If Sherlock Holmes was Isekai'd to a fantasy world he would just deduce the rules of this world and get back to solving crimes. He'll find an elf girl sidekick,name her Watson, and pretend like nothing happened.

"If you look closely, you can see traces of chalk dust on the floor. Our murderer must have used a magic circle to kill our victim."

"Actually Holmes, this looks like salt. Quite unusual for a magic circle, since it can be scattered so easily..."

"It tastes like salt too. Good eye Watson. Let us start by visiting the fish mongers."

"Well I would enjoy some fried dragonfish, but how does this help our investigation?"

"A process of elimination, my long-eared friend. There're only two ways for the culprit to get salt in the city. They could have brought it in themselves-"

"But then they'd have to pay the tarrif!"

"Very astute! No, a much likelier option is that they bought it here. Either the docks or the meat market would be the place. And I have a hunch that our culprit is fishy in more ways than one."

"But Holmes, how did you know the merfolk ambassador was the killer?"

"An excellent question, the key was the footprints."

"But he doesn't even have feet!"

"He doesn't as of right now. But you forget, the magic circle."

"I see! The killing spell was a water spear, which normally requires a circle."

"But doesn't if you're already imbued with water magic like our scaly ambassador."

"So the circle..."

"To grant him a pair of feet. For just long enough to leave distinctive footprints in the scattered salt and to make us suspect a two-legged killer."

"By the Goddess, Holmes, you're a genius!"

Makes sense.

Anyway, getting sheer autism vibes from Holmes

Good. That means I wrote him in-character.

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Yea okay I'd read this. But Moriarty also has to force himself into the fantasy world somehow as he can't bare for holmes to not have a worthy opponent. And he is of course a dragon

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@porkinsplace No. Moriarty wouldn't start a dragon. He'd have everyone convinced he was one, while trying to figure out a way to make it so before Holmes figures out that he's the new Dread Lord. He'd probably love the rush of getting the scheme to work.

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For a pun on TV Tropes terms, I'd actually have Col. Moran be the dragon...

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@shadowleo6 ooh good idea!

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I like the idea that the elf is actually a half feral orphan of some raid by the local dark lord who, like a cat, adopted Sherlock when he first arrived in the fantasy land. Ties in Watson's war backstory. Sherlock calls the elf Watson bcs the elf child is mute and Sherlock needed a name to call them. They communicate via sign language.

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Sounds like a doctor who episode bit then with Sherlock. If anything

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I'd read this in a heartbeat

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he would do none of these things because he would be too busy with his cocaine withdrawals

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Btw it is heavily implied that he does crack in between cases as he will get bored otherwise.

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Considering Sherlock Holmes is Public Domain, you could totally write this.

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This is the best thing I've read all day.

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🍿🥤

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@lemonjamtart he'd for sure find crazy new isekai drugs to keep him going dw

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If he has to study magic based on planetary alignments to understand a method of murder to determine if someone with those capabilities could or could not have done the deed in that way, then he might finally learn astronomy.

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@wilygryphonthe only real way to get Sherlock to learn Astronomy.

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Bestie Sherlock Holmes will be in public domain soon this is your chance.

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coughFATEGRANDORDERcough

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STRONG recommendation that everyone here read The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

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Appreciate the use of restaurant to another world here

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‘Fantasy Detective! I Jumped Off A Waterfall With My Nemesis And Was Reincarnated Into Another World’

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Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is a cartoon about him being woken up from a weird stasis in the future and he literally just shrugs and gets back to work.

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He becomes a master alchemist solely to figure out how to make cocaine in the fantasy world

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Someone make this a book please!

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@kiwikamenrider isekai title is ‘There’s No Cocaine In This Universe? Reincarnated Because Of A Waterfall Into Another World With My Archrival’. he finds the coca plant equivalent and synthesises it, and accidentally creates an illicit drugs trade. the world plunges into chaos

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For folks who want something similar to this, "The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II" or "Undead Murder Girl Farce" are two animes that have similar premises!

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If I could write mysterys I would write something for this au

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Op really looking forward to your story

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Sherlock and Alisaie . I might just faint!

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Oh please, if this story exists, please link it. Or anything like it, really. This sounds delicious.

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The Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman.

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Herlock Sholmes behaviour

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Sherlock probably wouldn't be this petty. But I like the idea that the elf saw a picture of Watson, so she decided that whatever they are investigating in public, she uses a magical illusion to disguise herself as Watson, and she treating the whole thing as non-magic role play.

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That last panel. I’m wheezing

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i adore this

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Fans of this post should check out Undead Girl Murder Farce. It's not an isekai but it's an anime involving Sherlock Holmes solving cases with an anime girl who is also a detective.

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Weirdly angsty about Sherlock so clearly missing Watson *so much* and Watson not being there

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Solution to the withdrawals: Fantasy cocaine

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....oh no. I want this. Why doesn't this exist?

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Never in my life have I needed something so badly and not realized until the possibility of it was handed directly to me…

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@powerfulblob I do appreciate the response I was simply being silly because I love the D&D habit of putting “fantasy” in front of a word Ex: fantasy Costco I’ve read every Sherlock Holmes book and I’m aware that he’s capable of chemistry 😊 I’m sure this fantasy world has parallel ingredients that’d help him make cocaine I don’t think he’d even bother going out to buy it in the books, during his depressive stupors, I bet he started making it himself on occasion :p More than capable

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@powerfulblob they’re all an absolute treat and I heavily recommend reading in order if you can I’m picky about that sort of thing 😆 Silver Blaze was definitely an interesting read, more bizarre than the red headed league or the engineers thumb Doyle is surprisingly imaginative in my opinion, it’s admirable how he’s managed to be anchored in reality but still has fun with it!

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@powerfulblob I couldn’t agree more Fun fact, he’s actually beaten dead bodies to see their bruising afterwards (if I remember correctly) So he’s definitely got an educated and bizarre mind like Sherlock 😆

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