Sherlock: One Shots & Headcanons

References You Mightn't Have Caught

                                                  The DI's Foolproof Password:

"There's a Swiss woman dying of consumption in 222C." - This is a reference to 'The Final Problem'. When Watson and Holmes are in Switzerland, there's word that an English woman dying of consumption in their inn.  Instead, I decided to do the reverse here - to have a Swiss woman dying of consumption in England.

MHOL - Mycroft Holmes. Yes, I ship Mystrade. I just had to.

Beth - this isn't Lestrade's  daughter's name. Instead, I got the idea for this because there's a futuristic Sherlock Holmes series where Lestrade is a woman - named Inspector Beth Lestrade.

June or July 17th - ok, no one would've gotten this. It was my parents' wedding day, although I can never remember which month it was in.

"Now I've been outwitted by six people: two women and four men,"- Holmes said "I've been outwitted by two women and three men" in the short story "The Mazarin Stone" (if I remember correctly). The fourth man in Sherlock - BBClock's -  case is Inspector Lestrade.

                                                     My, You're Sher Fighting Hard

My = a pun on Mycroft

Sher = a pun for sure, using the first four letters of Sherlock's name.

"...his last bow." - that's the title of Holmes' last case: "His Last Bow". The episode titled "His Last Vow" is also a play on this.

"Chirst! Sherlock - Mycroft - what the actual fu --"

  "Ack!"  - Remember that ingenious F Bomb in "The Empty Herase"? I couldn't help but make one myself. 

  "You're just bluffing," - Moriarty's line when he saw Sherlock with the gun in "The Great Game".

  "Well fairies couldn't have eaten it," Sherlock muttered. - remember the "Like a fairy!" scene in "The Hounds of Baskerville"? 

 "...lovely tea set with a stylized map of the British Isles." Remember the tea set from "The Reichenbach Fall" when Sherlock served Moriartea? Well, it's back again.

                                                                John & Shercat

"Dr. Stapleton?" - remember Jack Stapleton from the novel, "The Hound of the Baskerville"? 

                                                                    Why Sally Cleaned the Floor

  In "A Study in Pink", Sherlock deduces Sally had been getting it on with Anderson (or rather, getting it off with Anderson ;) ), "given the state of her knees".

                                                               If BBC!lock met ACD!Holmes

    "He turned his attention to the bookshelf, where a book had fallen - "Three Simple Steps to Surviving a Jump From a Waterfall: A Monograph by M. Sigerson". " - in the video game Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, there's a book called "Three Simple Steps to Surviving a Jump From a Waterfall" on his shelf. Sigerson is the name Holmes took when he faked his death on Reichenbach Falls - he says he was "the explorer named Sigerson...You would have never dreamed you were reading about your friend, Watson!" He mentions this in the story "The Empty House".  I got the M - which stood for "Magnus" - from the graphic novel called "Sherlock Holmes vs. the Vampires of London". Holmes was using the alter ego of Magnus Sigerson in that story, although Sir ACD didn't give Sigerson a first name. The monograph part, well, Holmes' slogan should be, "I have written a monograph for that!" because he's written monographs on cigarette ashes, code ciphers, footprints, etc. 

  "His last patients were three pleasant old men named Brett, Burke, and Hardwicke respectively." - a reference to the Granada Sherlock Holmes actors. I know, I'm a gigantic nerd.

 "No haggling Holmes," snapped Watson.  - I don't know what the 1890's version of "No shit, Sherlock" was. Probably only 1890's kids remember it. 

 "Dr. John H. Watson was a short graying blonde full of jam, kittens, and rage. " - this was a reference to a fanart I once saw. I found it funny. 

 "Basically, they touched a Time Lime." - in my English class last year there was a poster hanging above the door. Someone had tried to write "Time Line" in cursive, but failed miserably, thus making it "Time Lime", so my friend I would make jokes that the TRADIS was out, and Time Limes were in. Regardless, I feel sorry for whoever made that mistake and if you're reading this, I'm sincerely sorry if I've rubbed salt in your wounds.

  " "You have a feline sense of hygiene, given your clean-shaven face, neat hair, and freakishly tidy suit," Sherlock cried. " - in the novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles", Holmes is described of having "a catlike sense of personal hygiene."

  "You carry out chemical experiments in the immediate vicinity of your flat from the acid and chemical burns on your fingers!" Holmes snapped.  - In the first novel "A Study in Scarlet", Watson deduces Holmes carried out chemical experiments by the acid burns and discoloration of his fingers. I hate it when people say Watson is dumb and he can't do much. 

 "Mr. Holmes' deerstalker is still on the it, and so is his Ulster coat. He recently returned from the countryside,' he deduced." - Since I follow blogs about the original Sherlock Holmes book series on Tumblr, an article mentioned that even though he was drawn with an Inverness coat, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said he [Holmes] preferred an Ulster. 

  "...alive and as fit as his violin." - doesn't this remind you of a saying? "As fit as a fiddle?", perhaps?

   " "Mr. Holmes?" Mrs. Hudson walked in, "you have a visitor. It's a lady."

"A lady?" Holmes asked in surprise. " - the ending of SH: Crimes and Punishments pretty much goes like this.

         John, I Mouthsache You A Question. Wats-up With Your Face?

  This entire headcanon is a reference to this show I used to watch named 'Drake & Josh'. There was an episode where Josh decided to grow a 'sache and everybody hated it. As a result, his little sister Megan shaved it off and filled it back with - you guessed it - permanent Magic Marker. I haven't seen the episode since I was in elementary school.

Mentor: Headcanon

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a professor at his university. His name? Dr. Joseph Bell. He could deduce a patient's medical condition and how far they traveled to see him. He could also deduce your life's story in seconds. Sounds a lot like a detective we all know and love, doesn't it?