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Scurrying on top of a building like a feral cat one second, and then contentedly sitting on it's roof's edge the next. He is the most character of all time. Just he.

hes such an oddball….. i loev him…

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How to say “I love you”. Sherlock Holmes edition

“I am lost without my Boswell” -  A Scandal in Bohemia “Your presence might be invaluable” - A Speckled Band “You are a conductor of light” -  Hound of the Baskervilles “I am very much in your debt” -  Hound of the Baskervilles “I give you my word that I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound in Baker Street once more” -  Hound of the Baskervilles “And believe me to be, my dear fellow, very sincerely yours, Sherlock Holmes” - The Final Problem “I knew you would not shrink at the last “ -  Bruce-Partington Plans “ I conceive it possible that I may want you”  - The Retired Colourman “I never get your limits, Watson”  - The Sussex Vampire “You won’t fail me. You never did fail me” - The Dying Detective   “Can you ask, my dear Watson? Do you imagine that I have no respect for your medical talents?“ -The Dying Detective “I owe you both my thanks and an apology. It was an unjustifiable experiment even for one’s self, and doubly so for a friend. I am really very sorry “ - The Devil’s foot  “You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!” - Three Garridebs “My Dear Watson, I owe you a thousand apologies. I had no idea that you would be so affected.” - The Empty House

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The Three Gables parts 1 and 2 Sherlock & Co. Thoughts and Spoilers!

So, pardon my language, but John's going to be fucking pissed, isn't he? And I don't mean the obvious, "oh, he's going to be upset that Mariana is recording him without consent". I mean she and Sherlock are out-right LYING to his face now. In part two that just came out, they both lied to him about working on a case, a potentially dangerous one at that too, in such a way that made it clear that John wants to know about these things and doesn't like being kept in the dark at all. And just after that, Mariana ignores John's use of the safeword in favour of going off to investigate more. That word that had so much importance behind the making of it in the first part to help John with his grief and discomfort. Mariana and Sherlock may have good intentions and feel guilt about what they are doing, infact we actually can say for certain that they do, but crossing so many of John's boundaries all in one night when he himself has admitted that he is so fragile is going to end up in a huge explosion of an argument in the next and final part, isn't it? Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it caused some angst in our little group in the form of John getting trust issues, considering how close they've all been up until now and how much John is already hurting. Strap in, mates, I have a huge feeling that Mary's death in The Sign of Four was a kick off point for a long series of drama.

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Mate, you are not alone! I feel like this all the time, and I've basically built my own entire Sherlock Holmes adaptation in my head that I love to mess about with constantly. For example, I want a Mrs. Hudson played by Miriam Margolyes.

I have so many ideas for a Sherlock Holmes adaptation that will never be made

And I also get sad because I get worried that people will be bored with the same stories being adapted over and over

But at the same time, I love that these stories are being told again and again, like fairy tales or something

I have no idea what my point is, I just want an ACD canon accurate animated adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, ok???

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I was looking up different kinds of coats for reference when I found THIS, and...

I cannot stop imagining Sherlock & Co.'s Sherlock wearing this! Just seeing him wrapping it around himself like a cocoon when he curls up in a seat, flapping it dramatically behind himself when he paces, etc.

I'm unreasonably happy about this thought!

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The people have spoken! Thank you for helping me decide. I will now forever imagine John Watson with the warmest brown eyes, just like the absolute puppy/guard dog of a man he is.

I keep going back and forth regarding what eye colour I think ACD Watson and Sherlock & Co.'s Watson has, because we never see them and haven't gotten a description of them. Or, with Sherlock & Co., at least not yet. I've always pictured him with either brown eyes or green eyes, so what do you lot think?

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Sign of Four Sherlock & Co. Thoughts and Spoilers!

Bloody hell, Mary's death actually made me cry. John talking to us about it like a parent explaining death to a child for the first time made me cry even more. The fact that John knows the show is a comforting thing for us listeners, and feeling like he has to apologise for the darker times made me cry. It made me feel like now it's our turn to be there for him. Mary's death was so much more impactful in this than any other adaptation that I've ever seen. We heard her get hurt, we listened to her get better and start to be happy again, and then she was gone. It feels like an actual death that you could experience in real life from a family member or friend. The realistic aspect of it and the sound of John crying made me actually need to sit in silence for a moment once I finished the episode just to process it. Damn it, this show is so good and I adore it so much. It has become my favourite adaptation, and I can't wait to hear more.

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I keep going back and forth regarding what eye colour I think ACD Watson and Sherlock & Co.'s Watson has, because we never see them and haven't gotten a description of them. Or, with Sherlock & Co., at least not yet. I've always pictured him with either brown eyes or green eyes, so what do you lot think?

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I couldn't have said it better myself. This is one of the huge reasons why The Hound of The Baskervilles is my favourite Sherlock Holmes story. We get to see more of Watson in the spotlight and have him take the lead when he and Holmes had always been a constant pair before, and we get shaken up with a new sense of something possibly supernatural with the characters openly feeling the very same with us. I love getting to read Sherlock be a bit out of his depth with his dear doctor out on that creepy moor. When I first read the story for the first time as a child, the mysterious hound reminded me of the Gwyllgi, so I love seeing someone else mention the old folklore ties.

As voted by the people, I'm offering my analysis on the Hound of the Baskervilles.

Firstly, and getting this out of the way, I adore the Hound of the Baskervilles. My chosen area of focus in my Master's Program was Gothic Literature, and this novel hits all of my favorite aspects of the field.

But there's more to it that I've noticed.

Chiefly among them being that most of the novel focuses on Watson, rather than Sherlock Holmes. While yes, it may have been a product of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being bitter that he was forced to bring Holmes back, for this novel in particular, I think it's brilliant.

