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Sherlock & John
not arcane related but I am currently watching Sherlock for the first time ever and I am crashing tf out <3
them not being endgame might just be my villain origin story
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lil bonus:
"that side of fandom is a dark place idfk what goes on down there" about a subgroup of fans that have *one* different headcanon about my favourite character
ahhh, nothing like another night alone in my bed crying because of a fictional gay couple.
Went back to read a shared doc me and my friend put random things on in high school. I found this short little crossover crack fic and I feel like, having read this again, I must force others to experience this as well.
I present to you: The Higher Holmes
"Holmes and Watson aren't gay!!!!! Men can be friends!!!!!!!! Grrrr stop making everything gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
EXPLAIN THESE EXCERPTS THEN
Standing in the pasta aisle eyes closed trying to picture the mouthfeel of different pasta shapes with perfect clarity in the theater of my mind
No thoughts, just Picrews of the gang cuz I’m too lazy to draw them myself right now
do you ever think about how Sherlock Holmes expresses his affection in such an oblique and sideways manner that Watson could have recorded Holmes’s confession of love and published it for all the world to read without ever understanding it for what it was
“His hands were invariably blotted with ink and stained with chemicals, yet he was possessed of extraordinary delicacy of touch, as I frequently had occasion to observe.”
I often think about Holmes learning not to cry in his youth by pouring all that pent up fury, anguish, and despair that the world was not made for boys like him into his violin.
How long did it take Watson to realize that the occasional haunting notes drifting up to his room at night between recognizable tunes were tears.
Watson stop LOOKING AT HIM LIKE THAT you are in PUBLIC
Watson is going to his club to see friends and Holmes is going to stay home and think about obscure types of poisons
(edited to add the time lapse video because I think it's cute, I wanted to draw Watson kissing Holmes's hand but had to find the pose from there and then figure out how the fuck to draw a chair)
“It was worth a wound–it was worth many wounds–”
- Sherlock Holmes, the Adventure of the Three Garridebs
Full text and individual pages under cut:
In an instant he had whisked out a revolver from his breast and had fired two shots. I felt a sudden hot sear as if a red-hot iron had been pressed to my thigh. There was a crash as Holmes’s pistol came down on the man’s head. I had a vision of him sprawling upon the floor with blood running down his face while Holmes rummaged him for weapons. Then my friend’s wiry arms were round me, and he was leading me to a chair.
“You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!”
It was worth a wound–it was worth many wounds–to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.
“It’s nothing, Holmes. It’s a mere scratch.”
He had ripped up my trousers with his pocket-knife.
“You are right,” he cried with an immense sigh of relief. “It is quite superficial.” His face set like flint as he glared at our prisoner, who was sitting up with a dazed face. “By the Lord, it is as well for you. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive. Now, sir, what have you to say for yourself?”
“…What can I do, Holmes? Of course, it was that damned fellow who set them on. I'll go and thrash the hide off him if you give the word.” - The Illustrious Client “You are right,” he cried with an immense sigh of relief. “It is quite superficial.” His face set like flint as he glared at our prisoner, who was sitting up with a dazed face. “By the Lord, it is as well for you. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive." - The Three Garridebs
Text Parallels here. ID in alt.
My ovaries are exploding since 2012
something I love about Sherlock & co is that you don’t doubt the love that Sherlock and John have for each other. Not even in a romantic way, they love each other clearly, and while I love jonklock/johnlock, I’m totally fine if they aren’t canon in this rendition because it’s clear that they care for each other
This was a birthday gift for a friend. Sherlock’s bored whilst John has discovered something from the final frontier :p
happy birthday benedict cumberbatch! i love you
Henley Monday -
Hi everyone! I hope you're pulling through as best you can today. I'll keep it short and get straight to the henley point: How adorable is Martin Freeman here? Can you even handle it? I barely can.
He is every bit a classic, charming off-beat and insanely talented Brit who brings great joy to me in all his roles. He brings great joy to me here as well in such soothing blue tones with a cheeky little grin. Thanks for the pick-me-up Martin!
Imagine
Director Christopher Nolan directing for Sherlock Holmes movie/series ...My brain would not be capable of understanding this
It's pretty fun to see people wrongly assuming Sherlock and Watson for a couple in the tv show.
