#↷ molly hooper. ꒰ aesthetic. ꒱

[chanelslibrary]

🔍𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙳𝚊𝚢!🔎

cheers to my favorite literary detective—Benedict Cumberbatch’s version of course!

my favorite slides:

✵sherlolly: sherlock & molly are one of my OTPs, and in my head they are canon!

✵sherlock’s strengths & weaknesses: john observed sherlock and complied a list of things he knows and doesn’t know—I find this hilarious. this genius man doesn’t know the earth revolves around the sun!

[villainoustm]

molly tag dump!

[storyuntrue]

TAG DROP! MOLLY HOOPER.

[noblehcart]

"No shit sherlock."

Aesthetic: Enola Holmes (@emberglowed) & Molly Hooper (@noblehcart)

[o0katiekins0o]

Fans of Mark Gatiss know that he's a hardcore horror girly and his most formative experiences of the genre is with the high aesthetic atmospheric horror of the Hammer films.

Which makes the vibe of BBC Sherlock make all the more sense given that plot-wise it was effectively a police procedural/detective drama (to quote Honest Trailers "It's 'Law and Order' rules, folks!") But it never /feels/ like that while you're watching it.

It's because it borrows so much of the visual styling, story beats, and even sound design from atmospheric horror films of the 60s and 7Os while telling a modern version of a Victorian era character.

The mid-century aesthetics are almost like a stepping stone between the two time periods that helps it gel together.

BBC Sherlock isn't just a modern retelling of the Sherlock Holmes books- it's a horror retelling as well. And the ultimate proof of this concept lies in the only totally original regular character in the show: Molly Hooper.

If we could just start with the aesthetic of Molly Hooper...

Feminine colors in modest cuts- Fashionable in a very mid-century vintage way and in stark contrast to basically every other character. And it largely goes unnoticed at how differently Molly is styled because at the time "Twee" fashion was seeing a surge in popularity and Louise Brealey was already pretty much on the vanguard of that trend in her personal style before being cast on the show.

But costumes are choices, deliberate ones made by creators. I think this choice was meant to evoke a specific trope in all our minds.

Molly is indeed the only original character in a show the creators swore would not have any original characters. And why would they? How would they? Throw new characters into an adaptation that has a cult following that spans longer than a century?

What kind of original character could hold up against literal literary icons?!

One built on a classic trope, Mark Gatiss's very own favorite horror trope: The Final Girl.

We almost know her right away when we see her- the clever, resourceful, modest (brunette!) and almost as soon as she turns up, she's unwittingly used by the central villain to get close to Sherlock.

She aids Sherlock in his clandestine activities and seems to be his source for the body parts he experiments with and earns his trust enough to play a central role in faking his death. Then ultimately is trapped unknowingly in a SAW style house of horrors scenario wherein every other participant up to that point had been brutally killed.

She lived to tell the tale.

She ticks every box on the Final Girl check list, right down to the cardigan, high ponytail and tweed skirt of the smart one in a group of young campers who *doesn't* have shower sex while there's a mad killer on the loose.

If the story were told from her perspective, it would be a horror and she would be the final girl.

Her presence as a character cements the horror atmosphere and makes it feel natural instead of corny but also doesn't oversell it past the point of overshadowing the detective genre aesthetics.

In fact she blends in so well she, and everything she represents, almost slips passed the audience unnoticed- the way all final girls survive.

[youareallowedchips]

sexuality/gender headcanons about the sherlock gang

18+ (not really nsfw) content under the cut ♡

post author is bi & nonbinary! these are just my own personal hcs that i keep in mind when i write fic, it's 100% fine if you don't agree c:

sherlock holmes

homosexual, grey-aromantic transmasculine.

sherlock, despite public perceptions, has an absolutely average sex drive, but had never really felt romantic attraction in his life until he met john, and he can't imagine falling in love with anyone else. he spent a fair bit of time on hookup apps prior to meeting john. sherlock is KINKY.

