Sherlock Fic: Catharsis

Drabble written for prompt six:  "Horror" at drabbles20in20 

Catharsis

Sherlock gazed in horror at the trail of devastation on the floor. He could still hear the whirring motor of the instrument of destruction.

When he closed his eyes, he saw the bright liquid that had spattered walls, bookcases, windows, and lamps, and then drip, drip, dripped downwards. 

He imagined that the terrified dying had screamed as they were wiped off the surface of the globe in swathes. 

So many footprints and fingerprints, bits of dust and dirt—anything that might have told him of the movements of the room’s occupant—exterminated by a professional cleaner. 

He hated Mycroft’s office.

Sherlock Fic: Catharsis

Drabble written for prompt six:  "Horror" at drabbles20in20 

Catharsis

Sherlock gazed in horror at the trail of devastation on the floor. He could still hear the whirring motor of the instrument of destruction.

When he closed his eyes, he saw the bright liquid that had spattered walls, bookcases, windows, and lamps, and then drip, drip, dripped downwards. 

He imagined that the terrified dying had screamed as they were wiped off the surface of the globe in swathes. 

So many footprints and fingerprints, bits of dust and dirt—anything that might have told him of the movements of the room’s occupant—exterminated by a professional cleaner. 

He hated Mycroft’s office.

30 Days of Sherlock Holmes: Day 3

Day Three-- Your Favorite Adapted Story

I was thinking about this one, and the first thing that came to mind was the Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart Hound of the Baskervilles.  I think that was just done really well.  The giant computer animated hound is a little bit weird, but otherwise I love the acting and the ways they changed the story to make it more film-appropriate, and everything.

But then, I realized I was missing THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. 

My favorite adaptation of a specific Holmes story is....

A STUDY IN PINK!

What does A Study in Pink do right? 

Well...

1. The casting is superb.  You don't have to hold your breath in suspense as you wait for my answer to best Holmes and Watson.  I've had at least a quibble (at the very least) with pretty much every Holmes and Watson to date.  And I started Sherlock (which I expected I would like, but not I would find PERFECT) and there it was.  Sherlock Holmes and John Watson were on the screen.  Plus the secondary cast is great, too.  I love Rupert Graves's Six-Napoleons-Lestrade.  I ADORE Gatiss's creepy Mycroft.  And Andrew Scott's Moriarty was just so effective!  But I'll have time to squee when we get to the "favorite actors" bit, so I'll stop now.

2. The filming was superb.  I don't know much about visual arts, so I suppose my opinion (which was basically--that is GORGEOUS filming) doesn't count for much, but one of my very artistic friends agrees with me.  So I don't feel guilty saying it.

3. The actual storyline adaptation was perfect. Gone was the over-long, melodramatic Mormon horror story excursus.  In it's place was a serial killer, so we got to have the satisfaction of seeing an ACTUAL bad guy get his just deserts.  (Maybe it's just me... but I find an actual bad guy much more satisfying than the "tricked you!  the murderees were the bad guys!" storyline.  I don't hate that about STUD, but I liked the change.)  AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, we are almost immediately forced to grapple with the question of whether Sherlock Holmes is a good man or not--a question that, to my mind, you HAVE to ask, but on which ACD is suspiciously silent.

4. Setting it in modern times was a brilliant decision.  Sherlock Holmes was set in modern times--ACD's time--and I feel that a lot of the time it's easy to get caught up in the Victorian-ness/Edwardian-ness of it all and miss stuff.  Like just how rude Sherlock Holmes is... or just how incredibly up-to-date technologically it is... etc.  I really think that Moffat and Gatiss did a great job of removing the gaslight trappings, and giving us a taste of how ACD's work would have been taken by his contemporaries.

I'm sure there's much more good to be said about A Study in Pink.  But I'll be quiet now. 

Just know that when I watched it for the first time, I was like John, saying things like "that's brilliant!"...out loud...

