Line #7 TearJerker/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries


1	''Deliver Us from Evil'' is essentially one long journey of angst, tragedy, more angst, and hurt/comfort, in that order.
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6	* In the Canon, Victor Savage only just mentioned as the murder victim of his uncle. In ''Mortality'', however, we see him in the very first chapter, young and vibrant and hiring the Great Detective to investigate his uncle. The next time Holmes meets Victor is at his death-bed, and if Victor's death doesn't get to you, Holmes's ''[[NotSoStoic reaction]]'' will. To top it all (and the chapter) off, Holmes has to break the news to Victor's fiancee. Tissue, anyone?
7	* A promise that you ''know'' won't be kept...
8	-->'''Mary:''' "The only time you come here without being on a case is when we ask you specifically, and that is not a social call."\
9	'''Holmes:''' "Very well. Next time t'will be a social call."
10	* While Holmes's torture can be seen as [[NightmareFuel/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Nightmare Fuel]], it can cross over into TearJerker territory. ''Especially'' when he "sees" his family and friends.
11	* Watson's HeroicBSOD when he believes Holmes to be dead (for that matter, Mycroft's, as well). More than that, though, the narrative is in Watson's [=POV=] ''during'' his HeroicBSOD, and though his body freezes somewhat, his mind does not freeze at all:
12	-->This was Literature/SherlockHolmes, and he was dead. [[ColdBloodedTorture Tortured,]] murdered, and then tossed aside like so much refuse. The world's brightest light, snuffed out.
13	-->The genius, the talent, the authority, the passion for justice were gone. The abrupt laugh, the lightning-swift smile, the gentle touch, the bright grey eyes, the soulful music…
14	-->They all were dead.
15	* There's also the little boy with the broken arm. Watson is treating him and is absolutely heartbroken at the emptiness of this child and all the other children he has been treating. It's a heartbreaking scene all around, because this is ''Dr. Watson'' sliding down into despair over these people living their lives without hope - even more heartbreaking because this is no more than the reality of the time.
16	-->'''Watson:''' "Dear God, give this boy hope!"
17	* Holmes's thoughts having descended from full sentences to broken fragments [[spoiler: (and then the reverse as he heals)]]. Even more, just barely remembering his own name and then ''disowning'' himself from it and thinking of himself by the name his captors give him: ''Little Detective''.
18	* Holmes's rescue from his PointOfView - broken and scared and so greatful to [[HeterosexualLifePartners Watson]] and even to Scotland Yard.
19	* And then Lestrade's and Wiggins's reactions to seeing Holmes more than half dead. Wiggins pretty much breaks down and Lestrade nearly does so, himself. Not to mention the fact that seeing Holmes from Lestrade's [=POV=] is just as heartbreaking as seeing the scene through Holmes's eyes.
20	* The fact that Smith's nephew is murdered.
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25	* Mary [[spoiler: and baby Arthur]] being KilledOffForReal in "Those Dark Hours". That is all.
26	* In "Day 14: Bereft," Holmes is lonely, homesick, and heartsick in Tibet (the combination makes for a ''seriously'' depressed Great Detective). If that's not enough to get to you (in the seldom-used but powerful 2nd person, no less), the [[spoiler: Christmas]] ending ought to.
27	* "Day 18: Long Time Falling". The prompt was "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Nevermore, but no ravens involved]]." The author took the prompt and turned it into a TearJerker over ''[[DiabolicalMastermind Professor Moriarty]]'', of all people. What's more - it ''works''.
28	* "Day 29: The Warrior a Child" is all about Mrs. Hudson's recurring nightmare of Reichenbach, and her remembrance of Mr. Holmes. It quickly spirals down into TearJerker when you find out how much she loved him and how she never had the chance to say goodbye.
29	-->In many ways, [[LikeASonToMe he was the son]] that she could never have. And, oh, how terribly she missed her boy.
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Context TearJerker / DeliverUsFromEvilSeries