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babewithoutbias-blog · 4 years

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One of my OC’s

I have a superhuman universe I’m creating. Baseline anyone who has the superhuman genetic can expect to be enhanced in every way. 10% of humans are superhuman, 99% of super humans have enhanced strength, speed, senses, and so on. All superhuman can see a greater spectrum of colors and hear a greater range of sound. The sensitivity varies depending on the hero. 80% of super humans are simply just enhanced, 5 percent of heroes have some kind of extreme strength, speed, or sense that is more than enhanced, 5 percent have baseline enhancement and some kind of superpower on top of that, 5 percent have more than one power on top of powers, 3% are curated via amplifier powers or other sources, 1% has been enhanced by an outside source on top of there powers, and 1% are super-humans without enhancement and only other powers.

This world is more realistic in a hero sense. Superheroes are hired by associations, governments, and so on so forth. They range in careers from sports, entertainment, and military work for minimally enhanced peoples to superheroes, idols, and even political leaders. There are generally 2 classes of legal superhero work: Agency Supers and Vigilantes. Superheroes are almost exclusively the worlds celebrities while there are a few acceptations. A great percentage of heroes do not do actual active super heroic work and focus on only public entertainment and superhero and super villain fights are VERY often scripted. Superheroes have high collateral damage and the worlds percentage of actual heroes is small. Vigilantes are generally no better because they also are selfishly motivated. There of course are a small percentage of heroes that are truly good but of course they generally have very little social reach. Many good heroes get wrapped up in the glow and glimmer and are taken advantage of by larger more sinister heroes.

“Villains” also are just as controversial. There are 5 categories of villain: False, Labeled, “Bad guy”, Hive/Org, and Super Villain. False Villains are obviously more like actors than anything else. They live quiet lives and never show there face, many villains are also ex-heroes that got to old or too unpopular for the public. Labeled Villains are often vigilantes/heroes who have violent or not socially acceptable methods of hero work. They also can be people who rock the boat to much and don’t have a big enough following to prevent a media storm. The Bad Guy falls into mostly mercenaries, anti-heroes, minor villains, and so on. Hive/Org is simply put what you would class Hydra or the League of assassins. Finally super villains, they are the evilest/baddest of the bad. Generally only TRUE villains are categorized as super villains, but many a hero, public figure, and minor villain could become/is truly a Super Villain though not classified as it in this worlds system.

Side note on heroes. There are possibilities for Super Heroes that are not Super Human. I am still open to Tech only heroes and Alien/Inhuman species.

F I N A L L Y. Onto the oc. Valentine.

Name:

Born: Camilla Mariana McLaughlin

Post Christening: Camilla Joan Mariana McLaughlin

Post Confirmation: Camilla Valentine Joan Mariana McLaughlin

Post Adoption: Camilla Valentine Joan Mariana Mortimer

Preferred Name: Valentine but often goes by Camilla

Secret Identity: Saint Valentine

Other Basics:

Ethnicity: Half Puerto Rican Half Irish

Religion: Confused Practicing Catholic

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian leaning Asexual/Demisexual

DOB: February 8th, 1999

Hero Status: Vigilante but publicly seen mostly as a superhero

Power Stats: 1-10 for base stats 3 is the average person, 5 is the average low level hero, 8 super , 10 insane super, 10+ superman/goku

Warning: She is a good example of what would be a midrange superhero in range of basic enhancements. Her additional power is what makes her a possibly top tier hero.

Speed: 6: Shes could catch up with a speeding car and possibly dodge a bullet

Strength: 8: She has cybernetics on top of super strength as well as constant strength training so she definitely has a super in this category

Stamina: 7: She’s got some good runtime on her verging on SUPER but not quiet.

Durability: 8: Part desensitivity to pain (and pleasure sadly) but also part strength and stubbornness mixed with impressive standing.

