Actual question here, am I the only one who actually wasn't offended by the obvious racism in The Three Students? Unlike all Doyle's other racefail, I read this as making the opposite point. Clearly the characters had a strong bias toward suspecting Ras based on his race alone, and the story is written so as to incline the reader toward the same suspicions. But then it turns out it was perfect, blond Gilchrist who'd stolen the proofs after all, and Ras was just, you know, Indian. IDK, I should probably reread this one but it just seemed to me like Doyle was playing pretty heavily on the probable racism of his audience.
Mods, go on and delete this if you feel like it doesn't belong here. Apologies if not, I'm just so curious about this now! It seems like most of the comments on the fic agree with the author's reading of the original story, and now I'm wondering if anyone saw it differently. THIS IS WHY FANDOM IS AWESOME.
But finally, and on-topic, I really liked this story, thanks for reccing it! I love fic that rewrites canon events from another perspective :)
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spoilers for The Three Students, although it doesn't really matter if you've read the rec :)
Date: 2011-06-03 12:15 am (UTC)Mods, go on and delete this if you feel like it doesn't belong here. Apologies if not, I'm just so curious about this now! It seems like most of the comments on the fic agree with the author's reading of the original story, and now I'm wondering if anyone saw it differently. THIS IS WHY FANDOM IS AWESOME.
But finally, and on-topic, I really liked this story, thanks for reccing it! I love fic that rewrites canon events from another perspective :)