History WMG / SherlockHolmes

[[WMG: Holmes isn't actually a genious, he just makes lucky guesses]]

* Alternately, Moran's knowledge of Moriarty's criminal empire was deemed valuable enough that his life was spared in exchange for a very long prison term and his testimony against hundreds of lesser criminals still at large.

* On a similar note, Julia Stoner (the victim from "Specked Band") was bitten in the crotch by the swamp adder. Anywhere else, and the coroner would've surely noticed the bite wound, but Victorian proprieties ensured he wouldn't ''dare'' examine that portion of her anatomy for the police inquiry.

[[WMG: Watson deliberately changed Holmes's appearance when he chronicled the cases]]
For privacy reasons.

[[WMG: Watson is a woman; or, rather ''the'' woman, Irene Adler]]
See [[http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/stout/Watson_was_a_woman.htm this guy's]] Epileptic Tree.

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** OTOH, staying clean-shaven under all circumstances is a logical thing for a man who ''wears disguises'' for a significant part of his work. It's hard to apply a false beard over an ''actual'' beard, after all.

** Lack of secondary sex characteristics is extremely suggestive, although he could be an XY with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, which fits for being tall but light on the masculine features. If it were mild, he'd be an infertile man that doesn't shave, if it were more complete, the science of the time could hardly differentiate him from a female except for the lack of ovaries, but in a different presentation we could split the difference and say he had ambiguous genitalia, had any combination of female or male physical traits you may imagine, and was raised as a girl as per the following:

Finally, Elizabeth's murder, though he showed some optimism for the future, caused Holmes to become deeply traumatized and depressed to the point that he took to drinking and drugs in order to cope with the pain.

Despite the inconsistencies in certain characters' ages and possibly the year each movie took place, the movie fits quite well together with these two stories. In the 2009 movie, Holmes and Watson had already been very well acquainted and working together by that point. It didn't establish their first meeting when they were adults and thus, it's logical to think that their meeting as schoolboys in YSH could have been the way it happened instead. Holmes never had confidence in Lestrade as an inspector because he knows he didn't earn it and simply rode Holmes' coattails to do so. He would constantly hint at Lestrade's incompetence and .

[[WMG: Guy Ritchies' movies are set in the same reality as Film/TheIllusionist]]

* Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer states that Doyle's near-contemporary, LiteraryAgent Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, did exactly this for Holmes' relative, [[Franchise/Tarzan Lord Greystoke]], so this is more likely than not.

[[WMG: In the film's universe, Lord Blackwood was JackTheRipper]]

* Because it's hard to imagine how SequelEscalation can keep ratcheting up and up and up. The first had an attempted British Coup d'teat, and the second had [[spoiler: Moriarty planning on starting UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne]] with an appropriate amount of firepower and uniformed thugs to fit the situation. So, how're they going to escalate this? [[spoiler: By actually having UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne or at a minimum the Panther Crisis.]] Also likely that Professor Challenger will feature in, likely as a parallel to Irene's role and/or as the DiscOneFinalBoss before the real villains- Moriarty/Moran/the Germans/other/some combination of the aforementioned- are revealed. Most likely forcing TeethClenchedTeamwork. Even odds on whether [[spoiler: Irene herself's alive or dead.]]

* More fitting, Mycroft will be played by StephenFry. Come on, It would be Awesome!