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=== This story provides examples of: ===
* [[Action Girl]]: Mary Watson, [[Hidden Depths|of all people!]]
* [[Action Girl]]: Mary Watson, [[Hidden Depths|of all people!]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Moran to [[Big Bad]], Lestrade to [[Deuteragonist]], and Mary to supporting female. [[Team Mom|Literally.]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Moran to [[Big Bad]], Lestrade to [[Deuteragonist]], and Mary to supporting female. [[Team Mom|Literally.]]
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* [[Birth Death Juxtaposition]]
* [[Birth Death Juxtaposition]]
* [[Choke Holds]]: As part of Moran's [[Villainous Breakdown]] (see below), he starts to throttle Holmes.
* [[Choke Holds]]: As part of Moran's [[Villainous Breakdown]] (see below), he starts to throttle Holmes.
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: There's not even any real point to Holmes's torture, other than [[Avenging the Villain]] and ''possibly'' [[Break the Haughty]].
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: There's not even any real point to Holmes's torture, other than [[Avenging the Villain]] and ''possibly'' [[Break the Haughty]].
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Watson and Holmes never stood a chance against Moran and his [[Mook]].
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Watson and Holmes never stood a chance against Moran and his [[Mook]].
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|In case you didn't get that,]] already.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|In case you didn't get that,]] already.
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* [[Manly Tears]]: It's not just Holmes, either - in fact, he once weeps because he sees ''[[Not So Stoic|Lestrade]]'' weeping.
* [[Manly Tears]]: It's not just Holmes, either - in fact, he once weeps because he sees ''[[Not So Stoic|Lestrade]]'' weeping.
* [[Bilingual Bonus|Multilingual Bonus]]: There's a ''lot'' of untranslated French and German in the flashbacks, plus ''translated'' French and German later on.
* [[Bilingual Bonus|Multilingual Bonus]]: There's a ''lot'' of untranslated French and German in the flashbacks, plus ''translated'' French and German later on.
* [[My God What Have I Done]]: Invoked by Holmes.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Invoked by Holmes.
* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]: Used on occasion, and once with ''Mary''!
* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]: Used on occasion, and once with ''Mary''!
{{quote| [[Moment of Awesome|Mary swiftly produces a revolver from somewhere,]] muttering something [[Foreign Cuss Word|decidedly ungenteel in French]] – where did she learn words like that?}}
{{quote| [[Moment of Awesome|Mary swiftly produces a revolver from somewhere,]] muttering something [[Foreign Cuss Word|decidedly ungenteel in French]] – where did she learn words like that?}}
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* [[Team Mom]]: The attitudes of the men around Mary make it pretty clear who's in charge, here!
* [[Team Mom]]: The attitudes of the men around Mary make it pretty clear who's in charge, here!
* [[Torture Always Works]]: Holmes is pretty far gone {{spoiler|when Lestrade & Co. rescue him}}.
* [[Torture Always Works]]: Holmes is pretty far gone {{spoiler|when Lestrade & Co. rescue him}}.
* [[To the Pain]]: Moran "introduces" [[Snakes Are Evil|his viper Naja]] to [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|a terrified Holmes]].
* [[To the Pain]]: Moran "introduces" [[Snakes Are Evil|his viper Naja]] to [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|a terrified Holmes]].
* [[True Companions]]: Lestrade, Mary, and Marcel.
* [[True Companions]]: Lestrade, Mary, and Marcel.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Poor, poor Marcel.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Poor, poor Marcel.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Moran ''almost'' does this {{spoiler|when Holmes kills his viper.}}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Moran ''almost'' does this {{spoiler|when Holmes kills his viper.}}
* [[Victorian Britain]]: Averted, making it one of the few period-Sherlockian fics to do so. And the author averts it ''brilliantly''.
* [[Victorian Britain]]: Averted, making it one of the few period-Sherlockian fics to do so. And the author averts it ''brilliantly''.
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: Mary delivers a downright cringe-worthy one to Holmes... ironically, berating him for even ''considering'' the ''exact'' same vanishing act he performed in the original stories.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Mary delivers a downright cringe-worthy one to Holmes... ironically, berating him for even ''considering'' the ''exact'' same vanishing act he performed in the original stories.
* [[With a Friend And A Stranger]]: Lestrade with Mary... and Marcel.
* [[With a Friend And A Stranger]]: Lestrade with Mary... and Marcel.


Revision as of 06:18, 9 January 2014

A Study in Regret, by Riandra, is an AU to the events of the Sherlock Holmes short story "The Final Problem". The FF.N summary is as follows: Dedicated to Aleine Skyfire. What if events had turned out for the worst after Moriarty's death at Reichenbach? Character death, drug and torture references.

When the fic opens, Colonel Sebastian Moran has already murdered Dr. Watson at the Reichenbach Falls. Sherlock Holmes is now Moran's prisoner, and is being constantly "punished" for the death of Professor Moriarty. Not all hope is lost, however, for Inspector Lestrade and Mary Watson are on the case, and they're determined not to fail.

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 Mary swiftly produces a revolver from somewhere, muttering something decidedly ungenteel in French – where did she learn words like that?

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