:-)

30 Days of Sherlock Holmes: Day 3

Day Three-- Your Favorite Adapted Story

I was thinking about this one, and the first thing that came to mind was the Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart Hound of the Baskervilles.  I think that was just done really well.  The giant computer animated hound is a little bit weird, but otherwise I love the acting and the ways they changed the story to make it more film-appropriate, and everything.

But then, I realized I was missing THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. 

My favorite adaptation of a specific Holmes story is....

A STUDY IN PINK!

What does A Study in Pink do right? 

Well...

1. The casting is superb.  You don't have to hold your breath in suspense as you wait for my answer to best Holmes and Watson.  I've had at least a quibble (at the very least) with pretty much every Holmes and Watson to date.  And I started Sherlock (which I expected I would like, but not I would find PERFECT) and there it was.  Sherlock Holmes and John Watson were on the screen.  Plus the secondary cast is great, too.  I love Rupert Graves's Six-Napoleons-Lestrade.  I ADORE Gatiss's creepy Mycroft.  And Andrew Scott's Moriarty was just so effective!  But I'll have time to squee when we get to the "favorite actors" bit, so I'll stop now.

2. The filming was superb.  I don't know much about visual arts, so I suppose my opinion (which was basically--that is GORGEOUS filming) doesn't count for much, but one of my very artistic friends agrees with me.  So I don't feel guilty saying it.

3. The actual storyline adaptation was perfect. Gone was the over-long, melodramatic Mormon horror story excursus.  In it's place was a serial killer, so we got to have the satisfaction of seeing an ACTUAL bad guy get his just deserts.  (Maybe it's just me... but I find an actual bad guy much more satisfying than the "tricked you!  the murderees were the bad guys!" storyline.  I don't hate that about STUD, but I liked the change.)  AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, we are almost immediately forced to grapple with the question of whether Sherlock Holmes is a good man or not--a question that, to my mind, you HAVE to ask, but on which ACD is suspiciously silent.

4. Setting it in modern times was a brilliant decision.  Sherlock Holmes was set in modern times--ACD's time--and I feel that a lot of the time it's easy to get caught up in the Victorian-ness/Edwardian-ness of it all and miss stuff.  Like just how rude Sherlock Holmes is... or just how incredibly up-to-date technologically it is... etc.  I really think that Moffat and Gatiss did a great job of removing the gaslight trappings, and giving us a taste of how ACD's work would have been taken by his contemporaries.

I'm sure there's much more good to be said about A Study in Pink.  But I'll be quiet now. 

Just know that when I watched it for the first time, I was like John, saying things like "that's brilliant!"...out loud...

:-)

Sherlock Fic: Comfortable

Drabble written for the genre prompt, "Hurt/Comfort" at drabbles20in20.

Comfortable

“Don’t sit in my—that chair! You should be lying on the sofa when you’re ill.”

“Yesterday you said I needed to sit up to help me breathe.”

“Yesterday your breathing was annoyingly loud.”

“What?”

“I said, you sound much better today. Lie down on the sofa. It’s much more comfortable.”

“But Sherlock, I can’t see the telly from here.”

“What’s more important? The telly or your health?”

“Maybe you could move—”

“Will you just be quiet and let m—ahem—and watch Judge Judy!”

“But I can’t see—”

“Shut up! ... John, you really must rest your throat.”

Sherlock Fic: Comfortable

Drabble written for the genre prompt, "Hurt/Comfort" at drabbles20in20.

Comfortable

“Don’t sit in my—that chair! You should be lying on the sofa when you’re ill.”

“Yesterday you said I needed to sit up to help me breathe.”

“Yesterday your breathing was annoyingly loud.”

“What?”

“I said, you sound much better today. Lie down on the sofa. It’s much more comfortable.”

“But Sherlock, I can’t see the telly from here.”

“What’s more important? The telly or your health?”

“Maybe you could move—”

“Will you just be quiet and let m—ahem—and watch Judge Judy!”

“But I can’t see—”

“Shut up! ... John, you really must rest your throat.”