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rubydubydoo122 · 12 days

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What's a song that reminds you of Jason, Bruce, Dick and Damian?

For Damian, definitely "Love Like You" From Steven Universe, especially the line "I always thought I might be bad now I'm sure that it's true, cus, I think you're so good, and I'm nothing like you"

for Dick, I would say "Look After You" By the Fray, specifically to his siblings and specifically the line "What's mine is yours to leave or take, what's mine is yours to make your own" also, "Seven" by Taylor Swift, Idk, I just feel like that song would remind him of his time in the circus.

For Bruce "Fine Line" by Harry Styles. I have a whole Band AU planned out Just so that for the final song, Bruce sings this to all the kids.

and for Jason.... Wooo doggie, I hAve A LOt. I'll just give you the main ones

"Would've Could've Should've" by Taylor Swift. I could copy paste the entire song in here and It would be like pulling a page out of Jason's Diary. Same with "Right Where You Left Me" "My Tear Ricochet" "THE GREAT WAR" and I could go on and on and on "Haunted" "Back to December" "Nothing New" "Mr. Perfectly Fine" Is Taylor Swift Jason Todd?

Then there's "The Grudge" by Olivia Rodrigo "I have nightmares each week about that friday in may" "Trust that you betrayed confusion that still lingers, took everything I loved and crushed it in betweeen your fingers" and "and I know in my heart, hurt people, hurt people, and We both drew blood but man those cuts were never equal"

SO MANY CONAN GRAY SONGS. "Winner" ("my heart that once was beating, bleeding the palm of your hand. yet you have the nerve to miss me how do I somehow feel guilty, WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE WHO LET IT GET THIS BAD; you don't really wanna hear the truth, do you? it's obvious to anyone who ever knew you. That all you ever wanted was to fight. I was only trying to survive your chaos") "Astronomy" "FAMILY LINE" "Memories" "jigsaw" "THE EXIT" ("Feels like, we had matching wounds but mine's still black and bruised and yours is perfectly fine. Feel like WE BURRIED ALIVE something that NEVER DIED so god it HURT when I FOUND OUT. You love her, it's over, do you even doubt it on your lips. You love her. It's over. You already found someone to miss while I'm still standing at the exit." Maturing is realizing it's the second half of the chorus that's more important to Jason Todd's character than the first)

Afraid by the Neighborhood, but this could really go for any of the Batboys

I KNOW THE END by Phoebe Bridgers. I just feel like if there was ever a show depicting Jason's run as Robin, and that song played as he was getting beat up by the joker and the Bridge hit as the timer was counting down, I would ABSOLUTELY LOSE IT. IF THAT HAPPENS I WOULD HAVE TO BE SENT TO ARKHAM HOLY SHIT EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT SONG I THINK OF JASON"S DEATH

anywho, thanks for coming to my ted talk

#jason todd #batman #batfam #dc comics #red hood #dick grayson #bruce wayne #damian wayne #music stuff #character music #I don't think they would listen to those songs #but those songs remind me of them #ask me anything #ask me questions #asks #ask

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saline-coelacanth · 4 months

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DTIYS Time WOOO!!!!

I've been wanting to do one of these for a while and the time has come where I finally made one! I don't really have any super specific occasion to be making this for, but January is very sentimental for me since it was the month I first joined the Ninjago fandom, and I find it very fitting that I made a dtiys with the very first Ninjago Au I created on here

There's no deadline or prizes for this, it's all for fun. Don't be afraid to play around with stuff like the colors or backgrounds, or even change up the poses a bit, just as long as you have Bad Ending Cole and Bad Endings Jay in there. The only rule is that you have to have fun!

Ok but for the actual "rules", please make sure to tag me as well as using the #salinedtiys so I can see it! I will reblog any entries that I see, so yeah make sure I'm able to see them :)

Now just to make sure this post isn't too long, I'm gonna leave my sappy message under a cut, so if you don't care to see me ramble you don't have to.

So I first joined this fandom at the end of Janurary of 2019. I made a couple of posts about Ninjago and didn't think much of it, but then so many people started to enjoy the things I made and they made me feel like the things I made were worth something. I didn't feel as self conscious about myself because hey, these people on the internet enjoy the things I make so I think that makes me pretty cool.

