#Granada Holmes

[pikapiqzy]

the guy refuses to shake hands with Watson

and Holmes really takes it personally

our favorite detective and his GFY energy

[moroniccats]

Ok I have a confession to make…I genuinely did not realize that colonel Dorking’s lover was a man at first, I just thought ‘damn, that lady kinda overdid it on the makeup.’

Can we all say thank you to Granada Holmes for showing Holmes and Watson reacting this way to a blackmailer bringing up how he destroyed a gay man’s life?

[fruitviking]

I love the Granada adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles (did I want to see David Burke give it a go? Yes. Do I adore Edward Hardwicke in his Country Watson fashion? Very much also yes) for one specific reason

You have Kristoffer Tabori as Sir Henry Baskerville, aged 36 (he was born in 1952 and Granada's Hound came out in 1988), and then Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke aged 54 and 56 respectively, already older than their characters ought to be with Hound taking place around 1888(?) and Holmes retiring at 50 in the early 1900s

And this age gap completely alters the dynamic of the three characters; there's still a level of camaraderie, and respect for Sir Henry’s station, but otherwise it shifts into a parental, almost fatherly level of protectiveness on Holmes and Watson's part

They are much older than Sir Henry, older than Dr Mortimer, older than the Stapletons (Beryl Stapleton's actress was only 22!), and they become the de facto guardians of every victim caught in this terrible mystery

We get some lovely examples near the end, when Sir Henry has just been attacked, and Holmes holds him, rocks him, and assures him that everything is alright

Holmes, who doesn't really embrace people other than those he's particularly close to (e.g. when he returns in The Empty House and Mrs Hudson hugs him and cries)

Then, when he and Watson find Beryl Stapleton and rescue her, he does the same - and, at this point, these two have never met before! But we know how Holmes has a tendency to adopt young women in peril

I don't know, I just think it's neat

[sakanayasan414]

My dear Watson my dear Watson my dear Watson I can’t get over my dear Watson shut tf up and kiss already

[no-where-new-hero]

Jeremy Brett & Natasha Richardson as Sherlock Holmes & Violet Hunter in "The Copper Beeches" (1985)

[mimirgato]

read that as "stupid in scarlet"

flatmates…friends…whatever you calling them

[selcouthself]

holmes holding/embracing people...

he's so gentle🥹😩

[queerclarkkent]

Watson Looking at Holmes like he is the whole world tm moodboard

Images: Watson looking at Holmes smoking, from afar

Watson looking at Holmes smoking, from up close

Watson watching Holmes think

(A three pipe problem)

Watson tending to Holmes' minor head injuries

Text: say that again? I'm sorry. I got distracted by your little manerisms, how you pronounce certain words, and the way your eyes light up when you talk about something you're passionate about, and started my day dreaming about spending my life making you laugh, and feel loved and cherished

They are beautiful, and gay, and I will hear nothing against on it

[hottopic-wannabe]

guys am i tweaking or did they change Watson's actor mid-series

[el-ffej]

Headcanon:

Holmes has just shot a 'V' in the sitting room wall with his pistol.

Watson enters the room, perplexed

An astonishingly angry Mrs. Hudson can be heard ascending the stairs.

Holmes turns around, walks over to Watson and hands him the gun.

Holmes then retires to his bedroom.

Also I found this picture of Watson (Edward Hardwicke) holding a gun like that with that look on his face and it is one of the most perfect Doctor Watson images ever produced.

He looks like Sherlock Holmes either asked to borrow the gun, or just handed it to him and hasn't acknowledged that it's a loaded gun.

[artaudmatic]

"Nobody writes of Holmes and Watson without love." - John le Carré 

[arcanumamorem]

text posts

[lisbeth-kk]

Magnificent!

[sakanayasan414]

Ace me who could never see Holmes as someone who would voluntarily have sex with anyone, even with John vs. Johnlock fan me who believes Holmes can make an exception for Watson.

[foolishxprincipalitee]

oh my god they were flatmates

(Edward Hardwicke edition)