Senses: 6: While normally I would rank her at a 9 her enhanced senses cause enough disadvantage to loose points. Her senses were further strengthened after an encounter with an Amplifier hero, the effects happened later in life so shes not use to them and due to her being less than normal neurologically there can be struggle with this enhancement. She gets splitting headaches from her enhanced sense of hearing and because she has ADHD its horribly hard to focus. The same goes for sense of smell and taste. Sight and touch she reacts to differently. Her enhanced sight allows her to better pattern match and is her least problematic enhanced sense but can still be distracting. Touch is up and down for her, she has some nerve damage shes had since birth that cause her to feel pain and pleasure far less, but she can still feel. She tends to be driven mad my certain textures and feelings causing her to nearly throw out her entire wardrobe/linen collection. She has to wear higher quality clothes and use less “problematic” textures as substitute. Shes so sensitive she can tell a thread count by simply laying her finger on a sheet. Since she cant experience pain shes lucky this touch sensitivity doesn't cause her pain but it has caused her to hurt herself to cope with things like an itch or uncomfortable fabric on her skin.

Healing: 5.5: She heals far better than the average person but she does not have a healing factor really.

Now we move onto her other power/advantages these will be only explained via writing not rating.

Power: Mind Control aka The Devils Tongue: Valentine has the ability to control the thoughts and actions of as many people as she wants in a range of a semi circle in front of her, the people will feel as if they did/thought what they thought on there own volition/freewill. The effected must hear what shes saying and the radius is 15 ft from the source of sound. She must verbally command the use of her power and It can transfer over digitization and the radius comes from the point of sound. If she were speaking over the radio she could in fact cause mass chaos for 15 feet from around the source of sound. She has to focus if she wants the command to be specifically for one person instead of many (Easier to command a crowd than a single person). Her eyes glow golden when her powers are in use and get stronger with practice. The less she uses the power the worst she gets at it and the physical, mental, and emotional strain of the power can be overwhelming. Her use of this power is virtually non existent in comparison to most super humans when it comes to there gifts. She fears this power almost as much as she fears god. She understands that power corrupts and understands that as a mortal person such a power could easily get to ones head. So the emotional pain from using the power is its greatest setback minus the migraines she gets from not using it often.

Advantage: Genius intellect: Valentine is very smart and has a brain hardwired for pattern matching and mathematics. She can be overwhelmingly intelligent but there is a downside to parts of her intelligence. Her most genius moments come when shes in a hyper fixated state of existence. She has ADHD that can manifest in various ways.

Advantage: Innocent Charm/Charisma: She is rather innocent in some sense of the word. Though she is aware of the violent nature of her life, home, and the world her daydreaming nature and equally as innocent hyperactivity childish sides are a wonderful benefactor in her work. On top of the fact that she is generally a wholesome and kind individual she seems to exude positive energy.

Possible Advantage and Disadvantage: Pain Tolerance: She has an exceptionally high pain tolerance due to the fact that she has some nerve damage that she cannot trace to an accident so she assumes is from birth. She has an exceptionally high pain tolerance but she also feels less physical pleasure because of her desensitivity. She still has an enhanced sense of touch but occasionally the physical damage that heat, cold, and other physical pain doesn't effect her neurologically, but the lack of danger signals to the brain can be acceptionally dangerous so she has to be careful.

Ill include more about her/the universe in another post.

#superhero #oc #original content #original story #superherouniverse #powers #puretorican #irish #exploring making lgbtq+ superheroes with nero-divergence #more superheroes need to have ADHD #more female geniuses #catholicgay #hero #begentlewithme #wholesome #superhero oc #writing #I wish I could do art

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zachwritesstuff · 6 years

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Dragon Pilot: Old vs New

Warning: This article contains spoilers to Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan’s later parts and ending.

Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan is, in many ways, a fabulous series. The animation is great, the characters are lovable, and the story hits emotional high points in strange and unexpected ways. It’s probably one of my most recommended series of the Summer Season, and possibly of the year! But I could spend paragraphs talking about how much I loved this series, when really, I want to talk about one specific thing that stood out to me about it.

