#acd ooc

[ash-clans-destiny]

WELCOME TO ASHCLAN.

Hello! This blog is run by @blue-gears and I go by she/her.

This blog will follow the path of Murkpaw and Mosspaw as they rebuild Ashclan. This blog is a clangen blog!! that means that everything i draw is mostly based off of events that have happened in game.

Inspired by @/fog-and-the-frost, @/dawn-clan and @/fallenclan

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#acd moon <- for moonly updates

#acd asks <- for questions sent to the characters

#acd ooc <- for out of character questions

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without further ado, here are the two cats i’m starting with!

updates might be a little inconsistent depending on how busy things may get, or if i have any other projects i’m working on.

[spooksicl-e]

little granada!holmes drawing i did as a request over on insta:]

[bruisedconscience-reblogs]

have y'all heard about fogtown puppet sherlock holmes

i need you to have heard about fogtown puppet sherlock holmes!

[noxhominis]

My Dear Holmes,

You are insane. You are a madman and I am fully aware that you are not quite right in the head. After all, what sane man would light a lamp with poison powder in it, fully aware that it could kill him? What sane man would live in a stone hut just to solve a mystery? What sane man would refuse to shake the hand of a king? What sane man would send his only companion away when he was smart enough to understand that he would need all the help he could get in the moment? What sane man would rob an influential gentleman just because he wanted to help a distressed person in need? What sane man would pretend to be engaged to a girl just for information? What sane man would waste a sizable amount of money to buy a failing medical practice from his friend by proxy? What sane man would— never mind. You are not sane, are you? Never have been. And for that I am glad. If the sane men are either criminals or cowards or fools, I am glad you are not sane. Because sane men do not bring about change and revolution. Insane ones do. Because sane men turn the other way when they see people in need. They ignore and pretend and lie so that it does not offend their delicate sensibilities. You are not sane. I am thankful for that. I do not know what I might do if you one day decide suddenly that you want to be one. You are brilliant and insane and I would not damn you to normalcy. Besides, my dearest friend, I think we make a good match. After all, I have never been particularly sane either, have I?

Yours,

John Watson.

[thegoodnessofprovidence]

Consulting Librarian

In the depths of some alternate universe, Holmes is a reference librarian. His science of deduction would be refocused on the science of classification, identification, and information.

He would have devoured the texts A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library, Decimal Classification and Relativ Index for arranging, cataloging, and indexing public and private libraries and for pamflets, clippings, notes, scrap books, index rerums, etc., eagerly awaiting news from the United States and corresponding with colleagues abroad as the development and research of such a system took place.

He may have started at the library of the British Museum, but his consulting status would have been achieved in the form of his interest in bringing information science to the public rather than to private patrons, specific social classes, and other such restrictions on library institutions of that era.

His intricate knowledge of recorded crimes, periodicals, newspapers, and other such information would make him a valuable resource to certain Inspectors, should they think to inquire at the city library.

There is more but I stand on the precarious edge of descending into library history hell with all the development around them in the 19th century

[curiosityshop]

“I think,” comes Holmes’ gentle intonation, “there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to some extent, justify private revenge. I have made up my mind.”

He stands from his chair, crossing to @guttersniper . He considers the boy for a long moment before crouching down and laying a hand on his shoulder, offering a soft, tender smile.

“My sympathies are with the criminal rather than with the victim, and I will not handle this case.”

His free hand comes up to thumb away a smidge of dirt on his cheek.

“Come. A bath, a hot meal, and a night by the fire, I think.”

[marbleboa]

Man giving Damian a crisis of faith was literally my worst decision for myself. Like ‘hi Casper how can we make Mr. Fanatic Hypocritical Martyr Complex Cocktail even HARDER to write’

[221beesbakerstreet]

//ooc// Hi, this is a side blog created for the express purpose of me pretending to be Holmes and Watson sharing a Tumblr account. This is Immortal Holmes and Watson theory so for the uneducated: due to various inconsistencies in the text some of us have concluded that, for Some Unknown Reason That May Or May Not Have Had To Do With Watson's Works, Holmes and Watson don't age right and are still living today. I may make a post delving deeper into it at some point on my main blog, @immortal-in-their-way but for now that's enough. //End ooc//

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday: May 17/24

Happy May Long Weekend, everyone!! It's the unofficial start to Canadian Summer, so let's start it off right with some fantastic reads to enjoy out at the cottage! Be sure to give the boosted fic some extra love too!!!

Love y'all!

