I loved all the weighty ideas in this story: what Watson says when they're hiking, Holmes and Watson as "criminals", the "seduction" by Moriarty, the knife-edge Holmes feels he walks on... You don't often get to read such thought-provoking fanfic.
And the idea of who Porlock really is, and who was beyond all those other cases - brilliant! I've never liked the way ACD suddenly produces Moriarty as this master-criminal who, rather bizarrely, has never been mentioned before... ;-)
Anyway, in short, this story was great, particularly your lovely prose.
(p.s. I wanted to comment when I first read this, but I thought it would be a bit suspicious if someone suddenly read and commented on all your stories just after holmestice assignments... ;) )
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And the idea of who Porlock really is, and who was beyond all those other cases - brilliant! I've never liked the way ACD suddenly produces Moriarty as this master-criminal who, rather bizarrely, has never been mentioned before... ;-)
Anyway, in short, this story was great, particularly your lovely prose.
(p.s. I wanted to comment when I first read this, but I thought it would be a bit suspicious if someone suddenly read and commented on all your stories just after holmestice assignments... ;) )