This fandom has been the absolute best fandom I've ever been a part of. There's so many nice and cool people here who just make me feel happy and welcomed. And even when I took a break from Ninjago, when I came back it was still just about as welcoming to me as when I left.

And it really is fitting that I drew BE!Jay and BE!Cole for this dtiys (with thanks to the poll I created) because I guess if this dtiys is celebrating anything, it would be my progress as a creator. As an artist and a writer, and as someone who just genuinely likes making stuff. Because when you look back, some of the earliest art I posted was with Jay and Cole because bruiseshipping was (and still is) my favorite ship in this fandom. And this silly little au where all the ninja are evil was the first au I made and it's still one I continue to make content for because I enjoy it and other people enjoy seeing it.

So yeah like I said, this message was gonna get sappy. But I really just want to thank the Ninjago fandom for being so great and all the people who come and look at my art and my silly little aus because you guys bring a lot more joy in my life, and I genuinely feel like my life would suck a lot more if I didn't have you guys.

🧡🧡🧡

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randosky33 · 2 months

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Two posts in one day? wow something must be wrong with me xD but anyway Dani!! a little rough doodle i drew after school today i think it turned out pretty good! i’m trying to play around with perspective and like wooo fun colors but yeah!

#danny fenton #danny phantom #dani phantom #dps fandom #dp fanart #help please #artwork #fandom #fanart

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runeiio · 2 years

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Something I drew a while back; adult Goh wooo

Just some fun head canons:

Grookey never evolves, similar to Dawn’s Piplup

It’s actually Goh who parts from Ash- Goh wants to go on his own adventure. (They still see each other a lot haha). However Ash hands Goh his Lucario as a bodyguard of some sorts.

Goh does find mew! I kinda like the idea of it being a shiny, mostly because of the blue color it has. (Opposite of red).

Long hair cause why not idk

#pokemon #pokemon goh #goh #ash ketchum #mew

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sp00ky-scary · 1 year

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Wooo Riddler design (I spent 8 hours of my life on this)

I'm working on a DC AU and Riddler is my favourite character (I'm hyperfixating on him, he consumes all my thoughts) so I drew a design for him. Design rant time!!!

Edward Nygma worked at the GCPD in cybercrimes (I dunno shit about the police so I'm not gonna elaborate on his exact job). Whilst at the GCPD he treated his job more like a challenge, he didn't want to do good or anything he just needed something to do plus working at the GCPD provided him resources to "pursue his hobbies" (commit crimes, he was basically just a freelance hacker before becoming the Riddler). Eventually he quit/got fired (it's complicated) and his need for a challenge and something to do basically lead to him taking up the Riddler persona and taunting Batman. (Originally his identity was a secret before ya know he got caught and thrown into Arkham for the first time. I do have a design of his initial Riddler outfit but his main Riddler outfit is cooler). Also to note he's not from Gotham he ran away from home and ended up in Gotham, where he attended University before working at the GCPD.

Actual design notes: His hair is dyed it's naturally dark brown, he's blind as fuck and somehow his Riddler glasses are prescription. I didn't include purple in his outfit because purple and green is a nightmare colour scheme, plus the Joker has that colour scheme so I wanted to separate the two a little more. He's autistic and has OCD, as well as some childhood trauma sprinkled in there. He's an overly confident, self absorbed, smug, asshole, yet also experiences a deep self hatred and has no sense of self preservation. He doesn't know when to shut up yet is initially charming and has a habit of speaking in riddles and telling seemingly useless facts and has an obsession with the colour green. He's physically kinda weak, not great at fighting unless he uses his cane, and he has asthma. His crimes often involve heists, robberies, puzzles and explosives, and the occasional hostage, he doesn't really kill people though, that's not his thing. And as is canon in like every version he leaves riddles and clues at the crime scene which is partially a result of his OCD. Oh and he's trans (FtM) and bisexual, I'm toying with the idea of him and the Penguin having some kinda relationship. Also he's besties with his henchwomen Query and Echo, as well as the Sirens. Most of the rogues both get along with him but also think he's an annoying asshole, something he and Harley bond over.

