Discussion Post: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Hi, everyone! Time again for our story discussion, this time on The Adventure of the Gloria Scott. As always, I've written up a few questions and thoughts here. Please add your own!

- So this is Holmes' first case and even the first time he thought of applying his skills in the role of a detective, thanks to the elder Mr. Trevor. What do you think his life would have been like if Victor's dog had never bitten him? He was already doing his easy readings of people. Would he have put that to use in a different way? Or would he simply have been a scientist? Or do you think his becoming a detective was a matter of destiny, bound to happen eventually one way or another?

- The way Holmes and Victor Trevor are introduced would be termed a "Meet Cute" in the movie world. I wouldn't be surprised if Hollywood is working on some bad romantic comedy right now with a similar dog bite-based introduction premise. Maybe Katherine Heigel gets laid up by Ryan Reynolds' new terrier. They'll call it something terrible like Love at First Bite. ;)

- What do you make of Victor Trevor and his friendship with Holmes? Holmes describes him as hearty and energetic, but just as friendless as he is. What is the reason for that, do you think? Is it surprising he would be so quickly drawn to moody, introspective Sherlock Holmes?

- Trevor Senior's tale on the Gloria Scott is absolutely horrifying. If the Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb seemed gory and disturbing, this one easily puts it to shame. Those scenes during the mutiny are beyond terrifying. No wonder Mr. Trevor wanted to put his life as James Armitage as far behind him as it could be! But, as in many of these stories, the sins of the past just never quite seem to stay in the past, no matter how much one wishes it and no matter how much good one does to make up for prior wrongs. There are few second chances that last in Sherlock Holmes' world.

The Adventure of the Gloria Scott: Possessed

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
Title: Possessed
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Author's Note: NaNoWriMo is kicking me around, but thankfully I had enough brain matter left to get something going for this week's 60!

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I watched the light dim in Mr. Trevor's eyes as he keeled over. Long had I known I had talent and skill in reading my fellows, in interpreting the many details that make a man. But until that day, watching a person fall faint from my simple words and inferences alone, I failed to realize the power I possessed.

The Adventure of the Gloria Scott

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: PG

When Holmes spoke of the time he spent with Victor Trevor he mentioned the deductions he made about Trevor’s father but never anything else that they did. However, when I pressed him he agreed to demonstrate to me.  I was delighted to be able to show him a good few improvements that could be made to the positions he adopted.

The 'Gloria Scott': A Reason, a Season, a Lifetime

[hardboiledbaby]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
Title: A Reason, a Season, a Lifetime
Author: hardboiledbaby
Rating: G
Warnings: none

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I was sorry to see Trevor leave England, but it was for the best. Ours was a friendship born through a quirk of fate; we would have grown apart.

Then Fate brought Watson to me, and a finer man I could not hope to know. He is a true friend for all seasons and all time. My dear, beloved Watson.

The Gloria Scott

[flawedamythyst.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
Author: flawedamythyst
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Rating: G


I have offered Watson a great many things over the years, from cases and excitement to dinners and companionship. Giving him this part of my past, a window into how I became who I am, is a code that I hope he will one day decipher, and then realise all that I offer him that cannot be put into words.


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The Adventure of the 'Gloria Scott': Home Truth

[methylviolet10b]

Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson
Summary: Holmes realises a home truth.
Warnings: I'm in the midst of NaNo, so this probably makes even less sense than usual. On the plus side, any spoilers for Gloria Scott are so entirely miniscule as to be entirely negligible.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

GLOR -- The Gloria Scott

Watson’s eyes followed my every movement, feverishly bright. “I wasn’t gossiping about you,” he said abruptly.

“Of course not,” I assured him.

“Couldn’t even if I wanted to. I know more about the history of the fellow treating me than yours.”

The truth of that hit me like a blow. When Watson was well again, we would have to talk.

The "Gloria Scott": Fido

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
Title: Fido
Author: Castiron
Rating: G

What's this? Bad smell coming from stairs!

Bad smell! Nasty smell of rat! Enemy! Must kill rat! Save master!

...oops. Surface smell. Actual flavour is human.

Bad dog. Very bad dog. I'm sorry, master.

But why would human ankle smell of rat?

Oh. Not ankle! Shoe! Rat was in shoe. Last night, from strength of odour.

Mystery solved. Good dog!

The Gloria Scott: Curiosity

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Canon story: The Gloria Scott
Title: Curiosity
Author: wild_huntress
Rating: G
Author’s note: I guess this is what they call pre-slash... but university age Holmes/Trevor is too good a theory to pass up.

Energetic, full-blooded - my opposite, in many ways - and a thoroughly decent fellow, too; even I had heard about how decent he was to Evans after their accident in a rugby match, though the two were hardly friends. In fact, Trevor seemed almost as friendless as I, in his way - an anomaly that only added to his attractiveness.