#c. watson

[contact-guy]

THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 6 of many - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5.

A short update, however it is CHRISTMAS and you have all been nice this year and deserve homoerotic cigarette activity some art :)

There's a reference to this conversation from earlier.

also I would be remiss not to credit @haedraulics for inspiring a specific visual in this, check out his Holmes art!

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

[acethatlovesdinos]

Losing my mind over Wisteria Lodge pt1.

Setting aside the main plot and surface mystery, we also got

A meeting with a "professor James"?????

Sherlock GIGGLING???

Sherlock actually called John by his first name!

Jealous John

There is SO MUCH to unpack here and I am absolutely THRILLED

I am also completely terrified for when they do bring Moriarty into the story, as I am far too emotionally attached to my blorbos to be normal about any of this-

He's been referenced twice now, if anyone's counting (shoscombe old place), and it's only a matter of time at this point

[bananaeatstape]

everyone shut up you know what i think is so cool

the fact Nigel Bruce who worked with Basil Rathbone in several Sherlock Holmes films knew Sir Cedric Hardwicke

Sir Cedric Hardwicke's son Ted Hardwicke ended up playing with Jeremy Brett in Granada's Sherlock Holmes production, replacing David Burke

David Burke appeared in a series called The Champions, and so did Brett

Brett was besties with Robert Stephens who played Holmes with Collin Blakely as Watson in Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

the Granada production also had Jude Law appear with Brett and Ted in the Shoscombe Old Place episode

Brett had met Stephen Fry who has met Hugh Laurie, who plays the title role in the Holmes-inspired medical drama House with Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson

also Jude Law plays Watson alongside Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes in the Guy Ritchie films

RDJ has acted with Benedict Cumberbatch in Marvel's Avenger movies

guess who also appears in those movies? Martin Freeman

Cumberbatch and Freeman have played Holmes and Watson respectively in BBC's Sherlock

Ben's family was also friends with Brett and he grew up watching the show

Cumberbatch and Freeman also appear in the Hobbit movies alongside Ian McKellen, who stars as Holmes in a film based on a book of the same name, Mr. Holmes

both McKellen and Cumberbatch have met Jonny Lee Miller who stars with Lucy Liu in CBS' Elementary

Miller and Ben have acted together in a production of Frankenstein, alternating each other's roles

also i forgor but was reminded by yall that Stephen Fry did not just meet Laurie, he acted with him in Jeeves and Wooster and he also played Mycroft in the Ritchie Holmes films

What the ActualHeck

[xia0ming56]

Too much procrastination, too little studying😔😔

[europesummervibes]

Vivien Leigh in a publicity photo for Waterloo Bridge (1940)

[the-scienceofdeduction]

Drew this first as a HPxSherlock crossover on my main but I liked it so much that I decided to make a proper Sherlock Fanart out of it :P

Sherlock, John, and Greg 💗

[icedhotcocoa]

oh podlock tommy gregson… they made you in a lab for me to love

[apazmackpie]

Happy birthday, Martin Freeman!! 🥳

53 years old, 53 characters he played.

I finished on time!! But sadly it's not as detailed as i wanted at first. :(

Anyway, if you wanna know who is who, i'll let you all the names under the cut.

From left to right and top to bottom:

Ricky Beck, "Casualty" (1998)

Frank, "I just want to kiss you" (1998)

Jaap, "Lock, stock" (2000)

Jamie, "Men only" (2001)

Ricky-C, "Ali G indahouse" (2002)

D. S. Stringer, "Margery and Gladys" (2003)

John/Jack, "Love, actually" (2003)

Tim Canterbury, "The Office" (2001-2003)

Mike, "Hardware" (2003-2004)

Declan, "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)

Kevin, "Call register" (2004) and "Rubbish" (2007)

Vila, "Blake's Junction 7" (2005)

Arthur Dent, "Hittchiker's guide to the galaxy" (2005)

Ed Robinson, "The Robinsons" (2005)

Matt Norris, "Confetti" (2005)

Sandy Hoffman, "Breaking and Entering" (2006)

Jeremy, "Dedication" (2007

Gary Shaller, "The good night" (2007)

Sergeant, "Hot Fuzz" (2007)

Pig, "Lonely hearts" (2007)

Chris Ashworth, "The all together" (2007)

Rembrandt van Rijn, "Nightwatching" (2007)

Mr. Codlin, "The old curiosity shop" (2007)

Danny Reed, "Boy meets Girl" (2009)

Chris Curry, "Micro Men" (2009)

Paul Maddens, "Nativity!" (2009)

Hector Dixon, "Wild target" (2010)

John Watson, "Sherlock" (2010-2017)

Clive Buckle, "The girl is mime" (2010)

Alvin Finkel, "Swinging with the Finkels" (2011)

Simon Forrester, "What's your number?" (2011)

Dr. Williams, "The Voorman problem" (2011)

Pirate with a scarf/Number Two, "Pirates!" (2012)

Albert, "Animals" (2012)

Bilbo Baggins, "The Hobbit trilogy" (2012-2014)

Don, "Svengali" (Movie from 2013 and series from 2009)

Oliver Chamberlain, "The world's end" (2013)

Lester Nygaard, "Fargo" (2014)

Milton Frutchman, "The Eichmann show" (2015)

Steve Marriot, "Midnight of my life" (2015)

Iain MacKelpie, "Whiskey tango foxtrot" (2016)

Everett Ross, "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), "Black Panther" (2018), "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (2022), "Secret Invasion" (2023)

