finalproblem:

It’s all so obvious.

It was right there. Sherlock asked what he was missing, and Karim told him.

“Master Bun.”

Sure, you thought it was just an innocent children’s card game. But when is this show ever that simple?

It’s not “Master Bun,” as in the Happy Families card.

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It’s “master bun,” as in the bunny that controls all of the other bunnies. So much more than just a rabbit. The bun at the center of a nest–a fluffy nest with a thousand cottontails and she knows precisely how each and every single one of them hops.

So who is this international rabbit of mystery?

You know what they say: “If there’s a bun on the wall in the first chapter…” What fluffy friend was introduced earlier in the story?

BLUEBELL.

“But Bluebell’s dead!” you cry out in your naïveté.

No, you sweet, sad thing. I can only pity you. You see but you do not observe.

Kirsty Stapleton reported Bluebell missing

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And while Sherlock jumped to the conclusion that Bluebell was dead…

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Sherlock: Why did Bluebell have to die, Dr. Stapleton?

If you pay attention, you’ll note that Dr. Stapleton never explicitly confirmed Bluebell’s death…

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Dr. Stapleton: There was a mix-up, anyway. My daughter ended up with one of the lab specimens, so poor Bluebell had to go.

But the most important clue of all is that SHERLOCK NEVER FOUND A BODY.

“And it only means one thing in a detective show when there’s no body.”
Steven Moffat

The rabbit’s death was clearly faked.

BLUEBELL IS ALIVE.

Sherlock missed the master bun, so the set isn’t complete.

The writers have been setting this up for years by hiding a rabbit in every series, starting with the very first episode.

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It’s also why they’ve placed so much emphasis on Sherlock’s hat. Everyone knows hats are the natural enemy of rabbits.

Stay tuned for Series 5 to see the great detective face off against his deadliest hidden enemy yet.

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(To be fair, that is quite a wide field.) 


[Happy Reichencrack Day! This is a #reichencrack theory.]

Why Did They Promote the Leak?

going-to-my-mind–palace:

Welcome to my self-made game show called….

 How it works: A random guest from the
audience pulls a topic from a hat and I have 2 minutes (reading time) or less to
explain *audience shouting* THAT THING THAT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE!

Why did they promote the leak?


This makes perfect sense if you think
about it. And use a bit of math.

Only the Sherlock Facebook page AND Sue
Vertue said to NOT seek it out. Those are two negatives. Which, if you take
simple properties of math, equals a positive. Meaning, they DID want die-hard
fans to find the Russian dub before it aired on BBC.

TPTB knew that the episode was wacko
regardless, and they wanted to use the subtext of a Russian Dub to really hit
home. Sort of like: “We know that this episode makes no sense. It’s not
supposed to. Here’s a dub in a language that has nothing do to with the global political
climate at all. Just to make sure you really understand that there’s nothing to
understand here.”

*disclaimer* This post was created for
#reichencrack. A day in the Sherlock fandom where anything goes, as long as it
doesn’t make sense.

finalproblem:

“She didn’t hurt him. She just locked him in her old cell.”

Ah, but that was secretly the greatest punishment of all.

Eurus “locked” Mycroft into her old cell–the one with no glass.

And now she has hours of security camera footage of Mycroft not noticing that there was no glass.

Next year’s Christmas present is going to have to be the best ever if Mycroft doesn’t want that to be the next DVD Sherlock gets in the mail.


[Happy Reichencrack Day! This is a #reichencrack theory.]

Why did Mr. Blue Skull change? And why does it glow?

No mental leaps here! Mr Blue Skull
changed to it’s glowy-text counterpart because….

Yes, that’s right. Aliens

Mofftiss, Sue, Martin, Arwel and everyone else in the cast and crew were abducted by aliens right before filming started for Season 4. But not Ben, the Aliens thought he was cool. 


Arwel Wyn Jones was quick to think of a way to show
the audience that something was wrong before being taken away on the ship. “What better way” he thought, “than to
make a prominent art piece on set change so drastically and glow at intermittent
intervals.”

The aliens were smart to abduct them
before filming, but Arwel was smarter. If you watch the glowing, it spells out
Morse code that says “Pink Planet”

Which of course refers to the Pink Planet found 57 light years from earth

That explains why the text from A Study in Scarlet is superimposed on the new Mr. Blue Skull. And Arwel knew that we fans would understand the 57 connection!

57 texts?

Someone go save TPTB! It’ll only take you 114 years with current technology! 

*disclaimer* This post was created for
#reichencrack. A day in the Sherlock fandom where anything goes, as long as it
doesn’t make sense.

finalproblem:

“Christmas present” or “Christmas Present”?

Despite the brief fakeout, Jim was still dead in this episode. So for us, he was essentially a ghost. A ghost Christmas present. In other words, the Ghost of Christmas Present.

Our previous Christmas story involved a Victorian-era haunting. Emilia Ricoletti was obviously the Ghost of Christmas Past.

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We already know Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of Moffat and Gatiss’ favorite stories. And the first hint for Series 4 was “ghosts.”

We’ve been visited by two of the three spirits.

So who will be the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come?


[Happy Reichencrack Day! This is a #reichencrack theory.]

Mycroft Holmes is Actually Batman’s Nemesis The Penguin

Remember Mycroft’s Umbrella Sword Gun? 

Yeah well he AND The Penguin (from the Batman Comics) both have the same weapon. And neither of them
have been seen in the same room. Therefore, Mycroft and The Penguin are the
same person!

Not convinced?
 

Need I even explain? The resemblance is uncanny!

The nose! The expression! The same air of wealth and sophistication! 

Bonus:

nananananananana Batman Sherlock!

*disclaimer* This post was created for
#reichencrack. A day in the Sherlock fandom where anything goes, as long as it
doesn’t make sense.