Guardian

That was a very interesting perspective and the turn with the third brother was cleverly done. No wonder you did not want to have the prompt at the beginning. 
And as Solar said, this was a take on the third Holmes I have not seen anywhere else. You also had me with the title because at first I understood it as an allusion to Sherlock's deductions about Mary. Great showdown in the clock tower which Sherlock probably knew well as according to Mrs Hudson it is one of his hiding holes. 
Congrats on a highly original fic, unknown author. 

Last edited by SusiGo (December 9, 2014 3:30 pm)

Wow, unknown author, you've done a really good job with my somewhat awkward prompt, thank you SO MUCH. I absolutely loved it and was gripped from the beginning right through to the end, especially when they got up to the clock tower.

Even though I obviously knew what the prompt was, I still didn't know that Sherrinford was going to be the psychopathic killer of the five students, so I really thought this was going to be a Dark Mycroft fic where he ended up pushing Sherlock down the stairs and killing him because he knew too much! Glad that didn't happen and the moment at the grave at the end was really heartwarming and beautiful. I love the Sherlock/Mycroft friendship.

I loved the way you wrote and constructed the case, it was genuinely interesting and I was so intrigued about why Mycroft didn't want Sherlock to investigate it.

Also, bit of a canon reference there...Three Students/Five Students. Love it.

Thanks again! :DD

Last edited by Sherlock Holmes (December 9, 2014 9:21 pm)

Hurrah for the Baker boys!!!
A comment about "Guardian" will follow as soon as I was able to read it.

Those Baker Boys are lovely.
I see that they currently investigate the case of gingermen with missing limbs and heads... cool!

Guardian
 
I can´t believe that this is the first completed fanfiction of the author, it was soooo good! And yet during the reading I shivered with suspense and with a sense of foreboding due to highly chilling, ominous athosphere that was masterfully crafted here. I too was one of the people completely tricked by the clever structure of the story into belief that Mycroft would be revealed as a sinister, cruel, psychopatic mastermind at the end. Kudos to a very cunnig wording of the introductory scene which completely threw me off the right scent into the direction the author wanted, I appreciate that. I also enjoyed the way in which a tiny clues pointing at the resolution of the case were sprinkled into an innocent sounding dialogues throughout the story.
 
The characterisation of Holmes brothers was an absolute gem and a touch of genius! I was in stitches reading about Mycroft´s bug sewn into Sherlock´s Belstaff, Mycroft having a list of Christmas evasions and the way in which Sherlock was torturing Mycroft with inane Christmas songs. Mycroft´s cynical inner voice seemed very IC in this and so was the Sherlock´s gradual realisation that Mycroft was spying on him. Beautiful nod to Orwell with that thirteenth strike of a bell and a nod to canon with Sherrinford too.
 
But the thing that got to me the most was a showdown between brothers at Big Ben (or should I say Elisabeth Tower?) and the scene that followed. It wonderfully escalated the action into a scary, sinister intensity through which I was holding my breath and then, suddenly, with its surprising ending, it turned the story into a touching, tear-inducing but warm (and relieving) sea of feelings.
 
You should definitely write more, dear author!   
 

Something Precious

A precious fic indeed, dear unknown author. I love how you filled in the blank spots we were left with after S3, and what I loved even more is the fact that you turned this into a really wonderful Johnlock fic.
What you say about Mary in the very beginning - The danger she provides is deadly and destructive, not life-affirming - really says it all for me. This is what makes her so different from Sherlock, and this is why I never was happy with what Sherlock is saying to John during the scene in 221B in HLV. You fixed it - perfect! 

I'm a sucker for hurt/comfort, so I probably don't have to say how much I loved those parts of your story. 

Schmiezi has already mentioned one of my favourite lines, too:
- I can solve cases. I cannot solve what John Watson is doing to my heart.
Another one I loved very much and which made me laugh out loud:
- You have a curious mixture of personal bodyguard, annoying pain in the arse and desperately worried boyfriend out there in the hallway.
And there are many more, so I'll just leave it with that.

Thanks for this wonderfully romantic and heart-warming fic on a grey and cold Thursday morning! 

 

Something precious

Wow, I'm done. This fic hurt and healed my heart at the same time.
Dear unknown author, you know exactly, how to get me. I love what and the way it is written. The different points of view show every feeling in this story.
And my favourite quote, as mentioned here before, is:
"I can solve cases. I cannot solve what John Watson is doing to my heart."
Something worth to put on a t-shirt ... if I'm allowed to.

Sherlock's dreamy looks tell me that he is not thinking about the decoration at all. 

He thinks about ... sentiment.

Mattlocked...!!!!