The Blanched Soldier: Artistic License

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Title: The Blanched Soldier: Artistic License
Author: gardnerhill              
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: Postulates a pairing or two.
Summary: John Watson isn’t the only one in the family who changes the facts of the case to protect the people involved.
                                                                                      
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“‘Leprosy’.”

Holmes smiled bitterly. “No better analogy. Family shame, preference for death of the one stricken, a loved one turned away at the door?”

I kissed him. “They are together, if disowned. They are happy. As are we.”

He smiled. “I did tell one unabashed truth.”

“That I had wed.” I caressed his angular jaw. “My ‘wife’ needs a shave.” 

The Blanched Solider: So much depends on a missing 's'

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Title: So much depends on a missing ‘s’
Canon Story: The Blanched Soldier
Rating: Gen
Summary: Watson desserts Holmes for a wife.

“It’s lovely, Doctor Watson, and the likeness to Mister Holmes is uncanny.”
“Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. A lot can be done with cake, cream, jam, and marzipan.”
“And a skilled hand. You aren’t just a baker, you’re a culinary artist! What do you call it?”
“’Mrs. John Hamish Watson’ because I like it so much I want to marry it.”

Canon Discussion: The Blanched Soldier

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This week we’re having a look at The Blanched Soldier. I’ve typed up a few thoughts and questions to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Blanched Soldier

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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.

This week my featured form is the mini-monoverse.

( Definition and Example )

As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, alexandrine, ballad, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, epigram, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, mini-monoverse, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Blanched Soldier in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Blanched Soldier: Five Times Holmes’ Appearance Mattered and One Time It Didn’t

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Canon Story: The Blanched Soldier
Title: Five Times Holmes’ Appearance Mattered and One Time It Didn’t
Author: scfrankles
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: “Not one of them was a normal human being.” Five AUs, and an ending that could be for all of them.


1

“Did you see the new boy? Jewish blood there I think…”


2

(“A dwarf. Sad for the family.”)


3

“I’m afraid we cannot educate cripples.”


4

“His scarring would upset the others.”


5

“You have a daughter, sir!”



+1

“So… you don’t regret taking lodgings with me?”

“Why would I, Holmes? You appear to have the most astonishing mind.”

The Blanched Soldier: Sale of Work

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Canon Story: The Blanched Soldier
Title: Sale of Work (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

On Tuesday St Mary’s Church will be holding their annual Sale of Work in aid of an overseas charity.  This year, following an extremely interesting talk from a member of the society, they will be raising money for The Mission to Lepers.  All proceeds raised will go for the support of the Mission’s hospital, Purulia Leprosy Hospital, in West Bengal.