#dc #au #edward nygma #art #redesign #he doesnt rly look it but he is like the most pathetic guy in existence #oddly batman unburied was a big inspiration for this design #additional fact when he speaks in his riddler persona he sounds like a game show host #batman rogues #the riddler #my art

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deathzgf · 6 months

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( almost ) ALL MY AMREV + FREV WIPS ( 12 october - 5 november 2023 ) ! ! ! ! !

WARNING : long ass post jFDSFLKJSLF ( will all be under the cut )

NOTE : not everything is here ! a lot of my amrev + frev drawings are doodles ive done in class ( which i cant find ) + i Do Not Like a lot of them + Tumblr only allows so many images T___T

ah yes . . . the doodle that started it all . . . my good omens sona in the french revolution ! except i had no idea what i was doing at ALL and had no historical context ! which i now do have and it makes me ENRAGED for how good omens handled that era . . . why are they in the bastille in 1793 . . . ANYWAYS ! YEAH !

aaand because of that doodle , i researched frev fashion ! and guess what ! that robespierre fashion video came up ! wooo robespierre ! and then this was the first fucking thing i drew of him i cant . I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE FUCK HE MISSED SO BAD + HOW THE BULLET WOULD LOOK

BECAUSE after that i drew this ! pookie ! ! !

first saint just drawing . i was listening to angel with a shotgun on loop . . . and i thought . . . angel with a guillotine . . . get it cuz hes . hes angel of the terror . and . and . a

i dont have any explanation for this

i hate this . but first robespierre AND saint just drawing wahoo

first frev oc except the hair on that one drawing is red because i went back and changed it cuz i made their name Jules Le Roux and . You know . Red hair . yeah

jules and calixte ! ! ! calixte is @toastytrusty ' s oc and my sweet sweet little baby i love them dearly

. . . saint just doodle i forgor to come back to

JULES AND CALIXTE LORE

miku binder robespierre

saint just painting robespierres nails because :3

WE INTO THE AMREV NOW WOOO . anyways me when ive married and icarus and hes flown too close to the sun lol ( his wings are meant to be burning letters btw . yeah )

jules , calixte , and leonard interaction ! ! ! ! !

which didnt go well

this turned out gayer than intended i genuinely dont know what happened here

i wanted to continue this so bad but i fucking forgot about it but Uhhh uhhhhh uhhh

you know those vamp ! robespierre and vamp hunter ! saint just aus ? yeah

PLEASE STOP SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE A DICK IVE NEVER DRAWN A VIOLIN BEFORE PLEASE LEAVE HIM ALONE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE . anyways he playsss theee violinnn he tucks it right underr hisss chinnnnn

winning the idgaf war . unbothered . living his best life

theres a storytime for this drawing but ill save that for later . john adams ( 2008 ) scene redraw but instead of jefferson grabbing adams elbow its his waist except it looks awful and i need to redo it soo baddd

vamp ! robespierre and saint just ( ? ? ? i guess vamp hunter ! saint just cuz thats usually what goes with vamp ! robespierre but idk man ) . they were meant to be on like some moonlit picnic or some shit but then class ended and i forgor about this

donald trump , alexander hamilton , and thomas jefferson . need i say more ?

the ORIGINAL toxic doomed yaoi ( hamburr )

burr . boobies :3

that one scene from saint just et la forces des choses BUT AGAIN this turned out gayer than intended . why do they keep doing this

hey girl i think theres something wrong with your leg

semi modern band ! gay trio . . . thing . . . ? girl idk . but i gave up

making jules a proper ref ! who cheered !

AAAND THATS IT !

let me know if . you want me to finish any of these because otherwise theyre probably going to rot in my gallery HELP

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rayofmisfortune · 3 months

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IIIIIIII have a lil question for you, or rather two (and you can answer these whenever!)

First up! If you were to...mayhaps have a comic done of your lil fireboy and watergirl au beans (like just a silly lil one nothing major >_<) Would you be ok with it being posted and you being tagged and credited or would you rather it send through inbox (I...do not know the limitations of the Inbox tho so idk for sure if it'd work...? But thought I'd ask)

And second thing! Swearing. Like...full censor like a bleep or symbols to block out the word, or would a cut off word be fine? >_< (like sho- (this is shoot) kinda thing but with an actual swear) Have something in mind and while i'm not a big fan of swearing myself i sometimes have a character swear (usually some form of censored for anything drawn) and just wanna make sure I don't make you uncomfy >_<

Andddd for reading thro my rambling questions have a dood of your beans! (don't mind the terrible camera quality....)

