"Five Things That Should Have Happened in Canon" (ACD / BBC Sherlock, 2016 JWP Prompt #19, Rated G)

[gardnerhill]

Title: Five Things That Should Have Happened in Canon, and One That Should Have Stuck To Canon
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD, BBC Sherlock)
Word Count: 1062
Rating: G
Warning: Serious Canon divergence, as well as Moffat contempt.
Summary: Five ACD Stories that Should Have Diverged from Canon, and One Adaptation that Should

Comments

[capt_facepalm]

Wow! Each one of these is a gem. I laughed hardest at The Valley of Fear and I the last time I had read contempt that strong was when you went after Laurie R. King. Brava!

Edited because grammar404

[gardnerhill]

Hee hee. You don't want to be in the room with me when I'm watching BBC Sherlock - turns into MST3K.

[okapi1895]

Hee, hee. I like the Mark Twain line. And of course I agree with Scarlet and the Valley of Fear and the BBC version. And because of comment above I had to google who Laurie King was. I can only imagine...

[gardnerhill]

I could never understand the acclaim given The Beekeeper's Apprentice - the maltreatment of Dr. Watson alone is an unforgiveable sin.

[donutsweeper]

Lol, loved The Valley of Fear in particular.

[gardnerhill]

VALL commits the mortal sin of being BORING.

[methylviolet10b]

*dying* of laughter!!! These are brilliant! Valley of Fear in particular...bwhahahahaha!!!!

[gardnerhill]

I think "snorrrrreeee..." is the popular reaction to VALL.

[pompey01]

These are awesome and excellent improvements!

(I . . . didn't think VALLEY was all that bad, though I always skipped over the unnecessary backstory part.)

[gardnerhill]

VALL does have that lovely bedroom discussion of not fearing to share one's bed room with a madman, but other than that it's a short-story case stapled onto another of Doyle's ripping yarns of life in America.