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I have just read somewhere that Benedict Cumberpatch is the first actor to play Sherlock Holmes who has a stranger name than Sherlock Holmes which is shocking as Basil Rathbone is literally right there.

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Dare I add these lyrics from ‘Come Into the Water’ (Mitski):

And the whole song basically

Joy Sullivan, from Instructions for Traveling West: Poems; “Instructions for Traveling West”

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You're Sherlock Holmes.

You're unique, and you know it. You're one of the smartest people in the world, and you take pride in it. You refine your skills, use them and make a living out of it like no one else could. It's not always good, though. You don't fit with others. No one truly sees or understands you — and at this point, you're sure no one ever can.

You move in with a new flatmate. You have him figured out pretty much from the moment you met him: he's quite simple, really, there's not much to learn. It's not long before you know his every habit, every expression — his expressions are so easy to read, the man is an open book. He's good company, though. And he doesn't seem to mind your eccentricities, so that's nice. You bond, somewhat.

And then — then, he surprises you for the first time. And the second. And the third. He's smarter than you thought, braver than you thought, more loyal, more stubborn than you ever realised, and as you live on together for longer and longer, as you grow closer and closer, he doesn't ever stop surprising you. Just as you think that this time, surely you know all there is to know about him, it turns out there's a new side to him you've never yet experienced. Just as you think you can always predict how he'd behave, he turns to do something unexpected. You spend years together, he's your closest friend, your other half, and there's still so much to learn about him, you know your study will never be complete.

And just as you realise how you can never truly learn all there is to know about him, he learns all there is to know about you. Your habits are unique, strange, unconventional, and he knows them all. Your expressions are unreadable, misleading at times, and he can read every one of them. Your moods are fast-changing, and he anticipates them, and knows how to deal with each one. He knows your opinions, your tastes, what you'll find interesting, what'll make you bored and irritated. At times, you think he knows you better than you know yourself.

He understands you. You never thought anyone could — but then, John Watson always surprised you.

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sherlock holmes punted professor moriarty’s ugly ass off a waterfall then he and doctor watson went for a jolly holiday around europe for 2 years drinkin hot toddies in chalets and having picnics in meadows and wearing too much velvet to the opera i DO make the rules and i WILL throw you in jail if you disagree

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He was a man of habits, narrow and concentrated habits, and I had become one of them.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the Creeping Man

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Bold words coming from you, Sherlock.

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It is tempting to think that Sherlock Holmes was so emotionally repressed and secretive and obviously not great at handling the feelings of others (making Watson believe him dead or dying several times) because his own author did not love him enough. Childhood trauma. Deep in his heart he knew that all the time ACD spent with him he'd rather write about dinosaurs, and that turns a man bitter. And looking at some adaptions I think this is still ongoing - some creators still do not love Sherlock Holmes. They want his name, but they don't want him. Pleeeaaase let Sherlock Holmes be with creators who love himmmmm pleeeeaaaaaase my poor silly little guyyyyyyy

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Just started reading Sherlock Holmes and all the adaptations are wrong. This man is a delight. He gets excited about hemoglobin and is ecstatic at the thought of Watson as a roommate. He purposefully forgets how the solar system works so he has more room in his brain for crime. He shows Watson the dirt stains on his trousers and he can tell what part of London they come from based on color and consistency. (As far as i can tell Watson didn't ask, Sherlock just gets back from walks and tells Watson about the stains unprompted.) The text specifically says "Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with." Why does every adaptation make him unpleasant and rude, he's literally just eccentric. He's such a goober, I love him.

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Finally I’ve finished reading Rasputin’s Revenge and when I say it was wild from start to finish, like, Rex Stout levels of insane fanfic.

Major spoilers ahead, not too much about the actual plot but the links to the canon.

Holmes’ son, who was originally called Auguste Lupa (no idea where that name came from) is revealed to actually be called John Hamish Adler Holmes. In other words, he’s called John Holmes.

John.

Holmes.

So. Even in a forced heteronormative AU where Holmes and Irene Adler (NORTON) have a child, there’s still a slight sense of Johnlock? Interesting, very interesting. Almost like. It’s unavoidable. And an integral part to every Holmes story. I don’t know, maybe.

But here’s the insane bit.

Wondering why Rasputin wants revenge on Holmes’ son? Me too. For the entire book until the last ten pages where it’s revealed that Rasputin is Moriarty’s SON. ??????

We also get a nice bit of actual Holmes and Watson, and they’re surprisingly canon accurate considering Holmes is… straight. Another important bit is that they’re living in Sussex together. Again with the unavoidable Johnlock implications. Also, when sharing a hotel room, Holmes insists Watson sleeps on the couch and he’ll take a chair, and to be perfectly honest, if ACD wrote that, I would of course assume he was lying and Watson was covering up the fact that he and Holmes slept on the couch together but it wasn’t written by ACD so I’ll… try to ignore it. And, since that section includes an attempt at a heartfelt conversation between Holmes and his son about him being an absent father, it is probably important that Holmes isn’t spooning Watson (or vice versa).

Excuse the bad photograph but I complete forgot that I owned this pastiche (or, as I like to call it, glorified fanfic) so I’m starting to read it now.

I’m going to be perfectly honest, just the titles alone read like crackfics so naturally I’m very… intrigued.

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I find it funny that there's a bunch of books about Sherlock Holmes having a daughter and now there's going to be some television show about Sherlock Holmes having a daughter and all I can think is Irene Adler would never stop vomiting.

Also, can anyone grow a pair of balls and just let the character be gay? I mean come on. 😂

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‘Dr. Watson Speaks Out’, A.A. Milne, 1929

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Watson: Holding hands at times of crisis means love. Got that? Holding hands is love

Watson: So Holmes and I were nervous or scared on a case and we held hands.

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Update: I have now read Son of Holmes (the book is split into two novels) and it was… interesting. Augustus Lupa, who is the son, is probably not my favourite character as he reads like an inaccurate version of Holmes, being very misogynistic and rude, but other than that the actual story was quite enjoyable. It was an espionage story, with a strangely heavy focus on beer, and it didn’t always make a lot of sense, but that’s quite accurate to ACD’s style.

Also- unfortunately I think the son is Holmes’ and Irene Adler’s, which I don’t love since… she was already married and had no interest in Holmes but anyway.

Excuse the bad photograph but I complete forgot that I owned this pastiche (or, as I like to call it, glorified fanfic) so I’m starting to read it now.

I’m going to be perfectly honest, just the titles alone read like crackfics so naturally I’m very… intrigued.

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Holmes: my dear Watson :c i'm so sorry i put you through an extremely dangerous situation (again)

Watson: that was the best day of my life and I'm going to write about it in my diary with a glitter pen

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Today would have been Jeremy Brett's 91st birthday. Happy Birthday, Jeremy.

In honour of the day, I'm going to share a lovely story from Edward Hardwicke that was included in Bending the Willow:

"Jeremy's favourite outfit in which one usually found him was a black cashmere sweater and white cotton trousers. One day I was arriving at the studio and Jeremy was getting out of a taxi. As he leant forward to pay the cabby, the waistband of this particular much-laundered pair of white cotton trousers parted conpany with the legs, which fell to the floor. Jeremy then struggled into Wardrobe where his laughter could have been heard in Liverpool. Whenever I think of him - I think of him laughing. I cannot pay him a greater compliment than that."