Sally and Anderson are the annoying co-anchors (presenters). Sherlock is the hard-hitting investigative reporter. Mike is the jolly meteorologist. Molly is the traffic reporter (or overly-sappy human interest reporter). Harry is the fast-talking sports reporter. Mrs. Hudson is the gossipy makeup woman/hair stylist. Lestrade is the long-suffering director. Mycroft is the meddling station owner. Jim is the lunatic who threatens to blow up the station if his manifesto isn't read live on the air. John is the unassuming camera man who kicks his ass.
And if you wanna throw in some Sherlock/John, Mycroft/Lestrade... well you just go right on ahead.
Re: The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (2c/?)
anonymous
July 6 2011, 07:24:05 UTC
OP here!
Ah so many things to love so far:
“I’m not your housekeeper, Greg.”
“Ridiculous, John, I was investigating. Did you get it all on film?” “The apartment, yes, your balcony stunt, no. Because, as you might recall, I didn’t get let in until you were finished rummaging.”
There is an awkward silence. Why, why is the man staring at him so? Lestrade shifts in his chair, aware that his face is growing red, and tries to look anywhere but at Mycroft.
In the echoing silence-after a while, people working at 221 News learn to respond to shocking news with absolute silence, rather than yelling, because that would mean yelling rather a lot-Sherlock, looking incredibly smug, puts a hand out, palm-up and John grudgingly fishes a few coins out of his pocket, handing them over.
And Sherlock overhearing John and Harry talking about him! Hee hee!
You're doing a great job of managing so many characters at once.
The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (3a/?)
anonymous
July 8 2011, 21:25:44 UTC
Thank you thank you thank you ALL for your most excellent and wonderful comments! It makes my day to see them, and I’m so glad people like the fill. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
For clarification, this pretty much runs parallel to the series until this chapter. John and Sherlock have already solved A Study in Pink and The Blind Banker. In this chapter, Sherlock has completed three of Moriarty’s creepy challenge things, and is on the fourth. The first three challenges are the same as in the series, the circumstances of the fourth are slightly altered, as you will see.
Episode 3“I can’t believe we were being played around by the network because that guy decided he wanted to seduce Greg!” Anderson hurls a pen across the newsroom, where it narrowly managed to avoid hitting a hapless intern
( ... )
Re: The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (3a/?)
anonymous
July 9 2011, 06:30:15 UTC
OP here!
Ah, still loving this! I absolutely love all of the banter between everyone. Again, you're doing a great job juggling everyone and giving them all a personality and great dialogue but still keeping them in character. For example, we got to see so little of Mike in canon, but I could totally see him saying all that. And Harry. Every time someone writes a great Harry it makes me want them to put her in the show so badly!
Thank you! For this and for all your other kind comments. ^_^
Mike is one of those characters that kind of came naturally. I mean, I barely remember what he said in his appearance in A Study in Pink, but he kind of wrote himself. Harry plays a big part in so many fics, I always have to remind myself she's not actually in the show. It's great. :D
The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (3b/?)
anonymous
July 9 2011, 17:16:39 UTC
“You didn’t tell them.”
“No.” Sherlock strides along so quickly it’s hard for John to keep up. In a less dignified man, it would have been running. “There’s no need, and they wouldn’t have been able to help any. The first three were easy enough to solve. ”
“Hey-Sherlock, are you taking this seriously?”
Sherlock gives a frustrated huff.
“Yes, John, I am taking this seriously. It’s only because she started to describe him that he killed that old woman in the third one. These puzzles...they’re too easy. If this really is the man behind the serial murders and the Chinese smuggling operation, then he can do better than this.”
“Maybe you overestimated him.”
“I never do. These so-called challenges, they’re more like a taunt.”
