#victorian Sebastian Moran

[bestdamnshot]

finally working on part two of the Blood’s thicker” fanfic I wrote years ago introducing Sebastian’s Victorian Son Dorian Moran. But god damn it. Wanting to make him a regular little kid with tantrums and meltdowns to irritate Seb is so difficult bc I know realistically that kid would straight up he murdered the second his whining and crying gets an octave higher than Seb can take (& trust me, it’s not much higher than regular speech) & making seb even the tiniest bit caring & essentially a normal dad is so hard. 😭

the kid is two, & this man wants to drop kick him for just breathing. I can’t, I can’t. Idk if I’ll ever finish it. & now I realized why it took me years to pick up that story line again 🥲😭

but argh, I love little Dorian & want to develop him as a character 😭😭

[signsofthreecomic]

Every time I do these panel redraws, I feel like I learn something new about crosshatching and contrast and texture. I'm actually starting to learn more about clothing folds! Volume 4 was WILD yall.

I need you all to understand the first scene, the one with the Prof in the dining car, is so gay. Like I get it now! I get why fans of this manga ship Holmes and Moriarty! There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY half of their interactions are straight.

We'll see how far that carries over into my redraws lol.

Regardless- just finished volume 5 and Irene Adler is here! I can't wait to play more with her design, especially since I need to practice/stress test it for next year's mini comic.

[tiger-moran]

apicturewithasmile: is telegram sex instead of phone sex an option? 😅

I'm now thinking about Moran sending Moriarty telegrams saying 'send nudes'

[teenbasher]

Can’t decide if I want to run around causing havoc with little seb, or explore a darker, less loving version of adult Victorian seb towards his biracial child Dorian, in complete contrast to the loving, overprotective, spoiling modern Seb I make him towards Astrid lol.

idk which I want, but I felt this weird need to write something so I guess I’ll figure it out. 🙃

[justpendule]

Moriarty the Patriot is so funny because you've got this group of people composed of well-established members of the high Victorian society like the Moriarty brothers; Colonel of the british army Sebastian Moran; James Bonde, former prima donna used to receptions and the etiquette; and then you've got Fred, the local orphan.

[stephensmithuk]

The Mazarin Stone

First published in 1921, this was an adaptation of a one-act play Doyle wrote called The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes that ran in London that same year and featured Sebastian Moran.

It is also written in the third person, rare for a Holmes story.

A gasogene was a two-globed late Victorian device for producing sparkling water or other such carbonated beverages; the liquid was placed in the bottom and a mixture of tartaric acid and bi-carbonate of soda at the top. You tipped it slightly to start the process going. They had a habit of exploding under pressure, so were in a wire or wicker mesh to stop glass flying around if they did.

Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661) was Chief Minister to Louis XIII and XIV from 1642 until his death. Succeeding Cardinal Richelieu of The Three Musketeers fame, he proved a hugely effective diplomat, playing a key role in the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648, whose principles of national sovereignty remain key to modern international relations.

He acquired a massive art, literature and jewel collection as well, leaving eighteen diamonds called "the Mazarins" to Louis XIV on his death.

Air guns with a pellet discharge of under 12ft/lb are today legal to own in the UK without a licence - anything over that is legally a firearm and regulated as such i.e. licences are needed.

A gudgeon is one of many small bottom-dwelling fish.

Algeria had been gradually conquered by France between 1830 and 1903, become an integral part of the country; something most colonies did not have happen to them. It also gained a very large number of European settlers.

"Train-de-luxe" referred to a train exclusively made up of CIWL carriages, all of which were pretty luxurious with the obvious exception of the dedicated luggage vans. The Orient Express was one such train for much of its history.

"It's a fair cop" is a British slang expression meaning "it was wrong and you caught me fairly".

[fairy-writes]

1300 Follower Event!

Hello! I recently reached 1300 followers and am literally, like… lowkey crying?

I know I say this every time. But I seriously cannot imagine myself ever having gotten this far. I can’t imagine anyone actually enjoying what I write, much less wanting to follow my silly little writing blog.

But for this event! I’m hosting a cafe! Just like I did way back when! Basically, you guys order a drink, and I’ll write either headcanons, drabbles, scenarios, or one-shots!

The event will be open for two weeks starting today! It’ll be available from Monday, November 27th, 2023 to Monday, December 11th, 2023! 

ALL ORDERS ARE UNDER #fairy1300followers

Rules are: 

All orders are written as character x reader!

