#culverton

[todieforimages]

Culverton United Methodist Church-Culverton, Georgia

The congregation of the Culverton United Methodist Church was formed in 1881. The current church building was completed in 1911. The church is no longer active as of 2016.

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#church #Culverton #Georgia #Hancock County #Methodist Church

[johnlock-ismy-soul]

WARNING: This has spoilers!

(BBC Sherlock series)

One thing I can’t get over, is how in the hell did Sherlock have as much trust as he did in john. I know they are friends, and/or ‘maybe just some plot gayness between them. But like Season S4 E2, he gets choked by culverton and he just expects john to find him.

He does find him and save him, but , sherlock you expected to die, if it wasn’t for john coming to your aid because he was a step behind you. Like he was on a death mission, knowing culverton was going to kill him. A catch for a catch aye, but no word’s honestly. That is some 100% trust they have.

As well as so many other episodes where john, Mycroft or lestrade, were both just barely behind sherlocks lead. All of which it almost ends up compromised for Sherlock had people not come to help finish the job of catching the people. And don’t get me started on reichenbach fall, i wanted to cry.

Love sherlocks whole plot, and character dynamics. As you know he is cunning, but hes far from a “sociopath” of any sort; he cares to much for those close to him. He’s empathetic and aware.

Despite sherlock being a drug addict, throughout the series, and leaping towards the face of death like a laughing matter. Its so suprising so many people still see his character as someone who is a bad guy, he was a man once and always mistreated, but now a smart detective that puts himself in the front lines at the cost of himself. Just can’t get over this, been rewatching the series on loop, and this just sticks out to me so much.

Not to mention the episodes of the abominable bride, and the great game w jim moriarty.

Does anyone have anymore BBC sherlock series input?.

#bbc sherlock #bbc sherlock series #sherlock holmes #sherlock fandom #sherlock and the reichenbach fall #sherlock and culvertons almost kill #john/and sherlocks connection #im a johnlock fan all the way #all for the fruitiness and the angst #the lying detective #the lying game

[alynnl]

A line I read in one of the Sherlock short stories ("My friend never stood on the dock") and my recent fixation on the Ace Attorney series led to me asking one question.

"What if Sherlock Holmes did go on trial, being accused of murder?"

The short story title would refer to the courthouse (maybe The Old Bailey, referenced in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.)

Immediately following his arrest, Holmes sends a message to Watson. In the note, he tells Watson not to get sentimental and visit him in jail that night, but instead to investigate the scene of the crime, and see what he can deduce from it. Showing great trust in his friend, Watson does just that and takes very detailed notes on his findings.

"There was never a greater test of my own powers of observation."

And because of Holmes's status as a sort of celebrity, he will have a closed trial, with only members of the judiciary and key people on the case attending. This is to prevent the trial from becoming a media circus, and ensure the verdict will be reached by evidence and testimony rather than public opinion.

Godfrey Norton, who is now Irene Adler's husband, is serving as Holmes's defense counsel. Irene herself is attending the trial, watching from the gallery. (This is the final way Irene outsmarted Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia - everyone believed Norton was a prosecutor working on her behalf, when he was actually a public defender.)

The opposing counsel is Charles Culverton-Smith, a prosecutor who is on track to become Director of Public Prosecutions. There’s a possibility that he took the case to add to his reputation (but that’s just speculation on Watson and Norton’s part.)

Watson tells Holmes of this theory when they speak in the defendant's lobby just before the trial, but Holmes is skeptical.

"If Culverton-Smith truly wanted to bolster his reputation, he would insist on a public trial where he could show his legal prowess to a larger audience. There is something else at play here, something far more sinister."

The trial begins. Both Norton and Culverton-Smith give their legal arguments, supporting their stances with evidence and witness testimony.

Watson is the final witness to speak in the trial. He describes his findings at the crime scene, and tries to use factual language (as Holmes remarked to him before, when talking about his writings.) Everyone in the courtroom (including the judge and the prosecution) believe Watson's observations to be so important, that they agree to call for a thirty minute recess. During the pause in proceedings, Lestrade and other policemen to look over the crime scene one more time alongside Watson to confirm what he said was true.

Sure enough, Watson's deductions prove that Sherlock Holmes couldn't have been the killer. When court is back in session, Lestrade gives his report. Based on the new information, the judge hands down a verdict of "not guilty" to Sherlock Holmes.

There is little time to celebrate, as Holmes immediately whisks Watson away to the streets of London. He insists they make haste the nearest carriage, because "There's still time to catch the true mastermind behind this devious plot!"

Lestrade picks up on Holmes's pursuit and decides to lead his own forces to block one of the main exits to London.

Meanwhile, Holmes and Watson enter a high speed chase against the true culprit, who's been behind at least two other incidents of framing people for murders he committed.

At the end of the chase, the criminal is surrounded by Lestrade and his police force on one side, along with Holmes and Watson (who is armed with his revolver) on the other side. He finally surrenders and gives himself up, at last being taken into custody.

Watson is astonished at this turn of events. "My dear Holmes, you've done it again! I'm speechless!"

"Indeed I have, but I insist you don't undersell your role in this, dear Watson. This case would have a much darker conclusion without your thoughtful analysis. I trust that you will reflect that in your writings, if there is ever a time you will be permitted to release the details to the public."

Charles Culverton-Smith catches up with Holmes and Watson. He didn't get a chance to speak with them after the trial, but wanted them to know that he harbored no ill will towards Holmes. He was simply doing his job as a man who practices law, and couldn't imagine leaving the trial to anyone else. Because everyone deserves a fair trial, and many other lawyers are biased either for or against Holmes, depending on how his actions affected their cases.

