I have a long-neglected Elementary WIP that goes the other direction! Joan being thrown forward into Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century -- except Robo!Watson is already there, oops.
Also, may I just say, Holmesiana has many adaptations where Holmes gets displaced in time (because Holmes is commonly presumed to be the unique/interesting one, whereas a Watson can be picked up on any street corner), so I love reversing that and making Watson the one that's worth following to another century.
Dr. John Watson has abandoned him for a wife.
So is this late canon / unnamed second wife / Blanched-Soldier era? Or are you going for early canon / Mary Morstan / immediately-post-Sign-of-4?
I'd love to hear about your Holmes longfic.
ACD, retirement era, exploring why Holmes and Watson parted ways in late canon (see abandoned him for a wife + Holmes retired alone), and bringing them back together, only to have Last Bow come along and drop a grenade into their relationship. I've been working on it, off and on, for eleven years now, and I'm at 80K and counting. Currently, I'm doing a beta-requested rewrite of the final two chapters (which kick off the day Last Bow begins, and end with Britain joining the war).
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Date: 2025-02-11 09:13 pm (UTC)I have a long-neglected Elementary WIP that goes the other direction! Joan being thrown forward into Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century -- except Robo!Watson is already there, oops.
Also, may I just say, Holmesiana has many adaptations where Holmes gets displaced in time (because Holmes is commonly presumed to be the unique/interesting one, whereas a Watson can be picked up on any street corner), so I love reversing that and making Watson the one that's worth following to another century.
Dr. John Watson has abandoned him for a wife.
So is this late canon / unnamed second wife / Blanched-Soldier era? Or are you going for early canon / Mary Morstan / immediately-post-Sign-of-4?
I'd love to hear about your Holmes longfic.
ACD, retirement era, exploring why Holmes and Watson parted ways in late canon (see abandoned him for a wife + Holmes retired alone), and bringing them back together, only to have Last Bow come along and drop a grenade into their relationship. I've been working on it, off and on, for eleven years now, and I'm at 80K and counting. Currently, I'm doing a beta-requested rewrite of the final two chapters (which kick off the day Last Bow begins, and end with Britain joining the war).