They are both in basic my dood pose cause i was just trying to get a feel for how to draw them >_<

ik I say this a lot but- *shakes* A COMIC???? JESTER I WILL STRANGLE YOU- /aff /lh Someone transfer discord nitro on here so I can properly translate my excitement via emotes jfjfjfj

Uuuuuh to ANSWER!

I would be fine with it being posted and I tagged in it! Only if that's what you wanna do of course! Don't wanna force anyone into anything hehe

I'm fine with swearing! I myself have a veeery potty mouth so I really wouldn't have a problem with you doing either! (I do tend to avoid swearing when I write if that's any worth jfjfb) Though- thinking about it a little more... I'm just imagining a scene where one of them slipped and fell off a platform (not towards any body of liquid) and they'd scream their voiceboxes all the way to the heavens. Manage to say a curse, completely ignore the fact that if they were human they'd have a concussion- and focus on the fact that WOOO I JUST SWORE WITHOUT GETTING CENSORED YAHOOO JDJDJ ah- but to properly answer, yes I'd say they'd be able to curse. One earlier than the other. Probably Wamoon ending up annoying Solare with pulling up a personal playlist filled with curse words and singing along to them while Solare gets the guns (read fire) ready jrjrrj

*SHAKES YOU SHAKES YOU SHAKES YOU* ooooh I love that you noticed Solare's designs (forgot word oof) on his casing are sharper than Wamoon's! Didn't know if people would pick up on that but YUSSSSS I also love how you drew the fire and water in their hands! Very flowy and shapy!

#answered asks #thecourtjester12 #mooties ask #frens ask #fireboy and watergirl au #sun and moon show au #tsams au #sams au #I AM STILL SHAKING GOSH I DIDN'T EXPECT FOR THEM TO GET SO MUCH LOVE

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all-mights-mullet-of-justice · 4 months

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Young toshinori I drew a couple days ago when I got my stylus for doodling (digital art wooo)!!

I thought thanks to his thick eyebrows and prominent browbone, plus downturned mouth, toshinori would have something of a resting bitch face (or at least, an intense look to him). But since he’s smiling all the time, no one realises haha

#bnha #toshinori yagi #all might

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maehemthemisfit · 2 years

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an)snnsnwsmw

💃🏾 + 🍻 with baji

except it’s like slow dancing at night.. together.. with with with with soft music on those little disc players and and and and UGSHSHWHHSW MY HEART JUST SPENDING TIME WITH HIM UGHHH

thank you mae mae 💗💗💗💗

AND CONGRATS

It was a miracle how the two of you even managed to get to the hotel, playful bickering on what should be played upon finding your room had a disc player.

In the end, a soft tune surrounded the both of you as Baji drew you in by your hands, drunken sways and giggles filling the room anytime you stumbled over one another's feet. The dimmed lights of the room made his soft bronze eyes look golden as they lit his features, something you couldn't help but be possessed by and marvel at.

"You're so bad at this," You laughed, shaking your head at his unsteady movements that he tried so hard to play off.

"I am not!" He denied, seemingly offended, but his tipsy smile never faltered, enchanted by the way you continued to sway along with his wobbly moves, your outfit hugging every dip and curve of your body just right. "You're just... not close enough."

You nearly yelped when his hands traveled down to your hips, pulling you in as your arms found their way around his neck. "Keisuke!" You shrieked, but he only held you closer.

"Much better," Baji grinned, admiring the way your face glowed with the light, eyes dropping down to your glossy lips in temptation. His head connected with yours, vision clouded over with love and desire before he briefly pulled away, only to cup your face and pull you back in for a desperate kiss.

You could taste the alcohol on his tongue as you became lost in his embrace, lips moving together in sync with the music while your hands tangled in his hair. Racing hearts and drunken kisses that didn't end until the song came to a stop and the two of you pulled away, panting, but smiling nonetheless.

"We should move the disc player to our room."

