i was just surprised by a video of acd with sound? his voice? i hadn’t ever heard it before and didn’t know that existed and now i’m always going to have to hear it in my head forever. do you know how mad i am. i did not !! consent!! to this knowledge!!
[acd voice]: so like forty years ago or whatever, there was this guy, he was so. hot. and like, so. smart? and i was like, what if we had adventures together? and accidentally immortalized us both
“The relations between us in those latter days were peculiar. He was a man of habits, narrow and concentrated habits, and I had become one of them.As an institution I was like the violin, the shag tobacco, the old black pipe, the index books, and others perhaps less excusable. When it was a case of active work and a comrade was needed upon whose nerve he could place some reliance, my role was obvious. But apart from this I had uses. I was a whetstone for his mind. I stimulated him. He liked to think aloud in my presence. His remarks could hardly be said to be made to me–many of them would have been as appropriately addressed to his bedstead–but none the less, having formed the habit, it had become in some way helpful that I should register and interject. If I irritated him by a certain methodical slowness in my mentality, that irritation served only to make his own flame-like intuitions and impressions flash up the more vividly and swiftly. Such was my humble role in our alliance.” – Dr. John Watson.
While this line is often quoted as showing how Sir Arthur did not care about how Sherlock Holmes was portrayed, it should be noted that this quote only came after William Gillette pressed Sir. Arthur on the matter. Initially Arthur Conan Doyle stipulated that Sherlock Holmes should not be portrayed as being romantically interested in a woman. He did not give Sherlock Holmes a female love interests and preferred that it remained so.
“Gillette read Conan Doyle’s script and asked permission to revise it. The author agreed, stipulating only that there be no love interest.”
Keep in mind that at the time that the telegram was written it was inconceivable that Holmes would even have the opportunity to ever marry a man.
The possibility of Holmes having a male love interest is not something that would have -ever- been written about, spoken of, or suggested because of the anti-lgbt culture engrained throughout society at the time. The co-dependant partnership of Holmes and Watson was the closest that could be achieved when it came to M/M ‘Love’ interest.
A male male relationship would NOT be referred to as a ‘love interest’. Dr. Watson could only ever be referred to as Holmes’ ‘partner’ and ‘friend’. Any reference to ‘love interests’ dealt with women by default. Sir Arthur was stating his disapproval of Holmes having a relationship with a woman.
This point is significant as it is further evidence regarding how it is adaptations that try to show Holmes as being straight and interested in a woman that have to bend the stories to do so, not the ones that show Holmes as having other inclinations. It is the -straight- adaptations that are deviating more from the canon stories and have to break canon when they try to push heteronormativity.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had written about having a preference that Holmes remained single and alone or living with Dr. John Watson then being romantically interested in a women.
BBC Sherlock's episode titles inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories and novels.
*A Study in Scarlet -- A Study in Pink
*A Scandal in Bohemia -- A Scandal in Belgravia
*The Hound of the Baskervilles -- The Hounds of Baskerville
*The Adventure of the Empty House -- The Empty Hearse
*The Sign of Four -- The Sign of Three
*His Last Bow -- His Last Vow (x)
Anonymous said to inevitably-johnlocked: Can you give me some good sources on how to convert the nonbelievers to the cause. Victorian and BBC
Anonymous said to inevitably-johnlocked: I need some resources to convert the masses to the good way of johnlock. Please help. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!!
Well, this seems to be a popular topic! I got the first ask and took my time answering it, and then these second two came in over the last two days, so rather than repeat links, I’m going to just put them all in one post!
So Nonny #2 and 3, for BBC Sherlock, I’ve actually done a LOT of posts about this already (obviously) so I’ll direct you to the following posts about it:
And because I think it’s still relevant, even if S4 isn’t, I have a TJLC Beginner’s Guide, which went around quite a lot pre-S4 to help introduce new people to the fandom. Please note that a lot of the links may be broken due to people leaving the fandom. Updates to the list can be found on my blog’s header bar(you have to go directly to my blog) under “new to TJLC / Johnlock?”. The most recent one is here.
How much money did Holmes make from a case? According to canon his standard fee was £1,000 per case, which in today’s money would be around £60,000. [BERY, BLUE, SCAN]
His most lucrative case? The Priory School where he netted £6,000 or converted to today’s money, £360,000
Obviously he took cases for free, or pro bono, and also took cases from clients who were not wealthy. His lucrative cases made this possible.
I have just been reliably informed that in The Priory School, Holmes was in fact paid £12,000 for his efforts. So double the amount I originally thought. One case alone could have secured his entire financial future! Well done Sherlock.
It’s also worth noting that the low end of the a middle-class income in the late Victorian Era was about £300 pounds per year. No, I’m not missing a zero there.
£1000 per year would have been wealthy. Extremely wealthy. Arisocratically wealthy, even.
And yet despite all the money he was rolling in Holmes still chose to live in that same flat with the same roommate his entire career 🙂
Sorry for the inactivity recently! School has been really busy and I barely had time to post on Tumblr.
BUT!
Anyways, I went to see the POP SHERLOCK exhibition in Toronto Reference Library two weeks ago, and I thought I should share it with you guys…
(Here’s the program thing!)
Alright! Here we go!
First off, there’s some interesting character info and some non-canon works they are featured in:
Then there are some really nice collection of posters:
I’ve never heard of this movie but LOOK AT HOW HOLMES LOOK AT WATSON AND LOOK AT ME IN THE EYES AND TELL ME IT’S JUST PLATONIC. (Also their lines… flirting at its finest, gentlemen.)
Aaaaaand here’s TPLOSH!!! (I told my friend that this is the “grandfather of johnlock subtext” and she just looked at me and secretly judged me… :’)
A photo of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…
A cool artwork for Adventure of the Dancing Men.
Bonus: Some info about the 19th century Sherlock fandom literally reviving Sherlock from the dead, but the fanfiction writers at the time already took over (good job, senpais):
Next, here are some interesting… artifacts:
Some DC and Marvel comics featuring Holmes (surprising, because DC literally stands for Detective Comics, but Marvel? wOW):
BONUS! BBC Sherlock mangas! (I wiped out my friend’s face in order to protect her privacy)
Friend: “Can I steal these?”
Me: *takes out a screwdriver kit* “Well let’s find out!”
(JK WE DIDN’T STEAL ANYTHING)
Two plays based on Sherlock Holmes:
First, a musical (interesting…):
Second one, featuring… *drum roll…*: LEONARD NIMOY! The fact that he played both Holmes AND Spock just made me so happy. :’))
Here are some interesting things made based on the stories and/or Holmes:
Collection of toys:
This ADORABLE Lucky Cat (haha, *wink wink*):
This REALLY cool art (egg?) based on The Adventure of the Dancing Men:
Permission from ACD to use Holmes in commercials (his handwriting is just gorgeous):
Here are some really interesting *cough* weird or cringy *cough* ads:
Ahhhh great ads! 8/8 IGN
(LMAO Alright I lost it at Surelocked Homes)
!!!: Because of how some artifacts were arranged, I couldn’t get all of them in one picture, and I lost a few pictures (because I decided to be dumb and use snapchat for some of them) so if there’s anything you guys really want to see, please, feel free to ask me for more pictures since I’m probably going there again (there was a really good Granada pic that I lost *weeps* so I HAVE to go back). I also went to the ACD permanent installation (also at Toronto Reference Library), and I will post pictures of that very soon. Stay tuned!
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