#ask witchy

Thank you for the ask! <3 I already answered 4 thanks to grippedbydestielfever - it's Violet Hunter - but

10. A random headcanon you have?

52. How did writing change you?

It gave me an outlet as a kid to go somewhere else. It let me “play god” when I had very little control of my actual life. Writing, and later writing and posting fanfic, gave me a community to be a part of and people to talk to. I think without writing, and without that community, I would have been a lot worse off.

53. What does writing mean to you?

I feel like this is an odd question and very existential lol. But to me, writing is a sense of freedom where I can freely explore and feel and create without the limitations of, like, life 😂

Thank you! I already answered 5 (a toss-up between Grimesby Roylott and Jephro Rucastle), but:

9. A Sherlock Holmes-related thing you would like to own?

- A Stradivarius so that I can sell it and become less poor and help all my friends and donate to charity? :p

Seriously, though, one thing I'd love is owning one of the first editions of a Holmes story. Specifically, it's my extremely unrealistic dream to own the copy of Adventures ACD gave to Joseph Bell.

Thank you! :>

2. Favourite Canon story/scene?

- My favourite story is COPP, I wrote a post about it once! The themes of domestic abuse survival/living without a family, as well as COPP's aesthetics, are really beautiful and close to my heart.

BLUE is a close second, just for the sheer light-hearted joy of it and for the spirit of camaraderie between Holmes and Watson. That scene of Holmes standing under a streetlamp and laughing is so perfectly heartwarming. And of course, the thief concealing the spoils of his crime in a goose is just the wackiest, most satisfyingly absurd twist.

I'm Jewish but I do enjoy the Victorian Christmas aesthetic and BLUE is a brilliant example of it.

5. Most hated secondary character?

Thank you for asking!! :> ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

3. Least favourite aspect of the Canon/aspect of the Canon you'd improve if you could?

- Definitely the racism. I want SIGN but with Tonga written as an actual person instead of some curious natural phenomenon. The story would be so much better even just on a technical level, never mind in the sense of not reinforcing RL bigotry.

4. Favourite secondary character?

- Violet Hunter! Plucky, ginger, not conventionally beautiful (face full of freckles "as a plover's egg" in an era when freckles were viewed as a blemish), smart, an orphan who helps a parental abuse survivor - what's not to love? And she has a lovely name to boot. The understated, hidden beauty of forest violets and a hunter's instinct about sum her up :)

7. If you had unlimited money and creative freedom, what kind of adaptation/related narrative would you create? Be as vague or specific as you like.

- My god I'm not even going to lie, I'd make a sequel to Murder Rooms. Possibly televise The Dark Water and then make another, final, installment. In which Bell and Doyle hug at some point.

If we're talking strictly stuff that features Sherlock Holmes as a character, hm, I think I'd make a Canon-era remix of some stories or maybe some entirely new adventures. Low-key, case of the week style, not something huge and world-changing. No Holmes vs Moriarty or Holmes vs Jack the Ripper or all those other super dramatic plots pastiche authors love. Holmes would be canonically aroace and Watson would be canonically bi. There would be a lot of cuteness and epic friendship.

11. If you were able to, would you bend fire pokers as a show of strength? Why or why not?

16. who would definitely sell their soul to the fae

12. who’s the cinnamon roll, looks like a cinnamon roll, could actually kill you, and the sinnamon roll?

cinnamon roll but could actually kill you: Sunny

looks like they could kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll: Mark, Dark(ish)

true cinnamon roll: Eth

looks like they could kill you and would: Bard

3. what reaction pic describes their character arch the best?

Sunny:

The Bard:

Dark: