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Last year’s inktober drawing round up post. 

These are the ones in my toned tan strathmore 5X8 sketchook (they are tiny!). mostly sherlock with a pinch of BC, Microns and white gel pens with a wee bit of W&N brushmarkers for backgrounds. 

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Last year’s inktober drawing round up post. Sherlock, John, Martin and Gingerbatch in W&N black india ink, micron and copic fineliners.

Sometimes certain aspects of series 4 reoccur to me and overwhelm me with fury all over again. Take the straightwashing, for instance. 

First, you have John Watson, a man who canonically punched a police chief and got himself arrested just because said police chief dared call Sherlock a weirdo, go back to a woman who shot Sherlock in the heart, threatened him while helpless to defend himself, then used his own network to track him down with a loaded gun, stopped only by the fact that her own face was projected on the face of the building. I don’t have an issue with implying that John is sexually attracted to women, at least some of the time, but not this woman, after these actions. 

Then you have Mycroft Holmes, the so-called Ice Man, who has never been seen to be in a romantic or sexual relationship of any sort whatsoever, not even hinted at, suddenly being paired off with Elizabeth and/or Alicia Smallwood (nice continuity there!), because that makes sense! Their relationship appears to be a strictly professional one that, at one point at least, involved their mutual condemnation of Mycroft’s only brother to a suicide mission. I guess in heteronormative blindness, anything can constitute a bonding experience??? Anything in the name of pairing off any man with any possible woman that he’s spoken to at least once, I guess! 

Then you have Sherlock “I’ve always loved dancing”, “women aren’t my area”, “the fair sex is your department”, “lilac”, “all the girls like a soldier” Holmes. Is he desperately pining for the woman whose looks and intelligence he’s canonically insulted more than once, or is it that he’s forgotten his loathing for Moriarty and the way he works and everything he stands for in the face of his naked female employee? He passes out with his ass in the air pointed directly at John, but no: surely any woman he’s ever had any contact with ranks above the person he lives with, has thrown away his life for at least three times in canon (jumping off a building with no guarantee of survival, getting sent into suicide/exile to spare him from his wife’s criminal past/present, coming within seconds of getting himself killed through drugs and Culverton Smith). Anything to avoid the obvious, but distressingly gay relationship! Find a woman! Fuck, ANY woman will do!!! The maid of honour that he specifically looked appalled at the thought of having sex with?? SURE!!! Is Soo Lin dead? Shoot! What about Kitty Riley? Sure, he hated her, but we could call that sexy, right?? What about… no, Mrs Hudson’s too old. Eurus is his sister. Hmmmm. Mary would have been perfect, only she’s already married to John. And dead, though that never stopped Moftiss! Hell, they already resurrected Irene, Sherlock, and Moriarty in only six episodes, so surely it’s time to pull that gimmick out again! What about the lady who sold them the lucky cat (which Sherlock bought for John, but shhh)? There must be SOMEONE who isn’t John, help!!! 

And then John, saying that the person who believes him to be a far better man than he feels he is, is someone other than the person who called him the bravest, kindest, wisest, handsomest person he’d ever known, is just crap. Mary canonically belittled him in front of others, questioned his motives, and demeaned him - she certainly didn’t believe him to be as good as he is, never mind some saintly version of himself. The only person who sees John this way is Sherlock - just as John has canonically said almost the exact same things about him! But let’s not acknowledge that! Quick, pair them both up with women, any women! Who cares about their criminality, why would a detective and the person he works with care about crimes???? (What kind of misogynist would dare point those out, too??) ANYTHING to keep the obvious gay relationship from happening!!!!

um guys?

Ever wonder ‘bout what he’s doing

How it’s all turned to lies

Sometimes I think that it’s better,

To never ask why

Where there is desire, there is gonna be a flame

Where there is a flame, someone’s bound to get burned

But just because it burns, doesn’t mean you’re gonna die

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Gotta get up and try, and try, and try

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Funny how the heart can be deceiving

More than just a couple times

Why do we fall in love so easy

Even when it’s not right

Where there is desire, there is gonna be a flame

Where there is a flame, someone’s bound to get burned

But just because it burns, doesn’t mean you’re gonna die

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Gotta get up and try, and try, and try

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Ever worry that it might be ruined

And does it make you wanna cry

When you’re out there doing what you’re doing

Are you just getting by

Tell me are you just getting by, by, by

Where there is desire, there is gonna be a flame

Where there is a flame, someone’s bound to get burned

But just because it burns, doesn’t mean you’re gonna die

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Gotta get up and try, and try, and try

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Those people obviously don’t realize the extremely high kill rate for cats at shelters, not to mention that people literally dump indoor cats outside when they don’t want them anymore, and indoor cats often die due to starvation/predators (duh they have no survival skills).  

Because a.) I get really fucking emotional over cats too, fuck you