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Sometimes it's so hard to choose only one aesthetic.
But you don't have to choose.
Go to the cemetery, by yourself, for no reason, and look for statues of weeping angels. Laugh to yourself, thinking of the doctor, and talk to the ghosts. Talk to them, tell them about your favourite companion, tell them where you would like to go if time and space were yours to explore. They have been lonely for a long time, many of them haven't seen anyone in years, and any story will enchant them.
Wear warm cashmere jumpers and long coats, run around the city, as if you were chasing something you can't quite name. Always keep a map with you, even if you never have to check it because you know this place better than yourself.
Always bring a planner with you, fill it with theories about BBC Sherlock and write down the deadlines of every new assignment. Cover it in writing, to the point where you can't tell one thing from the the other.
Find someone with whom you can always be honest. Describe the darkest parts of you soul to them knowing that they won't judge you. Listen to them talk about serial killers. Discuss queerbaiting in '90s literature and modern TV shows. And when you'll break down crying, as you realize you can't save this world, let them hold your hands.
Fill your head with stories, look for connections between popular culture and old myths. And when you will have achieved all of this, start writing.
And remember, always remember, that you do not need a story to validate you. You're already exceptional.
things sherlock holmes has canonically done:
scrapbooked the hell out of his newspapers
put on a hat that was too big for him
giggled
cried because lestrade was nice to him
got all sappy and romantic by smelling a rose
let a puppy lead him on adventures
“impish mood”
lit his pipe with an ember from the fireplace because he thought it looked cool
feel free to add to this
In my mind, Watson uses this religiously.
It's been a hot second since I've seen a picture of a Victorian mustache cup on here so look at this one in all its glory
This is a sippy cup. You just invented a sippy cup for manly men who want to go to tea parties and not feel emasculated by drinking too fast and getting their perfectly coifed mustaches droopy I can't
I just picture Mrs. Hudson gifting these to Sherlock on his birthday <3
Antique Drug Dishes ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚
THX SO MUCH 4 1K!!! <3
Laying on the floor in the dark with a weighted blanket while listening to Sherlock and Co. will fix me
Bloody hell, I am SO happy that I'm not the only one who has thought about this! I agree with Sherlock being The Eye/The Web aligned/connected, but if we're talking about BBC Mycroft, I always thought of him being attached to The Lonely in some way because of that one scene where Sherlock calls him out for secretly being very lonely, and Mycroft seems a bit on edge as he tries to deny it. As for John, I can't decide if he'd go better with The Slaughter or The Hunt, but I TOTALLY see where he could be connected to The Lonely too.
i need everyone to hear me out:
sherlock is avatar of the eye touched by the web
mycroft is avatar of the web touched by the eye
watson is avatar of the slaughter touched by the lonely
irene adler gives me stranger vibes, maybe also the eye? desolation? i like the destruction motif
idk if lestrade would be inflicted with the fear, he gives me georgie barker vibes where he just Doesn't Fear
okay thats all
I imagine Podcast John to look like a mix of Martin Freeman's John from BBC's Sherlock and Michael Sheen with his famous beard and curly hair...But with the goofiest dimpled smile you have ever seen, covered in freckles, and stocky. As for Podcast Sherlock, I don't really know. I keep going back and forth for designs in my head, but I like several fanart's depictions of him. So I'll go with that.
how do you guys imagine podcast sherlock and john? i'm very curious
clocking in for another shift in the holmes watson headcanon mines
I genuinely feel this on a daily basis, and having my biggest comfort character (Sherlock Holmes) say that he feels it too was so powerful and wonderful for me.
He makes me feel so seen
(Sherlock quote from The Gloria Scott podcast ep)
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
Being obsessed with Sherlock Holmes is so embarrassing like-- ok here's my favorite book character of all time, hes a literary icon, youve definitely heard of him before and now youre probably thinking of a weird detective dude with a silly hat, please hear me out the idea you have of him is completely different from what he's like in the books, please hear me out--
Considering how often Watson describes Sherlock's nose as well, constantly comparing it to a bird's beak, I'd say he is also a nose man.
"But there can be no grave for Sherlock Holmes or Doctor Watson... Shall they not always live in Baker Street? Are they not there this moment, as one writes? Outside, the hansoms rattle through the rain, and Moriarty plans his latest devilry. Within, the sea-coal flames upon the hearth and Holmes and Watson take their well-won ease... So they still live for all that love them well; in a romantic chamber of the heart, in a nostalgic country of the mind, where it is always 1895."
-Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
I would carry this around in my messenger bag as religiously as one might do with one of those odd "pocket bibles".
Got my Self another miniature book. This time: „the hound of the baskervilles“
“By the Fireplace” by Vladimir Dashkevich from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson played by me on kalimba
They say that people usually take on a little niche interest, or subtle personality trait, or similar quirks to their comfort characters that they grew up reading/watching.... Well, thank you, John Hamish Watson for giving me a life-long obsession with knitted jumpers, and a stubborn tendency to "hunt and peck" when I write!
Sherlock Holmes is whimsical and no I will not elaborate.
It's getting to be that time where I have to write another Sherlock Holmes story...
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. 🥲
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