#unlocking sherlock

[aziraphalianfangirl]

Sherlock DVD extras: Season 1

Unlocking Sherlock

2. Unaired Pilot: A Study in Pink

Season 2 Season 3 The Abominable Bride Season 4

[bedheaded-league]

I’ve been idly writing bits of screenplays for my dream adaptation of Sherlock Holmes just for fun so have this moment of Watson being a bitch in STUD

[mrs-sharp]

Not me liking every Johnlock post, so the algorithm feeds me with more content.

[spacehomos]

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) - s2e3 - Wisteria Lodge

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[helloliriels]

There Can Be Only One ...

You're afraid it had to be done ... there was only one bed! How else were they going to sleep?

Started a new series of shareable blog cheevos and kicking it off with one for the @sherlockchallenge July 2024 Prompt: KEY !!! 🗝️

New Achievement Unlocked! series by helloliriels

Tossed around the idea of making 'Magic the Gathering' style cards a while back ... and they simply took to much of the thinky-parts in my brain to actually finish even ONE ... I gave it up.

... And then I remembered how much fun drawing small pixelated art is!! and how much i absolutely LOVED cheevos in WoW!!! (i may or may not have had a million the day they released) 😏😎💜 bahaha!

@johnlocky @chinike @rhasima @fluffbyday-smutbynight @ghostofnuggetspast @totallysilvergirl @friday411 @sarahthecoat @bluebellofbakerstreet @bewitched-bullet @dapetty @aquilea-of-the-lonely-mountain @safedistancefrombeingsmart @peanitbear @a-victorian-girl @lisbeth-kk @windforkthewriter @wizama @whatnext2020 @dinner--starving @jawnn-watson @ninasnakie @calaisreno @discordantwords @kitten-kin @meetinginsamarra @inevitably-johnlocked @sgam76 @janetm74 @jobooksncoffee @justanobsessedpan @topsyturvy-turtely @john-smiths-jawline @dragonnan @actually-a-girls-name @gaylilsherlock @kettykika78 @khorazir @221beloved @solarmama-plantsareneat @naefelldaurk @chriscalledmesweetie @7-percent @blogstandbygo @thetimemoves @thegildedbee @keirgreeneyes @impalaparkedat221b @therealsaintscully

Let me know if you have an idea for one you'd like to see?! 💋🤩🏆

[imjustagoldfish]

So I've been wondering recently about the name thing that Mycroft has going on with... well, with the world. He never allows anyone to call him anything but Mycroft. Not even his own mother. Even if the name Mycroft itself is kind of weird and pretty unusual, so having ppl call you Mike would be pretty convenient...

Janine: Was it Mike? John: Mike? Janine: Mike, yeah. His brother. They're always fighting. John: Mycroft? Janine: Do people actually call him that?

And it got me thinking because I also have quite an unusual name (even for the country I live in), which could technically be shortened and I don'talways like people to do it. As in Victoria-Vic, Anthony-Tony. Of course my name is neither Victoria nor Anthony, but for the sake of the argument let's assume it's Anthony.

All my life, my family has been calling me Tony. But when I went to school, people started referring to me as Anthony. So naturally I saved this info in my brain as "at home I'm Tony, outside I'm Anthony".

Fast forward to my teen years, I realised that mixing up these two names and using them in the wrong environment made me very uneasy. Whenever a teacher would call me Tony, to appear cool or just to make it shorter, I would get kind of jumpscared and think "woah, hold on, take a step back. We're not on Tony basis, my good sir!" Same way whenever, for example, my father is feeling like joking around and calls me by my real name, I am suddenly all tensed up, because hearing "Anthony" means I must be on my guard, probably because someone will expect me to do something, be someone and/or be somewhere. It's my business name, so to speak.

So it has become a kind of distinction. People who are close to me may call me Tony. People who are not can only call me Anthony (plot twist: even my best friends still call me Anthony, bc Tony feels too... intimate and weird for them and for me).

So what does all that have to do with Mycroft?

