The Fixed Point

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Title:  The Fixed Point
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Major John H. Watson, RAMC
Summary: An east wind has come
Warnings: (none, aww)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 16th prompt: (Visual: either a storm-surged lighthouse, or a purple fop)


Sherlock Holmes had foretold that continental war would be catastrophic. An east wind, he called it, comparing it to the gales that wreak havoc upon our fair shores. I understood his metaphor. The Prussians had been agitating for some time and England would not be spared. Holmes also predicted that the good ship Britannia would weather this maelstrom and, although at great cost, she would be better and stronger for it.

Out here, in the whirling vortices, his prophecy that our land will emerge intact and at peace, has become the one beacon that guides me through the raging storm.

.oOOo.

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Comments

[med_cat]

Touching, yet IC and not maudlin :)

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Nice job!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh, Holmes as a beacon, yes I can see that.

[debriswoman]

Such strong images:-)

[ancalime8301]

Oh, I like what you did with this! Very nice.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

And to Watson, Holmes is the one fixed point in a changing age.

[methylviolet10b]

A very nice counterpoint to how Holmes describes Watson in LAST. (And your description of the second picture as 'a purple fop' made me ROTFL!)

[trista-zevkia.livejournal.com]

Touching and heartfelt. Wow.
Makes me wonder if you could have the same emotional impact in a drabble about the "purple fop". I bet you could:)

[maestress83.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind words, but I fear you have over-estimated my abilities!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Holmes tells Watson that he is a fixed point in LAST just after Watson has misinterpreted Holmes' comment about the east wind. I read it as a slight and that Holmes always thinks Watson will get it wrong (or always takes things literally, or at face-value). I always found that line to be unflattering.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I tried so hard to not have the lighthouse become a metaphor for either one of the characters.
It was the prophecy of eventual peace which Watson uses as his beacon.
(I am fail)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I tried so hard to not have the lighthouse become a metaphor for either one of the characters.
It was the prophecy of eventual peace which Watson uses as his beacon.
(I am fail)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Character is the most important factor to me.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
I had to pull out all the nautical and meteorological stops on this one!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
I tried to mix canon with the prompt imagery.

[med_cat]

I know, and we the readers appreciate the care you take to make sure the characters stay IC :)

[debriswoman]

Sounds exhausting!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Eh. Close enough for a daily prompt.