#221b memes

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[thetimemoves]

2023 Year in Review

Slim pickings from me this year, but I did post two 221b ficlets. I have WIPs I thought I would have shared by now (two are gifts I so want to bestow), but I stalled out. It happens. I have high hopes for 2024.

I don't want to dwell in disappointment for said stall-out; it's not the end of the world. I'm pleased with the two ficlets I did post. Fair warning: the first is quite angsty, but never fear. The second is about as happy as it gets.

With Regrets

John's regrets are legion.

Sherlock Holmes might just top his very long list.

bitter, sweet

It's fine. It's all fine.

___

Thanks for the tag, @discordantwords! You've been the best cheerleader. <3

Tagging everyone who sees this and would like to share. Thanks for another stellar year of escapism, Sherlock fandom! Here's to a happy and fulfilling 2024 for us all.

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[hellobitches990]

John ordered a BIG CAKE

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[consultjohnwatson]

It is honestly a wonder you haven't killed Sherlock yet, lol (sorry if it sounds rude, it's not supposed to)

He's kinda unpredictably predictable isn't he?

I honestly admire you for your patience

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[hirokosoul]

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[224bbaker]

Hi New Followers!

In case you're here because of the Sherlock Holmes public domain post and are wondering what this account's whole Deal is and why we have such a strangely minute knowledge of the specifics of when the last Sherlock Holmes stories hit the public domain and where, some info:

I'm Lauren, Holmes fan and one of the creators of Fawx & Stallion (or as we're known on socials, @224BBaker), a fictional comedy podcast about the residents of 224B Baker Street--across the street and to the left of Holmes and Watson! Our first season follows the detectives in residence, Hampton Fawx and James Stallion, who have never (yet!) managed to score a case given Holmes's overwhelming popularity in Victorian London. However, when the residents of 221B Baker leave for the weekend to solve a certain famous case involving a dog on the moors, and a woman appears on their doorstep with a case, opportunity strikes, and they, along with their recently-dumped best friend Madge, attempt to solve their first case before their time is up...

We've got a huge love for the Sherlock Holmes stories and have had so much fun carving out this little unseen (for now) corner of Holmesian London. Until we're legally allowed to bring the detective himself into this, check us out if you think you might love a queer (asexual detective! lavender marriage best friends! the watson/lestrade-vibes rarepair you didn't know you wanted!), lighthearted (it's a farce!), Sherlock Holmes-adjacent (for now!) comedy-mystery with hijinks, romance, and a super old cat! (Website HERE)!

Or if you're just here for the Sherlock Holmes memes, we've got those as well! (This is your PSA to watch Granada Holmes, our personal favorite adaptation.)

Also, rest assured, our characters get it:

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[sweetwastelandofcaos]

have i missed an episode of Sherlock Holmes 221B series?? i keep seeing memes and clip's of John and Sherlock visiting Sherlock's parents place but I can't find the episode anywhere?!

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[mariana-oconnor]

The Naval Treaty pt 3

Yes, we apparently have got to the point where I'm memeing myself.

Right, last time, after Percy, Watson's old 'pal' from school failed magnificently at understanding how to protect confidential data, he followed an old woman into the night and the stress gave him a brain fever. Meanwhile, I'm still certain that Joseph Harrison, who has not been implicated in any way, is involved because I am a well-balanced and entirely reasonable person.

Mr. Joseph Harrison drove us down to the station

See! He's trying to get rid of you! 🤣🤣😂

“It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high, and allow you to look down upon the houses like this.”

Last time we had Holmes looking out a train window: Ugh, look how terrible the countryside is! I can't bear it.

The contrast is palpable.

“The board-schools.” “Light-houses, my boy! Beacons of the future! Capsules with hundreds of bright little seeds in each, out of which will spring the wise, better England of the future. I suppose that man Phelps does not drink?”

Board schools are not the same as boarding schools, the internet tells me, but the first state run schools with no religious affiliation. I was about to be cynical about Holmes' view of children and Victorian educational standards, but I can't. He's right, those schools were important and really did pave the way for a brighter future.

And then a bit of mental whiplash as he snaps back to the case at hand, because he's Holmes.

In answer to the question, I can't say whether Percy drinks alcohol, but he definitely has a caffeine addiction that he should work on. If not for that, he wouldn't be in this mess.

Also, it was unreasonable of his uncle to expect him to copy so much text in a foreign language in one night. But even so, Percy needs to work harder on curbing his need for coffee.

"Then came the smash, and she stayed on to nurse her lover, while brother Joseph, finding himself pretty snug, stayed on too."

