#3gab

[dailyholmes]

"'Stop! Where are you going?' 'To Scotland Yard.'" The Adventure of the Three Gables. Published in The Strand Magazine. Howard K. Elcock, 1926

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#sherlock holmes #acd canon #acd sherlock holmes #acd holmes #acd john watson #acd watson #3GAB #howard k. elcock #pictures

[eirinstiva]

Three what?

After reading The Adventure of the Three Gables (in English and Spanish) I almost throw away my copy of the book.

The title of this story is usually translated as La aventura de los tres gabletes, but my edition translated it as La aventura de los tres frontones so everytime I read the OG title I couldn't remember anything.

The translation in Todo Sherlock Holmes sounds slightly less racist because three words (black, n-word and another one) were translated for a neutral term in Spanish.

The notes of this story are mostly about "how ironic, sarcastic and funny" is this case, the comeback of Watson and the "wonderful Spanish eyes" that, maybe, bewitched Holmes.

Sir, did we read the same story?

To finish on a better note, let's enjoy the elegance of Mycroft, my toy penguin:

#letters from watson #acd canon #sherlock holmes #the three gables #3GAB #lost in translation #letters in the underground #todo sherlock holmes

[stephensmithuk]

The Three Gables

The lack of posts on this one is a clear demonstration of the clear rejection of the racism running through this story.

I can't say that I'm particularly enthusiastic about doing this one, but I can't pretend this one doesn't exist.

Here we go then:

First published in 1926, the Americans again got this one first.

Boxing for money was heavily regulated to the point of outright bans in much of the United States; illegal fights would frequently end as "no contest" when the police turned up.

The Bull Ring in Birmingham is a major shopping area that goes back to a market established in 1154 under royal approval. The area is named for a ring of iron that bulls were tied to for the purposes of bull-baiting, a 'sport' banned in 1835.

The area was redeveloped in the 1960s into an enclosed shopping centre considered an epitome of Brutalist architecture and which became more unpopular over time. It was replaced in 2003 by a more modern centre, branded "Bullring" that is just as controversial.

Harrow Weald is a suburban area of what is now Greater London. It still contains a large amount of ancient woodland despite major development in the early 1930s, such as Harrow Weald Common.

One highly notable resident of the area was W.S. Gilbert of operetta fame, who lived at a house called Grim's Dyke and died of a heart attack in the lake in 1911 while saving a 17-year-old girl from drowning during a swimming lesson. The lake was mostly drained after that and what is left was filled with algae during my visit to the area early this year - the London Loop footpath goes through the area.

The "Weald Station" is probably, as per Bernard Davies, Harrow & Wealdstone station. This is today the northern terminus of the Bakerloo Line, which reached there in 1917 when services were extended on the newly electrified lines to Watford Junction; London Overground services call there on their way to the latter destination. LNWR and Southern services also are available, while Avanti West Coast and Caledonian Sleeper trains go through without stopping on platforms generally closed unless a train is calling there.

The station was also the site of the worst peacetime rail disaster in British history in 1952 (only the 1915 Quintinshill rail disaster has a higher death toll) - an express train collided with the rear of a local train in fog and then another express train hit the wreckage. 112 people died and 340 were injured. Since the crew of the express train died in the crash, the precise reason why they failed to respond to two signals was impossible to establish. The result of the report was a faster introduction into service of the Automatic Warning System or AWS that gives a driver an in-cab indication of the state of a signal by visual and auditory means.

A two-station branch line to Stanmore Village closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.

Paregoric is a 4% tincture of opium, then available over the counter without prescription. Its main uses would be for treating diarrhoea, treating teething pains in children and as a cough medicine. It is today a Schedule III controlled substance in the US i.e. prescription only.

Crown Derby refers to Royal Crown Derby, a porcelain company founded c.1750 and still going today; it may be the oldest still active company in that field in England.

Langdale Pike is clearly a pseudonym, referring to a series of peaks in the Lake District.

This is, fortunately, the only time we have the n-word being used in the canon. It was considered a crude term even then.

Pernambuco is a state in NE Brazil, then a centre of sugarcane cultivation, still a major part of its economy. It was historically Portuguese, not Spanish.

Yes, let's stereotype Latina women, shall we, Mr. Doyle? I'm not calling you Sir Arthur in this discussion; you're not acting like a knight.

This whole thing leaves a rather ugly taste and if I could strike a story from the canon, I would do it for this one.

#letters from watson #sherlock holmes #history #factoids #acd canon #the three gables #3gab #an utterly racist story

[holmesillustrations]

oh another story fully out of the game: 3 gables is defeated!

