Fic Rec: For the Record (PG-13, by alizarin_nyc)

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

Title: For the Record
Author: alizarin_nyc
Pairings: Harry/Clara & John/Sherlock
Length: 3,000 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Alcoholism (albeit on its last legs)
Verse: Sherlock (BBC)
Author's Summary: This is a remix of Pilot Study by flecalicious for sherlock_remix.

Reccer's Comments: This comes as a kind of double rec, as the story is a remix, but, in all honesty, this is a fantastic example of the remix story clarifying and refining its source material. Where the original skips around in both timeline and perspective, which often leads to a somewhat disjointed feel, this piece hands the perspective squarely to Harry Watson, who spends most of her time offscreen in the original. This remix contains one of the best portrayals of Harry Watson I've seen anywhere, and Clara is also magnificent. The text exchanges and conversations between Sherlock and Harry are absolutely perfect, and John's jealousy of their unlikely friendship is far funnier than it should be.

Comments

[alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com]

I. Um. Wow. *blushes* You are too good to me. Thank you.

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

No praise is too high for someone who executes Harry so well :)

[sussexdowns.livejournal.com]

Wow. Oh, I love these. I like the remix for focusing on Harry (we need more Harry fic up in this fandom!) but the original one sort of blew me away. I actually really like the shifting timeline.

But seriously, just wow. These are both amazing.

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

They're both very good, but I definitely prefer the remix to the original :)

[sussexdowns.livejournal.com]

Haha, different strokes :) This is definitely one reason why I love the concept of remixes. And actually now that I think about it, more than either of them separately I think what I like best is the both of them together. It's a more complete story that way!