The Conductor Of Light

ane || 20 || ao3: attic-cat || A blog dedicated to Holmes and Watson (feel free to send me an ask or a message!)

[aneholmes]

This is an official apology to all of my friends who have had to listen to me ramble on about Holmes/Watson till 2am, even though they have neither read acd sh nor watched any sh media in their entire lives. Thank you for your endless patience for me after all these years and I love you all very much.

I definitely need more friends that are familiar to sh so as to not bother them too much boi-

[dathen]

Holmes was silent and buried in thought with a pained expression upon his face, as one who finds himself in a perplexing position.

"Look here, Watson," he said when the cloth was cleared "just sit down in this chair and let me preach to you for a little. I don't know quite what to do, and I should value your advice. Light a cigar and let me expound."

Holmes: Watson help I have Head Full Too Many Thoughts, if I can’t infodump I will die :((

"Pray do so."

And then Watson being the best friend a neurodivergent can ask for 💞

[spooksicl-e]

little granada!holmes drawing i did as a request over on insta:]

[224bbaker]

important reminder that holmes and watson transitioned from polite roommates to friends because watson read one of holmes's articles, called it and the writer a hack piece of shit, and holmes went "tell me more. btw i wrote that--no don't stop" and proceeded to call all watson's favorite detectives hack pieces of shit in return

[dathen]

“I understand that you have already managed several delicate cases of this sort sir, though I presume that they were hardly from the same class of society."

"No, I am descending."

"I beg pardon."

"My last client of the sort was a king."

I’M HOWLING OH MY GOD HOLMES I LOVE YOU

The noble: Heh I’m probably soooo much better than your usual clients 😏 I am honoring you with my presence and a relief from the usual riffraff 😌

Holmes: Ehhhh you’re a downgrade*

*I cant even make this one more of a zinger “I am descending” is already PINNACLE

(and ofc we just heard how Holmes prefers the company of those ‘lesser people’ which makes this power move even more delightful)

[zenmithia]

to celebrate holmes' first copyright-free birthday i'd like to share a snapshot of "221bit" (working title), the sherlock holmes-themed 2.5d pixel rpg that @beeinyourbucket, @gooolabatooo, and i have been working on for the past few months. development is still in its early stages, but we hope to be able to release a trailer/demo later this year

[curioscurio]

Happy Year of the Rabbit // Sherlock Homes becoming Public Domain!!

[clara-kaino]

by @sugishi1832

[thoughtlessthinkythoughts]

As we celebrated public domain day and the start of Letters from Watson, I just want to say....

All queer Holmes headcanons are good.

All of them are meaningful to a multitude of people, and everyone finally has free reign to explore them in published works.

And I want to see all of them. They aren't in competition with each other.

I love explorations of what it would be like to be gay in Victorian society and all of the intricate historical connections people make. Both the painful ones and the ones that say fuck it, let's show some joy.

I love when characters are allowed to be bisexual and all of their relationships are treated with respect. I love when Watson gets to love Mary and Holmes, and when this isn't made out to be some competition.

I love aro and/or ace Holmes, and I beg certain corners of the fandom to remember that these explorations are not the same as simply not addressing the subject of Holmes' sexuality. They are so much more, and these interpretations are fundamentally queer. I love explorations of what it means for a queerplatonic partnership to be the most important relationship in someone's life, especially when they don't have the words to explain it.

I love explorations of Sherlock Holmes and gender. Whether it is someone concealing their gender to play a certain role in society or it is an exploration of being trans historically. All possibilities have something different and interesting to say.

Sherlock Holmes and the relationship between Holmes and Watson appeals to so many of us for a reason, and there are so many stories we can tell. There are so many ways authors can now say "I have always seen myself in this. Let me show you why." There is no limit.

I guess what I'm saying is this. Sherlock Holmes is now legally allowed to be kind and compassionate (and treat female characters well).

Here's to fandom doing the same.

[yemiello]

Extending my congratulations to the happy couple on becoming public domain at last. Happy New Year!

[kubo-kubo]

Holmes: *learns Watson's favourite violin pieces, goes to bed early, is quiet and polite*

Holmes: This is great! I'm going to get a good grade in roommate, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve,

[224bbaker]

so did YOU cry at jeremy brett holmes almost calling out to a devastated watson across the reichenbach falls but stopping himself at the last second or are you a fucking liar

[dathen]

I am honest to god floating on clouds about Holmes and Watson’s first meeting, but specifically in the contrast from how Watson’s life was painted before.

He starts off that he “had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air,” which immediately paints such a lonely and untethered existence. The carefree metaphor is immediately dropped. He talks about his going to London as “a cesspool” towards which he’s “irresistibly drained,” like a piece of trash in the gutter.

Once there, he bluntly describes his time as “leading a comfortless, meaningless existence.” He’s alone, disabled, traumatized, no family to fall back on, no friends to brighten his day. It’s to the point that seeing a guy he barely recognizes and never talked to brings him “the exuberance of joy.” He’s so!! damn!! lonely!!

And of course we know his lifelong companion and loyal comrade and intimate friend is right around the corner, about to meet over something as mundane as being unable to afford housing.

It’s also fascinating to be able to pinpoint what drew me to these stories as an aro kid decades before I learned the word, but also how much deeper they hit as an adult familiar with that intense modern loneliness, the feeling of grasping at straws for connection. A QPP read of these stories is SUCH indescribable wish fulfillment for many aro people, and it’s so clear why from the very first few paragraphs.

[beekeeperspicnic]

Yet more memes from the first week of Letters from Watson that you all missed out on because tumblr thought/thinks I'm a bot.

[beardedmrbean]

Amen to that little dude

[ineffabletwaddle13]

Holmes remembers he left the gas on under his experiment while he was out on a case. All Baker Street will be blown up! (luckily Watson popped back in to turn the gas off as they were leaving the flat)

[gaytobymeres]

Benoit Blanc's similarities to other fictional detectives

Specifically Holmes, Poirot and Columbo because I'm most familiar with them and saw many of their characteristics in Blanc.

Impeccable clothes - Poirot

Cigar - Columbo

Post-case slump - Holmes

Eccentric - Holmes, Poirot, Columbo

Detection as a means of helping people, not just for the sake of solving crimes - Holmes (and Poirot and Columbo to a slightly lesser extent)

Fun name – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Referred to by surname (almost) all of the time, even by close friends/partners – Columbo, Holmes, Poirot

Kindness to and deep respect for vulnerable women – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Said to be the best detective in the world – Holmes, Poirot

Fun American accent – Columbo

Hates rich people who abuse their financial influence – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Polite – Columbo (of course Holmes and Poirot can also be very polite but I don't feel like it's a defining characteristic for them the way it is for Columbo)

Rude to mean rich people in a way that is so polite the horrible rich people don’t realise they’re being made fun of/talked to rudely – Holmes, Poirot

Politeness and diplomacy that is often pushed too far and they explode into explicit anger – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Drama in resolution – all three to varying degrees, but especially Poirot

Understated and affable – Columbo

Involved in self-contained stories – Columbo, Poirot, Holmes (though a couple of Holmes stories do link closely to previous stories)

Uses the word 'afoot' – Holmes

Gay – Holmes, Poirot (I'll let you decide if this applies to Columbo)