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forthegothicheroine · 2 years

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How Other Great Detectives Would Solve the “Murder” of Laura Hunt

A series I do sometimes. Spoilers for both the book and the movie Laura, and I’ll try to keep this canon-friendly to both!

Sherlock Holmes: After being asked for help by the police, Holmes and Watson spend an uncomfortable afternoon listening to Waldo Lydecker, and Waston comments “Just like his walking stick? That’s how he speaks of a dead woman? That man has no feeling in him!” “On the contrary,” says Holmes. “I believe he was very much in love with her.” Holmes already starts thinking about whether the dead woman was really Laura, since bodies you can’t identify are always suspicious (this is either foreshadowing or a callback to his own faked death, depending on where this sits in an anachronistic timeline.) When he meets the living Laura Hunt, Holmes gets sentimental about her in that not-canonically-romantic-but-wistful way he sometimes does. When Lydecker attempts to kill her again, he finds that Holmes has sabotaged his gun, and that Watson’s gun very much still works.

Sam Spade: I figure the Vincent Price character hired him to solve Laura’s murder since he’s afraid he’s being framed for it. Spade listens patiently to Lydecker in the same way he did to Gutman, and comes to the conclusion that whatever this guy’s deal is, he’s a consummate liar. When Laura shows up alive, she takes an immediate dislike to him, but he’s intrigued by her. He tries to bully her into paying him to do bodyguard duty, but she’s a canny negotiator and he sort of respects that. The two have belligerent banter and sexual tension that never turns into anything solid, for the best. Spade manages to cold-clock and restrain Lydecker for the police when he tries to kill her again. “What do you know, he really was crazy about you” he says. “Here I thought he was a gunsel.” “What’s a gunsel- no, nevermind, don’t answer that,” says Laura.

Columbo: As soon as Columbo meets Waldo Lydecker, he mentally sees a giant flashing neon sign saying THIS GUY DID IT. He needles him with “My wife loves your column!” and “What I don’t get about this is, why make the murder so obvious if it was pre-planned?” When Laura shows up alive, Columbo’s surprise is genuine, but it starts to throw certain pieces into place. He likes Laura a lot in a fatherly sort of way, and once she gets over her shock and annoyance over the whole thing, she comes to trust him. Lydecker comes to the house to kill Laura for real and Columbo catches him “coincidentally”, then reveals he knows where the gun was stashed and puts him under arrest.

Philip Marlowe: Marlowe, like Spade, was hired to prove the innocence of Laura’s fiancé, but doesn’t like the guy. Turns out he doesn’t like Lydecker either, but he engages in long conversation with elevated diction with him, and his descriptions of Laura really catch his interest. He stares at her portrait and has feelings- she looks glamorous alright, but there’s an honest intensity to her face that puts him in mind of a clever girl next door. When she shows up alive, he compares her to the ghost of Banquo. He’s suspicious of her because so many of his villains turn out to be sexy ladies, but eventually figures out her innocence after lots of combatative conversation. He catches Lydecker attempting to kill her again, and reflects on how men are determined to kill what they can’t have. Marlowe is more than a little in love with Laura but never sees her again.

Dale Cooper: Woohoo, getting recursive here! Since Twin Peaks was in many ways inspired by Laura, the major beats are hit but in weirder ways. Cooper is halfway in love with Laura as he investigates her murder, and falls the rest of the way in love with her when she turns up alive. Laura starts to fall for him as well, but is greatly confused by his methods, especially when he determines her innocence by flipping through the pages of all her books and finding that the first letter on each page spells PRIESTESS, reminding him of the High Priestess in the tarot deck, symbol of wisdom and virtue. Lydecker expresses anger over Cooper and Laura’s developing relationship, and Cooper realizes he was the killer when Lydecker fixes his tie in a way that looks like a bird making a threat display (Cooper does not like birds!) He ends up killing Lydecker when he makes another attempt to kill Laura, and tells him “I pray that in your next life you will learn how to love generously.” He and Laura might get together if the universe will allow them to be happy.

