sketchbook: a case of identity part 2

Molly Knox Ostertag

Jun 02, 2025

“’Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed. It is true that you have missed everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and you have a quick eye for colour."

doing chemistry to show how unbothered I am

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Unmistakeable Narrative Parallels:

The next case will be (one of the absolutely classic stories) THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE!

Soso_Tsundere

Jun 2

Oh Holmes, so brilliant and yet so often mistaken in the emotional heart of a thing. A slap invited is no slap at all! Were Watson to slap, it would be a time and place of his choosing, with exactingly chosen satin bindings in a gentleman's knot and a lovingly home-made ball gag to complete the tableau.

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Hyperfixationing

A Case Of Identity is one of my all-time favorite ACD stories because the crime is just so… goofy 🤣 and ooooh we’re gonna delve deeper into the Strand stories!!!!!!! I am heavily looking forward to seeing subtle signs of Watson’s heartbreak and grief woven into them :) ✨

In The Telling

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