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sunset/sunrise and the Victorian intimacy of a first name

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Holmes was about to answer the client’s question, but Watson beat him to it with a classic detective line:

just look at Holmes’ face in the background! he’s so proud of his dear doctor you can almost hear his brain yelling out the affection

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1.04 — The Solitary Cyclist — (15/05/1984) 🔎 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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pov the missing girl's body is not found in the pond so now you have to figure out where the hell she ran off to

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I just wanted to thank you for taking up gif making <3 Fandom needs more gif makers and anyone who wants to have a stab at it is invaluable.

omg thank you so much!! this made me so happy!<3 I've actually spent like another three hours today trying to figure out making better quality gifs (with slight success, but hey - it's a treacherous process), so your words are very encouraging!!

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can you tell I'm trying gif making for the first time and figuring out the file compression size took years off my life?

anyway I loved this moment in The Musgrave Ritual because Holmes' smile at the end!! he's so adorable with his emotional support blanket all huddled up and elbowing Watson like a kid AAAH I love them!!

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just a bunch of doodles from the past weeks

figuring out how to draw them again

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The Game is Afoot!

Back to reading some Sherlock Holmes stories 📖🔎

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so I'm in my first ever Granada Holmes watch-through and I've just finished The Musgrave Ritual and. what do you mean this episode was SUCH a delight?? Holmes with his emotional support blanket? Watson and his "splendid air!" and Holmes coughing out his damn lungs right after that? Watson quietly getting into Holmes' room when he's not looking to take a sneak peak at the trunk and then noticing the damn syringe? Holmes "we must behave ourselves, Watson" then being high the whole evening and laughing to everything everyone says? Watson's reproachful look at Holmes because he knows he's high? Watson excitedly showing Holmes the bird he shot and Holmes' "well done, Watson!" Holmes running around when figuring out the directions of the ritual like a dog after a scent? Watson understanding Holmes' methods as if it's the most natural thing in the world, explaining them to Musgrave? and on top of that the beautiful scenery, location, the mood, the mystery - and the utter husband behavior of those two idiots? like? what do you mean?

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so I'm in my first ever Granada Holmes watch-through and I've just finished The Musgrave Ritual and. what do you mean this episode was SUCH a delight?? Holmes with his emotional support blanket? Watson and his "splendid air!" and Holmes coughing out his damn lungs right after that? Watson quietly getting into Holmes' room when he's not looking to take a sneak peak at the trunk and then noticing the damn syringe? Holmes "we must behave ourselves, Watson" then being high the whole evening and laughing to everything everyone says? Watson's reproachful look at Holmes because he knows he's high? Watson excitedly showing Holmes the bird he shot and Holmes' "well done, Watson!" Holmes running around when figuring out the directions of the ritual like a dog after a scent? Watson understanding Holmes' methods as if it's the most natural thing in the world, explaining them to Musgrave? and on top of that the beautiful scenery, location, the mood, the mystery - and the utter husband behavior of those two idiots? like? what do you mean?

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Do you ever think of Holmes alone at Baker Street after Watson's marriage and. And. And Watson's things are gone. Watson is gone, and there is just this aching gap around Holmes in the flat. The dust has not yet covered the space on the shelf where Watson's books used to be. Half of Holmes's home is gone, and he cannot even run his finger along the edge of the pain because there will only be one plate on the breakfast table tomorrow (and tomorrow and tomorrow), but you can't cut yourself on empty space.

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This just speaks for itself doesn't it?

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David Burke looking absolutely smashing, and Jeremy Brett.  THANK YOU Falk Archive!

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Every time I read the Sherlock Holmes canon I’m actually stunned that people read this man as straight. It’s just so glaringly obvious to me that he’s SOME flavor of queer - how on earth could you read this man as cishet? And when my non Holmesian friend asked me to explain what textual evidence showed that he was queer, it occurred to me that besides all of the times he or Watson remarks on how he’s not into women, marriage doesn’t appeal to him, he’s never been in love, etc. (which honestly is pretty solid evidence on its own) most of the reasons I feel sure he’s gay is just his fuckin vibes.

He’s an absolute bitch, but in like a sassy gay cunt-serving way that I just can’t imagine a cishet man embodying. He’s a drama queen and knows it. He shows such disrespect towards the establishment and “polite society,” particularly the law, but shows endless kindness and respect towards all of the outcasts of society. To me, all of this paints a very clear picture of a queer person living in a deeply homophobic society.

But I can see how all of this might go completely over a cishet person’s head. They just see a quirky guy who’s sarcastic and rude and likes to befriend outcasts because they’re frequently useful to him, and because he never makes the mistake of underestimating someone just because of their position in society. But him being queer not only explains so much about him, it literally completes the picture of his character. It makes everything about him slot into place.

I think that when it comes down to it, it’s really just that seeing everyone as straight being like, the default is the only reason people see him as straight. Even though he repeatedly says that he’s not interested in women, straight people’s instinct is to interpret that as “he’s never met the right woman” instead of “he’s not interested in women and never will be.” Because there’s no absolutely undeniable textual evidence that he’s queer, that means he’s not. Which is just such an alien way to look at the world to me, you know?

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So his weapon of choice……..

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