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I would like to draw the public’s attention to these passages in The Sussex Vampire:

“He felt there were sides of her character which he could never explore or understand” - This is describing Robert Ferguson (the client) and his wife.

On the next page, we discover that Watson had, in fact, been a rugby player back in the day. Holmes’ response is this: “Holmes looked at me thoughtfully and shook his head. ‘I never get your limits, Watson.’ Said he. ‘There are unexplored possibilities about you.’”

I find this an interesting parallel between Mr and Mrs Ferguson and Holmes and Watson.

Mr Ferguson feels that his wife is too different from him, and there are too many things about her that he doesn’t know and has given up on trying to know, which drives a wedge between them.

Meanwhile, Holmes here realizes that there are sides to Watson that he’s yet to see, but he’s curious and delighted to discover new things about him.

I’m curious if you guys think this was intentional or not

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I just want to mention that I once saw someone here say that Jeremy Brett was lacking in heterosexuality. And I think that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. Like, y’know when you’re slacking off in your heterosexual duties and suddenly find yourself dating Gary Bond????

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I know the fandom is going crazy about the inconsistencies in timeline in acd holmes stories (and i believe the unreliable narrator is importatnt part and we for sure don't know all we could), but the funniest thing I can think of is doyle hating the stories so much he just doesnt care and if he encounters any critique, he just growls and snarks and returns to his shrine of hating sherlock holmes

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We all know how Watson always describes Lestrade as short and ferret-like but I am noticing he also often describes him as "dapper" or well-dressed. Sometimes he even takes the time to describe his clothing in detail.

Watson basically writes "inspector Lestrade who is tiny and looks like a ferret but like. A really elegant ferret."

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Granada and acd

and me

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Bookbinding with John Wick Wick is Pain (2025)

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they spent billions on this

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JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 (2019) dir. Chad Stahelski SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 (2024) dir. Jeff Fowler

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The way I am obsessed with this look

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The way I LOVE how excited Keanu gets when he talks about the John Wick movies in Wick is Pain 😮‍💨 adorable

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If you marathon the first 3 John Wick movies you really get to feel that it's only been a few weeks since his wife died and this man just can't catch a fucking break jesus christ

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actually THIS is my new favorite doesthedogdie comment

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the lovelies

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Sherlock, to Watson: Watson, stop puffing up my achievements in your stories! They should be purely intellectual texts! Convey the facts alone and stop talking about me!

Sherlock, in the Blanched Soldier: Hi, so Watson's been telling me that I should try my hand at writing an account of a case because I always complain when he does it and he always goes "Well, do it yourself then!". But now I'm doing it myself l've actually found that he was right all along and what he does is so amazing because he makes me seem so much smarter than I am. He's actually much more brilliant than his stories would have you think. I don't keep him around out of sentiment. Oh no! He's actually incredible and I love talking with him because he's constantly amazed by what I do and he's so stubborn when he cares about something and- …He actually wasn’t here on this adventure as he had recently deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action of our acquaintance. Which I feel completely normal about thanks for asking, ANYWAY-

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the Empty House - part 6

-Part One

-Part Two

-Part Three

-Part Four

-Part Five

shoutout to my exvangelical spouse for giving me some pointers about the gay parts of the Bible...I have a lot of thoughts around resurrection myths in Christian societies and how the Holmes canon plays with but also subverts that archetype, which I will hopefully be able to explore in a semi coherent fashion in coming stories!

the next story is A CASE OF IDENTITY!

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!