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Fic Rec: Survivors
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scfrankles.livejournal.comTitle: Survivors [Series of 2 fics]
Author: tenderly_wicked
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Sebastian Moran
Length: 3,150
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Just Staying: Sherlock remembers being strong and cruel. He doesn’t feel like that anymore, but he wants to, desperately so.
Tigers Make Good Pets: Sherlock is lost without his blogger, Seb Moran is lost without his master. They both are in pain—and crave more.
Reccer's comments: I was saying to a friend recently that a lot of my favourite fanfics come under the heading ‘This isn’t really my thing. But.’ I have favourite themes and pairings, and there are subjects and pairings that I choose never to read. However, on the whole, all I’m looking for is a well-written story. I like being convinced by a skilful writer. This series is a case in point. It isn’t a pairing that I would actively search for, it takes a dark view of Sherlock, and a bleak view of John’s character and the friendship between Sherlock and John. In particular, those last two aspects concerning John I completely reject outside of these stories—but within them, I find them compelling and believable.
This series is made up of two fics (so far). Both are told in third person but the first is from Sherlock’s POV and the second is from Moran’s. In the second, Sherlock inflicts pain upon Moran. It isn’t erotic; it’s unpleasant and unsettling. Moran has agreed to what’s happening but he has no choice over what Sherlock does to him, and he believes that if he tells Sherlock to stop he won’t. But because we see things from Moran’s POV and get glimpses of his past, the story starts to turn into a fascinating character study. We gain understanding and sympathy for him. It’s also an interesting look at this version of Sherlock. He’s not simply inflicting pain because he’s cruel: his dark side and his kind, altruistic side have become muddled. What happens between the two men has nothing to do with sex but does have to do with intimacy. Perhaps surprisingly, this story has a poignant ending.
Author: tenderly_wicked
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Sebastian Moran
Length: 3,150
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Just Staying: Sherlock remembers being strong and cruel. He doesn’t feel like that anymore, but he wants to, desperately so.
Tigers Make Good Pets: Sherlock is lost without his blogger, Seb Moran is lost without his master. They both are in pain—and crave more.
Reccer's comments: I was saying to a friend recently that a lot of my favourite fanfics come under the heading ‘This isn’t really my thing. But.’ I have favourite themes and pairings, and there are subjects and pairings that I choose never to read. However, on the whole, all I’m looking for is a well-written story. I like being convinced by a skilful writer. This series is a case in point. It isn’t a pairing that I would actively search for, it takes a dark view of Sherlock, and a bleak view of John’s character and the friendship between Sherlock and John. In particular, those last two aspects concerning John I completely reject outside of these stories—but within them, I find them compelling and believable.
This series is made up of two fics (so far). Both are told in third person but the first is from Sherlock’s POV and the second is from Moran’s. In the second, Sherlock inflicts pain upon Moran. It isn’t erotic; it’s unpleasant and unsettling. Moran has agreed to what’s happening but he has no choice over what Sherlock does to him, and he believes that if he tells Sherlock to stop he won’t. But because we see things from Moran’s POV and get glimpses of his past, the story starts to turn into a fascinating character study. We gain understanding and sympathy for him. It’s also an interesting look at this version of Sherlock. He’s not simply inflicting pain because he’s cruel: his dark side and his kind, altruistic side have become muddled. What happens between the two men has nothing to do with sex but does have to do with intimacy. Perhaps surprisingly, this story has a poignant ending.
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