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Title: Jie Jie
Author: viggorlijah
Pairing: Soo Lin Yao; gen
Length: 2,400 words
Rating: G
Warnings: character death
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: The name they use on the small obituary in the Times is not the one she was born with, but it's the one she chose.

Reccer's comments: I just stumbled across this story this evening, and it is so well done. A quiet, relentless, clear-eyed look at the aftermath of Soo Lin's death in The Blind Banker, focused particularly on the ways that she is remembered and forgotten, the different facets of her character which were noticed or overlooked by others, and the elements of her story that died with her as well as those that lived on. A complex, at times bleak, but intelligent and ultimately beautiful vignette. Also, Molly is not in the story for long, but I really love the role she plays.

For those who, like me, would need to look up the translation, "Jie Jie" means "older sister."