#the casebook of Sherlock Holmes

[moonlightandpalmtrees]

gay people can never flirt normally it always has to be some shit like “It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light”

[bestnoncannonship]

Ok Sherlock Holmes People, I have a question for us all....

I don't mean which was your first adaptation, I mean which was the one that took root forever in your brain and turned this into a lifestyle! I started with the Doyle.

@i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end help me spread this around?

[sarnie-for-varney]

Okay so... in The Blanched Soldier, Holmes calls Watson an 'ideal helpmate'.

'Ideal helpmate', at the time, was a synonym for spouse.

He is calling Watson his spouse.

[finalproblem]

Happy Public Domain Day 2023: Sherlock Holmes is finally free!

On January 1, 2023, copyrighted works from 1927 will enter the US public domain.  They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. These include Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse and the final Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, the German science-fiction film Metropolis and Alfred Hitchcock’s first thriller, compositions by Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, and a novelty song about ice cream. [x]

See also: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Public Domain Character

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

Aww, look what Santa* brought me. 😀 🎅

* OK, actually I ordered these for myself, even wrapped them myself in Christmas wrapping paper. Still, I was very happy when I opened the presents. 🤭

[marshmallow613]

Thinking about the multitudes of love and trust that exist within "if inconvenient, come all the same"

[carpooling-the-internet]

Friends!!! Sherlockians!!! To those on an ACD Sherlock Holmes kick rn who haven’t yet thought to explore the radio readings/dramatizations: I recommend!!! I’d been skeptical before but I am admittedly a convert now after only hearing one episode.

I’ve been working my way through the canon (via audiobook so I have something to look forward to when I do chores and walk the dog) and listened to every free audiobook I could find on Spotify by now except for a handful of stories in the Casebook. There are a few audiobooks of Casebook but I couldn’t find one with an English accent and for some reason it just doesn’t sound right if the accents are wrong?

But then today I stumbled on a recording of the BBC radio version on Libby (my local library app). And the Lions Mane episode did NOT disappoint! Sound effects! So many immersive sound effects and seemingly improvised lines/ vocalizations serve to make it seem like you’re standing right next to them as a fly on the wall rather than listening to Watson read his copy of the strand to you. It was the 1989 radio series by Bert Coules with Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson. Here’s a link to a YouTube playlist hat has all the episodes. I can’t speak for all of them ofc bc I’ve only just listened to lions mane so far, but I was just so excited to share my little discovery that I wanted to post this anyway!

Has anyone else got any recommendations for radio dramatizations of the books? Let me know!

[holmesoldfellow]

Granada Holmes Mobil posters/designs: Adventures, Return, Casebook, and Master Blackmailer

[gregorovitch-adler]

I love Watson.

[hrshl-hlms]

why can't I find fucking shit about this game????

I was pretty sure that I did manage to find stuff about it last time???????

So if anyone knows more....

[prose-of-sharon]

Today marks the 135th anniversary of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, A Study in Scarlet. The book that introduced Sherlock Holmes and his partner John Watson. I remember reading this iconic novel for the first time and I was instantly hooked right at the beginning when our characters first met.

Sherlock Holmes is a detective that stands out from the rest of them because he uses his knowledge of various subjects when making observations and deductions involving a case. However, his creative use of logic in human behavior doesn't improve his social skills or lack thereof. In fact, he doesn’t really know or care to know how to interact with people, while his partner and roommate, John Watson, is the only exception.

As the narrator of the series, Watson does share his criticisms of Holmes especially with his idiosyncrasies and generates the same level of interest in his friend’s investigative qualities. And it is through this backdrop of Watson's narration that we, the readers, hold the same fascination and love for Holmes just as Watson does.

After reading 4 novels and 56 short stories, I have learned two things. First, I was drawn to Sherlock Holmes weaknesses just as much as his strengths because his flaws were just as relatable to all of us. And second, I was intrigued by the boundless relationship of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. It is quite remarkable that a friendship of such different personalities had the potential to endure the highs and the lows through the test of time. Effectively, their partnership struck a cord as one of the earliest bromances to be brought forth from the page.

