#Agra Suicide

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आगरा में शोहदों की छेड़छाड़ से परेशान युवती ने दी जान, एक आरोपी गिरफ्तार

आगराः जिले में थाना खेरागढ़ क्षेत्र के एक गांव में शोहदों की छेड़छाड़ से परेशान युवती ने जान (Girl Commits Suicide in Agra) दे दी. आरोप है कि शोहदों ने युवती का नहाते समय वीडियो बना लिया था. इसको लेकर वे ब्लैकमेल कर रहे थे. इतना ही नहीं दो दिन पहले दोनों आरोपी ने घर में घुसकर उससे दुष्कर्म का प्रयास किया था. युवती ने विरोध किया तो आरोपियों ने उसके साथ मारपीट की थी साथ ही गले पर चाकू भी रख दिया…

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treat! (or trick >:3)

A week later and I'm finally getting round to the rest of these!

Have some hurt/comfort set during DBIP after Julian's told his parents he's going to resign.

(cw: self-harm, suicidal ideation - nothing graphic, but I'll put it under the cut.)

Shakily, he pressed his other hand to his combadge, and before his courage could desert him, quickly murmured, “Bashir to O’Brien”.

The reply was unexpectedly instant. “Miles here – what do you need?”

“Miles,” Julian choked out, hesitating over what to say. “Miles, I—I’ve hurt my hand.”

He could practically hear Miles’ frown. “Do you need me to call the infirmary?” Miles asked.

“No,” replied Julian. “No… I mean, I, uh—oh, fuck. Miles, I don’t want to be good to myself right now.”

“Oh,” said Miles, his voice suddenly low. “You don’t mean… You mean like I was, after Agra—”

“Yes,” whispered Julian. “Miles, I’m—I’m scared, I’m sorry, I—”

“Wait right there,” Miles ordered. “I’m coming right now, Julian, just—just wait, okay? Can you do that?”

“Yeah,” said Julian weakly. “Yeah, okay.”

“I’m coming,” Miles repeated, and the comm line shut off. Julian stayed frozen in place, standing next to his newly-dented wall, shivering. A few moments later, and the familiar light of a transporter beam appeared in his periphery, startling him; with hindsight, he should have realised that Miles might use the emergency transporter, but it hadn’t even occurred to him.

“What do you need?” asked Miles, his eyes glancing from Julian to the wall, then back to Julian. “What can I do?”

Julian looked at his friend wordlessly, trying and failing to find the right place to start. Every horrible, pent-up feeling was still there, but the weight on his chest was beginning to decrease as those feelings began to bubble up past his throat and turn into tears. The mere fact of Miles’ presence – steady, dependable Miles: his friend – had brought a feeling of safety back to the room, which hadn’t been present since… Well, since his parents had arrived on the station, he guessed. And Julian really wasn’t sure what to do with this new feeling.

“Let’s look at that hand, shall we?” asked Miles, ever practical, and Julian allowed himself to be guided to the sofa, shutting his eyes against the tears that were falling steadily now, the whirlwind of violent emotions twisting itself into something more fragile, worn out.

“Julian, I need you to tell me what to do with it though. I’m no medic, but it’s not looking pretty.”

It didn’t matter. The pain didn’t matter anymore, it could be fixed later. Miles was here, and he was good, and Julian could worry about everything else tomorrow.

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Take My Broken Love

I can't think straight - chapter 10 is up on AO3

Standing on the airfield's tarmac and about to fly off to a suicide mission, Sherlock says what he had always wanted to say to John but never had. His words drastically changed the course of events.

Mary remembered arriving in London, three years back.

She had chosen the city because she had never been there before, had had no ties to the country. No one knew her and she knew no one in return.

It was a perfect city to hide from her past and build up a new life.

Of course, being a part of AGRA, she had worked for the British MI6 but she had been a blank face, just a name in the encrypted messages that had been sent forth by their employer whose identity had remained just as secret as her real name.