I don’t think it’s a controversial statement to say that anime has changed in the last decade or two. In fact, it has to change, or else it will stagnate and die. But in recent years, there has been a different kind of change happening, not on screen, but behind the scenes. While reports come in on Anime shows and franchises seeing record high profits, more reports are coming out about the troubling financial and personal conditions that animators and production assistants on shows have to live in, and the treatment from upper management and fans alike that people inside the industry have to go through. It’s no surprise that more public figures, like voice actors and idols, become traumatized and sick from all of them issues they have to deal with outside of their control.

It’s reassuring to see that things might be looking up for the lower workers in the Anime industry, from more affordable dorms and housing being crowdfunded, to new avenues of production opening up new ways to get anime to an audience, doing away with the strict and punishing guidelines. And creatively, more challenging shows are starting to be made, ones that poke fun and challenge the classic cliches and tropes of Dumb Big Breasted Women, Blank Slate Heroes, and Marketing Driven Shows. Instead, we are seeing more uses of Absurdist Comedy (Pop Team Epic, Asobi Asobase); Introspective shows about the creators of anime and the people who indulge in anime (Shirobako, Wotakoi); And shows that take classic romance plots and apply them in new, inventive ways (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, Recovery of an MMO Junkie).

A wholesome slice of life comedy~

Even outside of the industry, Japan is seeing political change, with more protests against militarization of the country and support for LGBT rights popping up to challenge the instilled conservative views that have been a mainstay in Japan for so long.

I bring all of this up because I believe, whether purposely or subconsciously (And I do believe that it’s mostly on purpose), Dragon Pilot is a reflection of the changing industry and how it’s dealing with these issues, especially when it challenges the classical/traditional way of doing things.

The first major clue, and the thing that caught me on to this theory, is the design of the show. From the get go, it stands out from other shows in how it lays out it’s world. It strays away from the use of Key frame animation and highly detailed backgrounds, instead using a much more fluid movement and watercolor spaces to give everything a more down to Earth feel. And even when they use newer technology, like CG animation, it’s only used sparingly, as to not interfere with the natural flow of the animation. The two styles are used complimentary, instead of as a way to fill space.

Inside the actual designs of the Military base, everything looks old and lived in. There are spots of dirt everywhere, doors are uneven, and equipment has been put through the ringer. Even the character designs themselves seem to carry this style, many of them being a mismatch of character archetypes from the 60s, 70s and 80s. This all in spite of being in the modern day, and many of them having smart phones and updated Military hardware, like the parts that make up the Dragon’s disguise.

This, I feel, sets up the main conflict, even before you learn what the series is even about. It’s an establishment that has done things in one way for many years, and even though it tolerates minor advancements around it, it always sticks to its core values, never straying too far from what they believe to be the proper path to success. This could be applied to the Anime industry, as even when experimenting with new ideas, core ideas have always been forced in: Fanservice, merchandising ability, storyline tropes, etc...

Awkward situations is the main staple of modern anime

Which brings us to the main plot of the show. In a quick summation, the main Pilots, called OTF pilots, must control dragons, disguised as planes, to lead a world destroying God Dragon to it’s new resting place, a tradition that they must do every 76 years. They do not find out until after they begin, however, that one of the main parts of the journey involves sacrificing a shrine maiden, in order to ensure safe passage. This appalls the main characters, and they hatch a plan to prevent it from happening, eventually succeeding with much hardship.

This, I feel, reflects the current state of the Anime industry. For years, it’s been leaning heavily on the things that made it the most money, like shows with heavy fanservice, shonen shows that were played into the ground, harem series that allowed the viewer to place themselves into the empty husk that is the main character. While they allowed little changes in technology and storytelling, the core values have roughly been the same since the 70s. But it’s not the 70s anymore, and things do have to change, lest they get eventually outdated and left behind. Of course, the people running things do not and will not agree, so sometimes you have to be a bit more forceful and creative with how you make those changes.

It’s not just the overall plot that clues into this either. Even the smaller side plots play with classical tropes in interesting ways. Romance ends up being a leading factor, as the Pilots end up not able to link with their dragons properly if they are feeling love for someone else. While it’s mostly played literally straight with Hisone and vaping engineer Haruto Okonoji, things play out slightly differently with the other three pilots.

The biggest crime of the entire anime, promoting vaping...

