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The people demand pictures of the cat model. Once again her name is Toast

THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON part 3 (part 1) (part 2) as promised here they are enjoying committing a crime (to quote Watson: "I thrilled now with a keener zest than I had ever enjoyed when we were the defenders of the law instead of its defiers").

Nearly made myself ill drawing them holding hands WHAT IS IT WITH GAY PEOPLE (me) AND HANDS

(This is part of the Watsons sketchbook series!)

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THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON part 3 (part 1) (part 2) as promised here they are enjoying committing a crime (to quote Watson: "I thrilled now with a keener zest than I had ever enjoyed when we were the defenders of the law instead of its defiers").

Nearly made myself ill drawing them holding hands WHAT IS IT WITH GAY PEOPLE (me) AND HANDS

(This is part of the Watsons sketchbook series!)

#the cat is based on my cat #toast is her name #and she loves to walk through a recently opened door #watsons sketchbook #my art #sherlock holmes #john watson #acd holmes #acd canon

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lying awake in the middle of the night thinking about the adventure of charles augustus milverton ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE WHEN I CATCH YOU

#cant believe the wheel of hyperfixation landed on 'make a visual adaptation of the entire canon' #usually it's just like 'watch all the movies' or #'write an essay' #or 'annoy your spouse'

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On this day in 1984, 40 years ago, Granada premiered a much anticipated new series: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, on the ITV network. Starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke.

#engagement photo

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save me sexy british army doctor save me

#goodness gracious me

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How did you figure out your chronology?

I started by following the Baring-Gould chronology, but then realized that he's decided Watson gets married 3 times. I wanted to figure out a version where Watson only marries once, to Mary Morstan, so I sorted the stories by references to his marriage and engagement. Sometimes Watson gives a date for the stories, which I tried to honor as much as possible, but he's not very reliable (he literally places one story during the time that Holmes is supposed to be dead!) so I didn't feel too bad ignoring the dates when it fit my purposes.

And then I tried to place the stories in a framework that built up their relationship. Watson's hero worship slowly changes to something more domestic and familiar. Holmes's need to cultivate mystery and said hero worship changes to teasing Watson and expecting (and loving) to be teased in response. There's also an arc of Holmes going from an eager-to-impress young man who doesn't feel the weight of his cases very deeply - a Holmes who lives outside the world as an observer, rather than in it - to a man more set in his habits, more eccentric, and more affected by the world (references to his cocaine use and eventual weaning off of it were helpful here). I wanted to explore how loving Watson would bring him into the world, and the weight that comes with that!

#to be loved is to be changed etc #watsons sketchbook

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isn't this the illustration that made Arthur Conan Doyle tell Paget he had to stop drawing Holmes so handsome

Watson and sherlock based on this sidney paget illustration. i think they should kiss

#lovely lOVELY art op

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Kinda forgot the caption I wanted to put here. I drew a really fun Holmes and then I drew a really fun Watson and then I put them together.

[ID: a digital drawing of Holmes and Watson sitting next to each other, Holmes is wrapped in a blue dressing gown and smoking a pipe, Watson is in his shirtsleeves, smoking a cigarette and writing something in a notebook resting on his knee. Holmes is leaning against him. /End ID]

#perfect shapes

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Part two of CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON (part 1 here) - this story really truly has everything and I haven’t even gotten to the crime yet. In the last entry I went off canon, but this update is almost all line for line in the book…why are they like this

(This is part of the Watsons sketchbook series!)

#they’re sooo raffles and bunny coded here #which I know is a contradiction bc raffles and bunny are Them coded #watsons sketchbook #sherlock holmes #john watson #acd holmes #acd canon #my art

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THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON - part one of several, because this is one of my favorite Holmes stories! Ever since I read it I had a feeling there was something more...personal...going on with Holmes's hatred for Milverton than simply a principled stand against blackmail. A lot of this is directly pulled from the books but of course I took it in my own direction!

This is in the Watson's sketchbook series, and specifically references the Hound of the Baskervilles entry in that series :)

also thank you to my friend Phoenix for reading this when it was in sketch phase and reassuring me that it made sense!

Milverton design under the cut:

watson says he has a 'touch of Mr. Pickwick about him' so I tried to do Pickwick but...scary

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THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON - part one of several, because this is one of my favorite Holmes stories! Ever since I read it I had a feeling there was something more...personal...going on with Holmes's hatred for Milverton than simply a principled stand against blackmail. A lot of this is directly pulled from the books but of course I took it in my own direction!

This is in the Watson's sketchbook series, and specifically references the Hound of the Baskervilles entry in that series :)

also thank you to my friend Phoenix for reading this when it was in sketch phase and reassuring me that it made sense!

Milverton design under the cut:

watson says he has a 'touch of Mr. Pickwick about him' so I tried to do Pickwick but...scary

#Sorry I didn't draw Watson threatening to hit Milverton with a chair like he does in the book #but I got tired #watson #watsons sketchbook #my art #sherlock holmes #john watson #acd holmes

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#teehee rule

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oh to one day live in a world that doesn't hinge on the whims of the united states of fucking america.

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Writing fanfiction for Lord of the Rings: I reach back through the decades to take JRR Tolkien’s hand. I will tell the queer story that you could not tell in life, my friend, carefully uncovering a narrative from within the lines of your tale, illuminating the hints and moments of emotion that perhaps even you did not fully understand

Writing fanfiction for Sherlock Holmes: hey Arthur Conan Doyle quick question did you MEAN to create a queer icon or did you just have dinner with Oscar Wilde once and thought 'what if he solved crimes'? I don't really care either way. He’s escaped his enclosure and lives in my brain now. we're having fun

#i'm so annoying about long dead british authors i'm sorry everyone #(not)

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Doodles for SHOSCOMBE OLD PLACE, a wholesome adventure in which Watson and Holmes go fishing and hang out with a dog. Don’t worry about the charred human bones in the furnace.

(This is part of the Watson’s sketchbook series!)

#tearing thru these because I want to get to Milverton 😈 #watsons sketchbook #sherlock holmes #john watson #acd holmes #acd canon #my art

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THE VALLEY OF FEAR pt 2 - part 1 here - My headcanon is that the complicated Mr Douglas / Mrs Douglas / Cecil Barker triangle was in fact a messy throuple. Also Holmes eats 4 eggs and there is some ~foreshadowing~

(This is part of the Watsons sketchbook series!)

#taps everyone in the acd canon with the “your queer wand #sherlock holmes #john watson #acd holmes #acd canon #my art #watsons sketchbook

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It was late that night when Holmes returned from his solitary excursion. We slept in a double-bedded room, which was the best that the little country inn could do for us.

I already drew this scene from Valley of Fear, it was the very first Holmes comic I did, but it fits in well enough with the style and canon of Watson’s sketchbook to include it here :)

THE VALLEY OF FEAR part one tbh there are so many iconic lines in this one (“you are scintillating this morning, Watson”) (“One more coruscation, my dear Watson - yet another brain-wave!”) it’s obnoxious

(This is part of the Watsons sketchbook series!)

#headcanon that Holmes will permit cuddling for two (2) minutes and then begin kicking #Watson’s sketchbook #valley of fear