Great first chapter. I love your work and hope you still plan to continue this one. Thanks.

I really like your version of Mary. She got a head on her shoulders.

Ah, writer's block! the bane of my existence!

This is a lovely start! I love your Mary and how Holmes stands in quiet awe of her!

Aw...writer's block...D:

*is just now coming out of an /extremely/ long case of that, thank God*

Regardless of the block, this is quite good, and a very interesting concept. :)

You've really got a crush on W-H-M interaction at the moment, don't you? Won't hear me complaining _

"Not that he is in the least comparable to my John. No one is, naturally." Aw, sweet. Bless her, she's in love :)

Oh my, she out Sherlock'ed Sherlock. Do we see the beginnings of grudging respect?

Great work. I'm intrigued :)

Very well written and very IC.

I am looking forward to more.

I can't say that I got the vibe that Sherlock disliked Mary more than he would any other woman when I read "The Sign of Four" or any suceeding short story, but this was very well-written. It's nice to see that even the great detective himself can be caught off guard.

Wow, Mary was shooting off those inductions like Holmes himself.

cute! I like how Mary was out-deducing the Master Detective himself.

(And as much as I'd like to see sick!Watson tended by Mary, that was not the point of the fic so I'll refrain from asking.)

what was the misconception you were addressing?

A great start! I love Mary's deductions, not to mention Holmes' reaction. :D Do I deduce correctly that this arc is about the "Holmes hates Mary" myth? Or am I way off?

Yay! for a new story!

I only have one thing to say:

Aaw!

Oh wait. And,

I loved this: "detective's horrified pocketbook" :D

An enjoyable expansion of your drabble! Thank you and looking forward to more :)