For example, let’s look at the other focused romance between the hard nosed dragon pilot Eru Hoshino and the perverted male pilot Yutaka Zaito. On the surface, they are introduced as a very played out idea: Perverted, somewhat sexist boy falls in love with a girl that is sickened by his attitude, yet still falls for him when he starts to become less sexist and perverted. And though it’s pretty much done word for word as it’s done in the past, they do pull one interesting twist out. Because she fell for him, she’s unable to pilot, and despite the man’s best wishes, he actively sabotages the relationship, making her hate him so as to complete the mission successfully. Though it works out in the end, it’s a surprising route to take for a show that has romance as a main plot mover.

And speaking of romance, let’s talk about the other two pilots: The motherly Mayumi, and the sullen Liliko. When they are analyzed for their possible romantic links, they are simply written off as “not a concern”. While it’s never openly stated, the coding for the two characters seems to be that of an aromantic type, and at least in Liliko’s case, asexual. Throughout her time on the base, Liliko seems to show no romantic interest in anyone, and when even asked at the end if she was interested in anyone, she simply mentions “Kingdom”, the manga she reads. Mayumi is a little harder to tack down, as her interests seem to lie in caring for someone rather than having an active relationship, shown in her way she deals with her dragon and how she only seemed interested in someone else because they seemed well fed and groomed. When you have an industry filled with strict guidelines for relationship (Shonen has only hetero relationship, romance is either m/f, m/m or f/f, no crossover), it’s very refreshing to see a mishmash of different ideals represented.

One of the funnest characters, btw

Even the way that Hisone reacts to her choice between love and duty is different. Hisone is forced to choose: Either stop loving the engineer boy Okonoji-san, who represents her personal life and self worth, or else never be able to pilot Masotan ever again, who represents her dedication to her craft and what she’s built her life around. When faced with a final choice, she initially chooses neither, instead choosing to quit. This gets a negative reaction from her higher up, who somewhat literally throws her out, yelling insults the entire time. But soon after, she chooses to actively follow the plan, only to go against it at the last moment when she learns about the sacrifice, ultimately deciding to take things into her own hands and perform the ritual herself, risking her own life.

This, in a sense, could represent the constant struggle of newer animators, producers and voice actors face when breaking into the industry. They are told the traditions and things they have to do, and to question or reject them could lead to their abilities being insulted or questioned, their job threatened, and in some cases, termination and blackballing from the entire industry.

No pressure

When Hisone reenters the Air Force, apologizing for what she did, she is showing her respect for what the tradition is, and how it has helped their country for centuries. She feels that she can balance work and her personal life if given a chance, despite the heavy toll it takes on her, like having to work for dozens of hours on end because that’s the expectation of her; Having to follow ridiculous order after ridiculous order, with little explanation of why or what the benefit is; And any question she places against it being shot down. These conditions which might resonate, not only with production workers, but also many other jobs around the globe…

But when faced with the horrible idea of having a person losing their life, she knew it was the final straw. She saw a young person forced to take the fall for an institution that consciously and knowingly lied to and built up this person for failure, something they had done for years. Hisone knew it was too far, and instituted change herself, despite those around her telling her it was a suicide mission.

And what happens? Hisone does it, and everything works out. Despite being told for eons that this thing must be done one was, and any other would destroy everything, when Hisone tried a new, inventive, and more importantly, less toxic way of doing things, it worked out fine. Hisone lived, the Air Force learned that their lesson, and everyone was left to figure out how to live their lives with this new way of doing things.

And being fucking adorkable while doing it all~

Ultimately, Dragon Pilot is a show of hope. It shows that, even against overwhelming odds, the way things have been done before are not the way things must always be. The world evolves, so with it, an industry must as well, or else they’ll simply be left in the dust. And even if it might seem hard, impossibly hard even, sometimes that’s just a sign that you must work even harder to make it happen. So hopefully, the Anime Industry learns a lesson from it’s own show and cleans up its act a little. A little less of shows like Darling in the Franxx, and a little more of shows like Dragon Pilot.