READ FULL CHAPTER 10 HERE

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Agra News today | पत्नी से परेशान युवक ने चुना आत्महत्या का रास्ता, सुसाइड नोट में पत्नी को बताया जिम्मेदार

Agra News today: आगरा के थाना शाहगंज क्षेत्र में काशीराम कॉलोनी में रहने वाले रवि धाकड़ ने बुधवार रात को घर में तमंचे से अपनी कनपटी पर खुद को गोलीमार कर आत्महत्या (suicide)कर लिया। उस समय घर में सिर्फ उसके बच्चे थे।मृतक के पास से एक सुसाइड नोट भी मिला है। उस सुसाइड नोट में युवक ने बताया है कि पत्नी से परेशान होकर आत्महत्या कि बात लिखी है। आधी रात को बेटी से बात रहा पड़ोसी, तभी आ गई माँ इस कारण कि…

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A woman Army soldier dies by suicide at Delhi officers' guesthouse, a day after her IAF officer spouse dies in Agra.

A female Indian Army officer allegedly committed suicide in the guesthouse of the Garuda Sharath Officers’ Mess in Delhi Cantonment on Tuesday, a day after her spouse, an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, died in Agra, police said on Thursday. Renu Tanwar, a Military Nursing Service (MNS) Captain, was found dead in one of the guest house’s rooms, according to authorities, who also discovered a…

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Double Suicide By Military Officers

An Indian Army Captain died by suicide after her husband and Indian Air Force Flight Lieutenant’s death in Agra. Renu Tanwar, was found hanging inside a room at Delhi’s Army Cantonment officer’s guest house on Tuesday. The suicide note found in the guest house mentioned her will to be “cremated hand-in-hand” with her husband Deendayal Deep. Delhi Police said the suicide likely occurred on the…

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Rape and extortion by daughter's boyfriend, victim commits suicide, SP said

The black deed of friend’s father has come to the fore in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Underage friend of imprisoned daughter. He was mentally and physically abused. Blackmailed and did it to the extent that the underage victim committed suicide. The minor victim committed suicide at her home. When they heard of the death, there was great commotion among family and friends. Everyone went looking for the…

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UP news: आगरा, कानपुर, महोबा में मास सूइसाइड और हत्याएं.... यूपी में क्यों हार मान रहीं जिंदगियां?

UP news: आगरा, कानपुर, महोबा में मास सूइसाइड और हत्याएं…. यूपी में क्यों हार मान रहीं जिंदगियां?

लखनऊकानपुर में एक डॉक्टर ने तनाव में अपनी पत्नी, बेटी और बेटे की हत्या कर दी। खुद कहीं चला गया। आगरा में एक कारोबारी ने अपने पूरे परिवार के साथ सामूहिक आत्महत्या कर ली। महोबा में एक मां ने अपने बच्चों की हत्या करके खुदकुशी कर ली। उत्तर प्रदेश में एक बाद एक इस तरह की दिल दहला देने वाली घ��नाएं सामने आ रही हैं। तनाव में लोग अपने परिवार को खत्म कर रहे हैं। इस तरह की घटनाओं को थोड़ी सी सावधानियों से…

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Etah: After the death of the soldier posted in Kashmir, the wife gave her life, the body found hanging from the noose

Etah: After the death of the soldier posted in Kashmir, the wife gave her life, the body found hanging from the noose

Summary The soldier was married on 29 January 2019. There was a rift between husband and wife. Husband died six days ago. Now the wife also gave her life. File photo of Arvind Chauhan and Aarti – Photo : Amar Ujala hear the news hear the news After the death of the soldier’s husband in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh, the wife also gave her life. The body of the wife living in the maternal…

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10 वर्षाच्या मुलीने गळफास लावून केली आत्महत्या; कारण ऐकून बसेल धक्का | Crime

10 वर्षाच्या मुलीने गळफास लावून केली आत्महत्या; कारण ऐकून बसेल धक्का | Crime

10 year old Girl Suicide: अगदी किरकोळ कारणामुळे 10 वर्षाच्या बहिणीने टोकाचं पाऊल उचललं आहे. तिने राहत्या घरात गळफास घेवून आत्महत्या केली आहे. आग्रा, 14 मार्च: बहिण भावाचं नातं हे पवित्र नातं मानलं जातं. या नात्यात अनेकदा छोटी मोठी भांडणं होतं असतात. पण हे नातं अतूट मानलं जातं. पण पाच वर्षाच्या भावासोबत भांडण झाल्यानंतर 10 वर्षाच्या बहिणीने टोकाचं पाऊल उचललं आहे. 5 वर्षांच्या भावासोबत झालेला वाद…

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Facing Constant Harassment, UP Girl Kills Self; Family Alleges Brother Thrashed by Accused

Facing Constant Harassment, UP Girl Kills Self; Family Alleges Brother Thrashed by Accused

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The girl succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment in Agra. (Image for representation)

The body of the victim has been sent for post mortem and a case has been filed against five accused and the local police have initiated search to nab the culprits.