Everything is gender neutral reader unless specifically stated otherwise (ex: you request a female reader)

TWO ORDERS PER PERSON

Please send them in separately so I can keep track of everything!

You don’t have to choose an add-on special. Those are just if you want to have some extra fun!

Any orders that do not follow the rules will be deleted. 

I will write for the following people:

Arcane: League of Legends: Viktor, Silco, Jayce Talis, Vi, Vander, Caitlyn Kiramman, Mel Medarda

Bungou Stray Dogs: Nakajima Atsushi, Nakahara Chuuya, Dazai Osamu, Kunikida Doppo, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Saigiku Jouno, Suehiro Tecchou

The Case Study of Vanitas: Vanitas, Noé Archiviste, Roland Fortis, Dominique de Sade

Demon Slayer: All the Hashira (except for Muichiro), Akaza, Kokushibo, Douma, Kamado Tanjiro (aged up), Agatsuma Zenitsu (aged up), Hashibira Inosuke (aged up)

Doctor Who: The Doctor (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th), Jack Harkness, River Song

Fullmetal Alchemist: Roy Mustang, Greed (not Greedling), Riza Hawkeye, Jean Havoc, Envy, Alex Louis Armstrong, Olivier Armstrong, Edward Elric (post-FMAB), Alphonse Elric (post-FMAB), Ling Yao (post-FMAB)

Grimm (NBC): Nick Burkhardt, Hank Griffin, Sean Renard, Drew Wu, Monroe

Jujutsu Kaisen: Gojo Satoru, Fushiguro Toji, Geto Suguru, Nanami Kento, Itadori Yuuji (aged up), Fushiguro Megumi (aged up)

Moriarty the Patriot: William James Moriarty, Albert James Moriarty, Louis James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Fred Porlock, Sebastian Moran, James Bonde

Tokyo Ghoul: Uta, Kaneki Ken, Kirishima Touka, Kirishima Ayato (re: age), Nishio Nishiki, Tsukiyama Shuu

MENU

Sizes: 

Large: Imagine (500-750 Words)

Medium: Scenario (350-500 Words)

Small: Drabble (250-350 Words)

Extra-Small: Headcanons (new headcanon style with a short blurb at the end)

Drinks: 

Latte: Fluff

Black Coffee: Whump (physical pain)

Espresso: Angst (emotional pain)

Cappuccino: Hurt/Comfort

Mocha: Paranormal (idk what this entails, but I’ll figure it out, lol)

Americano: Platonic Relationships

Smoothie: My choice! Just send in a character and a size!

Add-On Specials: 

With Spice: Victorian Era AU

With Sugar: Pirate AU

With Cream: Domestic AU

With Ice: Soulmate AU

Extra Hot: Fantasy AU

Example Order: Hello! Can I please get a large latte with spice with Tanjiro from Demon Slayer? 

Translation: Hello! Can I get a fluffy Victorian AU imagine with Tanjiro from Demon Slayer?

Example Order: Can I please order a medium black coffee with Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul?

Translation: Can I please get a whump scenario with Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul?

[hereforyourdispleasure]

A person in my life recently complained about how all their favourite characters keep getting "turned lgbtq" so in spite, and in boredom, I'll list characters I think are trans and why

Harry Potter- lived in a fucking closet

Sam Wilson aka Falcon- queer people love birds

Every Transformer- it's in the name + slightly canonically accurate because they don't do human gender concepts

Every single Star Wars character- have you seen them

Colonel Sebastian Moran- because I say so

All the Hargreeves (yes even him)- alien kids + they experienced more emotional repression than a Victorian man forced to admit he likes looking at men's exposed ankles

Lightening McQueen

Mercutio- you know damn well

Telemachus- very keen to prove himself as a man, he's in his internalised misogyny phase what can I say

Dallas Winston- New York just does that to you man

[kingofthewebxxx]

anon meme: ( werewolf victorian au )

what's your thoughts on creating a pack? who would you want in your pack?

“A pack for little ole me? Well I would have to think about it, not that I haven’t already. Can’t have any old idiot, well I suppose I should collect a few of them at least, for canon fodder that is, I’ve always loved a game of chess! Although the chain of command would be different, only a few chosen betas, everyone else has to earn the right not to be just a mutt, Bastain is still my most trusted packmate, as well as my Gem. You are a very nosey anon aren’t you! I do have a little list of those I shall be turning, why would I ask when all I have to do is bite; so much more angst that way.”

