The Literary Crime Spree

Literature, reviews, writing-related paraphernalia, and ranting, relevant or otherwise. Inspired by my love of books, meta, psychology and, of course, Sherlock Holmes. Side-blog, FYI.

[chthonicgodling]

but seriously though i’m sick and tired of those masterposts that are like “here! A reference site on Greek mythology for all your needs! Look it has all fifteen Greek gods on it!” And I’m like. tHERE WERE LIKE HUNDREDS OF FIGURES IN MYTHOLOGY YOUR CRAPPY HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BIBLIOGRAPHY SITE MEANS NOTHING TO ME 

if you want a basic outline of Greek mythology okay sure fine??? but like. if you want an extensive fucking reference site you are looking in the wrong goddamn places

as a self-declared greek mythology snob my reference site is fucking always this fucker right here. almost every single figure ever mentioned in a Greek text is on it, it has the most obscure gods, spirits, nymphs— it’s GREAT. You really wanna extend your mythological knowledge past the basic 12 and like four others? USE THEOI.  plus plus PLUS everything is cited so you can actually read the source material written about whoever it is you’re looking at.

fucking signal boost this. i’m so sick and tired of writer’s helpers blogs referring people to sites with as much information you would get from opening a third grade mythology book jesus chriiiiiist

[ayellowbirds]

I absolutely endorse this post. Theoi.com is a fantastic resource.

[aesirhighblood]

Mythologian here! I love theoi.com! I also use http://www.mythindex.com/ for quick and easy summaries of gods, goddesses, heroes and more! It also has links to theoi as well!

[prettyarb]

Okay, this is seriously epic.  I’ve just read through Persephone and Orpheus and suddenly Greek mythology makes so much more sense.

[danielle-writes]

Some advice for when you’re writing and find yourself stuck in the middle of a scene:

kill someone

ask this question: “What could go wrong?” and write exactly how it goes wrong

switch the POV from your current character to another - a minor character, the antagonist, anyone

stop writing whatever scene you’re struggling with and skip to the next one you want to write

write the ending

write a sex scene

use a scene prompt

use sentence starters

read someone else’s writing

Never delete. Never read what you’ve already written. Pass Go, collect your $200, and keep going.

[bookcharactersthough]

This is the literal best writing advice I have ever read. Period.

[literarycrimespree]

This is the literal way game of thrones was written

[literarycrimespree]

► VIDEO: First look at Sir Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes

Watch the teaser trailer of Mr. Holmes as he revisits his final case with the help of a young protégé. Video: Miramax/Roadside Attractions/BBC Films/AI Film

Why is no one talking about this, am I late to the party, am I going to have to scream in a corner by myself?

*screams in a corner by herself*

[queerzaza]

someone posted about how female villains always use their sexuality against men, and it got me thinking…wouldn’t it be great if the “good guy” was an Asexual?

at the bar a sexy lady-villain comes on all sultry and seductive,

"hello handsome, can i buy you a drink?"

then...

[literarycrimespree]

Think y'all are missing the point here. Cool as an ace character would be, their presence wouldn't solve the issue of how sexy women are automatically vilified (as are women in a position of power-- and I'd consider being the main character's opposition to be a 'powerful' position, so double-whammy there)

And your scenario also doesn't allow for a female villain who breaks out of the stereotype and uses, say, her massive brain instead of her cleavage.

The good guy rejecting the 'evil' girl is what always happens anyways. Either that, or he sleeps with her and calls her bluff afterwards a la Bond. Because while villainous females tend to always use sex as a weapon, they also mostly lose with it. Sweet, virginal 'good girls' are the ones who win-Madonna/Virgin/Whore complexes.

So, yes, an ace male lead would be great. So would a non-sexual female villain and/or a sexy woman who ISN'T a villain. So would a million other characters that reflect the diversity of the world we live in.  All of these would be great and there is absolutely no need for any of them to be mutually exclusive. 

[ultrafacts]

This German art student, Benjamin Harff, decided, for his exam at the Academy of Arts, to do something only slightly ambitious — to hand-illuminate and bind a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion. It took him six months of work. He hand-illuminated the text which had been printed on his home Canon inkjet printer. He worked with a binder to assemble the resulting book.

More pictures HERE

(Fact Source)

[literarycrimespree]

Book PORN

[thanzaghours]

Historically Accurate Disney Princesses:

Snow White:  -Mid to late 1500s Germany -Religious reformations affected women’s garments, which were heavy, dark, and austere Jasmine:  - 300s Arabian Peninsula  - Pre-Islamic Arabia was a modest society, so women wore loose, shapeless clothing Tiana: - 1920s New Orleans, USA - Although New Orleans was an epicenter of black culture, Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation  Aurora: - 1300s England -Aurora was raised as a peasant before discovering she was a princess; although noblewomen were better educated, they led far more restricted lives than peasant women Pocahontas:  - Early 1600s Virginia, USA - Powhatan women decorated their skin with tattoos and rarely covered their breasts  Belle:  - 1700s France - Belle married into royalty, who dressed extravagantly to display their status; the aristocracy was overthrown during the French Revolution 

[literarycrimespree]

Disney; princesses; history

[victoriousvocabulary]

IMMURE

[verb]

1. to enclose within walls.

