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I want to be a better writer, but it's hard when it's:

• 5% cool shit that you think of

• 95% filler to justify the cool shit

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Okie dokie. P2 of a list with the questions already addressed in mailbag episodes on patreon. I've shortened or paraphrased some of them, for space and clarity. (Part 1 here)

I also plan to have all of them in this Google doc.

Ok.

Mailbag Questions 11-20

Mailbag 11

28 May 2024, aired between Iden & Danc 

What was your favourite childhood toy?

What's the nicest thing someone has done for you?

We now know that John has a driver's license. Does Sherlock have one? Any funny/ interesting stories from when you were learning how to drive? Why did you decide to learn how to drive?

Why did John choose to become a podcaster? Was there any reason behind it?

Have you had other flatmates?

(For Sherlock) When you were a kid, was there any specific case that felt special and motivated you to investigate over and over again?

(For Sherlock) Have you ever set yourself on fire?

Which case has been the most satisfying to solve? Do you have any particular rankings on the nature of the crime in relation to the experience of the investigation and solution?*

What's been your favourite adventure so far?

In Thor p1: Did the police not do a ballistics comparison of the bullet found on the bridge with one fired [...] from the gun found in Dunbar's possession? [...]

While you and Mariana were stealing noodles in that murderer's house, what was Sherlock doing? Did he eat anything [...]?

Was there ever a case that left you completely baffled and you were unable to solve?**

How was Mercer doing? Did that family end up adopting him?

Why do not all Brits understand how incredible the NHS is? 

What was the thing you were showing John in the beginning of Silver Blaze? [...]

* Very vague answer 

** No comment

Mailbag 12

11 Jun 2024, aired between Danc & Shos

Have you ever watched the film V for Vendetta? Thoughts?

Did you find a new home for the ants?

What are you favorite MLP characters?

What are the movies John quotes the most?

(For Sherlock) When you first met John, you listed diagnoses you had such as DID and ASD. Care to elaborate [...]?

Which Eeveelution would you like to have as a pet?

If not in England, where would you be interested in living?

Mailbag 13

18 Jun 2024, aired between Danc & Shos

(For Sherlock) What kind of locomotive do you prefer?

Who is your favourite Spice Girl?

Have you and Sherlock ever travelled internationally to solve a case?

Archie, what is your favourite park?

Have you ever smoked cigars?

What is your biggest fear?

Would you rather find 1000 cockroaches or a person in your basement?

You're on a game show and you're given the choice of 3 doors. Behind one door is a car, behind the others, goats. You pick door nr 1, the host opens nr 3, which has a goat, and asks if you want to pick door 2. Should you switch your choice?

Mailbag 14

2 Jul 2024, aired between Shos & Lion

Is John short for Jonathan?

Hypothetically, if I was in front of a body and covered in blood, how would I evade the police?

What time do you typically go to bed?

What type of drunk are you? [...] Also, lightweight or heavyweight?

Opinion on Ritz crackers?

Have you ever worked in retail? Where?

One thing you really want in the flat [...] but reasonably can't have?

What do you call this?

Favourite Greek myth?

Poutine - yay or nay?

What thing keeps you going on hard days?

Favourite historical disaster?

Archie, who's a good boy?

Mailbag 15

23 Jul 2024, aired between Lion & 3stu

Do you play card/ boardgames? What's a favourite? Do you play anything together?

(For John) What was/ is your favourite part about being a medical doctor? [...] +

(For Sherlock) What's your favourite part about being a consulting detective? [...]

When using public transport, do you sit in one specific spot? [...]

(For Sherlock) [...] What sensory toys do you recommend and what are your favourites?

What has been the easiest case Scotland Yard has given you so far? Why?

What are your favourite cereals? Milk or cereal first?

A few people asking about Robert Norbertson.

Nuclear annihilation. How do you guys spend your last day?

