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Fic Pointer & Author's Notes - Commentadore
Title: Commentadore
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cog_nomen
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Pairing(s): Holmes/Watson
Commentadore.
1. The title is a reference to Don Giovanni's vengeful statue, and while the ghost in this piece has rather a different motivation, I thought it was witty with all the discussion of opera going on.
2. I do worry that people will be frightened away by the character death tag, or think that the fic is quite a bit more angsty than it is. However, I don't really think I can get away with not tagging for character death, and so it stays.
3. There is quite a bit of opera in the piece, and those that I mentioned (except perhaps Tosca) are all fantastic and worth a listen. The first one discussed at length, Don Giovanni, is summarized here if you care to know a bit more about it. And while Holmes says that it is Giovanni who can no longer deny the Commentadore, it is Holmes at last finding his voice that means that Watson cannot deny him any longer either.
4. While Holmes and I share an opinion of Puccini, I can't say that I don't love Gilbert and Sullivan's works. The scene where Watson attends nine showings of H.M.S. Pinafore was cut and re-added so many times. It was a spur of the moment inspiration that led to something funny, and then eventually became profound. I still feel a little unsure of it's value, but it amuses me, so it stays.
5. "I know his methods." - Given how often Holmes prompts Watson to exercise his deductive reasoning with the prompt 'You know my methods, Watson', I had to include this somewhere. Of course Holmes would find it funny.
6. Deh Vieni Alla Finestra , from Don Giovanni.
7. "Tu crois le tenir, il t'évite; Tu crois l'éviter, il te tient!", From Habanera, in Carmen:
'You think you hold it fast, it flees; You think you're free, it holds you fast." A translation of the entire Aria, if you are interested.
8. The piece is meant to be ambiguous, at least a little. Is Watson hallucinating Holmes, after his death, or did Holmes invent all of Watson in his own extraordinary mind? But since the piece is from Watson's point of view, the obvious answer is the first.
Lastly, I apologize for the length. I thought this piece would execute itself in a much shorter format, but it just kept growing. It put itself together in fantastic piles of phrases, and then insisted on including more opera. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and thank you for taking the time to glance through the notes.
Author:
cog_nomenFandom: Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Pairing(s): Holmes/Watson
Commentadore.
1. The title is a reference to Don Giovanni's vengeful statue, and while the ghost in this piece has rather a different motivation, I thought it was witty with all the discussion of opera going on.
2. I do worry that people will be frightened away by the character death tag, or think that the fic is quite a bit more angsty than it is. However, I don't really think I can get away with not tagging for character death, and so it stays.
3. There is quite a bit of opera in the piece, and those that I mentioned (except perhaps Tosca) are all fantastic and worth a listen. The first one discussed at length, Don Giovanni, is summarized here if you care to know a bit more about it. And while Holmes says that it is Giovanni who can no longer deny the Commentadore, it is Holmes at last finding his voice that means that Watson cannot deny him any longer either.
4. While Holmes and I share an opinion of Puccini, I can't say that I don't love Gilbert and Sullivan's works. The scene where Watson attends nine showings of H.M.S. Pinafore was cut and re-added so many times. It was a spur of the moment inspiration that led to something funny, and then eventually became profound. I still feel a little unsure of it's value, but it amuses me, so it stays.
5. "I know his methods." - Given how often Holmes prompts Watson to exercise his deductive reasoning with the prompt 'You know my methods, Watson', I had to include this somewhere. Of course Holmes would find it funny.
6. Deh Vieni Alla Finestra , from Don Giovanni.
7. "Tu crois le tenir, il t'évite; Tu crois l'éviter, il te tient!", From Habanera, in Carmen:
'You think you hold it fast, it flees; You think you're free, it holds you fast." A translation of the entire Aria, if you are interested.
8. The piece is meant to be ambiguous, at least a little. Is Watson hallucinating Holmes, after his death, or did Holmes invent all of Watson in his own extraordinary mind? But since the piece is from Watson's point of view, the obvious answer is the first.
Lastly, I apologize for the length. I thought this piece would execute itself in a much shorter format, but it just kept growing. It put itself together in fantastic piles of phrases, and then insisted on including more opera. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and thank you for taking the time to glance through the notes.