It went to really, really dark places. I finished betaing it and was hanging on by the skin of my teeth. It’s absolutely gorgeous and VERY intense. (would you expect anything else?)
I helped instigate it and offered immoral support.
The word you want is ‘horror.’ I’m pretty sure this one ranks somewhere in the top 10 most disturbing fics in the Sherlock fandom.
But in the most awesome of ways, of course.
The point being that if you are a gentle soul who feels yourself cut by the pain of others, I’d probably sit this one out. Like, if you had to blacklist Hannibal, definitely sit this one out.