Phil Rask, "StartUp" (2016-2017)

Michael Priddle, "Ghost Stories" (2017)

Andy Rose, "Cargo" (2017)

Thomas, "The operative" (2019)

Charlie Green, "Ode to joy" (2019)

Stephen Fulcher, "A confession" (2019)

Paul Worsley, "Breeders" (2020-2023)

Harold Wallach, "Angelyne" (2022)

Chris Carson, "The responder" (2022-2024)

Jonathan Miller, "Miller's Girl" (2024)

Richard III, from the theather play with the same name. (2014)

[edgepunk]

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered PC (dev. Insomniac Games)

[christiangeistdorfer]

the crowd at the 1981 BRITISH GRAND PRIX celebrating JOHN WATSON's victory

[fireguardianblog]

The C-Word//The Adventure Of The Dying Detective

Rewatching the magnificent Brett made me reread the Dying Detective and that reminded me of the C-Word situation and I realized how similar they are in some scenes and got all emotional...

("I'd feel like I deserved it" paralleled to "Let it be someone in whom I have confidence" aren't too similar but they are two quite hurtful things the sick one says in anger so yeah)

[sygneth]

Dzisiaj Speak Your Language Day, więc narysowałem Holmesa po polsku, bo ngghhhh w tych tłumaczeniach oni są tak nielegalnie słodcy że no nie mogę xD

Zwykle wolę czytać książki w oryginale, ale ten fragment po polsku ma specjalne miejsce w moim sercu <3

(wiem ze ten font jest może mało czytelny, dałem transkrypcję polski w ALT)

A 1988 Polish translation of "The Golden Pince-Nez":

"Whom can he seek?"

"Whom? Us! He came to see us, Watson! And we, my dear, must take our overcoats, cravats and every other aid that man ever invented to fight the weather. Wait a bit, though! The cab is off again! There's hope yet. If he had wanted us to come, he'd have kept it. Go down, my darling, and open the door, for all virtuous folk have been long in bed"

[acethatlovesdinos]

Some of the more fascinating moments in Sherlock & Co. happen when John isn't leading the conversation. Whether he leaves the mic behind, gives it to someone else, or even just accidentally left it running in his pocket.

Most recently and notably, the end of the Milverton case.

The mic was left back at the scene, and the boys themselves were unaware of what truly happened until they listened back to the audio.

In the original story of The Final Problem, Watson didn't see what happened. He was called back to town on a (false) medical emergency. He never knew what occurred firsthand. He saw two sets of muddy footprints leading to the edge of the falls, and none returning. He saw a handwritten note from Holmes, an apology in some measure, and a last goodbye.

He was left to assume what happened, and speculation was his only source of closure.

We've all talked about what the Fall might look like for our podcast boys, but I really think that the most interesting version would go something like this:

John has to go away right before the final confrontation, leaving Sherlock to face Moriarty alone. But, being the podcast man that he is, he insists that Sherlock take the mic with him, to capture all the details of this climactic scene.

John comes to the falls to find the mic, still recording, placed neatly in a safe spot, and Sherlock's jacket folded beneath it. Sherlock is nowhere to be seen.

John looks for him all day and even into the night, only to return to the hotel, alone, anxious and worried for his friend.

He decides to check the audio, because maybe it'll give him some clue as to where Sherlock mightve gone.

He hears him hike to the waterfall, the cliff's edge where he found the mic. He hears the rushing of water, and sherlocks voice, speaking coldly to the man they've been after for months.

During this final confrontation we hear the ultimatum that Sherlock is left with, and we hear James Moriarty plummet to his inevitable demise.

We hear Sherlock panic. A true, frightened, unmasked terror that he never allows his friends to see. The man who is usually so quiet, so composed, breaks down in tears and heaving gasps.

After some silence, he composes himself, and pulls the mic out of his pocket. He takes off his jacket and sets it down.

He speaks slowly, his voice soft and wavering.

He thanks Watson and Mariana for the time they've spent together. He talks about how they helped him, how they made him a better person than he was before. They showed him a companionship that he could have only dreamed of. (And sure, it's wishful thinking, but perhaps a declaration of love for his dearest friend)

He thanks them profusely, then apologises. Says he's sorry things had to go the way they did. It was the only way he could think of to protect everyone he loved. And hes sorry he can't properly say goodbye.

He sets the mic down, and the only thing we hear is the echo of the rushing waterfall,

Then a distant splash.

Silence until we hear John run up to the cliffs edge only a few moments later, calling Sherlock's name.

John, listening back to the audio, is helpless to do anything but listen, realizing he's just lost his best friend. He's lost another loved one, who he should have been there for. Another loved one that he couldn't save.

[invader-sans-cipher]

can we get a version of Sherlock where they’re in college and like John is a nursing major that plays a shit ton of COD and has a limp from some like sports injury and Sherlock is a crime forensics and criminal justice studies major and they go to “Stamford University” (eh eh?) that pairs them up because they both drive their roommates away for different reasons and then Sherlock gets an internship with the local police department as a part of his research and John’s there cause he wants that cookie and they kiss and they’re boyfriends after their first year and they get an apartment together. Oh and Mycroft goes to Berkeley or some shit and Sherlock complains about it.

ok but like what if I made this

[littleoceanbabe]

i have been attacked. humiliated. demoralized. ASK THE MAN ABOUT THE DINOSAURS, PODCAST BOY 🫵

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