John Watson - Blog Posts
The Empty House - part 3
-Part One
-Part Two
"I moved my head to look at the cabinet behind me. When I turned again Sherlock Holmes was standing smiling at me across my study table. I rose to my feet, stared at him for some seconds in utter amazement, and then it appears that I must have fainted for the first and the last time in my life. Certainly a grey mist swirled before my eyes, and when it cleared I found my collar-ends undone and the tingling after-taste of brandy upon my lips. Holmes was bending over my chair, his flask in his hand. “My dear Watson,” said the well-remembered voice, “I owe you a thousand apologies."
(this is in the Watson's Sketchbook series! but it's also a great standalone to send to your friends to illustrate why sherlock holmes is gay)
also - shoutout to @haedraulics for doing a sketch of mid-hiatus Holmes with long hair that captivated my heart so much I needed to include that idea!
The Empty House - part 2
"I struck against an elderly deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. ... I endeavoured to apologize for the accident, but it was evident that these books which I had so unfortunately maltreated were very precious objects in the eyes of their owner. With a snarl of contempt he turned upon his heel."
THE EMPTY HOUSE, part 2 - (part 1) - Several reunions, which do not go exactly to plan.
This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!
IT'S BACK! Oh man I never even considered the possibility of SH bumping into Watson as an accident 🤩
the Empty House - part 1
It is the spring of the year 1894, and Sherlock Holmes has been dead for three years. Watson's Sketchbook returns with THE EMPTY HOUSE - part 1! Bonus points to whoever recognizes what classic of Victorian literature Holmes is quoting on the first page.
notes under the cut:
Holmes references dressing as a woman in the Adventure of the Mazarin Stone - I always wanted to see more of that disguise:
Watson is in mourning. Men did not wear as elaborate mourning as women in this era, but the extra wide hatband was one way to convey a deep personal loss. Who that loss is referring to is probably not something that Watson is entirely honest about, even to himself:
There's a theory from Madeleine B. Stern that Holmes's bookseller was a real life person named Alfred B. Clementson, and that he impersonates him in Empty House, so I nabbed that name.
Looks like these guys are okay, after all :)
That's a real Watson Vibe, alright
Also I found this picture of Watson (Edward Hardwicke) holding a gun like that with that look on his face and it is one of the most perfect Doctor Watson images ever produced.
He looks like Sherlock Holmes either asked to borrow the gun, or just handed it to him and hasn't acknowledged that it's a loaded gun.
Even leaving aside how amazing the rest of the comic is, it is so refreshing to see Holmes respond to a villain threatening Watson with basically 'bitch, you could TRY.'
THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 9
This update comes with a content warning, which you can read here if you're so inclined.
THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 9 of a few more - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6 - part 7 - part 8.
This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!
This series has singlehandedly cured me of my tendancy to roll my eyes at canon divergences...
Update: just listened to the suggested soundtrack and hey guess who just solved a lifelong mystery about what song is in a heirloom musicbox. This series, HONESTLY.
THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 9
This update comes with a content warning, which you can read here if you're so inclined.
THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 9 of a few more - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6 - part 7 - part 8.
I love a good metanarrative and this is a 15 layer chocolate cake of a media experience
"It is indeed, a fearful place. The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. The shaft into which the river hurls itself is a immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of incalculable depth, which brims over and shoots the stream onward over its jagged lip. The long sweep of green water roaring forever down, and the thick flickering curtain of spray hissing forever upward, turn a man giddy with their constant whirl and clamor."
THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 7 of many - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6. Another scene I've had written in some form for months. Getting close now...
This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!
SOMEHOW (via the impeccable gay vibes) you have made this EVEN MORE tragic. I love it and also How Dare You?!
THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 5 of many - For Tonight. part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4.
This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!
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Roses are red His scarf was blue If he doesn’t turn up soon I might have to jump, too -JW
Sherlock meta time: 1895 counter on John's blog = gay
So I was scrolling on Pinterest - as one does - and I came across a post stating that the number John's blog is stuck on in I believe ASiB was the same as the year Sherlock Holmes fell into the Reichenbach falls in the ACD canon, 1895.
Now, this in itself is wild, but then my mind brought up another thing I saw a few days ago, a meme on Tumblr (if someone wants the link I can send it)
So
The reason they left London in 1895 (I assume in the same story with the Reichenbach Falls but I can't know for certain) was described as 'circumstances in which I need not enter' or something and people in this thread connected it to Oscar Wilde's trial for 'gross indecency' (aka being gay) which took place in the same year.
N o w, as a reminder, John's count on his website froze on 1895. In this year, Oscar Wilde was sentenced for gross indecency, Holmes and Watson went out of town presumably for that reason AND the Reichenbach Fall of the original stories.
While the number could stand for the original Reichenbach Fall, I don't really see where that would go BUT what if it stands for Oscar Wilde's trial? And for ACD Holmes and Watson being out of town because of it?
In my opinion, if we combine this with the 'Irene ships Johnlock' theory I read on @inevitably-johnlocked 's blog (it's a lot more complicated than that but that she basically knows something is going on), this could be her doing, trying to make fun of them or give them a hint in the right direction. Who knows? Not me, I'm just here to collect the puzzle pieces.
I just finished Sherlock S4/1
What the actual fuck was that
Huh????
It's like... Sherlock and Mary, featuring John as a side character who is stupid every now and then but otherwise unimportant
And the finale?????? It felt so... staged and John didn't even help? Just call her an ambulance for fuck's sake
- John Watson
IS IT SO BAD TO JUST WANT A ROOMMATE. I JUST WANT TO BE BEST FRIENDS WITH MY ROOMMATE AND THATS IT. NONE OF THIS DATING STUFF.
ooooh oh no i fear my trip to london made me drop so deep into my sherlock obsession again woops
An old manip : without warm filter !
Un nouveau “fake johnlock” sans filtre chaud !
I imagine a ultra modern (and sexy) version of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson !
J’ai imaginé une version hyper moderne (et sexy) de Sherlock Holmes et John Watson !
“I like my doctors clean shaven !”
OK BBC ! I am ready for the challenge !
...better with the Sherlock's curls... isn't it ?
Morning JOHN and SHERLOCK !
"When you walk with Sherlock, you can see the battlefield !"
"I hope the door is locked Sherlock ?"
"J'espère que la porte est fermée Sherlock ?"
Image originale "la cité de la peur" - Danse de la Carioca avec Alain Chabat et Gérard Darmon.
"221 Baker Street Team"... in SOCHI !
- Pour quel sport sont-ils faits ? - Which one of sport is the most adapted to the personality?
Does anyone else occasionally forgets that John is married?? 😂
Like one day, I was making up scenarios with the characters and suddenly I was like "damn (surprised affectionate), John is married"