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[88thparallel]

So if the deerstalker represents public opinion/heteronormativity or whatever, and Sherlock happily flings it off into the waterfall in TAB, only to put it back on again in TLD at GhostMary's insistence, that shit better be the first thing John tears off before snogging Sherlock senseless or so help me God. Bonus points if he throws it straight into the fireplace.

[nightingveilxo]

It Is Possible For The Victim To Have Done It If The Detective Is Lying About It

CLUE: The Movie

Mr. Green: Does the FBI make a habit of cleaning up after multiple murders? Wadsworth: Yes! Why do you think it's run by a man called Hoover? Mrs. White: He was deranged, he was... lunatic. He didn't seem to like me very much. He had threatened to kill me in public. Miss Scarlet: Why would he want to kill you in public? Wadsworth: I think she meant he threatened, in public, to kill her. Miss Scarlet: Oh. And was that his final word on the matter? Mrs. White: Being killed is pretty final, wouldn't you say? Wadsworth: But he was your second husband. Your first husband also disappeared!

Sherlock, With The Cane, In The Hospital

John: Parting gift. *puts his old cane against the back of the chair*

Nurse Cornish: Oh, that’s nice.  A walking stick.

John: Yeah, it was mine from ... a long time ago.

Then, it turns out the cane has been given a recording device, and is recording the event of Smith trying to murder Sherlock. **Sherlock will curiously mention these recordings to John right before putting on The Hat.

Sherlock, With The Umbrella, In 221B

*Mycroft’s team in 221B scouring around*

Mycroft: Sherlock is a security concern.  The fact that I’m his brother changes nothing.

John: Yeah, you said that before. Mary: Ask him.

Mycroft: Why fixate on Culverton Smith?  He’s had his obsessions before, of course, but this goes a bit further than setting a mantrap for Father Christmas. (No sign of Mary in this shot.)

Mary: Do it. Ask him. *She’s standing by Mycroft’s shoulder.*

Mycroft: Spending all night talking to a woman who wasn’t even there.

*Mary glares at him, because they’re supposed to be talking about Sherlock, but who does this sound like?*

Mary: Oh, shut up, you.

John: Mycroft, last time when we were on the phone ...

*Mycroft looks annoyed and with distaste at this*

Mycroft: No-no-no-no, stop. I detest conversation in the past tense.

*Mary has been handling his umbrella, and this is how John and Mycroft are able to conclude that John isn’t just hallucinating that she is present*

**Sherlock, With The Hat From Hell, In 221B

Mary keeps mentioning that she likes the hat, that Sherlock should wear the hat, and Sherlock says: In saving my life, she conferred a value on it. It is a currency I do not know how to spend.

But, if it’s payback time...(read above link)

Everyone always gives up after three.

What are the three main props that make up the episode? The cane, the umbrella, and the hat. Don’t give up after the third…

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