nice gender, did your MOM pick it out for you?they/xe
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You will not use AI to get ideas for your story. You will lie on the floor and have wretched visions like god intended
I get how the whole “listening to music as a dick-measuring contest for who can listen to the most obscure band” thing can get grating sometimes but I don’t think people realize just how vital that phenomenon is for new up and coming bands to get a foot in the door. it’s understandable to be annoyed by hipsterism but unless you want all music to be industry plants and former child stars you’re just going to have to accept it as part of the social ecosystem.
Say thank you to people who make free stuff you can use however. Thank you repeating pattern artists, thank you texture artists, thank you background artists, thank you royalty free music artists, thank you font designers, thank you thank you thank you mwah mwah mwah
thank you people that make music that isn’t about love or sex whatsoever I love you people that make music that isn’t about love or sex whatsoever
nothing has brought me more joy than seeing rian johnson say fuck you to the unflappable asshole bbc sherlock detective archetype and bringing back the righteous and unendingly kind columbo detective archetype
Filming people without their consent is a massive issue of not only privacy but ableism that’s been going on for many years.
It started out with filming more visibly disabled people, like high support needs autistic people having meltdowns in public and (especially fat) disabled people literally just using mobility aids, but once that was deemed less acceptable it moved to other things. Filming people acting “weird” in public. Eating weird foods. Falling asleep in weird places. Wearing weird things. Stimming. You get the idea. It’s no longer safe to be visibly weird in public and that’s an issue for a lot of disabled people. I recently had to lay down on the floor of a department store because I had an ME crash while out shopping. Not only did I have to worry about the normal things like people coming up to ask me if I’m ok, I also had to worry about some video of me at my lowest point, when I’m suffering immensely, being shared around as “haha look at this weird bitch on the floor”. It’s upsetting. It’s scary.
And then there’s fakeclaiming. A fun trend where people will film us in public to “prove” there’s some kind of huge epidemic of people faking disability. Spoiler alert: there is not. Most of the time the people they film are real disabled people who don’t fit into the expected mold for disability, usually service dog teams or people who use mobility aids who don’t “look sick”. And you would think this trend would be some kind of abled nonsense, but it’s not. It’s often other disabled people doing the fakeclaiming. Yes, there are some times when it’s obvious a service dog isn’t trained properly, but other than that, it’s damn near impossible to tell if someone is faking a disability, and you’re much more likely to target a disabled person than a faker. I’d love to say this trend was new, but it’s been going on since the days of “the people of walmart” where many of the people posted were fat mobility aid users, always with the assumption that they used it because they were too fat or lazy to move on their own. In fact, the image of a fat person in a mobility cart has become almost synonymous with “lazy”. It’s one of the things that drove me to get my own expensive power wheelchair, to avoid the judgmental stares in the grocery store when I was just trying to exist, to avoid the fear of public shame. Even now when I stand up from my chair to walk to the bathroom stall or reach something on a high shelf, I watch the corners of my vision for that telltale phone in the air. I feel like I’m never safe from the judgemental eye of the internet, even when I’m logged off, and I’m sure I’m not the only person who feels that way.
Tik Tok, YouTube, Instagram, these places are all great for disabled people, especially those of us without access to the outside world. But it’s also become a source of great anxiety for anyone who’s uncontrollably “weird”, mostly disabled people. Leave us alone, I’m begging you, we just want to go to the fucking grocery store in peace and safety.
Tl;dr
Stop filming people for “acting weird” or “faking a disability” in public. It’s ableist, it’s invasive, it’s creepy, and it’s humiliating. People don’t exist in public for your amusement and especially not disabled people. You don’t know who is disabled and who isn’t no matter how many disabled people you’ve known or how sure you are that the person is faking.
idk maybe the "dark, cold, and brooding holmes" just doesn't sit right with me because I remember that the first introduction to holmes in the canon is him doing the victorian equivalent of running down a row of people high fiving everyone because he finished his science project
thinking about sherlock holmes is such a slippery slope. WHOOPS silly detective has now consumed my brain. damn
Very Important Announcment
So I've been thinking.