Mailbag 16

30 Jul 2024, aired between Lion & 3stu

(For John) How do you feel about the magic roundabout? (For Sherlock) Do you know about it?

When did Sherlock know that a jellyfish was responsible for the death of Harris Stackhurst and Fitzy McPherson? What did he know and when did he know it?

(For John) Food in the army. What's it like? Is it possible that it's better than my school food?

(For John) Did you get booted out of med school for being lazy or was it literally just that hard?

How long does rigor mortis last before decomposition starts to set in? And how accurate is it in determining the time of death?

Advice for younger self?

Mailbag 17

13 Aug 2024, aired between 3stu & Redc

John, do you think Sherlock would make a good criminal?

At some point of a case I think John mentioned cutting some regular chit-chat. Can you release an episode of some cut scenes of you and Sherlock - maybe with Mariana too - chatting?

[For Sherlock] Have you studied mycology for any of your cases or personal interests? If so, what are your thoughts on fungi or mycology? [...]

John, can you give us any updates on any cases?

Sherlock, when you rode that freight train through the night. [...] What was your family's reaction? Did you get in big trouble? Did they not notice you were gone? Did they smile and say 'that's my little adventurer'?

Would you ever consider dyeing your hair, and if so, what colours?

John, do you wear a fanny pack on cases to keep everything in order and have quick access? [...]

Mailbag 18

27 Aug 2024, aired between Redc & Resi

Have you ever hit a vape?

[For John] How did you acquire your four-legged friend? [...]

Favourite joke you've made?

Do any of you have any other podcasts  you listen to?

[For John] You said you liked Band of Brothers, have you seen the Pacific and / or Masters of the Air? If you have, did you like them?

Did you and Kitty Winters ever keep in touch? [...]

Do you believe in soulmates?

Do you feel rechargeable batteries are better than single use? Or do you feel devices that are plug-in rechargeable are better because you don't have to muck about with individual batteries? [...]

What are Mariana's thoughts on the Discord? Is she planning to join?

Who does the housework?

Do you consider yourself an affectionate person?

Out of the different subdivisions of forensic science, anthropology, dactyloscopy, podiatry, toxicology etc etc, which one is / are your favorite and which is / are your least favorite?

Mailbag 19 - Mariana edition p1

24 Sept 2024, aired between Resi & Sign

What sort of music do you most enjoy? [...]

What are your career goals?

Did you have brothers, growing up?

Do you have any fun/ interesting hobbies or talents that you have kept hidden from us?

Bonus: John asks if she likes crime documentaries.

For John: if you had to choose between saving your mic, Mariana and Sherlock, which are you saving?

Would you still love John and Sherlock if they were both worms?

Mailbag 20 - Mariana edition p2

1 Oct 2024, aired between Resi & Sign v1

Why did you move to London?

Do you like Marmite?

For John: Did you keep the wristwatch that Sherlock gave you for Christmas? If you did, how often/ thoroughly did you need to get it washed first?

¿Dónde está la biblioteca?

What adventures do you and Archie get up to?

Thoughts on the European football champion-

Do you Wordle?

What was the case with the worst paperwork?

In one episode, Sherlock closes the door on someone who had something for you. What was that and did you get it later?

Mariana, were you Team Jacob or Team Edward? [...]

Do you guys have library cards?

(For everyone, but mostly John) Do you have an embarrassing memory that keeps you awake at night?)

Was there a night where both the Baker Street boys, Sherlock and John, kept you up all night due to them being noisy insomniacs?

