Canon Discussion Post: The Blue Carbuncle

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It's canon discussion time, everybody! What did you think about The Blue Carbuncle? As always, I've written up a few of my own random thoughts and questions, which are behind the jump. Add your own in the comments!

Granada discussion is available in the Granada discussion post.

Special note: Next week is the first half of The Valley of Fear (chapters 1-7) here at sherlock60, so get reading, everybody!

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Granada Discussion Post: The Blue Carbuncle

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Let's talk telly in the discussion post for Granada's adaptation of The Blue Carbuncle. If you haven't seen this episode yet, you can find it at YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Video, and DVD. Follow me behind the jump for some of my random thoughts and impressions. Please add your own in the comments!

Canon discussion is available in the canon discussion post.

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The Blue Carbuncle: In Memory of Two Geese

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: In Memory of Two Geese (part of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

We could not allow Ryder to get away with his plan.  So while my friend bravely offered himself up in the same way as Sidney Carton did in Mr Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”, I would carry the jewel in my crop to Covent Garden, where we hoped that someone else would unravel our story and trap the thief.

The Blue Carbuncle: An Irregular Holiday

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Canon tale: BLUE
Author: mundungus42
Rating: General
Warnings: Damnable sentiment.
A/N: Inspired by optional prompt 1: BLUE is set right after Christmas. How did our boys spend their holiday?


Mrs. Hudson's pudding was met with eyes like saucers, though laughter rang through the room when Cooper found the sixpence. Miss Long found the wishbone, her brother the thimble, and Master Turner the anchor.

When they were warm, full, and wrapped in new coats, Holmes placed a bag in the eldest's hand.

“Happy Christmas, Wiggins.”

“You too, sir.”

The Blue Carbuncle: Two Days Beforehand

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: Two days beforehand
Author: trillsabells
Rating: G
A/N: This is one of my favourite stories but it wasn't until I reread it this time round that I noticed it takes place two days AFTER Christmas


Lighting his pipe he curled into his armchair, tucking his stockinged feet beneath him. He threw the match into the open fire then wrapped the dressing gown around him for warmth. Once resettled he reached for the half drunk glass of whisky he had left on the side table and, with it, raised a toast to the empty chair opposite.

The Blue Carbuncle: Happy New Year

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Canon Story: BLUE
Title: Happy New Year
Author: Chess Ka
Rating: G 
A/N: I like the small part we see of Henry Baker, and rather felt he deserved something for the part he played in recovering the Carbuncle.

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On a frosty January morning the doorbell rang. I found a familiar figure on the doorstep.

Doctor Watson tipped his hat to me. “Good morning, Mr Baker. I have something for you.” He handed me a cheque. I gazed at it, astonished. “For your part in recovering the Blue Carbuncle,” he smiled. “Happy New Year to you.”

The Blue Carbuncle: Cubic Capacity

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Canon: The Blue Carbuncle (BLUE)
Title: Cubic Capacity
Author: ennui_enigma
POV: Watson
A/N: Prompted by Holmes’ bold statement that starts off this narrative.

“It is a question of cubic capacity,” said he; “a man with so large a brain must have something in it.”

I shook my head.

The following day I offered him a large bowler hat. “Pray, what do you infer?”

Holmes deposited it upon his head. “What an enormous cerebrum,” he exclaimed. “Undoubtedly a genius!”

“Not a genius, Holmes. A patient with hydrocephalous.”

Holmes was silent as he thoughtfully removed the hat. “Well done, Watson,” he said with a rueful smile.

The Blue Carbuncle: Three Fine Things

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Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Summary: Holmes contemplates the gifts of the season.
Warnings: Minor spoilers for BLUE. Mangling/punning references to a carol.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories. Title and content inspired by the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and the fact that Watson drops in on Holmes on "the second morning after Christmas," which would be the third day, if I recall correctly (25 December - 6 January).
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

BLUE – Three Fine Things

It was a case well befitting the season. On the third day of Christmas, fortune brought to me: a chance-lost goose, a stolen carbuncle, and Watson, whose presence always heightens my enjoyment of any mystery. The case was singular, and well worth the trifling exertions required to solve it; but how much more so, with my Watson by my side!

The Dying Detective: A Varied Correspondence

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Canon story: The Dying Detective
Title: A Varied Correspondence
Author: impulsereader
A/N: This is the second story in which Holmes mentions the diverse correspondence he receives and my brain ran riot. One mind and 60 words cannot do this idea justice, but here is my humble offering.

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Items which have been posted to Sherlock Holmes: A dead man’s watch fob (natural causes), the disarticulated skeleton of a greyhound (murder), lace encrusted with dried blood (completely innocent), a live puff adder (thwarted), a very fine Japanese netsuke made of ox bone (gift), a freshly severed ear (threat), dried lilac petals (love poem), a handful of dirt (for analysis).