Leroux!Phantom/SH crossover
Except Sherlock and John meet in Persia, where John is a soldier being held captive and soon to be put to death. Sherlock has been an ‘entertainer’ for the Shah and the Khanum (if orchestrating extravagant killings is entertainment) of Persia, but they are growing tired of him and his endless superiority, and Sherlock knows they will soon attempt to kill him. Somehow, John and Sherlock end up meeting and Sherlock helps him escape under the promise that he will get safe passage into France, where a long-dead artist and relative of his had left money on which Sherlock could survive. John ends up tagging along for far longer than is expected.
Also, Irene Adler is totally a contralto at the opera house that Sherlock decides to haunt!!!1
This isn’t just Leroux’s Phantom - you’ve also mixed in some of Susan Kay’s. WHICH IS THE WAY THE WORLD SHOULD BE. And do you know about The Canary Trainer and Angel of the Opera? There are other PotO /Sherlock crossovers, but those are the two I’ve read. Canary’s great at the Sherlock; Angel’s great at Phantom. But they both kinda stink on their offsides. :/ THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Anything that remembers that Adler was a contralto and a pretty good one makes me so happy.
SOMEONE PLEASE GO AND WRITE THAT FIC!
This isn’t just Leroux’s Phantom - you’ve also mixed in some of Susan Kay’s. WHICH IS THE WAY THE WORLD SHOULD BE. And...
I CAN TOTALLY GET BEHIND THIS NO PHOTOSHOP ON THIS PC THOUGH SO SOMEONE MAKE THIS HAPPEN ALSO THAT SKETCH IS WONDERFUL
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