#the importance of a holmes and of a watson.

[elinordash]

SHERLOCK HOLMES (1984-1994) ♦︎ 40th Anniversary ♦︎

“To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. The two men are interdependent; without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long ago. And Watson leads a pretty dull life, enlivened only by his adventures with Holmes. I hope the series shows how important friendship is.” – Jeremy Brett

#sherlock holmes #sherlockholmesedit #sherlock holmes granada #granada holmes #granadaedit #johnlock #holmes x watson #perioddramaedit #minee #jeremy brett #david burke #edward hardwicke #tvedit #adaptationsdaily #gifshistorical #dailytvfilmgifs #televisiongifs #tvarchive #tvfilmsource #smallscreensource #filmtvdaily #nostalgiatvdaily #filmtvcentral #userisaiah #userkraina #userhallie #usermoon #crowleyanthonys #i haven't watched the last season yet so that's why i didn't include it. also i know i'm a couple of days late shh #forever grateful to this adaptation even if it breaks my heart

[variousqueerthings]

another thing about sherlock in elementary, is that whenever he's particularly scathing or dismissive about something -- for example his sobriety chip -- it's usually because there's something he's trying to hide. he's mostly someone who lies by omission or misdirection

either he'll simply refuse to fill in the blanks (I was at boarding school -- i fell off a fence -- i did not take her passing well) or he'll heap scorn onto the concept to make it seem like it's not important to him

i see you mr holmes, and so does watson (and so, for that matter, does alfredo)

#sherlock holmes #elementary #cbs elementary #elementasquee #hey sherlock might be... a bad liar actually

[chimaerra]

something excruciating about having so many things that are so mine and only mine and my best friend keeps well meaningly taking them

#they are watching elementary. my favorite show in the whole world that literally built me. #and i have to hear all their fucking bad opinions about it #fucking. dr who is a sherlock holmes narrative? NO?? #i am literally writing a thesis on holmes narratives not every goddamn episodic mystery is a holmes get away if u dont understand #the importance of a holmes and of a watson. #fucking. joan dresses so much like clara oswald! she dresses like a damn woman in the mid 2010s who is a grown adult #please dear god not everything needs to be a fucking dr who reference please leave elementary free of it #christ and. fucking. 'oh there's needles i dont like this' #it is a show about addiction if you do not shut the fuck up #and of course. the most important one. how i keep having to hear that they r 'the bestest of friends' #he named a bee after her. they are two people who love each other. that is the thesis of the relationship they are more important than #fucking friends can you please shut the fuck up. nothing fictional means more to me than them stop fucking reading them wrong #also like. now they're getting into coffee but like. the super sugary frappes and trying to propose drinking coffee every morning #and i have to be like. no dipshit dont develop a caffeine addiction for shits and giggles this is fucking serious #and they go. well i get headaches already #shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up #like with literally zero respect (which is all due) i drink my coffee every morning as a coping mechanism. #one that is a primary reason i am capable of talking to people every day #you say you are mentally healthy and get upset when the mentally ill ppl joke u r mentally ill bcos the music u listen to is a little funny #stop #also just like. general stupid people shit! is my shit! and they are on my ass and i cannot take it #two of my friends recently got butterfly knives and i know a few tricks and we've been playing w them and talking abt stupid shit like that #generally having. the time of our lives w sharp objects. and i obviously mention that i have axe throwing and they need to come over #some time for it and we'll have to figure it out whatever. he comes up to me the other day and says hey how about on saturday #everyone comes over to axe throw! and before i can say anything they go '[redacted] u cant just invite urself over to host something' #even if we hadnt literally discussed it. i would not care. this is something we both clearly r very interested in and want to fuck around w #just. jesus christ i want to exist in the context of myself againnnnnn #ntxt #gonna go dye my hair and cope #actually just remembered another thing. it was my bit to bully my friend as a joke. and i got that right by being in close quarters w him

[noodles-and-tea]

Haha he said the thing-!!!

#hey so parentlock will always be so important to me #give a depraved middle aged man a daughter he cares about more than life itself and #well what can I say- I know what I like #it’s giving Phoenix no trucy a little bit ngl #also miles and trucy idk #Johnlock kind of just has nrmt vibes up in here #my art #sherlock holmes #johnlock #bbc sherlock #sherlock #rosie watson #parentlock

[doingbad]

So I don’t approve of Scandal in Bohemia adaptation that take away Irene Adler outsmarting Holmes or giving them some deeper connection. However, if we have to, why aren’t there any adaptation I can find where Irene hired Holmes first and they’re in cahoots the whole time to trick her shitty ex???

Irene, pitching this plan to Holmes over drinks the week before: "Oh! You know what would be sooo good? If when you got to the apartment all I left was a photograph."

Holmes: "I should ask for the photo as payment."

Irene, serious now: "Tell Watson to write in how hot my husband is."

Events play out exactly the same but they make more sense now:

Holmes, trying not to laugh: “I’m so sorry, Your Majesty. I did everything by the book. I dressed up as a clergyman, got beat up, and I attended her wedding.” Watson: “I helped, I threw a smoke bomb.” Holmes, giggling now: “This is exactly what any other detective would have done.”

#I think it's genuinely important that SCAN is a story about Holmes being wrong but like if you're going to change that at least be FUN #SCAN #holmes tag #irene adler #sherlock holmes #john watson #acd canon

[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

[angryducktimemachine]

Today's Radio Holmes upload on the YouTube Channel I'm listening to it was the Charles August Milverton Episode and it was very good.

