The Forest of Arden
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capt_facepalmTitle: The Forest of Arden
Author:capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Mrs Mary Watson, Mrs Martha Hudson
Summary: A little-known, little, known secret
Warning: (Shakespeare)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 22nd 2020 prompt: Miss Bechdel, I Presume?
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capt_facepalm Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Mrs Mary Watson, Mrs Martha Hudson
Summary: A little-known, little, known secret
Warning: (Shakespeare)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 22nd 2020 prompt: Miss Bechdel, I Presume?
.oOOo.
“…Make the doors upon a woman's wit,
and it will out at the case-ment;
shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole;
stop that, 'twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney.”
~|~
“…Make the doors upon a woman's wit,
and it will out at the case-ment;
shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole;
stop that, 'twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney.”
~|~
‘Martha, Did you like the latest Adventure in the Strand?’
‘Oh indeed, I did. I declare they are getting better and better.’
‘At least the geography now makes sense.’
‘Ah yes, that was always a pet peeve of yours, and aren’t the female characters more interesting and less passive?’
‘Oh, I do hope so.’
‘So, Mary, how long have you been writing his stories for him?’
‘Oh indeed, I did. I declare they are getting better and better.’
‘At least the geography now makes sense.’
‘Ah yes, that was always a pet peeve of yours, and aren’t the female characters more interesting and less passive?’
‘Oh, I do hope so.’
‘So, Mary, how long have you been writing his stories for him?’
.oOOo.
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Supplementary Notes: create a Watson's Woes work that passes the Bechdel-Wallace Test (have two named women talk to each other about something other than a man). This was difficult and I do not know if this actually passes the test. It is a quandary to write a Watson's Woe which must include Watson and yet pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test. (Oh, and the quote was from Rosalind in As You Like It.)