News18.com Firozabad

Last Updated: September 9, 2020, 11:58 AM IST

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Life-long earnings ended in lockdown, financially strapped youth committed suicide, wrote this matter

Life-long earnings ended in lockdown, financially strapped youth committed suicide, wrote this matter

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फेसबुक पर लाइव कर आत्महत्या का मामला: मुकदमे में नामजदगी के बाद दरोगा लाइन हाजिर, चार लोगों को ठहराया था जिम्मेदार

फेसबुक पर लाइव कर आत्महत्या का मामला: मुकदमे में नामजदगी के बाद दरोगा लाइन हाजिर, चार लोगों को ठहराया था जिम्मेदार

अमर उजाला ब्यूरो, आगरा Published by: Abhishek Saxena Updated Sat, 06 Nov 2021 12:31 AM IST सार आगरा में रुनकता के गांव मांगरौल गूजर निवासी युवक ने ट्रेन से कटकर जान दे दी थी। आत्महत्या करने से पहले उसने फेसबुक लाइव किया। जिसमें उसने दरोगा व अपने चाचार के परिवार पर उत्पीड़न का आरोप लगाया था। इस मामले में पुलिस अधिकारियों ने बड़ी कार्रवाई की है।  आगरा: युवक का फाइल फोटो – फोटो : अमर उजाला ख़बर…

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Mughal Women

Ok while I was scrolling through tumblr today on women’s history, one thing struck me odd - there wasn’t a single post regarding the women of one of the richest, most powerful empires in the history of the world. So here’s to you ladies - icons, role models and most of all - badass queens.

1. Isaan Daulat (lit. Good fortune) : Grandmother of Zahiruddin Khan or as he is famous, Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty, Isaan Daulat regularly advised her son on statecraft and warfare, and carried out most of his diplomatic missions. According to a source, Isaan Daulat’s husband was once killed in a war against the Shah of Persia. The Shah thereafter proceeded to “gift” Isaan Daulat to one of his generals. However, the same night, Isaan Daulat had her retinue murder him in the courtyard, “while she sipped wine reclining in the moonlight courtyard” as a witness claimed. When the Shah arrived, he questioned her about this action, to which she replied, “Islam gives me a right as a widow to marry by my convenience. You just handed me to him like cattle, and therefore his killing is perfectly justified by Islamic Sharia. You should consider yourself lucky.” The Shah of Persia then sent back Isaan Daulat with the wealth and assets he gained from that war, and declared her and her lineage as his sister and nephews. This later helped to back the Mughals’ legitimacy. Sadly, Isaan Daulat could never enjoy the land her descendants called home.

2. Gulbadan (lit. she with a rose like body) : Gulbadan was Babur’s eldest daughter, and was quite adventurous. She had famously chronicled the lives of her father and her brother Humayun, the second Mughal emperor. She looked after administration while her brother fled from place to place. She had also embarked on a seven-year voyage to Mecca and Medina for The Hajj, encountering the malicious Portuguese (she had to bribe them with a fricking town for guarantee of safe passage), pirates, kings, sufis and many more, and was thus also called Hajji Begum. She held a special place in Akbar’s zenana as his aunt.

3. Hamida Banu : Princess of Sindh, she was married off at the age of 15 to a much older Humayun at the age of 15. She had accompanied Humayun in all his wars and also on his journey to Persia, for asking the Safavid Shahs to help them recapture Hindustan. She was Akbar’s mother.

4. Maham Anagah and Jiji Anagah : Akbar’s wet nurses, they had raised up Akbar while his parents tried to win their empire back. Maham Anagah was Akbar’s chief advisor and head of his zenana, before a failed coup by his son, after which he was killed and later on she was relieved of her post, despite still holding Akbar’s favour. Jiji Anagah’s children extensively married into the Mughal family, and her husband Mirza Aziz Koka was Akbar’s head of finance. Her family, wealth and power grew so much, as the Emperor’s favourites, that they were collectively known as the Atka Khail.