Oh, so he's just hanging around leeching off people, huh? Exactly as I suspected! This is just the beginning. Clearly, he's been a wrong'un all along and I will be vindicated.

"But to-day must be a day of inquiries.” “My practice—” I began. “Oh, if you find your own cases more interesting than mine—” said Holmes, with some asperity.

First of all, Watson does have a job, Holmes. I get that you want to play with him, but he does have responsibilities. You really shouldn't be bitchy about that.

Second, if Watson actually cares enough about his patients to ditch you, that would be the first time ever.

“I was going to say that my practice could get along very well for a day or two, since it is the slackest time in the year.”

See. No problem at all. Why would Watson ever do his actual job when he could be running around with Holmes? What a preposterous idea!

"...there is Lord Holdhurst.” “Lord Holdhurst!” “Well, it is just conceivable that a statesman might find himself in a position where he was not sorry to have such a document accidentally destroyed.” “Not a statesman with the honorable record of Lord Holdhurst?”

Oh Watson, my sweet summer child. Out there believing in unicorns and fairies and honourable politicians.

I discounted him because honestly, a political plot involving the politician uncle and corruption seemed too spy thriller. Also, the time frame of everything being nine weeks ago, I think discounts a political motive because if there were spy games going on, it would be far too late to do anything about it. Of course, it might be the case. These stories have surprised me a few times so far.

“£10 reward. The number of the cab which dropped a fare at or about the door of the Foreign Office in Charles Street at quarter to ten in the evening of May 23d. Apply 221b, Baker Street.”

The Bank of England inflation calculator tells me that's equivalent to approximately £1000 today, which is a pretty impressive reward for a little bit of information. Honestly, I'd expect people to be climbing out of the woodwork to say they saw Queen Victoria herself driving the cab and dropping off Jack the Ripper.

"Why yes, Mr Holmes, I saw a man with a long white beard and carrying a large sack. No, it was right odd, y'see: he didn't go in through the door. He climbed up on' roof and went down the chimney, that he did."

"And then, of course, there is the bell—which is the most distinctive feature of the case. Why should the bell ring?"

This is what I'm most interested in. What is up with that bell?

He sank back into the state of intense and silent thought from which he had emerged; but it seemed to me, accustomed as I was to his every mood, that some new possibility had dawned suddenly upon him.

Tell me! Tell me! I need to know. The bell is plaguing me.

a small, foxy man with a sharp but by no means amiable expression.

So Lestrade is a ferret and Forbes is a fox. Must all police officers be described as animals? This appears to be a pattern.

“You are ready enough to use all the information that the police can lay at your disposal, and then you try to finish the case yourself and bring discredit on them.” “On the contrary,” said Holmes, “out of my last fifty-three cases my name has only appeared in four, and the police have had all the credit in forty-nine. I don't blame you for not knowing this, for you are young and inexperienced, but if you wish to get on in your new duties you will work with me and not against me.” “I'd be very glad of a hint or two,” said the detective, changing his manner.

Forbes changes his tune pretty quickly here, so he seems open minded enough. Although it does seem a bit like he doesn't understand the purpose of Holmes. Yes, he's supposed to take all the evidence the police give him and try to solve the case. That's kind of how being a detective works. I get the emphasis here is on 'yourself', but still.

I like this exchange, because we've already seen in the stories that Holmes really doesn't care about the notoriety or the accolades - though he's more than willing to display gifts he's given in his own home - it's entirely the case and helping the people involved that he cares about.

Not sure he really needed to say that 'you are young and inexperienced' bit, though. Seems a tad direct.

“We have set one of our women on to her. Mrs. Tangey drinks, and our woman has been with her twice when she was well on, but she could get nothing out of her.”

OK, I thought it sounded unlikely that there were female police officers in the late 1800s, and it seems like the first female police officer in London was in 1919. But it definitely appears from this that they have women working for them - unless one of them has set his wife on a suspect, which... fair. Fascinating either way.

Also, Mrs Tangey has an alcohol problem, that could be an angle.

“What explanation did she give of having answered the bell when Mr. Phelps rang for the coffee?” “She said that he husband was very tired and she wished to relieve him.”

Alright, so it either was her, or she's involved in some way. Which I think we already suspected, but this clarifies that no one impersonated her without her knowledge, at least.

“Did you point out to her that you and Mr. Phelps, who started at least twenty minutes after he, got home before her?” “She explains that by the difference between a 'bus and a hansom.”

