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http://scfrankles.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] holmes_minor2017-10-10 08:01 am

October Activity Post

The activity this month involves Hallowe'en costumes. Taking a leaf out of the book of their American cousins, the characters of the ACD world have decided to dress in fancy dress. And perhaps you would like to choose the costume for them—describing it in as much detail as you like. For example, Mrs. Hudson might like to be a Gibson girl—with Bessie doing her hair, and Mr. Holmes lending her the corset.

Leave your suggestions in the comments!


As always, you needn’t take part in this activity if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.

Please see the profile for the full posting guidelines!
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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Lestrade has a fur suit, ears, muzzle, and tail, but no one can tell if he's supposed to be a rat, a ferret or a bulldog....

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
And he'd tried so hard with his costume too!

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[identity profile] mafief.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Or a squirrel? A for effort, though.

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[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Billy is resplendent in one of Holmes' old suitcoats and his third-best top hat, recreating the detective's mannerisms so accurately that Watson has a choking fit and has to leave the room.

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
That would certainly happen :D
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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (and the funniest)!
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[personal profile] debriswoman 2017-10-10 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
He would be good at that.
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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Turner steal the two black silk masks lying around after The Illustrious Client and with their capes and swords defend all the lowly landladies against their tyrannical tenants. Ahead of their time (by about 20 years), they call themselves Sly Foxes (or, you know, Zorros)

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The gifts from the tyrannical tenants are sufficient to keep them in gin for a month.

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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com 2017-10-10 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Watson shaves his moustache. That's it. No one knows who he is.

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[identity profile] lindahoyland.livejournal.com 2017-10-11 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Holmes as the Grim Reaper is a long black cloak and clutching a scythe.

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-11 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
He would almost certainly be mistaken as the real thing.

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[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-11 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
We are not amused!

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[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-11 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Watson was planning to be an Egyptian pharoah, and when Holmes found out the part he was expected to play he got the hump.

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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com 2017-10-12 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Mr. No-Legs (the snake from The Speckled Band) also dresses up as Sherlock Holmes, because it's the only creature cleverer than him. He has everyone fooled--until he stops for a drink of milk.

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-12 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Mr No-Legs is clearly addicted to milk - there's no other explanation ;)

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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com 2017-10-18 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Mrs. Hudson and Bessie and Esme in sheets doing...wait for it...haunted housework!

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[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2017-10-18 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Mrs Hudson, Bessie and Esme were wearing long black dresses and pointed hats. They were all ready to join the rest of the 'coven' (Regent's Park Landladies Gin and Pumpkin Social) and reached into the broom cupboard to retrieve their brooms. They were not amused to find Watson and Lestrade claiming to be a very large spider which was living in the cupboard.

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