Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Sherlock - 4/4

[qthebadwolf]

Title: Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Sherlock - 4/4
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sherlock/John friendship
Word Count: 4,376
Disclaimer: Sherlock belongs to Auntie Beeb and Uncle Moff; Sherlock Holmes belongs to the world.
Crossover: Harry Potter
Warnings: none
Thanks: Many million thanks to my brilliant beta/Brit-pickers,

Comments

[crystalwren_fic]

"John wondered how normal mothers ever coped. If their babies were anything like Sherlock, they must singlehandedly keep the entire amphetamine industry afloat."

Considering that I have a friend who has severe bipolar and ADHD on top of being an Aspie, I suspect that her mother would be able to give a few pointers to Mummy Holmes...

I think you've done an excellent job in keeping Sherlock IC even at biological age 2. And a brilliant job in portraying sensory problems in a toddler. Also the asymmetry problems. All in all, a fantastic work!

[qthebadwolf]

Many thanks! :) I did work really hard to keep Sherlock true to character while incorporating some of the subtler ways that Asperger's might present itself in a very young child, so it's great to hear that those elements worked.

(Sorry for the lateness of my reply, btw...I've been away from LJ for a while and was drawn back by someone's attempts to steal parts of this story to put in their own, and seeing your lovely comment really brightened my day no end.) :)

[crystalwren_fic]

You're talking to the queen of late replies so please don't worry. There are some metas going around now that argue that Sherlock does not have an ASD; they make for a good argument, but then some of these essays are written by people who also argue that Sherlock isn't a genius. Looking at the entireity of Sherlock's mental abilities over the course of the series, and matching said abilities to several clinically assessed geniuses I've personally met, I'd have to firmly disagree in that respect. All in all, I do think you could make a decent argument in favour of it.

It's awful someone is trying to steal your work! Thankfully, I've never had the personal experience of it.

[qthebadwolf]

I've been particularly attuned to watching for the subtler symptoms of AS ever since my own diagnosis, and for me, Sherlock was showing signs ever since the pilot episode. So when John suggested he had Asperger's, even jokingly, it just seemed to me like an obvious acknowledgement of something that was consistent with what they'd been showing us of the character all along.

As for the plagiarism: sweet victory! :D

[hecateb1]

I'm really sad to see this come to an end, it's been a lovely series, John was so sweet and Sherlock, well, is Sherlock. On the musings on fatherhood, John can be sure that he'd be ready to deal with anything any child could come up with after this experience

[tarajw]

This was absolutely wonderful. Far too few deaging fics.

[anonymous]

I really, really, really hate to do this incase I'm stupidly wrong, but are you aware of this story here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9284818/6/Through-the-Eyes-of-a-Child ?

Cos it's quite similar to yours and I'd hate for them to be plaigerising you.

[qthebadwolf]

*hugs*

Bless you, Anon. It is indeed suspiciously similar (though I'm gratified to see, not quite as good). ;) They even stole verbatim lines and everything.

If it's not too much to ask, I'd really appreciate it if you could report this: I just sent fanfiction.net a note myself, but the more people who point out the plagiarism, the better.

Either way, many, many million thanks again...it's so lovely to know that other fans have got your back when you nervously put your (raw, uncopyrighted) stories out there into the world. :)

Q, the very grateful animal

[anonymous]

Consider it done. I hope it gets sorted.

And yes, I also was happy to notice it wasn't as good as yours ;)

[anonymous]

Another person here who has reported the other story. I was wondering if you've heard of Stop_Plagiarism? They should be able to help you with this and a lot more people would help you get those complaints in.

[anonymous]

That was fucking perfect man beautiful :) and sweet <3