SIGNAL BOOSTING

Wolfhound by KtwoNtwo (M, 20,783 w., 9 Ch. || ACD Canon || Canon-Typical Violence, Werewolves, Period-Typical Homophobia) – The Baskerville family curse has allegedly taken a victim and Sherlock Holmes has taken the case. Unfortunately the case itself threatens to expose Dr. Watson's most closely held secrets. Secrets that he has somehow managed to conceal so far from Holmes. A retelling of the Hound of the Baskervilles in a universe where Lycanthropy is not only known but is also a death sentence.

RECENT MFLs

Other Outlets by PlantsAreNeat (T, 1,052 w., 1 Ch. || Molly/John, Sexual Tension, Relief, Unrequited Love) – Molly and John have something in common, and one late night, they figure it out.

The Quiet Man by suitesamba (M, 7,890 w., 3 Ch. || S3 Fix It, Past John/Mary, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Blind Sherlock) – John Watson has been separated from Sherlock Holmes for most of nineteen years when Mycroft Holmes whisks him away to see his brother and convince him to come home.

Beyond the Bay by urfavv_strawwberrywinter4 (E, 25,697 w., 5 Ch. || American AU || Case Fic, Possessive / Obsessive Sherlock, BAMF Johnlock, Top Sherlock, Bottom John, American John, Hand Jobs, Anal, Dirty Talk, John's Jumpers, Protective Johnlock, Jealous Sherlock, Love Confessions, Kissing, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending) – Recently retired police officer, John Watson, stumbles upon an odd man named Sherlock Holmes when traveling by train on his way home. He concludes the detective is insane after having only one conversation with him, but can't help but be intrigued. Ignoring John's hesitance, Sherlock brings him along on an exciting case. Through this adventure, Sherlock doesn't bother to hide his palpable obsession with John while John tries to hide his growing feelings. What will happen when they both break, following their desires?

The Five Steps of Nesting by emptycel (M, 34,965 w., 10 Ch. || Omegaverse || TBB-Adjacent, Mpreg, Protective John, Romance, Case Fic, Fluff, OOC Sherlock, Omega Sherlock) – Sherlock and John get some surprising/happy/deeply stressful news and decide that Sherlock will have to take a break from crime solving once his 'delicate condition renders him useless.' They decide to: sneak in a high profile case before then... which gets a bit more complicated than they planned, to just 'take a look' at this smuggling ring business (What could go wrong?), all while trying to get through the five steps of nesting, which play with Sherlock's instincts and turn him into a madman of snuggling and cleaning. John is understandably tired. Part 2 of First Steps

[edwardallenpoe]

Introduction

Basic info:

•my name is Teddy, I experiment a lot with names so if you get confused Poe works fine

•I use He/Hir and Hy/Hym pronouns

•I am a minor

•I’m mixed/multiracial white and black, and talk about racial issues and focus on blackness and POC issues a lot on this blog

•I’m autistic, plural, and other mental disabilities/disorders, (mental health/plural sideblog: @armydreamersys) and I talk about disability stuff on here

•I’m a genderqueer butch/stud and (recently learned) intersex cistranssexual man, and talk a LOT about queerness on here as well

•I’m a polytheist eclectic pagan (religious sideblog: @hewashalfofmysoul3 )

•I’m a therian/Otherkin ( therian/Otherkin and coining sideblog: @buddy-barks )

•I’m really into fandom and talk a lot about different fandoms and write for different fandoms (AO3: @edwardallenpoe )

•I’m also a socialist/communist and fucking hate capitalism and fascism. Period. Free Palestine, Congo, Sudan, land back, BLM, stop asian hate, abolish the prison system, ACAB, all of that.

Interests (° for spinterests):

•Sherlock Holmes (ACD, Granada, BBC, s&co, ect.)°

•Yaelokre/Meadowlark°

•LOZ (ToTK, BoTW, OOC, ect.)

•Tolkien (LoTR, The Hobbit)°

•Star Trek (TOS, AOS, DS9)°

•Hannibal (books, ABC, ect.)

•Stephen King stories (IT, Carrie, The Shining, ect.)

•history/Archeology/anthropology°

•bears (objectively the best animal of all time. Pls don't ask me about bears unless you want me to never shut up)°

•LGBTQ/Queer history, literature, topics, everything lol°

•MOGAI/LIOM flag coining

•body building

•and many more!

DNI:

•Men/Minor DNI accs

•exclusionists

•anti good faith identities

•aphobes of all kinds

•TERF’s/SWERF’s/Radfem's

•Radqueers/transid(transrace, transintersex, transabled, ect.)

