A Rabbit, John!

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[thinwhitedoc]

SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson

[ohwatson]

watching thob right now and forgot how funny it is, some underrated lines. “A RABBIT JOHN 🙄🙄😡😤” and “bluebell the case of the vanishing glow in the dark rabbit. nato’s in uproar!” god he’s so funny 😭✋🏻

[fangirlsovertoomanythings]

The way that most of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories’ most horrible villains are rich dudes that are abusive to women, in a time such as the 1880’s, compels me.

[gardnerhill]

There’s a whole subset of Sherlock Holmes stories that could be labeled Asshole Guys Try to Control Women’s Money.

[three--rings]

Yup, there’s a huge number of times where Sherlock Holmes is the ONLY person to take a young woman’s complaint or worry seriously and finds out someone is up to some serious evil.  Holmes also shows a lot of compassion and empathy with the victims over and over again.  (This is why I find “Secretly a woman” or “Trans” Holmes headcanons much more convincing than “sociopath” Holmes.)

[waterhobbit]

I am never going to shut up about how much I specifically love The Adventure of The Copper Beeches because it is literally Sherlock Holmes listening to a young lady he does not know except as a potential client, agreeing with her that a potential job she has interviewed for that she thinks is SUPER SKETCHY is, indeed, sketchy as fuck and when she says she’s probably gonna take the job anyways because the money is good and she needs it going “OKAY I GUESS but for the love of god please write to us so we know you’re okay we will literally drop everything and jump on a train if you want us to”.

The job turns out to indeed be sketchy as fuck, she writes to them, Holmes and Watson drop everything and jump on a train when she asks them to. I read this story for the first time when I was twelve and it made a HUGE impression.

[three--rings]

This is also the basis for a lot of speculation about Holmes’ family life.  The idea that he has been a victim of abuse, or his mother was abused (or even murdered by his father.)  There’s definitely SOMETHING that makes him very aware of how dangerous isolated families can be, and the dark things that can happen behind closed doors.  Plus, of course, the motivation to devote himself to stopping crime.  And yes, so much of it is of the personal type. 

[volkswagonblues]

dude see this is one aspect of the original books i NEVER understand why modern remakes (cough cough) don’t go all in on. Like, in the 21th c we HAVE all the dumb forensic shit that made Victorian Holmes stand out, but we STILL DON’T HAVE uh….you know, compassion for women and minorities, or the willingness to believe them, adequate community support for domestic violence or hate crimes, etc. etc. which you’d think is exactly where a renegade consulting detective would come in handy. A good modern day Sherlock Holmes remake, instead of trying to convince us that Holmes is some super genius for being better than fingerprint analysis or whatever, could have him just be…a good person who helps out people the police can’t and won’t help. There you go. That’s how to write a relevant modern Holmes.

[fahbee]

One thing that annoys me is how much the BBC version of Sherlock (and the fandom around it) focus on police cases or cold cases.  In the stories, Holmes’ bread and butter cases had fuck-all to do with the police and in a few stories, he actively works around/against them, or outright lies to them.  Of the many, many things I wish that show had done differently, this is one is particularly obnoxious since it’s such a gimme.

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

There were very few actual murder cases in the Canon, and Holmes handled them either one of two ways:

Option one: The murder victim was innocent while the killer was an abusive bastard, see Speckled Band. Conclusion, arrest and have the killer charged (Or in the case of Speckled Band, indirectly murder him yourself then shrug and go home)

Option two: The victim was murdered to protect someone that the victim was abusing, or for vengeance, see Boscombe Valley, Devil’s Foot, Abbey Grange. Conclusion, Oops, I don’t know who the killer is, I am suddenly incompetent, oh look a pheasant.

[faejilly]

#my favorite murder in holmes canon#is when they straight up witness a lady murder her blackmailer#do nothing except destroy his other blackmail material#and then straight up lie to lestrade about it#sherlock holmes#more of this in modern adaptations pls (via @cactusspatz )

[muffinworry]

Let’s not forget the time Holmes helps a young woman who’s being catfished by her own stepfather to steal her inheritance, and when the villain sneers that the law can’t touch him, Holmes grabs a horsewhip out of sheerest chivalry.

[whenisayrunrun]

Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock - Heterochromia iridum appreciation post

……………..or eyeporn ^^

[reapersun]

awww i bet you thought he was taking embarrassing photos of jawn

don’t worry he did that too

diglettdevious: Has Sherlock ever had any fun with that camera equipment set he brought to on of the Great Game’s puzzles?

gay-what-nothing-hey: Could you please draw Sherlock and his camera from the TGG?

[northernbluetwo]

[hobbitbilbo]

Sherlock meme: seven outfits [4/7]  Sherlock’s sheet

[wingceltis]

[sapphiresea1130]

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He steps up.

He stands still.

He leans and looks down.

He is where he was before the fall.

He has his phone in his hand.

He reclaimed from the Scotland Yard.

“John,” He knew that Lestrade wouldn’t let him down, but it was the rule. The…

[wingceltis]

救命啊我要哭出来了！！！！！好小海！！！！！！！你怎么能这样！！！你不能这样！！！！！！！！！！！！QAQAQAQAQ

[petite-madame]

The Science of Seduction - (2023)

“Am I going to keep the tattoos ? Of course not, don’t be silly John, it’s for a case. A “three”, unfortunately. I’ll be back in two hours top, don’t wait for me for dinner. John, are you alright ? You look sick. I’m concerned. John ? John…? Why are you looking at me like this ?”

[naefelldaurk]

Obligatory repost, to raise my spirits. ❤️

[ghostofnuggetspast]

Oh I hadn’t seen this one before! Exquisite.

[soulgyrl]

[septembre-songstress]

I’ve been drawing Sherlock a lot lately

[reapersun]

A gift for someone to someone, from one of their favorite fics, Indelible Words.

[seandmountain]

It begins here.

[aiwa-sensei]

I have never played it, so it’s probably not accurate at all. Also, I discovered new brush O_O and struggled with it a lot 

[artemisfowls]

Sherlock + self-awareness

[venora-the-rogue]

You mean Sherlock + self-deprication

[rominatrix]

John and Sherlock making each other smile and laugh ♥

[chamilecc]

created by a friend of my friend’s

[swissmissficrecs]

Rec: I couldn’t find this properly credited anywhere, but I am guessing it’s by Zhang Weber (tag) as it looks like their style. What I like the most about this is it goes beyond the gorgeously colored, brilliantly lighted, (better than) photo-quality art I’ve been seeing a lot of lately, working entirely in black and white to create astonishing depth both in terms of physical space and emotion. Every line and stroke is meaningful, and the image as a whole portrays Sherlock’s internal and external landscape in a stunningly effective manner.