Jim’s list:

Current Pack:

Gemini (Beta and Mate) @deathtransformed

Sebastian Moran (Beta) @thecockysniper

Isabella Purefoy/ Moriarty (beta and sister) @qceensofkings

Campbell Bain (packmate he just hasn’t realised what happened yet (mutt)) @heretoboogie

Lucy Westenra, you didn’t think I would forget you did you, (beta if you behave), @vyrulent

A few others that no one will know 🙃

To be bitten by moi:

Lord Asriel, purely for giggles @asrielbelacquaaaa

Another version of my tiger and also my big bro! If he agrees that is 👀 @collidingxworlds

Fish Lecter. My best friend! Because what is a pack without heart! @imprvdente

Deidre another sister of mine from another universe, may as well bring them together, the benefits of knowing a time lord 😉 @hvbris

Obviously! How could I not want this sexy devil on my side @iamthemaster

Ruby ruby ruby! @fortitudina

Because I said so, you are joining it even if I can’t turn you, pretty please 🥹@esotericsoldier

Others:

‘Ally’, Caspian is a true ‘friend’ to the pack, ignore the ‘ ‘ Cas, it’s your imagination 🙃 @luposcainus

You are part of this obviously my star, just not sure what to call you yet, I take it you want a fancy title @fangsforhire

Considering your view on werewolves if I can cure your vampirism I could give you the gift of turning into a giant dog! Or find a human version of you, only the best for my mirror images @poxsonmenace

[doctorcorby]

Chapters: 5/8 Fandom: Raffles - E. W. Hornung, Raffles (TV 1977), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bunny Manders/A. J. Raffles Characters: Bunny Manders, A. J. Raffles, Minor Characters, Gina Lestrade (Dai Gyakuten Saiban), Tobias Gregson (Dai Gyakuten Saiban), James Moriarty, Sebastian Moran, Barok van Zieks Additional Tags: Mission Fic, Post-Canon, During Canon, Fix-It, Major Character Undeath, Victorian Attitudes, Partners in Crime, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, POV Third Person, Screen Reader Safe, Crossdressing, anachronistic disdain for imperialism Summary:

After returning from the war, Bunny Manders' pseudonymous publications have made certain that the villain AJ Raffles was dead, in the mind of the public, giving the genuine article just the wiggle room needed for he and his companion to disappear from the eyes of the law.

But certainly they can't depart from their beloved London town without one last heist, as much for old times' sake, as for a cushion to aid them in establishing their new lives. And what better opportunity than the upcoming Great Exhibition? Certainly all manner of strange characters are likely to turn up there.

But most importantly, Bunny and Raffles, once more bound for hell or glory, arm in arm.

(Technically a crossover with Great Ace Attorney/Dai Gyakuten Saiban, but can be easily read blind for that fandom.)

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the return returns! Barok appears in this chapter ;)

[bestdamnshot]

bit of a shit head-canon but in my head seb is a dad, a really good dad despite his own shit upbringing. mostly modern Seb bc he can be more open when it comes to affection & supporting his kids etc. & I mostly picture Seb being an amazing girl dad in modern hence my oc Astrid comes in & is the reason I started having this whole head-canon in the first place right? But even though I first imagined them having a really shitty relationship bc the first time I wrote her I pictured her showing up at Seb’s door step at age 14/15 angry, a troubled kid who mirrored teen seb a lot bc essentially that is when I pictured he accidentally conceived her & bc he was a kid himself he ran & didn’t look back bc he was terrified he would be an awful father. & honestly given what he went through who could blame him? (Or ether he just never knew she even existed until then lmao, couldn’t decide which I preferred bc the latter was hilarious to me at the time)

anyway in that AU he’s confronted with a lot of the shit he had to face a lone through this kid he has to form a relationship with & he heals through that a bit. But that was really the first time Astrid Moran ever came to exist.

In most of the dad Seb AUs I’ve done he’s raised her as an adult since birth but in any AU, he’s just the complete opposite of his own father bc I like to think that even though he probably does have a lot of issues still, he can be impulsive & have a bit of a temper, he can do his best to not scar his kids the way he was scared & just tries to blow off steam when he’s out murdering for his boss instead of blowing at a toddler for pouring syrup on his shoe or something (which he would never do regardless bc Seb’s always been soft in my head, like really, truly soft. Deep down. Like he’s never lost that little five year old persona who kept a piece of the mischievousness, curiosity, play & love that kid naturally had before losing Alex at age 6.) but that view is mostly for modern Seb.

