#Mary Phelps

[roffe-otto]

*knock knock* guess who?

Travis' sisters ofc!

And for Mod idk why but my brain instantly said she's gonna have vibes similar to Gaz from Invader Zim

[kn-1013]

been recently coming up with this sally face au where the cult is still there, except like in real life, what they believe in is bullshit. there's no magic, because magic isn't real, they're just batshit, and the main focus of the story involves the sally gang + travis taking them down with the help of the FBI or something for all those murders.

jim johnson went into witness protection after witnessing the murders of greg, stacy and megan, which is why he isn't there. sandy was murdered by charley after stealing the book from the cult years later when sal moved in. rosenberg is the only survivor of that group that tried to take the cult down and has since lost hope of ever taking them down. terrance addison's entire family was murdered by the cult, and he's become severely agoraphobic as a result.

the ghosts are real, but they can't do much except tell their stories in the hopes that they'll be able to eventually move on. they tell their stories to the sally gang, who work on trying to piece together a timeline of events + evidence to send off and take the cult down.

when travis turns 18 and his father starts really indoctrinating him, he talks with the sally gang and agrees to help them take the cult down by joining and being their inside man, and they keep evidence of the cult's deeds in the secure shed-thing in the backyard of the college house.

when the cult gets taken down, jim johnson is able to come back and explain why he left, and travis and madeline testify against their father in court, betraying their sister mary, and throwing a number of prominent nockfellians into jail.

i like to keep travis as a middle child, so i'm imagining that when this is all done, he ends up having to take care of madeline through the rest of her high school days while they're living on their own now, getting insane amounts of therapy/exit counseling.

i don't know if i have the energy to write an entire fic for this but i'd really like to explore the idea, especially if other people are interested/willing to engage.

[stereorebel]

since travis is closeted gay at least one of his sisters has to be a closeted lesbian and they find comfort in one another. trust

[poorly-drawn-sallyface]

I need to see the average travie interaction with todd

HOMO!

Homo (n) (offensive): a homosexual person, typically a gay man. Homo- (prefix): same, derived from Greek "homos." Homo (n): an animal in the genus Homo, a human, derived from Latin "homo."

[luciens-worms]

Decided to share my Cramp Twins Next Gen AU :D

This Is Lake! She is Luciens' daughter and oldest child. Around the age of 8, her parents got divorced, and Lucien gained full custody of Lake and her two younger brothers. She loves the Swamp and all the animals that live in it.

Here Is Lucien In this AU! In the AU, Lucien is an 8th grade science teacher. His divorced wife is some random woman he met during college. After he got divorced, he and his kids moved in with his good friend Tony Parsons. The two later started dating and got married soon after.

Here is Tony in this AU! He mainly stays home and takes care of the swamp. He and Lake are very close. The two spend a lot of time in the swamp together. He is the main reason why Lake loves the swamp so much.

These are Lakes younger brothers! Their names are Troy and Timothy. Troy annoys Lake a lot, and the two don't really get a long well. While Timothy admires Lake and looks up to her a lot. Troy is 11, while Timothy is 6.

Our story begins when Lake is 14 and entering 8th grade. This means that Lucien will be her science teacher, and Lake finds that to be the most embarrassing thing in the whole world. Each student in the science class is assigned a lab partner. Lakes lab partner is a girl named Willow.

Willow is a 14 year old goth girl who loves poetry and ravens. After bonding with each other during lunch, they soon become close friends. This Causes them to want to start hanging out at each other's houses. However, what Lake doesn't know is that Willow is actually her cousin. And that Willow is the daughter of Wayne Cramp, her uncle and her father's distant brother.

[Note: I haven't figured out who Willows mom is yet. I think her mom would be present in Willows' life and live with Willow and Wayne. Conflicted with making Willows mom either a random woman or Joanne]

Other Characters:

Molly - She's Mari's daughter and Lakes' best friend since kindergarten. I'd say that she's pretty optimistic. She's 13 years old.

Kimberly and Kendall - Wendy's daughters. I'd imagine that Wendy would take over Hazchem after her father retires. Kimberly and Kendalls father is probably some random guy. Kimberly is 14, while Kendall is 10.

This is what I have so far :D. I haven't made all of the adult designs yet, but I'll post them when I finish them.

[nickysfacts]

Bralette: when your DIY project leads you to creating one of the comfiest undies ever invented!

