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[julienbakerstreet]

November in the Sherlock Holmes Canon

[tremendously-crazy]

True story: the first time I read his last bow (when I was binge reading all the sherlock holmes stories in like 5 days) my heart LITERALLY DROPPED when I saw "the dying detective" in the table of contents and I read it IMMEDIATELY.

[bet-h]

Bro why are there so many events in reverse 1999?? Tf should i do first 😭someone tell me

[eirinstiva]

The most evil man

Today I read the first part of "The Adventure of Charles August Milverton" (thanks to Dr. Watson as always) and in a few lines you can already know the type of adversary he is.

There are many types of antagonists in all Holmes' stories, but those who are smart have a special place in the canon. Let's see some examples:

Irene Adler in "A Scandal in Bohemia" is the rival of Sherlock Holmes in that case. She left so strong impression in the detective that he calls her The Woman. She's smart, charming, beautiful and bit playful character, but above all she is not a villain. All that she does is to run away with her lover husband and start a new life. A smart woman with strong character that outsmarted Holmes.

In "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" we have Culverton Smith as opponent. He use a tropical disease to kill his nephew for money (IIRC) and tries to do the same with Holmes. He's evil because he kills his own family for what he wants and he has the willingness to do it again with whoever dares to search the truth.

Professor James Moriarty from "The Final Problem" is so far the most famous rival of Holmes, mathematics professor and criminal mastermind. Moriarty is essential in every adaptation of the canon and his intelligence is one of his higlights as a character. What makes Moriarty evil? The professor is the one who plans crimes for other people to execute in exchange of money. He doesn't seem the type of person who commits the crime for himself, he perfectly could be in his office, eating fish and chips while his minions do the dirty work. The evil in Moriarty is that he uses his brilliant mind for planning crimes and apparently he loves that.

We just have the first part of this story, but Charles August Milverton seems to be a completely different type of antagonist. He is smart but instead of making many different plans like Moriarty he uses blackmail. Just like Smith he wants money and is ready to take action himself and see the victim. He looks like a harmless person just like Adler but, contrary to all of these examples, Milverton enjoys to see his victims suffering. There's pleasure in watching the blackmailed person begging for a new deal, extra time or whatever they need to keep everything behind the rug. Charles August is the type of villain who wants to see the world on fire.

Speaking in chilean, él es un conchesumadre.

[geeoharee]

And that concludes The Dying Detective! Gonna be honest with you, I am scheduling this post at midnight on the 26th while a file transfer completes so I have not re-read the ending yet. Let's settle for "That sure did happen, didn't it"

Anyway - fandom LOVES rewriting this one and you can see why. Here are some of my favourite takes!

Inevitably first on my lists, Katie Forsythe's 'Undiscovered Country'. Watson POV. Watson is still living at Baker Street. Watson is very nosy. Watson finds the ivory box first. Oops. (This one is slightly harder going than the others below as someone actually gets very ill. If you've read KF before you can expect comparable angst. Sex in the last scene.) https://liquidfic.azurewebsites.net/undiscovered.html

spacemutineer's 'The Acting Physician'. Holmes POV. Starts the same way as canon with Holmes trying to fool Watson, but it turns out he can't always have everything his own way... G-rated. https://archiveofourown.org/works/552256

apliddell's 'My Dear Doctor'. Holmes POV. Canon divergence, Holmes decides that is a stupid plan and lets Watson in on all of it from the start. I love how sweet they are with each other in this one. G-rated. https://archiveofourown.org/works/13299366

okapi's 'The Dying (Undead) Detective'. Watson POV. Bit of a different thing, this is in their 'Watson's a werewolf and Holmes is a vampire' verse, which I just want everyone to know about cos it's really fun. G-rated. https://archiveofourown.org/works/27208090

[gardenlilgnome]

Omg Tumblr u know me so well

[noblehcart]

im just gonna lay here -pats the floor- after the replies i got from @thiefofcrows & @paramounticebound just f*cked me up.

[dinoboirex1]

HAHAHA WHAT IS THIS IMAGE

[notwxrriors]

otto in the most recent dress pic. his curls……..hi mommy i mean maam i mean miss i mean

YEAH I KNOW he's my type of girl!!!!!!

[yarpharp]

GLORIOUS.

This question and its answer from The New York Times work advice column is W I L D.

[the-vengeful-demon]

The way my jaw dropped

[leasboyfriend]

maybe a fully colored bg with 6 figures that glitches between frames was a bit ambitious for me

[geeoharee]

I can only blame my sleep schedule recently (which has been appalling, due to a vicious cycle of 'play when I should be working! oh no now I have to work when I need to be sleeping' which is doing nobody any good, so now I have a sleep debt of about a week) for the thought 'ACTUALLY, Dying Detective is about internalised homophobia'

OK it's not ABOUT it but c'mon, Holmes has exactly one friend and the way they tell me empathy is supposed to work is you go 'well how would I feel if they did that?' but Holmes has to adjust back for: Yes but I'd be upset if he died because I'm madly in love with him. Surely he is not madly in love with me because he is Normal and therefore he would only be mildly put out.

(I am so happy to be back in a Victorian fandom where being ludicrously repressed all the time is normal and therefore we have an infinite number of "PLEASE JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER" fics.)

[nachosjavelin]

oh shut up -

Every time I see he’s aged it reminds me this is what lalo would look like if he survived and I start tweaking

[thefabledpheasant]

You’re telling me I’M supposed to work on my WIP??

[9toji]

ill write again later when my back doesnt hurt anymore