#and good riddance! #actually there are some good illustrations for 3gab but they didnt make it to this round #not polls

[skyriderwednesday]

November 15th Quick Chronology

I've moved things again! So in quick fashion... (bold titles changed, see bottom for notes)

GLOR - Summer 1875

MUSG - Spring 1879

STUD - Jan to Mar 1881

SHOS - May 1881

RESI - Oct 1881

YELL - Mar 1882

SPEC - Apr 1883

BERY - Feb 1884

LADY - May 1884

CHAS - Winter 1884

HOUN - Oct to Nov 1885

COPP - Spring 1886

GREE - Summer 1886

VALL - Jan 1887

REIG - Apr 1887

SIGN - Jul 1887

CARD - Aug 1887

NOBL - Oct 1887

SCAN - Mar 1888

STOC - Jun 1888

NAVA - Jul 1888

SECO - Jul 1888

CROO - Aug 1888

FIVE - Sep 1888

BOSC - Spring 1889

TWIS - Jun 1889

ENGI - Summer 1889

DYIN - Nov 1889

IDEN - Sep 1890

REDH - Oct 1890

BLUE - Dec 1890

FINA - Apr to May 1891

EMPT - Apr 1894

WIST - May 1894

NORW - Aug 1894

SILV - Sep 1894

GOLD - Nov 1894

REDC - Dec 1894

SOLI - Apr 1895

3STU - May 1895

BLAC - Jul 1895

BRUC - Nov 1895

VEIL - Early 1896

MISS - Feb 1896-7

ABBE - Feb 1897

DEVI - Mar 1897

SIXN - May or Jun 1898

DANC - Jul 1898

SUSS - Nov 1898

RETI - Summer 1899

PRIO - May 1901

THOR - Oct 1901

3GAR - Jun 1902

ILLU - Sep 1902

BLAN - Jan 1903

MAZA - Summer 1903

3GAB - Summer 1903

CREE - Sep 1903

LION - Jul 1907

LAST - Aug 1914

Notes:

LADY, moved to May 1884: Lady Frances Carfax originally disappeared (sorry) in Spring 1901. After discussions started by LFW reaching it, I've decided it makes more sense pre-Hiatus and early(ish) in the canon.

COPP, moved to Spring 1886: The Copper Beeches originally sat in the spot now occupied by Lady Frances in Spring 1884. I shifted it ahead by two years because Holmes needs more time to get sick of young lady clients.

SILV: Please do not @ me about Silver Blaze. It's my chronology and I only care about publication dates when it's funny/historical.

REDC: I'm still unhappy with The Red Circle being in December 1894. If anyone has any better ideas for when it takes place, I'm all ears.

#sherlock holmes #acd holmes #acd canon #i reject your chronology and substitute my own

[bohemiansoulscanondiscussion]

I think it is of help, without my giving away any plot points, to mention that the word “creature” has a more obscure definition in use in Victorian times that I believe applies in STUD. It can mean a servant or someone under the control of another. So the use of “creature” to describe a certain character is not as negative as one might think- in terms of being either inhuman or exoticised. ACD uses “creature” in this sense in a later story, The Mazarin Stone: “..you have gone out of your way to annoy me. Because you have put your creatures upon my track.” “My creatures! I assure you, no!” “Nonsense! I have had them followed. Two can play at that game, Holmes.” … “I assure you you are mistaken about my alleged agents.” And again in Lady Carfax; “I had no difficulty in finding the ex-servant and in learning all that she could tell me. She was a devoted creature, who had only left her mistress because she was sure that she was in good hands.” There are certainly many other times in Canon where the word is used to put someone apart from humanity (SIGN) or to show a degree of attraction (3GAB), or that someone is especially exotic (THOR), but I don’t think there is negativity in its use in STUD.

[blaqsbi]

Challenge: How Well Do You Know Old School Hip Hop Music https://www.blaqsbi.com/3GAB

#titleabove #TheBadBatch

[darchildre]

Because of my current Rathbone Holmes project, I keep thinking that maybe when I'm done reading all the Raffles ever, I should do a general reread of the Holmes canon. Like I mentioned last night, there are stories that I very rarely reread and it could be fun to do that again.

And then I remember that this would also mean rereading, y'know, LION and 3GAB, etc, and then I decide that I don't need to do that.

#really i should just go through the list #and pick out the ones that i don't remember at all to reread #because that means that they weren't my favorites #but at least they weren't memorably bad

[teaformrholmes]

Surely no man would take up my profession if it were not that danger attracts him.

Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Three Gables

#Canon Holmes #canon quote #acd canon #3GAB #queue

[astudyinimagination]

Also I need suggestions for face-claims for Isadora Klein from “The Three Gables.” Right now, Michelle Gomez is the only actress I can think of offhand who’s Spanish/Hispanic, 40s/50s-ish, and very beautiful. If anybody has some other recommendations along those lines, please reply! ;)

#Isadora Klein #The Three Gables #Sherlock Holmes #canon Holmes #Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #3GAB #Hispanic actresses #Spanish actresses

[travelingwithoutthedoctor]

Holmes is absolutely unimpressed by a woman.

#astudyincanonbookclub #3gab acd

[thetimemoves]

Writer Meme

I was tagged by @discordantwords and @calaisreno - thank you!

Name: thetimemoves / thetimemoves(WriteOut) on AO3

Fandoms: BBC Sherlock

Where you post: AO3

Most popular multi-chapter: I’ve not yet written one! I’ve got three multi-chapter WIPs, coincidentally all BBC updates of canon stories, so we’ll see how those turn out.

Fic you were most nervous to post: It’s always nerve-wracking, but I’ll say Abditory, which was my first fic. Even though I’d been reading Sherlock fic since 2011, I was super late to the fic-writing party and didn’t join until after S4. I had no idea what to expect. I followed my first fic up with a Sally Donovan-centric fic, Carpe Vinum. It was only my second story and I wasn’t sure how it would be received. Based on hits/kudos, it’s my least popular work, but it found a lovely and receptive audience. I’m quite fond of my Sally and plan on writing more.

How do you choose your titles: They’re usually the first thing about a story to come to me. Bits from songs, poems, and canon stories seem to be the most popular for me so far. I’m pleased with most and wish I could retitle one or two.

Do you outline: Not really, hence my growing list of unfinished multi-chaptered WIPs. I make lots of notes, which are fine for shorter stories, but I’m learning I need more structure for the longer ones. 

Complete: 15! Who would’ve thought? NOT ME. 7 of those are 221b ficlets, which I’ve discovered I love to write.

In progress: Let’s not talk about my 2018 Spook Me fic about the Bogeyman. Okay, fine. Yesterday Upon the Stair (title is tentative, might just be straightforward and call it Bogeyman). John and Sherlock are on a nasty case involving a serial burglar turned possible serial killer. The fic is set in the present day (not sure when in canon, maybe post-S3) as they have their final confrontation with the Bogeyman, but it relies heavily on flashbacks that both set up the case and (hopefully) provide some insight into John’s background and character. I REALLY want to finish this one. I’m quite pleased with what I’ve done so far, but need to take time to fully flesh out the story. 

Ironically, I saw a Tumblr post this week that talks about the proper way to use flashbacks and I’m pretty sure my fic breaks all those rules. Ah well. 

And then there is Of Shags and Squires. A BBC ‘verse update of REIG that I’ve mixed up with the legend of the Buckland Shag, a local legend I stumbled across by accident when doing some area research. The story follows canon loosely, in that John drags a recovering and reluctant Sherlock down to the countryside to relax. As in canon, their relaxing weekend goes sideways when they get caught up in a case, only this time it’s not as straightforward a solution.

Coming but not soon:  A BBC ‘verse updated of 3GAB centered around Sally Donavan (her POV, her story) and a BBC ‘verse update of GLOR that will feature my version of Victor Trevor. Whee!! Sherlock takes a case that opens up his past. That one will be titled The Ghosts of Our Old Lovers. 

Do you accept prompts? Sure, although the only prompts I’ve so far written have been for the Holmestice exchange. I do love writing 221b ficlets and would happily try my hand at any prompts for those. Longer stories, probably not right now.

Upcoming story you are most excited to write: Each one excites me in some way, but I’m really stoked to write Victor Trevor and his mother (not father) Alice Trevor.

Upcoming story you are most excited about: my FTH story by @reveling-in-mayhem! It’s going to be so. so. good. I’m following lots of excellent WIPs, there’s my ever-growing MFL list, and finally all of the upcoming fics I’m seeing in these memes. Yay!! There’s no such thing as too many fics, but there is certainly too little time in which to read them all! 

If you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged. I’d love to know what everyone is working on these days! Fics, vids, art, anything. 

