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I’ve been drawing a lot lately. I really like the pixel brush in Magma. Anyways, Noir Elysium.

I’m working on other “full” pieces but take this for now.

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Hehe

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I fucking loved the new chapters im insane now

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Tenner

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Listen I love a Sherlock Holmes with self-worth issues and difficulty verbally expressing his deeper emotions as much as the next person, but consider: a Sherlock Holmes who knows he's in love with Watson -- a Watson who hasn't worked out his own feelings yet and who then goes and marries a woman. Consider, a Holmes who, when Watson finally does figure out his own feelings for Holmes, throws himself fully into showing his love for Watson. Consider, a Watson who is more hesitant to verbally express his love for Holmes -- to speak poetically and romantically of Holmes the way Holmes speaks of Watson (conductor of light, etc). Consider, a Holmes who makes Watson feel safe to step outside the strictures of expected Victorian gentleman behaviour, who does not think less of him for his disabilities, or for his softness.

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distraction

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decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

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flatmates…friends…whatever you calling them

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Your 221B Husbands on a leisurely afternoon reading each other some POEtry.

A beautiful Monday everyone! Today I give you another sketch of our two favourite roommates. This time i’ve planned to digitalise the sketch and make a painting of it. We will see when I finish it.

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"Nobody writes of Holmes and Watson without love." - John le Carré 

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Victorian-ish revacholian boys

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It seems like I still don't understand you, detective

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We all know he wasn't even trying to.

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Do you think Watson arranged a funeral for Holmes? Do you think he visited the grave? Do you think he showed him after he "came back from the dead"?

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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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*meeeting a friend for coffee* friend: how's work been?

me: oh you know *mimes putting a gun in my mouth but i moan a little and start sucking the barrel and pushing it deeper

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I honestly think it has to do with it being a modern interpretation of Shelock Holmes. The characters stay pretty much the same (some get more involved in the actual story like Mycroft or Lestrade) but seeing them in the current world makes them feel more alive (same problems, routines...). Especially with John Watson's blog (I don't know when it started tho) it almost feels like they are indeed living and you just follow a part of their adventures through tv. I think this replicates very well the tone and mystique almost from the medium in acd holmes (because Watson "could" be the one writing for all you know). The modern setting is one of the principal differences with the RDJ Sherlock (the other being watson's personality).

In regards to relationships, Sherlock and Watson have more connections on screen compared to other shows (from what I have seen so far). Scotland Yard is not just one officer who changes names and needs help, they are a group working together with various types of relationships towards Sherlock (even if it's mostly one dimensional).

Lastly, the cliffhanger at the end of season one and two definitely has played a big role in the community plus the two year wait between seasons. The fandom could grow, theorise, notice details, do fanart/fanfics... And the name of the actors who play the leading roles could have played a part in getting ppl to watch it, but I don't know if they were well known or from which fandom people came.

Is Sherlock Actually Garbage? Why did we enjoy?

Like... I feel that we as an audience take video essayists like hbomberguy too much at their word and default to them when it comes to explaining our feelings on something. This isn't to send hate towards him but rather... healthy skepticism. It's clear that his now infamous essay has colored many people's opinions on the show but I find myself asking, "Well... why did we like what was 'garbage' to begin with?"

Because, well, nothing gets popular without some good reason. However much one thinks Series 4 dropped the ball, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat had struck gold here. What about it was good enough to invest so much time into it? How good was it that the finale soured everyone before any essayists could?

I don't want to outsource my thinking for this. I wanna share my thoughts along with you if you are willing.

So... who wants to start?