•Intersexists

•transandrophobia deniers

•pro-contact/harmful para’s

•ableists/anti-para’s/anti-recovery/believe in personality/narcissistic abuse

•anti-endo/nontraumagenic systems/sysmeds

•transmeds/truscum

•pro-israel/zionists

And more. If I don’t like you I’ll block you, seriously. Please, follow your own DNI.

Userboxes:

(I'll update this as I make more, you can use these if you want or can request userboxes made for you @buddy-barks )

Anyways, enjoy your stay🖖🏾

[storytellingdreamer]

Watching Granada Holmes: The Final Problem

See my other granada holmes recaps here. 

So I had a choice this week. Either watch two episodes in the one week and watch FINA before a planned trip - or wait until next week. Obviously I chose the first option, so am now forced to wait to see Empty Hearse until after I get back. It feels poetic. I like it. 

This will be a LONG recap - when I first watched this episode last night I was almost incoherent with feels and these recaps have always been a way for me to process those as I re-watch. 

The first thing about this episode is that, of course, it’s not your usual story. No case, really. (The thing about the Mona Lisa is mostly window dressing.) No, the focus is the Moriarty Problem. 

The Doylian reasons for this are well established, and Granada makes it all the more heartbreaking. The moments where the (ACD canon) narrative stretches thin are given new context, and painful purpose. 

For example, the Doylian reasoning behind this story demands that Holmes and Watson do things that feel slightly OOC for a Granada story. Holmes doesn’t tell Watson some things - deliberately hides them, in the case of the spyglass moment. Watson doesn’t act or ask questions about some things. After all the time Granada’s spent building up the Holmes and Watson Team dynamic, it feels a bit Odd. 

Yet in the same breath, the script, Brett and Burke’s body language and dialogue delivery, all of it, gives the answer as to why. Holmes was scared, and wanted to protect Watson. Watson wAs allowing that, humouring (caring for) Holmes and hoping that some time away might do them both good (protective of Holmes in turn). Granada’s shift in positioning of their dynamic makes this episode all the more tragic. It makes the ending hurt all the more. 

Also, remember how in my review of Resident Patient, I railed against  “voiceover flashbacks”? Well. My position was tested this episode. There are decent chunks of the narrative that are told via those here. Most of the time, however, it actually works. 

Why? It’s simple. The voiceovers for this episode are Watson and Holmes, no one else. Granada TV has spent the episodes leading up to this one establishing “Watson as narrator” by inserting a Watson voiceover at various points over the top of some scene from Baker St. So we’re primed for it to feel more real than some of the other voiceover flashbacks did. We are then further primed by the way Watson’s introduction in this episode is by one of those narration scenes ... and what he says in that voiceover: “it falls to me now to tell the story of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty”. 

We are directly told that we are listening to Watson recount the story. A story that has already happened. And that becomes one HELL of a gut-punch in the feels by the end. 

Onto the actual recap. 

The music in this show is EXCELLENT - the ending music last time was more sinister, and this episode’s opening tune is more frenetic. It made me sit up and take notice instantly. 

Very “!!” intro - split second of confusion that resolves into Holmes fending off three attacks in quick succession. No slow start this time. Also the title card coming after the intro as an actual card is an emphasis in itself 

Ominous music again... very spooky tinkly music. 

And yay, Watson! ... hang on, that’s a view from a scope, like a sniper gun or something. Thus, the tension continues to build. Only increasing at what Watson says in the voiceover, and what he finds inside 221b. 

Bless Mrs Hudson. She knows more than she lets on, and in this scene we catch a glimpse of one such thing. The change in her demeanour from exasperated but fond housekeeper into worried friend (of sorts) and back again is beautifully done. “... I didn’t like the look of him...” 

Watson’s expressions, too, are excellent - he knows Something Is Up. Though not everything. 

 AHHHH! The juxtaposition of Watson’s “safe and secure as ever” with the scope and the “blind” man!! And that bloody tinkly music again! It’s an obvious framing thing, but it works for me. 

Holmes’s entry... and here we are with the scene-setting of “Holmes is bloody scared (and very tired) about all this.”

That request for a match was not just because Holmes’s hands were sore. He wanted Watson’s closeness for comfort. 

Holmes’s flashback was the most boring part of the episode for me. I know it’s setting up Moriarty’s desire to get rid of Holmes, but it’s just not as interesting as what happens after it. 

Knowing me, it’s probably because it’s Holmes rather than Watson narrating. Holmes doesn’t have the cover of the Usual Narrator role after all. 