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[hell-heron]

I think Percy Phelps and Mary Sutherland are some of my favorite clients bc they hit a very similar characterisation note that I like, which is Dumb Of Ass + slightly annoying/flawed in an histrionic way but however EXTREMELY proactive, it gives such an unique charming flavor to the case that really works for me in distinguishing them in a comparatively homogenous mass of clients

[black-plumbob]

[jmpphoto]

Mary Jane Falls by James Marvin Phelps Via Flickr: Mary Jane Falls Spring Mountains Kyle Canyon Nevada May 2023 Monday morning hike to Mary Jane Falls in the Spring Mountains. The water is really flowing as the winter snowpack begins to melt. The hike to Mary Jane Falls is a must-see for anyone looking to experience the natural beauty of Nevada's rugged landscapes! The Mary Jane Falls Trail is fairly strenuous, climbing almost 1,100 feet in 1.6 miles. The trail starts at the bottom of Kyle Canyon, which at this point is deep, heavily forested, and surrounded by beautiful gray limestone cliffs. In the first 0.7 miles, the trail climbs 450 feet, then turns right into a side canyon and climbs another 650 feet to the falls in the remaining 0.9 miles. The falls are seasonal; the best flows occur during spring when the snow is melting. Trail description from birdandhike.com (www.birdandhike.com/Hike/Mt_Char/MJ_Falls/_Mary_Jane.htm)

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Pictures Taken Before Disaster

Cramp Twins 1x2: Bouncy Bob

[thefollyflaneuse]

Cothelstone Tower, Somerset

Cothelstone was an ancient seat of the Stawel family. In the second half of the 18th century it was the property of Mary Stawel (1726-1780), the sole surviving direct descendant. In recognition of her ancient lineage, George III made her a baroness in her own right in 1760, with the title to pass to her sons from her first marriage to Henry Bilson Legge, Earl of Dartmouth. After the death of her…

[g3arb0y]

can somebody update travis' wiki page?? it still says his only family is kenneth and "unnamed mother" but in the sally face "art lore and more" book it reveals his moms name and the fact he has sisters. (Kaya Phelps, his mom, Madeline and Mary Phelps, his sisters)

[kn-1013]

so now we know that travis has two sisters, but we're given nothing regarding how old they are compared to him :pensive:

my immediate thought is that travis is the youngest because he gives younger brother vibes. it'd also be good in a narrative sense because it would allow him to serve as a stand-in for the audience, so that both him and the audience learn about the truth of the phelps family together, and what his sisters have been helping their father with. imagining the feelings of shock and betrayal here is really good.

though, i am partial to travis being the middle child as well, where the lineup is (oldest to youngest) mary, travis and madeline. mary might be distant, haunted by everything she knows about their family, while travis is angry, and madeline is clueless and confused. maybe travis tries to protect her from their father as best he can, or maybe he ends up taking out some of his frustrations on her too. travis feeling a responsibility to protect his younger sister would add a lot of depth to his character.

[ragnell]

It's be interesting if the woman from "I've been defeated four times, 3 by men and once by a woman" was actually EFFIE because the Irene situation is arguably a draw. At the very least, he ran Irene off the board. But with Effie, Holmes outright told Watson to bring it up to remind him he got things wrong.

When it comes to courage and resilience, there's a lot of women in the canon who don't get their due when they should. Emilia in the Red Circle, the unnamed woman in Engineer's Thumb and Anna from the Golden Pince-Nez showed superhuman endurance.

Helen Stoner walked away from an abusive situation that had killed her sister, which had to take a ton of strength.

Annie Phelps from the Naval Treaty and Lady Hilda from the Second Stain both are striking characters, made moreso from all having the same plot hook which diverges based mainly on THEIR presence and their actions in the story. Both are active, determined, caring women that impress Holmes.

But the characters shouldn't need to be strong to be notable, or at least not morally/physically strong and active. One of the best defined women in a story is poor Miss Mary Sutherland from A Case of Identity. Lady Frances Carfax is similarly well-defined, but has a much darker end. Both of these women leap off the page without having to be active, and are easy to contrast with the other women in the canon who have better luck.

But the absolute biggest badass of the canon, for my money, is Senora Durando from Wisteria Lodge and it's a shame we very rarely see her in adaptations and pastiches. If Isadora Klein is the femme fatale a lot of men see in Irene Adler, Senora Durando is the daring spy a lot of writers try to make Irene Adler into.

A lot of writers interpret the sentimentality Holmes has for Adler as romantic interest, so they love to ignore that she found the love of her life in someone else and stick her into that love interest role. Then they make her into Isadora Klein or Senora Durando to make her more interesting, because in canon she's a singer and a socialite and notable for her mental acuity, not her heroics or villainy. They want Holmes with a woman and they'd rather a dominatrix or a superspy than a rock star for some reason. Never mind that canonically he is The Aro Ace and she has a soulmate, or even that an asexual detective who hates his fame and a hypersexual rock star would be a far more interesting dynamic than the cliche one they keep using, this is what those writers want. It's very tiresome, and irritating because I LIKE Irene and I hate to see her twisted out of character over and over and over.

This is what we lose when they write in service to a romantic formula.