John quells the impulse to roll his eyes. He doesn’t know why he puts up with this, he really doesn’t. He’s like a child, he really is. Attention span of a gnat unless something interesting comes along. In Sherlock’s world, there are two kinds of things. The boring things-which apparently encompass most of
( ... )
The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (3c/?)
anonymous
July 12 2011, 22:39:26 UTC
Wish, command. More has been provided. ;) COMMENTS = <3s FOR EVER AND EVER AND EVER. You guys are the best.“Well done, little brother. I wouldn’t have expected you to do the responsible thing and call me.” Before Sherlock can respond, Mycroft presses on, smoothly. “Just as well that you did. There was a full team of snipers waiting for you in there
( ... )
Re: The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (3c/?)
anonymous
July 12 2011, 22:59:43 UTC
Ahahahaha, yes, we know who we are. :D AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DE-ANON NOW? Exciting. I am excited. Is that a promise, that the next part will be sooner? I will be bugging you incessantly until you write more. :D NOW, THE ACTUAL COMMENT: *flail* This is amazing. I am seriously seriously loving this, but you knew that already, didn't you? CHARACTER LIMITS SUCK. Sherlock! John! Pasta! My three favorite things! Also Lestrade is ace. :D Your characterizations are spot on. IN OTHER WORDS: YOU ARE AWESOME AND THIS IS TOO. PLEASE WRITE MORE. /ranting gushing thing
Re: The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (3c/?)
anonymous
July 13 2011, 22:12:18 UTC
OP!
Sherlock scowls, curled up in a worn-out armchair in his cave of an office.
John went through another one of his rapid mental gear changes. This time, however, he didn’t come up with anything remotely making sense, so he settled for the decidedly less eloquent “what?”
Loved those lines in particular!
And Sherlock's 'Sherlocky' way to get John to have dinner with him.
That construction crew continues to be a bad omen.
The Adventures of Channel 221 Evening News (3d/?)
anonymous
July 14 2011, 02:25:41 UTC
Comments! Such lovely, wonderful comments! They make my day, they really do. Particular kudos to OP for their dedication in commenting on what seems like each and every part!
Seems like everyone's caught on about the construction/lighting already. Well, I won't leave you hanging any longer. ::
Their food arrives, and John’s still in the dark as to what in the world they’re doing here. It gets even more confusing when Sherlock actually starts eating his pasta, instead of just pushing it around on his plate and making loud, acid observations about their fellow diners.
“I-thought you didn’t eat on an investigation.”
Sherlock neatly spears a piece of pasta with his fork. “I don’t.”
“Uh, right. Okay then.”
“Oh, for heaven’s sake, John. Just enjoy the dinner, alright? I’m paying.”
And then he smiles, which is most disconcerting, not least because it induces a kind of fuzzy tingling in John’s chest. He has to remind himself that this it ridiculous, because he’s not infatuated with Sherlock, he’s...pleasantly attracted to him. It’s
( ... )
Sherlock is the hard-hitting investigative reporter.
Mike is the jolly meteorologist.
Molly is the traffic reporter (or overly-sappy human interest reporter).
Harry is the fast-talking sports reporter.
Mrs. Hudson is the gossipy makeup woman/hair stylist.
Lestrade is the long-suffering director.
Mycroft is the meddling station owner.
Jim is the lunatic who threatens to blow up the station if his manifesto isn't read live on the air.
John is the unassuming camera man who kicks his ass.
And if you wanna throw in some Sherlock/John, Mycroft/Lestrade... well you just go right on ahead.
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Ah so many things to love so far:
“I’m not your housekeeper, Greg.”
“Ridiculous, John, I was investigating. Did you get it all on film?”
“The apartment, yes, your balcony stunt, no. Because, as you might recall, I didn’t get let in until you were finished rummaging.”
There is an awkward silence. Why, why is the man staring at him so? Lestrade shifts in his chair, aware that his face is growing red, and tries to look anywhere but at Mycroft.
In the echoing silence-after a while, people working at 221 News learn to respond to shocking news with absolute silence, rather than yelling, because that would mean yelling rather a lot-Sherlock, looking incredibly smug, puts a hand out, palm-up and John grudgingly fishes a few coins out of his pocket, handing them over.
And Sherlock overhearing John and Harry talking about him! Hee hee!
You're doing a great job of managing so many characters at once.
Looking forward to more!
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For clarification, this pretty much runs parallel to the series until this chapter. John and Sherlock have already solved A Study in Pink and The Blind Banker. In this chapter, Sherlock has completed three of Moriarty’s creepy challenge things, and is on the fourth. The first three challenges are the same as in the series, the circumstances of the fourth are slightly altered, as you will see.
