#grimesby roylott

[bwbaceattorney]

[magentasky234]

Sniff

[faithful-grigori]

”#i want a scene like that Indiana Jones one except Watson vs Roylett”

“I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots.”

Holmes grinning at Roylott braiding a bar of metal: Very cute. Anyway, my dear friend here has a gun.

[randomnessoffiction]

"Holmes the meddler! Holmes the busybody! Holmes the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office!

[sherlockianscholar]

the above is from granada's "the speckled band."

we all know that the sky's the limit when praising jeremy's acting, but i'll always be most in love with his eyes. he conveys so much power and depth through them. as this interaction with roylott plays out, holmes engages with him (for the most part) icily and concisely. but underneath it all, jeremy's eyes burn with an intensity and fire that's almost palpable through the screen. his revulsion towards roylott is visceral.

additional notes: watson's jump at the door opening. the iconic moment when holmes gulps at roylott bending the poker. all fantastic.

and now what more is there to say than i thank you, mrs. hudson, just another client.

[flammentanz]

"Das gefleckte Band"

Erich Schellow: Sherlock Holmes Paul Edwin Roth: Dr. Watson Fritz Tillmann: Dr. Grimesby Roylott Astrid Frank: Helen Stoner

Watson: "What does that mean?" Holmes: "It means it's all over. Come on!" Helen Stoner: "What was this?" Holmes: "Go back to your room, we will come to you later." Holmes: "This was the speckled band." Watson: "A swamp cobra, the most dangerous venomous snake in India."

[faithful-grigori]

“#its just the kind of thing that if it was a modern story paying attention to psychology you'd marvel at like this detail of insight that is, #not really often talked about. but its a whodunnit with environmental based solution so obviously its not ghjk, #to clarify it was specifically the fact of never having used the doorbell that struck at me more than anything that would actually require, #questioning the stepdad - as something that would normally struck me as a plot hole but that here im just. yeah i get it. lack of control, #on anything in your life and constant fear that anything new might bring danger does that to you”

Obviously it's all in Doylist (heh) service of the plot in truth, but I must say I like how much... passivity/learned helplessness/indifference regarding their living surroundings on the part of the twins is essential to the story, accepting a bunch of random modifications to their rooms that they never inquire about what exactly they are for, the doorbell having been put in place years ago and never being used by either woman. Rings very true to effects of abusive situations the way it's so frustratingly obvious something is suspicious to the reader but it can't be to them, why would it be to them when vague control on their own lives in general was never an option

[magentasky234]

Shopping!

[47gaslamps]

It's a shame Father Brown might not even be in seminary yet. He would have words about this.

[faithful-grigori]

wanderestlest said: “#yes, another big one would be that Helen says her stepfather's temper has been somehow made worse by living in the tropics. there's a lot of hinting in this time period that going to, and living in, the colonies meant they might be living an indecorous, carefree or risky lifestyle - influenced by the Others”

Probably worth mentioning that the reader is supposed to see Grimsby Roylott providing safe land and conversing with 'wandering gypsies' (I guess they could be Romani or Irish/Scottish Travellers?) as evidence of his low moral character.

Similarly any time 'exotic animals' show up like his Indian cheetah and baboon (... cheetah's aren't from India), it's attempting to draw on a xenophobic fear of the Other, of savage places far from the heart of Empire.

[pop-goes-the-weasel]

There is a discourse going on, that says Dr. Roylott would have been unable to bring back a cheetah and a baboon from India. as these are not found in the country.

Do I agree with these? Yes and no.

While baboons are not found in the country, the story of cheetahs is long and interesting. In Doyle's time, the cheetah was found abundantly in the country. Cheetahs played an important role in India's cultural life, with medieval paintings showing them as both the hunter and the hunted.

Then, why are cheetahs today almost exclusively associated with Africa? They were simply hunted to extinction. The last of the cheetahs were shot in the year of 1948, officially making them extinct in the subcontinent.

Interestingly, the cheetah is back in the country. In Seprember 2022, 8 cheetahs were introduced from Namibia in the Kuno-Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary, which is located in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Results look promising; for they have adjusted to the local diet of the spotted deer.

So in summary

Regarding the animals Grimesby Roylott took to England? The baboon, absolutely not possible. The Cheetah, absolutely yes.

[pad-wubbo]

Because I felt like doing so, I've compiled a full list of character names is French for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Les Grandes Chroniques de Ace Attorney), which doesn't have an official French translation. Japanese names and Sherlock Holmes character names are unchanged, while most English pun names and faux-Japanese English-pun names are changed.

Here it is:

Ryunosuke Naruhodo (unchanged)

Susato Mikotoba (unchanged)

Kazuma Asogi (unchanged)

Yujin Mikotoba (unchanged)

Seishiro Jigoku (unchanged)

Taketsuchi Auchi (unchanged)

Satoru Hosonaga (unchanged)

John H. Wilson (unchanged, from Arsène Lupin)

Owimasu Nomasu (Iyesa Nosa)

Jinesipa Nomasu (Aido Nosa)

Korekushona Dekyuryosichi (Kyurio Korekuta)

Balta Jezaille (Jezaille Brett)

Herlock Sholmes (unchanged, from Arsène Lupin)

Bov Strogenof (Bif Strogenov)

Grimesby Roylott (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Nikolina Pavlova (unchanged)

Pirozhko (unchanged)

Novara (Darka)

Kurt Maelstrom (Mael Stronghart)

Brock Sephenie (Barok van Zieks)

Magnus O'Dore (Magnus McGilded)

Mason "Tiré-Trois-Fois" ("Thrice-Fired" Mason)

