Canon Discussion Post: Shoscombe Old Place

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Welcome back, everyone! Let's have some canon Sherlock Holmes discussion, shall we? What did you all think of Shoscombe Old Place? As always, I've written up a few of my own random thoughts and questions, which are behind the jump. Please add your own in the comments!

Discussion about the Granada adaptation of this story is available in this week's Granada discussion post.

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Granada Discussion Post: Shoscombe Old Place

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Let's talk telly in the discussion post for Granada's TV adaptation of Shoscombe Old Place. If you haven't seen this episode yet, you can find it at YouTube and on DVD. Follow me behind the jump for my random thoughts and impressions. Please add your own in the comments!

Canon discussion for Shoscombe Old Place is available in this week's canon discussion post.

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Shoscombe Old Place: Cryptic

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Canon Story: The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
Title: Cryptic
Author: scfrankles
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: (Not exactly following the second prompt…) John Mason refers to the ancient corpse as being male but this is probably an assumption rather than a definite identification. Also, Lady Beatrice appears to be the widow of a baronet (and presumably was only the daughter of one, as her brother is a baronet), so I think her title should actually be (Beatrice,) Lady Falder. (Pedantic? Me?)


“How are you, Lady Falder?” smiled the gentlewoman’s ghost.

“Very well,” said the former invalid, surprising herself.

The ghost nodded ruefully. “Death does have some advantages.”

Beatrice indicated the coffin. “I hope I am not inconveniencing you.”

“Unfortunately,” said the spirit, “your brother has taken possession of my remains.”

Beatrice sighed. “Dear Bob. No woman’s body is safe from him.”

Shoscombe Old Place: Dearly Departed

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Canon Story: The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
Title: Dearly departed
Author: trillsabells
Rating: G

She looked so at peace when they lowered her into the old coffin. So still and calm and – the long quashed tears began to swell in his eyes – tranquil.

Resting a hand on her forehead he prayed that God in all His mercy would keep her and give her spirit the rest he could not afford to give her body.

SHOS: Only Sleeping

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Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Summary: Holmes knows that some vices cannot be cured, only temporarily quieted.
Warnings: Very mild spoilers for SHOS.
Word Count: 60, plus an extended-play version (100 words), both inspired by a quote from the story (in italics).
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

SHOS – Only Sleeping
“By the way, Watson, you know something of racing?"
"I ought to. I pay for it with about half my wound pension."

In reality I had no need to ask him of his racing knowledge, or the price he paid for it. I knew it as well as he knew my own struggles. Our demons had no permanent cure, but could be managed, and the best temporary palliative was the same: the company of the other, and a tantalizing case to solve.


Extended-play version (100 words):
We all have our addictions, ones that we indulge in even if others argue strenuously against it. I have mine, as does Watson.

Watson trivialized the matter in his written account (as he did most aspects of that case), but in reality I had no need to ask him of his racing knowledge, or the price he paid for it. I knew it as well as he knew my own struggles. Our demons had no permanent cure, but could be managed, and the best temporary palliative was the same: the company of the other, and a tantalizing case to solve.

Shoscombe Old Place: The Bunny at Shoscombe Old Place

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Canon Story: Shoscombe Old Place
Title: The Bunny at Shoscombe Old Place (The Return of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

It would be helpful if I could get back in my hole, but there are two men hiding behind the bushes where it is located.  You’d think a fox must be after them they’re shaking that much.  And the master of the house is stamping around with another man.  Go away the lot of you, I want to go home.

SIXN: Parsley, THOR: Tender Care, PRIO: Calculating Positives

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Canon Story: The Six Napoleons
Title: Parsley
Author: hisietari
Rating: G
Author's Notes: I'm so, so sorry for being so far behind. Despite on vacation, the bulk of writing and reading in other universes has quite taken over, but I will by all means continue this run.

Jane Moriarty would forever despise parsley. They had been on the case together, that summer, Holmes and she. Everything had fitted perfectly into her theory of guilt-induced fratricide via moustache tongues, everything looked as if she would finally score the deciding point in winning the challenge – until her player associate had to notice the breakfast table. The kippers did it.


Canon Story: Thor Bridge
Title: Tender Care
Author: hisietari
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Felt like I had to bring a bit of that old Moriarty sensation back. Jane is still studying, though close to completion.

“My dearest Holmes,” she wrote, “after all these years of our acquaintance, the true mystery lies in how you insist on mistaking me for my sister. I am by far not qualified to take care of young ladies, however exploited. Her former employer, however, I will readily tend to. In fact, his bank details cover my desk this very moment.”


Canon Story: The Priory School
Title: Calculating Positives
Author: hisietari
Rating: G
Author's Notes: I tried to bring the topics of education and Holmes's tendency to do absolutely everything right in this story into one theme, and how this may have bounced back and forth between all characters involved.

In the official publication of her dissertation, coinciding with the turn of the century, Dr Moriarty added acknowledgements which contained the following paragraph:
“My heartfelt gratitude belongs to the H. family, for their constant reminder that life is but one universal sum. Wealth, health, and the presence of loved ones, however small, none of these must be in the negative.”