The Women of the Sherlock Holmes Canon: Some random thoughts

Much as I love Irene Adler, I can’t help but feel that the fandom’s fixation on her does a disservice to the surprisingly large number of other formidable females in the Canon; asides from Isadora Klein of the understandably unpopular “The Three Gables”, who actually is the femme fatale people mistakenly believe Irene is*, we’ve the ferocious Kitty Winter and icy Violet de Merville (granted she’s a dupe, but her determination to cling to her delusions are rather impressive) from “The Illustrious Client”; the unnamed avenger of “Charles Augustus Milverton”; Effie Munro of “The Yellow Face”, the one person who unequivocally pulled one over Holmes; Violet Hunter, whom Watson himself ‘ships with Holmes, Elsie Cubitt of “The Dancing Man”, who had the wherewithal to escape her criminal family and withstand Abe Slaney’s attempts to intimidate her into returning, and bore that burden alone lest her husband’s family honor be besmirched (which seems a bit weird nowadays, but I imagine would’ve been viewed more positively back then); Lady Mary Brackenstall of “The Abbey Grange”, who fooled Inspector Hopkins and almost fooled Holmes into buying her cover-story for the killing of her husband…that’s just a sampling of the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Really, the non-Irene women of the Canon deserve way more respect. Huh, I wonder if that could be a hook for a future adaptation? Like, I dunno, Mary Watson deciding to look into all these other beautiful ladies her husband is gushing about, and ends up forming some kind of support group or something? As an odd side note, is it weird that, despite my distaste for the idea of a heterosexual Holmes**, I’ve long felt that I would be willing to give props to an adaptation that had him romantically linked with Violet Hunter or Maud Bellamy or one of the other Canonical ladies other than Irene to which people have made arguments Holmes was involved with? *I believe she’s probably the only one in the canon, although some others come close.

**Dude is 100% ace; Doyle (or Watson if you prefer) practically says so, or as close as Victorian/Edwardian terminology and propriety allows. More than once even.

[luciens-worms]

Wayne & Mari for the headcanons post?

Omg!!

Wayne:

☆ Even though he doesn't like nature, he has a soft spot for sharks and alligators

☆ He's a thrill seeker and loves Rollercoasters

☆ He always wants to go on the biggest coasters at theme parks

☆ Despite not liking school, he's actually really good at math and science related thinge

☆ However, engineering and wood shop classes will always be his favorite

☆ He hates reading, and he finds it boring

☆ His favorite genre of music is Nu Metal

☆ His style is very reminiscent of metalheads and punks

☆ He struggles to make friends his age because of his roughness

☆ He's always had a stronger connection to older people

☆ His fear of the Swamp comes from when his parents would threaten to leave him there if he acted out

☆ When he's older, he ends up getting a bunch of tattoos of his arms, chest, and back

☆ He grows up to become a mechanic

☆ He's a Stoner in his teens

☆ Wayne surprisingly doesn't care for sports

☆ except for wrestling

☆ I imagine Horrace tried to force Wayne to play for the schools football team

☆ This was probably an attempt to get Mr. Winkles respect

☆ Wayne plays both guitar and drums

☆ He likes energy drinks

Mari:

☆ She's a bookworm

☆ Her family is very religious

☆ However, she herself is secretly an atheist

☆ She's a lesbian and has a crush on Patsy

☆ She feels like an outcast in her family

☆ Her older siblings bully her, similar to how Wayne bullies Lucien

☆ However, Calvin and Judith bully her verbally while Wayne builles Lucien more physically

☆ Her dad has an alcohol problem

☆ She used to sleep in a coat closet as a small child

☆ She wasn't allowed to have her own room until she was 9

☆ Her parents have removed her door at least once

☆ Her style is something called Fairy Grunge

Which is this

☆ She wears tons of jewelry

☆ She loves Moths and Dragonflys

☆ She's an artist

☆ She's terrible at sports and hates them

☆ However, she does volleyball in high school to try to hang out with Patsy more

☆ She becomes a high school English teacher when she grows up

☆ She's has her own fairy garden behind her house as an adult

☆ She enjoys hot chocolate

[holmesillustrations]

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Paget Eliminations

Other Artist Eliminations

Full captions and details for each illustration below the cut:

All Sidney Paget illustrations are for the Strand Jul 1891 - Dec 1904

"Then he stood before the fire." Scandal in Bohemia Characters: Watson, Holmes

“Lestrade shrugged his shoulders.” Boscombe Valley Characters: Lestrade, Alice Turner, Watson, Holmes

“She went straight to her uncle.” Beryl Coronet Characters: Mr Holder, Mary Holder, Watson

"He burst into convulsive sobbing." Blue Carbuncle Characters: Ryder, Holmes, Watson

"I got one in with my stick." Cardboard Box Characters: Alec Fairbairn, Jim Browner, Mary Browner

"Good heavens! What is the matter?" Reigate Squires Characters: Cunninghams, Watson, Col Hayter, Insp Forrester, Holmes

"Fast asleep in his box." Naval Treaty Characters: Percy Phelps, Commissionaire Tangey

"He scribbled the appointment on his shirt cuff." Hound of the Baskervilles Characters: Dr Mortimer, Holmes, Watson

"Really, sir, this is a very extraordinary question." Hound of the Baskervilles Characters: Watson, Laura Lyons

"My first movement, Watson," said he, "must be in the direction of Blackheath." Norwood Builder Characters: Holmes, Watson

"Holmes examined it in his minute way." Black Peter Characters: Hopkins, Holmes, Watson

"Holmes picked up the key and looked at it for an instant." Golden Pince-Nez Characters: Watson, Hopkins, Holmes, Prof. Coram