#bbc sherlock #fic recs #my fic #writing meme

[holmesillustrations]

Left: “Watson, would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic?” Valley of Fear, Arthur I. Keller, GH Doran US Novel Feb 1915 Characters: Holmes, Watson

Right: “Holmes raised his pipe, languidly smiling.” Three Gables, FD Steele, Liberty Sep 1926 Characters: Holmes, 'Steve Dixie'

#acd holmes #sherlock holmes #tumblr bracket #sherlock holmes illustrations #polls #R2 #i considered pre-closing this one when the 3gab got through last round somehow #but im not worried abt it going up against vall shared bedroom scene with cool colorsplash art #we know what to do here #Right? 🔪

[skyriderwednesday]

November 21st Quick Chronology

Update! I now like where I've put all the stories!! (Recent changes in bold, see bottom for notes)

GLOR - Summer 1875

MUSG - Spring 1879

STUD - Jan to Mar 1881

SHOS - May 1881

RESI - Oct 1881

YELL - Mar 1882

SPEC - Apr 1883

BERY - Feb 1884

LADY - May 1884

CHAS - Winter 1884

REDC - Jan 1885

HOUN - Oct to Nov 1885

COPP - Spring 1886

GREE - Summer 1886

VALL - Jan 1887

REIG - Apr 1887

SIGN - Jul 1887

CARD - Aug 1887

NOBL - Oct 1887

SCAN - Mar 1888

STOC - Jun 1888

NAVA - Jul 1888

SECO - Jul 1888

CROO - Aug 1888

FIVE - Sep 1888

BOSC - Spring 1889

TWIS - Jun 1889

ENGI - Summer 1889

DYIN - Nov 1889

IDEN - Sep 1890

REDH - Oct 1890

BLUE - Dec 1890

FINA - Apr to May 1891

EMPT - Apr 1894

WIST - May 1894

NORW - Aug 1894

SILV - Sep 1894

GOLD - Nov 1894

SOLI - Apr 1895

3STU - May 1895

BLAC - Jul 1895

BRUC - Nov 1895

VEIL - Early 1896

MISS - Feb 1896-7

ABBE - Feb 1897

DEVI - Mar 1897

SIXN - May/Jun 1898

DANC - Jul 1898

SUSS - Nov 1898

RETI - Summer 1899

PRIO - May 1901

THOR - Oct 1901

3GAR - Jun 1902

ILLU - Sep 1902

BLAN - Jan 1903

MAZA - Summer 1903

3GAB - Summer 1903

CREE - Sep 1903

LION - Jul 1907

LAST - Aug 1914

Notes:

LADY, moved to May 1884: Lady Frances Carfax originally disappeared (sorry) in Spring 1901. After discussions started by LFW reaching it, I've decided it makes more sense pre-Hiatus and early(ish) in the canon.

REDC, moved to January 1885: The Red Circle was originally shoved into December 1894 because I had no idea where else to put it, but I have since realised it makes way more sense as an earlier case. Thank you @transholmes for the suggestion.

COPP, moved to Spring 1886: The Copper Beeches originally sat in the spot now occupied by Lady Frances in Spring 1884. I shifted it ahead by two years because Holmes needs more time to get sick of young lady clients.

SILV: Please do not @ me about Silver Blaze. It's my chronology and I only care about publication dates when it's funny/historical.

#sherlock holmes #acd canon #acd holmes #i reject your chronology and substitute my own

[swissmissficrecs]

Word count: 7,685 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Larry Townsend Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Isadora Klein/Susan Stockdale, Isadora Klein/Duke of Lomond Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Steve Dixie, Isadora Klein, Susan Stockdale Additional Tags: Oral Sex, BDSM, Dom/sub, Caning, Nipple Clamps, pain play, Exhibitionism, Impromptu Sex Party, Canon-Typical Purple Prose, Infinite Queerness in Infinite Combinations, Story: The Adventure of the Three Gables, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, The Shocking Truth The Strand Refused to Print!! Summary:

Another manuscript from the secret journals of Dr John Watson: In an encounter later rewritten and published under the title of "The Three Gables," Holmes assists a member of the Tribadic Tribe who is being blackmailed by a former lover. In thanks, he and Watson are treated to a demonstration of feminine courage and devotion.

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Quickrec: Holy moly, this fic does not mess around! I’m not familiar with the pastiche it’s based on, but suffice it to say it is an unrepentantly smutty, porny ACD verse where everyone has a good old free-spirited Bohemian time. With the bonus of a fresh rendition of 3GAB.

#quickrec #acd #sanguinity

[moreholmes]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Without a Clue (1988) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Kincaid & Watson Characters: Reginald "Sherlock Holmes" Kincaid, John Watson Additional Tags: Period-Typical Racism, Anglo-Indian Relations, Historical References Summary:

Watson and Kincaid (aka “Holmes”) navigate racism, class distinctions, religious discrimination and the nature of ethnic identity in the Victorian Era as well as in 3GAB. This story is an exploration of a discussion amongst some Holmestice participants concerning an Anglo-Indian Watson.

#moreholmes #without a clue #without a clue fic #fic