#RETI

[toherrys]

"Were they for you?"

Fanart for chapter 12 of @bouncymouse's survival horror fic Clockwork Soldiers

[dailyholmes]

"'Cut out the poetry, Watson,' said Holmes severly." The Adventure of the Retired Colourman. Published in The Strand Magazine. Frank Wiles, 1927

Source

[tremendously-crazy]

We, as sherlock holmes fans, are so quick to diss the casebook of s sherlock holmes, but forget entirely about this cold scene from the Retired Colourman:

"This is my friend Mr. Barker,' said Holmes. "He has been interesting himself also in your business, Mr. Josiah Amberley, though we have been working independently. But we both have the same question to ask you!"

Mr. Amberley sat down heavily. He sensed im- pending danger. I read it in his straining eyes and his twitching features. "What is the question, Mr. Holmes?"

"Only this : What did you do with the bodies?"

[marikamalia]

[ashbandipoot]

Officially back on my bullshit 🫡

🖤❤️

Comm by papermint_tea on Twt.

[monkeyfish2021]

✨ t h e m ✨

[eirinstiva]

Holmes and Baker at the end of The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

[malithiae]

hi hi! sorry to bother, i need your help 🥹 I have a lot of content a little unpopular and I don't know what to post first... what would you prefer?

[geeoharee]

Things you don't expect to look up when reading a Sherlock Holmes story: "When did gas chambers become a thing?"

Turns out they were executing people in gas chambers in the States by 1927, when this story came out - ACD tends not to care very much about whether this makes sense when the story is set, but it is of course possible that Amberley in the late 1890s could look at the big metal box that was his strongroom and think 'What if I hooked up the gas pipes to that?' A different murderer had a similar thought in 'The Greek Interpreter', using incomplete combustion to kill people with carbon monoxide.

The answer to 'what if I did that', incidentally, is 'that's a really good way to blow up your house'. So don't try that at home. Or any of the rest of the stuff he did.

How did he even get them to go into the room?

[stephensmithuk]

The Retired Colourman

Published in 1926, this was placed last in the Case-book compilation, although it was not the last Holmes story Doyle published. That is "Shoscombe Old Place", which we have yet to cover.

A colourman is someone who makes and sell paint. The term is very little used these days.

Lewisham is a London suburb located six miles from Charing Cross; it had transferred from Kent to London in the 1889 creation of the London County Council and today forms its own London Borough.

The Coptic Pope at the time was Cyril V, who reigned from 1874 to 1927, the longest serving head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

The Theatre Royal Haymarket was opened in 1720 and remains in use today as a theatre. It's currently running a production of Noises Off and next year will play host to The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is going to see Sarah Snook play all 26 roles.

Blackheath is a suburban station today served by electric trains operated by Southeastern from Victoria, Charing Cross and Cannon Street.

Lothario dates back to Don Quixote as a name, but its use for a serial seducer of women comes from the 1703 Nicholas Rowe play The Fair Penitent.

Crockford's Clerical Directory is a book listing clergy in the UK and Ireland.

Little Purlington is fictitous, but Frinton is real. Now Frinton-on-Sea, it is located on the Essex coast and by 1927 was attracting regular high society visitors. Former residents of note include Deborah Watling, who played Victoria Waterfield in Doctor Who. Due to its reputation as a place to retire to, it became the subject of a common joke "Harwich for the Continent, Frinton for the incontinent", the former being an LNER advertising slogan. Probably not a good idea to make that gag locally though.

Third Class trains had originally been ones with wooden seating, but by this time, Second Class had been abolished and the former passengers were now generally in upholstered carriages. Third Class became Second Class in 1956 on British Railways and is now Standard Class.

I have been unable to find when cyanide pills became a thing. Doing a search for them gives you the number of a suicide prevention line first, which is quite reasonable.

Broadmoor is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire, completed in 1863. Notable patients have included Ronald 'Ronnie' Kray, 'Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe and Edward Oxford, a barman who tried to kill Queen Victoria. Until 2018, it maintained sirens to be used in case of an escape.

[bouncymouse]

An update! I have a really solid plan for Part 1/2 of Clockwork Soldiers, I've just really struggled this year to find a rhythm for my writing. Aiming to get back into updating this pretty regularly, so fingers crossed...

[toherrys]

Tifa's Costa del Sol outfit really is something eh. This was all I could think of and Reno gets the honor of living it out

[dailyholmes]

"The man sprang to his feet with a hoarse scream. He clawed into the air with his bony hands, and looked like some horrible bird of prey." The Adventure of the Retired Colourman. Published in The Strand Magazine. Frank Wiles, 1927

Source

Alt will be added later :)

[bmoshh]

request: something silly with reti. I Would Like To See The Baby -rivstyx

The BABY YOU SHALL SEE

@night-at-the-musian <javier belongs to him

[marikamalia]

I love these two so much <3

[elenachatnoir]