2. to shut in; seclude or confine.

3. to imprison.

4. to build into or entomb in a wall.

5. Obsolete: to surround with walls; fortify.

Etymology: from Middle French emmurer and directly from Mediaeval Latin immurare, literally “to shut up within walls”.

[Gerrel Saunders - Caged]

[double-zero-agent-alison]

Still from the Falk Archive.  Blanking on the actress and episode, so if you know this before my rewatch reminds me and I edit this in my queue, feel free to comment.

[bakerstreetbabes]

Good lord, I don’t know either. Tumblr?

[literarycrimespree]

That's-- Miss Westbury. I think. So BRUC, No clue on the actress though

[cucumberbenny-deactivated202109]

JW & SH (x)

[literarycrimespree]

this picture is atrociously pretty

[cosmoglaut]

(credit of the image)

I’m borrowing this edit of setlock images to point out the letters on the glass. They spell TERIoN. As in CRITERIoN!! This is the Criterion Bar! This is where John is going to bump into/go with Mike Stamford! It’s John and Mike’s first meeting!

[literarycrimespree]

What even-- what is going on? 

Is it a case? It must be? Is it a Doctor who crossover?

OH my god. 

PLEASE LET IT BE A CROSSOVER. 

[neil-gaiman]

I lent my mum my copy of Stardust, forgetting that there was sexual content. This morning she confronts me saying "Missy, you are 16 years old and reading about sex?!" Anyway, should I jump into a volcano or out of a plane?

I’d do your best to maintain a very straight face and tell her you have no idea what she’s talking about. Ask her to explain. Watch as she has to decide whether to jump into a volcano or out of a plane.

(The sex in Stardust is written so it’s only sex if you know what sex is. Adults get embarrassed by it, kids don’t even notice it.)

[literarycrimespree]

If it helps, the other day I found the sexual content I WROTE at 16, which  A) Is written so it's only sex if you have absolutely no idea what sex is and B) Makes both the plane and the volcano seem like entirely insufficient penances 

[literarycrimespree]

FYI that 'things you might have noticed in johnlock fic' was posted preseason 3 so there was no BBC canon for Mary yet.

Ah that makes a lot more sense. 

[drwholocked-deactivated20231016]

Things You May Have Read in Johnlock Fanfic

So the guys over at the BBC Sherlock Fan Forum and I were tic-tacking about things that seem to have become commonly used in Johnlock fics. The conversation got a little out of hand. Here is the result ;)

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[literarycrimespree]

most of this list is awesome and so TRUE, but nitpick--

Conveniently forgetting that in canon Mary met John on a case/ never resented the time he spent with Sherlock?

We don't know where she met John in BBC canon (yet?  do we? i don't think so?) so I assume that you're referring to ACDcanon. But why is that noteworthy? You might as well say all of the characters fit the fic author's purpose and are not ACD canon compliant.  

Though actually, ACD canon is probably more guilty of 'using' Mary than any BBC fan fic writer. Seriously,  after that one awesome case where she proved to be John's (clever, beautiful, well-mannered, adventure-providing and sherlock-approved) dream-girl, she pops in and out of the stories like a jack-in-the-box strictly when she's needed. And yes, the reason she doesn't seem to mind John spending time with Sherlock might just go to show she's a dream-girl, but frankly, it might also be because she's often conveniently absent, .....or conveniently dead.

I realize  I'm probably splitting hairs, but that comment just jumped out at me as odd so I went ahead and overanalyzed--

speaking of which, you missed "John's surprisingly muscular physique under those jumpers, marred only by the slight belly pudge'

[strychninequeen-deactivated2015]

Alleged Theft

Attorney For Ferguson Market: NO ONE From His Store Called 911 To Report Cigar Theft

Ferguson chief: Officer didn’t know about robbery

Ferguson Cops Busted? New Video Seems to Show Brown Paying for Cigarillos

Ferguson Police Chief Admits Mike Brown Shooting Not...

[multifandomshawty]

all fandoms have that one fucking overused quote that is on 99.9% of the  edits 

[literarycrimespree]

But only Holmesians have a quote SO overused, it’s on an edit in about 99.9% of all OTHER fandoms

[literarycrimespree]

http://festuseyes.deviantart.com

http://allanimemangaquotes.tumblr.com

http://detectiveintraining.tumblr.com/

http://www.ihearofsherlock.com

I have a new favorite game, HELp

[sixpenceee]

A graphic guide to Cemetery Symbolism, created by Michelle Enemark, text by Allison C. Meier. Click on the above pictures to enlargen. 

[and-it-is-always-1895]

"You are not coming." "Then you are not going."

- Holmes and Watson on the subject of burglary, The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (via and-it-is-always-1895)

John:

Me: