autism and sherlock holmes
- Coming off as rude, cold, even cruel because he (a) does not understand social customs (b) usually has very low empathy and can’t understand why/how/when people are uncomfortable or offended © flat effect
- Being able to notice every detail about everything but not always understanding the bigger picture (he falls back on John for this, who can make some of the connections he sometimes misses)
- Needing people to remind him to eat, drink, and sleep — sometimes even needing meals made for him and other chores done on his behalf
- Not being able to identify what he’s feeling or why he’s feeling it and instead saying he feels nothing at all
- Falling into drug addiction as a way of coping with sensory overload and social isolation
- Talking out loud to himself to overcome executive dysfunction and brain fog
- His special interests being chemistry and crime; he doesn’t understand why it’s inappropriate to info dump about crime or why no one else can keep up when he talks about chemistry
- He uses deduction as a way to understand body language and people’s intentions
- STIMS: playing his violin, smoking (he mostly vapes these days), flapping his hands, pacing, tapping his fingers, rocking, spinning, etc.
- Bonus stim is chewing on his antique pipe even when he isn’t smoking
- He goes non-verbal for “days on end”, only occasionally communicating through grunts and hand gestures
- Having selective memory bc the things he’s not interested in just don’t stick
- Hyper-focusing on cases, sometimes to an unhealthy degree and needing reminders to slow down and take care of himself
- Having meltdowns when he can’t understand things/is overwhelmed/pushes himself too far
- Shutting down after the euphoria of solving a case
- His coat is a comfort item, he relies on the soft interior, the warmth, and the weight across his shoulders (plus, pockets filled with stim toys and case (special interest) notes!)
anyway if your holmes isn’t an autistic gay trans man w ocd and adhd i don’t wanna hear anything about him
FINALLY AN UPDATE
A commission for clockworkfoxart! It’s a Sebastian Moran from Sherlock inspired tattoo!
It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.
Polygon/geometric Sherlock fanart. This was both entertaining and meticulous work! This kind of art is really popular right now, and I 100% approve of the trend. Enjoy <3
Sherlock wallpaper episode book covers.
(Inspired by the Penguin special editions of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books)
These old marrieds commissioned by zforzelma just in time for our Queer Reading of the Sherlock Holmes Canon panel at FlameCon! I’ll also have prints of this piece, so swing by my table before or after the panel!
This painting is now available as a print on my Society6!
The layouts for my typebook for the typeface Baskerville. Its based on the Sherlock Holmes story “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. I used excerpts from Sr Arthur Conan Doyle’s original text to display the typeface. The whole booklet was created using only the Baskerville typeface, including the hound’s skeleton.
“My dear Watson,” said the well-remembered voice. “I owe you a thousand apologies. I had no idea that you would be so affected.”
- The Adventure of the Empty House
I published the first page of this a little while back. Sorry that it’s taken me a while to get the rest of this posted!
Some of these scenes (such as Watson and Holmes before the web, or Sherlock and Joan on the rooftop) should seem a little familiar. I very deliberately tried to recreate them from all sorts of screenshots and references.
Thank you very much to everyone who has been so supportive in having me see this through.
“You’ll come with me to-night?”
“When you like and where you like.”
“This is, indeed, like the old days.
I’ve recced your work (by linking to this post) over on LJ at Watson’s Woes. There are people who don’t have Tumblrs who are saying nice things about it there, so I wanted to make sure you knew so you could read the comments there if you wanted. I hope I’m doing this right and that that’s okay. This post is one of my favourite pieces of art in any Holmes iteration and I couldn’t resist letting other people off-Tumblr know where to find it. :-)Every once in a while, this comic seems to make its rounds again. And, every time, it’s incredibly humbling to see the reaction that everyone has to it.
Thank you for sharing!