Hercule Poirot: Poirot meets Lydecker and Vincent Price (whose character name I refuse to look up) at a party, and takes immense offense when Hastings says of Lydecker, “You know, that chap reminded me a bit of you!” When Laura’s body is seemingly found, he inserts himself into the investigation because he feels offended that Lydecker’s column about her death seems to be mostly bragging about how great his relationship had been with her. He studies Laura’s portrait, and the more he studies it, the more he suspects that body the police found wasn’t really hers. He’s proven right, of course, and when Laura shows up, he talks to her about a plan. He arranges for all the suspects to gather, then throws them all for a loop when he has Laura walk in, very much alive. He reveals where Lydecker hid the murder weapon, and Hastings grabs it to hold the man at bay. “So it was all for love,” Hastings reflects after the fact. “Heaven protect women from such love!” Poirot responds.

Sam Vimes: Vimes takes a liking to the dead Laura, because in between the lines of Lydecker’s testimony, he hears the story of a girl suddenly shoved into a higher social class where she can’t meet everyone’s demands of her even though she’s smarter and kinder than all of them. When she turns up alive, he annoys her with tests to see whether she’s a ghost or a zombie or a vampire, but is relieve to find that she is actually alive after all. Lydecker gets mean about what he believes to be a relationship between Vimes and Laura even though there’s nothing romantic about it, and that’s what settles Vimes that he’s the killer. He manages to catch Lydecker before he can kill Laura, but then Lydecker has a heart attack when the ghost of the woman he really murdered steps out beside Laura and points an accusing finger at him. The ghost of Lydecker continues to write a really mean society column, and Vimes is mad that he’s legally allowed to do that, but at least he can’t kill anyone else.

Phryne Fisher: Phryne starts poking around the case when her former lover, Vincent Price’s Character, is accused to the murder of his fiancé. She doesn’t think much of him, but doesn’t think he’s capable of murder. She alternates between charming Lydecker and annoying him with little comments like “Well, surely Laura was entitled to a social life of her own, wouldn’t you agree?” She was starting to wonder if Laura had faked her own death to get out from under his control, when Laura walks back in and proves she wasn’t deliberately faking anything. When Lydecker tries to kill Laura again, Phryne jumps at and disarms him though she nearly catches a bullet herself. “I must remember to get my own portrait painted in case I’m killed,” she says to Jack. Laura shows up periodically on the show when Phryne needs an American contact for a case.

Miss Marple: Miss Marple has some amiable chats with the police about Laura’s murder, and when one of them says “In cases like these, the lover usually did it,” she opens their eyes by saying “Yes, but which one?” When Laura shows up alive, Miss Marple shows up with cookies and sherry as a “congratulations for still being alive” present. She relates to Laura as an independent woman who fought all her life to be able to live on her own terms. She gathers all the suspects together and lays out what she believes must have happened, and when Lydecker dashes for the hidden gun she reveals she already found and disarmed it. “I know you must be terribly sad,” she comforts Laura, “but remember that you are who you are because of what you’ve achieved, not because he tried to turn you into his dream.”

#great detectives series #laura #film noir

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mice-ducks-and-blots · 7 months

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topolino supremacy

#sorry if this has been done before #but bro seriously why can't we get an animated series in the vibes of ducktales 2017 for mickey #that uses the cast and plots and such of the comics #I WANT TO SEE MICKEY AND BLOT LIKE FIGHTING IN A CLOCK GREAT-MOUSE-DETECTIVE STYLE #topolino comics #mouseverse #disney comics

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namedafterflowerstournament · 9 months

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Botanic Tournament : Basils Bracket !

Final

#botanic tournament #tournament polls #basils bracket #basil of baker street series #basil of baker street #great mouse detective #the great mouse detective #tyrannus basilton grimm pitch #basilton pitch #baz pitch #simon snow #simon snow trilogy #rainbow rowell

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fvck-the-patriarchy · 6 months

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MURDOCH MYSTERIES 12×11 "Annabella Cinderella"

#another of my favorite episodes #imma make it a series #but anyway there's a lot of great scenes #murdoch mysteries #william murdoch #llewellyn watts #detective watts #john brackenreid #george crabtree #julia ogden #period drama #canadian tv #perioddramagif #perioddramaedit #murdoch mysteries gif #watts in his iconic checkered suit again #daniel maslany #helene joy #yannick bisson