5. Ruqaiyya Begum : Akbar’s first cousin, and also his first wife, Ruqaiyya Begum was Akbar’s chief queen and Padshah Begum of the zenana. Though she remained childless, she reigned supreme in the zenana and commanded her husband’s respect in a society where a woman’s existence was through her children. She was the main force behind Noor Jahan and Jahangir’s wedding, and was also the person who raised Shah Jahan.

6. Salima Sultana Begum : Wife of Akbar’s general Bairam Khan, she was later married to Akbar after Bairam Khan’s assassination. Her son Abdur Rahim was later made Khan-i-Khanan or Commander of the Mughal Army. She was the one who had brought up Jahangir, and thus he was also called Salim. An erudite scholar, she managed Akbar’s library along with her own private collection, commissioning new works and translations of others. She later protected Jahangir from Akbar’s wrath after Jahangir had him poisoned in a bid for the throne.

7. Harkha Bai : Bollywood knows her as Jodhaa, while history knows her as Maryam-uz-Zamani, Harkha Bai was the Rajput Princess of Amer and the daughter of Raja Bharmal. She was married to Akbar as part of a political alliance, and later became Jahangir’s mother. She was the richest woman of her time, her wealth being more than Akbar’s, and she also had one of the most valuable lands (jagirs). There are 2 famous anecdotes on her - 

Once, an English merchant had bought her indigo farms at Bayana, Rajasthan. When she got to know of this, she practically destroyed that merchant, bought back that farm, and later had it burnt.

Another time, the Portuguese had captured and set fire to her ship the Rahimi, one of the largest and finest ships in that time, in a last bid to maintain their hold in India and the Arabian Sea against the increasingly powerful English. In retaliation, Jodhaa had all of their ships burnt, snatched their powers and wealth, and basically made paupers out of them. She died as the richest woman in Mughal history, before Noor Jahan.

8. Anarkali : A courtesan, with whom Jahangir (then Prince Salim) fell madly in love, many historians now consider the very real possibility that she never existed and was instead “invented” by the Mughal family as someone to blame for the tension between Akbar and Jahangir. According to the folklore, Akbar didn’t approve of Salim and Anarkali’s relation, and after she and Salim refused to end things, he had her entombed alive in a wall.

9. Maan Bai : Harkha Bai’s niece, she was Jahangir’s first wife. She later committed suicide by an overdose of opium when Jahangir had her son Khusrau blinded and imprisoned in a bitter war of succession. Her brother Man Singh was one of the Nine Gems (navaratna) of Akbar’s court, and had defeated Rana Pratap in the famous Battle of Haldighati.

10. Jagat Gosini : Princess of Jodhpur, she was the Padshah Begum of Jahangir’s zenana before Noor Jahan, and also the mother of Shah Jahan. She was the biggest obstruction in Noor Jahan’s historic rise to power. She was not on good terms with then Dowager Empress Ruqaiyya Begum (see above) and hence, Ruqaiyya Begum demanded that Shah Jahan be handed over to her so that she could raise him up, and also helped Noor Jahan against her. A local folklore also suggests that she had been the one behind the miscarriage of Noor Jahan after she had come into the zenana. She faded after Noor Jahan’s rise, but still held respect and power.

11. Noor Jahan (lit. Light of the World): The most famous and powerful woman in the history of the Mughals, Noor Jahan was born as Mehr-un-Nisa (lit. Sun amongst Women) to Persian immigrant parents. Brought up in Agra alongside Akbar’s court, Noor Jahan was an intelligent woman full of talent and potential. She was married off at 19 to Sher Afghan, a commander in Akbar’s army. The marriage was a failure, and moreover Noor Jahan suffered through 8 miscarriages with him, before the birth of her daughter, Ladli (lit. Darling or Beloved). After her husband was murdered in a coup, Ruqaiyya brought her to the Imperial Palace as part of her retinue, and later helped her and Jahangir get married, with she being Jahangir’s twentieth and final wife. Her rise to power was quick, owing to her own ambition and intellect, and some help from her father Itimad-ad-Daulah (Royal Treasurer of the Mughals), brother Asaf Khan (a prominent minister in Jahangir’s court) and Ruqaiyya Begum. Her seal as the Padshah Begum became second only to that of Jahangir, and later even surpassed his own. She brought great innovations to fashion, cosmetics, administration, architecture and gardening, city planning, and many more. She was the one who had arranged the marriage between her niece Arjumand Banu and Shah Jahan. Her marriage with Jahangir was a success – both of them were tempestuous and cared and loved each other deeply. Later, as Jahangir’s health started failing due to asthma and alcoholism, she took over the reigns and took the Mughal empire to great heights. The first British ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, arrived in her time. However, she gave the British no rights or privileges till the Rahimi incident, and extracted a great many gifts from him, including a carriage made entirely of silver. She had designed her parents’ tomb near the Yamuna river in Agra (it was later copied by Shah Jahan), and she also designed Jahangir’s tomb in Lahore (modern day Punjab, Pakistan). She had tried to get Shah Jahan to marry her own daughter, but he refused and so she completely withdrew her support from making him the emperor, and instead opposed him. Shah Jahan thus had to flee to Burhanpur, with his eldest children Dara Shukoh, Jahanara, Aurangzeb and Roshanara in Noor Jahan’s custody. Later, he waged war against Noor Jahan with help from her brother Asaf Khan. Noor Jahan was ultimately defeated in Kashmir. She was deprived of her wealth, status and power and exiled to Lahore with her daughter and granddaughter. Her influence still remained, with Shah Jahan keeping her legacy alive by copying the Taj Mahal from the tomb she designed for her parents.

