The Plot of The Abominable Bride: Watson’s Unpublished Stories & The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

jenna221b:

I was trying to think of a reason why the Special seems to have quite a few time jumps: we’ve seen setlock images of John in his army uniform so, before he met Sherlock; we’ve seen the first meeting between John and Sherlock; we’ve seen Mary Morstan in 221B, and have been told that her marriage to John is “well-established.”

I’d say @inevitably-johnlocked‘s theory that the Special exists in Sherlock’s mind palace is one of the most convincing ones- it explains why we have all these different scenes, because Sherlock is remembering (or even, in the case of John in the army, imagining) them, and placing them in a Victorian setting.

I’ll add another theory, that could work in combination with @inevitably-johnlocked‘s:

The Abominable Bride is about the unpublished stories of Doctor Watson, and is practically The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes- that is the full, roadshow UNCUT version- re-written.

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