, that's what one would expect from a memoir coming from the Cavallaro-Holmes' camp). There is certainly room to wonder about the origins of the Holmes dynasty here; all we really have in the Cavallaro is Charlotte's assertion that Sherlock himself originally claimed Watson as the mother of his child...and depending on where Charlotte got that claim, and on the relative values of "Watson" in Sherlock-speak, that doesn't necessarily exclude Russell.
Meanwhile, though, there's also a lot of thoughtful poking here at Charlotte's and Jamie's relationship to one another, and at Charlotte's problematic relationship with her own family. Again, it's Araminta who connects things together; I do hope she gets to bond properly with the new cats, without undue meddling from the forces of evil (wherever they may be lurking).
And, as with my own piece last year, So Much Room for further exploring....
Very well done, very satisfying, and very much a worthy speculation on how these two canons might intersect. Bravo, and thank you!
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Date: 2017-12-16 09:49 pm (UTC)However. This is just fascinating. I like this Araminta very, very much; this Mary, meanwhile, is very much a cipher (but then, that's what one would expect from a memoir coming from the Cavallaro-Holmes' camp). There is certainly room to wonder about the origins of the Holmes dynasty here; all we really have in the Cavallaro is Charlotte's assertion that Sherlock himself originally claimed Watson as the mother of his child...and depending on where Charlotte got that claim, and on the relative values of "Watson" in Sherlock-speak, that doesn't necessarily exclude Russell.
Meanwhile, though, there's also a lot of thoughtful poking here at Charlotte's and Jamie's relationship to one another, and at Charlotte's problematic relationship with her own family. Again, it's Araminta who connects things together; I do hope she gets to bond properly with the new cats, without undue meddling from the forces of evil (wherever they may be lurking).
And, as with my own piece last year, So Much Room for further exploring....
Very well done, very satisfying, and very much a worthy speculation on how these two canons might intersect. Bravo, and thank you!