The phone John was given by Harry is MP3-enabled. Could he have used that?
The whole bit about finding an Irish-accented voice speaking to him through earbuds - that's brilliantly perceptive. Of *course* he would have a good reason to find that triggery. *All* the survivors of that sick little game would, come to think of it. (God knows what *else* Moriarty said to them to work them into the state most of them were in, come to that...)
One of the advantages of Sherlock's deductive powers was that he didn't mind much if you couldn't explain things.
I agree. He didn't need John to drop his habitual reserve which made him so terribly uncooperative in therapy. (Not that that lets Sherlock take the place of therapy; Sherlock's still a civilian, and couldn't give John a sounding board as a fellow soldier might be able to.)
Sorry. Digression RE worldbuilding, always a weakness of mine.
OK. So the triggers identified so far are "headphones + accent" and "headphones + trigger phrases." *Very* well thought out on your part.
I'm glad that Sherlock isn't just experimenting because he's thinking of this as a bright shiny new thing, and that John realizes that Sherlock's panicking because he's now realized that John has a problem. To be fair, John would've been stoic about the whole thing, I don't doubt, and would've avoided giving Sherlock feedback about what he really felt. Gallows humor and snark as a defense mechanism, that would be the ticket.
white lies that were black at the centre
Ah. Good one.
a fax from Interpol thanking him for his offer of help in the Baron Gruner case, and who the hell had Sherlock been impersonating now?
:) I'd quite like to know that myself.
There were some things it was best never to talk about.
*whacks John with rolled up newspaper* No biscuit, John. (The author gets one, though, so to speak.)
Minor nitpicks: shrug off it - I'm used to seeing this as "shrug it off".
in the hospital - I *think* UK usage would drop the 'the'.
Re: Talking therapy
he should at least get a cheap MP3 player
The phone John was given by Harry is MP3-enabled. Could he have used that?
The whole bit about finding an Irish-accented voice speaking to him through earbuds - that's brilliantly perceptive. Of *course* he would have a good reason to find that triggery. *All* the survivors of that sick little game would, come to think of it. (God knows what *else* Moriarty said to them to work them into the state most of them were in, come to that...)
One of the advantages of Sherlock's deductive powers was that he didn't mind much if you couldn't explain things.
I agree. He didn't need John to drop his habitual reserve which made him so terribly uncooperative in therapy. (Not that that lets Sherlock take the place of therapy; Sherlock's still a civilian, and couldn't give John a sounding board as a fellow soldier might be able to.)
Sorry. Digression RE worldbuilding, always a weakness of mine.
OK. So the triggers identified so far are "headphones + accent" and "headphones + trigger phrases." *Very* well thought out on your part.
I'm glad that Sherlock isn't just experimenting because he's thinking of this as a bright shiny new thing, and that John realizes that Sherlock's panicking because he's now realized that John has a problem. To be fair, John would've been stoic about the whole thing, I don't doubt, and would've avoided giving Sherlock feedback about what he really felt. Gallows humor and snark as a defense mechanism, that would be the ticket.
white lies that were black at the centre
Ah. Good one.
a fax from Interpol thanking him for his offer of help in the Baron Gruner case, and who the hell had Sherlock been impersonating now?
:) I'd quite like to know that myself.
There were some things it was best never to talk about.
*whacks John with rolled up newspaper* No biscuit, John. (The author gets one, though, so to speak.)
Minor nitpicks:
shrug off it - I'm used to seeing this as "shrug it off".
in the hospital - I *think* UK usage would drop the 'the'.