for Victorian Seb is a bit trickier for me personally anyway bc I love soft seb so much but I base off Vic seb mostly off The Hound of the D’urbersvilles the most in terms of personality & that mother fucker was FUNNY. But the bitch had major Anger, addiction & a whole slue of issues I can’t possibly try to replicate, specially towards a child bc I would only turn him into Augustus in a way & I don’t want that for Seb. So I do make him a little soft, but to make thighs more tense for him & easier for me to write that rougher Sebastian I decided his child, my OC Dorian Moran is a biracial child seb gets stuck with after he does what he does abroad, but before he can run away like he always does Dorian’s mom dies during child birth & Seb, well he has to take DAMN RESPONSIBILITY for once. (Wrote a whole fickler for this LMAO https://teenbasher.tumblr.com/post/184379231091/bloods-thicker <- read here if you want )

Victorian Seb is harder for me in this regard bc his personality is definitely vile & abusive but even then he stands for his child a bit more than his own dad ever did for him, at least he learns to with time, even though at the beginning he is absolutely awful to him. Bc let’s face it, seb is not a patient or kid man. So dealing with a toddler is very hard for him. But despite how much he dislikes his kid & how mean he can be towards him. I like to think that seb does care for him & despite everything, he invests in Dorian’s care having a nanny for him & eventually possibly having Moriarty help him tutor the boy ( since ya know he essentially lives with the man, & yeah a brothel is not the best place to raise a kid, but he’s trying, right?) & I like to also think that at least once in his life Sebastian stands up to someone discriminating against Dorian, perhaps bc of his race or his ilegitimen status, & maybe when Dorian is older & Seb has become more fond of him bc he learns to see him as his son & recognizes quirks maybe he had in his youth & generally learns to love Dorian as the son & human being he is. At some point Seb has to come around & at least show Dorian once that he got his back. Like damn.

anyway this think pice went wildly longer than I planned bc I originally just wanted to state abt how Astrid was mostly a Modern OC while Dorian was Victorina but I went too into thought about Dorian bc I love him & I feel bad I haven’t spent more time developing his character & relationship with Seb (ooooh!! Specially bc I think it would be nice & a total slap on the face to Seb if Moriarty offered to educate the boy. Not only in maths & science & all of the academia, but as an heir of sorts, teaching him the other side of the business eventually, bc think about it, who the fuck is going to suspect a biracial lad in Victorian England runs a world wide criminal empire after the very napoleon of Crime himself , master of disguise & perception Professor James bleeding Moriarty) not only inherit him but taught him since childhood. Plus since Seb would teach him to shoot & handle guns (as a matter of manly honor obvs & not an excuse to bond with his son) Dorian would be the whole package in terms of running Moriarty's criminal enterprise, becoming an incredibly powerful assassin.

[ao3feed-jimlock]

Symphony of the Serpent; Verisimilitude

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/mgVcMTC by Vivirki In gloomy victorian London Jim Moriarty has grown bored of his life when he sees a man he thought he would never see again. All he can think to ask is...do you like to dance? Words: 2254, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: M/M Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/Jim Moriarty, Sebastian Moran/Jim Moriarty, Sebastian Moran & Jim Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Victorian, BAMF Molly Hooper, Sherlock Holmes Has Feelings, Dubious Science, Jim Moriarty is a Little Shit, Protective John Watson, Protective Sebastian Moran, Secret Relationship, Secret Identity, Victorian Attitudes, Murder, First Meetings read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/mgVcMTC

[tiger-moran]

Yes! Moriarty has never had such a clean house or eaten so well as he does once Moran moves in with him because Moran cleans and he cooks and does all the other domestic stuff around the house, things Moriarty has never really bothered about that much, but Moran does these things (and does them very thoroughly) because he needs to do something and also I think because he still has this deep-seated fear of being rejected and subconsciously thinks that if he can make himself useful he's going to delay the inevitable moment when he gets rejected again.

Moriarty is home, when Moran has never really had a home before - he's had places he's lived and places he's stayed but never somewhere he would consider home before (and I do think when Moran moves in with Moriarty, this is the first time he's started to have more than a few mostly all practical possessions, this is the first time he's ever started to accumulate just nice things, or ever thought about something like what colour should we paint the walls or things like that, this is genuinely the first time he has had a real home, a place that feels like more than just a place to sleep and shower and have meals).

He is the sort of person where generally if you threaten him he'll tend to laugh in your face (and tell you to go fuck yourself maybe) but threatening someone he cares about is a whole other matter. Once it does start to really sink in that this is for good, that Moriarty does want him to stay and is not going to just throw him out over some trivial reason, then anyone threatening Moriarty's life or wellbeing is going to turn Moran into this unstoppable force of nature almost, who will fight tooth and nail to protect him and everything he represents.

