John catches on soon - he is a fan - the real problem is that he's not expecting something like that. He's surrounded by a ballroom full of Holmeses (a complication of Holmeses or an eccentricity of Holmeses I am thinking right now) and he and Sherlock are dressed very much as they were when they set out for Moriarty's trial (dressing for dinner, you know) so he's fairly distracted. And, honestly, who does that? Therefore, who expects to encounter it? If you're not expecting it and no one is being helpful, it takes a while to sink in...at least for me...I might also try to obscure it just a bit more to make it a bit more of a slow reveal for the reader.
Oh, you are amazing. Absolutely bloody amazing. Your timing is also excellent. I now have time to order and read Lewis Thomas's books before I wrap them up and give them to KR for his birthday in Feb. This is one of those moments when I'm sitting here thinking, "But why didn't I know about him? This is amazing. One of us should have known about him, this is exactly the sort of thing we enjoy." And the answer would be that I spend both too much and not enough time on the internet. Knowledge is more accessible, but people still aren't connecting properly, we're really all in our own little worlds, orbiting one another.
And to end in completely opposite order, I'm fascinated by The Inklings. I want my own group to sit around with and read my fiction to - LJ in real time. I think I'm going to write something up on Letters to an American Lady. It's so very analog LJ that it just begs for it.
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Date: 2012-07-26 04:43 am (UTC)Oh, you are amazing. Absolutely bloody amazing. Your timing is also excellent. I now have time to order and read Lewis Thomas's books before I wrap them up and give them to KR for his birthday in Feb. This is one of those moments when I'm sitting here thinking, "But why didn't I know about him? This is amazing. One of us should have known about him, this is exactly the sort of thing we enjoy." And the answer would be that I spend both too much and not enough time on the internet. Knowledge is more accessible, but people still aren't connecting properly, we're really all in our own little worlds, orbiting one another.
And to end in completely opposite order, I'm fascinated by The Inklings. I want my own group to sit around with and read my fiction to - LJ in real time. I think I'm going to write something up on Letters to an American Lady. It's so very analog LJ that it just begs for it.