The taste of Cornish wines

Awww.... little Willie's death made me tear up.
I liked the atmosphere of autumnal Cornwall - made me want to go there right away.
Well done for making this a bit of a casefic as well! Poor Mary. Poor John. Poor everyone!!! So much angst.
And either you, unknown author, are a true connoisseur or you did a hell of a lot of research on wine for this. Either way, well done!

P. S. Ssssh, Schmiezi - the formatting is off...

Last edited by La Jolie (December 3, 2014 10:03 am)

The Taste of Cornish Wines

Where's the cat, indeed? 

I'm not a fan of Mary (as most of you probably know), so I was quite surprised that I ended up liking this fic a lot. Which undoubtedly has to do with the fact that we get an insight into John's emotional state - and a reunion, a real reunion, in 221B.
My favourite quote is as simple as it is heartbreaking, it's Sherlock saying: "I just don't want to be alone anymore, John." This just made me go I don't want you to be alone anymore, either, Sherlock, so go and get him! 

Oh yes, there's the cat. God, stupid me... 

Found the cat hidden in the unfortunate formatting. I must confess I kinda just skimmed the denouement on the first read but now, in search of the cat, I read it properly and was pleasantly surprised. 

The Tast of Cornish Wines

Dear unkown author,
no reasons to apologies! Thank you very much for the lovely fic ! Thank you for creating a case fic, I know how difficult to write those are. The parts of the baby’s death and Mary’s funeral were so emotional . The description of Sherlock’s feelings felt very authentic. I also like the way you resolved the Mary issue. I actually believe in Mary as a good character and that her death will somehow have the purpose to save John/Sherlock. So I am very happy about that part.
I was so engulfed in the story that I almost forgot about the cat and just before reaching the last paragraphs I remembered my prompt and was wondering about that. Brilliantly solved! The ending is my favorite part of the story. On the one hand, the story begins with Sherlock’s thoughts about his grandmother’s grave and the story end’s just there (and so the circle is complete). The other thing I loved about the ending is the way Sherlock’s and John’s relationship developed; that they didn’t fall for each other head to toe immediately but it’s a slow process from deep friendship to more. The boundaries of platonic and romantic love are slowly melting. Loved that ! Thank you very much for putting so much effort into it!
Now I really have a bad conscience because my fic is still not finished, but almost done, almost done…


Edit: Sorry, I don't know, why there is a line break after every emoticon.

Last edited by stoertebeker (December 3, 2014 6:13 pm)

The Taste of Cornish Wines

I rather liked the idea of the French grandma and that John and Sherlock went to her grave in the end. The bit about the still birth was very sad and emotional, and the name Willie Elizabeth is very cute. And of course Sherlock's scent would be "Egoiste".

Schmiezi: The program sometimes does that, I've had similar troubles only recently when I wanted to post something in the Games section.

 

The Taste of Cornish Wines

I liked the nice way the fic started and ended with Sherlock's grandma, and IMO you found a clever way to include a cat into a fanfic.

Thanks to Harriet the formating of the fic is improved again, BTW. It should look all right now. 

Aaawwww, that pic is so sweet, Schmiezi. Thank you! 

Last edited by mrshouse (December 4, 2014 8:07 am)

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

I really want to know if the unknown author is a canon buff, because parts of this really reminded me of some ACD canon stories, probably why I liked it so much.

The explanation of Mary's death was great. I'm pretty sure it will be something like this in reality too - something from her past catching up with her.

And the development of Sherlock & John's relationship was heartwarming and gave me a pleasant gooey feeling in my chest.

Yeah, isn't the French grandma a canon nod? I vaguely remember that Holmes was related to French painters or something. 

silverblaze wrote:

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

I really want to know if the unknown author is a canon buff, because parts of this really reminded me of some ACD canon stories, probably why I liked it so much.

The explanation of Mary's death was great. I'm pretty sure it will be something like this in reality too - something from her past catching up with her.

And the development of Sherlock & John's relationship was heartwarming and gave me a pleasant gooey feeling in my chest.

Yeah, isn't the French grandma a canon nod? I vaguely remember that Holmes was related to French painters or something. 

Here is an answer to your question:

ACD, "The Greek Interpreter":

“In your own case,” said I, “from all that you have told me, it seems obvious that your faculty of observation and your peculiar facility for deduction are due to your own systematic training.”

“To some extent,” he answered, thoughtfully. “My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is natural to their class. But, none the less, my turn that way is in my veins, and may have come with my grandmother, who was the sister of Vernet, the French artist. Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.”

Last edited by nakahara (December 4, 2014 11:24 am)