*giggling and grinning gleefullly over G's geneaology!!!!!*

Hooray! I was hoping you'd get a kick out of that! :-D

I did not suspect until the name Gaston appeared, and then . . . I thought . . . no, it couldn't be . . . yes!!!

Yes, I thought the name "Gaston" might be a bit of a giveaway considering that it starts with a "G". However, I figured he wouldn't be a real Lestrade if he didn't have a name beginning with the letter "G". *g*

wonderful ending for the trilogy.

I'm so happy you like it. I was hoping you would. :-D

the same fun banter is back--and it is really making me wish someone would podfic the heck out of this thing. I don't know how you'd feel about that. It's kinda made to be an audio play, after all.

OMIGOD! I would LOVE it if someone made a podfic of this! Unfortunately, I've never had any luck in that area. The closest I ever got to having any of my stories made into podfic was the help_haiti auction. I had the winning bids on two podfic offers and was sure my time had finally come. However, the donors never came through. *sniff, sniff* Anywaaaaaaaay, a girl can dream. It seems unlikely, but if anyone was ever interested in creating a podfic of this parody, I certainly wouldn't stand in their way!

okay: favaorite parts (fengirl already mentioned croissant!)

It's great the croissant line is proving popular. I'm rather fond of it myself. ;-)

we still have slightly tarty Alec, but toned down now that he's a married man--yay

Yes, Alec is now a monogamous tart, no matter how many French women throw themselves at him while he's working at the butcher shop. *g*

Maurice--still obsessed with things below the waist--of course
"hack off my winkle with a meat cleaver--not EVEN accidentally"!
spit-take!!! (you really don't get enough spit-takes in Sherlock world, so I'm happy we have one in Maurice world)

I have NO idea where the meat cleaver line came from. It's just one of those completely insane things that pop into my head sometimes -- much like this entire parody, actually.

blind priest and beautiful bride (naturally, I think even a sighted priest would find Alec beautiful, but given the issues with the Catholic Church, we don't need to go there . . . )

LOL! Oh, man! I hadn't even thought of that! I guess it's a good thing the priest was blind! *g*

okay, this is just me, but I actually laughed the most at this seemingly simple line--I think it's just thinking of Maurice reciting it deadpan:
"You seemed so focused on rebuilding the boathouse, dressing in drag, and becoming a butcher." (that actually just made me laugh again typing it)

I'm so glad you pictured Maurice reciting it deadpan because that's exactly how I imagined the delivery myself. :-)

"We can get boats!" (like the exclamation point)

It's the exclamation point of the desperate man trying to get out of having a baby. I'm sure there was a similar discussion (possibly involving boats) when Alec insisted they get married. ;-)

The second most laugh-inducing line:
"And if you can find someone who is willing to hand over their infant to two foreign homosexuals then I'm all for it."

Thanks again! I got a kick out of writing this line, so I'm happy it gave you a laugh!

And then you went and got all sweet and mushy at the end! Quite appropriate, since the film goes mega sweet and romantic at the end as well. Oh, baby Lestrade--I mean, Grandpa Lestrade . . . *sniff*

I was also surprised by how sweet and mushy it got at the end. Well...maybe not completely surprised as I was hormonal... *clears throat* In any case, I'm glad you thought it was appropriate. Surprisingly, I hadn't thought of how it matched the degree of mega sweetness and romance at the end of the film.

--what a great read for a cold night!
*hugs*
B.

That's so wonderful to hear! Thank you very much for leaving such an incredibly generous comment, blooms84! It really means a lot to me! :-D