Part seven was so short that I decided to post it the same day as part six.

Now you've seen the whole story. Thanks for staying with me on this adventure. I hope you found it enjoyable. Please let me know what you think!

cheers,
Lynn

I loved it and thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

Maybe, in future, you can think of another story that needs to involve Holmes and Watson again.

What a delightful and unusual story. You really captured Holmes and Watson so well.

I loved it.

Kathy
www.chili-everyway.com

Clark didn't tell her? Are you kidding? She would have lapped it up! Of course, she would have railed against Tempus, too, but such a tale needs to be shared.

Unless, of course, Wells dropped Clark back into the timeline at the point where Lois first disappeared, which (according to the nutso logic of the show) would have erased his own memories of his time travel.

This was a charming story, and I too hope to see Holmes and Watson again. Perhaps the next time they could work with Lois. Wouldn't that be a gas?

DW, Thank you for your kind words. If I can come up with another plausible storyline for such a crossover, I would write it up in a heartbeat. This story was lots of fun to write.

Kathy: I'm glad you think I succeeded in capturing Doyle's characters. I enjoy taking on Watson's voice.

Terry: I had been trying to convey that Clark had been returned just prior to the point of his disappearance and that he had already forgotten almost all of the events. I guess I wasn't quite as successful with getting that point across as I had hoped.

My thanks to all three of you for your loyal reading, and I definitely hope that I will be inspired to come up with a similar crossover in the future.

cheers,
Lynn

I usually hate "crossover" fics, but I loved this! Great writing.

I wondered what they planned on doing with Jack when they found him. On the one hand, they couldn't change history. On the other, it would be wrong to let him go. Nice save.


Elisabeth

rkn: I am doubly honoured, then, that you liked my story. :-)

Elisabeth: I wish I could take credit for that plot twist; but what appears in the story is a variant of a suggestion by my fantastic BR Iolanthe.

cheers,
Lynn

I thought you did a great job with Holmes and Watson! And I had no trouble understanding that Clark lost his memories of this adventure.

Thanks again for the posting schedule on this one. I am going to have to cut back my time spent reading fanfic for a while (starting a temporary second job) so I might not be posting much fdk, but I will try to read whatever you post here.

BRAVO!!!!

I don't suppose a sequel would be not-out-of-the-question?

Hi Lynn,

I just read the whole story in one sitting and I enjoyed it very much. It was a very good idea and I think you pulled the crossover off nicely.

Thanks for sharing.
Bob

A fun read. Thank you.

cookiesmom: I am honored that, with your limited free time, you would check on what I post here. Good luck on your second job.

QotC: If I can come up with another such crossover, I would definitely write it. It would either have to be set in a different universe or else occur after Watson wrote this story, since he did state definitively here that neither he nor Holmes ever saw either of the time travelers again. (I guess another possibility would be that they could see Lois without seeing either Wells or Clark, but I prefer not to write too much with Lois. I don't think I have as firm a grasp on her character as I do on the others, at least in part because her character has changed so much over the course of the show.)

Bob, Thank you. I am relieved to hear that the story works well when read all at once. The reason I had divided the story into such small parts was that I was afraid that the huge changes in writing style necessitated by the changes in POV would prove to be off-putting. I therefore made sure that Watson's writings were in standalone parts.

SJH: Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

cheers,
Lynn

Hi Lynn!

I, too, read this in one sitting, so I’ll just group the specific comments in here

The Star Trek X-over: Dandello did “Only a Fairy Tale” and “Not Just a Fairy Tale”. Good fun!

Part 2: Holmes immediately deduced Clark’s surname. How did he do that? Mr. Wells was explained, not so Clark. And LOL to the Doyle-reference

Part 3: Makes more sense when read directly in context of part 3, but…
At first I went How could Lois’s previous incarnation end up on a street corner. ML’s future Lois (Echoes of the Past), okay. But the past one? Then I remembered, this time’s Lois was named Lulu and lived in Texas. /wew/ But Clark should remember this, too.

Part 4-5: I liked the explanation for the name mix-up etc. Well thought out

Part 6: Umm, about the wrapped lamp-posts. I’m not 100% sure, mostly because I haven’t tried it, yet, but back in the 19th century, the lampposts would be made of cast iron instead of the steel (?) tubes of today. And that’s quite brittle, so it would probably break if Clark tried to bend even a little. Of course, you could explain it with the aura

Michael

Hi Michael,

Thanks for taking the time to provide such detailed feedback.

I'll be sure to add those stories onto my "to be read" list. It seems that new stories are getting added to the list faster than I can read the ones already on the list. It is so nice to have so much fun reading to look forward to.

