#fandom: sherlock & co

[fcheez]

started the podcast, my interpretations of the gang

[children-of-moss]

Writing johnlock fanfic on my calculator, now I just have to see how to access ao3 from it

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

Please SOMEBODY make it happen!!!!

[sharkparq]

Day one done of podtober!!

[ramigir]

[clearwingedmaven]

Alright, so. I've got little time and some ideas, so I'll do a brief thought process on the death of Sherlock Holmes in 1893, and the fandom as a whole.

Firstly, getting this out of the way. Sherlock Holmes was not the first modern fandom. That honor most likely goes to Charles Dickens and his work, especially the Pickwick Papers. There is evidence and record that fan merchandise, like joke books, tobacco, and shoe horns, were made with Pickwick Papers characters, especially Sam Weller.

However, Sherlock Holmes is probably our first instance of a global fandom where consequences quite literally created a literary and cultural firestorm. This isn't an exaggeration.

ACD's relationship with Holmes is... strange. Of course, he wanted to kill off Holmes, and move onto other books. (Historical novels, mainly, or Spiritualist manifesto), but there was always a love hate relationship, and we see that most predominantly through fan letters.

Almost immediately after Holmes’s death in 1893, there was shock. Scandal. Mourning. Fans exchanged letters in newspapers, trying to reach out to other fans to figure out what just happened, and what to do next. Holmes was dead. And for all anyone knew, so was the series.

So how'd they cope?

By creating communities. Discourse communities, to be more apt. They exchanged letters, asked questions, and talked through newspapers. Each one plucked from 1893 and 1894 show grief and confusion: for a fictional character.

People even started seeking out Joseph Bell, the man who inspired Holmes, in order to try to fill the void. There's even record of fans venturing to Reichenbach Falls in costume to pay tribute to their fallen hero. And this kept happening. For years. The world lost not just a character, it was their friend.

Keep in mind! Victorian literature was a family affair. Many people would gather around and read stories and books together, so the firestorm went further.

Until, it made ACD change his mind, and bring back Sherlock Holmes. (Can we call it bullying? Perhaps. I call it a unique circumstance of cultural phenomena.)

So where does it leave the fandom?

Ah, that's the question. This fandom, uniquely, has a distinct honor of being one of the oldest living discourse communities, an exchange of reader response, engagement, and including even more material.

So to the fans: from the fanfic writers, to the game makers, to the cosplayers, to the fans of adaptations near and far, to the editors, to the artists, to the dreamers and thinkers...

It is, given the nature of the fandom, that you are all a part of history, as part of one of the oldest(and still going!) Fandom discourse communities.

Keep that in mind. And keep going. 🙂

[mintybagels]

ok so im really normal about this interpretation of sherlock i swear

had this idea that he just lets his hair grow really long because to get it cut anywhere is sensory hell. eventually it just gets so long the itchiness gets too much and triggers a meltdown and he cuts it all off and now its super curly because its short again. After this john learns how to cut hair..

the whole podcast honestly just gets a lot of the experience correct. and as much as i like johnlock i do really hc these two as platonically married in this pod, aroace sherlock will just always be my fav shit. i could honestly ramble about my hcs for various sherlock media all day lol

anyway listen to this podcast plzplzplz

[partiallypilot]

Ough long time no see but I'm back on that grind

And two more

[raingoddess214]

Watson - 1 Jones - 0

[fcheez]

[chulocomics]

Sherlock and co doodles of the week, my sherlock desing has fucked uo bangs bc he strikes me as the type to cut his own hair (totally not proyecting...)

Anyways, theyre consuming my brain send help

[dirtydudesmustdie]

I feel that Sherlock & Co really offers the best representation of Sherlock Holmes. The most popular representation of his character is some super computer with complete disregarded or at least a lack of regard to others' emotions. His character, while interesting by nature, is often too stagnant.

But this Sherlock, he's so much more. He genuinely cares and tries to show it. He puts effort and thought into trying to accommodate those he cares about. He contemplates his own behavior and feels guilt for hurting others even when most would argue he shouldn't feel that way.

While he has many such moments like The Gloria Scott, one of the simplest moments that describe this is how he put so much effort into welcoming Watson's mother. He didn't have to, but he genuinely cared about making a good impression because he cares about Watson.

Not to mention his playfulness and engagement with Watson and Mariana. He's so much more than the "Super Senior Consulting Detective", he's really just a brilliant autistic guy who loves solving riddles with his best friend.

[ohno-wallace]

“Goodnight”

𝙸𝚗𝚝. 𝙰𝚒𝚛𝚋&𝚋 — 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝

[poppyellwoodao3]

Sherlock, pointing: May I sit there? John: That's my lap Sherlock: That doesn't answer my question, John.

[lenabenahater]

I have a headcanon that Sherlock has learned how to knit (in secret) to make John and Mariana, holiday themed jumpers, but he didn't stop at that as he found out that knitting really helps him think and stim in a safe way (also a more quiet way than the violin) and soon enough 221b is full of knitted blankets, pillows, dog toys, all knitted by Sherlock (oh and also he only uses one specific yarn and only one specific pair of needles that are sensory friendly)(once john bought him some diffrent yarn and sherlock threw it out of the window)

[detectivesholmes]

Today is my birthday. John took me out to ice skate and then we visited the natural history museum. It was very enjoyable.