#adventures of sherlock holmes

[aleckcorvus]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - A Affair of the Heart interactive story Book Cover

[no--net]

You would've thought that after 100 years the sherlock fandom would finnaly be dead...yet here we are

you want MY sherlock Holmes? You can pry it out Of my cold dead hands.

[plague-of-insomnia]

Man it’s little details like this that make the Granada series my absolute fave Holmes adaptation no contest.

Holmes smoking like a chimney next to a sign that says no smoking lol

[hussyknee]

Re-reading Sherlock Holmes and it strikes me all over again that the main draw of this man is not his intelligence but his kindness and courteousness towards his distressed clients, most especially women. I was like ten when I read my Dad's copy of Adventures and so fascinated and attached to him immediately. It could never be replicated by modern interpretations, especially Moffat's Sherlock. *soul deep shudder* I hated the series from the get-go and couldn't figure out why until I saw that Tumblr post that pointed it out.

Also? Irene Adler's sexualisation is obviously gross and so much less progressive and agentive than the version this Victorian man wrote, but I'm also repulsed by the sexualisation of Sherlock Holmes. The man hasn't had a boner in his life. It's canon that he's never had any interest in women and his only close relationship with a man was Watson, and all power to slash fans, but there's absolutely nothing in canon that hints at anything but a friendship of, get this, mutual respect and admiration. This is the most aroace character in the English canon is what I'm saying, and the most generous interpretation of his relationship with Watson is a queerplatonic connection.

TL;DR: Perpetually flabbergasted how we got from a very gentlemanly, deeply compassionate, grown-ass adult who never talks down to Watson nor burdens anyone, to this entitled misogynistic manbaby with the social skills of a hornet.

[tiredstarcat]

I've started to rewatch old shows out of chronological episode order. It's really takes me back to wandering into the tv room and watching whatever is on at the moment. Do I know who these people are? Maybe, not really. Oh, they're the main characters? Huh. Neat! OoOoh! That's a funny bit, I wonder if it's reoccurring!

Anyway it's made old comfort shows more interesting.

[holmesoldfellow]

1912 copy of "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by A. Conan Doyle (published by A. L. Burt Company)

[softboyshaven]

Thinking about the Holmes story where a blind girl goes to him and is like "My fiancé is missing and he kept telling me the week leading up to his disappearance that he would always love me and come back for me,were anything to happen so I think he knew he was in trouble and I love him so much and I'm going to wait for him but I'd like to find him faster,ya know?" And Holmes figures out that it was this girl's parents to scam her out of money she was owed from an estate which she gave to them because she was still living at home,which she wouldn't be if she ever married,so her step father PRETENDED TO DATE HER for MONTHS to keep her from ever getting engaged to a real person and when Holmes finds out he confronts this man and this man is like "Well,you caught me! But it wasn't illegal:) so:)" and Holmes is like "No,but it was sickening and cruel and if she had a brother or good male friend he should post you up and whip you but she doesn't." And the man is like "No,she doesn't." And does the Victorian version of sticking his tongue out and Holmes is like "Well,I guess I'll do then!" And HE PULLS OUT HIS HUNTING WHIP.

[beekeeperspicnic]

It is the 1920s, and in a sleepy Sussex village, beekeeper and former world's greatest detective Sherlock Holmes (James Quinn, Apostasy), is trying to arrange a pleasant clifftop picnic for his lifelong companion Dr Watson (Andrew James Spooner, Muppets Most Wanted). The only problem is that a series of mysteries keep getting in the way!

Features

Explore a seaside town It’s the day of the village fete, a suspicious new neighbour has taken a lease on  a long-abandoned cottage and something strange is happening down on the  beach…

Interrogate and befriend a fully professionally voice-acted cast of eccentric characters including a clown with a tragic past (Felix Trench, Wooden Overcoats), the local leader of the women's institute (Alison Skilbeck, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (yes that one)) budding young naturalist (Alice Osmanski, Sanditon), a wannabe showman (Layla Katib, Victoriocity) and a prickly police officer. And lots more. I love this cast to bits.

Make deductions and decisions. Puzzles have multiple solutions, some of which may please your neighbours more than others.  What path will you choose? Who will you enlist to help you?

Phone for help of you get stuck! Your older brother Mycroft (Richard Rycroft, Game of Thrones) is always ready to act as your consultant, just give him a call at his club if you need a hint. 

A  relaxing bespoke soundtrack by @sandygarnelle

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[holmesunenthusiast]

This scene from The Copper Beeches has gotta be like top ten Holmes autism moments of all time. “It is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject.” Okay buddy 😭

Bonus doodle!

[loonylupin2]

Help him

[moonlightandpalmtrees]

Found this in my drafts and giggled for like a minute

[no--net]

I think acd would hate Holmes even more if he knew the absolute number of adaptations and the fans of these adaptations

Like he wanted holmes to not get popular and here we have even more people now who love homes and Watson than ever before.

Did you know sherlock holmes has the highest screen adaptations when it comes to humans? Only being 2nd placed because of Dracula .acd is cursing us rn

[plague-of-insomnia]

Do you want anything for Christmas?

This, but it’s out of print and $300 so i don’t think i’ll be getting it any time soon. 💔

[vargdottern]

"i'd marry you, you know. if it were permitted for men like us."

[spider-gem]

Gay people can never say “I love you” it’s always gotta be some shit like:

“It was worth a wound; it was worth many wounds; to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.”

[holmesoldfellow]

Gouache illustrations by Benjamin Albert Stahl for "The Best of Sherlock Holmes" (Franklin Library, 1977) (pt 2/2)