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Prompting: Part V

Oct 31, 2010 12:42

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Fairy tales anonymous November 4 2010, 18:00:32 UTC

"I have been reliably informed I don't have [a heart]," Sherlock says.
Why not make it a bit more literal?

Options/plot bunnies
-Sherlock was cursed/enchanted at birth
-Sherlock's heart has been sealed away
-Sherlock was born without a heart (or perhaps with the wrong kind of heart)
-Sherlock's heart has been stolen or otherwise placed outside of his body
-Someone has to quest for/liberate/find/un-enchant Sherlock's heart

Re: Fairy tales anonymous November 4 2010, 18:03:34 UTC

Personally, my first thought when he said that was "Davy Jones. Sherlock Holmes. Hmmmm, the Heart of Sherlock Holmes" :D

Sorry - off topic, but I second it whole-heartedly XD

OP also adds... anonymous November 4 2010, 18:06:39 UTC

The moment I hit 'enter', I thought, 'And all throughout London, the policemen say, Sherlock's heart grew three sizes that day.'
It seems a little mean, though...

I'm also now wondering if the Tin Man should have been a sociopath....

Re: Fairy tales anonymous November 4 2010, 23:29:34 UTC

... and if you stab the heart yours must take its place. You must BECOME Sherlock Holmes.

Re: Fairy tales metaburo November 5 2010, 00:59:44 UTC

I'm seeing Howl's Moving Castle similarities here... Maybe The Skull is his demon?
And John would HAVE to be Sophie.

Re: Fairy tales anonymous November 5 2010, 12:53:43 UTC

Sherlock is the Tin Man?

FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (1/?) anonymous November 19 2010, 03:43:59 UTC

This isn’t much of a fairy tale, sorry OP. Everyone added these great inspiring comments, too, and I just sort of went in the opposite direction. Your prompt actually reminded me of a Gundam Wing fic I read ages ago, which was in turn inspired by the song “Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart”. I’d give credit where credit is due, but all I remember is that I read it on GWAddiction, so it’s more or less a needle in a haystack. If anyone is terribly interested I can re-scour and see if I can find it, or someone else can find it and tell me, because this has been bothering me for days ( ... )

Re: FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (2/?) anonymous November 19 2010, 03:44:46 UTC

The girls he spent time with were twittering, silly things with vacant eyes that would be best described as 'not unattractive'. They giggled and swayed their hips far too much, and wore their hearts on their sleeves, bare for all to see everything that coursed through them. It utterly confused Sherlock as to why someone as intelligent as Mycroft would waste time with them and after observing them unawares on four occasions only to be caught on the fifth, Sherlock voiced this frustration loudly to an irritated Mycroft and the vapid girl blinking next to him ( ... )

FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (3/?) anonymous November 19 2010, 03:45:30 UTC

If he were capable of feeling disappointment, Sherlock would have when Moriarty made that statement. How utterly banal- and to waste so much conviction on it, too ( ... )

Re: FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (3/?) anonymous November 19 2010, 06:15:56 UTC

What a fascinating concept! Sort of 'magic realism'.

Re: FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (3/?) anonymous November 19 2010, 08:27:50 UTC

Ooh! I've read that GW fic - 1x2, right? And they break into the warehouse because Heero doesn't want to give Duo his heart back and then Heero's heart is broken . The prompt reminded me of that too!

BUT anyways, back to the Sherlock.

This was wonderful. I love the concept and though I can see the influence of the GW fic, it's definitely its own story and I'm really interested to see what happened to Sherlock's heart and how the concept develops.

Re: FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (3/?) anonymous November 19 2010, 15:02:43 UTC

You know, literally right after i posted the fic, I gave GWAddiction one more look, and managed to find the darn thing right away! "Lost and Found" by Lys ap Adin, if you're interested. I think it's just one of those concepts that stick with you, the idea of being able to literally give someone your heart.

Re: FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (3/?) anonymous November 21 2010, 01:46:17 UTC

I remember that GW fix! The concept is strangely adorable, and it works really well here. ( Are you thinking of continuing?)

Re: FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (3/?) xtinethepirate December 29 2010, 15:36:09 UTC

BUT WHERE IS THE REST!? *F5s*

(seriously, this is creepily wonderful and fascinating! More please?)

FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (4/7) anonymous January 14 2011, 15:45:10 UTC

This, at least, is something with which Sherlock has experience ( ... )

FILL: The Heart, And Other Fleshy Organs (5/7) anonymous January 14 2011, 15:45:52 UTC

Even after a shower and fresh set of clothes, the wiggling mass persists, and Sherlock finds his brain muddled and tumbling bits of irrelevant data from the past few hours over and around his skull. It’s more than a little disconcerting, and Sherlock finds himself reaching for his violin in an attempt to quiet his restless mind and body ( ... )

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