Mason Milverton (unchanged)

Beppo (unchanged)

Bruce Fairplay (unchanged)

Fender Bord (Lay D. Furst)

Iris Wilson (unchanged)

Tobias Gregson (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Soseki Natsume (unchanged)

Wagahai (unchanged)

Vera Jade (Olive Green)

John Garrideb (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Joan Garrideb (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Patricia Batterman (Patricia Beate)

Ruiz Batterman (Roly Beate)

Alain Windibank (Pop Windibank)

Hoff Benedict (Eggert Benedict)

Greece Saunders (Ashley Graydon)

Greece Milverton (Ashley Milverton)

Nash Schroeder (Nash Skulkin)

Ringo Schroeder (Ringo Skulkin)

Myrtle Rhea (Asa Shinn)

Ryutaro Naruhodo (unchanged)

Subi Anutema (Rei Membami)

Sukuriba Akumemo (Raiten Menimemo)

Bill Bardguy (William Shamspeare)

Abel deRhone (Adron B. Metermann)

Brenda Altamont (Quinby Altamont)

Duncan Ross (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Selden (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Nikolai de Beale (Albert Harebrayne)

Testa Blomme (Odie Asman)

Toby (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Mahonia Sire (Esmeralda Tusspells)

John Clay (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Ottermole (unchanged)

Jane the Ripper (unchanged)

Gustav Sephenie (Klint van Zieks)

Sara Valerie (Evie Vigil)

Balthazar Lonzi (Balthazar Lune)

Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond Ormstein (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Enoch Drebber (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Corona Stephens (Courtney Stevens)

Corona Sissel (Courtney Sithe)

Mia Cabre (Maria Gorey)

Genshin Asogi (unchanged)

Quentin Valerie (Daley Vigil)

Hugh Boone (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Barry Hare (Barry Caidin)

Venus (unchanged)

Rags (Gossip)

Sandwich (unchanged)

Fabien de Rousseau (unchanged)

Peppino de Rossi (unchanged)

Paulov Strogenof (Tchikin Strogenov)

Lady Baskerville (unchanged)

Queen Victoria (unchanged)

Tadashi Sodenoshita (unchanged)

Chalan Musgrave (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

Polan Musgrave (unchanged, from Sherlock Holmes)

See if you can decipher all the puns in the changed names.

[organchordsandlightning]

Speckled Band Part 3

"Can I be of assistance?" "Your presence might be invaluable." "Then I shall certainly come." "It is very kind of you."

extremely soft over this dialogue. watson is his partner, and holmes is still like ‘look, you can wait in the hotel if you want’

"Subtle enough and horrible enough. When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession.

as someone with a hobby knowledge of the history of toxicology, it really is fascinating to see this as written in 1892. at this point, we have an okay-ish knowledge of what household things are poisonous (at the very least, the UK at this time was much better about banning stuff like arsenic in candy than the US) but we’re still about ... like, thirty-forty years out from being able to reliably identify non-plant-based poisons (like arsenic, etc etc) in the human body after death. a lot of poisonings got away with it because, frankly, a lot of people were getting accidentally poisoned all the time anyway, and if you couldn’t identify arsenic or what-have-you in a corpse ... no case!

Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vise upon my wrist in his agitation. Then he broke into a low laugh and put his lips to my ear.

"It is a nice household," he murmured. "That is the baboon."

“It is a nice household” mixed with watson’s “MY GOD!? A CHILD!?” is so funny

I do love that Watson is writing these stories down for publication, but he’s freely admitting to burglary here

How long they seemed, those quarters! Twelve struck, and one and two and three, and still we sat waiting silently for whatever might befall.

god I’m remembering how well-done this scene is in Granada, and you can really feel the tension here

I could, however, see that his face was deadly pale and filled with horror and loathing.

oh holmes is SCARED scared “you won’t inject my body with an undetectable non-plant-based poison you son of a bitch”

"It is a swamp adder!" cried Holmes; "the deadliest snake in India. He has died within ten seconds of being bitten. Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

such a good reveal

Some of the blows of my cane came home and roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person it saw. In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my conscience."

(a) snakish lmao (b) this brings up an interesting legal question of whether holmes is guilty of murder.  while I don’t think this falls under the legal definition of murder (no pre-intent) or manslaughter (frankly, it’s more self-defense than anything - you see a snake hissing at you, you gotta hit that bad boy with a cane, that it went back to its master and bit him is none of your business as far as you’re concerned) however, i did look up to see that the felony murder rule was still in place in the UK at that time (called constructive malice) -- essentially saying that the courts could attribute malice aforethought (’i’m gonna go kill that guy) to you if a death was caused during the commission of another felony (say .... burglary) EDITED WITH FURTHER LEGAL THOUGHTS -- HELEN INVITED THEM INSIDE THE HOUSE, I DON’T THINK IT COUNTS AS BURGLARY ANYMORE, SHERLOCK HOLMES IS MURDER-FREE

[faithful-grigori]

“#this particular story was particularly nerve wracking”

"In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my conscience."

very cashmoney of holmes

[resident-dumb-fuck]

my dealer: got some straight gas🔥😛 this strain is called “the adventure of the speckled band” 😳 you'll be zonked out of your gourd💯

me: yeah whatever. i don't feel shit

5 min later: dude i swear i didn’t kill kazuma i was in the wardrobe the whole time

my buddy mr sholmes presenting his logic and reasoning spectacular: grimesby roylott is lying to us

[allallestodo]

DR. GRIMESBY ROYLOTT: Which one of you is Holmes?

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES 1.06 The Speckled Band