I read those a few years ago. They were all right - nothing terribly special, but nothing particularly bad, either. From what I remember, for the most part Enola did her own thing and stayed out of her more famous brothers' way. It didn't really have to have been a Sherlock Holmes-dreivative at all. It probably would have been more enjoyable if it was something entirely unrelated.

That said, non-canon siblings of canon characters are very hard to do well, and most "Sherlock's sister" stories I've seen are inane or godawful. So that's true.

I would too. Though, I can console myself with the fact that those pastiches at least had their spelling and grammar checked.

I've seen some very good Holmes fanfic. I've almost never seen good Holmes fanfic with any original character that takes on a main role unless they're a Scotland Yard Inspector or a client of some sort.

But just as I can't charge published books with claiming to be scientific and then getting everything wrong, I don't suppose there's much for me to do about the Beekeeper's Apprentice besides ignore it and hope it goes away. (Never read Enola Holmes at all. Also, what kind of name is Enola?)

When you have one canon that is based off another canon, the secondary one is governed by the rules of the first, unless it is stated to be different in the secondary one. Also, no matter what the secondary canon says, it cannot effect the original.

So if a fic is based off ACD's Holmes, then a relationship or sister is a direct violation of canon. Even though Beekeeper's Apprentice exists, it doesn't effect ACD's Holmes. If Beekeeper's Apprentice never says that the BA Holmes never did cocaine, and fanfic mentioned that he did, then it wouldn't be a charge, because the original canon can trickle down into the secondary.

Even though we'd normally charge a Holmes wife, because BA is a published canon in its own right, we are sworn to uphold it (and all other published Holmes derivative works) in the spirit of their published worlds. So in it, the charge would be if she was replaced by some other woman.

Probably soon. The fic I was panning to spork next has been taken down and I don't really have anything else lined up.