WOOO I may have gotten carried away again 😵

Wanna join my 300+ Event? Shoot me an ask from my Emoji Prompt List or 100 Dialogue Prompts

#baji x reader #baji keisuke x reader #baji keisuke #baji keisuke fluff #tokyo rev x reader #tokyo revengers #tokyo revengers x reader #tokyo rev fluff #tr drabbles #emoji prompts #tr x reader #tokyo revengers x y/n #tokyo revengers headcanons #tokyorev x reader #fluff #300+ event #answered 💌#mae — tokyorev thoughts

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dxwnfxll · 1 year

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Heyo!

I consumed all the SFW Mikell x reader content on the internet and I saw you had you requests open and I thought I could request something!

Could you please write Mikell Amberose (I think that's the right last name on your blog, if not feel free to correct me!) Reacting to the reader doodling little hearts and smiley faces on his hands? (in washable marker ofc)

if you don't really feel like writing it free to delete this request.

Ofc !!

And yeah sorry it's Ambrose/gen/lh lol !!

Mikell Ambrose x reader

Lil hearts

So within the foundation you had a very special job, walking around with Mikell. Yup that was it, you were paid 600k a year just to walk around with the guy and keep him company. Sure you had your moments where you've had to run down dark hallways to find a bunker all while making sure your boss is still alive amd behind you, bur otherwise than that it was pretty easy.

All Mikell usually did was walk about a facility/the 05s place, go on a drive or have meetings. Meetings he usually made you go to, and speaking of that you two were currently in one.

05-1 rambled on and on about some sort of 'new mission' for the foundation, her 50s aesthetic being a sore thumb towards the other 05. Next to you of course sat Mikell tapping his fingers annoyed as 05-1 went on and on. On the other side of you sat 05-7, she was always kind always having a vibe similar to the 'parent' friend. They noticed you looking at them and gave you a kind smile and wave before looking back at the 'boss' of the 05.

You sighed bored a bit looking at the table and noticing a marker, looking about to make sure no one was paying attention you grabbed the pen. At first you just tried to juggle it in your hand flinching everytime it hit against the table. Once you felt bored with that you looked towards Mikells hand then back at the pen getting an idea.

Mikell blinked feeling your hands on his, he side glanced at you with a neutral face watching as you held his hand doodling on it.

He didn't say anything or move his hand, just watched for a second as you drew little hearts, bolts and flowers before he looked back at 05-1.

Once the meeting had ended and everyone had left, you two walked down the hallway together. Yalls walking down the hallway being the only sound anyone could hear, he looked at his hand again as you had stopped to get a snack from a vending machine. He snickered a bit "this is gonna take forever to get off y'know" he said with his casual country accent.

You got up holding [Snack] looking at the 05 "what? Don't like 'em?" He shook his head "i like them, just didn't think you'd get so bored that you'd start using my hand as a piece of paper" you laughed with him as you two started walking again. He patted your head/back grinning at his cowboy hat hid his eyes.

Wooo hope this kinda made sense? I haven't been writing a lot so i tried LOL

Hope you enjoyed !!

#scp #scp fandom #scp foundation #scp fanfiction #scp x reader #scp mikell bright #scp mikell bright x reader #scp mikell ambrose x reader #scp mikell ambrose #scp 05 x reader

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partynoobvanii · 6 months

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Wooo!!!! New Sickpants Lullaby Character Release!!

Anyways, now that i have your attention, let me speak about the bad side of this fandom, this is URGENT.

Why do i get treated like shit in the FNF Spongebob Parodies community??? Seriously, everyone is ignoring me warning them to not follow PonyCentral and block her (Cause she drew Child p0rn)

AND toxic PonyCentral fans are now trying to DEATH THREATEN me in my asks and are attacking my online family. (One managed to find a city i lived in...) This fandom is so fucking unfair on Tumblr, I need to start protesting or something....

#free fnfspongebobparodies fans from toxic fans!

If any Toxic PonyCentral fans attack you even if you are a fan of her, please reblog with a screenshot of the ask they sent you, please know that these toxic fans often use the anonymous button on asks so nobody knows their username!

(NO HATE TO THE PONYCENTRAL FANS WHO DON'T ATTACK ME, LIKE STARLIGHTGIRL OR HONEY, Y'ALL ARE FINE DON'T WORRY)

Proof I've been getting attacked by toxic PonyCentral fans. :

If you don't know why they said that, it stands for Ky$ (Aka k1ll y0urself)

They've also been calling me slurs for Mexicans. (Since I'm Mexican)

Since we don't know their users, and can't do anything about it in our power of being a Tumblr user. Please just look out for anyone who looks fishy/suspicious in the FNF Spongebob Parodies fandom. Reporting won't do anything since Tumblr Staff will ignore it. Stay safe.

#fnfspongebobparodies #free fnfspongebobparodies fans from toxic fans #do NOT ignore #important #ponycentral #toxic fandom #toxic fanbase #toxic fandom attack #attack

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mariana-oconnor · 1 year

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The Stockbroker's Clerk pt 2

Missed this until now because I decided to start knitting and then i didn't stop. Whoops.

Also I've read in a couple of places that Mr Pycroft, our victim, is going around using antisemitic language, so yeah... not great. I am not well-versed in slurs, apparently, or at least old timey ones. And I was rooting for him, too.

Nice little bit of history about tomorrow's bank holiday (wooo! bank holiday month. Three four day weeks this year. I suppose the coronation had to be good for something.)

Then Sherlock Holmes cocked his eye at me, leaning back on the cushions with a pleased and yet critical face, like a connoisseur who has just taken his first sip of a comet vintage.

This is the least relatable simile I have ever read, seeing as I don't like wine and have no idea what a 'comet vintage' is. I was going to look it up, but then decided that my first instinct that it was brewed from alien glowing grapes grown from meteor seeds that fall from the sky is far more fun and I'm just going to be sticking with it. Honestly, it feels like a fun worldbuilding idea. Maybe I should use it.

Not the point. Just... I have no idea what's going on with Holmes' face here.

“Oh, easily enough,” said Hall Pycroft, cheerily. “You are two friends of mine who are in want of a billet, and what could be more natural than that I should bring you both round to the managing director?”

Getting a job interview, as always, is a lot more about who you know, it seems. Although this seems easy even by that standard. At a job you've been at for... a month? I can't remember the exact timeline. But maybe you should leave it a little longer before bringing your friends around for jobs. Unless the managing director has specifically asked if you know anyone (and I'm betting he hasn't).

"Or is it possible that—” He began biting his nails and staring blankly out of the window, and we hardly drew another word from him until we were in New Street.

Don't bite your nails, Holmes. Come on now. Also, I find it hilarious that both Watson and Mr Pycroft might just be staring at him, waiting for him to finish. My Dad trails off like this sometimes and when we prompt him to finish his sentence he stares at us blankly and can't even remember what he started saying.

“It is no use our being at all before our time,” said our client. “He only comes there to see me, apparently, for the place is deserted up to the very hour he names.” “That is suggestive,” remarked Holmes.

Yeah, I might have tried following him by this point. That's very suspicious.

I had never looked upon a face which bore such marks of grief, and of something beyond grief—of a horror such as comes to few men in a lifetime. His brow glistened with perspiration, his cheeks were of the dull, dead white of a fish's belly, and his eyes were wild and staring. He looked at his clerk as though he failed to recognize him, and I could see by the astonishment depicted upon our conductor's face that this was by no means the usual appearance of his employer.

This is ominous. Something has clearly gone terribly wrong. Or maybe it's auspicious because we're pretty sure this is the bad guy who is planning Crimes, so maybe we should be glad that he's all dead fish-ified. Lovely graphic description there. ACD is very good at vivid character descriptions. I don't usually picture things as I read them, and I can almost see this guy. I have very strong vibes of him, anyway.

“One is Mr. Harris, of Bermondsey, and the other is Mr. Price, of this town,” said our clerk, glibly.

Hall Pycroft lies like a fucking pro. No hesitation. No thinking, straight out with the fake names and origins. I get that he's already prepped this on the train journey (or before) but he doesn't even pause. Cool as a cucumber, no shame. Mr Pycroft should be the criminal. Genuinely.

“I have every hope that the company may accommodate you. I will let you know about it as soon as we come to any conclusion. And now I beg that you will go. For God's sake leave me to myself!”

