Scorpion

[marysutherland]

BBC Sherlock

Rating 12 (violence)

Inspired by John's blog post on The Speckled Blonde.

Many thanks to Fengirl for betaing.

Comments

[fengirl88]

I like this very much, as you know, especially the ending - I think that last section may actually be one of my favourite things in your fics.

occasionally metaphors can convey more than scientific facts - they can indeed!

[marysutherland]

It somehow seems to have become part of my head canon that Sherlock doesn't like metaphors. I had the same theme in The Adventure of the Illustrious Idiot, which contains the cracky twin version of this Sherlock. In both of the fics I'm fascinated by the possibility of Sherlock as pulling away from John precisely because he doesn't want to become the more caring man that John is imperceptibly making him into.

[uwsannajane]

Very fine indeed!

[marysutherland]

Thank you very much.

[ascendant_angel]

That was a lovely little surprise to find on my friends list I very much enjoyed that.

[marysutherland]

I keep wanting to post more, but have very little time for fic writing at the moment. Pleased you enjoyed this.

[zauzat]

A fascinating story and wonderful final lines.

[marysutherland]

I'm always fascinated by the phenomenon of observing your own behaviour and feeling at the same time that you're not in control of it, that sense of the divided self. And it's particularly fun to write that for Sherlock, who's such a control-freak.

[chamekke]

This is absolutely brilliant. I can't decide which bits I love the best - the unravelling of Roylott's methods and motives, Sherlock's hilarious asides about John's intellectual shortcomings, or his conclusion that he is being slow-poisoned by sentiment (and the terrifyingly accurate prediction he makes based on this).

You weave together darkness and humour and emotional insight so seamlessly here. I'm in awe.

*mems on the spot*

[marysutherland]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it. This was partly inspired by someone on my flist wanting weird Series 2 Sherlock. So I went back to a Sherlock voice that I've used in a few previous fics, where there's a titanic struggle between Sherlock's love for John and his own massive ego. There's something very funny, in a rather warped way, about someone fighting his own love for someone else and losing.