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[sksilli]

john watson head canon…he totally had anger issues as a kid and the military gave him a coping mechanism that actually worked. just think about it that’s all i’m saying…

[fllooredbythelorddotcom]

[sksilli]

I need to see more of John Watson’s PTSD. If anyone knows of any good fics or character studies on the man let me know

[daryatbakerst]

YES PLEASE. SECONDED

[lawyergamer]

i am also always seeking explorations of watson's PTSD! here are a few i've had bookmarked and recommend

And Thou Be Conscience-calm’d by BonnieLassie (2890 words)

Summary: When Holmes came down in the early hours of the morning, the figure of Doctor Watson was silhouetted in the window, so motionless the detective had almost missed him there. Watson stood with his right hand in the pocket of his trousers and his left arm raised, forearm pressed against the windowpane and supporting his forehead. His fist was tightly balled and his eyes were closed.

Returning from his respectable medical practice, Dr. Watson runs afoul of a senseless act of violence. There's a price to be paid for doing the right thing. He might have always known that - but it is still nice to have the resulting pieces picked up.

The Third Wound by MadamzelleG (4103 words)

Summary: John Watson had carried wounds before, but the shot fired during the case of the Three Garridebs struck deeper than the flesh.

my own dear heart by TheGoodDoctor (13 952 words)

Summary: With hindsight, it was all so painfully inevitable.

Too often, for Watson, the past is near enough to touch.

[sksilli]

okay these fics are PHENOMENAL thank you

[icantbotherwithusernames]

he could've said anything

gay people can never say i love you ect ect

[sksilli]

I need to see more of John Watson’s PTSD. If anyone knows of any good fics or character studies on the man let me know

[veryfastnighuncatchable]

You know what I would love to see? A little role reversal in the Yard's reactions to Holmes and Watson.

No one at Scotland Yard is put off by Sherlock Holmes. Sure, they all know he's a little weird, but in their field who's not a bit strange? And he's damn good at what he does too, and he's really very nice when you get to know him.

You know who they are terrified of? Watson.

Because Holmes had found himself a flatmate, and everyone was prepared for the certain level of strangeness that must accompany anyone rooming with one Sherlock Holmes. But Watson is deceptively ordinary, and that's where the fear starts.

Because this man is a civilian, a doctor, he wears knit jumpers for god's sake, and he should be the everyman presence at the Yard. But any officer can tell you that Watson is the one you need to watch out for, because Watson will shoot a man at point blank range for looking at Holmes wrong, and then have a cup of tea about it afterwards and look at you like you're the crazy one. Watson once tackled a serial killer for no reason other than the fact that he could and no one had told him not to. Watson, early on in his whatever-he-has with Holmes, had arrived at an absolutely gruesome double murder and not batted an eye.

So yeah. The officers at Scotland Yard are absolutely terrified of Dr. John H. Watson.

[its-always-sunny-in-city17]

[no--net]

gay people cant say I love you. Its always gotta be

[the-bedheaded-league]

Sherlock Holmes is the funniest case of “doomed by the narrative” ever. Doomed by the narrative and destined to die young bc the creator hated him, and then the fans literally bullied him into un-dooming the narrative, writing about him for another thirty years, and giving the character a canonical happy ending where he retires to the countryside and keeps bees. Funniest shit ever.

[professionalbitch]

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A SKINNY WHITE TWINK TO BE ATTRACTIVE AS A TRANS GUY. BE FAT. BE CHUBBY. HAVE SCARS AND STRETCH MARKS AND SPOTS AND CYSTS AND DRY SKIN AND DANDRUFF AND ECZEMA. HAVE MOHAWKS AND LOCS AND AFROS AND CURLS AND PIN-STRAIGHT HAIR. BE A POC. GET DARKER IN THE SUMMER. WEAR FEMININE CLOTHES, WEAR MASCULINE CLOTHES, WEAR A MIX OF EVERYTHING. GET SURGERIES, DON'T GET SURGERIES, GET HORMONES, DON'T GET HORMONES, MEDICALLY TRANSITION OR CHOOSE NOT TO OR CHOOSE TO ONLY DO CERTAIN PARTS OF IT BUT NOT OTHERS. USE WHATEVER PRONOUNS YOU WANT. HE, SHE, THEY, XEY, ZIR, OTHER NEOPRONOUNS, WHO CARES! BE WHOEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT TO BE, HOWEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT TO DO SO, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT TRANSITIONING IS SUPPOSED TO BE. DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE CONTAINED IN ANOTHER MOULD RIGHT AFTER YOU JUST BROKE OUT OF THE LAST ONE.

#And please STOP trying to contain your trans siblings

#we should never be enforcing imaginary rules on each other

#part of community is helping each other stand tall

#SO STAND TALL