That's actually more polite than I was expecting him to be. But wow, sudden heel turn there at the end. Mr Pinner is having a Bad Day. If you're feeling that sick, maybe you shouldn't have come in, Mr Pinner. Surely you, at your entirely legitimate business, have a secretary or assistant or enterprising urchin you could send with a message. I'm sure it isn't just you at this totally real and non-fraudulent company.

All of your assistants must have the day off, I guess.

“You may wait here a moment; and there is no reason why your friends should not wait with you. I will be entirely at your service in three minutes, if I might trespass upon your patience so far.”

Yeah... he's not coming back. Those are not the words of a man who is coming back. I'm not sure if he's going to make a run for it or throw himself out of the window at this point. Watson was very clear about him looking pretty terrible about things.

“Is he giving us the slip?” “Impossible,” answered Pycroft. [...] “There is no exit?” “None.”

I didn't mean it about him throwing himself out the window... Guys... guys?

Although a window would count as an exit, I suppose. But seriously, is he about to kill himself? Do I need to put a suicide warning tag on this post.

"If ever a man was three parts mad with terror, that man's name is Pinner. What can have put the shivers on him?”

In my 'supernatural is real' alternate universe version of this fic, Banshee.

In the canon universe, I can only assume his accomplice in London has been discovered and he is in immediate and definite danger from someone more dangerous than the police. Maybe he double crossed his partner and his partner found out. Maybe both he and his partner are double crossing a third party who likes to solve problems with direct (violent) action?

His words were interrupted by a sharp rat-tat from the direction of the inner door. “What the deuce is he knocking at his own door for?” cried the clerk. Again and much louder cam the rat-tat-tat.

The horror movie vibes are strong in this one. This is just a classic horror movie scene. I take it back, it wasn't a banshee, it was a monster like the ring girl or something and after you hear the knocking you have three days before it comes out of the shadows and eats your soul and wears your flesh.

Time to grab your weapons.

Then suddenly came a low guggling, gargling sound, and a brisk drumming upon woodwork.

Either Mr Pinner dying of self-administered poison, OR a goo monster is disappearing between the gaps in the floorboards. It's 50/50, really.

Following his example, we threw ourselves upon it with all our weight. One hinge snapped, then the other, and down came the door with a crash. Rushing over it, we found ourselves in the inner room. It was empty.

MORE DOOR SMASHING. YES!

Oh my god he did liquefy and dribble through the floorboards. RIP to the cleaners of the offices on the fourth floor.

But it was only for a moment that we were at fault. At one corner, the corner nearest the room which we had left, there was a second door.

Fake out. Seriously? There's a whole-ass door in there, Mr Pycroft. What do you mean no exits. That's an exit. It's a door. Do you even use your eyes?

Oh...

OK, I really didn't mean that he was going to kill himself. I... yikes. Well. I'm not quoting the description in here because that's graphic and unpleasant. But I do wonder at the logistics of his knees being drawn up...

I stooped over him and examined him. His pulse was feeble and intermittent, but his breathing grew longer, and there was a little shivering of his eyelids, which showed a thin white slit of ball beneath.

Not dead. Phew.

"Just open that window, and hand me the water carafe.” I undid his collar, poured the cold water over his face, and raised and sank his arms until he drew a long, natural breath.

And Watson is doing his medicine thing, which admittedly seems to boil down to 'he's not dead, we must water him like a plant.' Cutting edge Victorian medicine, ladies and gentlemen! The raising and lowering of his arms, I imagine must have something to do with his blood flow. I don't know if that does any good, though. I doubt it, because I've never seen or heard of it before, but I am not a trained medical professional, so what do I know? I'm sure Watson absolutely knows what he's doing.

“I suppose we ought to call the police in now,” said he. “And yet I confess that I'd like to give them a complete case when they come.”

I mean, modern day, I'd probably call an ambulance rather than the police at this point, but I guess Watson has done all that can be done. It's up to Mr Pinner to survive, now.

Love how reluctant Holmes sounds, though. Like a child who has been told to share their favourite toy.

“Well, the whole thing hinges upon two points. The first is the making of Pycroft write a declaration by which he entered the service of this preposterous company. Do you not see how very suggestive that is?”

That did seem odd, but I'm not sure how that could be used against him. Unless he's being scapegoated. Or unless they showed it to Mawson's. But that would mean that they weren't impersonating him.