A game about a retired Sherlock Holmes solving cosy mysteries is all well and good, but is he really the BEST protagonist I could have chosen? Isn't there someone more intelligent, more dynamic, more mysterious, just waiting for his moment in the spotlight?
Presenting...
[IMG Black writing on a white background reading Mycroft Holmes Simulator 1895. A screenshot from the game, clean pixel art of a cosy formal room with characters sat in armchairs]
FEATURES:
EXPLORE the Diogenes Club
WALK at a very leisurely pace!
BE QUIET and refuse to talk to a wide range of delightful characters!
OBSERVE things, without having to act on them!
MYSTERIES! There aren't any!
Available for Windows and Linux
I was going to post this for April Fools but it's not even a joke or a trick, I actually made this thing and you can play it for free, enjoy.
sherlock holmes is a braniac loner who only has one (1) long suffering friend and alienates everyone else with how cool/smart he is = lame, done, incorrect, over, goodbye, no thank you
john watson is a broke loser who only has one (1) friend who he writes journal entries about on a regular basis and then publishes in the city paper, an act of such intense derangement it immediately alienates anyone who subsequently could ever attempt to be his next friend = yes, relatable, high art, tell me more immediately
I hate hate hate Holmes adaptations that make him invincible Need I remind you:
"His words were cut short by a sudden scream of “Help! Help! Murder!” With a thrill I recognised, I rushed madly from the room on to the landing. The cries, which had sunk down into a hoarse, inarticulate shouting, came from the room which we had first visited. I dashed in, and on into the dressing-room beyond. The two Cunninghams were bending over the prostrate figure of Sherlock Holmes, the younger clutching his throat with both hands, while the elder seemed to be twisting one of his wrists. In an instant the three of us had torn them away from him, and Holmes staggered to his feet, very pale and evidently greatly exhausted." (Reigate Squires) "With this permission I stole into the darkened room. The sufferer was wide awake, and I heard my name in a hoarse whisper. The blind was threequarters down, but one ray of sunlight slanted through and struck the bandaged head of the injured man. A crimson patch had soaked through the white linen compress. I sat beside him and bent my head. “All right, Watson. Don’t look so scared,” he muttered in a very weak voice. “It’s not as bad as it seems."" (Illustrious Client) "Holmes’s quiet day in the country had a singular termination, for he arrived at Baker Street late in the evening with a cut lip and a discoloured lump upon his forehead, besides a general air of dissipation which would have made his own person the f itting object of a Scotland Yard investigation. He was immensely tickled by his own adventures, and laughed heartily as he recounted them." (Solitary Cyclist) "“My collection of M’s is a fine one,” said he. “Moriarty himself is enough to make any letter illustrious, and here is Morgan the poisoner, and Merridew of abominable memory, and Mathews, who knocked out my left canine in the waitingroom at Charing Cross, and, finally, here is our friend of to-night.”" (Empty House) "Well, he has rather more viciousness than I gave him credit for, has Master Joseph. He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grasp him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him. He looked murder out of the only eye he could see with when we had finished, but he listened to reason and gave up the papers. Having got them I let my man go, but I wired full particulars to Forbes this morning. If he is quick enough to catch his bird, well and good. But if, as I shrewdly suspect, he finds the nest empty before he gets there, why, all the better for the government. I fancy that Lord Holdhurst for one, and Mr. Percy Phelps for another, would very much rather that the affair never got as far as a police-court" (Naval Treaty) ".... Of course I knew better, but I could prove nothing. I took a cab after that and reached my brother’s rooms in Pall Mall, where I spent the day. Now I have come round to you, and on my way I was attacked by a rough with a bludgeon. I knocked him down, and the police have him in custody; but I can tell you with the most absolute confidence that no possible connection will ever be traced between the gentleman upon whose front teeth I have barked my knuckles and the retiring mathematical coach, who is, I dare say, working out problems upon a black-board ten miles away...." (Final Problem) Plus he fought the boxer McMurdo (prior to the events of the Sign of Four) so he must have gotten hit then too
Sherlock Holmes adaptions that include his aversion to romance are already queer actually
autistic sherlock holmes fans in the 1800s: well I may be a rather queer fellow, but at least I'm just like Sherlock Holmes
autistic sherlock holmes fans now: well I may be a rather queer fellow, but at least I'm just like Sherlock Holmes
irene adler's adaptations make me so cross. there's the obvious tragedy that clearly barely any of the writers even READ a scandal in bohemia, but also. it couldve been SO GOOD. she and holmes shouldve been besties, not 'in love' with each other.