That's fair. Not everyone can afford their own taxi. Check your privilege, Holmes.

Standing on the rug between us, with his slight, tall figure, his sharp features, thoughtful face, and curling hair prematurely tinged with gray, he seemed to represent that not too common type, a nobleman who is in truth noble.

I may have rolled my eyes at this bit. Watson sometimes needs to back off on his earnest belief in the glory of England and its political and social systems. He's so classist it's actually painful at some points. Even if he's saying the type is 'not too common' it just makes me wrinkle my nose.

I also don't like Lord Holdhurst, but that's mainly because I believe hereditary nobility is immoral and also because he is a tory politician. There was never any hope of me liking him. I don't think he murders puppies, but I bet he'd pass legislation saying that murdering puppies is okay in certain circumstances if his old chum wanted to start a puppy murdering business and was a generous donor.

"I fear that the incident must have a very prejudicial effect upon his career.”

Yeah, that I do agree with.

“But if the document is found?” “Ah, that, of course, would be different.”

This, I do not agree with. Not after nine weeks, anyway. If it had been a couple of hours and the document was found to have fallen down the gap between the desk and the wall then he could probably just be given extra training and not allowed to touch confidential documentation without supervision for a few years. But it's been nine weeks. That treaty is lost. Even if it's returned, he still lost it for nine weeks.

“Did you ever mention to any one that it was your intention to give any one the treaty to be copied?” “Never.” “You are certain of that?” “Absolutely.”

OK. That cuts off that line of thinking, as Watson's insistence on him looking 'noble' clearly means we're supposed to believe him. But we already knew it wasn't him.

Because it's Joseph Harrison.

“If the treaty had reached, let us say, the French or Russian Foreign Office, you would expect to hear of it?” “I should,” said Lord Holdhurst, with a wry face.

Like I say, any political motivations would have been thoroughly completed by now, before Holmes was even called upon, so that's not likely.

“Of course, it is a possible supposition that the thief has had a sudden illness—” “An attack of brain-fever, for example?”

Given he called Holmes in, I sincerely doubt Percy's involved. Again, if this weren't a Sherlock Holmes story, there's a slim possibility it could be that his brain fever cause amnesia meaning that he doesn't remember taking the treaty and causing the whole problem, but that doesn't seem like a likely plot here.

“But he has a struggle to keep up his position. He is far from rich and has many calls. You noticed, of course, that his boots had been re-soled?"

OK so now we give him a motive, when you've all just gone on about how he's a 'fine fellow'? Are Lord Holdsworth's money problems going to be relevant to the plot? Maybe. We've heard nothing of Percy having any cousins, so as it stands he might be his uncle's heir. Not sure how that would lead to the treaty being stolen, but we'll bear it in mind.

Ah, and then Watson is racist again. Native Americans this time. These stories are really trying to spread the racism around, aren't they. This whole section is strange though, because it's about how Watson can't read Holmes' face, when multiple times (in this very story) he's said how he knows Holmes so well that he can instantly tell from his face what Holmes is thinking.

“God bless you for saying that!” cried Miss Harrison. “If we keep our courage and our patience the truth must come out.”

She and Watson should get together and have optimist meetings.

Although, it's definitely your brother, Miss Harrison. I don't know how, but it is. It's got to be. We're running out of suspects. Mrs Tangey seems like she might be involved, but I doubt she's the mastermind behind events.

Maybe Joseph just bribed her into trying to discredit Percy, she saw the paper and thought 'well this looks important' and took it not really knowing what it was.

But that doesn't explain the bell. Unless it's because she was drunk and she stumbled and grabbed it. Or she didn't really want to be doing it, so she pulled it in a weird attempt to get caught. Or she let Harrison in and then saw him stealing something and pulled the bell, only to be threatened if she said anything.

“Yes, we have had an adventure during the night, and one which might have proved to be a serious one.” His expression grew very grave as he spoke, and a look of something akin to fear sprang up in his eyes. “Do you know,” said he, “that I begin to believe that I am the unconscious centre of some monstrous conspiracy, and that my life is aimed at as well as my honor?”

He's probably right to be worried - maybe not for his life, but I'm pretty sure this entirely thing is aimed at him, not the treaty. But at the same time, this does not sound like the thinking of a mentally healthy person.

"A man was crouching at the window."

No. No, you see it could be him. Of course you're going to want to make it seem like it was someone from outside forcing their way in. To keep the suspicion off the people who live in the house. It has to be him. Has to be.

Did he have a knife, or was it just something that looked like a knife... like...

uh...