12. Mumtaz Mahal : Born as Arjumand Banu, she was Noor Jahan’s niece and Shah Jahan’s most beloved. She died in childbirth while giving birth to her fourteenth child – a girl called Gauhar.

13. Jahanara : Eldest daughter of Shah Jahan, she was the one who headed the empire after Shah Jahan was left heartbroken following Mumtaz’s death, and became active in the construction of the Taj Mahal. Noor Jahan is often described as being fond of her, taking care of her education personally. She was known as Padshah Mallika, and her flower-shaped seal was the most powerful. She was an accomplished dancer, poet and a patron of the arts. She conducted the most expensive wedding ever, between her brother Dara Shukoh and Nadira Banu Begum, valued at 2 lakh rupees then, approximately 2 billion USD in today’s time.  She supported Dara Shukoh in his bid to become emperor. Later, she was imprisoned by Aurangzeb after he imprisoned Shah Jahan and killed all his remaining brothers.

14. Roshanara : Shah Jahan’s younger daughter, she was also an accomplished poet, but always at loggerheads with Jahanara. She later supported Aurangzeb as emperor.

15. Dilras Banu Begum : Aurangzeb’s first wife and Padshah Begum of his zenana, Dilras Banu belonged to the Safavid dynasty of Persia. She was mother of all of Aurangzeb’s children. However, she died an year before Aurangzeb’s succession. The Bibi ka Maqbara (Tomb of the Lady) in Aurangabad, which bears a striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal, was constructed by Aurangzeb in her honour.

16. Zeenat-un-Nisa : Aurangzeb’s eldest daughter, she was the Padshah Mallika after her mother’s death. She survived Aurangzeb by a great many years, and was respected by his successors as a remnant of a magnificent past. She was known for her charity, and was buried in the Zeenat-ul-Masjid built by her in Dlehi.

17. Zeb-un-Nisa : Aurangzeb’s favourite daughter, Zeb-un-Nisa was the most accomplished poet in Mughal history, with her works still surviving and enjoyed. She was an atheist, but later converted to Sufism. She led a secret society, and lead a rebellion against the oppressive and harsh rule of her father. She was subsequently imprisoned by Aurangzeb, where she died. She was buried in the Tees Hazari Bagh (Garden of 30,000 Trees) near the Kashmiri Darwaza (Kashmir Gate) in North Delhi. Her tomb was later shifted at Akbar’s Mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra when Delhi was expanded following Independence.

Well people, this has been an informative post. You’re welcome.

Sources : Daughters of the Sun by Ira Mukhoty, Empress : the Astonishing reign of Noor Jahan by Ruby Lal.

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The Science of Reduction

In my view, John’s blog and Sherlock’s website both represent a more realistic version of what might actually have happened in the BBC Sherlock narrative; a believable kind of ‘reality’ that doesn’t need extraordinary explanations or complicated assumptions to make sense. As opposed to the big Drama we see in the actual show, these online versions - slightly childish as they may be - tell a kind of story that appears to be at least plausible. But maybe they’re also a bit more limited and therefore boring?