Well of course he wouldn't want his goverment colleagues calling him Mike or Mikey. That would be sort of unprofessional and probably very uncomfortable for someone who holds himself to such standards that even when he's home alone, he's wearing a shirt, a vest and a tie.

But why not let his own mother call him Mike or Mikey?

Mrs Holmes: [...] Sherlock is home from hospital and we are all very happy. Mycroft: Am I happy too? I haven't checked. Mrs Holmes: Behave, Mike! Mycroft: Mycroft is the name you gave me. If you could possibly struggle all the way to the end.

Well, because:

"Caring is not an advantage..."

Mycroft is purposefully distancing himself emotionally even from his own parents. He doesn't want anyone, and I mean anyone in the world, to have access to his more vulnerable side.

I imagine that in his childhood, his parents would refer to him as Mike a lot, probably all the time. Hence the habit kicking in at the Christmas family reunion.

But once Mycroft grew a bit older and formed his own life principles, among which was never showing weakness or vulnerability, he realised that he couldn't have anyone ever call him Mike. He is on business-name basis with everyone and he pretends not to have his "inner child" side at all. He wants to be on business-name basis with his own mother and father, to show how independent (maybe?) and unbothered he can be.

Just as for me Tony is reserved for people with whom I am the closest and Anthony is the "serious name", a sort of facade put up for the rest of the world, Mycroft is the facade, the representative name, while Mike is reserved for close relationships, which in his case is none.

Thank you for coming to my TED-talk

[valeriaanne]

What's with these men and long flowing dark outfits? 🧐😍🥰🤭🧥

[gilgamushroom]

I really love how it's always

Sherlock making deductions about strangers: I could tell you went to this place/do this for a living because of this detail in your appearance which if you read my monograph can be traced to this and that and also making an assumption about your general demeanor/social class I can tell this is probably true

Sherlock making a deduction about Watson: I know what brand of cigar you smoke. You told me this on Friday. I know what it means when you move your head to this side. Your routine usually doesn't include this. You wear your clothes this way. You're the most important person in my life btw

[lokijiro]

Irene's protection is her phone.

Sherlock's protection is Mycroft.

[nasa-is-shaking]

Today I started the final leg of my journey. I started BBC Sherlock.

[bedheaded-league]

Are you going to actually make a sherlock holmes adaptation or are you still thinking about it?

God, I hope so! It's been my dream since I was a teenager and first became a fan of the books. I studied prose fiction in college, not screenwriting, but I've always loved movies and TV and it's always been a dream of mine to get into screenwriting. And when I realized that in nearly a century and a half, no one had EVER made a TV adaptation of Sherlock Holmes where they're explicitly gay, I knew that if I ever got the chance, I'd make it happen.

For those who haven't seen my post about it, basically my concept is this: an adaptation of the canon stories that centers Watson and his role as an unreliable narrator. His narration (the actual text of the canon) would frequently contrast with what's happening onscreen.

Of course, making a TV show is insanely expensive. And the TV industry is a mess these days. If I had the funds, I'd bankroll the project myself and just do it as an indie show, but TV shows cost at least a few million at the LOW end - ESPECIALLY if you're filming a period drama (the costumes, sets, props, etc. will rack up real quick).

I've considered going a different, less expensive route, like doing an audiodrama or a stage play, but either of those options requires sacrificing a large part of my vision. Right now, my hope is that eventually I can scrounge up enough money and resources to put together a pilot episode and then maybe crowdfund the rest. But even that is a massive undertaking, and probably won't come to fruition for at least a few years, if not longer.

So for now I'm going to keep writing the scripts, mostly just for fun. Hopefully I'll be able to find other people to join me in this project as it grows and eventually I'll have enough resources to put together a pilot episode! But I'll keep sharing bits of my scripts if people want to see them :)

[baskervilleacademy]

Well, seeing as my brothers have failed to mention me before, I shall formally introduce myself.

My name is Vera Zephyra, though you may refer to me by either given name as you prefer; I hold little regard for the matter.

I am Sherlock’s twin sister, younger by precisely thirteen minutes. Among us, I am indisputably the most intelligent.

