History WMG / Sherlock

* ''Please'' [[SoCoolItsAwesome let this be true]]. A modernized version of Lupin would be epic in numerous ways... mostly [[MasterOfDisguise all the new disguises he would not have had access to in the original setting]]. The fact that Holmes (or a CaptainErsatz depending on the publisher) was used as Lupin's WorthyOpponent makes this all the more interesting.

[[WMG: Alternatively, the command was [[DoraTheExplorer "Snipers no sniping!!]]]]

* Adding to this for the sake of irony, he thought it was his greatest work, but it was overshadowed by the far more popular ''[[Literature/TheLostWorld Professor Challenger]]'' books, as was the rest of his work.

[[spoiler: In Eurus's trials, Sherlock calls Molly and must get her to say "I Love You." In order for her to say it, she makes him say it first. It is clear that the second time he says it, he means it to some level. She says that she has always loved him and says it back. What's more is this is the only trial that causes Sherlock to freak out, showing that he does care about her. At the end of the episode, we are briefly shown Molly entering the apartment smiling. However, the scene then cuts to Sherlock smiling as he is playing his violin with Eurus. This seems to suggest, at least to this Troper, that the two are together. However, it is left to the viewer to decide. In addition, Sherlock sends a text to someone saying "You know where to find me". This text could have been sent to Molly, so they could discuss what happened. If this were the Sherlock series finale, I would be very disappointed if they didn't end up together.}}

Or...

Somehow, somewhy, there is no way Mofftiss overlooked that.

[[The twist in the third episode is that Mofftiss finally did a Sherlock/Doctor Who crossover.]]

[[Eurus is Sherlock's twin sister.]]

[[It will be significant that Eurus is a boy's name and Sherlock is a girl's name.]]

Either way, the cabbie is probably not particular about how his 'game' works, since his death is certain be it by aneurysm or pill. He's happy to keep playing the game because of the money going to his kids.

* People have also theorized that it may refer to a city named "Hell".

"You know what happened to the other one?"
"It's never twins."
"People always give up after three."

* And in terms of the need to furnish a body for official purposes and assuming a closed casket or cremation...Molly's father died recently, didn't he? And didn't he [[FreudWasRight remind her a bit]] of Sherlock?

[[WMG: Sherlock is related to Creator/AlanTuring.]]

Why? You mean besides RuleOfCool? Alright. Sherlock is a hard person to get a long with, but Mrs. Hudson has managed to survive him and his experiements, and while she complains, she never has actually threatened to kick him out. That can easily be {{handwave}}d away by her being friends with Sherlock, but ''InUniverse'', who would belive that? Instaid, it would probably be easier to believe that she is much more {{badass}} than she appears, both by the coppers and by the people who read John's blog. [[strike: [[BlatantLies And it will have nothing to do with the]] KinkMeme [[BlatantLies where she's going to end up a ninja zombie killer somehow]].]]

[[WMG: Sebastian Moran will be revealed to be the TheManBehindTheMan.]]

Moriarty's appearance was just a simple distraction for what's to come. Jim is truly dead, but his suicide was just his way of making his right hand man take up his sword. And that man is Sebastian Moran, formerly a decorated Colonel in the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers, a legendary assassin as well as a professional hunter, and a wartime buddy of John Watson.

Sherlock spent two years destroying Moriarty's regiment, but small pockets still remain worldwide, constantly recruiting and ready to rise at any time. Once Moriarty's sudden 'return' has shocked the country, Moran will assemble the new syndicate and send a wave of crime across the UK.

Moran, sometime along the line in his post-war job, attempted to snipe Mary when she got too close to finding out about Moriarty's identity. He wants to finish the job, but still thinks of John as a good friend, and has to keep Sherlock from finding out about his true role at all costs. So he chooses his ''own'' right hand man to appear to lead Moriarty's syndicate-John Clay, the famous bank robber, master forger, hitman and a supporter of the Waters Crime Family.

Clay, quietly getting a job as a clerk at a London post office, will secretly direct Moran's army of professional bank robbers-the Red Headed League-using the resources available to him. Made up of heavily armed former soldiers, mercenaries or hired guns and donning red balaclavas, they will carry out a series of violent bank robberies throughout England and leaving an increasingly high body count with each heist.

While Scotland Yard gets increasingly panicky about the League, Moran, with everything carefully planned, comes back into John's life. To get closer to John's loved ones, Moran will be the perfect friend of John's-a man openly tolerant of Sherlock's rudeness, standing up against Donovan's jabs and a valuable asset when the duo are in the countryside. And best of all, Mary never saw his face during his attempt on her life, so she won't recognise him. Moran will stand up for Sherlock and John and is present when Mary gives birth to her daughter. Of course, his kindness to John is genuine, but the rest is simply an act.

Soon, though, with the help of the military and Sherlock, the Red-Headed League will be brought down and John Clay is thrown into prison. The syndicate seemingly shuts down all other activities, but now focuses on one goal-kill Sherlock Holmes and Mary Watson, for once and for all. Sherlock will feel that something is off, but casts the thought of Moran being suspicious aside.

Eventually, after a tangled web of clues and seemingly solving the last mystery, Sherlock and John will return to 221B, only to be knocked out. John will wake up to find himself a prisoner in his own house, with the doors locked, Mary and Sherlock brutally beaten up, John's daughter wailing in fear, and Moran with a gun, ready to open fire. Moran will explain everything, mock a horrified Sherlock and Mary for being so trusting and prepare to kill them both slowly, leaving John and his daughter alive to watch.

From there, two things will happen. The first is that John goes into rage mode and fistfights Moran into a standstill, before finally throwing him into the hands of Scotland Yard, who will hand him over to Mycroft. The second is that John, remembering all the good times he had with Sebastian in war and in the previous season, begs Moran to show mercy. Shocked and actually moved, Moran will drop the gun, release Sherlock and Mary into a hospital and hand himself over to the police.

When he's not off stopping career criminals or escaping death traps as Britain's greatest assassin, OO7 bodyguards Mycroft, who is this universe's M. However, as he's frequently off on assignments overseas, Anthea, who is this universe's Moneypenny, protects Mycroft in Bond's place. Sherlock occasionally sees him and correctly deduces that he's an elite bodyguard of some sort, but Mycroft never refers to Bond by name, as part of concealing his identity.