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‘Morality is something I speculate on because I often struggle to understand it. To my colleague however - my companion - it is purely natural. It is woven into his very fibre. I will let him make this judgement’

Oh, Sherlock. Saying John is a better man than he - that he’s naturally good…

(And then ending with the song ‘It had to be you…’)

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So i know i did read this bc i read all of them but i literally can't remember one (1) thing about the mazarin stone

My theory is that for the podcast they're gonna make the stone be a famous prop or something. Yk how lady carfax was a character and not an actual person? I think they're gonna have a famous star wars-esque series, and in that series there's this super important Stone, The Mazarin Stone, right? And then the prop for the Stone gets stolen and that's a big problem bc with the series being this famous, the prop is valued at. An insane amount of money. (I say it's stolen but i don't remember if that happens in the story but like what else could it be)

Hope this makes sense 👍

what is this i'm so confused why are they in space

why have i never heard of this story before?? are they in star wars or something what's happening help

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Ok so. His username is potatosauraus. I've saved this video to my "for later" collection when i first saw it some time ago

Brace yourselves

And uhh if you can't see tiktok links he's on YouTube too apparently. Here's a random one

This might be too much even for jpw I'm sorry guys 😔

There's this one guy on tiktok who does do you know this song challenges that i simply can't look at because the second i first saw him i knew in my bones that that's how jpw looks like. You know how people draw John basically the same? I get such a sense of... i don't know. Wrongness? The uncanny valley? Deja vu? Cringeness? when i look at that guy. He looks exactly how y'all draw John. Even the mannerisms, as he lip syncs to the songs. John would so fucking do that. I can't look at him, i feel like I'm seeing something i shouldn't. That's literally John. It's horrible.

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”why go and adapt the same things from 100 years ago” NEOWBWOSNLQPSNKALABA

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We know Mycroft will know about Sherlock being alright but what if there's a little bit of time between finding out he's missing (consider even, finding out from John) and Sherlock managing to let him know he's ok and faking his death. I mean, if the fake death wasn't planned from the beginning. There must've been a period of time when he thought his brother was dead. Idk why I've switched to past tense ig I'm thinking it sort of works with the canon story too. Anyway do we think there was/ will be a period of time where Mycroft blames Watson for Sherlock's death? For not protecting him well enough? And if so do you think he keeps it to himself or tells him? That he didn't do enough to protect his brother. Maybe not acd Mycroft but we don't know sh&co Mycroft yet. Anything's possible. And do you think, when Sherlock lets him know he's alive, do you think he goes to Watson and apologises, tells him he reacted out of grief, he wasn't fair, he knows he cares about Sherlock and did his best. But the damage is already done. And Watson says he's right to blame him.

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people who write fics. how do you feel about comments on super old ones you wrote like 2+ years ago

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There's this one guy on tiktok who does do you know this song challenges that i simply can't look at because the second i first saw him i knew in my bones that that's how jpw looks like. You know how people draw John basically the same? I get such a sense of... i don't know. Wrongness? The uncanny valley? Deja vu? Cringeness? when i look at that guy. He looks exactly how y'all draw John. Even the mannerisms, as he lip syncs to the songs. John would so fucking do that. I can't look at him, i feel like I'm seeing something i shouldn't. That's literally John. It's horrible.

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but what if i read one of your fanfics and then went to your ao3 accounts and read all of your fanfics and left a comment on every single chapter of every single one and you got spam emails from all of my kudos and comments and it made you smile, what then? what if i brighten your day with my words like you did mine, what then???

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I’m so glad Arthur Conan Doyle got bullied into bringing Sherlock Holmes back from the dead, because imagine if he didn’t. Imagine a world where the story of Holmes and Watson always ends in tragedy and separation. Instead we get to live in a world where it feels like they are always out there together somewhere.

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god sherlock's speeches always get me but the abbey grange one about personality??? dear god

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Started listening to Sherlock and Co, and I'm crying ToT. My boy built a hug machine, and then wanted to pay his friends when they offered him a hug 💔

I'm laughing, but also my dear socially awkward son, let your friends show affection for you!

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Started listening to Sherlock and Co, and I'm crying ToT. My boy built a hug machine, and then wanted to pay his friends when they offered him a hug 💔

I'm laughing, but also my dear socially awkward son, let your friends show affection for you!