#reigates

[contact-guy]

THE REIGATE SQUIRES…which by my calculations has the highest gay people per word count in the Sherlock Holmes canon. There will be a part 2 because I love too many moments in this story!!!

(Previously drew the beginning of the story here)

[thefisherqueen]

Losing my mind a little over this Sherlock Holmes stamp, which was created in 1993 and depicts a scene from 'The reigate squire' short story. It's such gorgeous art. And I absolutely adore how fiercely protective Watson looks here, all like "Don't you DARE bother my friend, he's been seriously unwell, he needs REST". And his hand on Holmes' back, hello?!?!

[hereticaldetective]

A hunk

A dish

A stud

A certified beefcake

-Sherlock Holmes, 2024

[icecreambeach]

sherlock holmes beach episode but it's just john watson trying to get an unwell holmes to travel to the seaside for twenty minutes

[sssrha]

Watson: Holmes, you're ill and need to take rest so we're going to the countryside and you're going to relax. Holmes: fine :( Random Countryside Constable: IS THAT SHERLOCK HOLMES Random Countryside Constable: PLEASE HELP US SOLVE A MURDER Watson: He can't, he's ill and he needs to take rest- Watson: Aaand he's already run out the door. Watson: Watson: I don't know what I expected, honestly.

[croatoancassiel]

all the screenshots i got of john and mariana fussing over sherlock in both(?) parts of the reigate squire GOSH I LOVE THEMMM!!!! I LOVE THEM AND I MISS THEM!!!

[angryducktimemachine]

"Where is Mr. Holmes?"

"Outside. In a field [...] striding in circles, he seems very much excited"

"Just what I didn't want. >:("

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Finally got to finish this. Had a busy weekend. Might add Watson later but for now I'm happy enough with how Holmes turned out :3 listening to him in Reigate Squire going from all tired and grumpy to soooooo excited to have a fun case... I just know he's jumping and twirling around with excitement when talking to (a very displeased) Watson.

Bonus Close Up because I tried and make him still look a bit sickly and tired from the events he's supposed to be on vacation for.

[ID: a digital drawing of Holmes, looking very excited and pointing towards the right with a big smile while kind of twirling on his feet. /End ID]

[ID 2: a close up of Holmes face. /End ID]

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

Reblog and say in the tags which Sherlock Holmes stories haunt you. Not necessarily the ones you like best, but the ones that keep playing in your mind and make you toss and turn at night and pull your hair and sob into your pillow. Please. I need to feel more normal.

[lukasadss]

I too have said 'im fine, I had a Coke' and then proceeded to feel like life was leaving my body, he's so real for that

[dathen]

Watson: My dear friend has had a full breakdown of his health; I’ll take him to visit my friend so he can have some peace and quiet

Inspector: It’s a good thing you’re here, Holmes! We just had a murder burglary!!

Watson: Goddammit

*later*

Watson: My dear friend is on the verge of another breakdown; I will take him to a quiet little place by the sea so he can recover.

Vicar: It’s a good thing you’re here, Holmes—

Watson: GODFUCKINGDAMMIT

[kajaono]

Love the illustration in The Reigate Squire

Holmes suddenly - out of nowhere - knocks a table over, like a feral cat. And Watson just has a „yeah, this might as well happen“-face. He is so done with his husband

Edit: HE IS BLAMING IT ON WATSON 😂

[awkwardarmadildo]

eight and a half minutes into the reigate squire part one and i love them all i love them all so much so so so much theyre so silly and goofy and i want to chew on them who let them all be so fucking perfect whoever it was deserves a raise and a bonus and paid time off but maybe not time off because i desperately need more of them all being silly and goofy and strange and lovely like genuinely sherlock panicking and ordering without thinking and then giving it to john to try is something i do all the time i love them so much i dont even have the words to articulate how much i thoroughly enjoy the simple domesticity and off time like the adventures and cases are incredible obviously but i LIVE for the simple moments like that or at the beginning when mariana and sherlock were teasing him for his atrocious handwriting like thats so cute so throuple to me bro

sorry for the absolutely Shit readability, this is an attempt at a thought purge to try and be normal for the rest of the day lmao

[aiiidoneus]

⏳️ time 🕰 to 🥸😟 betray 👀🤯 this old 🧓 man's 🧍‍♂️ trust 😔

together 🥰😍🤭

[weeesi]

thank you, Apple Podcasts Automatically Generated Transcript, for nearly giving me a heart attack because I can read faster than I can listen

[jolieblack]

Jolie’s thoughts on

The Reigate Squire (Sherlock & Co. podcast)

Weirdly, I had real trouble following the plot of this one, even knowing the original story. I feel there was one art gallery and one art galerist too many to keep track of. I know that Sherlock Holmes stories are really not about the cases for most people, but I belong in that small minority that wants cases and wants the cases to be brilliant. I needed a relisten to really get this one.

Loved the nods to ACD in the names of the paintings and painters, though.

Nice foreshadowing with the handwriting in the opening scene, too!

Do people in a coma really clench their hands? (Never mind me, now I‘m just nitpicking. 😝)

I must say that I love (as in LOVE) the H/C in the original story, with Watson literally crossing the sea to fetch a sick Holmes home, and with the touching contrast between Holmes‘s public image (wading through congratulatory telegrams) and his private misery, which only Watson was allowed to witness. Somehow the quick info dump that Sherlock was overworked and a bit burned out in this episode didn’t quite make the most of the original's potential…

I also desperately wanted to know more about what brought Sherlock’s breakdown on. Physical exertion? Intellectual strain? Emotional strain? Mental health issues? Or am I missing the obvious and they’re being obscure on purpose because the true cause of his weak state is too delicate/too illegal to talk about on a public podcast? Is he recovering from a drugs bender? Did he even overdose?

I can see why this episode has got a lot of our Jonklockers quite excited, though!

John comparing Sherlock to the back of his hand and then poceeding to LICK said body part was really something else, and it was only the start.

Captain Hayter being a hunk, a dish, a stud and a certified beefcake will certainly go down our fandom‘s history as one of the most quoted Sherlock quotes ever, justly so. Let me just say, dear Sherlock, until I hear you using any similarly enthusiastic vocabulary about the physical appearance of any woman you encounter, I'll be Making Assumptions.

(Check out this lovely fanart by @jonk-md, and this one by @dead-chela !)

"Captain Handsome" (😂) - "Can you stop saying that because I‘ll laugh and then he‘ll ask why I‘m laughing and then that‘ll be awkward." - Awkward FOR WHOM, John, and WHY EXACTLY, we would like to know.

"You heard it here first, folks." - Yeah, sure, that was just a totally innocent play on words there, Sherlock. Your subconscious is doing funny things, mate.

Lovely to see our boys caring about each other as much as ever though.

"Watson is one of the most capable medical practitioners London can offer. I‘m in safe hands."- "All right, you’re delirious, I‘m calling an ambulance."

There is SO MUCH to unpack in that short little exchange alone.

"Never mind him collapsing, how I‘m still standing is the real question!"

Love how this John Watson still has the patience and loyalty of a saint but he also gets to be grumpy about it.

"You eat cereal at night!" - "That’s different!" - "How is it different?" 😂

Cereal-at-night-eaters of the world unite! Hands up who hasn’t done this at some point in their lives.

And Sherlock on a swing is a mental image to behold indeed. (A swing on a playground. Get your minds out of the gutter, people.)

"This is very much me being me." Awww.

Love how they literally run away giggling from the idea of commercialising their success. All three of them together, no verbal coordination needed, let alone any discussion. And straight into the next mad adventure. I can’t wait.

[scholarofgloom]