[Report This]Date: 05/07/2005 05:47 pm Title: Crossing Paths
The story continues - oh good!
And I was most amused to see a fanfic. story set in my home town of St. Albans! So a slight correction (if I may) but the nearest pub to the Post Office in Victorian Times would have been the Bat and Ball although there were at least 30 others at that time in the town centre!
There is a fine victorian house set in its own parkland about 15 minutes from the centre of town so I will imagine that as your setting!
Author's Response: Thank you for the heads up on that! And for taking the time to give us a shout on this, glad your still with us and happy the story is continuing! I think you can rest assured that we'll use the Bat and Ball as we will be returning to St.Albans again. We try to do as much research as we feasible on details like that, but it's hard to find specific details on the Victorian layout of towns like St.Albans so getting 'horses mouth' info is excellent. The house souds just right, imagine away! Hope to hear from you again!! -LFire
Author's Response: Thank you so much for the review! As my esteemed collegue beat me to the punch on the review, I just wanted to pop by and thank you as well. :D Yes, I kinda pulled the pub name out of my hat really (or out of that famous one in Boston), as I had zero clue of any actual pubs.
Lfire would also like me to say (as she is online now via messenger) to please forgive her for all spelling errors, as she attempted to respond at three in the morning...and was groggy from sleep deprevation. Heh...
Again thank you so much for the heads up, and we will most certainly be using this very kindly offered tidbit. ~Aeryn
[Report This]Date: 04/25/2005 03:48 am Title: Crossing Paths
Oh, I am delighted to see that the saga continues! Allow me to nod approvingly and state that this is an excellent start. I like the set-up for meeting Helen and the kids again (and those kids still crack me up!), and the Department of Backstory has done a very nice (and I dare say almost Rowling-esque) job of summing up the previous story and setting the stage for the new one. The details about the rituals of mourning are very nicely done, and really add a realistic touch to taking the reader right into this historical world.
Helen remains a great character, too – smart and articulate and very likable all around. Now what is with this flirting with Holmes?! I was determined to write an entire review without mentioning romantic entanglements of any sort, but I cannot – those two do have wonderful chemistry. If only Holmes would stop being a bastard about women… but I suspect that is from canon (which I still know nothing about, alas), and also true to the time. And anyway, he may pretend he doesn't really respect Helen's opinions, but I know that secretly he does. :)
Lovely small details, by the way, with the Bull and Finch (my neighbourhood pub where I grew up… *gazes out window wistfully at the fond memories*) and a gratuitous Canada reference! Your reviewer might, if pressed, admit to secretly being Canadian and going batshit whenever she sees such passing references. Yay! In sum, lovely work as always, ladies! ~Lee
Author's Response: Yea, Lee!!! Thank you so much for the review! Can't wait to hear what you think of the rest of it. Yes, those wacky twins...how I love them. *chuckles*
Thank you so much for the kind words on Helen. She's a peach to write, but does have her flaws (see chapter two). However, I'm so glad the chemistry is working! Well, in canon, Holmes is not very trusting of women (they never go into why), and doesn't think too highly of very many (see A Scandal in Bohemia for more details here). As for respecting our Miss Helen...maybe...just a little. :D
And the Bull and Finch...actually, I believe it's a pub in Boston, and the one Cheers was modeled after. I picked it out of my hat really, because my mind drew a blank and I needed a pub name. So...you're Canadian? Heh...I'm from Maine! Very cool! Oh and the other Canada reference, that's canon too. Sir Henry Baskerville spent most of his life there (See The Hound of the Baskervilles). Again thank you so much for the review, and more chapters will be appearing soon! Huggles! ~Aeryn