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%% * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [[Literature/SherlockHolmes canon]], [[BigBad Moriarty]] hired [[TheDragon Moran]] for his skills. ''A Study in Regret'' makes it painfully clear what skills those were.
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The story expanded into a duology, with the first part completed and available in printed glory [[http://www.amazon.com/A-Study-Regret-Claire-Daines/dp/1780924399 here]] on Amazon. The sequel is in progress on FFN: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10744477/1/# The Final Solution]]''.
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The story expanded into a duology, with the first part completed and available in printed glory [[http://www.amazon.com/A-Study-Regret-Claire-Daines/dp/1780924399 here]] on Amazon. The sequel is was started in progress 2014 on FFN: FFN as ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10744477/1/# The Final Solution]]''.
Solution]]'', but was abandoned after two chapters.
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The story has now expanded into a duology, with the first part completed and available in printed glory [[http://www.amazon.com/A-Study-Regret-Claire-Daines/dp/1780924399 here]] on Amazon. The sequel is now in progress on FFN: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10744477/1/# The Final Solution]]''.
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The story has now expanded into a duology, with the first part completed and available in printed glory [[http://www.amazon.com/A-Study-Regret-Claire-Daines/dp/1780924399 here]] on Amazon. The sequel is now in progress on FFN: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10744477/1/# The Final Solution]]''.
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* ActionGirl: Mary Watson, [[HiddenDepths of all people!]]
* AscendedExtra: Moran to BigBad, Lestrade to {{Deuteragonist}}, and Mary to supporting female. [[TeamMom Literally.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [[Literature/SherlockHolmes canon]], [[BigBad Moriarty]] hired [[TheDragon Moran]] for his skills. ''A Study in Regret'' makes it painfully clear what skills those were.
* AvengingTheVillain: The reason, basically, this entire story happens at all.
* BerserkButton: Moran ''knows'' Holmes's is Watson and banks on this.
* BigBad: Who needs ''Moriarty''? His [[TheDragon second-in-command]] is more than enough!
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition
* ChokeHolds: As part of Moran's VillainousBreakdown (see below), he starts to throttle Holmes.
* ColdBloodedTorture: There's not even any real point to Holmes's torture, other than AvengingTheVillain and ''possibly'' BreakTheHaughty.
* AscendedExtra: Moran to BigBad, Lestrade to {{Deuteragonist}}, and Mary to supporting female. [[TeamMom Literally.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [[Literature/SherlockHolmes canon]], [[BigBad Moriarty]] hired [[TheDragon Moran]] for his skills. ''A Study in Regret'' makes it painfully clear what skills those were.
* AvengingTheVillain: The reason, basically, this entire story happens at all.
* BerserkButton: Moran ''knows'' Holmes's is Watson and banks on this.
* BigBad: Who needs ''Moriarty''? His [[TheDragon second-in-command]] is more than enough!
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition
* ChokeHolds: As part of Moran's VillainousBreakdown (see below), he starts to throttle Holmes.
* ColdBloodedTorture: There's not even any real point to Holmes's torture, other than AvengingTheVillain and ''possibly'' BreakTheHaughty.
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%% * ActionGirl: Mary Watson, [[HiddenDepths of all people!]]
%% * AscendedExtra: Moran to BigBad, Lestrade to {{Deuteragonist}}, and Mary to supporting female. [[TeamMom Literally.]]
%% * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [[Literature/SherlockHolmes canon]], [[BigBad Moriarty]] hired [[TheDragon Moran]] for his skills. ''A Study in Regret'' makes it painfully clear what skills those were.
%% This... does not explain the trope.
%% * AvengingTheVillain: The reason, basically, this entire story happens at all.
%% * BerserkButton: Moran ''knows'' Holmes's is Watson and banks on this.
%% * BigBad: Who needs ''Moriarty''? His [[TheDragon second-in-command]] is more than enough!
%% * BirthDeathJuxtaposition
* ChokeHolds: As part of Moran'sVillainousBreakdown (see below), VillainousBreakdown, he starts to throttle Holmes.
%% * ColdBloodedTorture: There's not even any real point to Holmes's torture, other than AvengingTheVillain and ''possibly''BreakTheHaughty.BreakTheHaughty.
%% In what way is he tortured?
%% * AscendedExtra: Moran to BigBad, Lestrade to {{Deuteragonist}}, and Mary to supporting female. [[TeamMom Literally.]]
%% * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [[Literature/SherlockHolmes canon]], [[BigBad Moriarty]] hired [[TheDragon Moran]] for his skills. ''A Study in Regret'' makes it painfully clear what skills those were.
%% This... does not explain the trope.
%% * AvengingTheVillain: The reason, basically, this entire story happens at all.
%% * BerserkButton: Moran ''knows'' Holmes's is Watson and banks on this.
%% * BigBad: Who needs ''Moriarty''? His [[TheDragon second-in-command]] is more than enough!