It goes to show, I think, that “Poetry or Truth”, which Lestrade claims are the same thing in TAB, indeed are very different concepts. As an enhanced version of reality, enriched by human creativity and emotion, Poetry can give far more interesting results than any attempt at approaching Truth ‘scientifically’. But it can also derail into absurdity, as shown by S4. 

Sherlock’s website is, in a sense, ‘scientific’; very logically constructed and categorized, brief and minimalistic. No superfluous information to be found, no dramatic embroidery of the facts. Occam’s razor. 

On the surface, the only hints of emotion being involved are Sherlock’s whining about people being stupid, predictable and boring, showing us how lonely that makes him feel. The contrast to how he comes across in the show, and its display of his ‘inner life’, is striking. But now the website has - unlike John’s blog - been taken down, which I suspect might reflect the fact that Sherlock has left ‘reality’ and chosen to go deeper into himself.

But after realising from this post that The Science of Deduction is actually still there, saved on the Way Back Machine (thanks for that, @khanhizon1999!), I took to look a little further into it, and noticed several interesting things:

1. Sherlock seems to be a very lazy ‘blogger’, who has reduced the info on his own website to a minimum, since he has only written down one single case for his readers to look at: The Green Ladder. Not even his analyses of tobacco (referred to in ASiB, dismissed by John) or perfume (referred to in THoB, when he encourages Mrs Hudson to look it up) are actually posted. For the rest of the ‘new’ cases - The Blind Banker and ‘The Serial Suicides’ (A Study in Pink) - he simply refers to John’s blog. And for The Aluminium Crutch and The Great Game he doesn’t even bother to do that. 

TBC under the cut. 

2. So, what was so special about The Green Ladder for Sherlock to both do the effort of writing it down, and then not erase it like he did with the tobacco analysis? I mean, since this case is about a guy who actually gets killed for being both superstitious and predictable (a bit like Lord Carmichael’s idiocy in TAB, perhaps), what could possibly raise Sherlock’s interest about it to the point of discussing details on his website? I bet it’s out of nostalgic Sentiment. ;) It definitely seems like this was the case Sherlock was working on when he first met John. Which we can deduce by the text message he left on John’s phone:

I’ll also speculate that he deleted the tobacco study because John didn’t like it, while he kept this one because it just might impress John. 

3. It also strikes me, however, that nowhere on this website can we read about how Sherlock can identify “a software designer by his tie” or "a retired plumber by his left hand” (PILOT) or “an airline pilot by his left thumb” (ASiP). Did Sherlock delete that as well, just because John seemed incredulous? :) Or were these claims parts of the now archived cases, for example ‘The Laughing Pilot’? 

4. The names of the cases. I used to believe that all the fanciful titles of John’s blog posts were due to his own creativity. But here we have a whole bunch of inspiring case names created by Sherlock himself:

Some of these titles definitely seem to be little nods to canon: 

The Man With Four Legs - The Man With the Twisted Lip (TWIS)

The Crooked House - The Crooked Man (CROO)

The Missing Jars - The Missing Three-Quarter (MISS)

The Abernetty Family - The Abbey Grange (ABBE)

The Purple Woman - The Red Circle (CIRC)

The Confusion of Isadora Persano is reduced to a mere title, but it’s actually taken directly from canon’s The Problem of Thor Bridge (THOR), where Watson tells us: “A third case worthy of note is that of Isadora Persano, the wellknown journalist and duellist, who was found stark staring mad with a matchbox in front of him which contained a remarkable worm, said to be unknown to science.”  

Which immediately makes me think of John’s blog post The Inexplicable Matchbox: “The situation with Isaac Persano hit the headlines, obviously. He was found, in a hotel room, surrounded by matchboxes. And he couldn't speak”. A case which Sherlock included in his Best Man speech in TSoT: “A French decathlete found completely out of his mind, surrounded by one thousand, eight hundred and twelve matchboxes – all empty except this one”. 

We never got to know what this matchbox contained, though. In the show, there’s only one worm I can think of (and no - I don’t count the maggots Sherlock shows Archie in TSoT, or the ones crawling out of Emelia Ricoletti’s dead body in TAB; they’re larvae, not worms, and they’re not new to science :) ). The one I’m thinking of is the ‘earworm’ of Eurus’ suggestions that drives Doctor Taylor mad enough to kill his family, according to the Governor of Sherrinford in TFP. I don’t know if such a thing is ‘unknown to science’, but it’s certainly quite unlikely, isn’t it?