The thing he used to unlock the window?

"As it was, I rang the bell and roused the house. It took me some little time, for the bell rings in the kitchen and the servants all sleep upstairs. I shouted, however, and that brought Joseph down, and he roused the others."

Oh oh... convenient, being the first person on the scene, huh? Was that because you weren't in bed asleep at all? Mr Joseph Harrison?

(If I am by some miracle right about this, it will be entirely undeserved as literally the only reason I decided it was him is because he seemed too happy and his sister is getting married)

"There's a place, however, on the wooden fence which skirts the road which shows signs, they tell me, as if some one had got over, and had snapped the top of the rail in doing so."

Okay... well... well... that doesn't really fit with my theory at all, but maybe it's a coincidence. People climb over fences all the time. Maybe it happened ages ago. I bet they don't check the fences every day. Totally not a sign I'm wrong.

“Oh, yes, I should like a little sunshine. Joseph will come, too.”

Why?

No, seriously. Why? Percy says Joseph will come, but not his fiancee? That's weird. Is it because Joseph is stronger if Percy needs to be carried back?

"I should have thought those larger windows of the drawing-room and dining-room would have had more attractions for him.” “They are more visible from the road,” suggested Mr. Joseph Harrison.

And right here we have the classic Columbo moment. I know Sherlock Holmes came first, no need to send me angry messages. But this is something that happens in Every. Single. Columbo. It's part of his method, it's kind of his whole method. He makes a comment about 'I wonder why the murderer didn't do x' to the person he (and the audience) knows is the murderer and the villain, in an attempt to cover their own tracks, immediately presents an explanation.

“Do you think that was done last night? It looks rather old, does it not?” “Well, possibly so.”

Aw shucks, is Holmes not falling for your clever ruse? What a pity!

“Miss Harrison,” said Holmes, speaking with the utmost intensity of manner, “you must stay where you are all day. Let nothing prevent you from staying where you are all day. It is of the utmost importance.” “Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes,” said the girl in astonishment.

Not the weirdest thing Holmes has ever asked a person to do - still remember Watson pretzeling himself behind the headboard that one time - but still kinda weird. I hope she has some sort of enrichment in her enclosure. Tell me she has a bookcase at least.

“Why do you sit moping there, Annie?” cried her brother. “Come out into the sunshine!”

Look! LOOK! He's trying to get her out of the room. He hid the treaty in the room and now he's trying to get it back but he can't! All aboard the Joseph Harrison train, next stop: Vindication.

Got to assume that even though Joseph wasn't present when Holmes was speaking to Anne, or when he was speaking to Percy, he will be aware that Percy is not in the house. But he'll only be able to break into the room by the window again, so I guess that is the plan. To catch him red-handed.

#Letters from Watson #The Naval Treaty #Sherlock Holmes #long post #It's beginning to look like I'm right #But that's absolutely nothing to do with my problem solving ability and everything to do with my natural paranoia and distrust #Also ACD has a type #We saw it in The Copper Beeches and in The Greek Interpreter #Men who laugh too much and smile too easily

[fancypersonvoid]

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[ultraviolet-ink]

for the ask meme homumiko!!

Ohhhh boy, time for me to crack my knuckles and rub my hands together!!! >:3

when I started shipping it if I did: Well... this all started when I was 13 years old, in the year 2014, and I watched BBC Sherlock... then I read the ACD canon.... then I came out... then I watched the Granada Series... I suppose technically this started when I was a wee bairn and I watched The Great Mouse Detective for the very first time.... suffice to say, I've always been a JohnLock/HolmesWatson shipper lol XD In all seriousness, I started shipping HomuMiko the very first time I saw them in the Grand Imperial... that bowler hat told me everything I needed to know...

my thoughts: They are my everything, they are adventure personified, the perfect foils, they're my old man yaoi, my babygirls, they make me cry and scream so much and the fact that this ship is such a big spoiler makes me go so crazy <3

What makes me happy about them: They!! Trust!! Each!! Other!! they've seen each other at their worst moments, they've been there for the peaks and lows, they've gone through villain after villain together, life threatening adversaries, and they still smile and dance through it all!! There's always something a little immortal about a crackhead detective and his doctor <3

What makes me sad about them: Their partnership seems to always have an end date... their reunion was so shortlived, and they both knew that the moment that Gregson was found, and yet... they still worked to help do what was right <///3

things done in fanfic that annoys me: This is more of a me being salty/bitter, but when the whole 221b squad is fandom found-familied, like for example, Ryuu being called their kid... bestie that is a whole ass attorney... people can be friends without them having to fit nuclear family roles

things I look for in fanfic: I'm always a sucker for a reunion fic <3

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: For Sholmes, Barok or Ryuu. For Mikotoba, Jigoku or Ryuu

My happily ever after for them: They retire to a little cottage in Sussex and raise bees <3

who is the big spoon/little spoon: Mikotoba is the big spoon and Sholmes starfishes

what is their favorite non-sexual activity: Well... The Dance of Deduction of course!!