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bubblesxo · 2 months

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the first time de-aged!bruce mentions harvey the batfam give him blank stares. he, as one does, immediately assumes the worst and asks alfred if he's dead. alfred is like ?? no he got married, retired, and moved far, far away from gotham lol. bruce is immediately flabbergasted as to why he has never introduced his children to his Uncle Harvey, promises to introduce them, and promptly tells them many unhinged stories.

the batfam don't quite know if they /want/ to meet him

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sallymew4 · 27 days

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i read chaps one and two of The Listless by @mtndw-whteout and absolutely HAD to draw out what has to be the funniest exchange so far

i hope to do more (legit) drawings of this au eventually !! :)

vv little extra sillies vv

#kinda tiny bit sucky...#i just really wanted to get some stuff out ab this au b4 the next few days of grinding work i have comin up :)#as for the first panel i wasnt sure what tome looked like exactly so i kinda improvised #put her hair up in a bun cuz i thought itd b cute hehe #speaking of hair i need to get better at drawing it #so using atlas' designs was great practice !!! totes helpful cuz theyre awsum #i luv this au so silly #keep it up friendsie !!!!!#ritsu is a scary military dad btw i would cry if i saw him irl #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #shigeo kageyama #kageyama shigeo #ritsu kageyama #kageyama ritsu #tome kurata #kurata tome #teruki hanazawa #hanazawa teruki #shou suzuki #suzuki shou #then seri and dimple but liek not relly lol #detective au #aged up au #i dont think i portrayed the scene as well as i wanted to.....but thats ok it was a quickie for funsies :)

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valenteal · 4 months

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I’ve been posting a lot about my thoughts on Dazai’s characterization and motivations but honestly I’ve been dedicating a lot more energy to trying to understand Oda. Dazai is an amazingly complex character but he’s a constant in the story and we know quite a lot about him, comparatively. Oda is incredibly mysterious and much harder to understand. My breakthrough earlier figuring out that Oda had the book has really helped me open my mind to another side of Oda I hadn’t yet considered.

The things is, authors have to be a bit cruel. Oda’s reasoning for not killing because he wanted to be a writer doesn’t make sense, we kill our own characters all the time. We put them through hell over and over for entertainment/to convey a deeper meaning. I think maybe one of the conditions of having the book is not killing directly, or maybe a certain level of removal from the storyline. Like, if you control reality and others lives with the book you’re giving up a certain amount of control physically in the moment.

Oda is a killer. He is friends with killers. And if I’m right about him being the author of the Dark Era he wrote the deaths of the kids. I think his reaction was genuine, I think he really felt like he shouldn’t have the book, that he didn’t deserve to be its author anymore, but I really think that he wrote the story to give Dazai the opportunity and the motivation to get a better life. I mean, I’ve made myself cry with my writing. The most compelling stories are full of tragedy.

Oda was a child assassin. He was a writer. He was a mafioso. But most of all he was Dazai’s friend.

Wait! Holy shit idea!

Okay so Natsume had the book before Oda, but he was definitely following Dazai around before he got the book so we know there’s already a connection there. I’ve been wondering why Oda was so attached to Dazai. But Natsume wrote the story he adored, the third installment which Oda finished was The Book. But what did Natsume write about? What exactly were the books Oda loved? What if it was Dazai’s story? What if Oda knows Dazai so well because he read his life story over and over and yearned to give him a happy ending? What if his whole motivation was to finish the story in a satisfying way? And everything from the orphan’s existence to Ango’s betrayal was to create an open ended story in which Dazai could potentially have have a better life?

Oda is such an incredible character. He’s full of contradictions until you actually start thinking of him as an author. We authors have strange minds, we love our characters but we put them through so much. Because we wouldn’t love them if we didn’t make them struggle, make them realistic and deep and meaningful. Oda knew the kids were going to die, he wrote it. But he got attached like anyone would. But he was done writing the story, all that was left was for it to play out. So he passed ownership of the book to Dazai and went to play his role.

Fuck I’m getting emotional omg Odasaku is wonderful. I don’t even care if the entire theory is wrong, I’ve figured Oda out with the information I was given and filled in the blanks. Asagiri himself wouldn’t be able to make me give this theory up.