It operates under the premise that this Hound, this creature, is a Fairy Tale come to life and stalks the moor to bring death to all of those of the Baskerville family. In this sense, Watson, as he normally is a vehicle for the audience, is also a purveyor of a Legend come to life.

Watson, even if Sherlock Holmes is never quite Gothic, never quite horror, becomes a Gothic protagonist the more he lives in Dartmoor and learns about the family. But he's an evolution of a Gothic protagonist, too.

By the 1890s, the Decadence movement primarily took up the reins of Gothic Literature, creating what we know as fin-de-siecle, or the turn of the century. Many protagonists of this age fell to sin, corruption, and hedonism, such as the case of Dorian Gray.

(I find it fitting to use Dorian Gray, as Oscar Wilde and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle met over a meal that lead to the creation of both A Study in Scarlet and the Picture of Dorian Gray.)

But Watson? He remains steadfast in his nature. He never falls to the era defining corruption and sin, and, even evolves in his deductive reasoning when he finally finds and reunites with Holmes towards the end of the novel.

Even still, he still is, a Gothic protagonist, alongside Sir Henry. They navigate the Baskerville home on the Moor, a crumbling, haunted place, ripe with ancestral sin.

That is what defined the time, even if Watson never falls to sin and corruption. Decadence and fin-de-siecle were defined by all things falling to sin, decay, and rot. What was once glamorous and majestic of the preceding Aesthetic movement had rotted away, underneath.

And, given that Holmes and Watson reunite towards the end of the novel, they yet again defy the era's expectation of Gothic Literature. Their presence is hope, a light in the corruption that drags at the Baskerville family name. While by definition, perhaps a deus ex machina, it works brilliantly.

After all, who else could you go to, when there's a beast of legend killing your family?

As for the Hound itself. It alone is one of the greatest images of late Gothic horror I know. A coal black hound, muzzle shrouded in flame and phosphorous and snapping at your heels... it indeed installs primal, Gothic terror. It makes you ask, what's real? What's not? Can I even trust my reality anymore?

And it's also something that Holmes, for all of his brain and power of the mind, does not know. It invokes a sense of delicious, morbid terror, that while amazed, our detective is just as in the dark as we are before the Hound is killed. And it again, creates another layer of vulnerability that we don't normally get to see.

Lastly, the Hound is also fantastic in invoking the Black Dog Fairy Tales of Europe and beyond. A lot of cultures have a tale, from the Cu-Sith of the Celts, to the Black Dogs roaming England. It strikes fear, because it is used as one of the bases for what we form logic around, as Fairy Tales and folklore so often do for children throughout history.

Perhaps Stapleton knew about this, and preyed upon it on purpose? It's fascinating to think about.

All in all, this is why I adore this novel. Gothic Literature, character evolution, and Fairy Tales...? It's brilliant.

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Sherlock "Bad Bitch" Holmes and John "Try Me" Watson, everyone

Unhinged

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John "Please Holmes let me into your heart" Watson and Sherlock "Please Watson never leave my side" Holmes.

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Does anyone else remember the absolute fever dream that was the movie The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother starring Gene Wilder and featuring Holmes and Watson in drag and Moriarty praying to an animatronic priest, or is it just me?

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Thanks for the tag! I've never done one of these before, so here it goes!

Colour: Brown Food: Buttered toast or macaroons Beverage: Earl grey tea Movie: Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion TV Show: Granada's Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett, BBC Sherlock, and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Book: Any of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but especially The Hound of The Baskervilles Animal: Mice or Hedgehogs Singer: I don't have one Song: Last Carnival by Norihiro Tsuru Time of day: Dusk if it's raining, midnight if it's not Song lyric: "Don't dare regret anything. Remember what you're here for. You just play your violin, and we will manage somehow." - Mitski Emoji: 🏳️‍⚧️ Tagging, for if you want to join! @fogdraws @holmosexualitea @anerdynerd

reblog with your favorite:

color: purple

food: french fries

beverage: dr pepper

movie: the parent trap

tv show: percy jackson and the olympians

book: neverseen (fight me on this🦅🦅💥💥)

animal: sloth

singer: toss up between taylor olivia maisie gracie and sabrina

song (atm): good luck, babe!

time of day: midnight

song lyric: address the letters to the holes in my butterfly wings, nothing’s forever, nothing’s as good as it seems

emoji: 🧐(im not kidding)

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He's just so *yippee!*, you know?

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Every time a new episode of Sherlock & Co. comes out, I can't help but get extremely excited for Mycroft to be eventually introduced and for The Hound of The Baskervilles case to happen. I really hope that they handle Mycroft's character well, like the Granada series did, and don't make he and Sherlock basically despise eachother in rivalry like BBC's Sherlock. And The Hound of The Baskervilles is just my favorite story in the original canon, and I can't help but beg and imagine Jonk hearing the legend of the Baskerville curse and saying "oh, so it's definitely werewolves, right?"

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So you know I'm a Scotson truther

I was looking at Clan Watson tartan for something and I found that their motto is "Inspirata Floruit", meaning "It Has Flourished Beyond Expectation"

And isn't that so Watson? Sad and injured and alone in London, not thinking himself much good for anything at all, but then he meets Holmes and LOOK AT HIM GO

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I find it so funny how modern adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories make the first meeting of Holmes and Watson so dramatic. In the original ACD canon when Watson meets Holmes, the silly little guy was just experimenting with blood samples. But in BBC Sherlock, it's a cold open to him whipping a corpse with a riding crop. And then in Sherlock & Co., perhaps the best example of what I mean, Holmes is running on a treadmill after stabbing himself and is still bleeding. Poor Watson is just constantly never getting a break after meeting this man.