New story: Precious Like Rubies
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Title: Precious Like Rubies
Author: Soledad
Fandom: Miss Marple/Sherlock BBC crossover, with a side dish of Animal Ark
Genre: Drama/Family
Rating: Teens, for now
Summary: Sherlock is dead and John needs a change of scenery. Will he get more than he bargained for?
Note: The very idea of this story is based on the fact that St Mary Mead’s resident GP, Dr. Haydock, used to have a partner named Dr Sandford. That almost sounds like Stamford who, of course, is a key “Sherlock” character, bringing John and Sherlock together in the first place. I thought I’d let Mike meddle a bit again and see what happens. To that end, I had to screw a bit with the Miss Marple timeline, planting the old lady in the Sherlock era. In everything else, I was following both canons as far as possible for this story to still work.
Main characters: Dr. John Watson, Miss Jane Marple, Mike Stamford, Dr Gerard Haydock (the local doc of St Mary Mead), Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes, Rev Leonard Clement, his wife Griselda, Mrs Hudson - the rest we'll see.
First chapter posted, linked to the story title. Enjoy!
Oh, and if you've got any suggestions or found any mistakes, please comment here, so that I can answer/correct/thank for them. :)Which doesn't mean that reviews on FF.Net aren't welcome. *hint, hint*
Author: Soledad
Fandom: Miss Marple/Sherlock BBC crossover, with a side dish of Animal Ark
Genre: Drama/Family
Rating: Teens, for now
Summary: Sherlock is dead and John needs a change of scenery. Will he get more than he bargained for?
Note: The very idea of this story is based on the fact that St Mary Mead’s resident GP, Dr. Haydock, used to have a partner named Dr Sandford. That almost sounds like Stamford who, of course, is a key “Sherlock” character, bringing John and Sherlock together in the first place. I thought I’d let Mike meddle a bit again and see what happens. To that end, I had to screw a bit with the Miss Marple timeline, planting the old lady in the Sherlock era. In everything else, I was following both canons as far as possible for this story to still work.
Main characters: Dr. John Watson, Miss Jane Marple, Mike Stamford, Dr Gerard Haydock (the local doc of St Mary Mead), Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes, Rev Leonard Clement, his wife Griselda, Mrs Hudson - the rest we'll see.
First chapter posted, linked to the story title. Enjoy!
Oh, and if you've got any suggestions or found any mistakes, please comment here, so that I can answer/correct/thank for them. :)
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Date: 2013-07-30 06:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-07-30 07:59 am (UTC)Besides, imagine our "beloved" Gwennie married to a bloke who doesn't do her bidding all the time, works long hours, and even hangs out with his mates regularly. Also, imagine Gwen trying to keep up brain-wise with Molly Hooper or Sarah Sawyer - or John, for that matter - when they come together. Isn't that a wonderful image? ;)
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Date: 2013-07-30 03:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-07-31 04:15 pm (UTC)I'm going to introduce more TW characters, I think - in completely different roles, just for the heck of it.
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Date: 2013-07-30 01:50 pm (UTC)"He didn't think Mycroft for his intervention. Neither did John. Both refused to talk to Mycroft ever again."
"He" is a bit confusing here, Lestrade would be better.
"Sherlock gave them – had given them, John corrected himself bitterly – three months when they had married last year. Those three months were nearly over"
You say at the beginning of the story that almost a year had passed since Sherlock died.Later in the story you say a couple of months.
" Gwen's high-strung attitude"
Should be "highly strung".
"and whiles till fit and agile for his age"
Should be "while".
""I can mail you everything," Stamford offered."
Should be "e mail"
"Good Lord, Haydock, you1re still living in the Dark Ages down there? "
should be "you're"
"I hope the two of you will hit off at once"
Should be "hit it off"
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Date: 2013-07-30 07:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-07-31 01:37 am (UTC)One I missed and could kick myself over
"He didn't think Mycroft for his intervention"
Should be "thank".
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Date: 2013-07-31 04:19 pm (UTC)I'm afraid I've just tore up Chapter 2 (all 8 pages of it) because I realised that Dr Haydock would never be so horribly indiscreet as I've managed to write him. So it will take time until I can send you stuff. I'll PM you and we discuss the technicalities, if that's all right with you.
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Date: 2013-07-31 06:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-07-31 07:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-07-31 07:45 pm (UTC)