#dragon pilot #hisone #masotan #zach #writing #article #anime #old #new #netflix

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podcastsandcoffee · 6 years

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Rules:

tagged by: @sociallyawkward--fics

answer these 85 statements about yourself, then tag 20 people

tagging: I don’t have 20 friends. Soo... @meginoi @pirate-patton @parkersanders

Last

1. drink - Water

2. phone call - My cousin

3. text message - “Bless”

4. song you listened - “Say Something” A Great Big World

5. time you cried - I cry when I’m angry so uhm... yesterday

6. dated someone twice? - I’ve been single forever

7. kissed someone and regretted it - Neber kissed anyone.

8. been cheated on - Nope

9. lost someone special - 6 Months ago

10. been depressed - It’s a way of life

11. gotten drunk and thrown up - most I’ve had is a few sips

fave colours

12. Purple

13. Black

14. Teal

in the last year have you…

15. made new friends - Not really

16. fallen out of love - Fallen in love perhaps

17. laughed until you cried - all the time

18. found out someone was talking about you - still salty about it.

19. met someone who changed you - Im gonna say yes even though it was more a year and a half ago

20. found out who your friends are - yea

21. kissed someone on your Facebook friends list - Never kissed anyone so...

general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know irl - Most of them? I don’t count.

23. do you have any pets - My cat Blu and my dog Lexi.

24. do you want to change your name - I’d prefer to change my real namers Luna

25. what did you do for your last birthday - Had a couple of friends over and went out to eat.

26. what time did you wake up today - 6am

27. what were you doing at midnight last night - Talking to the one that tagged me for this

28. what is something you cant wait for - Moving out of the house, being able to make my own decisions on my mental health, not having to hide everything about myself from my parents.

30. what are you listening to right now - “Perfect” by Simple Plan

31. have you ever talked to a person named tom - Yep. Don’t remember where but I remember the name.

32. something that’s getting on your nerves - people that think th can be my friend just because they want to use me for my intellect.

33. most visited website - Tumblr

34. hair color - Ginger. I’m you average redhead.

35. long or short hair - relatively long. Reaches the bottom of my shoulder blades.

36. do you have a crush on someone - *cough* erm. Mhm

37. what do you like about yourself - Oh no. A self love question. I like that I do a lot of extra curricular things?

38. want any piercings? - yea. I want two more on my ears.

39. blood type - AB???

40. nicknames - Luna, Lu, A

41. relationship status - singleeee

42. zodiac - Scorpio! October 30

43. pronouns - she/her

44. fave tv shows - Gravity Falls, Designated Survivor, Stranger Things

45. tattoos - I really want a small butterfly on my wrist.

46. right or left handed - left handed

47. ever had surgery - nope

48. piercings - one in my ears.

49. sport - Marching Band? Does that count?

50. vacation - I’ve been to Jamaica? I’d love to visit Japan!

51. trainers - I call them tennis shoes but they’re great.

more general

52. eating - I had a really small steak for lunch

53. drinking - I’m not drinking anything but I had water for lunch

54. i’m about to watch - Soul Eater or Gravity Falls

55. waiting for - my sanity, romance (I swear I’m a hopeless romantic), freedom, The feeling of not being stressed

56. want - my friends to be happy, love, money, sleep. So much sleep

57. get married - I’d love to one day.

58. career - Technical Thetre or Artist

which is better

59. hugs or kisses - Hugs

60. lips or eyes - EYES! I love doing eye makeup

61. shorter or taller - id rather be taller.

62. older or younger - Older. I’m mature for my age and I cannot stand people my age. Let alone younger. Plus the older you are the more freedom you have.

63. nice arms or stomach - stomach. I hate my muffin top. :P

64. hookup or relationship - relationship. I emotionally invest in someone before even thinking about them that way. Hence I’ve had the same crush for three years

65. troublemaker or hesitant - super, super hesitant.

have you ever

66. kissed a stranger - nooooo I can barely think about kissing himmm

67. drank hard liquor - nope

68. lost glasses - I did for a couple of days and nearly had a heart attack. That’s why I keep ALL of my old glasses

69. turned someone down - ahhhhh I had to and I felt so bad but I didn’t LIKE him...

