I may actually be getting better at this Spreadsheet of Doom business...but we'll see. The good news is that a sizeable chunk of the work is done; the bad news is that almost none of it appears to have done much good in narrowing the pool on the ACD-canon side of the equation. If the columnar data is to be believed, the half-dozen recipients of ACD stories map virtually exactly onto the half-dozen writers of ACD stories, which seems entirely too tidy to be plausible -- and yet, there it is.
So: herewith guesses for all the non-ACD prose entries plus the podfic. ACD and artwork will be along later....
My problem here is that of the three people who offered podfic, one is this gift's recipient, one has left a comment and kudos over on AO3, and I'm almost certain the third has to have written one of the "Study in Emerald" fics. By extrapolation, that means the podfic is either a double work or a pinch hit, and I choose to guess the latter.
Despite not actually having seen much BBC/Sherlock, I think I'm getting a handle on the writers of such in our little pond. (Also, one of these can be deduced from external data, and that helps sort out the others.)
Elementary Case of the Missing Detective: magnetic_pole
Two Enola Holmes stories, three offers...but gardnerhill is committed elsewhere, and while it's theoretically possible sanguinity wrote one of these in addition to the vid, the overall math says that's unlikely. That says one of these may be a pinch hit. (It also says I may be wrong about the podfic guess, but what can you do?)
To judge from the signups, the likeliest writer of this story is its recipient...except that multiple datapoints make that impossible. This is my next-best guess.
I almost assigned this elsewhere, but then I happened to glance back at the signups, and I do believe my estimable creator gave the game away with certain remarks about one of the crossover characters in this delightful romp.
Having concluded that gardnerhill didn't write my gift story, this is the only other piece in the round that strikes me as having the particular buckle and swash that we've come to associate with the Queen of Versatility.... [ETA: Except of course that they left the first comment on this story, and I don't think we've gotten that sneaky around here even yet. Must rethink....]
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Guesswork of Doom (Act I)
Date: 2018-06-21 11:25 pm (UTC)So: herewith guesses for all the non-ACD prose entries plus the podfic. ACD and artwork will be along later....
Vid
Shut Up and Drive:
Even if there weren't only one vid offer in the spreadsheet, this one would be ridiculously obvious.
Podfic
Mentor:
My problem here is that of the three people who offered podfic, one is this gift's recipient, one has left a comment and kudos over on AO3, and I'm almost certain the third has to have written one of the "Study in Emerald" fics. By extrapolation, that means the podfic is either a double work or a pinch hit, and I choose to guess the latter.
BBC/Sherlock
Carpe Vinum:
Lilacs:
One Tale in Four Books:
Untold Stories:
Despite not actually having seen much BBC/Sherlock, I think I'm getting a handle on the writers of such in our little pond. (Also, one of these can be deduced from external data, and that helps sort out the others.)
Elementary
Case of the Missing Detective:
Study in Emerald
Making a Case:
Charon's Obol:
This pair of guesses is extrapolated partly from known Moriarty partisanship and partly from reconsideration of signup material.
Enola Holmes
By Any Other Name:
Norbury Possibility:
Two Enola Holmes stories, three offers...but
Houdini vs. Holmes
Escapade:
To judge from the signups, the likeliest writer of this story is its recipient...except that multiple datapoints make that impossible. This is my next-best guess.
Solar Pons (etc.)
The Retired Novelist:
I almost assigned this elsewhere, but then I happened to glance back at the signups, and I do believe my estimable creator gave the game away with certain remarks about one of the crossover characters in this delightful romp.
Rathbone films
The Blue Parrot:
Having concluded that
[ETA: Except of course that they left the first comment on this story, and I don't think we've gotten that sneaky around here even yet. Must rethink....]
Ritchie films
Time Best Spent:
Instinct drives this guess. Instinct has not always served me well in these endeavors, but there you are.