I was talking about Sherlock Holmes with my cool weird 42 year old coworker the other day and he said that he had read other works by ACD but not any Sherlock Holmes. ACD is smiling down from heaven on his one and only true fan.
[ID: a comic of a cartoony version of Holmes and Watson. Watson is standing and saying several speech bubbles that include texts copied from migraine care websites that read “Do not mess with your sleep schedule. Aim to get 7-9 hours of sleep every night. Do not skip meals, and do not eat lots of junk food. A sudden drop in blood sugar can trigger a migraine. Do not let yourself get dehydrated. Dehydration is a common trigger for headaches and can exacerbate a migraine. Do not take pain medication for more than 3 or 4 days in a row. Developing the body's resistance and expectation of medication can bring on a headache and affect the efficacy and effectiveness of the medicine. Do not try to "motor through" a migraine. Ignoring the pain will not make it go away— in fact, it may make the pain worse and the duration of the migraine longer.” And “Avoid smoking. Evidence suggests that smoking may: increase the risk of migraine medication, overuse, increase the use of opiate migraine medications, link to worse psychological health alongside migraine, such as depression and stress, trigger new migraine episodes. If you would like help avoiding smoking or using tobacco products, talk with a doctor for advice. They can discuss medical and lifestyle approaches that may help.” Holmes is sitting on the floor, frowning and clutching his head. He is saying, “You never let me do ANYthing” with a frowny face emoji]
"average character is a little bit autistic" factoid actualy just statistical error. average character is neurotypical. Sherlock Holmes, who has over 10,000 adaptations and is autistic in every one of them, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
[ID: Digital painting, a recreation of one of Leyendecker's Interwoven Socks ads, of a gentleman sitting in a wooden chair before a wooden desk, clutching some envelopes in hand. Instead, it's Dr Watson as played by David Burke, and there's an assortment of chemistry vials on the desk as well as a microscope.
Watson's in a light suit and has a yellow flower pinned to his lapel. The chair he sits in is a swivel one. He sits before a solid coral background. /end ID]
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While I mostly find that quote up there like a big backhanded compliment, there's a part of me that finds it really endearing.
I think, the question is, can pure sunshine be a conductor of light? Because that's what Watson, especially David Burke's, is to me.
I started this study on the day Mr Burke's passing was shared publicly without knowing if I'd finish it, but I ended up chipping away at it light by little these past few days. I hope I have managed to do him even the slightest bit of justice 💛
Anyway, deets!
[ID: An assortment of details of the above illustration, each focusing on a different part of the image. In order:
in a way john watson is a fantasy (what if you had this brilliant enigmatic friend and what if he liked you in particular and what if he offered you the excitement of youth and adventures and a way out of boring society life and all without having to actually give up your status as a gentleman so you could have the best of both worlds) and in a way sherlock holmes is a fantasy (what if someone never got tired of you despite your various strange habits and mood swings and instead of simply tolerating you they genuinely liked you and what if you didn’t have to live alone forever and what if you never had to give up doing the things you love) and of course there’s the most fantastical part of it all (what if you could afford london housing prices)
I drew @bonesfool ‘s Holmes and Watson from her exquisite fic “Some Observations Upon the Taming of the Bloodhound.” It’s a real treat and I absolutely love the characterisation of these two. And of course I will take any opportunity to draw some Victorian gents!
[ID: A digital pencil sketch of Holmes and Watson shown from the shoulders up. Watson is side-eyeing Holmes with a scowl. Holmes is sporting a mischievous and very self-satisfied smile.]
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