Sauce Here!!

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[crimeandadeerstalker]

@resignedworkaholics || "Jesus, you're cold." (Lovebite! Memes for Vampires)

Sherlock barely remembers the night before. Only brief glimpses of a figure baring down on him and a sharp pain in his neck. He doesn't even know how or when he returned to 221B. But he was sitting on the couch when Q came in, not hearing a single word of what Marcus he said, because all he could hear was the loud beating of his heart and the rushing sound as the blood traveled through his vascular system. He thinks he mumbled about not feeling well, which seemed to annoy the other, but he fortunately unfortunately moved closer, which made it harder to focus. He had caught a scent earlier, but only now realized it was coming from him. Sweet and metallic.

The hand that Q had placed against his cheek was warm, so warm it felt like it was burning him. Without realizing he's moving, he pulls Q down onto his lap, wrapping one arm around his waist, the hand from his other and his presses his face into his neck. There's a throbbing ache in his jaw and burning in his throat as his lips press against his pulse point, his mouth opening, fangs grazing against his skin. He wanted so badly to sink them in, but he stops himself, trying to fight whatever was taking over his mind. "Q, I'm so hungry."

#resignedworkaholics #m; q #ic #// this is the skin of a killer q #XD

[vanishingpod]

NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

London, 1889...

A new audio drama from the team behind The Vanishing Act, Fawx and Stallion is an upcoming multi-season comedy-mystery about the best detective team on Baker Street! (Not that one.)

Behind the doors of 221B Baker Street, the greatest detective of all time and his loyal doctor friend solve some of the most befuddling, prestigious,  glamorous, and exciting cases the public has ever seen, turning themselves into legends in the process. Across the street and slightly to the left, behind the doors of 224B, lives another pair of detectives, waiting for their chance in the spotlight. And when Holmes and Watson leave town on a case, and a woman shows up at their doorstep in dire straits, that very chance appears…

The pilot episode of Fawx and Stallion will premiere on September 12th as a part of the @apollopods​ Creators Showcase--check it out, and all of the other fantastic exclusive episodes created for the showcase from an amazing array of audio fiction creators!

The rest of the season of Fawx and Stallion will begin airing on its own feed this Fall--follow us now at @224bbaker for more updates, memes, behind the scenes looks, and more!

Show art by Sam Twardy.

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[consultjohnwatson]

Impressive…

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[organchordsandlightning]

10 Stories/10 First Lines Tag Meme

Tagged by @shadow0haven! 

Tagging @magnetarmadda and @fruitviking​ - but same deal as previous, if you’ve been tagged previous/don’t wanna, no worries!

So the rules are: post the first lines of your 10 most recently published AO3 stories.

This actually works out well! I post a fair amount anonymously, not because I don’t want my name attached, but because they’re usually one-offs for other fandoms! have skipped one or two of my Malevolent pieces to prevent this from being Oops All Mal!

So let’s goooooo, MASH, Sherlock Holmes, Re-Animator, Glass Onion, and Malevolent under the cut:

formaldehyde (malevolent)

This was going to take some getting used to.

His initial reaction was that of fear. The body wouldn’t take. Its entire form seized from within – the chest creaked dangerously, stretching and constricting like some fucking balloon. Every tendon was pulled out of place, the bones bent under the stress. The brain boiled within the cracking skull, all of it – all of it too much for a single body to bear.

heal thyself (malevolent)

“I’m sure I caught my death out there,” Arthur bemoans. The bed squeaks underneath his weight as he sits down. Boots first – no, no, jacket, sodden with barely-melted snow. He fumbles with the buttons all the way down.

Yes, Arthur. After everything that’s happened, I’m sure it’s a bout of pneumonia that’ll take us out.

libel (sherlock holmes)

Watson climbed the same stairs as he had a thousand times. One could never know what to expect from Holmes at the top of them: the bubbling of some unknown solution, the melodious cries of his violin, the mumbles of another client approaching him for help. Just as often as all of those, however, Watson entered to utter silence.

divine retribution (sherlock holmes)

It was a most peculiar hour for Watson to find himself in front of 31 Lyon Place. Only a scant few hours before sunrise – a scant few hours ago he had left the front door of 221b Baker Street. Their discussion with Mary Sutherland had gone on longer than either had anticipated, but Watson had been unwilling to desert Holmes’ side in the presence of a crying woman.

