Did An Expression Challenge Back When I Was Trying To Figure Out How To Draw The Sillies

Did an expression challenge back when I was trying to figure out how to draw the sillies

One of my favorite things about the S&Co. fandom is the fact that John canonically stated that Sherlock is def white. And pretty much everyone said, “no he’s not”, and not only that, but gave him the thickest hair ever.

Forever loving Sherlock & Co. Obsessed w/ ratmakingart designs and decided to just doodle them….on a very small canvas…whoops !!

i miss her alot

A severe lack of Mariana in these last few eps, I miss my wife tails

Thoughts on Sherlock & Co.?

Incredible. Amazing. Hilarious. Surprisingly accurate to canon. Very representative. The way they make use of it being a fictional podcast whilst being an actual podcast is so clever and very similar to what ACD did with Watson writing up cases for the strand. I’ve just listened to today’s episode and I’m already excited for next week’s. If you haven’t already listened to it, I highly recommend it, you won’t be disappointed.

And if Sherlock & Co can see this post, I would appreciate a shoutout.

What is hyperfixation like?

So, I didn’t care about Sherlock Holmes at all until about six weeks ago.

I watched BBC Sherlock as my gateway drug, then read a bunch of fic, started listening to the podcast Sherlock & Co, bought a copy of the new queer anthology When the Rose Speaks Its Name, started watching the Jeremy Brett series, and now I’m reading Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes while simultaneously cycling through BBC Sherlock - AO3 - Sherlock & Co - When the Rose Speaks Its Name - Jeremy Brett - misc. Sherlockian googlings on a daily basis.

I can feel dopamine coursing through my veins every second that I get to interact with Sherlock Holmes related media, which is a considerable amount of time. I draw fanart at work and scribble gay little thoughts in my journal. There is not an atom within me that isn’t vibrating for Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes byproducts.

And yet nobody in my real life wants to talk about it with me, no matter how hard I try. I tried reaching out to my brother who has always been an ACD Holmes fan and he literally hasn’t replied to me in a month. He’s got kids. All I’ve got is a new Sherlock Holmes hyperfixation.

I posted some of my new art on Instagram and received a very weak response even though I was really excited about it and still think it’s some of my better work. I deactivated my account because I was so sad.

The isolation impacts me negatively. It pushes me further and further away from “real life” and into escapismland, because that’s where all the dopamine lives. I find myself on Tumblr or making edits on TikTok where no one really knows me or cares about me but people who care about the same media I do might respond.

It would mean everything to me for someone to care both about me as a human and about my interests, especially in the first few months of a hyperfixation when I literally cannot shut the fuck up about it.

But instead I am doomed to this lonely life of soaring highs, swinging from media fixation to media fixation, telling strangers on the internet that I am desperately in love with fictional characters, and crash-and-burn lows that most people don’t even understand.

I am a 30-year-old woman technically diagnosed with both bipolar and autism spectrum disorder. I am a weird gay aunt who will never have a longterm partner or children or possibly even close friends. I am actually a really nice and cool and hot person.

And I am only in love with Sherlock Holmes.

For now.