Fic: Weak Bard Pun: Gen
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holmes_minorTitle: Weak Bard Pun
Rating: Gen
Length: 100
For: the100wordsprompts March 03. deathbed confession.
“…so,” continued Holmes as he strode toward the footlights, “the leading lady says the famous lines about the spot, about the old man having so much blood in him, etcetera.” He paused.
“Yes?” I prompted, like the good whetstone I was.
Holmes turned toward the curtain, muttering, “Knocking at the gate, what’s done can’t be undone. She exits, is fatally stabbed, falls, is found, and says, with her last gasp, ‘’Twas Banquo!’ What can we conclude, Watson?”
“That the actor who played Banquo stabbed her.”
“She might’ve been lying.”
I shook my head. “I always believe a Macbeth to-bed confession!”
Rating: Gen
Length: 100
For: the
100wordsprompts March 03. deathbed confession.“…so,” continued Holmes as he strode toward the footlights, “the leading lady says the famous lines about the spot, about the old man having so much blood in him, etcetera.” He paused.
“Yes?” I prompted, like the good whetstone I was.
Holmes turned toward the curtain, muttering, “Knocking at the gate, what’s done can’t be undone. She exits, is fatally stabbed, falls, is found, and says, with her last gasp, ‘’Twas Banquo!’ What can we conclude, Watson?”
“That the actor who played Banquo stabbed her.”
“She might’ve been lying.”
I shook my head. “I always believe a Macbeth to-bed confession!”
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Date: 2020-03-11 06:50 pm (UTC)I love that little detail as well that Watson refers to himself as a whetstone - it's an elegant parallel with the murder weapon that Holmes himself is a knife, sharpening himself through talking to Watson and attempting to cut through to the truth.
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Date: 2020-03-11 07:09 pm (UTC)Ah, that's a lovely thought. I like that a lot.