I'm kind of obsessed with the idea that when nothing very much is happening or even when nice things are happening sometimes Moran can be kind of an emotional wreck then as soon as bad shit starts happening he switches to calm and composed and then if Moriarty's life or wellbeing is in danger he turns downright murderous

[detective4blog]

I wanna write with Sebastian again because I miss him but idk which idea so.....poll.

[eirinstiva]

Sebastian Moran and "The Empty House" in Spanish

When I read "La aventura de la casa vacía", the translation into Spanish of "The Adventure of the Empty House" many years ago I didn't pay too much attention to Sebastian Moran, I was just happy to see Sherlock back from the dead after "El problema final" (original title "The Final Problem"). I'm not sure but probably I read both stories the same day because my work was shit and the city I was living was shit I could.

This is how Watson describes Moran:

It was a tremendously virile and yet sinister face which was turned towards us. With the brow of a philosopher above and the jaw of a sensualist below, the man must have started with great capacities for good or for evil. 

(Emphasis by me)

"Sensualist"... WHAT IS THAT?

Ok, I'll read this part translated by Juan Manuel Ibeas:

El rostro que nos encaraba era tremendamente viril, pero de expresión siniestra, con la frente de un filósofo por arriba y la mandíbula de un depravado por abajo.

"Depravado"? Ok, that changes everything. Sensualist can be defined as "somebody who seeks pleasure" or hedonist. This makes me think about Moriarty the Patriot's Moran.

Cigarettes, alcohol, gambling and women. This Moran is a huge sensualist.

Depravado can be translated as depraved, perv, or somebody with flawed morals. The first two uses are more common currently and mostly used as sexual deviant, so my image of this Moran is...

Happosai from Ranma 1/2, a classic representation a perv that is obviously a perv according to Victorian standards (?) So, yeah... this is hard! -swears in Chilean-

Another thing that I noticed was the small talk between Holmes and Moran:

“You fiend!” he kept on muttering. “You clever, clever fiend!” “Ah, Colonel!” said Holmes, arranging his rumpled collar; “‘journeys end in lovers' meetings,’ as the old play says. (...)"

Moran recognise how Holmes outsmarted him, and Holmes takes time to quote Twelfth Night, Or What You Will from Shakespeare (know in Spanish as Noche de Reyes o La duodécima noche). The quote is very romantic. Context of the quote here because I haven't read that play in English.

In the translation some part of the magic is lost:

Y no dejaba de murmurar entre dientes: —¡Maldito demonio! ¡Maldito demonio astuto! —¡Ah coronel! —dijo Holmes, arreglándose el arrugado cuello de la camisa—. Nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena, como dice el refrán.

Moran recognise Holmes' cleverness but in this case Holmes use an old proverb that is so old that it appears in many classical Spanish books like Juan Varela's El comendador Mendoza (1876) and Miguel de Unamuno's Abel Sánchez (1917). This proverb is used as "better late than never".

Translation is a hard work, and reading both versions is good exercise along watching many adaptations.

[nanaminokanojo]

my boy and i were talking about some books we've read and i remembered being this 13 y/o kid who was addicted to regency novels and adoring this emerald-eyed character called alexander sinclair, scottish and very much in love with his english rose named marina dudley.

and i get this eureka moment: JJK MEN IN HISTORIC ENGLAND, DUKES AND VISCOUNTS AND BARONS IN ALL THE RIGIDITY OF VICTORIAN SOCIETY BEING SUCH DADDIES STEALING READER'S VIRTUE! YES! 🤣🤣🤣

okay, i had too much blue margaritas 🍸😌

BUT LIKE HEAR ME OUT!!!

Duke Kento Nanami whom the ton gossips about for being this scorching bachelor who inherited his dukedom much too early but ia recluse, attends one of the soirees during your coming out season and falling head over heels for your cynical wit.

OR!!

The scoundrel viscount Suguru Geto, whom your parents would never approve of, running away with you to Gretna Green to marry you.

OR

Duke Satoru Gojo coming back to England with his fellow duke Suguru after the Napoleonic wars to find his best friend's little sister (you) all grown up and very much alluring but off limits.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON!

Yup. Too much margaritas but like... 👀

This was something I've originally thought of when I was hooked on Moriarty the Patriot. Sebastian Moran, hello!