#violet smith

[nanowatzophina]

Grand finale for the vampire aquarium date!!

they all got plushies to commemorate their group date <3

[bluebellofbakerstreet]

Holmes and I have been involved in many adventures which are unlikely, for a variety of reasons, to see the light of publication.  Perhaps the most singular of these was the extraordinary case of the fiendish Norbury and the Giant Rat of Sumatra.  In that instance, we received aid from a most unexpected source at a moment when our situation was indeed dire, and the terrifying rodent was expertly dispatched by a remarkable feline that had once been the property of the cruel stepfather of one of our fair saviours.  

My friend Holmes has, in the past, described women as inscrutable and untrustworthy.  I have not heard him do so of late.

a holmestice gift for @beamkatanachronicle

[pizzazium-infinionite]

happy Solitary Cyclist Day to all who celebrate 💕

[astudyinimagination]

Truly, the women of the Sherlock Holmes canon and the surrounding media are beautiful and excellent and messy and awful and human, human, human... and the fandom does not deserve them.

[nenan]

Miguel photographed by Violet Smith

[sherlockianscholar]

the solitary cyclist from the canon, in my opinion and acd's, is not the greatest work among doyle's repetoire. but i would like to call to your attention one point that has needled me since i first read this story.

violet (yes, one of the six violets in the canon) smith takes on a live-in music teaching position in the country for her un-married employers' (carruthers) ten year old daughter. the daughter is mentioned once in the entire story, during violet's exposition at 221b. violet goes back to the country with no further mention of the girl. after the ruckus and holmes/watson's intervention, carruthers and the others get arrested and taken to jail. off the father goes without making any inquiry into the fate of his daughter nor does violet comment on it.

now the granada episode (which i'm rather fond of) seals up this plot hole, simply and sweetly, by having violet and her soon-to-be husband look after the daughter while her father's in jail. but that doesn't happen in the story. which leads me to wonder...considering the lack of attention by violet or carruthers, did she run away or die (i say, very tongue in cheek)? did carruthers just say fuck them kids and abandon her?

or my personal favorite, did he hire a random 10 year old girl for this express purpose? given the absolute chaos and ever-unfolding half-baked schemes concocted by every member of carruthers and co, i can imagine those men coming up with something that ridiculous.

acd makes a lot of mistakes and slip-ups in the canon, but honestly, if i could ask him one question, this stupid pedantic detail would be high on the list.

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

"[...]I thought that he was perfectly hateful—and I was sure that Cyril would not wish me to know such a person.”

“Oh, Cyril is his name!” said Holmes, smiling.

The young lady blushed and laughed.

“Yes, Mr. Holmes; Cyril Morton, an electrical engineer, and we hope to be married at the end of the summer. Dear me, how did I get talking about him? [...]"

Why are they so cute omg stop!!

[classytaledragon]