things one must draw in order to cope when one is reading the Final Problem

the Empty House - part 6

-Part One

-Part Two

-Part Three

-Part Four

-Part Five

shoutout to my exvangelical spouse for giving me some pointers about the gay parts of the Bible...I have a lot of thoughts around resurrection myths in Christian societies and how the Holmes canon plays with but also subverts that archetype, which I will hopefully be able to explore in a semi coherent fashion in coming stories!

the next story is A CASE OF IDENTITY!

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

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This is a very silly poll that's been bopping around in my head since I started making these, but I could never settle on the options. But I don't feel like working right now, so here goes (yes this is biased heavily towards detectives from media I follow, apologies but hey it's my blog xD) -

Now, you can just go ahead and choose your favorite of these sleuths, OR you may have some other criteria for who you'd want hired for the case. The fun part will be hearing the whys!

Please reblog/share to see as big a sample size and as many fun answers as possible. :)

To everyone asking where Columbo is or answering him, you’re making an incredibly good choice and I would watch the heck out of that episode. I apologize that I haven’t watched Columbo in ages and need to rewatch. These poll responses may just be the extra push I need to do so. 💖

(Sadly until then you are stuck with some of my favorites and shows I watched recently. Forgive me I am but a humble flawed pollmaker. x3)

Less than 3 days left to vote!

A little over one day left!

And Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries takes it all! Not even an official detective, but rather an apothecary, our poison-obsessed, mad scientist, feral cat-like genius girl pulls off the win! 💚🍃 (She should get an ox bezoar as her prize.)

This was one of the most fun polls for me to follow all the comments and tags, etc. for, everyone really had fun with it and went all in on their reasons and scenarios, thank you so much to all who participated, reblogged and played along. xD

Special shoutouts go to Benoit Blanc, the runner up, who so many trusted for his special blend of panache and skills, and also to ACD Holmes, the OG, and his many variations, for the classic inspiration behind many of these detectives.

Also I'd be remiss not to mention Columbo, the most popular write-in option, whom so many fans lamented the absence of in the replies. Apologies again, I need a rewatch of his show. x3

Thanks once more all and see you for the next poll!

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Catch me if you can, Mister Holmes

This is a very silly poll that's been bopping around in my head since I started making these, but I could never settle on the options. But I don't feel like working right now, so here goes (yes this is biased heavily towards detectives from media I follow, apologies but hey it's my blog xD) -

Now, you can just go ahead and choose your favorite of these sleuths, OR you may have some other criteria for who you'd want hired for the case. The fun part will be hearing the whys!

Please reblog/share to see as big a sample size and as many fun answers as possible. :)

To everyone asking where Columbo is or answering him, you’re making an incredibly good choice and I would watch the heck out of that episode. I apologize that I haven’t watched Columbo in ages and need to rewatch. These poll responses may just be the extra push I need to do so. 💖

(Sadly until then you are stuck with some of my favorites and shows I watched recently. Forgive me I am but a humble flawed pollmaker. x3)

Less than 3 days left to vote!

A little over one day left!

Sherlock Holmes art, displayed at the London Baker Street underground station (I only barely managed to not get run over by the tube while taking these pictures, the platform was so narrow)

We legit got a full drawn out family tree for Ron XD

Annd still nothing about Toto’s life at all I’m gonna cry.

But also can we talk about this? There are 3 Moriarty members from Dan’s generation that we haven’t met. Charlie, Adam, John. Are they still in the M Family? What do they do? Are they going to show up, or were they added to pad numbers and make the family seem larger?

And what about Milo, Winter, and Alice’s other siblings? Theo and Eli?? We haven’t met them, and who are they? Are they dead? Do they have no significance to the story? I mean Sophie named her second son after Eliot (I’m assuming). They make such a big deal about being Moriarty’s and the family business being the most important. At least Milo does, and yet he never talks about his other siblings??? Am I forgetting something????

Ahhh I feel crazy. This simple diagram is raising so many questions about their family and what goes on. We only really had Milo’s and Alice’s perspective on their family dynamics. To Milo, being a Moriarty is everything. They have to cut out weakness and eliminate mistakes. Alice wants revenge, she hates the family she was given and wants to destroy it.

What does winter want? We don’t really know their opinion on things other than it was wrong of Milo to “kill” Alice, and being a Moriarty is not the end all be all. Do they like being a Moriarty? They feel bad for almost killing amamiya, enough to apologize, but they still go home and talk with Milo and Alice like everything is normal. I see the conflict and I think it’s really good. Probably similar to what Elliot experienced. The desire to have family but also to distance themself from the evil within the family unit. But I’d love to know what their end goal is.

Sherlock Holmes (2009) dir. Guy Ritchie

"I can fix him"

honestly kudos to Elementary for gender swapping John Watson in what we all thought was an attempt to make johnlock palatable to the masses and then proceeding to not only make them entirely platonic but also become the ONLY modern adaptation where i actually feel like them being platonic makes complete sense

This is a very silly poll that's been bopping around in my head since I started making these, but I could never settle on the options. But I don't feel like working right now, so here goes (yes this is biased heavily towards detectives from media I follow, apologies but hey it's my blog xD) -

Now, you can just go ahead and choose your favorite of these sleuths, OR you may have some other criteria for who you'd want hired for the case. The fun part will be hearing the whys!

Please reblog/share to see as big a sample size and as many fun answers as possible. :)

To everyone asking where Columbo is or answering him, you’re making an incredibly good choice and I would watch the heck out of that episode. I apologize that I haven’t watched Columbo in ages and need to rewatch. These poll responses may just be the extra push I need to do so. 💖

(Sadly until then you are stuck with some of my favorites and shows I watched recently. Forgive me I am but a humble flawed pollmaker. x3)

Less than 3 days left to vote!

Sooooo

I made a William cross stitch keychain

It's my first time doing it and I messed up everything after cutting it out

I still like him and will use him on a bag

Here's the full updated Yuumori character portrait grid!

I'm likely to add a bonus row later on (with Wiggins, Ruskin and Fem Liam as the three slots), but for now this is the full grid of character sketches I hoped to complete. ^_^

Thanks to all who supported me along the way! It's rare that I finish a larger or longer term project like this, but I had so much fun drawing these beloved characters and sharing them with other fans and that's truly made it all worth it. ❤️

Will I shade/render these beyond flat colors someday? xD Maybe, but that's another topic... lol.