[fic] Joan Watson in the 22nd Century
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sanguinityBack in 2014 I published a fusion of Elementary and Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century called "Persistence of Memory." It was always meant to be a longer story, but because of the urgency of due dates (it was written for the ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
holmestice exchange), it was necessary to publish the first chapter as a stand-alone.
Which worked fine. Over the next little while I wrote a second chapter, and bits and bobs of a third, before laying it aside for other writing projects. Except for some excerpts on tumblr, I never published any of the continuation, wanting to wait until the whole thing was finished.
Now, twelve years later, it seems silly to have that second chapter just sitting in my WIP file, unavailable to people who might care about it.
That said, most nights I'm watching a double feature of a SH22C episode and an Elementary episode, and in the last couple of weeks I've written new words on chapter three (or what will be chapter two of Perseverance). The main obstacle to finishing this was my main obstacle twelve years ago: I've got to work out a bloody casefic for it. That said, I've written a handful of casefic in the last decade, so I know more now about how to do that than I did then. So we'll see how it goes!
holmestice exchange), it was necessary to publish the first chapter as a stand-alone.Which worked fine. Over the next little while I wrote a second chapter, and bits and bobs of a third, before laying it aside for other writing projects. Except for some excerpts on tumblr, I never published any of the continuation, wanting to wait until the whole thing was finished.
Now, twelve years later, it seems silly to have that second chapter just sitting in my WIP file, unavailable to people who might care about it.
PerseveranceA couple of notes:
Elementary x Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
Joan, Sherlock, Robo!Watson
Fusion, Angst, Wrong Watson Feelings
~9000 words, Gen, No warnings apply.
Joan Watson has had her life ripped out from under her, a kidnapping and cryosleep marooning her in the twenty-second century. At least Sherlock is here—and, due to some blackly humorous twist of fate, so is Jamie Moriarty.
And so is a compudroid that calls itself Watson.
Joan rebuilds her life from the ashes. And maybe catches an international criminal mastermind along the way.
- This will not make sense without having read "Persistence of Memory" first.
- This is very much a work in progress: updates will happen whenever they happen, and I make no guarantees of completion.
That said, most nights I'm watching a double feature of a SH22C episode and an Elementary episode, and in the last couple of weeks I've written new words on chapter three (or what will be chapter two of Perseverance). The main obstacle to finishing this was my main obstacle twelve years ago: I've got to work out a bloody casefic for it. That said, I've written a handful of casefic in the last decade, so I know more now about how to do that than I did then. So we'll see how it goes!
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