Based on these reasons, the series of Sherlock Holmes stands out from the mystery genre not only for its detective stories but also for its character development and human relations. To this day, Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved series continues to be reprinted around the world and displayed on the screen many times.

[love-yellow-door]

Sherlock Holmes Enters the Public Domain for the Last Time

[bestnoncannonship]

HELLO NAUGHTY FANDOM FRIENDS ITS FERAL CHRISTMAS TREE TIME!!!

You've seen the Good Omens Tree:

You've seen the Merlin Tree:

This year we have the

SHERLOCK HOLMES TREE!

Merry Christmas Everyone! Is this not the perfect Christmas tree for Christmas with your queerplatonic life partner in your strange little house? I think it is. Now our favorite interpretation of Sherlock Holmes is the Granada with Jeremy Brett. So it's his visage and that of his longtime Watson, Edward Hardwicke, who top the tree this year.....with miniature festive versions of their top hat and bowler hat:

Some of the Ornaments are just things that come up often in Holmes's world. Like Holmes's Violin, a Train, a Magnifying Glass, Various Vials of Science and Tobacco Ash, Smoking Pipes, and Watson's Revolver.

Others are references to certain cases; The Severed Ear from "The Cardboard Box", Mary's Pearls and Poison Darts from "Sign of the Four", the French Gold from "The Red Headed League", an Orange with Five Pips from "The Five Orange Pips", the Triangulated Tree from "The Muskgrave Ritual", the Big Dog from "Hound of the Baskervilles", the Noose from "The Resident Patient", the Bicyle from "The Solitary Cyclist", "Silver Blaze"'s horseshoe, A "Blue Carbuncle", Irene Adler's Sovereign from "A Scandal in Bohemia", and a garland of Dancing Men from "The Dancing Men" that spells out the Lyrics to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".

I've also included the crest of Mycroft's Diogennes Club with their mascot (a plucked chicken) and their motto (Shut up ...but in Latin), and a skull....because it seemed appropriate.

And of course......there are plenty of copies of the magazine where Watson immortalized their adventures together:

Merry Christmas!

[sarnie-for-varney]

Can we talk about the fact that Holmes BATHES WITH THE DOOR OPEN while Watson is right there? And they're just having a conversation like they've done it a million times?

They're married, I swear

And it's not just that, it's the fact that Watson is technically GETTING CHANGED in front of Holmes??

Also... Holmes and Watson are both undressed? Sounds pretty HOMOSEXUAL to me 🤨🧐

[oldfashionedbooklove]

Random notes while reading Sherlock Holmes according to @skyriderwednesday, part 3: The Shoscombe Old Place.

- I find it very amusing that Doyle didn’t bother with a date or introduction but jumped right in.

- Has it ever been mentioned Watson was interested in the turf before? Interesting.

- Love the thumbnail sketch of Norberton. (He doesn’t deserve the “sir.”)

- John Mason sounds a very interesting fellow in his own right.

- I find it hilarious when people say they could swear to someone, when it is constantly proven memory is singularly faillible, specially in startling experiences.

- The way Mason tells his story, progressively startling and interesting Holmes, is delightful. 😁

- I don’t care how often I do it, I love reading Sherlock’s comments as he ponders cases.

- I’m 99.99% sure that spoon-bait for jack was not forgotten accidentally…

- Clearly, Sir Robert has had too much of his own way and needs more Sherlock Holmes types to check him, and that oftener.

- The bit about the heritage and crypt are morbidly fascinating. The paths of glory lead but to the grave… 

- Sir Robert is really disgusting. All the more so because he doesn’t seem to realize or accept this. His victim mentality is strong: “…I was compelled to horsewhip…” I find it interesting, though, that the story ends with not only tolerance but almost approval… I believe in second chances but also in justice… there’s a lot to think about here.

[sherlockianscholar]

in "his last bow" when holmes says: "stand with me here upon the terrace, for it may be the last quiet talk that we shall ever have." i never like to interpret it as a permanent goodbye, but in reference to the impending war and violence that will eliminate "quiet talks" into something much more chaotic. or at least, that's what i like to tell myself.