imagine an irene adler that's holmes' penpal. an irene adler that gives THE sherlock holmes tips on his cases, writing from the backstage of her latest opera. imagine an irene adler who comes over for brunch with holmes after the king of bohemia meets his inevitable untimely end. an irene adler whose husband is vaguely concerned about this until he gets invited too and meets watson. most importantly, imagine an irene adler who actually gets called irene NORTON
🐝 The Beekeeper's Picnic 🐝
Explore a seaside town in the 1920s and solve cosy mysteries as the (retired) Great Detective in this point and click adventure!
Wishlist on Steam | Itch.io Demo | Discord |
The game will be available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
🌸 Features!
Visit and explore a seaside town It's the day of the village fete, a suspicious new neighbour has taken a lease on a long-abandoned cottage and something strange is happening down on the beach...
Interrogate and befriend a cast of eccentric characters
Make deductions and decisions. Puzzles often have multiple solutions, some of which may please your neighbours more than others. What path will you choose? Who will you enlist to help you?
Shape one of the most beloved literary partnerships of all time by choosing the form which the relationship between Holmes and Watson will take: are they dear friends, platonic partners, found family or a romantic couple?
Phone for help of you get stuck! Your older brother Mycroft is always ready to act as your consultant, just give him a call at his club if you need a hint.
The lovely cover artwork is by @gooolabatooo Music by @sandygarnelle
Dr. Watson is just as important of a character as Sherlock Holmes. You cannot get rid of or replace him. He is the narrator. The stories are about Holmes, but it's through WATSON that we have them in the first place. He's not "just" the sidekick. He is the main character, right alongside Holmes.
I absolutely LOOOVE Irene Adler in the books
The way that she just declined a marriage to a KING cuz she didn’t like the vibe of him and then married some lawyer in a church as quickly as she could with Sherlock Holmes as the only witness (dressed as an old man)
And that she says that she often uses male clothing and takes advantage of the freedom it gives her
An icon for everything honestly
in my personal opinion, House MD is not an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, but a parody. especially of the sort of tropes that actual adaptations tend to fall into.
they are bees now lol peep their tiny hats
goddamn, they weren't kidding, this sherlock holmes fandom shit is truly eternal, that little autistic detective man never leaves my brain
I am going to fight everyone who has turned Sherlock Holmes into this edgy, rude, arse of a character. This man is kind, caring, sympathetic, and knows how to interact with people (even if he'd prefer to avoid doing so).
I get the whole genuis-who- can't -relate- to -the -way- normal -people- function, but y'know what, he's not condescending about it. He doesnt necessarily think himeself to be above the masses. He admits to being beaten without throwing a tantrum about it.
Being a genuis doesn't mean or necessitate being cold and unfeeling
being into sherlock holmes is so stupid like. yeah here's my blorbo, you don't know him. you think you do, but unless you've systematically fallen in love with him through the personal writings of his retired army doctor best friend you really don't. yeah. he's one of the most popular and well known characters in the world. I have interacted with at least 60% of the current fans. hey do you think he associates the sounds of waterfalls with death? do you think he'll ever get over that? I won't. good talk
Behold the seven deadly sins of Sherlock Holmes adaptations:
Having Holmes constantly wear the notorious deerstalker cap
Making Holmes into a sociopathic big-brain asshole
Portraying Watson as a bumbling idiot
Holmes and Irene having a romance thing going on for some reason. It's either that or making her evil
The villain always being Moriarty
Copaganda
"Elementary, my dear Watson"
Lemme know if I missed anything!