Episode 3“I can’t believe we were being played around by the network because that guy decided he wanted to seduce Greg!” Anderson hurls a pen across the newsroom, where it narrowly managed to avoid hitting a hapless intern ( ... )
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Ah, still loving this! I absolutely love all of the banter between everyone. Again, you're doing a great job juggling everyone and giving them all a personality and great dialogue but still keeping them in character. For example, we got to see so little of Mike in canon, but I could totally see him saying all that. And Harry. Every time someone writes a great Harry it makes me want them to put her in the show so badly!
More!
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Mike is one of those characters that kind of came naturally. I mean, I barely remember what he said in his appearance in A Study in Pink, but he kind of wrote himself.
Harry plays a big part in so many fics, I always have to remind myself she's not actually in the show. It's great. :D
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“No.” Sherlock strides along so quickly it’s hard for John to keep up. In a less dignified man, it would have been running. “There’s no need, and they wouldn’t have been able to help any. The first three were easy enough to solve. ”
“Hey-Sherlock, are you taking this seriously?”
Sherlock gives a frustrated huff.
“Yes, John, I am taking this seriously. It’s only because she started to describe him that he killed that old woman in the third one. These puzzles...they’re too easy. If this really is the man behind the serial murders and the Chinese smuggling operation, then he can do better than this.”
“Maybe you overestimated him.”
“I never do. These so-called challenges, they’re more like a taunt.”
John quells the impulse to roll his eyes. He doesn’t know why he puts up with this, he really doesn’t. He’s like a child, he really is. Attention span of a gnat unless something interesting comes along. In Sherlock’s world, there are two kinds of things. The boring things-which apparently encompass most of ( ... )
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“Is this because I called you an idiot for trying to take the pill that cabbie offered you?”
That whole conversation was great!
And Sherlock's getting in deep again with his puzzles and not taking them seriously enough.
I love that Mrs. Hudson fell asleep in her chair. And that she called Jim a 'nice young man'. Ha!
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COMMENTS = <3s FOR EVER AND EVER AND EVER. You guys are the best.“Well done, little brother. I wouldn’t have expected you to do the responsible thing and call me.” Before Sherlock can respond, Mycroft presses on, smoothly. “Just as well that you did. There was a full team of snipers waiting for you in there ( ... )
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AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DE-ANON NOW?
Exciting. I am excited.
Is that a promise, that the next part will be sooner? I will be bugging you incessantly until you write more. :D
NOW, THE ACTUAL COMMENT:
*flail*
This is amazing. I am seriously seriously loving this, but you knew that already, didn't you?
CHARACTER LIMITS SUCK.
Sherlock! John! Pasta! My three favorite things!
Also Lestrade is ace. :D Your characterizations are spot on.
IN OTHER WORDS:
YOU ARE AWESOME AND THIS IS TOO. PLEASE WRITE MORE.
/ranting gushing thing
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Sherlock scowls, curled up in a worn-out armchair in his cave of an office.
John went through another one of his rapid mental gear changes. This time, however, he didn’t come up with anything remotely making sense, so he settled for the decidedly less eloquent “what?”
Loved those lines in particular!
And Sherlock's 'Sherlocky' way to get John to have dinner with him.
That construction crew continues to be a bad omen.
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Seems like everyone's caught on about the construction/lighting already. Well, I won't leave you hanging any longer.
::
Their food arrives, and John’s still in the dark as to what in the world they’re doing here. It gets even more confusing when Sherlock actually starts eating his pasta, instead of just pushing it around on his plate and making loud, acid observations about their fellow diners.
“I-thought you didn’t eat on an investigation.”
Sherlock neatly spears a piece of pasta with his fork. “I don’t.”
“Uh, right. Okay then.”
“Oh, for heaven’s sake, John. Just enjoy the dinner, alright? I’m paying.”
And then he smiles, which is most disconcerting, not least because it induces a kind of fuzzy tingling in John’s chest. He has to remind himself that this it ridiculous, because he’s not infatuated with Sherlock, he’s...pleasantly attracted to him. It’s ( ... )
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