he's known he felt more aligned with masculinity since he was very small, but never felt the need to go on hormones or have surgery, because he finds society's expectations of trans people restrictive and doesn't want surgical recovery to slow him down. he binds (sometimes unsafely, much to john's annoyance), and it does wonders for his dysphoria.

john watson

allo, bi cis man.

dating sherlock from the great game until the fall, and after mary's death. john's romantic attraction STRONGLY leans towards women and femmes, but sherlock is The One for him. he had a purely physical relationship with sholto when he was still in the army.

john's sex drive is actually super high.

mycroft holmes

allo, gay cis man

a lot of people assume mycroft is aro/ace, because he never seems to get himself involved with anyone. mycroft is married to his work, in the truest sense of the word, and simply doesn't have time for sex or relationships.

mycroft is in a bonded pair with his right hand.

greg lestrade

allo, straight cis man. (token cishet white man!)

dating molly, unofficially just after aSiB, officially asked her out in tSoT, when they were tipsy at john & mary's wedding. greg is super comfortable with his sexuality/masculinity and he's experimented plenty. before john & sherlock got together, he kissed john in the pub once, just to see if he'd like it. he had a fling with a bloke in police academy when he was young, but decided in the end that dudes weren't for him. he appreciates beauty in all genders, and isn't afraid to point out an aesthetically pleasing man. he's also VERY much an ally, most of his friends (and his girlfriend,, uwu) are queer. he fiercly protects his queer friends and coworkers.

greg is an absolute HORNDOG. filthy filthy filthy. he'd be doin' it every day if it was up to him. he's a pleasure/service dom and

molly hooper

demisexual, bi, cis woman.

dating greg. is pretty much split 50/50 in her attraction, maybe with a slight lean towards men. even though she's shy, her sexuality is one of the few things she's open and proud about.

mary morstan

haven't really thought about it much, but if there was a gun to my head, i'd say shes a bi cis woman?

mary doesn't like to label anything about herself, much less her sexuality. she goes with the flow.

(i don't think about her much bc i don't like her, also amanda abbington is an unspeakable terf)

irene adler

allo, lesbian cis woman.

irene didn't come out until her late 20s, struggled with A LOT of comphet, explaining what she thought was an "attraction" to sherlock. they're seriously just bros now, though.

irene actually couldnt really care less one way or another about how often she has sex, but she knows she's good at it and can use it to make money.

sally donovan

allo, bi trans woman

sally is t4t, and dating anderson. she lives stealth, almost nobody knows other than

philip anderson

allo, straight trans man

dating sally. anderson is quite insecure in his trans identity and used to be truscum, explaining the animosity between him and sherlock. he blamed himself a lot after the fall, and took a long hard look at himself and his politics, helped along by a kick up the arse from sally.

[notagarroter]

I really like how they style Molly. I don't think she was ever meant to be a fashionable character or even be perceived as one in the show it self.

Eh, what is fashion? Molly's style is clearly meant to be cute and quirky, and it seems clear that (disregarding her Christmas party outfit, which was a calculated ploy) she dresses primarily for her own pleasure and comfort.

But I guess Some People in this fandom think that if a female character doesn't dress as a sexy vixen all the time, that means she has FAILED AS A WOMAN.

[my-head-is-an-animal]

Sherlock Aesthetics: Dr Molly Hooper

[lorrrrien]

We are beautiful and very dangerous. 🔥

[aesthetics-for-you]

Tried something new today...hope y'all like it!

(Click for quality)

Please like and reblog <3

If anyone wants an aesthetic or mood board just follow and send your theme in the asks :))

[figmentofherimagination]

Sherlolly / Adele lyrics

[royalchaos99]

𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 11𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮🔎

[noblehcart]

@walkingshcdow   bc i knew you’d appreciate these icons of molly reacting to the infamous ‘vats’ scene

[athenaholmes]

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[itsgreglestrade]

Hospital!AU where Sherlock Holmes, a brilliant but arrogant doctor, accidentally bumps into Molly Hooper, the quirky new pathologist.

Will she be able to warm his cold heart?