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Because it was fanfiction:

Even when everything happened in canon:

EDIT: turns out I've posted these before but we're gonna ignore that thanks jdjdjsjsj

Disney-esque drawings of Holmes (and Watson!) I did a while ago.

[ID: three digital artworks one under the other. In order:

The first: Three colored artworks of Sherlock Holmes in a 70s-esque disney adjascent art style. He's in three different outfits- his usual black three piece, his coat-top hat-big scarf combo and covered with his favorite knit blanket. He looks slightly evil in these, since he expression is very smug.

The second: A 101 dalmatians redraw of Holmes dancing with Toby in his mouse-colored dressing gown.

They're just cuddling in their underwear under the cut nothing too inappropriate

Which is funny because he never talks like that about his own gambling addiction

The only two times I can remember when he barely mentions it, it's when he says he has spent half of his pension in horse races and that time Holmes says that he keeps Watson's money under lock and key. And while this last one doesn't directly says that it's because of Watson's gambling addiction, we can assume thanks to his other comment about spending half his pension

THEN

It's very clear that Watson has a problem, and it got so bad that Holmes thought best to keep Watson's money away from him, since he can't be trusted with it. Maybe Watson was spending the rent money on horse races

But, why did he never brought it up like he did with Holmes' addiction? Easy peasy lemon squeeze, because Watson is not stupid; he knows that admitting that he has a problem will make him look bad. He knows that putting Holmes' addiction on display will make him look bad, and put pressure on Holmes to stop

Then we must also ask, what other things is he omitting or changing? Because he doesn't make an effort to make himself look smart, but he does make an effort to make Holmes look smart, even if it is at Watson's expense.

So he doesn't care to look smart, but he does care to look good? What other things is Watson hiding? Because the gambling thing wasn't so much brought up as it was a slip

Maybe Mary wasn't ok with her husband abandoning her to go away with another man, or perhaps his comment about enjoying committing crimes more than defending the law had something more to it than what it seemed at first glance? What else is Watson not saying?

My work for the @very-sincerely-yours-zine !

What an incredible honor to be surrounded by such talented creatives in a celebration of queer life, love, and perseverance 🩵🩵🩵

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Sherlock’s pose is based on (I think) Sidney Paget's 19th century illustration for "The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle" (for those who didn’t know but I think it's a rather famous image of Sherlock).

John’s pose is inspired by S. Paget's illustrations of him, only sassier to match his partner's :D.