#barosharo

which definitely means van zieks reads the herlock sholmes stories in his free time right. right

and he's either a GIANT fan but is extremely closeted and in denial about it which is why he's so averse to even mentioning sholmes' name in court

OR he hate-read it once and now it's like his guilty pleasure read where he's like god this is so stupid herlock could never be this smart i remember this case and it went nothing like this and continues to read anyway

post-series randst magazine escapade where either sholmes performs a dance of deduction to find the herlock sholmes books he was trying to hide in his office with either the unmasked apprentice or iris helping him

OR iris performs the deduction and barok gives in a lot quicker but he's like don't you dare tell sholmes about this and then sholmes falls from the ceiling that he was somehow crawling on like the grudge and he's like omg you read my books barok???? and barok does the OBEJCTION thing

We've decided to start a new project! Here's an interest check for a Vanlock (Herlock Sholmes x Barok van Zieks) zine.

“ And yet… There beside him on the couch, firelit and gentle-eyed… He was irresistible.”

BACK IT AGAIN WITH FICS THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED ME AS A HUMAN BEING!!!

what the FUCK is going on

HERLOCK IS ON TRIAL FOR MURDERRRR it was about time tbh

he quoted herlock sholmes again???? after i JUST made the post about him reading herlock sholmes books?? honey just admit you're down bad already

i am now thoroughly convinced that he actually does read the books/randst magazine in canon because why the fuck else would he know herlock sholmes quotes verbatim??????

he's literally the "i hate [insert character]" while putting pictures of said character on the wall meme for herlock dude im not kidding

did he ever figure out that iris wrote the books in dgs or dgs2 because i have this weird memory of dialogue between him and iris where he comes in mad about his depiction in the book and then iris is like i wrote the books! and he completely changes his tone and he's like wow your writing is exquisite

OH WAIT that was a fanfiction whoops

is he being derogatory???? like id assume so but why'd he have to say "us mortals of inferior mental capacity" lmFAO

dude imagine if he and susato talked about the books and ended up getting into a giant literary debate while also trying to figure out who the bigger fan is i might just cry

iris holds a trivia competition to see who can name the most verbatim quotes/recall super unimportant details with the page numbers

and sholmes ryuu and gina are watching them like what the fuck??

WHAT IS THIS SPRITE THAT'S TERRIFYING

damn that was you when you're tired??? i thought he was rolling his eyes or something aksgjdhsjhgskgsj

we're getting van zieks' inner thoughts wtf

bruh have they just been standing there for three hours help

i would NOT want to be stuck in the same room as barok for three hours with the only noise being an ominously ticking clock let me tell you

i guess gregson knew him before he became a vampire though so it's not as intimidating but still. gregson you are a braver man than me

stronghart is supposed to be this super punctual guy what's with both them and ryuunosuke waiting forever for him to appear

i cannot get over the van zieks perspective wtf

thank god it's not from his eyes so that we can see his cloaked forward-facing sprites

he's SO hot why didnt we ever see these sprites in game what the hell

or at least outside of court

these and the ryuu sprites although im now realizing those mightve been reserved for the dance of deduction

OH THANK GOD MADAM ROSIE IS STILL ALIVE i was actually so sad for her :sob: she got bullied by the other birds in stronghard's chambers bruh

i didnt realize that stronghart actually takes care of his birds though and that they're not just a dramatic effect bgkjDHGSKDJ that's pretty sweet and a nice detail

barok: says you bitch i was about to drop undead

HE'S SO HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

the rare actually-happy-and-not-faking-it-for-iris gregson

thank god she's okay though sheesh i was really worried