Whatson
https://images.plurk.com/59Ef2bKvIgfEkIU2bDTYyk.jpg a "life-preserver" is apparently a Victorian-era blackjack
Whatson
"Sticking-plaster" being a catch-all for self-adhesive bandage
Whatson
Chevy/chivvy- tell someone repeatedly, give chase, or harass?
Whatson
People were called stormy petrels as the bird was said to fortell storms or bad omens
Exacerangutan
sticking plaster I knew about, the others I don't think I did
Exacerangutan
(or if I did I forgot)
Whatson
very interesting stuff
Whatson
"Charwoman"- a woman employed to clean houses or offices.
Whatson
"You suspect someone?"
"I suspect myself--"
"What!"
"--of coming to conclusions too rapidly."

What did i just read
Exacerangutan
rofl
Exacerangutan
yep
Exacerangutan
Sherlock Trollmes
Whatson
TROLLMES
Exacerangutan
I love that exchange tho tbh
Exacerangutan
Watson&Lady: hey hey hey hey hey hey tell us what you think RIGHT NOW
Holmes: right now, I think you should stop asking what I think right now
Whatson
It was so good
Exacerangutan
definitely check out the Granada series, I'm curious how you'll feel about Jeremy Brett's interpretation
Whatson
It's the kind of exchange that isn't important to the plot but it's important for the reader's enjoyment level and uniqueness
Whatson
Someday, with the wife. Also the Dr.Strange and his friend the Hobbit one.
Whatson
"Incommode"- inconvenience apparently
Whatson
"his face protrudes forward, and is forever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion" is a great description of Moriarty.
Whatson
Wow, Doyle literally tried to burn his bridges in "The Final Problem."
Whatson
Aplenstock- kind of a pole with various metal tips, used to hole on rough icy terrain
Whatson
AWW, their synergy is SO GOOD
Exacerangutan
...yeah I liked Bandersnatch way more as Strange than I did as Holmes... and his Holmes was one of the less-annoying ones to me (LOL)
Exacerangutan
...but I grew up on Brett so I'm spoiled.
Whatson
I finished Memoirs. Tomorrow we see how Holmes returns
thiCC
He REALLLLLLLY did try
Whatson
"I am going to burn down Baker Street, kill Holmes and the biggest villain i can imagine, and make Watson say he's never seen him again"
thiCC
oh no
thiCC
and yes (LOL)
thiCC
"I wonder why fans hate me 8 years later and won't move the fun on (thinking)"
Whatson
i still don't understand the "i must kill them to rid me of them" angle
Whatson
like, why
thiCC
Your Mom said the same
Exacerangutan
I'm guessing some combination of a fit of pique and a desperate "they can't keep trying to get me to write him IF HE'S DEAD!!!"
Exacerangutan
like how Anno made Evangelion and then fans were like "I don't understand this ending, it doesn't have a cool mecha battle victory for the hero, we demand a cool ending where Shinji becomes YUUSHA!!! and also gets the waifus!!!" and then he made End of Evangelion where, uhh, that is not what happens (LOL)
thiCC
Right roflmao
thiCC
David Eddings learned from this though and just told his fans after the Mallorean ended "no! I don't want to write Belgarion Does His Taxes. Dwi"
thiCC
Immortal characters
thiCC
I like that no one wants more Harry Potter, just Hogwarts and now ehhhh
Whatson
"Rubber of whist"- whist was a popular card game, and 'rubber' was a best of three games
Whatson
"I knew not what dark beast we were about to hunt down in the dark jungle of criminal London, but i was well assured, from the bearing of this master huntsman, that the adventure was a most grave one"
Whatson
Opera hat/gibus- a collapsible top hat made of silk and springs. ... i kind of want one
Whatson
Shikari- (Indian) hunting guide
Whatson
Deal-topped table- table topped in soft wood like pine
Whatson
"Close as wax "- tight, secretive
Whatson
Chaff- mock, tease, or jest
Whatson
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
thiCC
oooh
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