That was, as Watson believed, the extent of comfort he was able to provide. He did not know what else to say, nor how to help.

a light in the dark (malevolent)

“Good morning, John!”

Kill me, John grunts, with less venom than his usual – even, he considers, a note of warmth. A kill me that secretly means I’m happy to see you. Lilly’s entrance is John’s final sign that he made it through another night.

the herald of death (sherlock holmes)

Their horse ambled along at a slow trot. Uncertain, Watson supposed, in the darkness: the two lanterns on either side of the cart provided some warm illuminating spheres, but somehow managed to throw the rest of the world in utter shadow. Watson could nearly cup the light in his fingertips, but he could not cast it out to the streets. All of London, a metropolis that hummed with man and machinery, had quieted to just their little dog-cart.

Perhaps that was not so much due to the time, nor the lack of light, but Holmes himself. Watson cast a glance to his side. His companion was not urging the horse further, seemingly content to continue at their pace. Holmes had drawn his chin low to his chest in thought, but his eyes were keen in the reflection of their lantern.

a terrible trip and a warm light (glass onion)

Blanc stayed in the stairwell of their building a little longer to finish the rest of his cigar. While Phillip had been more lenient about him smoking indoors – so long as he was near the window and for heaven’s sake, Blanc, empty the ashtray – he thought it might be best for their reunion if he finished beforehand.

The only reason he’d taken one out was to settle his nerves. Not anxious, per se, but worn-out, strung-out, and washed-out. Getting back from Greece had taken a day or so longer than he anticipated. Little frustrated him more than petty bureaucracy, and international travel could be full of it. His luggage was still knocking around Italy somewhere, and his phone little more than a pile of melted plastic on a damned Greek island.

sweet dreams (malevolent)

Thrashing, gasping, drowning, he burst through unconsciousness with a shout he didn’t recognize. Terrible shapes lurked in the edges of his mind; for a second, he swore he could hear someone’s giddy laugh. Something cut into his neck, so solid that he brought his hand up to peel the thick strap of leather away. He found nothing there but a deep bruise, making him wince in pain.

containment (MASH)

BJ’s on his feet before he hears the explosion. His mind races for the clinical: Blunt force trauma. Shrapnel. Blood loss. Burns. Other diagnoses, sure, but a nasty case of tinnitus isn’t going to kill as fast as a perforated bowel will. He only dimly notes Hawkeye’s empty cot as he forces himself outside, and then –

determined heart and resolved will (re-animator)

For Dan, it was easy to get lulled away by the day. Not like his job was easy – maybe some doctors had it easy, but none that worked at the Miskatonic University Medical Center. Still, Dan often found that he didn’t have to introspect as he worked. People needed him to be a doctor; he could be a doctor. Sure, maybe he’d fall to pieces after his shift, a particularly bad case or a particularly bad memory hitting him all at once …

Well. Maybe more often than he would admit. He had some memories in this very hospital that he’d rather forget. But, on shift, it was Dr. Cain. The reliable, the industrious, the bright Dr. Cain. Only newly a doctor, but he knew this place like the back of his hand.

“We’ve got a suicide attempt in 4,” Nurse Reefe remarked to him over Dan’s lunch. “Just thought I’d let you know.”

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[224bbaker]

for the audio creators ask: 3 or 4?

Someone else asked 3 separately so let's do 4 on the Audio Drama Ask Meme!

4. Is there a specific episode that was especially fun to work on?

I suspect everyone on the team will have different answers for this one--I know Katie and Jeremy (Madge and Hampton) loved the scene in episode 3 where they make up the elaborate backstory for their married aliases. We like to imagine that was a glimpse into the alternate universe where they didn't meet James, and Madge and Hampton ended up getting married because why not. Chris (James) loved pretending to be George the Hot Sanitation Worker--really if there's a disguise involved, people seem to be excited.

The most fun we as directors and creators had was the first recording session with our lead trio, where we did all of our trio scenes in the first two episodes. We'll always have a special place in our hearts for the first scene at 224B with Madge knocking down her own door, into the 221B break in--hearing that in the room for the first time, we knew we could hang out with these characters for a long time and not get bored.

Thank you for the question, detective!! :)

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