Oda isn’t a good person with strong morals the way he presents himself. He does that to fill the mentor roll for Dazai and to get Dazai to make the desired decisions. He just a fan who was given control of the story by the original author and basically used all the writing tools ever to create a story in which the character he loved but who was tragically doomed and seeped in darkness could find some happiness. Just like anyone writing a fix-it fic. Accept his fix is canon.

Holy shit I’m a genius.

Don’t come at me you have no idea how proud I am of this! Either I figured out the most confusing character ever written or I have created a genius explanation that nothing will ever top (for me anyway).

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trixiegalaxy · 1 month

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#detective conan #detective conan anime #detective conan series #case closed #Ep 189 - The Desperate Revival: The Wounded Great Detective #The Desperate Revival: The Wounded Great Detective #The Desperate Revival: The Wounded Famous Detective #Desperate Revival: The Wounded Great Detective #The Desperate Revival (Part 2)#desperate revival arc #the desperate revival #The Wounded Great Detective #the wounded famous detective #episode 189 #anime #anime series #anime tv show #mystery series #japanese tv show

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ashtonisvibing · 1 month

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i've found my first analog series that i'm very normal about i promise

angel hare has infected my brain it makes me go squish

i wanna draw fanart so bad [shakes my ipad]

#ashton is talking #angel hare #i like zag the most his detective nature is silly :}#it's weird i'm usually very... meh about christian related content (at least when it's as heavy as this series is)#nothing wrong with christian content i'm just not usually interested in the stuff #“god's love” and all that isn't my style #but i like the show in the series cuz it's less about how god gives you strength #and how actual human attributes (hope/faith/wisdom/etc) gives you strength #i dunno i'm coming at this from an atheist's pov #so the show taking a more... i guess grounded approach with its lessons is really nice :}#and the series' story itself is great gabby's so based with what she did (no spoilers)#and i know we'll probably never get it but if we got more wylde hare i'd probably go feral #detective cartoons save me (half joking)

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helianskies · 2 months

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so i just finished the book i want to use for my diss translation and im on the train and im crying because something devastating happened and i worried it could happen but i really hoped it wouldn't because you know when a writer just gets you really attached to a character and then they decide to steal them away from you in the last ten pages of a book well yes this is the misfortune i have been bestowed with and now strangers have had to see my ugly crying and im supposed to be getting off my train in five minutes to greet my mother as im going home for the weekend and now she must console me instead of us having a lovely smiley happy hug when i step off and this book is going to haunt me for weeks and i won't forgive the person who wrote this story :(

#the last time i cried over something i rsad was at that one fic #if youre seeing this - no i havent forgiven you either #(jk)#(the pain. pain is good)#but oh my fucking GOD #HOW COULD YOU #I LOVED THIS CHARACTER HE WAS SO GREAT AND COMPLEX AND YOUNG AND YOU TOOK HIM #YOU TOOK HIM FROM ME #just a few days ago i was wondering why he doesn't appear in future books in this series bc #he and the detective have a really brilliant relationshio #and i began to fear #AND THEN MY FEARS BECAME REAL #WHAT HAVE I DONEEEEEE #helia's stuff #helia's ma adventure #brb crying again

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pussinbootsandbountyhunter · 5 months

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Once Upon a Studio (Series) Season Two; Episode Three: Prescott’s Valentine Mystery

(A special episode)

Info: It’s Valentine’s Day and Prescott had received a letter from his secret admirer which made him wonder who is his valentine’s date.

