Fic Rec: Egg Hunt (series)

[sanguinity]

Title: Egg Hunt (series)
Author: gardnerhill
Pairing: Basil of Baker Street / Dr. Dawson
Length: 11,800 words across all four stories
Rating: G for the first three stories; T for the last
Warnings: No standard warnings apply (but see notes below)
Verse: Great Mouse Detective
Author's summary: Basil of Baker Street is a friend to all animals in Great Britain, not just the mice.

Reccer's comments: Basil may have learned deduction at the feet of the Great Detective, but no one knows more about courage and heroism than Basil of Baker Street and his dearest companion, Dr. Dawson. After all, while Holmes and Watson enjoy the considerable advantage of being apex predators in the great cityscape of London, Basil and Dawson are merely mice, tasty bite-sized morsels for nearly any comer. And yet, god love his valiant heart, Basil will take as his client any creature in Great Britain that has need of him:

“I will not ask you to aid me in this venture, Doctor.” His ‘business’ voice – the one he always used when he tried to dissuade me from coming along. “Not only is this case an extremely dangerous one, but I have a strong suspicion that my failure will result in my clients attempting to eat me.”

(*snerk* Yeah, right, Basil. Has a Watson — or a Dawson! — ever opted to stay home were it was safe??)

The first three stories are a serialized adventure of ingenuity and raw physical courage, as enjoyable for its quirkiness as our protagonists' devotion to each other. (No criminal masterminds here, just an unusual and challenging problem, accepted out of compassion for the clients.) The last story in the series, “The Cage,” is a years-later epilogue, featuring a brave and clever Dawson, inadvertently on his own and fiercely determined to prevent any harm to Basil.

Content Warnings: While no standard warnings apply, the first case centers on infertility, and the series is unsentimental about predator/prey relationships. I feel it would be disingenuous to tag this “animal harm” or “harm to children,” and yet there are parts that might be difficult for some readers.

(Mods: do we need a Basil/Dawson tag, or do you want the sh/jw tag on this?)

Comments

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! I've read and very much enjoyed gardnerhill's "A Fiend in Feline Shape" series with Basil and Dawson, but I haven't read this series before. Looking forward to enjoying it! Their GMD stuff is so delightful and all the better for how seriously they write it.

[sanguinity]

Oh, hurrah, I hope you enjoy! I adore her "Doc and Mabel" from that series -- Catkiller Dawson, BAMFest of mice! -- and it's something of a toss-up as to whether I like that story more or this one.

But when it came right down to it: how often does one get to rec a story with killer lesbian seagulls? :-D