#acd headcanons

[drawingswatson-holmes]

Portrait :)

You just know they got their photos taken together before 💡

Watson's sitting on a very elevated chair, the picture quality may seem bad but idc ashdhjdjd

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This resides in the nebulous region between canon and headcanon, so hear me out. Watson used to have no idea how Holmes organised anything. Holmes used to get really upset about anything being moved, even if it is in a pile in the corner of a room (especially then). He wouldn't let Mrs Hudson clean. That's why Watson sometimes asks Holmes to clean things up. He would do it himself, but has no idea where he would keep things. And Holmes hates putting things away, because in ADHD, Out of Sight= Out of Mind. After Holmes comes back from the dead though, he finds that everything had been organised. (Maybe Mycroft did it. Maybe it was Mrs Hudson.) And when Watson sees this, he just absentmindedly starts putting them back where they used to be BEFORE. And Holmes, being Holmes, recognises it. After the events of Empty House, Holmes and Watson sit on the floor in 221B with everything scattered around them as Holmes tells Watson about his previous cases. And Watson still doesn't understand how Holmes organises anything, but he memorises the setup anyway.

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The real reason why there is talk of another Watson wife besides Mary years later and so suddenly is because when they moved to Sussex every time Watson went to London or some nearby but distant town he developed the custom of buying gifts for Holmes and on one occasion he made the slight slip of saying it was a gift for his "wife." And after that he couldn't stop because being able to freely talk to people about Holmes's romantic gestures and how they made him feel was terribly charming. :(

Although of course he only told this to a few people who he frequented a lot and did not know where he really lived but then there are a handful of people who believe that Watson has a beekeeper wife with some lovely gray hair and a pair of glasses that make her look irresistible.

Everything was fine until probably Margaret the florist girl and fan 1 of Watson's marriage asked why he never mentioned his beloved wife in any of the stories about Holmes that he published from time to time. Of course Watson couldn't tell her the truth but he felt somewhat guilty for lying and aja ends up mentioning his "wife" sporadically in a story just for that. (?

The funniest part comes when Holmes reads about this sudden Watson marriage and is shocked because obviously he MUST have found out about that marriage. I mean if 10 minutes ago he gave to Watson a kiss. It does not take him long to realize that Watson made it up and asks why the sudden need to commit behind his back and once Holmes hears the explanation he dies of love and then laugh about Watson.

[noxhominis]

A tiny little headcanon about ACD Holmes that relates to Holmes being ADHD (mostly because I don't know if this happens to autistic people too). We all know by now how Holmes refuses to eat during a case saying how food disrupts his mental capacity.

Now as a person besieged by the beast known as ADHD, I have had an experience. I don't know how many of you can relate, but sometimes I feel hungry and I know where the food is, but it simply does not occur to me to eat at all. It's just too much sometimes. Too much effort to get up and get the food, to heat/make it. To even have to put it in a plate and eat it. To even wash hands. Happens with water too, if a little less frequently. If anyone asks, I just excuse myself with I wasn't hungry/ I forgot.

Now I imagine Holmes going through this on a semi regular basis pre-Watson. And explaining all this seems like a bit too much effort. And he is Sherlock Holmes ™ and so cannot legally forget things. So he comes up with this bullshit explanation that sounds scientific on the surface. Everyone buys the excuse.

Except for Watson, that is. Because that man is a doctor and lives with Holmes 24/7. At first he reminds Holmes to eat. Then he leaves dry food in easily accessible places. And wonder of wonders, it works. He still does not eat as much as he should, but Holmes at least stops starving himself. Because he might not be cured, but he has actually found someone who cares about him and it might not be everything, but it is enough.

[argumento-ad-nauseam]

All my Au of SH not only came from how much I like Without a clue it comes too of the fact that we all know that if the sassy bitch of Watson decided to give all the attention and observation he devotes to Holmes to something else.

He would be unstoppable.

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I have always believed that Watson would accidentally discover that Holmes is trans ftm and would end up bringing out his studious side by secretly researching about the subject.

