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As you may have noticed, I've been posting links to meta that wellingtongoose has done on livejournal for a while. She has most of them conveniently linked from a masterpost on her LJ which makes finding them a lot easier! So, if you have an interest in discovering what a trainee doctor has to say about John, Sherlock et al, their previous lives, mental health and current jobs it's worth checking out and reading your way through. Sherlock Meta Masterlist
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Remember the brief glance we had of John's CV in The Blind Banker? In this meta wellingtongoose on LJ proceeds to take that cv apart, discussing what works and what doesn't work in context of Sherlock and the NHS. Agree or disagree, it's interesting reading and much of the disagree stuff (on my part) is down to what canon provided (the CV itself, and John's age) not the meta. There will be another part to this apparently, so here is the link to the first: Explaining John Watson's CV. If you don't remember the CV, someone has done their best to clear it up and piece it together from screencaps; you can find that version on AO3 - John's CV from The Blind Banker.
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As per usual, this is not one of mine but as LJ is kind of the poor relation in fandom circles now, I always like to share. In previous meta, Wellingtongoose on Livejournal has discussed why John would have to be an army GP rather than an army surgeon amongst other things, which you can read as part of her Semantics in Healthcare series. In the latest meta, John's medical discharge is discussed, with a bias towards the personal head canon mentioned in previous metas (GP, not surgeon etc), with reference to the income an army pension would provide and just why, in this day and age, a person with John's apparent level of disability would be deemed unfit to fill his role (which as an army GP, for instance, wouldn't have been on the front line of combat). Explaining John Watson's Medical Discharge
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One of my friends on Livejournal is a psychologist and is writing meta on the characters from an emotional point of view. This time, it is the turn of John. She discusses whether or not he has PTSD, with evidence taken from onscreen to back up her opinions and explains why she feels that John was suffering from depression at the beginning of the series in ASiP. They are well thought out pieces of meta and well worth a read. John Watson and PTSD John Watson, Depression and Somatisation
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Over on LJ there have been a few useful meta posts recently about a certain Dr John Watson and the exact nature of both his army and medical career. They're written by someone who is both British and a medical student and they make fascinating reading! I'm posting it here rather than in the Mind Palace because I think it would be interesting for everyone, not just for fic writers and other creators. Part One: The Semantics of Healthcare - John wasn't fighting in Afghanistan he was busy being a GP! Wherein it is discussed that as John was able to do locum work as a GP, he must have been trained and qualified as a GP before he was invalided out of the army, and exactly how this worked within an army career. This gives us an insight into an essentially non-combative but still BAMF John who focused on the medical side of his career and whose rank of Captain was not true army status, but a reflection of his medical status. Part Two: Semantics of Healthcare Part 2 - How we can keep BAMF!John and be Realistic. This post discusses how John could have joined the army after training as a civilian doctor first, rather than having been committed to the army medical training program. To become and officer - and therefore a Captain - he would have had to go through officer training at Sandhurst. This means he essentially ended up as a career soldier who also happened to be a doctor. John is old enough to have taken this route but it is explained so much better on LJ. Part Three: Semantics of Healthcare Part 3 - Guide to Making John a Real Army Surgeon Addresses just how John could be a trauma surgeon, be Dr Watson rather than Mr Watson (as is the tradition for British surgeons) and also a Captain. A lot of thought has gone into these posts and they raise some excellent points as well as being a fantastic resource for fic writers, especially those without medical experience and non-Brits. Our NHS is frequently confusing, for those who work in it and all, just as much as anyone else. Well done to the writer!
