@cactisays I Think You Need To See This

Watson is ALWAYS ready to hit someone.

“‘Give me the word and I’ll thrash the hide off them.’”

“I could have struck him across the face.”

“I picked up a chair…”

“We had a pleasant little meal together, during which Holmes would talk about nothing but violins, narrating with great exultation how he had purchased his own Stradivarius….this led him to Paganini, and we sat for an hour over a bottle of claret while he told me anecdote after anecdote of that extraordinary man”

SOOOOO many things to unpack here. Most obviously: AUTISM BABY. Holmes’ most prominent special interest (besides ash, of course) is music, particularly violins. He talks about this stuff for an hour straight (also he’s probably a little tipsy, I love the idea of drunk Holmes just infodumping about his special interests)

I also LOVE thinking about how SHERLOCK HOLMES IS OBSESSED WITH PAGANINI IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE ARE OBSESSED WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES.

And the fact that Watson LISTENS to all this. Not only that, but he ENJOYS it. He finds spending time with Holmes pleasant, not a chore to get to the cool deductions. He’ll listen to Holmes talk about violins for hours BECAUSE HE WANTS TO. And that warms my heart.

Sherlock Holmes should never be the narrator. Never ever ever ever ever. For many obvious storytelling and consistency reasons, but also because when he's the one narrating, he loses all his mystique.

"I'm going to tell you a story that was suuuuper interesting but oddly enough Watson never wrote about. Oh, that's right! It's because this happened when he abandoned me for his wife, the only selfish action he's ever taken. Anyway a client walked in with stern, blue eyes and a strong jaw line - I only care for the necessary facts, btw - and he told me all about how much he loves his best friend and he's going to the ends of the Earth to find his best friend--"

Like oh my god SHUT UP you MAJOR LOSER I can't believe I modeled my life after you

I just love that canon Watson has Holmes’s different moods categorized, memorized, and named. He’s like: Ah yes, Holmes is smoking his wood pipe instead of the usual clay, that means he’s on his period.

@cactisays I think yours sounds much better

Spin this wheel of ~300 AO3 tags three times.

Season 3 Jon summarized. He just needs a good sleep after all this. Violence feat. Jude Perry and Daisy Tonner.

Bonus: When your boss doesn’t care.

Polcan and Shavka (Полкан и Шавка)

Soyuzmultfilm, 1949

gonna post my entire stickman reaction pic collection

@cactisays I'm eating a box of dry, weirdly salty noodles for dinner right now and I feel attacked

oh i didn’t eat dinner i just had some popped corn… that makes sense why i feel so empty and like i want to kill myself.. :p