The thing is that I find it hilarious and very nice that I always feel Watson would end up clarifying his ideas on the subject and opening his perspective based on reading a lot of texts that probably say a lot of shit about trans people and every time he tries to relate what the information said with Holmes it was impossible for him to do so he ended up cursing the author in mood "tHIS BULLSHIT MY MEN IS NOT LIKE THIS, ACTUALLY HOLMES IS" -passionate explanation about the great human being that Holmes is-, in addition he ending up agreeing and applauding the authors that treat the subject in a more neutral / positive way. (?

In fact I feel that it also applies to any Holmes interpretation (gay, asexual or non-binary), the situation is the same: the values ​​and "morality" of Watson that he learned from Victorian society is dismantled because Holmes is great and although exist certain things that Watson does not understand, he knows that by being aware of who Holmes is in reality, the respect and admiration he has for him will not change by discovering these traits that are only details of the complex and interesting person that SH is.

And yes then Watson realizes that he is madly in love with Holmes.

No matter what.

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Watson and Mary are such a sweet and cool couple but today my gay ass has revealed to me how they can be even better together:

A female Watson x Mary.

Boom, just imagine the possibilities.

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I think a lot of things because of that Au mine that I don't know how to do but the point is this I think that the decision to be a consulting detective is something that did a lot of good for Holmes in many aspects of his life but I think one of the most relevant was in improve the relationship with his brother.

Personally I don't think they have a love / hate relationship or a strained relationship for siblings who get on badly in the canon are the Watsons.

For me it is more than anything a matter of characters: Mycroft does not is someone who shows his affection in an explicit way and although Holmes has very sweet moments and gestures from him, he also does not have the habit of being like that expressive.

So the Holmes brothers get along; In their childhood it is not crazy to think that who first develops his observation / deductive skills is Mycroft, in fact it makes sense and with things like the Diogenes club it is not so crazy to say that he is a lonely and lives in his own way but then there is the little Sherlock.

According to the case Gloria Scott Holmes considered his observation and deduction skills at that time a simple hobby. And he was seen as an aimless young man but why would someone develop such a strange hobby? I think the answer is that little Sherlock did it to get closer to his brother mainly and if he continued with that it was out of his own natural curiosity.

The point is that Mycroft is the first to be different if we deviate to a somewhat queer perspective. If Mycroft is the first who knows that he is different, maybe many of his attitudes are to protect himself; observing the people around, being able to do this from a seat, his search and acceptance of a position of power and imposing - politics isn't easy or light! -.

So his own little eccentricities are why his younger brother manages to form a bond with him, they bond over and maybe even one day he will be honest with Sherlock when SH realizes his own distinctions but his attitude is different, Mycroft points out that Holmes has the energy of the family and the desire to do fieldwork.

I think this again is a reflection of how they handle things, Mycroft does not want fights, he does not want direct confrontations, he wants to deduce everything from a chair, hidden, protected in his own sanctuary and with the assurance that if someone were to try to harm him. .. It would be complicated but Sherlock is different, he is there saying his name out loud when a dangerous criminal abruptly enters his home, he makes jokes after almost dying, he is the type who is not afraid of confrontations in reality. (Maybe in other areas yes, but in apologizing for being who he is? He is not afraid of being who he is) There is even something careless and reckless in his youth.

But returning to the subject, in addition to their own personalities, these different paths that each one takes are the only point that could have separated them; because these are two very different perspectives, it is not hatred or contempt just to grow up and belong to different worlds.

They would still have their little deduction games and a few visits but there would be an outside line until Sherlock Holmes decides to be a detective. What I'm going to is that in his youth he had many doubts about what to do with his life; we know he could be just a chemist, or an actor in the theater or a violinist or an underground boxer! but S. Holmes, thanks to Trevor's father, argues that what he likes to do, what was his first approach to his brother could be useful to live and help others.

If Sherlock had dedicated himself to something else I feel that Mycroft would have supported him but there would be some inevitable distance that is broken a bit when their jobs / life missions intersect as much as when Sherlock is a detective, we saw it in the Greek interpreter, from time to time Mycroft helps him solve cases or guides him in the matter! In stressful and difficult matters that Mycroft faces in his work, he can directly request Sherlock's support and even see how he solves that complication in his life!

I think there is something... there at the bottom of how both have improved their relationship by ending up in two parallel paths; each one is different but from time to time they cross paths and meet and it's cute.