Also, the bit with the naked model was a bit of a WTF moment. 

The scene where Holmes announced how they would catch the thief then helped the gendarmes do so was good though. 

Then, after Watson helps Holmes get to the point, we see Moriarty for the first time this episode. 

I do like Eric Porter’s portrayal of him. Polished with threatening villainous potential always lurking near the surface... without being too over the top about it. 

The scowly expression... and the nails of an elegant gentleman, even if he mostly uses them to tear up paper and scratch through forgeries. Quite the detail, that!

Watson and Holmes’s little domestic moment back in 221b is lovely. Any H/W content this episode is precious, and this one is untainted by the later angst. 

A shame Watson had to interrupt it by prompting Holmes about the morning visitor. Nice touch of timing, Holmes saying “ow!” like that. Unable to be stoic after Watson’s question distracted him, perhaps?

Ah, the Moriarty scene. Some nice moments in the wordplay, if one overlooks the ACD canon words about “frontal lobe development” and such. 

No, really, once I got over my wince at that, the rest of the dialogue, and the way Porter and Brett play it, is marvellous.

Watson’s look at Holmes, after, as he says, “If he doesn’t close upon you first” is heartwrenching in its concern. 

Holmes says things about Moriarty and his gang being captured “Monday next”... and we start the clock on the “how much does Holmes really know, and what isn’t he telling Watson?” storyline. 

For if Holmes is so sure that Moriarty and gang are to be put away, why is he wanting to go on holiday now? 

Yes, his life has been threatened three times already today, but surely his life would be threatened wherever he went until the criminals were safely in gaol? Wouldn’t London - the place Sherlock Holmes knows best - be safer?

We know the Doylian reasons behind these things, but the character acting (etc.) in this episode makes us forget them. 

You’re left with a story in which Holmes knew he was staring death in the face, and he wanted to try meeting it on his own terms - by going on one last adventure with his Watson. 

Bravo, Jeremy Brett, and bravo John Hawkesworth (writer and adapter), for selling that impression to me.  

The next ten minutes of run time are a game of cat and mice, where only one of the “mice” knows the full scope of the problem. The other, Watson, is being deliberately kept in the dark, and is trying to enjoy the holiday. Though he still worries for Holmes.

For example, the thing with the boulders... “a common enough occurrence in the mountains”. True, but ominous all the same.

The telegram from Mycroft about Moriarty escaping the net comes - leading to Holmes and Watson’s painful discussion about the possibility of Watson returning to England. 

“You will find me a very dangerous companion, now.” [...]

“Would you be rid of me?” 

“No!” [...]

“I’m not leaving you, Holmes. Not unless you order me to go.” 

... *inarticulate screech* If that’s not the most “!!!!” moment... 

Then THE SPYGLASS bit occurs. 

W: “See anything?” 

H: clearly saw a man with a gun in the distance, who’s now gone to ground. “No, nothing. But it’s time we were on our way.” 

This was when I started muttering at the TV things like, “Holmes! Just tell him - argh, why...” - in addition to screaming inarticulately. I was beginning to understand what Granada’s adaptation had set me up for. Heartbreak. 

The bit with the note drawing Watson away perplexed me on first watch, even as I understood what Granada were doing with the episode. But on second viewing, it’s actually an excellent example of the whole thing. 

During their time in the Alps, Holmes hasn’t told Watson that they’re being followed and are in definite, not just perceived, danger. 

So when the note “from Herr Steiler” - a trustworthy source in Watson’s mind - comes, of course Watson believes it. 

And Holmes (whose facial expressions when Watson isn’t looking at him speak volumes) lets him go, because it means his Watson is safe. 

*inarticulate screech of pain*

Oh help, the intense music has started again. 

I wish they’d timed Watson’s look back slightly differently. Perhaps we’re supposed to think that he didn’t notice Moriarty’s approach because Moriarty disappeared behind the rock? It does seem like an odd detail for Granada’s Watson to overlook, so I’m going with that. 

Eep, the look of confusion-turned-dawning horror on Watson’s face as he questions the innkeeper then runs back the way he came... 

Brilliant staging with the bridge under the waterfall overhang, showing Holmes and Moriarty in classic showdown poses, then Watson the next scene later. Excellent partly because we can’t tell exactly how far behind Watson is... but the implication is he’s only a little behind. 

But still too late. 

My heart breaks for Watson in the scene above the falls. HERE is where the beauty of the voiceovers come through. 

