In A Study in Scarlet, Watson mentions that when he served in Afghanistan he had an orderly named Murray who rescued him after he was shot in the Battle of Maiwan.
And I really do like the idea that this Murray could be somehow related to Mina Murray, that would be a very fun way to connect Dracula and Sherlock that I don’t think I’ve seen before. Unfortunately I don’t know how well it fits timeline-wise to either story, and also Mina having a family would make some scenes in Dracula really weird.
Like she says, “I never knew either father or mother,” so it’s possible that she had an older sibling/cousin/aunt/uncle that could be Watson’s Murray, but if you were going monster hunting and you had an older sibling/cousin/aunt/uncle who was a military trained medical professional, I assume you’d tell them
So, Dracula is set in 1895. Watson was wounded in the Battle of Maiwand in 1880. It would not be inconsistent for Mina to have an older brother who served and was present at this battle.
One might suppose this relative died in subsequent action in that war. The loss of their beloved son then so devastated Mina's parents, that they departed to Afghanistan to recover his body, leaving behind their very young daughter. They never returned, and Mina was then an orphan. At that age - perhaps as young as 3, or 6 at the oldest (guessing she was between 18 and 21 at the start of Dracula) she'd have little if any memory of her parents.
Honestly Mina’s life is such a cartoonishly gothic tragedy that this does track.
#what im hearing is this would be a perfect setup for a crossover #where Watson hears that the man who saved him in the war died and his little sister is now an orphan #and convinces himself he has a Duty to that little girl #i dont know the timelines but it could be a perfect extra reason for Watson to get married so there would be a Womans Touch #since two bachelors living the detective life would have a hard time raising a little girl esp at that time #and having a wife would add a layer of respectability to it and make it look more proper
Wait @sandersgrey holy shit
Right before her fiance Jonathan Harker heads out on a business trip abroad, Mina introduces him to her Dear Uncle John and his odd associate. They exchange pleasantries, he mentions a handful of details about where he's going, who he's meeting, and why, and after thinking it over for 30 seconds the associate tells him he's about to fall victim to a vampire's plot. "It's rather obvious, if you think about it. Elementary."
