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The things I would do to get my hands on this...
The silver cigarette case given by Arthur Conan Doyle to Sidney Paget as a wedding gift, inscribed “From Sherlock Holmes” x
I can't decide if I want to squeeze him enthusiastically like a dog toy, or put him under a microscope for intense observation.
Ok you can get a little Watson. As a treat.
[ID: a digital drawing of Watson in his nightgown with a red smoking jacket on top. He's lighting his pipe. /End ID]
Dr. Watson is just as important of a character as Sherlock Holmes. You cannot get rid of or replace him. He is the narrator. The stories are about Holmes, but it's through WATSON that we have them in the first place. He's not "just" the sidekick. He is the main character.
*watson enters sitting room occupied by holmes and client*
watson: oh i'm so sorry for intruding. i'll just leave--
holmes: *JUMPS OVER SETTEE* *PULLS WATSON INSIDE* *SLAMS DOOR* *PUSHES WATSON INTO ARMCHAIR*
holmes: this is my friend and soulmate, dr watson
THIS! This right here is what I mean when I say that I want modern versions of Sherlock to be allowed to be emotional! Jeremy Brett did an amazing job as Holmes, and truly understood the source material.
Holmes before and after being told he’s a good boy. I’m not crying, you are. 🥲
THIS!! YES!! Bloody hell, I thought I was the only one internally screaming this from the rooftops.
Seeing fanart of a character being drawn as skinny when they're not supposed to be SKINNY is the most enraging thing ever, especially when said character was only skinny because of a bad period of their life and yes I am talking about my guy Watson who did not suffer during the war and come back to be REHABILLITATED and become HEALTHY by gaining weight he SHOULD NOT have lost just to be drawn looking extra skinny when, in fact, beefcake Watson is the best and healthiest and happiest version of Watson. Holmes and Mrs Hudson would have been going out of their way to make sure that this poor traumatised doctor was being fed, please don't dismiss their good work.
Watson spending decades trying to define the limitations of the unknowable Sherlock Holmes, versus Holmes being fascinated by the undefinable limitations of the seemingly ordinary Dr. Watson, is a concept I can be trusted with
I need a Sherlock Holmes adaptation where the Diogenes Club is just openly a gay bar, or something like that.
Bold words coming from you, Sherlock.
I cannot stress how much I agree, and love this man.
So much to love, but red-headed league highlights:
- Holmes calls Watson “my dear ___” at least 3 times—twice within like the first 15 minutes of Watson showing up
- The boys are giddy to be together working this weird case, which is extremely clear because:
- Holmes WIGGLES IN EXCITEMENT
- The two of them look at each other and burst out laughing
- Holmes sees Watson trying to deduce the client and smiles fondly
- They go on a date to hear music and Watson apparently spends the entire time watching Holmes and thinking about his poetic side vs his rational side (and clearly loves and respects both). He throws in heaps of praise for his violin playing and composing while he’s at it
- they finish their date and Holmes is like “You have to go? :(“ and Watson is like “Yeah, I guess I should :(“ but then Holmes is like “but come back late tonight for danger adventure?” And Watson is like “literally my life is so boring, what time do you need me? :)”
- They finish their danger date with a nightcap at Baker St
To everyone who actually draws John Watson fat, thank you, thank you, thank you. It is so important to me that John is shown as athletic, strong, short and large. He scales a wall Sherlock needs a boost for easily, he's able to outrun Sherlock and catch up with a thief during a bonus mini episode on a mailbag, he's able to carry Sherlock on his shoulders easily, and he's not the stereotypical Y shape people associate with being strong and healthy. It's something that quietly means something to me and when I see people draw him skinny it hurts a bit. He's an average looking, greying, shirt, round, thirty four year old man and he's a protagonist and that means so much to me.
@contact-guy Here you go, one order of Watson being allowed to swear coming right up!
Does Watson ever swear in canon? I know Holmes says “what the deuce” and other things but does my #1 man ever go off?
trying to oppose holmes and watson as 'unfeeling' and 'human' respectively does not work because that theory operates on the assumption that watson is the normal one when he is, in fact, the romantic one, which is not a state of normality but instead one of heightened, performative emotion and an attachment to narrative- he is ridiculous actually, they're both freaks <3