History Fanfic / TheDetectiveAndTheDiplomat

* DaChief: Vimes, natch.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DogWalksYou: Holmes tries to use Gaspode as a tracking dog to find the perpetrator of the Ankh-Morpork mystery. HilarityEnsues.

* SummationGathering: Vetinari calls for one of these in the bombing case.

* TheWatson: Watson, of course, on the London end, but Ponder fills in on the Ankh-Morpork end of things.
* WeirdnessCensor: Holmes' simply ''doesn't work''.

* SneezeOfDoom: The whole mess starts out from Stibbon sneezing on the last syllable of an incantation.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The Librarian of Unseen University is along for the trip in London. Many Londoners assume he's a trained circus animal; he's not happy about it.

Now, the wizards race against time to find out what has happened and fix it. Until then, Lord Havelock Vetinari is trapped in the Victorian London of SherlockHolmes, in the unhappy custody of Dr. Watson, while Holmes finds himself in [[Literature/{{Discworld}} a world of magic and narrative causality]] rather than cold logic.

** The last line in the story calls back to the first story in the ''SherlockHolmes'' canon.

* BadAss: Vetinari finishes the London case by demonstrating ''why he is the goddamn Patrician of Ankh-Morpork.''

Now, the wizards race against time to find out what has happened and fix it. Until then, Lord Havelock Vetinari is trapped in the Victorian London of SherlockHolmes, in the unhappy custody of Dr. Watson, while Holmes finds himself in [[Literature/{{Discworld}}]] a world of magic and narrative causality]] rather than cold logic.

Now, the wizards race against time to find out what has happened and fix it. Until then, Lord Havelock Vetinari is trapped in the Victorian London of SherlockHolmes, in the unhappy custody of Dr. Watson, while Holmes finds himself in a world of magic and narrative causality rather than cold logic.

The story can be found [[http://fanfiction.net/s/1235894/1/The_Detective_and_the_Diplomat on fanfiction dot net.]]

!!''TheDetectiveAndTheDiplomat'' provides examples of the following tropes:

The graduate wizards of the High Energy Magic building of Unseen University are conducting an experiment in teleportation across worlds, normally accessible only via L-space. With Skazz and Tezz in place as [[strike:guinea pigs]] test subjects, the test goes off ''almost'' without a hitch.

The story can be found [[http://fanfiction.net/s/1235894/1/The_Detective_and_the_Diplomat here.]]

!! This fan work contains examples of:

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor[=/=]BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: The cause of the Ankh-Morpork case is a card player from Genua who played Cripple Mr. Onion with [[JerkassGenie a mysterious stranger]], wagering his soul. He won and was granted a wish, and wished to have plenty of money on hand for the rest of his life. Everything he touches now turns to gold. To make things worse, he decided to hide out in Ankh-Morpork.]]

-->'''Ponder:''' How much do you weigh?
-->'''Holmes:''' ...Why?
-->[Cut to Holmes clinging upside down in sheer terror to the side of the building as he is semi-involuntarily levitated to the second floor]

* ShoutOut: The last line in the story calls back to the first story in the SherlockHolmes canon.
** Also, the head of the Confectioners' Guild is identified as [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Lord Wonka]].

* [=~It's Not Porn, It's Art~=]: A student wizard tries to justify cruising London's red light district as anthropology.