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[ SECRET POST #1890 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1890 ⌋

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Never read Alone on the Water. Never will.

This is my reaction. This thread is the first I've heard about it. Go figure.

It's mainly known on tumblr, people clogging the Sherlock tag with creys reaction gifs. All I know is it's angst-ridden and sad Watson fic. Um, no thanks. The Reichenbach Fall is perfect and tragic, I don't need to read anything sadder than that, I need to function.
And in my experience most fandom required-read fics are badly written anyway.

Edited 2012-03-07 01:01 (UTC)

lol yes! Reichenbach is all the creys I need to have over Sherlock.

Ah, that explains it. Something about the way tumblr works just turns me off, so I don't bother with it at all.

But from what I'm reading, this fic would not be a good idea for me. Reading about depression can trigger actual depression in me sometimes and I don't feel like jumping on the bandwagon of a site I don't even like is a good enough reason for me to risk it.

Then I suggest not. Martin's acting alone is devastating to me so I'm not gonna read some cliched, overly angsty fic. I suggest you read some good domestic fic of them. That always cheer me up =)

The Reichenbach Fall is perfect and tragic, I don't need to read anything sadder than that, I need to function.

Dude. Word (and other 90's sayings).

The thought of John believing Sherlock to be dead....no, worse than that, that he committed suicide, when really he's alive...that's enough angst for me to handle from this show for the next 18 months until S3. I read AOTW and couldn't get it into but I know for all it's 'epic tragedy' it didn't give me half the feels Reichenbach does.

Yo, fo shizzle mah homies

Canon BBC Sherlock is devastating. It's easy to cope with ACD canon and RDJ Sherlock because Watson has Mary but in Sherlock, he's so alone, and trying so hard not to break. Damn you Martin Freeman. ;_;

I know right? It's like Moffat, Gatiss and Thompson looked at the Final Problem and thought; "This is the most angsty thing in Holmes canon. LET'S MAKE IT TEN TIMES WORSE."

So we have Sherlock being declared a fake, Mycroft screwing him over epically, Lestrade and co turning on him, Watson being called away on "doctor business" as a distraction is now him believing Mrs Hudson is dying which causes his and Sherlock's last face-to-face convo to be a fight, the "Dear John" letter (literally) is now a phone-call with Sherlock having to do the whole Break His Heart To Save Him trope and, of course, John doesn't believe a word. And unlike other Watsons - he sees what he thinks is Sherlock's corpse. Also he has no idea of what went on between Holmes and Moriarty. For all he knows, Sherlock just had a break down and chose to kill himself. Having lost someone to suicide only last year I can especially empathise with that. And then we have the graveyard scene, "don't be dead", his limp apparently returning (people mention this though I've never been able to spot it) and Sherlock watching him cry from afar...

Seriously, boys. Well played. Well played.

To be fair, I didn't cry at any of that but I still appreciate the feelings. And the hiatus leaves enough extra angst to build up as we wonder how the hell they're going to bounce back from that in S3. Scars need to be healed, guys. Stat.

Edited 2012-03-07 02:11 (UTC)

Gah, seriously, no fic can be more devastating than that. I didn't literally cry either, but my heart hurts whenever I think of Watson's grief. It's so real and tangible and simple plea resonates with people who have lost loved ones. I hope they address Watson's grief in the beginning of S3.

I'm applying band-aids over that scar with fluffy domestic fics, but S3 had better come asap!

I hope they address Watson's grief in the beginning of S3.

Oh yeah...this.

I am actually worried that Moffat is going to do the same thing he did with the Melody Pond storyline in Doctor Who. That is have a brilliant set up with lots of heartbreak to work off...and then just shrug it all off. That being Amy and Rory's 'grief' over losing their daughter. So much gorgeous angst was built up in TRF, you need one hell of a reunion with ALL THE FEELINGS to follow that. I hope they get Thompson to write it again, it only seems fitting as he did the set-up.

Fluffy fics are my comfort at the moment but most of the reunion fics I've read are soooo angsty. Like yeah, we know John is going to throw a few punches and be pissed off but; its fanfiction, it's escapism, gimmie some happy-times people!

Watson's grief is too real and raw and relatable for most viewers so if they didn't address it properly I'll probably have to kick someone. That's the reason I left Glee, other than the writings suck. Thompson had better write the first ep of S3.

Oh, I don't read reunion fics AT ALL haha, too painful. Most of the fic I'm reading gloss over or didn't even include the fall event. It's easier that way. If I want to be devastated I'll just watch the news. Gimme a good casefic any day.

Also, your icon. Agh, that reaching hands scene killed me.

Yep. ;_; The whole "Take my hand." line goes from adorable to sad with that shot. And when John tries to reach for the body's hand and has to be dragged away.

*wibble*

*all my tears*

Yes, this, exactly. I'm another who didn't cry watching it, but oh, my heart. That episode was so rough and sad and just...hurty.

Pardon me, I'll be over here reading as much fluff as I can find...

I know right? It's like Moffat, Gatiss and Thompson looked at the Final Problem and thought; "This is the most angsty thing in Holmes canon. LET'S MAKE IT TEN TIMES WORSE."

That really made me laugh, but it's so, so true! Poor John. ::tries to stifle her giggling::

I don't know... RDJ Sherlock is quite devastating for me because for me, that last moment before Sherlock falls is when Watson realizes Sherlock loves him. My head canon, I know, but it broke me.

MAybe the BBC version doesn't affect me that much thanks to the wonderful fix it fics I've been reading?

See I had the RDJ version spoiled for me before hand so it didn't affect me much but Watson walking in to see Holmes jump was a bit sad. But then I felt cheated at the end because, even though I knew Holmes would be alive, we didn't get to see Watson's reaction to seeing him again (and I doubt it will be how they start the next movie). Which is one of the things that's keeping me holding out for the rest of the BBCverse.

Now the Granada version? That actually made me well-up a bit in how poignant it was executed. Both Watson reading the letter in TFP and in TEH when we see Holmes have to stop himself from calling out to him. Oh Jeremy Brett. <3

Yeah I have major issues with the fact that we don't get to see Watson's reaction to Holmes being alive. That's a terrible way to leave us hanging! They need to add a damn stinger or something.

While I'd love to see Watson's reaction to Holmes being alive -in front of him and not just that 'eureka' moment when he sees the oxygen supply- What I would've loved is if the new adaptations were bold enough NOT to show us that Sherlock is still alive at the end. Make us suffer and wait (Yep, I love good angst) even when the ones who have read the ACD canon knows that it's not the end.

I haven't seen the Granada version, but it's in my list of things to watch as soon as my work is less crazy

tbh I was a little bit surprised when we saw him alive at the end in both the new adaptations. It kinda seems like cheating lol

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Granada is amazing, but it's best to watch it in order if you want the full impact.

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I KNOW. It's too much, I have to ignore the fridge horror of John's situation.

And Sherlock's. I mean the dude only just realised how much he cared for his friends, enough to have his great genius smeared and fake his death, now he has to stay away from them for god knows how long. It was the first selfless act of heroism he ever did and when he comes back people are probably going to hate him for it. D'aww.

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