But what about the rest of the cases? What’s with, for example, the Subdivided Crooner? :))) It’s also interesting to know that there’s a ghost at Barts’ hospital. Is that supposed to be a premonition about Sherlock? :)

5. There’s also a (supposedly) ongoing case called The Major's Cat. How many majors do we meet in the show? Well, there’s Major Barrymore in THoB, Major Reed in TSoT and Major Sholto, also in TSoT. But none of them comes across as a cat lover, though, do they? :) And this case happens before we get to know either of these majors. An interesting piece in this puzzle is a client, a poster called T Thompson who wants help with a missing cat.

OK, so this is the major - a famous boxer named T. ‘The Major’ Thompson! Clearly something more than a missing cat is going on in this case. Sherlock deduces brilliantly that his client is secretive because he wants to avoid a scandal; thus, he’s probably famous. Cats are also linked to Greenwich in the title The Killer Cats of Greenwich, which in turn makes me think of “the bloody Greenwich pips” in TGG - the episode in which the naked cat Sekhmet figures. Lots of cats here. ;)

Eventually, Sherlock posts a new comment  - possibly having to do with the case of the Major’s missing cat:

“Ha! Brilliant! Oh, very very clever! I love it when a criminal knows what he's doing. The cat was in the television! Fake screen. Brilliant.” I’d love to know what this case was actually about (apart from cat abuse) - it’s not often we see Sherlock expressing that kind of emotion :) But, anyway: more cats?! I can’t find a single dog on Sherlock’s website, which surprises me, since the show is full of them, and there’s also a few on John’s blog.

It’s also interesting to see Mike Stanford tell Sherlock about John’s blog, shortly after he’s moved in to 221B. Pretty soon Sherlock also starts to get anonymous threats on his website, combined with some ciphers, which Sherlock uses to entertain his readers. 

6. The three encrypted messages sent to Sherlock’s website by an anonymous reader - *cough* Moriarty *cough* - bring rather scarce information. I’ve tried to apply all three of the ciphers to seemingly meaningless words like “UMQRA” or “AGRA”, but of no result this far. Just like Sherlock’s declarations of the case solutions to Moriarty in TGG about Carl Powers, Ian Monkford and Raoul de Santos, I think these ciphers are the least interesting items on the website. But I might be proven very wrong of course! :)

7. Then, finally, we have the Forum, where the most substantial message is from little Kirsty Stapleton who lost her glowing rabbit to science (fully investigated in THoB). One thing that strikes me is that Kirsty asks about John “Is he a real Dr?”. Which very much reminds me of TLD, where Culverton asks John: “Are you really a doctor?”  

Also the rest of the Forum’s old comments do have some interest, even if they’re usually reduced to exchanges of a few words between Sherlock and the people who knows him: John, Lestrade, Molly, Mike Stanford, Sarah Sawyer, the fan Jacob Sowersby and long-term poster Moriarty ‘theimprobableone’. First of all we learn that Sherlock moved out from Montague street due to “disagreement with landlord”. Very strange indeed, seeing as Sherlock must be such a lovely tenant. ;)) 

We also learn that Moriarty ‘theimprobableone’ is flirting with Sherlock via his website from start; he tries to ask him out and even offers Sherlock to move in with him! In this context maybe we should remember that the last time we heard from Moriarty ‘theimprobableone’ was after John’s wedding, when Sherlock had hacked into his blog and tried to find some company online. The answer was: “i am interested but I am going out on a date”.

And - back to Sherlock’s website - there’s also Molly, trying to get Sherlock’s attention by claiming she found a tie at Barts that might be his. We also see Lestrade getting desperate over the serial ‘suicides’ and wanting Sherlock’s help, which the latter deflects. Hard to see how Sherlock is ‘married to his job’ here. :)

Sherlock’s reaction to the ‘Bond night’ is also quite entertaining:

He calls Bond ‘ridiculous’ until ‘theimprobableone’ butts in, then he suddenly begins to appreciate it more. ;)

And we do get a possible explanation as to why Sherlock takes on the dubious Belarus case of Barry Berwick: John needs the money! :)

Finally, I think an interesting little detail is that, once again, an ambassador is mentioned in BBC Sherlock - a recurring theme! ;)

Tagging some people who might be interested:

@ebaeschnbliah @sarahthecoat @raggedyblue @gosherlocked @the-signs-of-two @loveismyrevolution @sagestreet