%% * BirthDeathJuxtaposition
* ChokeHolds: As part of Moran's
%% * ColdBloodedTorture: There's not even any real point to Holmes's torture, other than AvengingTheVillain and ''possibly''
%% In what way is he tortured?
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* DarkerAndEdgier: [[SarcasmMode In case you didn't get that,]] already.
* DeathFic: Since Watson's death plays a very big part in this story... yeah, this is definitely a DeathFic.
* {{Determinator}}: Lestrade and Mary.
* DistressedDude: Poor, poor Holmes...
* EmotionalTorque: There are a lot of Sherlockian [[DeathFic Death Fics]] out there and even more DarkerAndEdgier fics... but very few take their readers on as long and realistic a journey as ''A Study in Regret'' does. The entire story is one great emotional roller-coaster, and some ''individual'' chapters are self-contained roller-coasters in their own right.
* EvilGloating: Holmes asks if Moran would like to continue this, trying to stall him. It doesn't work.
* FlashbackNightmare: Used several times for poor Holmes.
* TheHeart: Mary, oh so much!
* {{Homage}}: Not only to the {{Canon}} but to the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries''.
* InspectorLestrade: Inverted, actually, as he gets his chance to really shine as TheHero.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Lestrade and Mary.
** [[spoiler: And, gradually, Mary and Holmes - she just seems to have that effect on people.]]
* LockedInTheDungeon
* LoveHurts
* ManlyTears: It's not just Holmes, either - in fact, he once weeps because he sees ''[[NotSoStoic Lestrade]]'' weeping.
* [[BilingualBonus Multilingual Bonus]]: There's a ''lot'' of untranslated French and German in the flashbacks, plus ''translated'' French and German later on.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Invoked by Holmes.
* NarrativeProfanityFilter: Used on occasion, and once with ''Mary''!
-->[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Mary swiftly produces a revolver from somewhere,]] muttering something [[ForeignCussWord decidedly ungenteel in French]] – where did she learn words like that?
* NotSoStoic: The author takes Holmes's infamous stoicism and hurls it out the window.
** Lestrade's emotions are fully realized, as well.
* OnlySaneMan[=/=]TeamDad: Dear Lestrade.
* RescueArc: Ingeniously done through flashbacks.
* DeathFic: Since Watson's death plays a very big part in this story... yeah, this is definitely a DeathFic.
* {{Determinator}}: Lestrade and Mary.
* DistressedDude: Poor, poor Holmes...
* EmotionalTorque: There are a lot of Sherlockian [[DeathFic Death Fics]] out there and even more DarkerAndEdgier fics... but very few take their readers on as long and realistic a journey as ''A Study in Regret'' does. The entire story is one great emotional roller-coaster, and some ''individual'' chapters are self-contained roller-coasters in their own right.
* EvilGloating: Holmes asks if Moran would like to continue this, trying to stall him. It doesn't work.
* FlashbackNightmare: Used several times for poor Holmes.
* TheHeart: Mary, oh so much!
* {{Homage}}: Not only to the {{Canon}} but to the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries''.
* InspectorLestrade: Inverted, actually, as he gets his chance to really shine as TheHero.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Lestrade and Mary.
** [[spoiler: And, gradually, Mary and Holmes - she just seems to have that effect on people.]]
* LockedInTheDungeon
* LoveHurts
* ManlyTears: It's not just Holmes, either - in fact, he once weeps because he sees ''[[NotSoStoic Lestrade]]'' weeping.
* [[BilingualBonus Multilingual Bonus]]: There's a ''lot'' of untranslated French and German in the flashbacks, plus ''translated'' French and German later on.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Invoked by Holmes.
* NarrativeProfanityFilter: Used on occasion, and once with ''Mary''!
-->[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Mary swiftly produces a revolver from somewhere,]] muttering something [[ForeignCussWord decidedly ungenteel in French]] – where did she learn words like that?
* NotSoStoic: The author takes Holmes's infamous stoicism and hurls it out the window.
** Lestrade's emotions are fully realized, as well.
* OnlySaneMan[=/=]TeamDad: Dear Lestrade.
* RescueArc: Ingeniously done through flashbacks.
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%% * DarkerAndEdgier: [[SarcasmMode In case you didn't get that,]] already.
%% SincerityMore: Zero-context example policy is no joke.
* DeathFic: Since Watson's death plays a very big part in thisstory... yeah, this is definitely a DeathFic.
story.
%% * {{Determinator}}: Lestrade and Mary.
%% * DistressedDude: Poor, poor Holmes...
* EmotionalTorque: There are a lot of Sherlockian [[DeathFic Death Fics]] out there and even more DarkerAndEdgierfics... fics, but very few take their readers on as long and realistic a journey as ''A Study in Regret'' does. The entire story is one great emotional roller-coaster, and some ''individual'' chapters are self-contained roller-coasters in their own right.
%% * EvilGloating: Holmes asks if Moran would like to continue this, trying to stall him. It doesn't work.