"Don't you see, my young friend, that they were very anxious to obtain a specimen of your handwriting, and had no other way of doing it?”

Okay, so it was for the impersonation? Because all Mawson's had of Mr Pycroft to use for validation was the letter he wrote them, so the impersonator is a professional forger who has just been forging Pycroft's handwriting this whole time? That makes a certain amount of sense.

"But in the interval the rogue had learned to imitate you, and his position was therefore secure, as I presume that nobody in the office had ever set eyes upon you.”

Yep yep. Feeling pretty good right now. I didn't think of the handwriting thing, but I already had the rest of the solution, so that's fine. I can live with that.

“Ah yes, they keep a permanent guard there on account of the value of the securities that they hold. I remember hearing it talked of in the City.”

Ah yes, the massive motive for a potential crime they have, which I am now mentioning in passing and which I'm sure has nothing to do with any of this.

“The paper!” croaked a voice behind us. The man was sitting up, blanched and ghastly, with returning reason in his eyes, and hands which rubbed nervously at the broad red band which still encircled his throat.

OH MOTHERF- I was going to quote that bit about him buying a paper on his way to the office and say that I thought the paper must be important, then I decided against it, and my own innate sense of honesty forbids me to go back and add it in retrospectively now. Bugger it all. I really did read that and think 'The paper must be important' but then backtracked in my own head. Gosh and Darn. I'd forgotten about it.

This is very irritating. Like when you're at a quiz and you say the right answer and then talk yourself into changing it to a different one. BAH!

‘Crime in the City. Murder at Mawson & Williams's. Gigantic attempted Robbery. Capture of the Criminal.’

Oh wow, his partner murdered someone and got caught. I guess that would probably be enough to get Pinner the death penalty too for conspiracy. I'm not sure what crimes were punishable by death at that time.

"For some time back Mawson & Williams, the famous financial house, have been the guardians of securities which amount in the aggregate to a sum of considerably over a million sterling"

Obligatory inflation calculation says a million pounds in 1890 comes out to £103,648,764.51 in modern money. So yeah... that's a pretty big motive.

"This person appears to have been none other that Beddington, the famous forger and cracksman, who, with his brother, had only recently emerged from a five years' spell of penal servitude."

Cracksman, I assume means a safe cracker. I definitely prefer it as a term. And I think it should be noted that Mr Pinner was not lying about having a brother. He was lying about him being his own brother... and literally everything else. But he does have a brother. So that's something, right? 👍👍

"Sergeant Tuson, of the City Police, [...] with the aid of Constable Pollack"

These newspaper articles are always so keen to give us the names of the people involved. This is good for the police officers, but not so good for Mr Hall Pycroft, as now his name is not going to be particularly welcome in the world of stocks and banking.

"His brother, who usually works with him, has not appeared in this job as far as can at present be ascertained, although the police are making energetic inquiries as to his whereabouts."

'Energetic' enquiries. I know they mean that they're actively pursuing leads and putting a lot of effort into hunting him down, but this made me think of them doing star jumps or running on the spot as they knock on doors and ask questions.

"Human nature is a strange mixture, Watson. You see that even a villain and murderer can inspire such affection that his brother turns to suicide when he learns that his neck is forfeited."

So he tried to kill himself because his brother was going to be sentenced for murder?

Am I just a bad sibling, because that 100% does not strike me as a thing a person would even vaguely think of doing? That's like... weirdly obsessive and creepy levels of sibling love. 'I can't live without him'? I know they're criminals and at least one of them is a murderer, but I really think these two need extensive therapy to help them become less co-dependent. That's a toxic family relationship, right there. I don't even know what to make of it.

Once again, Holmes doesn't actually solve the case, not really. I mean, he does, but the main crime has already been thwarted before he gets there. It's so weird how that happens.

No idea what's going to happen to Mr Hall Pycroft now. I doubt he's getting a job at Mawson's after he's played a part in that little crime. And like I said, his name's been in the paper associated with the criminals, so I doubt he's getting a job anywhere else, either. He might have to change his name and possibly also his career path. Sucks to be him, I guess?

#Letters from Watson #The Stockbroker's Clerk #Sherlock Holmes #attempted suicide #long post

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