70. sex on first date - I’m asexual

71. broken someone’s heart - ...I’m sorry I had to turn you down!

72. had your heart broken - and old crush back in fourth grade. He sucked anyways. Was a player and is now kinda dumb.

73. been arrested - Nuh uh. Not while I’m even slightly sane

74. cried when someone died - no. I’m strangely apathetic to those things. Like- I know I should be sad and I should feel sad but I just don’t.

75. fallen for a friend - Yea.

do you believe in

76. yourself - hah. That’s funny

77. miracles - I don’t know.. that just feels too good to be true.

78. love at first sight - not at all.

79. santa claus - no

80. kiss on a first date - that is a no bueno

81. angels - I like to think so.

other

82. best friend’s name - Erin!

83. eye colour - Green/Grey/Blue/Brown. My eyes can’t decide

84. fave movie - The Greatest Showman?

85. fave actor - Hugh Jackman. He was in Les Mis and The Greatest Showman so.

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i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end · 19 days

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What a weird proposal, but okay

#just me being silly at 1:30 am #granada holmes #sherlock holmes #jeremy brett #unnecessarily handsome #david burke #edward hardwicke #asexual falling hard for actors from an 80s show #holmes/watson

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i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end · 3 months

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As a little celebration that Jeremy passed to the next round of the @hotvintagepoll, I made a little compilation of dashing gifs from the Granada Holmes series I couldn't hand in because they were taken after 1970. Watch out!

Thank you everyone who endured my endless reblogging of the poll! <3 Have a little treat! :) Feel free to add your own favourites! :)

#jeremy brett #unnecessarily handsome #granada holmes #sherlock holmes #asexual falling hard for actors from an 80s show

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i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end · 4 months

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I found this on Pinterest a while ago and I can't get over it ... How close they are sitting to each other ... Holmes's arm somewhere behind Watson's back ... aaaaaaahhh

#kudos to amy who said i should show this to tumblr #granada holmes #sherlock holmes #jeremy brett #unnecessarily handsome #dr watson #edward hardwicke #the dark side with kind eyes #asexual falling hard for actors from an 80s show #holmes/watson #if you so wish #photo

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i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end · 2 months

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Good news: Today I'm even more in love with Jeremy Brett than I was yesterday! Bad news: Today I'm even more in love with Jeremy Brett than I was yesterday ...

#i am sorry people who follow my blog #this is going to become embarrassing very quickly now #GOD I'm so smitten #watching the first part of thr st louis interview did not help #jeremy brett #unnecessarily handsome #sherlock holmes #granada holmes #asexual falling hard for actors from an 80s show

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i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end · 3 months

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Holmes and Horses!

... and a bonus Brett for all of you <3

#and now I'm patiently waiting for amy to say The Thing #not the most elegant post i ever made but hey #sherlock holmes #jeremy brett #unnecessarily handsome #asexual falling hard for actors from an 80s show #horses

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i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end · 2 months

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important subtext: Jeremy Brett smoked 60 cigarettes a day and went out of his way to break nonsmoking area rules to do it

Mr Brett what do you think you're confirming here

(I think this was about this post - sorry, my notifications don't work.)

Oh yes, absolutely! Another piece of important context is that Jeremy Brett left his first wife for a man, and was in a relationship with actor Gary Bond from 1969 to 1976.

Now, I do not think that you can necessarily say that because Jeremy was a queer man, he had to play a queer Holmes. But I am sure that -when he thought about whether or not he thought that Holmes was queer for himself - he came up with a better explanation than 'He and Watson couldn't kiss because of the smoking'. I mean, this man made up an elaborate headcanon about Holmes's childhood to understand how to play him. Personally, I think that he probably saw Holmes as too isolated and emotionally repressed to act on any feelings he might have had for anyone. He has this wonderful friendship with Watson who by some miracle (and lots of patience, I'm sure) just understands him, and who doesn't even marry in the Granada adaption. It is perfectly clear the are 'exclusive', in every way the viewer choses to interpret their relationship. They are together and they always will be. (Oh no, now I'm thinking of the Lost Beekeeping Footage again ...)