I play the piano with a fervor equal to Sherlock’s own dedication to the violin and akin to Mycroft’s skill with the cello. I am, without question, Mycroft’s favorite. (Do not try to convince the peuple otherwise, Sherlock.)

Permit me to clarify my intentions: I am not here to cultivate friendships, but merely to conduct an experiment, for which this environment serves as the foundation.

From time to time, I may choose to post reflections or sundry observations, dictated solely by my own interests.

At present, no further information shall be disposed. Should any questions arise, I suggest you direct them to my siblings. Take it away, boys.

-VZ

@sarcasstic-jpmvr

[a-victorian-girl]

Louise Brealey shared this screenshot on her IG account. This is the email notifying her that she was selected to play Molly Hooper.

Jeez, such a nice shared memory...!! 🥹

(X)

[consult-sherlockholmes]

You don't know how to unlock humans? Too bad you have to figure it out now: you've "locked" John since 2010, Sherlock.

Have I locked him? And how that?

[lowliest-manifestations]

Sherlock Holmes by Sparks is not an objectively good song, nor is it one that I’m sure I would recommend to most people, but it will definitely be my top song of the year.

[p1llkiss]

the first note appears on your fridge.

"don't forget to eat today. or i'll cry. seriously. i'm very sensitive." it's signed with a doodle of satoru's sunglasses and a dramatic stick figure with tears.

you roll your eyes, toss it in the junk drawer, and forget about it.

but then you find another one. this time it’s on your bathroom mirror.

"you look hot today. but also brush your teeth please." there’s a tiny cartoon of you with... vampire fangs?

you groan internally, "gojo…"

it escalates fast.

within days, you’re finding sticky notes in increasingly stupid places. inside your cereal box "good morning, cereal thief 🥣^_^" on your shampoo bottle "your hair smells really good, but i promise i'm not a weirdo about it", on the ceiling above your bed "dream of me or else >:("

you confront him the next time he pops by unannounced, which is basically every day.

"why," you demand, shoving a handful of neon sticky squares at his face, "are you turning my apartment into a scrapbook?"

he feigns innocence, pushing his sunglasses up dramatically. "aw! you found them all? you’re so diligent. hot."

"i'm serious!" you sputter. "one of these was inside my shoe. shoe."

"hah- oh yeah, that one said, ‘don't step on my heart.’ cute, right?"

you threaten to throw him out. he refuses to stop.

but you start saving them.

you tell yourself it’s just because they’re funny, who wouldn’t keep a note that says "drink water or you’ll shrivel up like a sad raisin💧" next to a crude drawing of a raisin with your face?

but some start to get weirdly sweet.

"hope today’s nice for you, even if i'm not there to annoy you." or, "if you’re sad, open the freezer." (inside your freezer was a note that said, "there, now your sadness is frozen.")

then one night, you find the motherlode.

you drop your phone behind your tv stand and when you drag it out, there’s a single sticky note stuck to the back of the screen. different handwriting. rushed, messier than usual.

"if you ever get bored, piece them together."

you spend the whole next day on your floor, surrounded by neon scraps of satoru's idiocy. it's like building a conspiracy board. arrows, tape, strings of doodles.

it hits you- numbers hidden in the corner of some notes, a doodle that matches another, words that line up when you overlap them.

hours later, your living room looks like a detective’s office and you’re staring at a single final message, pieced together from a dozen random half jokes.

"hey dummy. i love you. don't throw this one out, okay?"

you sit there for a minute, cheeks burning, surrounded by all his stupid doodles, and for once, you can’t even find it in yourself to be mad about the mess.

you hear your door unlock (he made himself a spare key), he pokes his head in, grinning.

"so?" he calls out. "did you figure out my puzzle, sherlock?"

you launch a sticky note at his face. he catches it in his mouth.

"you’re an idiot," you say, heart hammering in your chest.

he crosses the room in two strides, scoops you up like you weigh nothing, and spins you around until you squeal.

"yeah," he almost purrs, burying his face in your neck, "but i'm your idiot, huh?"

on your wall, the final note stays up for good.

even satoru doesn’t dare peel that one down.