Fic rec: Full of Grace by katieforsythe

[lady-carfax.livejournal.com]

Title: Full of Grace
Author: katieforsythe
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: ~19 000 words
Author's summary: Oscar Wilde's incarceration, a wedding celebration for Violet Smith, and a pair of dancing men.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: SPOILERS for The Solitary Cyclist.
Verse: Books
Reccer's comments: The author once described this as "A fic that might be a sermon... sorry", and indeed it might be, but I never felt preached at. If pressed I think I would say that this is my favourite fic ever. It's one of those stories that I know made me grow as a person. The fic deals with the moral issues surrounding homosexuality and religion, and how they can wear away at even the closest relationships. The Oscar Wilde passages are thought-provoking, especially from a 21C perspective, and the conclusion never fails to make me tearful, no matter how many times I read it. katieforsythe is knowledgeable about the Holmes canon, but I think this fic should be accessible to anyone, regardless of their knowledge of the original stories. The issues surrounding religion and homophobia might strike a little too close to home for some people, but I think the hope that runs through the piece makes it worthwhile.

Part I
Part II
Part III

Comments

[tanpopo03.livejournal.com]

*mems* :)

I loved all of her fics I read so far!

[lady-carfax.livejournal.com]

Oh I think we all know she's wonderful, but this is the best.

I have no words. Did I babble too much? Also - emailed you.

[tanpopo03.livejournal.com]

She's a wonderful author! She's just written so much that I basically picked fics out of her masterlist at random ^^ - haven't even read a quarter of all of them.

I just answered you! Sorry,I'm slow in replying cause I'm on my tablet where I can only type with two fingers ;)

[lady-carfax.livejournal.com]

You're not slow, I was just wanting to know if fiddling with my redirect list seemed to have worked or not.

It hadn't.

*goes back to fiddle some more*

[lelek.livejournal.com]

This fic is gorgeous. It's one of my absolute favourite works of hers.

[lady-carfax.livejournal.com]

Glad you approve (though I must needs branch out and bring New Stuff next). As I said above I think this is my favourite, which has a lot to do with my own battles reconciling my faith and my sexuality. Oh, it's all too moving!