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naming the freaky dude in tsc john and having andrew wincott voice him what did they mean by this

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Ugh. I haven't draw for AGES. And now my hand hurts. (｡•́︿•̀｡)

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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter (2016)

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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One (2021)

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Concept art of the Thames Warf for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (Frogwares 2012)

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WHO STARTED PLAYING SHERLOCK HOLMES CHAPTER ONE HUH???? UHHH NOT ME

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"A boy's best friend is his mother."

This outfit is an ode to the special bond between Sherry and his mother (and any child with their mother, really), but the caption always makes me pause and think.

I see it as another hint at the parallels between Violet and Jon and the idea of Jon being “modeled“–for lack of a better word–after Sherlock's own mother. (Mycroft, too. There are many hints and parallels as well, but I think it's primarily Violet. I think ultimately, Jon embodies a bit of every family member, amplified and customized by Sherlock's ideal versions of them). Playing the piano and being musically oriented in general, calling him “Sherry”, the playfulness and whimsy (implied with Violet during the garden walk and also her fascination with the weird and wonderful), and the sketching hobby (she and Jon even have a similar art style). This last one is particularly interesting because it implies that Sherlock saw his mother's deteriorating sketches as a child and associated that with her being sad, in a bad mood or upset with him, so later whenever Jon is sad or cross with him, the same thing happens to his sketches.

These are all memories and traits that little Sherry no doubt loved and found comforting about his mother or things he'd noticed and internalized, like the distorted sketches. So, naturally, the manifestation of his self-love and his coping mechanism embodies all of them.

Violet was little Sherry's best friend. Before Jon, before Watson, before she grew distant and abusive, and before he lost her. And Jon is his solace in this loss. It's like he still has a piece of his mother and everything he cherishes about her with him. She's physically gone, but in a way, she's always there by his side.

Looking at it from this angle makes the ending a little more bittersweet (and I mean either of the “good endings”, specifically the one narrated by Mycroft, since that's my personal canon). After getting the closure he needed and recalling what happened, Jon leaves and takes with him the pieces of Violet that Sherlock clung to for years. It's like he's allowing Sherlock to finally let his mother go after years of relying on Jon to vicariously provide her love and comfort.

“Family, Watson. I let go of the best part in Cordona." (I refuse to include the other half of the quote because it hurts my soul).

He specifically says “I let go” and not “I lost”, and I believe he means both his mother and Jon by the “best part”. Letting Jon go was also the moment he let his mother go, the moment he released that emotional attachment and finally came to terms with her passing.

"I think I was too young to understand. I couldn't fathom why she would leave me."

I've said it before, but that moment really feels like Sherlock "unstuck" after being frozen in time. For the past ten years, he has matured intellectually, but his emotional side remained jumbled and stuck at the age of trauma–the child who was still incredibly attached to his mother–until he said goodbye to Jon. I'm reminded of that throwaway note in Sherlock's journal: “I'm caught in the suspension of time. The days just melt together, feelings get muddled, and my head feels both heavy and airy at the same time."

I wonder if, in the near or distant future, this "double letting go" might eventually help Sherlock come to terms with what Violet did to him. Without the crutch of that emotional attachment via Jon, maybe, just maybe, he might be able to look at what happened from a different perspective and acknowledge the truth: the mother he loved so dearly had hurt him so severely (and through no fault of his own).

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this french guy who sits alone in the hotel foyer and if you interact with him says “pardon monsieur, but I'm not in the mood to talk” ?

My headcanon is that's Arsene Lupin (in disguise probably). we know that he was staying in the hotel around the same time as sherlock so it would make sense if they bumped into each other unknowingly at some point. he sounds very similar to the voice in the recordings as well. and even after you're done asking about the cane and have no evidence pinned, he's one of the few npcs in the game who remain interactable. he just stands out to me idk!

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Cemetery and morgue concept art for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (Frogwares 2012)

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"Це все реально"

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Afternoon Rebellion

I found out that rollerblading in front of governmrnt building is a violation so yea I let Sherry do it for me instead LOL

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Watson: This warehouse sure is scary… I sure hope we make it home for supper and don’t “Awakened” anything!!!

Sherlock in R’lyeh:

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Made this a while ago, never posted it because I find it a wee bit mean... but it's also not terribly wrong, so...

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Looks away.

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Launch Trailer | Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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(Spoiler for "The Testament of Sherlock Holmes")

Holmes thought he had lost his Boswell's trust, but as always the Good Doctor came back to rescue him. Even after his death.

Prompt: Comfort (?)