Why has Holmes no hat? Because I gave up on it, next question.

[ID: a digital drawing of Holmes and Watson standing next to each other. Watson looks cold and has his arms crossed, he's looking at Holmes with a raised eyebrow asking "Holmes, if you already know all this, why am I standing here, freezing to death, working it all out?". Holmes stands next to him with a little smirk. The background is blue with a few snowflakes falling down. /End ID]

#they even included the hand holding which is very important to me #best part of the case #outside of Milverton being killed that's also the best part of the case #but yeah!!! it was a very good episode i love the radio adaptations #Sherlock Holmes #john watson

[littlecourtjester]

Saw this post and was struck with a vision

#dont worry about it #the anatomy is not important to this drawinh #which holmes is this? you choose <3 #johnlock #sherlock holmes #john watson #acd holmes #acd canon #granada holmes #granada johnlock #acd johnlock #frogwares sherlock #frogwares watson #jeremy brett my beloved #you can choose whichever holmes you like UNLESS its bbc because. no

[dathen]

One more Holmes and Mina similarity for them to be besties over: HORSE GIRLS

#you know i’m right #horse girl holmes is very important to me #and mina gushing about how sweet and manageable the horses are #and jonathan taking her to The Row bc he knows she’ll love the horses there #mina murray #sherlock holmes #dracula daily #letters from watson

[gilgamushroom]

Once or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have learned caution now, and I had rather play tricks with the law of England than with my own conscience.

🥰😍❤

#growth!!! but also this is why people seek him out and trust him. this is so important to me #letters from watson #sherlock holmes

[jay-wasreblogging]

Me: it's 02:35AM and I have a checkup for a possible infection after my wisdom extraction.

Also me: Sherlock would NOT like bubble tea because the tapioca pearl's texture would be gross to him. Sticky, slimy and chewy balls wouldn't be something he would be able to stomach - the only bubble tea he would like would be the ones without pearls, probably would go for other toppings maybe.

#there is so many toppings but my friend (who has many digestive issues) and i's personal favourite is milk foam - good for any drink rlly #bruh its 2:35 now but its important to me #i wonder if bubble tea is as big as it is in aus (vic) - even then there is smoothie and yoghurt options are bt franchise #sherlock & co #sherlock and co #sherlock #sherlock holmes #john watson #goalhanger podcasts

[barachiki]

Aways be prepared when coming to a crime scene.

#Sherlock #BBC Sherlock #Sherlock Holmes #John Watson #Greg Lestrade #Lestrade #Lestrade with a kitten #barachiki brand new #these cats accompany Lestrade to some of his most important crime scenes #nobody knows why #since they are pretty shit at solving crimes.

[hechiima]

Finished Moriarty the Patriot anime and like. Was it a faithful adaptation? A thousand percent not. I don't even know if I would call it a sherlock holmes story but that doesn't matter because I had a great time. Look at this side by side comparison of Richenbach. They really said what if Holmes and Moriarty were yaoi twinks who were also in love and went for it and you know what good for them 10/10 no notes.

#sherlock holmes #william james moriarty #moriarty the patriot #sherliam #im gonna go read the manga next i heard it gets even wilder #like look this doesnt even touch how insane this show got beforehand #and like you just gotta accept it and roll with it and youll have fun #holmes did have the key element of willing to kill for watson tho #so thats important #i also have a feeling the manga will flesh things out more than the anime #so i am excited for that #tom talks

[hopefullythingspanout]

#The last option being me unashamedly looking for media recs #Just…a platonic bond/friendship that is considered the most important/the center of the story #And there’s no tease of romance (canonically) #Not anti romance or anti shipping of course #But there’s so few examples of this dynamic that I can think of #And watching Sherlock and Joan’s relationship evolve throughout Elementary made me so happy #Books movies tv shows anything goes! #Thank you #Polls #tumblr polls #cbs elementary #joan watson #sherlock holmes #pacific rim #Mako Mori #raleigh becket #friendship #platonic love #aroace

[doingbad]

No wrong answers here, judgment free zone

#The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton #CHAS #letters from watson #acd canon #john watson #sherlock holmes #holmes tag #very important poll

[amypihcs]

And from today’s letter from Watson!

John is tired and Holmes DROPS BY HIM AT A QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT! Mind you, the man was literally falling asleep on his novel. I can imagine him interrupting mid-yawn opening the door and finding himself facing Holmes.

AND THEN THE MAN STARTS DEDUCING HIS DAY AND LIFE, as you do, obv

well, as you do. Watson is so gracious not to kill he man instantly as he raps out deductions almost at midnight to a man asleep on his feet. I want to underline this once again, Watson is a darling and too good for this world.

And then, and then and then. Watson noticed of course that there’s a case going on! 

Well, at least Holmes worries about Watson being sleepy and tries to compress the story. Such a nice boy, he’s learning well.

#sherlock holmes #Dr Watson #Watson is a former soldier and it's apparently quite clear #watson is a wonder #Holmes is being slowly domesticated #letters from watson #let the man SLEEP Holmes #he already loves you you don't need to deduce him to have his heart #acd johnlock? even if mary exists and is asleep upstairs? #anyway love is an important feature in friendships #so yep #acd johnlock