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“For England, Home, and Beauty” by Cimorene (NC-17)
Fandom: SHERLOCK HOLMES
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Author on LJ: cimorene111
Author Website: http://www.waxjism.org/cimorene/
Why this must be read:
Stories like this are the best argument for watching TV with your slash goggles on. Here, Cimorene provides a bit of “spackle” for the Granada Television adaptation of “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.” She does an incredible job of translating Jeremy Brett’s electrifying, theatrical, irresistible Holmes from the television screen back to…well, the computer screen rather than the page, but you know what I mean. (One could print out the story, I suppose.) She also conveys Watson’s rueful awareness of the hold his friend has over him, and Edward Hardwicke’s beautifully modulated portrayal of same: “I was fondly tolerant of his eccentricities, but I was moved to tenderness by them too, and it was this, my helpless susceptibility, which I found paradoxically troublesome. Could I, I wondered, trust my own judgment in Holmes's sphere?”
Bonus: links at the top of the page to Cim’s recap/review of the episode and to an on-line version of Conan Doyle’s original story.
“For England, Home, and Beauty”
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Author on LJ: cimorene111
Author Website: http://www.waxjism.org/cimorene/
Why this must be read:
Stories like this are the best argument for watching TV with your slash goggles on. Here, Cimorene provides a bit of “spackle” for the Granada Television adaptation of “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.” She does an incredible job of translating Jeremy Brett’s electrifying, theatrical, irresistible Holmes from the television screen back to…well, the computer screen rather than the page, but you know what I mean. (One could print out the story, I suppose.) She also conveys Watson’s rueful awareness of the hold his friend has over him, and Edward Hardwicke’s beautifully modulated portrayal of same: “I was fondly tolerant of his eccentricities, but I was moved to tenderness by them too, and it was this, my helpless susceptibility, which I found paradoxically troublesome. Could I, I wondered, trust my own judgment in Holmes's sphere?”
Bonus: links at the top of the page to Cim’s recap/review of the episode and to an on-line version of Conan Doyle’s original story.
“For England, Home, and Beauty”