%% * FlashbackNightmare: Used several times for poor Holmes.
%% * TheHeart: Mary, oh so much!
%% Oh, ZCE and WORD CRUFT!
%% * {{Homage}}: Not only to the {{Canon}} but to the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries''.
%% Explain how.
%% * InspectorLestrade: Inverted, actually, as he gets his chance to really shine as TheHero.
%% *LikeBrotherAndSister: LikeBrotherAndSister:
%% ** Lestrade and Mary.
%% ** [[spoiler: And, gradually, Mary and Holmes - she just seems to have that effect on people.]]
%% * LockedInTheDungeon
%% * LoveHurts
%% * ManlyTears: It's not just Holmes, either - in fact, he once weeps because he sees ''[[NotSoStoic Lestrade]]'' weeping.
*[[BilingualBonus BilingualBonus: Multilingual Bonus]]: Bonus. There's a ''lot'' of untranslated French and German in the flashbacks, plus ''translated'' French and German later on.
%% * MyGodWhatHaveIDone:Invoked by Holmes.
%% * NarrativeProfanityFilter: Used on occasion, and once with ''Mary''!
-->[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Mary %% -->Mary swiftly produces a revolver from somewhere,]] somewhere, muttering something [[ForeignCussWord decidedly ungenteel in French]] – where did she learn words like that?
%% *NotSoStoic: NotSoStoic:
%% ** The author takes Holmes's infamous stoicism and hurls it out the window.
%% ** Lestrade's emotions are fully realized, as well.
%% *OnlySaneMan[=/=]TeamDad: OnlySaneMan: Dear Lestrade.
%% * RescueArc: Ingeniously done through flashbacks.
%% SincerityMore: Zero-context example policy is no joke.
* DeathFic: Since Watson's death plays a very big part in this
%% * {{Determinator}}: Lestrade and Mary.
%% * DistressedDude: Poor, poor Holmes...
* EmotionalTorque: There are a lot of Sherlockian [[DeathFic Death Fics]] out there and even more DarkerAndEdgier
%% * EvilGloating: Holmes asks if Moran would like to continue this, trying to stall him. It doesn't work.
%% * FlashbackNightmare: Used several times for poor Holmes.
%% * TheHeart: Mary, oh so much!
%% Oh, ZCE and WORD CRUFT!
%% * {{Homage}}: Not only to the {{Canon}} but to the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries''.
%% Explain how.
%% * InspectorLestrade: Inverted, actually, as he gets his chance to really shine as TheHero.
%% *
%% ** Lestrade and Mary.
%% ** [[spoiler: And, gradually, Mary and Holmes - she just seems to have that effect on people.]]
%% * LockedInTheDungeon
%% * LoveHurts
%% * ManlyTears: It's not just Holmes, either - in fact, he once weeps because he sees ''[[NotSoStoic Lestrade]]'' weeping.
*
%% * MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
%% * NarrativeProfanityFilter: Used on occasion, and once with ''Mary''!
%% *
%% ** The author takes Holmes's infamous stoicism and hurls it out the window.
%% ** Lestrade's emotions are fully realized, as well.
%% *
%% * RescueArc: Ingeniously done through flashbacks.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Very much in play here - however, with Mary Watson as an actual ''ActionGirl'', it's worth it!
* TeamMom: The attitudes of the men around Mary make it pretty clear who's in charge, here!
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Holmes is pretty far gone [[spoiler: when Lestrade & Co. rescue him]].
* TeamMom: The attitudes of the men around Mary make it pretty clear who's in charge, here!
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Holmes is pretty far gone [[spoiler: when Lestrade & Co. rescue him]].
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Very much in play here - however, with Mary Watson as is the only female character. She's an actual ''ActionGirl'', ActionGirl, so it's worth it!
all good.
%% * TeamMom: The attitudes of the men around Mary make it pretty clear who's in charge, here!
%% * TortureAlwaysWorks: Holmes is pretty far gone [[spoiler: when Lestrade & Co. rescue him]].
%% * TeamMom: The attitudes of the men around Mary make it pretty clear who's in charge, here!
%% * TortureAlwaysWorks: Holmes is pretty far gone [[spoiler: when Lestrade & Co. rescue him]].
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* TrueCompanions: Lestrade, Mary, and Roland.
* UnwittingPawn: Poor, poor Roland.
* VillainousBreakdown: Moran ''almost'' does this [[spoiler: when Holmes kills his viper.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Poor, poor Roland.
* VillainousBreakdown: Moran ''almost'' does this [[spoiler: when Holmes kills his viper.]]
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%% * TrueCompanions: Lestrade, Mary, and Roland.
%% * UnwittingPawn: Poor, poor Roland.
%% * VillainousBreakdown: Moran ''almost'' does this [[spoiler: when Holmes kills his viper.]]
%% * UnwittingPawn: Poor, poor Roland.
%% * VillainousBreakdown: Moran ''almost'' does this [[spoiler: when Holmes kills his viper.]]
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Roland.