I also think that Jeremy often was uncomfortable because he felt Holmes and he were very different and he struggled to get him 'right', and at the same time that Holmes was coming too 'close' and took over too much of Jeremy. I think there is a possibility that Jeremy deliberately tried to separate his own experiences and feelings from what he believed Holmes to have experienced and felt.

When he made that reply about the pipe, I think it is relatively certain he came up with that on the spot. It is clear that he could not have said 'Yes, I think Holmes and Watson are gay' without causing a massive scandal which would not only have meant trouble for Granada, but also journalists digging through his private life. In that light, it was possibly even brave to say "I think it's unlikely" and "If it cheers the gays up I'm thrilled". I think it was possibly necessary to frame it as a joke, first by citing David's "Well, we're not" and then by coming up with that stuff about smoking.

But it does look a bit suspicious from a man who has been chainsmoking throughout the whole interview, I agree. ;)

#uhm sorry that was a long reply to a lighthearted ask #yes I have been thinking about this #jeremy brett #sherlock holmes #granada holmes #queer sherlock holmes #gay sherlock holmes #st. louis interview #unnecessarily handsome #asexual falling hard for actors from an 80s show #dr watson #holmes/watson

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i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end · 3 months

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I can't stop thinking about this moment in "The Secret of Sherlock Holmes" ...

[Sorry for the bad audio quality, as far as I know there's no better recording. The script is under the cut below so you can read along, although it's not verbatim. Also be aware, there's shouting at approx. 0:42 in case you get startled by sudden loud noises (like me).]

Holmes is scared and lives under a feeling of impending doom, beginning to lose his grasp on reality, imagining not only Moriarty's presence but also having conversations with Watson in his thoughts ... And when Watson finally arrives, Holmes of course "can‘t say “Thank you”; he cant say “Good night,” can’t say “Help.”" ...

So he asks Watson for a match to have him close for a moment (they are in Baker Street, Holmes must have his own matches lying around) - I think this is the most logical explanation. He craves Watson's assistance, but he does not know how to ask for it. So he asks for a match instead.

Ahhh, I would sell my soul to travel back in time and see this on stage! (Yes, this is a photo from the play - but I have no idea from which scene.)

Here is the link to the full audio recording of the play on YouTube: Act I - Act II You can find the script via this post by @muchtohope ! I also used it for the text under the cut, thank you OP! :)

The mood changes again: darker, menacing, intensified by sound.

HOLMES becomes aware of another presence: the terrifying image of MORIARTY. His shadow stretches across the stage, street lit, in a London mist. HOLMES is alert, afraid.

HOLMES Professor Moriarty, I presume…? (The shadow remains. Silence) When the time is right, my friend, when the time is right…

The shadow moves away. WATSON's voice is heard.

WATSON Holmes? (HOLMES stays perfectly still) Can I be of assistance?

HOLMES Your presence might be invaluable.

WATSON You speak of danger. You are afraid of something?

HOLMES Well, I am.

WATSON Of what?

HOLMES Of air-guns.

This comes as a terrifying shriek from HOLMES. WATSON's voice has been in HOLMES' mind. Now his voice can be heard off-stage.

WATSON Holmes?

HOLMES (with quiet relief) My friend…

HOLMES rises from chair, as WATSON in outdoor clothes enters in natural light.

WATSON How are you, my dear fellow? I've brought you a cake. Mary baked it especially for you.

WATSON presents a cake tin. HOLMES peers inside, the briefest of glances. He puts in on the desk.

HOLMES How kind. And how is Mrs Watson?

WATSON She is extremely well, and sends you her compliments.

A pause.

HOLMES Watson… I think you know me well enough to understand that I am by no means a nervous man. At the same time it is stupidity, rather than courage, to refuse to recognise danger when it is close upon you. Might I trouble you for a match? (WATSON lights HOLMES' cigarette and sees him staring ahead in a momentary trance before he becomes aware of WATSON's presence again) You have probably never heard of Professor Moriarty?

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