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I've also been reading this really moving fic, Since First I Saw Your Face and had to draw this scene from chapter 1 :)

The original version (under the cut) had speech bubbles but I felt it still looked nice w/o.

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ah yes, ~30 years late to the fandom like always

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Una prueba con gis 🤗

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Posting this here too! Just a couple of Brett studies cause I'm very fond of his Holmes :)

Bonus under the cut:

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I'd be remiss if I didn't do Holmes' husband too. So here's a buncha Watson studies featuring him in various stages of his life.

I was trying to figure out how I wanted to draw him. He was a little harder to figure out compared to Holmes, but I adore Hardwicke and Burke's Watsons so he's mostly based off them!

I tried to strike the balance between reservedness vs. vulnerability and I think I've managed to pin him down!

And since you guys enjoyed the last couple of bonuses, here's another one 😆

The picture that inspired the first one <3

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drawover of a comic I made in 2018 bc we are so back .. love confession hc .. john is blabbing johnchalantly abt his johnsense and this happens

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Dibujo inspirado en el hermoso fanfic de @lilietherly 💕

En lo personal, tengo el HC de que Reginald sabe hacer muchas cosas que uno no se esperaría (o si) debido a su carrera de actor y a las pobres condiciones monetarias que la adicción a la bebida le imponía, como el hecho de saber esgrima.

Entre las cosas que he pensado que podría saber están el conocimiento en maquillaje, saber coser, trucos de iluminación y ambientación, saber cocinar algunas cosas específicas, remedios caseros, saber componer algunas cosas (como podrían ser libros), e incluso saber estilizar el cabello.

La dinámica entre ellos es tan divertida, los amo.

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a traumatized, older batman x a newer joker [references]

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Mean like a bad dog

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I've drawn so many lesbian vampires already (I can't wait to do it again)

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Cherik mini comic about Charles’ telepathy vaguely based off a fic I read while back where they had a similar conversation. I can’t find it now but if anyone can let me know 😢

Not a sad one! Kind of! Maybe I’ll make a sad one in the future. I need to go finish my homework now LOL but thank you everyone for the patience!

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I ♥️ your encephalitis

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Renfield 2023 but its exactly the same only Renfield is wearing a very obvious bdsm collar with a 90 year old padlock on it that he doesn't take off even after he kills Dracula

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he stayed up all night

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Mads and Hugh at C2E2 2024

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Advanced warning that this made me cry when I thought about it, and then I shared it with friends and it made them cry too, but I think it's ultimately a nice thought so I want to share it. Sorry if it gives you the sniffles.

I'm always cautious when it comes to parasocial relationships - with actors I don't actually want to know the ins and outs of their lives, they are strangers to me and that's how it should be.

But like a lot of Sherlock Holmes fans I've ended up becoming a Jeremy Brett fan to some extent, because first you love his performance, then you find out the sheer dedication he put into that role, and then you find out how he did so while coping with significant mental and physical health problems, and then you hear story after story which suggests he was a lovely man whose mind seemed to put barrier after barrier in the way of him getting to experience the full extent of the joy he put out into the world. And I think a lot of us identify with that.

There's a quote from "The Jeremy Brett - Linda Pritchard story" floating around on Tumblr where Pritchard describes how one thing which really bothered him at the end of his life was that he couldn't give any more performances for his fans. Apparently hearing that the Sherlock Holmes series was on video (something he hadn't considered because he didn't own a video player), and his fans could watch him over and over again, made him happy.

And of course, my first thought when I heard that is I think he'd be so happy to know we're still watching them and dissecting his every movement and expression.

But it also hit me because during Beekeeper's Picnic recording sessions, Jeremy Brett is mentioned so often. Ok we've got at least one actor who worked with him (and indeed reports unsurprisingly that he was "lovely"!) but also people my age who were kids or not born yet when that series aired - they're professional actors, for whom Jeremy Brett remains 'their' Holmes, their point of reference for the character.

I can't wait for all of you to get to hear our amazing Holmes actor James Quinn, but it wouldn't be feasible to get him in every recording, and so often our actors have to just read his lines and respond. Once, one of them said "I'll just imagine Jeremy Brett," and I love that so much. Somewhere baked into my little game, is an Imaginary Jeremy Brett, called forth by an actor needing a Holmes to bounce off.

Jeremy Brett's performance isn't locked in amber, a thing of the past. It's fresh for each new generation that sees it, and it inspires new performances and new art. He'd adore that, I'm sure.

And to get even more philosophical, I think that goes for all creative work - and anything else you do in life. No matter how big or small the action, you never know how big your ripples you leave behind are. It's worth remembering.