Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment! The thing about anonymous gift exchanges is that you're not automatically informed of new comments, and I noticed yours only recently. It's always nice to see that older fics are still appreciated. :-)
that whole "there but for the grace of God, go I"
Yes, that's exactly what I meant (and what I feel as well when I read FINA). And this:
how tempting the call of someone on your own level might be to Holmes
Yes. I always get the impression that Holmes, for all his friendship with Watson, is essentially a lonely man. There's no one who can really understand what it's like to be in his shoes - except for Moriarty. The idea was used brilliantly in the third BBC episode, but I found it likely that it would work just as well for the canon characters.
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Date: 2012-11-13 09:21 am (UTC)that whole "there but for the grace of God, go I"
Yes, that's exactly what I meant (and what I feel as well when I read FINA). And this:
how tempting the call of someone on your own level might be to Holmes
Yes. I always get the impression that Holmes, for all his friendship with Watson, is essentially a lonely man. There's no one who can really understand what it's like to be in his shoes - except for Moriarty. The idea was used brilliantly in the third BBC episode, but I found it likely that it would work just as well for the canon characters.