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[astudyinviolet]

Type:Text
Sender ID: astudyinviolet (Sherlock Holmes)
To: public
Subject: Magic: deciding, gaining, learning
Warnings: none atm

[ Perhaps this was inevitable given recent events and Sherlock's insecurities about his worth and ability to have purpose in this world. ]

I have a small series of questions to ask those who have gone from not having magic to having magic. Of particular interest are those who have only gained magic from this world, but I will not turn away answers from others either.

The reason I ask these questions is I come from a world where magic is usually a trick using sleight of hand and obfuscation. I inherited my brother's notebooks covering magical theories of this world, but they do not go into the more practical applications or personal aspects of magic. Surely the tattoo is only a single step among many.

• How did you decide on what magic to learn?
• How did you learn to control that magic?
• Do you feel who you are fundamentally has changed? How so?
• Have you created any contingency plans in case something goes wrong with your magic or yourself?

[ He... really hopes no one reads too deeply into that last one, but it is a worry Sherlock has given family history and having others within his head before.

And because he learned from Alhaitham's survey... ]

I understand that such a topic might be very personal. Respond anonymously if you desire and only what you are comfortable with sharing. If you'd rather meet in person, I can arrange that as well.

S.H.

Comments

[telepathicignorance]

(Well shit. They're lucky he's too upset to figure anything out.)

You look like him. People probably aren't expecting you to be so much younger: the book character was thirty something when he met Watson.

Even "true" stories rarely depict people as they actually are.

(Sidestep was weird, skittish, and swore like a sailor. Nothing like what the press and the movies made them out to be.)

[astudyinviolet]

[ Sherlock is upset, and someone can see the exact point when Sherlock reads Watson's name for he turns a shade paler. ]

Watson is not a book character either. He's real, and I met him last year when I was twenty-two.

[ He's not like Jon. He exists outside of Sherlock's head. He's not a mental fabrication. He exists in reality. John is real. ]

Stop comparing me to someone I'm not. Judge me on my own merit, not my brother's, not some other Sherlock Holmes. I'm my own person!

[telepathicignorance]

It's not like the fake me the press created was the real thing either.

We're probably all fictional characters in someone's world.

(Yeah whatever buddy, must be nice knowing you're the living, breathing, human.)

[astudyinviolet]

[ As someone who has trouble knowing what's reality or not, along with numerous other patterns he has recognized back home, Sherlock finds no comfort in the anonymous user's words. He cannot stomach any more of this conversation.

Without saying anything further, he shuts off his shellphone. ]