Tintin fanfiction - The Crab with the Mechanical Claws (part 1/12)

[winryweiss]

Originally a fill for this prompt at Tintin kink meme.

Hell yeah, Steampunk!
Who doesn’t love Steampunk? But. Tintin and classical (Victorian Era) Steampunk just... do not work. It’s more like “The Adventures of young Sherlock Holmes (with a quiff) in Steamland and The land beyond Mirror”. So, with a sad heart, I decided to play in a more unusual Steampunk-ish sandbox.


If interested, you can find an updated and thorough rewrite of this story on AO3.

Comments

[unicorn1980]

Wow, this really complex and well researched! I love steam punk and history. And, OMG, a steam powered mechanical Snowy! That is beyond cute. I'm intrigued to know what Calculus has sent Tintin :)

[winryweiss]

Thank you. I'm glad that I am not writing this just for myself.
I decided to continue with it, though in slooow pace, since it got me really incredibly hooked. So far it looks like there will be 10 parts (or so) of this. If I will be able to handle all of the steam-powered ideas I have.

[unicorn1980]

Oh I'll be following this fic. It's my kind of thing. I like steam punk of the Victorian era, but 1930's works well too! I noticed you mentioned Sherlock Holmes :D I haven't read the books, but I watch the BBC series. Love it. It's funny, a lot of Tintin fans seem to be Sherlock fans too.

[winryweiss]

No wonder, both Sherlock and Tintin are way too cool. ^^
I stumbled upon Sherlock Holmes books ages ago, during my high school years, and it is my life fandom. Thanks to it I discovered steampunk, which quickly became my sort-of obsession. But after Guy Ritchie's movie and BBC series were made, the fandom got overflooded. (I guess something similiar like with Tintin after Spielberg's movie.) Not that it is bad thing. The quiet, shy community is suddenly way to lively, and it is awesome.
In my opinion, the modern BBC series is the second best adaptation of it. I had *such* huge grin every minute while watching it. I love all the allusions and remakes of classical things.
Do you know, that the genius Steven Moffat, who did first draft of spielberg's movie is also creator of BBC Sherlock (and Doctor Who)?

[unicorn1980]

Ah, yes I can imagine the movie and series brought in a whole new wave of Sherlock fans! Are you a Sherlock/Watson shipper? I like the way the BBC series portrays their relationship. But I also like Molly. Apparently she wasn't canon in the books?

Yes! :D Moffat is big here in UK and works on a lot of our beloved BBC series like Doctor Who and Sherlock. I must admit I was annoyed with him for a long while because he kind of ruined the last series of Doctor Who *hides from Moffat fans*. BUT, he completely redeemed himself when I saw Tintin. He did amazing job. And of course Sherlock is amazing too. I like Moffat again now XD

Oh, you said BBC Sherlock is second best adaption. Which is first? :D

[winryweiss]

I still haven't seen 6th series of Doctor, but right now, I love Moffat. He brought me so many fandoms. *grin*

Am I Sherlock/Watson shipper? That a hard question. Yes and no, depends on adaptation.
I read the books at time when I haven't been so perverted, and, apparently, I was stuck with the image of Sherlock from the books for long time. He was strongly asexual (and emotionless) in the books. And Watson got married at least two times, outlived both of his wife. But even then, I had known that their bound is beyond simple friendship. Holmes' feelings towards Watson were as close to love as it was possible.
BBC verse is hitting hardly on my slashy self.
1930's movies were ... well ... I'd rather forget that I seen them.
Russian adaptation from 80's was actually surprisingly pretty good (if you turn a blind eyes on the slavonic feeling of it) and I totaly ship them in there, since it couldn't be overlooked. Oh, those looks, those smiles, that intimacy, that little resistance Watson had when Holmes dragged him behind chinese screen to hide.
In Ritchie's movies they are openly flirting, so why not. And Holmes throws himself to the fall mainly because he wants to protect Watson.
But my top adaptation is brittish TV series 'The adventures/The return/The casebook/The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' from 80's/90's consisting of 39 episodes, with Jeremy Brett as the famous detective. Watching it felt like the book came to live. Holmes, that one I always imagined while reading, was suddenly there, in flesh and blood, with all his quirks, peculiarities and habbits. Yet mister Brett got terribly ill during last episodes, it is noticeable in his acting, but he still played it so vividly, it took my breath away. Sadly, he died before the series was completed.