Love Conquers All

[lobotomy-jpeg]

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]

(details and some rambling under the cut!)

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:

1: Detail focusing on Watson's face. He's smiling gently, eyes closed.

2: Detail focusing on his hand holding the envelopes and a couple of beakers on the desk behind him, propped up by a metal stand.

3: Detail focusing on the microscope on the desk.

4: Detail focusing on the leg he's got crossed, painted in such a way that the sole of the shoe is facing the viewer.

5: Detail focusing on the other leg planted on the ground and the desk drawers behind it.

6: Detail focusing on the wooden swivel chair. /end ID]

[petite-madame]

Portraits of John & Sherlock, Mucha Style - (2024)

💗Enjoy💗

[a-different-equation]

https://sherlockholmes.fandom.com/de/wiki/Hörspiel-Chronologie_(Deutsch)#1968

Hörspiel-Chronologie (Deutsch)

Hörspiele mit Sherlock Holmes liefen im deutschen Sprachraum erstmals 1947. Seitdem sind über 500 weitere entstanden, sowohl für die Ausstra

In case you’re interested in the bigger picture and a real deep dive: an list of German audio books/drama/plays about Sherlock Holmes from the beginning onwards.

Is certainly not a complete list, and I haven’t listened to some neither, but it’s fascinating und humbling.

[ceruleanmindpalace]

Inktober No. 26 - 'I never knew daylight could be so violent'

Sherlock knows daylight can be overwhelmingly violent because he is autistic and has sensory issues. It takes a lot of time, silence and darkness to recover from a sensory overload.

My first work in the 'Sherlock & Co' universe.

From the @whumptober promptlist for Inktober 2024.

[qwantzfeed]

the scam of writing is you have to write.  that’s how they get you

[hudo-jnik]

It's not his division 🍩☕️🙄

[contact-guy]

Doodles for THE RED CIRCLE…putting Watson in miserable situations for my own amusement hehe

[amiepsychique]

Bonus Inktober, Holmes casually observing socks.

[our-detective-so-supreme]

He's a silly sometimes!

[pestikornel]

Dear Watson,

[dathen]

“Right in the middle of them, a little island of ancient culture and comfort, lies this old home, surrounded by a high sun-baked wall mottled with lichens and topped with moss, the sort of wall—”

“Cut out the poetry, Watson,” said Holmes severely. “I note that it was a high brick wall.”

I LAUGHED ALOUD THIS IS SO FUNNY

Watson waxing eloquent about the scenery when bringing his report to Holmes, like he’s already narrating the book in his head, and Holmes being rude but relatable with NOW IS NOT THE TIME

[andyoullhearitagain]

Same energy.

[beekeeperspicnic]

Next important poll:

Whose chair is whose?

Holmes on the left, Watson on the right.

Watson on the left, Holmes on the right.

Voting ended onJun 8, 2023

[beekeeperspicnic]

Personally I think the wicker chair is Holmes' for a few reasons! Firstly I put the Persian slipper on his side.

But also I was trying to make it this chair:

It pops up again in this illustration and again it's Holmes sat in it, but it's suddenly become a rocking chair

There's no consistency though, Holmes and Watson sit on a variety of chairs in Baker Street scenes. The consistent thing is that they don't sit in them normally. The trick to sitting in Baker Street is that you have to curl up...

Or sit on it backwards...

Or do some sprawling...

Use a chair as a footrest...

And sometimes you just have to prop yourself up on the table.

[beekeeperspicnic]

I'm working on the Beekeeper's Picnic, a retro style point and click cosy mystery game featuring a retired Sherlock Holmes! Follow it on Steam here

I wanted to show off all the important features here, like being able to both pick up and 'make use of' Watson, and have a cute doggie following you.

[beekeeperspicnic]

Very Important Announcment

So I've been thinking.

A game about a retired Sherlock Holmes solving cosy mysteries is all well and good, but is he really the BEST protagonist I could have chosen? Isn't there someone more intelligent, more dynamic, more mysterious, just waiting for his moment in the spotlight?

Presenting...

[IMG Black writing on a white background reading Mycroft Holmes Simulator 1895. A screenshot from the game, clean pixel art of a cosy formal room with characters sat in armchairs]

FEATURES:

EXPLORE the Diogenes Club

WALK at a very leisurely pace!

BE QUIET and refuse to talk to a wide range of delightful characters!

OBSERVE things, without having to act on them!

MYSTERIES! There aren't any!

Available for Windows and Linux

Mycroft Holmes Simulator by Jabbage

Be Sherlock Holmes' Languorous Older Brother

I was going to post this for April Fools but it's not even a joke or a trick, I actually made this thing and you can play it for free, enjoy.

[eldest-sibling-tournament]

Eldest Sibling Tournament — Round 1, Part 1

Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) vs Elsa (Frozen)

Mycroft Holmes

Elsa

Voting ended onMar 18, 2023

[skyriderwednesday]

I'm collecting Holmesian Johns, so far I've got two coachmen, two doctors, a murderer, and a bank robber. I would appreciate the submission of any other men named John from the canon with the story they appear in and ideally their profession, as I plan to put them in a spreadsheet for comparisons.

[geeoharee]

Oh boy, my database loves questions like this OK. I can't guarantee this is complete, but it's a ton of them. Includes mentions as well as appearances:

John, no last name -- Scandal in Bohemia, occupation: coachman John, no last name -- Twisted Lip, occupation: coachman John, no last name -- Missing Three-Quarter, occupation: butler John Baskerville -- Hound of the Baskervilles, occupation: not given John Clay -- Red-Headed League, occupation: bank robber John Clayton -- Hound of the Baskervilles, occupation: cabbie John Douglas -- Valley of Fear, occupation: secret detective John Ferrier -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: colonist John Hardy -- Empty House, occupation: not given John Vincent Harden -- Solitary Cyclist, occupation: millionaire John Hare -- Scandal in Bohemia, occupation: actor John Hebron -- Yellow Face, occupation: lawyer John Horner -- Blue Carbuncle, occupation: plumber John Hones -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: colonist John Mason -- Shoscombe Old Place, occupation: horse-trainer John Hector Macfarlane -- Norwood Builder, occupation: lawyer John Mitton -- Second Stain, occupation: valet John Hopley Neligan -- Black Peter, occupation: not given John Openshaw -- Five Orange Pips, occupation: not given John Rance -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: police constable John Scott Eccles -- Wisteria Lodge, occupation: not given John Sholto -- Sign of Four, occupation: army major John Straker -- Silver Blaze, occupation: horse-trainer John Swain -- Five Orange Pips, occupation: not given John Turner -- Boscombe Valley, occupation: landowner John Underwood -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: milliner John Warner -- Wisteria Lodge, occupation: gardener John H. Watson -- AKA James, occupation: liar