BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / I shouldn't have done that... A thread for FEELZ!!!

**Posted by Cumbercookie** October 11, 2013 7:08 pm

So, has anyone ever read something incredibly sad *Cough*AloneontheWater*cough - And then watched Riechenbach or had a post Riechenbach rp? I have today I read Alone on the Water, than started a post Riechenbach rp. Then cried. A lot.

**Posted by tonnaree** October 11, 2013 8:27 pm

Every Sherlock fan should read Alone on The Water, I wish I had not read it when I was brand new to the fandom. I was in no way prepared for the way that story made me feel.

**Posted by Cumbercookie** October 11, 2013 8:29 pm

I read it earlier today. Then watched the video. Then read it again.

**Posted by nicbooful** October 11, 2013 9:49 pm

How do I find it? I've never heard about it before x

**Posted by Cumbercookie** October 11, 2013 9:51 pm

Just search Alone on the Water on google and it is on fanfiction.net by Madlori

**Posted by kittykat** October 11, 2013 10:41 pm

I haven't read it, but I know what happens

**Posted by Cumbercookie** October 11, 2013 10:44 pm

Yep :'( But I am reading it now, when I'm meant to be in bed! #crying (I like hashtags)

**Posted by tonnaree** October 12, 2013 3:15 am

Why have you never read it Kitty? Devastating as it is, it also very beautiful.

**Posted by Cumbercookie** October 12, 2013 8:55 pm

It is. Especially before the end... (I won't say here, because of people that haven't read it, so I will message you so we can sqee over the adorableness together, tonnaree!)

**Posted by FluteLocked** October 15, 2013 10:01 pm

I've just read it and it's...wow.
Normally I don't like such stories that much but 'Alone on the water' is really good and well written.
Not many books/stories make me cry but this one almost did.

**Posted by Mary Me** October 16, 2013 11:48 am

Well, I have read Alone on the water but somehow it has not really gotten into me. I don't know why. Maybe I distanced myself from it too far or I just think that Reichenbach is still the worst case scenario.

**Posted by tea&ash** September 13, 2015 3:04 am

I just finished watching Reichenbach, and then thought, "Well, might as well continue the angst" and read Alone on the Water for the first time. It was the second time I'd watched Reichenback so I didn't cry, but after reading AOTW I was bawling and screaming "SCREW YOU!!!!" at the computer screen. Not really good, lol.

But that fic is truly magnificent. It's sad of course, but there's something very sweet and real about it. I'd recommend it to any Sherlock fan.

**Posted by Yitzock** September 13, 2015 3:15 am

I have to agree. It was beautiful and well-written but it left me a complete sobbing mess. I read it last March or April and it was close to exams. I read it after lunch one day and I was feeling really sad the rest of the day. But I still think it's a great story. But it left me a complete mess. I was sobbing through a lot of parts and then afterwards I just kept crying for a while.
And after I'd calmed down for a bit I decided to watch the YouTube video...bad idea. I cried again. But the video is well-done too.

The last line haunted me for at least a day after reading it. Sometimes I still remember it.

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**Posted by ukaunz** September 13, 2015 6:47 am

Oh my god, I didn't know there was a fan video, so I googled and watched it and now I'm trying not to cry in front of my kids who can't work out what's going on because YouTube is for watching funny cat videos
(It was the one by Deductism, right?)
Btw, it's also a bad idea to watch Third Star when you've got Reichenbach/AOTW feels going on...

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**Posted by Lola Red** September 13, 2015 8:09 am

I also belong to the minority that was not overly affected by Alone on the Water, even though I will not deny that it is very well written. But for some reason it did not break my heart like it did for so many others. The Goldfish Bowl (here is the link if anyone is interested: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3207266), on the other hand just made my heart ache for both of these boys. I cannot say why the one affected me so much more than the other.

**Posted by Yitzock** September 13, 2015 3:32 pm

ukaunz wrote:
Oh my god, I didn't know there was a fan video, so I googled and watched it and now I'm trying not to cry in front of my kids who can't work out what's going on because YouTube is for watching funny cat videos
(It was the one by Deductism, right?)
Btw, it's also a bad idea to watch Third Star when you've got Reichenbach/AOTW feels going on...

Yes, that's the one! If you ever hear that song somewhere, you will be reminded of the story. (I heard it once this summer when I was at a hardware store with my mum...I was a little sad).

Lola, I will have to read that story when I am in a position that being emotionally compromised would not be a problem.

**Posted by Lola Red** September 13, 2015 8:14 pm

Do that. It is not overly dramatic on the surface level. It basically deals with the day that Sherlock and Mycroft find out that Sherlock is not, in fact, an idiot. But what that means for both of them is just heart-breaking.

**Posted by Vhanja** September 14, 2015 9:19 am

I am probably also in a minority here, but a different one: I almost regret having read AotW. I had heard about it and knew it was one of those fics I ought to have read, but I dreaded doing so. And when I finally read it, I cried from the very first line and all the way to the end.

For days after that, random bits from the story would appear in my mind and I would get tears in my eyes. Reading any other fic only reminded me of that one. It was absolutely horrible.

I'm sort of "over" all of that now, but I don't think I will ever read a story like that again. It was painful - and only painful.

**Posted by Dorothy83** September 14, 2015 9:49 am

I wish I could read this fic but I can't deal with stories that don't have a happy ending. And one with such a sad ending - nope. Can't do it. Which is a shame as I hear it's really good.

**Posted by Yitzock** September 14, 2015 1:44 pm

Well, it's partly sad but partly not. I'd say it's bittersweet. It's sad, but it's also kind of hopeful at the end. But if you don't think you can handle a sad ending that you shouldn't force yourself. Although I don't think you should be afraid of it. You kind of know how it will end from the beginning. It's more sad throughout, and then just sad, and then the ending is bittersweet. But it's up to you.