About the name

If I may express my annoyance by PitViperOfDoom on 2011-09-02 04:41:00 UTC Reply

I've been looking for good Mary Sue badfic in the Sherlock fandom, because it's a fandom I love and I'd like to eventually do missions in it. I found one that might just fit the bill, because it stars John Watson's niece, Miku Miyazaki Watson. Perfect... except it's in French, so I don't know what's going on in it, or if it's even actually a badfic.

May be too early to tell by Myrtle Tamlane on 2011-09-03 04:53:00 UTC Reply

Well, I read the fic, and while there are serious indicators that this is a Suefic (first chapter is essentially a description of Miku and her backstory, she's a relative of a canon character, she "looks like a rebel" but is actually "sweet, nice, sometimes shy"), she's barely in the second chapter, so we don't know how the canon characters react to her. It's probaby a Suefic, but too early to spork.
With my limited french. . . by Flyndragon on 2011-09-03 04:27:00 UTC Reply

I was able to translate some of it, and yes, it's very, very bad. The name is only the beginning. But really, I don't feel comfortable enough with my french to translate it all. I send out my prayers to anyone who attempts it.
Link by PitViperOfDoom on 2011-09-03 01:55:00 UTC Reply

It's really short, only two short chapters long, so there's not a lot to work with, but... well, here you go.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7330409/1/LaniecedeJohnWatson
Link please? by Myrtle Tamlane on 2011-09-02 21:00:00 UTC Reply

My French is okay, so I might be able to decipher it. Alternately, you might be able to get an idea using Google Translate or something like that. Either way...the name definitely raises a red flag.
what by OpinionedAngel on 2011-09-02 12:59:00 UTC Reply

Miku... Miyazaki? ...I don't think that's a name you'd find in Sherlock Holmes... well, maybe unless she was a traveler from Japan, but I really doubt that...
Oh dear gods. by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2011-09-02 10:50:00 UTC Reply

I can't really help with the French, my knowledge of it is patchy at best, but... the name Miku Miyazaki is eerily similar to that of a character from a webcomic called the Order of the Stick - Miko Miyazaki. If you find someone who can help translate, letus know more? I know it's shaky evidence, but that just screams crossover.

Re: Oh dear gods. by Luigifan on 2011-09-02 22:02:00 UTC Reply

Knowing what Miko Miyazaki is like... hoo boy...

Yeah, I'm guessing that a lot of criminals are going to wind up dead.
About the name by Sergio Turbo on 2011-09-02 12:20:00 UTC Reply

Maybe it's because a friend of mine is a Vocaloid fan, but I think the author was "inspired" by Miku Hatsune. Then, Miyazaki is probably the most famous Japanese director, so this feels like a random Instant Cool Copypaste Japanese Name (because the Gratuitous Japanese trope just wasn't enough)

So now we have TWO surnames, and I don't think it fits even if she's half japanese. I do not know English use, but I think it's similar to American, and so she shouldn't have two surnames if she's not married yet (Which I don't think, since then it would be Miku Watson Husbandsurname), and in Japanese there is always only one surname.

Sorry, but I can't help with French language - did study it, but I don't remember it a lot.
If it's just on names I doubt it (nm) by kgarrett on 2011-09-02 11:06:00 UTC Reply