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The Adventure of the Yellow Face
I don’t have much to say about this case. That tends to happen for the ones where half of the story is the client narrating their experiences. I appreciate a good mystery on occasion, but I’ll be honest, I’m just here for Holmes and Watson.
I was fully prepared to dislike this case. I remembered enough from reading this story years ago to know that Holmes’ guess about...
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itsfeelingbyzantine replied to your post: The Five Orange Pips
I recently finished S1 of Elementary and find that I prefer JLM’s portrayal of Sherlock over Cumberbatch’s, mainly for reasons that you have listed. CBS Gregson is better established as well.
Yeah, I really like what they’ve done to develop the characters beyond a formulaic crime procedural show! There are aspects of each...
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The Five Orange Pips
[Belated as usual. Classes are getting me down.]
[…] others have no offered a field for those peculiar qualities which my friend possessed in so high a degree, and which it is the object of these papers to illustrate.
I like how Watson’s reasoning for sharing their cases with the public is essentially “my friend is awesome and I want everyone to know it!” And it’s...
February 2013
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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
For the first time, I can sympathize with Sherlock Holmes’s criticisms of the sensationalist manner in which Watson records their cases. It’s a devils-foot root, but of course “The Adventure of the Devil’s-Foot Root” sounds much less exotic and interesting than the current title. Well played, Dr. Watson.
I adore the description of Holmes energetically scouring the...
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The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
Watson, I’m not sure what your definition of “comedy” is but it certainly doesn’t match mine.
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At the beginning of this story, we learn that Holmes sometimes spends days in bed (sounds like an amazing life to me) and that he probably takes some cruel delight in getting Watson excited over a series of Garridebs, none of which are actually going to make him rich. I...
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The Final Problem
[catching up to #canonfodderfriday posts that have fallen by the wayside because grad school]
“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinking. He has a brain of the first order. He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web...
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The Adventure of the Empty House
“My dear Watson,” said the well-remembered voice, “I owe you a thousand apologies. I had no idea that you would be so affected.”
[[MORE]]You are a DICK, sir.
“You’ll come with me to-night?” “When you like and where you like.”
Insert a link here to my not-yet-existent essay about how variations on “let me help you” (see: Star...
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bobbryars:
bobbryars:
i have no sympathy towards sherlock fans because fall out boy are still on hiatus who has it worse here i think it’s me
i would like to issue a formal apology to the sherlock fans
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January 2013
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“It’s taboo to admit that you’re lonely. You can make jokes about it, of course....”
– You’re Not Making The Most Of Your 20s by Ryan O’Connell (via chartyourowncourse)
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The Adventure of the Wisteria Lodge
[Someday I’ll do one of these not at the last minute. But right now I’m posting this and then falling into bed.]
There are strange occurrences down at the Wisteria Lodge! But as usual I end up ignoring most of the mystery for other details.
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“My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built....
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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Finally, a story I remember reading when I was younger, just for the vivid and gory description of the thumb or lack thereof:
There were four protruding fingers and a horrid red, spongy surface where the thumb should have been. It had been hacked or torn right out from the roof.
*gags*
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Watson notes that this case happened “during the years of our intimacy.” Ah, Victorian...
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mrs-jack-turner:
maskednocturnalvigilantism:
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shout out to thorin oakenshield for getting lost in the shire not once, but twice
#not all those who wander are lost #(but some are)
too majestic to ask for directions
Even the ring wraiths asked for directions.
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The Naval Treaty
This is even less polished than usual, because grad school. That’s my excuse for everything.
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but of course I knew well that Holmes loved his art, so that he was ever as ready to bring his aid as his client could be to receive it.
Even for the boring cases?
“A very commonplace little murder,” said he. “You’ve got something better, I fancy. You are the...
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