#arthur hastings

[future-crab]

After studying three of the greats — Holmes, Poirot, Columbo — I have determined that in order to be a popular fictional detective you MUST be autistic you MUST be a nosy bitch and you MUST have a boybestfriend to bounce your theories off of.

‘But op, what about Columbo? Columbo doesn’t have a boybestfriend!’ You fools. His boybestfriend is the murderer.

#sometimes columbo’s boybestfriend is a woman but that’s because boybestfriend isn’t gendered #boybestfriend is a state of mind #columbo #hercule poirot #agatha christie #agatha christie’s poirot #sherlock holmes #john watson #arthur hastings #captain hastings #arthur conan doyle

[oshawolt]

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-2013)

Poirot & Hastings + being domestic

#hercule poirot #arthur hastings #poirot #agatha christie #i think i may be a little obsessed with these two now

[rain-shoshana]

Is he…you know…your associate? 😉💅

#agatha christie’s poirot #hercule poirot #arthur hastings #these gay fuckers #i love them so much #love to edit them #david suchet #Hugh Fraser #Arthur Hastings edit

[the-jovial-jester]

I swear someone needs to make a film plot where famous detectives all go on vacation to the same place and there’s a murder. Because all the detectives would HATE each other

Poirot and Sherlock are constantly fighting

Nero Wolfe refuses to leave his hotel room and is just bitching about everyone to Archie

asene lupine isn’t even trying to solve the mystery he’s just pissing off sherlock. watson wants to go home

Hastings and Archie are trading stories about there respective employer/friend

sherlock solves it first but Miss Marple actually did she just didn’t say anything because “these young whipper snappers need to work it out themselves”

the whimseys and the Branford’s didn’t even show up because Tuppence and Harriet were trying on hats while Tommy and Peter just kinda sat there

Poirot was busy matchmaking and Sherlock was like ugh that’s disgusting 😒

foyle was the detective they called. He took one look at this shit show and said Sam take me home.

bertie Wooster was a guest too and he was set to marry the murdered ladies daughter but Jeeves tipped off Poirot that the girl was in love with the gardener

jeeves and miss Marple get along wonderfully

no one’s really sure why those two gardening ladies are so nosey.

#sherlock holmes #hercule poirot #agatha christie #nero wolfe #arsene lupin #arthur hastings #john watson #peter whimsy #tommy and tuppence #foyle's war #rosemary and thyme #jeeves and wooster #bertie wooster #reginald jeeves #Miss Marple

[not-equippedforthis]

the gang's all here!!!

#this is really cute to me idk why #the way theyre all bunched up together #besties #one of my friends said 'draw this as your ocs' #not equipped for rambling #poirot #hercule poirot #agatha christie's poirot #agatha christie #david suchet #captain hastings #arthur hastings #inspector japp #james japp #miss lemon #whitehaven four #the whitehaven four #i love when theyre all together like this #this shows so cosy

[gjdraws]

and in a complete 180 from your normal fare

#hercule poirot #arthur hastings #agatha christie #ive been reading them for the last month or more #the big four is SO SHIPPY lmao #david suchet #hugh fraser #poirot

[happykraut]

I can change your grey to sun in a seconds time

I can make your sorrow fun if you let me try !

#we happy few #bobby #arthur hastings #wh fanart #whf bobby #we happy few bobby #my artwork #fanart

[sawdeezballs]

hiii does anyone here fuck with we happy few

#we happy few #arthur hastings #victoria byng #prudence holmes #prudence x victoria #prutoria #james maxwell #roger bacon #roger bacon x james maxwell #moopup #dr faraday

[swampytart]

NEW! coconut flavor

#whf #we happy few #arthur hastings #whf arthur #swamp art #im not exactly alive... these are a backlog i disnt post lol #but here!!

[shuicoke]

such beautiful man

#we happy few #arthur hastings #sally boyle

[aceredshirt13]

Having read a fair amount of Poirot as of late (the first two novels and most of the short stories in Poirot Investigates), the thing I’ve overwhelmingly come away with is that Poirot and Hastings both are and aren’t what pop culture would have you think that Holmes and Watson are like.

Poirot is outwardly conceited, thinking the best of his own abilities while deriding those of the people around him. Hastings especially falls victim to this, being teased for “not seeing” and manipulated more than once as Poirot withholds the facts, and being resentful of Poirot’s arrogance while also being unduly arrogant himself - nearly every single one of his own proud deductions turns out to be intensely wrong, and he is also prone to foolish or reckless acts in the name of trying to score one off Poirot. Holmes and Watson, on the other hand, certainly have their faults, but their relationship is not so tempestuous, and Holmes is kinder and Watson less foolish than is often presumed by those who have not read the canon. Holmes, while possessed of some immodesty, never flaunts his intelligence so dramatically as Poirot does, and Watson is largely faithful and amazed by Holmes’s deductive capacity, and though occasionally annoyed is almost never resentful.

However, what I like about Poirot and Hastings is the way in which they aren’t like Holmes and Watson as painted with the pop cultural brush - namely that, like the original Holmes and Watson, Poirot and Hastings are unquestionably fond of each other. Their tiffs and petty spats are always contrasted with their affection, if not shot through with it in the first place. Poirot may speak ill of Hastings’s intelligence, but it is shown multiple times that he does not genuinely want to hurt his feelings, and he always asks Hastings to come with him on his cases - not because Hastings always provides any material aid, but because Hastings is his friend. Hastings may tease Poirot and think condescendingly of his mannerisms, but his laughter is always fond, and he admires him and desires his praise and respect just as much as he worries for him and wants to help him in potential times of need. Most importantly, despite their arguments and many differences (age, culture, temperament, just to name a few) they remain steadfastly together (with many year living voluntarily under the same roof!) and ultimately both wish and facilitate each other’s happiness.

They are more difficult than their Doyle-penned forbears, but for that there is no less love.

#red randomness #poirot #acd holmes #hercule poirot #arthur hastings #sherlock holmes #john watson #100 and up neat #my dad once said he believed that Poirot’s attitude might be why people think Holmes is the way he is #having conflated the famous detectives #and I’m genuinely curious if there’s something to that #though certainly bad pop culture Holmeses often fail to retain both Holmes and Poirot’s inherent silliness #something that can only be chalked up to pure cowardice #but as is usually the case in these sorts of stories #the most important thing is the love the lead characters share #no matter how that love may manifest itself

[oshawolt]

little character development thing: we see in styles hastings initially going for a handshake before shifting to the cheek kiss; while in the abc murders, after they've known each other much longer, hastings goes straight in for the kiss. adapting after spending so much time with poirot? i think its cute

#sorry i'm like thinking so many thoughts about these two #hercule poirot #arthur hastings #poirot

[cornbobber]

you should post the arthur art trade thingy........... please❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Art trade with @unwelcomecorporation!!!!

#we happy few #arthur hastings #fanart

[the-jovial-jester]

Sherlock holmes: this is one of the smartest, most eloquent, and similar in mind to myself person I've ever met, he must be my flatmate

Poirot: oh my God he's such an idiot, he's perfect for a flatmate

#hercule poirot #arthur hastings #agatha christie #sherlock holmes #john watson #sir arthur conan doyle #Flatmate soul mate same thing

[bramblrose]

"Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend', observed Poirot philosophically. 'You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.""Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend', observed Poirot philosophically. 'You cannot mix up sentiment and reason."

#poirotedit #herculepoirotedit #agathachristieedit #poirot #hercule poirot #felicity lemon #arthur hastings #ariadne oliver #james japp #agatha christie #mine

[crowsroses]

#this one was a banger put it on tumblr #we happy few #sally boyle #arthur hastings