Because you know you want to help. I see it in the tilt of your head and your shoelaces ;)
Meet Busybody, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock fanpet. :) The name comes from watching The Speckled Band with Jeremy Brett. For reason's unknown, Dr. Roylott's fail at insulting Sherlock ('You're Holmes, the meddler. Holmes, the busybody!') got stuck in my head on a loop. I knew what I had to do.
I'd like a bit of help with two things here.
1) Books
It's a bit of a random, insane idea of mine that a Sherlock Holmes fanpet should have a decent Intelligence stat. That usually means books.
But see, since you can check out those it can't be just any kind of books. No fiction ('sensational literature' is ok though). Or astronomical charts. Books of magic/'modern' stuff are out of the question too and I'm not too keen on zombie-related stuff either.
I've already 'fed' him over 100 titles and made a bit of a list of remaining, more expensive ones HERE but I believe I missed a few suitable ones the first time round. Out of initial pickiness, I'd imagine. So if you can think of something that belongs here...
2) TC
It's going to be big. I'm rubbish at limiting myself so of course it's going to be big.
I already added a few items to his TC and the rest of things I managed to come up with sit on his wishlist HERE. At the moment I'm generally adding everything as I go and going to choose the ones most fitting/with best item art afterwards. You're welcome to throw my way suggestions of ANYTHING* you think might be suitable.
*I'm a bit iffy about clothes in TCs so no those. But other than that...
What I especially need is some references to most recognizable short stories, I obviously don't remember all of them right now @
So far I have: - for The Solitary Cyclist -/ for The Blue Carbuncle - for The Five Orange Pips (well, not quitefive, but trying, ok? xD) -/ for The Hound of Baskervilles - for Red-headed League - for The Naval Treaty - for Study in Scarlet -/some other snake item for The Speckled Band
I accidentally almost posted at the same time as H0lmes with their thread, but I've decided to wait a few days. So yes. Been there. Seen all that. Even suggested a few where they overlap ;)
I don't know if you've checked them out already, but 's pet Geek has all the non-fiction books, if you want to take a look through that for ones you're missing that relate!
Oh I love you so much ! So great to have a real Sherlock Holmes fanpet and not a fanpet of the series ! I was getting a bit despaired about that ! That name is so great XD
For books, he is knowledgeable in chemistry, anatomy, geology and botany so I'd look for these. I read somewhere he liked old editions and bees (but I can't get the references together, why didn't I bring my Sherlock Holmes book here ?). I alsot thought of because it's about a muder and Sherlock Holmes knows everything about past crimes ^^.
For the TC, I thought of the Handkerchief Wrapped Box male wearables and , because he is in an opium shop in The man with the twisted lip and that story is about a beggar (yeah I know a hookah has nothing to do with opium but you get the idea ?) The beggar can also be his disguise in The beryl coronet. Maybe some of the zombie den items concerning organs for his anatamy knowledge. For The final problem, I don't know if there are items that would suggest a priest ? also , .
For the red-headed league, I can't resist the urge to ping and her extensive collection of redhead wigs XD
For the speckled band you can look at my pet doraphobia's TC. She has some snakes.
LOL :D
oooooo, what an excellent fun thing!! I wonder if I can think of anything to add?
Lol just showing-off your ginger wigs would be a great start I think XD (for example that one you right now is cutie !)
lol
I'm thinking of takeing them all out of my wardrobe, and putting them in a 'gallery', lol, but i don't know if i could part with them, even into just a gallery! :D hehe what you need is . she has ALL the wigs, and I bet if you asked her nicely, she may put all her red wigs (and she has More then me!) in a separate gallery, and you could 'link' it. lol :D
So sorry for the delay, yesterday's been busy~~ ^^;
No, I didn't know that, thanks! Or maybe I did but I forgot... this is wonderful, I wasn't too keen on going through Subetalodge once more.
Haha ❤ I've watched the series and it's very well done, really. I like it a lot too. But the way it's impossible to open any thread on here and NOT have Benedict Cumberbatch or some other tribute from the series peering at you...is beginning to creep me out :P It's like everyone's forgotten that once there was this man. Who wrote that book. And then some more books.
Thanks a lot for these, I've totally forgotten about the hookas (I...kinda suspect that if something existed at that time...then Sherlock smoked it) and the anatomy/handkerchief wrapped box items... definitely considering. Adding the photo too~~ oh god, this TC is not even halfway done and it already beginning to look alarming XD
So, you collect wigs? :) And no no no, I'd never ask anyone to divide their collection for me in any way! Just the thought of having something that belongs together in more... than... one... place... is terrible. Ack. Haha :D
Yeah, it annoys me a bit too to be honest. My father has always been a huge fan and has a nice collection of books/DVD related to Sherlock Holmes. I love the old adaptations with Peter Cushing, and the ones with Basil Rathbones. I love Sherlock, but it's just an adaptation of great stories, and seeing it constantly here is annoying me so much I feel less and less the will to watch the next series. Nothing to see, but when I talk about another book of Conan Doyle, the lost world (not sure it's the original title, I only know the french one ^^') there's always someone thinking I'm talking about the lost world (the one from Jurassic Park). It always saddens me. I hope I never see someone say the original Sherlock Holmes suck and that BBC Sherlock is much better. That day I'll cry XD It's a bit like Doctor Who. So many gifs of Matt Smith, Amy and Rory that I sometimes wonder if people know about the old series =/