On referring to my notes I see that it was upon the fourteenth of April that I received a telegram from Lyons which informed me that Holmes was lying ill in the Hotel Dulong. Within twenty-four hours I was in his sick-room and was relieved to find that there was nothing formidable in his symptoms. Even his iron constitution, however, had broken down under the strain of an investigation which had extended over two months, during which period he had never worked less than fifteen hours a day and had more than once, as he assured me, kept to his task for five days at a stretch. Even the triumphant issue of his labours could not save him from reaction after so terrible an exertion, and at a time when Europe was ringing with his name and when his room was literally ankle-deep with congratulatory telegrams I found him a prey to the blackest depression.
-Sherlock Holmes, the Adventure of the Reigate Squire
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OKAY I have a headcanon about this opening, which is that Holmes and Watson had a big argument and Holmes left London in a fit of pique. He worked himself to a breakdown, crashed hard, and checked into the nearest hotel, intending to recover on his own…but some bellhop or maid was a fan of Watson’s writings and sent the telegram and then Watson TRAVELLED 500 MILES IN A DAY TO GET TO HIM anyway that’s why I drew it like that.
I keep seeing people asking what sherlock was doing with his finger snapping thing in the latest Sh&Co episode (ep. 28, silver blaze) — this is a regular stim of mine and i’m pretty sure it’s what he’s trying to do !! :D
is there an alter human label where you’re not otherkin in the “indentifies as” way but rather you just Are that thing. just not physically? the term otherkin doesn’t feel right for me being a piglin but it’s the closest thing i’ve found ?
editing this to say that i don’t think i worded this the best. the term doesn’t feel right because i HAVE kintypes— and this is so wildly different. it’s been there for a long time ! i just never called myself otherkin about that part of me because i’m not a piglin in the same way i’m a vulture. hell, i’m only really a piglin sometimes. but i’ll do some looking. sorry for anything i may have implied in the original text!