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1''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5698125/1/However-Improbable However Improbable]]'' is a {{Crossover}} between the Literature/SherlockHolmes canon and ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', by Creator/{{KCS}}.
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3"An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Captain Spock, ST:VI; original quote Sherlock Holmes, SIGN. Two universes, two worlds, one link threatening them both.
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5It's a rambling epic largely about ThePowerOfFriendship. TheReveal of the villain should not surprise Sherlockian readers; however, there ''is'' a chilling twist to his character that basically takes him up to eleven.
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8!!This story provides examples of:
9* ArmorPiercingQuestion
10* CallToAdventure
11* ContinuityPorn: Boy, howdy! It's a CreatorThumbprint of the author's -- luckily, she has footnotes for the more casual fans.
12* DeathGlare
13* {{Determinator}}
14* DistressedDude
15* EvilGloating
16* EvilIsDeathlyCold
17* EvilPlan
18* FauxAffablyEvil
19* FireForgedFriends
20* {{Foil}}:
21** Kirk and Spock's friendship to Holmes and Watson's friendship.
22** Also, Spock to Holmes.
23* GambitPileup
24* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Holmes suffers this after killing Moriarty.]]
25* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler:Moriarty's twenty-third century]] backstory.
26* LoadBearingBoss
27* [[spoiler:NearVillainVictory]]
28* ThePowerOfFriendship
29* {{Reconstruction}}: [[spoiler:Of the private war between Holmes and Moriarty, and of Moriarty himself as a character.]]
30* TheReveal
31* SadisticChoice
32* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
33* TimeParadox
34* TookALevelInBadass: Dear heavens, [[spoiler:''Moriarty''.]]

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