That frustrating and facepalm moment when certain line/incident in a book seemed familiar to you(that made you think of smth) and you planned to ask a friend about it after finishing a chapter. But then that thought evaporates completely from your mind and when you remember to ask your friend, you can't really recall WHICH line made you remember WHAT, even after having rechecked the lines! Ugh!!
The great duos Holmes and Watson, and Tom and Jerry, in this early rough sketch for “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes.” This was an early attempt to create some images, before a script was written or characters were designed to help sell the vibe of the world.
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
У "Тома и Джерри" выходили - а может, и выходят до сих пор - глуповатые пародиийные мультфильмы, кроссоверы с различными франшизами вроде "Волшебника страны Оз" или "Вилли Вонки и шоколадной фабрики". Не обошла эта участь и "Шерлока Холмса". Я вообще удивлен, что по нему не выходит больше детского контента, учитывая детскую любовь к Холмсу - таким проектам я вполне готов простить поверхностно-стереотипного Холмса и туповатого толстяка Уотсона.
Этот мультфильм я уже смотрел, когда он впервые вышел, но запомнились мне в основном только топорные, но забавные отсылки вроде таверны Рэтбоун Инн, мьюзик холле Брюса Найджела, эпизодического персонажа по имени Бретт Джереми и могилы некоего Дойла (даты жизни не совпадают). Сам Холмс и Уотсон - один поверхностно-стереотипный и другой туповатый толстяк - являются полноценными действующими лицами, а не просто короткими камео.
Но главными героями все-таки являются, по-прежнему безмолвные, Том и Джерри. Джерри здесь эдакий маленький хвостатый ассистент Холмса, который увлекается химическими опытами, носит плащ-пелерину и дирстокер и живет в норке за стеной. Что до Тома, который тут носит сюртук и бабочку, то он оказался вмешан в эту историю случайно, когда доставлял Холмсу важное письмо. Сюжет крутился вокруг похищенного алмаза и рыжеволосой певички по имени Ред. Сцена ее выступления показалась мне несколько фривольной для детского мультфильма, но в общем-то не хуже, чем подобная же сцена в диснеевском "Великом мышином сыщике". Уотсон и Джерри от нее, кстати, поплыли, но Холмс особого интереса не выказазал, пусть и целовал ей руку.
Помимо Тома и Джерри с Холмсом и Уотсоном здесь также действовали другие знакомые персонажи - например, было несколько сценок с бульдогом Спайком и его сыночком Тайком (они работали охранниками), также действовали меланхоличный песик Друпи и его напарник Бутч (они работали в полиции), а еще появился приятель Джерри, мышонок Таффи (только здесь он не подброшенный сиротка, а мышь-священник). Что до шерлокианской части истории, то в какой-то момент выяснилось, что за всем этим стоит профессор Мориарти, который выглядит как типичный то ли мультяшный, то ли оперетточный злодей.
Что до шерлокианских отсылок, то здесь я вероятно натягиваю сову на глобус - но, по-моему, я уловил отсылку на "Великого мышиного сыщика" (сцена с танцовщицей), на "Семипроцентный раствор" (драка Холмса со злодеем на крыше едущего поезда едущей повозки) и даже на "Шерлока Холмса" с Дауни-младшим (недостроенный тауэрский мост). Но скорее всего настоящая крупная отсылка была только одна - кража драгоценностей из Тауэра (и нет, это отсылка к фильму 1939 года с Рэтбоуном, а не к сериалу "Шерлок").
Разумеется, помиимо слабенькой детективно-приключенческой линии, основой мультфильма служили привычные том-и-джерри-вские визуальные гэги, многие из которых были просто повторами из классики на разный лад. Также по-моему, авторы переборщили с вилами, которые постоянно втыкались в филейную часть бедолаги Тома. Но многие моменты вызывали искреннюю улыбку и смех, например, сцена с органом, из труб которого поочередно вылетали то Том, то Джерри.
В общем, забавный и непритязательный мультик-кроссовер для юных зрителей. Да и идет он меньше пятидесяти минут.
Tom and Jerry meet Sherlock Holmes has the cutest animated Holmes and Watson designs ever.
Yes they are at a wedding, I know my audience ok.