Characters that would be part of this episode: Gremlin Prescott, Gremlin Gus, Mickey Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the Mad Doctor, Rapunzel, Eugene, Anna, Kristoff, Jasmine, Aladdin, Cinderella, Prince Kit, Aurora, Prince Phillip, Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Olaf, the Genie, Hades, Maleficent, Hercules, Meg, Peter Pan, Wendy, Chip, Dale, Basil of Baker Street and Mushu (properly more characters since this is a special episode of season two and Valentine’s Day is my favourite day of the year)

Hint: This episode is based on House of Mouse: Goofy’s Valentine’s Date, Anna was the one who give Prescott a love letter as his secret admirer, Mickey and Mad Doctor decided to give each other a chance in secret, Goofy and Mortimer tried to help King Magnifico to win his ex-wife Queen Amaya back, Chip and Basil hanging out as a sign that they might be dating, Hades and Maleficent are still dating since House of Mouse: Halloween with Hades, and both Judy and Nick had a crush on each other but not ready to tell each other as they hanging out together

My favourite ship(s): Anna x Prescott (AnnScott), Mickey Mouse x the Mad Doctor (MickTor), Judy x Nick, Basil x Chip (ChipSil)

Note: I'm planning to do some once upon a studio series as everyone wants to see if they can lend a hand for me by likes, comments and reblogs their ideas and create arts if they want!

Summary: (beginning) It's Valentine's Day and Magnifico is sad that he thought his ex-wife Amaya doesn’t love him as the day use to be their favourite time of year to spend time together. Mortimer offers to demonstrate how to pick up women, but his own attempts all prove fruitless. And Goofy decides to help the king to win his queen back.

Meanwhile, Prescott, doesn’t have someone to spend time with, receives a love letter from his secret admirer and try to figure out who it was, with the help of Lumiere’s advice to show love and respect to the woman as the gremlin doesn’t know how to be a good gentleman.

Mickey was about to go on a date with Minnie when he spotted the Mad Doctor who was only helping Charlotte with the decorations for tonight, Mickey goes to Doc and tell him to meet him at his bedroom tonight as he had something to tell him.

(End) Goofy tells his friends; Minnie, Mickey, Oswald, Ortensia, Donald, Daisy, Clarabelle, Mickey and Gus that Prescott figured out who his secret admirer really was - Anna! Much to Elsa and Kristoff’s surprise but decided not to ruin the moment as they saw Anna and Prescott enjoying ice cream together.

Mortimer was about to be roasted by Magnifico after all the ideas went wrong when Amaya stopped him by telling him that Valentine’s Day wasn’t the same without him and they decided to put their differences aside and spend time together while it lasted. Hades and Maleficent are pleased to see them together again, much to Mortimer’s surprise.

Later, Mickey went to Mad Doctor’s room and tells him that he’d like to give each other a try as a relationship in secret before they share a kiss.

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namedafterflowerstournament · 9 months

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Botanic Tournament : Basils Bracket !

Round 2 Poll 1

#botanic tournament #tournament polls #basils bracket #round 2 #basil hallward #the picture of dorian gray #tpodg #great mouse detective #basil of baker street series #basil of baker street #disney

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lupizora · 8 months

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I was rewatching the 6th DetCo movie and after reading that it was the last one made in traditionally-drawn animation for this franchise, I felt that it put several things about the movie itself in perspective.

For example, the focus on animated machinery and tech throughout the movie, even for a plot surrounding a computer game going rogue (plus murder) had puzzled me the first time. I suppose, the animators gave it their all with the most fancy tricks the budget allowed them for.

The grandiose explosions and destruction of public property could also be considered as the animators flexing for one last hurrah, but that had been part of the DetCo movies since the very first one. They hardly made such an impression to me, at least 🤔

#detective conan #detective conan movies #detective conan movie #the phantom of baker street #dcmk #text post #my post #wolfsyapping #I thought I would continue with the next movies after movie 20 #but being a whole month under the influence of The Great Wall of the Internet doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room #At least I made sure to have things to watch with me lol #It shouldn't be surprising that DetCo is SO popular in China #But I was still extremely pleasantly surprised (as a new fan of the series) 🤣🤣🤣

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alicewoodward · 2 years

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This is how I win

#npmd #nerdy prudes must die #bryce charles #detective shapiro #starkid #the hatchetfield series #can’t wait to see her in a stage show!#she was great in nmt so i’m excited for more

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professorambrius · 6 months

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In Memory of Vincent Price

Today marks 30 years since we lost beloved actor Vincent Price. A loving and dear man, Vincent is best remembered for his roles in numerous horror film and guest appearances in many tv shows and films through out his long career.

A true gentle man, Price loved his family and his many fans and was always delighted to be around them.

Here are my favorites of his roles.