The way his voice catches between, fumbles over or emphasises certain words sells it for me. “It - was the sight of the alpenstock (sp?) that turned me cold, and sick. He had not gone to Rosenlaui.” (Pain. all the pain. Just from that little voiceover.)

Also, two facial expressions of his stand out here - the one where he reads that Holmes had suspected the note was fake ( :( ) and the one after the dramatised fall, where we fade back from the mist to Watson’s devastated expression. 

The confrontation scene that he imagines almost snaps the tension though. Honestly Granada, that fight scene is ridiculous. *facepalms* I only allow it (barely) as the grief-stricken imaginings of Watson’s mind. 

Fortunately, there’s the bit at the end to bring us back to where we started, with heavy hearts. I love so many things about this bit. 

Circular narrative. The final words are framed as if spoken just before Watson’s introductory bit at the start. Granada has split up the first and last lines of the opening paragraph of ACD’s canon story to bookend the episode. It is heartbreaking and I love it.

Speaking to the camera. After telling us the story all episode through the voiceovers and such this technique also works beautifully. Giving us that moment of connection and shared grief. 

You know that “gut-punch in the feels” moment I mentioned earlier? This is that. I tear up every time. 

All the more poignant because this is, in fact, the last time we’ll see David Burke as Dr John Watson. I’m still not sure how I’ll cope with that. 

Then, with the beautiful (different!) violin ending music... Granada’s The Final Problem is over. As is this recap. If you’d like to read more words about the episode, Plaid Adder’s review is excellent. 

[ash-clans-destiny]

i now know 2 ashclangens woah

oh there’s another ashclangen??? i didn’t know that- i’ll have to go check them out :)

[goldenboybarracuda]

I followed you because you followed me and I have not yet left! I love reading your thoughts out of character and I love reading all your musings and literally everything. The amount of love you put into Alex is everything.

tell me why you followed me // nonnie // always accepting

I apologize for my chaotic, messy ooc thoughts. They do be a little crazy sometimes 🤣 but I mean they also apply to Alex in some way so they work for good musings too lmao.

omg ! Nonnie!! I followed you ???? Awwww come off anon and let’s plot something out if you want. Listen I’m slow and tired but I’m here. Unless I do know you and we do plot so like let’s do more yeah? Yeah.

Also thank you very much for your kind words. I’m most likely going to cry now because ACD means the world to me and the fact that you told me that last sentence? Rip to my soul, I am gone. Thank you.

[firstprince-ao3feed]

合作婚姻

by CMWL_ChapterSonic 这是一个ABO宇宙下Alpha ACD与Omega Henry的故事。 OOC都是我的，AH永远相爱！   对方愣了一下，随即露出了一个灿烂的微笑，即便秀场昏暗的灯光下，Henry仍然能看到他的睫毛长得不可思议。之后的桌上舞蹈，这个男舞者居然又被安排到了Henry和Percy之间的那张小圆桌上。当他矫健地跃上桌子，摆动身体挑逗地起舞时，仅着了紧身牛仔裤的漂亮身体上遍布汗珠，在舞台暧昧的灯光下折射出细碎的光泽。 Words: 2870, Chapters: 1/?, Language: 中文-普通话 國語 Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Philip Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Beatrice Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Percy "Pez" Okonjo, Nora Holleran, June Claremont-Diaz, Ellen Claremont, Oscar Diaz (Red White & Royal Blue), Catherine Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Arthur Fox, King James III (Red White & Royal Blue), Marco Peña (The Kissing Booth), Noah Torres Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Additional Tags: Gay, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Gay Sex, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Anal Play, Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage, Love at First Sight via https://ift.tt/ie0dfUJ

[dotsayers]

🎀🎈💞

thanks lily!! <3

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

i think i am very good at writing in character dialogue and at imitating canon stylistic flairs when writing in a first person canon (e.g. rivers of london, acd holmes)

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

already answered this one but just to append: my style of writing as a primary school teacher doing an example for children is like reading an ai generated narnia book /hj

💞what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

it is absolutely and always dialogue! when reading fic ooc dialogue is my worst enemy (besides formatting but that doesnt count for this lmao) and i spend a lot of time thinking about affectations and how characters would talk to themselves vs others, external vs internal expression, and so on. but im doing it in a cool and sexy way obviously

[thieving-magpiexhunting-tiger]

If there are only 2 bedrooms in 221B Baker Street then why in The Naval Treaty does Holmes say to Watson “Mr. Phelps can have the spare bedroom tonight?” Would that room not be Watson’s? Is Watson no longer sleeping? Or sleeping in Holmes’s room?