There was actually a lot that hadn't been explained in that part of the story. The official reason is because additional explanations would have slowed the pacing of the story down too much. The unofficial reason (which I will deny if asked ) is that I don't know how Holmes knew.

Thanks. That was my favourite bit of humour in this story. I would be tempted to say that it is impossible for me to write even a "serious" story without some humour injected; but the next story I'll be posting is completely humour-free.

If you want to write such a story, I would love to ready it!

cheers,
Lynn

/wags finger/

I just read this story on the archive. It is such a clever idea and executed quite well. Lots of fun, too! Thanks so much for sharing it.

Michael, I apologize for not responding to your post. I must have missed it when you first posted. But better late than never, I hope.

Nope. The story I was referring to was If Looks Could Kill -- the darkest, WHAMmiest story I hope I'll ever write.

Good points. Or perhaps he used his breath to cool the lamppost *just* before it would have burned Jack?

MrsMosley, thank you for leaving feedback. It is always a delightful surprise to receive kudos for an older story.

Joy,
Lynn

Huh, yeah, would still be tricky though

Michael

PS: For topics you create yourself, you have an 'Email notification' option next to the submit button. Very nice feature to get FDK news into your inbox. Of course, it also makes the entire post-FDK-post-FDK circle that much more addictive.

PPS: Yes, I do subscribe to my FDK threads.

Huh. For all the thread I have created, I have never noticed those check boxes.

Thanks for pointing them out to me. I'll remember them in the future.

Joy,
Lynn

Haha, very clever story! Another who has read this all in one go, and I think it worked out rather well. Looked it up as soon as I saw the FDK thread and enjoyed it immensely. The ironic thing is that I've been in a Sherlock Holmes mood of late- before reading this story- having just rewatched the new movie and a couple of episodes aired on PBS of 'Sherlock' where it's all modern day, which is a very interesting premise in itself, though for some reason the actor who plays Sherlock reminds me of Dan Scardino (something about his face...) - if you haven't seen it yet, you should consider looking it up... *rambles*...

That, along with rumors of there being a sequel to the recent Sherlock Holmes film... this fit my mood perfectly! Sometimes I wonder if you people can read my mind

-- SJT ;P

Hi SJT,

It's nice to see another person who shares an interest in both L&C and SH.

I did briefly try the PBS version of SH, but I had a hard time with the anachronism. To me, an occasional piece of comedy or fantasy aside, SH belongs in Victorian and, to a lesser extent, Edwardian England. I have no problem with him visiting other eras *as the plot demands*, but I saw no reason for the PBS show's change in time other than trying to make him more accessible to modern audiences -- which, frankly, I find an insult to my intelligence. (Yes, I also like my Shakespeare 'straight up', so to speak. IMHO, changing the time or location from the one Shakespeare had intended serves no purpose other than novelty for novelty's sake. And yes, I know I am probably in the minority here.)

In any event, I'm glad my mixing and matching these two very different fandoms worked for you.

Joy,
Lynn

Is the PBS version the BBC version starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes? If so, then I'm exactly the opposite, it has to be said and I suspect you're right, Lynn, that the series was designed not for the diehard SH fan but for those who were never interested in Holmes before.

I was firmly in that category - never read the books, never watched any of the movies - but for some reason watched the pilot of Sherlock and absolutely loved it. I probably wouldn't have if it hadn't been reset into a contempory setting, although the main attraction for me was the chemistry between the two leads. But the setting was definitely there in the mix as part of the draw.

Sorry...gone OT there. <G>

LabRat

Yes, Labby, it is the Benedict Cumberbatch Holmes. I liked it a lot too, but I do understand what Lynn is saying here about moving setting. It's only done for the purposes of securing an audience. Loved that little tidbit!

Huh, that's funny. I've just recently, and accidentally stumbled across 21st century Sherlock.

And, yes, they're doing a sequel to the latest Sherlock Holmes movie:

Anyway, back to Sherlock. To think of it in LnC terms, it's actually a Soulverse adaption

Michael

LabRat, although I'm not going to watch the show, if it drew you (and, presumably, others) in enough to enjoy Sherlock Holmes, it served its purpose.

Mouserocks, I've read and enjoyed at least some of all of the authors you listed. And I *know* I've steeped myself in what some of my compatriots might deem too much British literature and entertainment. As an elementary school student, I got 'color' wrong on a spelling test because I spelled it 'colour'! I try to use the American orthography in my fanfic (this story being a notable exception), since the stories take place in the U.S. and are from the POV of Americans. But you may have noticed that my orthography is usually an odd admixture of American and British.

Michael, at the Soulverse adaptation.

Joy,
Lynn