Our intrepid trio can’t help but be impressed that a traffic cone was successfully used to break the security glass surrounding the crown jewels. Well done.
This one via the request line:
sarcasmtrumpsapathy asked:ok ok i got one! what if moriarty actually used a traffic cone to break the crown’s glass? lol
Teach me the way of Traffic Cone. Look! More! #traffic cone tag.
Lestrade needs to plan these things through. What was he thinking, arming himself only with a traffic cone?
Once upon a time there was a traffic cone. Then there were some more in my #traffic cone tag.
Anonymous asked:
RE: the I.O.U thing, I’m not sure if you’ve said it but I understood it that they were threats for each of Sherlock’s three friends - the apple in the flat = John, the office = Lestrade, and the winged one on Baker Street = Mrs Hudson. Don’t know if you agree? Love the blog by the way.
a-scandal-in-spain asked:
Verityburns has written in a fic of hers that the three IOUs are meant to be the three victims: the one in Scotland Yard is obviously Lestrade. The apple was in 221B, that means John. And the one opposite 221B is for Mrs. Hudson. It’s a pretty neat headcanon if you ask me!
While I do get the appeal of this idea as headcanon or as a useful plot point for fanfic, I can’t say I think that was the writer of the episode’s actual intent.
For example, let’s consider the idea that the winged graffiti I.O.U. was for Mrs. Hudson. Why for her? Because she lives on Baker Street? Well, so do Sherlock and John. What makes that message particularly about her? In fact, isn’t it least likely to be about her since of Sherlock, John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade, she’s the only one who wasn’t out on the street with that I.O.U.?
And yeah, you could reassign the apple to Mrs. Hudson and the graffiti to John. But the very fact that you can do that shows that the connections between I.O.U.s and characters weren’t particularly solid to begin with.
The I.O.U. messages were for and about Sherlock. They were “following” Sherlock around. The fact that the I.O.U.s happened to be near Sherlock’s targeted friends was because Sherlock only goes to three places on a regular basis, and those are the places his friends are as well.
And there were three I.O.U.s and three targeted friends just because that episode had three of freakin’ everything.
Which maybe gives another way to approach this idea—there were also three fairy tale clues. The breadcrumbs, the Grimm book, and the gingerbread man. You could say those three things are even more directly connected with John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade—John found the breadcrumbs, the police (Lestrade) found the book, and Mrs. Hudson accepted delivery of the gingerbread man. But do we assume that was a message about which of Sherlock’s friends would be targeted? Because it isn’t as sexy as the I.O.U.s, it seems like everyone’s cool with the idea that those were simply clues for Sherlock that coincidentally got to him via his friends because his friends are naturally going to be around him. (And from an out-of-universe perspective, because it allowed the writer to control the timing of the clue deliveries.)
Of course, by mentioning this at all I’ve probably kicked off a theory about the fairy tale clues and Sherlock’s friends in someone’s mind. Oops. Well, enjoy the headcanon if so, because I’m pretty sure that’s all it will ever be. Not that there’s anything wrong with some entertaining headcanon.
Sherlock pickpockets Lestrade when he’s annoying + Lestrade is Lestrade’s least irritating officer = I’m starting to get some ideas about why no one else at Scotland Yard likes Sherlock
Anonymous asked: 'Sherlock Holmes, I'm arresting you on suspicion of abduction and kidnapping.' Funny, isn't it? Abduction is also the true term for the method SH was using. So, deduction is all right, but no abductions, please.
New headcanon: Nobody at Scotland Yard knows how to flip the water bottle onto the cooler without spilling, so they never have water to drink. The detectives just stand around the water cooler staring longingly.
Did a post about a water bottle in the background really just get more than 1000 notes in under three hours?
Oh, fandom. Never change.
Just noticed this is now the most popular post on my blog.
Your strange beauty frightens me, fandom. But I can’t look away.
In this edition: diagnoses, drugs, Rich Brook’s imaginary family connections, and changeability.
In case anyone’s curious, here are the rankings you can get in the Sherlock Observation Game.
- Sherlock Holmes: You can’t miss spotting more than one difference to get this rank.
- Dr. John Watson: They say he’s “keen enough to notice a severed head in the fridge.” Is this a problem for most people?
- DI Lestrade: He’s not in the game otherwise, so you’ll have to get the right score to see him.
- Mrs. Hudson: Also not in the game otherwise, but easy to see—just don’t find anything at all. You’ll be ranked as Mrs. Hudson with a score of 0. Really, PBS? She’s not that unobservant. She certainly noticed the marks on her table.
americaninthedeerstalker asked:
I intentionally flunked that Sherlock observation game to see what character the lowest score would give you. It’s was Mrs. Hudson! D:< I wanted it to be Anderson!! Why wasn’t it Anderson? :(
Maybe we have to figure out how to get a negative score for it to be Anderson…
Greg’s face…
I just remembered I have a #Lestrade’s face tag. Why haven’t I used that more?
(Source: bluerubyrock)
