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the Illustrious Client - part 5

-Part One

-Part Two

-Part Three

-Part Four

"I was nearer him than anyone else, and yet I was always conscious of the gap between."

"Observations of the case of James Dodd" refers, of course, to the Blanched Soldier.

Housekeeping: No hand lettering today because I'm trying to be nice to my wrist...the font is 'Neucha'. Also, Volume 2 of the sketchbook (and a restock of Volume 1) will be available August 20 if all goes well. I'll share more specifics as we get closer to that date.

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

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I thought I was done with giffing the teaser but this little hip wiggle has had me in a chokehold.

And then I had a request for his strut immediately preceding this too… 🫠

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Jorge Perugorría and Vladimir Cruz in Fresa y chocolate / Strawberry and Chocolate (1993) dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío

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VIP backstage meet and greet

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the Illustrious Client - part 4

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

meanwhile, with Holmes and the estimable Miss Winter...

"I knelt by the injured man and turned that awful face to the light of the lamp. The vitriol was eating into it everywhere and dripping from the ears and the chin. One eye was already white and glazed. The other was red and inflamed. The features which I had admired a few minutes before were now like some beautiful painting over which the artist has passed a wet and foul sponge. They were blurred, discoloured, inhuman, terrible. ... I could have wept over the ruin had I not remembered very clearly the vile life which had led up to so hideous a change."

As the story goes, Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle had dinner together once in 1889. Doyle left with new inspiration for his detective character, and wrote the second Holmes story, the Sign of the Four (in which we see a much more languid, witty, cocaine-using Holmes...Wilde's influence?). Wilde left with inspiration to write The Picture of Dorian Gray, a story which uses very similar language to the above passage to tie together ideas of beauty and sin with horror and portraiture. I like to think that this passage in the Illustrious Client was Doyle paying homage to his old (and long-dead at time of publication) friend.

One (or maybe two, can't decide) more part to come!

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

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granada holmes | our house

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Not the "official" HD version, but it's the clearest version yet of the TVL teaser.

Now I have to sob yet again, because there's so much here.

And this is only a month of filming! Just imagine what else they have in store for us!

How is this real life?! I'm over the moon! 😭🙌🏽

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the Illustrious Client - part 3

Part 1

Part 2

He gave no explanations and I asked for none. By long experience I had learned the wisdom of obedience.

Next update, we will have the displeasure of meeting......

On the shorter side this week, sorry! Come see me at SDCC if you're so inclined...I'll have a few copies of the Sketchbook Volume 2 to give away at my signings.

"I am here to be used" is a canon line which makes me dizzy every time I read it.

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

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🚨UPDATE ON THE HANDALA🚨

The Israeli occupation has just boarded the vessel

The Handala has been live on YouTube and Instagram to update us on the situation. I have transcribed two parts of the livestream bellow (this was before the occupation boarded the vessel).

First transcript begins with a message from the IDF to the Handala. As this was broadcasted through the radio, I was unable to understand the full message, but here you go, transcription of the IDF transmission plus the response from the activists on board:

“… If you do not change your course, the IDF will be forced to respond and take measures. In accordance to international law (…) You will be held accountable for the consequences of your actions and you may be subject to (…)”

“Israeli navi, this is the civilian vessel Handala. Let me give you a lesson in international law. Any blockade that deliberately starves a civilian population is a violation of international law. It is not only that, it is a warcrime. You have no legal authority to enforce an unlawful blockade and as such, you have no authority to use force — to enforce — an unlawful blockade. Therefore we demand that you stand down. You are responsible for the wellbeing of every civilian on board this vessel. As an occupying power in Gaza, you are responsible for the health and wellbeing of the civilian population there. Not only have you disregarded that obligation, but you are actively exterminating the people. You have engineered a famine. You are deliberately starving civilians and children before the eyes of the world. our vessel does not constitute any threat to you. We carry only humanitarian aid. And therefore you have no authority to intercept or otherwise attack our vessel. We demand again that you stand down.”

Second transcript, a few minutes later: the activists aboard the Handala trying to contact the Israeli occupation with the following message (no response came):

“Israeli navi, again, this is Handala. Again, we are a civilian vessel and we are sailing lawfully in international waters where you have no jurisdiction. We are sailing from international waters to Palestinian territorial waters where you have no lawful jurisdiction. Your claim to enforce a maritime blockade is rejected. You have no authority to enforce a blockade that is deliberately starving civilians. Any blockade that starves civilians or has a disproportianal harmful effect on a civilian population is illegal and therefore you have no authority to enforce an illegal blockade and as such you are not permitted to use any kind of force to enforce an illegal blockade. We demand that you stand down. Do not attack this civilian vessel that is carrying only humanitarian aid. Why are you afraid of baby formula and teddy bears that are destined for the children of Gaza? You spew your propaganda about Hamas but this vessel carries food and baby formula for children that your government is deliberately starving. Your blockade is deliberately starving children to death. You have no authority to enforce an illegal blockade. This is a warcrime. You are responsible for the health, wellbeing and safety of all civilians aboard this vessel and any attack on us is a violation of international law which you will be held accountable by the international community. Again, we are a civilian vessel, constitute no threat to you. Do not attack this vessel, do not board our vessel, do not obstruct our path to Gaza. Handala out.”

I have screenrecorded parts of the livestream to make these transcripts, Tumblr will only let me post one video at a time and it takes a while for videos to come online here. Time the crew of the Handala does not have.

All eyes on deck. All eyes on Palestine.

Talk about the Handala, talk about Freedom Floatila. Contact your government and demand the release of the hostages kidnapped in international waters.

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Sneak peek IWTV season 3: The Vampire Lestat

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SCREAM FOR HIM

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WTF OMG I AM WHAT [x]

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JAMES STEWART as JEFFERSON SMITH MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) Dir. Frank Capra

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this is a poll for a movie that doesn't exist.

it is vintage times. the old hollywood studios, captivated by the electorate's previous casting of cinema classic dracula, have decided to celebrate jane austen's 250th by releasing an all-new vintage motion picture extravaganza based on her celebrated romance pride and prejudice. whoever is cast will impact the picture's tone and genre, so they are counting on you, the electorate, to deliver cinema magic.

you are the casting director for this star-studded epic. choose your players wisely.

This is one of many polls under the tag #pride and prejudice casting. If you need a reminder on who's who, here's the Wikipedia page listing the cast of characters. Thank you to everyone who suggested actresses for this poll!

previously cast:

Georgiana Darcy—Mary Pickford

Colonel Fitzwilliam—Albert Finney

Caroline Bingley—Joan Crawford

Charlotte Lucas—Mary Wickes

Aunt Gardiner—Beah Richards

Uncle Gardiner—Juano Hernandez

Mary Bennet—Dorothy Malone

Kitty Bennet—Hitomi Nozoe

Lydia Bennet—Dorothy Dandridge

Mr. Collins—Gene Wilder

Lady Catherine de Bourgh—Martita Hunt

Wickham—Errol Flynn

Mr. Bennet—vote here

Mrs. Bennet—vote here

Bingley—vote here

Jane Bennet—vote here

Darcy (sapphic edition)—vote here

Elizabeth Bennet—vote here