Holmes comments that Culverton-Smith will make a fine Director of Public Prosecutions when the time comes, since his integrity speaks for itself.

"If I am ever on the dock in the future, I would trust your judgment."

Watson insists Holmes not talk about "the next time in court" because he doesn't want there to be a "next time."

Holmes agrees to move on from the subject. He points out there is still ample time for breakfast and sets off to find the nearest place that will serve Watson's favorite dishes. "My treat, naturally."

Watson concludes the story mentioning that five years have passed since the first and only trial of his friend, Sherlock Holmes. The events in the closed courtroom have been made public, to teach students of law how to conduct a fair trial of a famous (or infamous) client.

#Sherlock Holmes #ACD Holmes #John Watson #Inspector Lestrade #Sherlock Holmes OC #Charles Culverton-Smith #Sherlock Holmes fan case #Watson does deductions #Sherlock goes on trial #courtroom drama #Letters from Watson

[eirinstiva]

The most evil man

Today I read the first part of "The Adventure of Charles August Milverton" (thanks to Dr. Watson as always) and in a few lines you can already know the type of adversary he is.

There are many types of antagonists in all Holmes' stories, but those who are smart have a special place in the canon. Let's see some examples:

Irene Adler in "A Scandal in Bohemia" is the rival of Sherlock Holmes in that case. She left so strong impression in the detective that he calls her The Woman. She's smart, charming, beautiful and bit playful character, but above all she is not a villain. All that she does is to run away with her lover husband and start a new life. A smart woman with strong character that outsmarted Holmes.

In "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" we have Culverton Smith as opponent. He use a tropical disease to kill his nephew for money (IIRC) and tries to do the same with Holmes. He's evil because he kills his own family for what he wants and he has the willingness to do it again with whoever dares to search the truth.

Professor James Moriarty from "The Final Problem" is so far the most famous rival of Holmes, mathematics professor and criminal mastermind. Moriarty is essential in every adaptation of the canon and his intelligence is one of his higlights as a character. What makes Moriarty evil? The professor is the one who plans crimes for other people to execute in exchange of money. He doesn't seem the type of person who commits the crime for himself, he perfectly could be in his office, eating fish and chips while his minions do the dirty work. The evil in Moriarty is that he uses his brilliant mind for planning crimes and apparently he loves that.

We just have the first part of this story, but Charles August Milverton seems to be a completely different type of antagonist. He is smart but instead of making many different plans like Moriarty he uses blackmail. Just like Smith he wants money and is ready to take action himself and see the victim. He looks like a harmless person just like Adler but, contrary to all of these examples, Milverton enjoys to see his victims suffering. There's pleasure in watching the blackmailed person begging for a new deal, extra time or whatever they need to keep everything behind the rug. Charles August is the type of villain who wants to see the world on fire.

Speaking in chilean, él es un conchesumadre.

#letters from watson #sherlock holmes #charles augustus milverton #CHAS #acd canon #a scandal in bohemia #SCAN #the dying detective #DYIN #the final problem #FINA #irene adler #culverton smith #professor james moriarty #letters in the underground

[anne-adler]

#do you get culverton smith vibes? #because I sure do #bbc sherlock #sherlock #sherlock holmes #tjlc #film analysis #bbc dracula

[howdoyouwhiskit]

Once again adding to lists of my posts technically from tiktok but I’m cross posting here.

Can you tell I have a lot of fictional character anger? /s

#confront characters #mummy holmes #sally donovan #philip anderson #mary morstan #mary watson #charles augustus mangussen #culverton smith #john winchester #mary winchester #naomi spn #chuck spn #house md #john house #rowan chase #jason gideon #star trek tng #bruce maddox #katherine pulaski #albus dumbledore #dead poets society #mr perry #fire lord ozai #sailor moon #prince demand #jupiter ascending #balem abrasax #apparently there’s a tag limit #who knew

[warlenys]

tld’s the it girl truly the story of the untouchable public figure hiding in plain sight who sherlock defeats through losing his mind over personal conspiracy it has the line “the main feature of interest in the field of criminal investigation is not the sensational(ist) aspects of the crime itself but rather the iron chain of reasoning from cause to effect that reveals step by step the solution” it also is the “it takes john watson to save your life… there are stories worth telling” episode it has john be unrecognised and undervalued in order to prove that he’s actually incredibly important the episode ends with the sentiment that romantic entanglement is needed to complete sherlock as a human being plus “the game is on, do you still miss me?” plus “do you ever look in the mirror and want to see someone else?” plus “can’t do it, not now, not alone” plus fucking “has it occurred to you anywhere in your drug addled mind that you’ve just been played for an ad campaign?” “brilliant, isn’t it. safest place to hide: plain sight” sherlock’s faith in his conspiracy was revealed as misplaced but then rediscovered culverton asks john if he’s a doctor of “media studies” the entire episode acts as a perfect allegory for tjlc whilst also giving us incredible john insight and commentary whilst also explicitly stating that john loves sherlock more than mary whilst also establishing that john is sherlock’s faith what the fuck is it doing it is The episode of television

#this is incomprehensible but it’s the only way i can get it across #i am sherlock in that fucking culverton photo 221b #clawing at the walls #it’s perfect #i hate it #bbc sherlock #sherlock #johnlock #tjlc #tld #+

[no-side-us]

Letters From Watson Liveblog - Mar. 26

The Dying Detective, Part 2

A part of me really wants to see an alternate and expanded version of this story, where everybody Watson encounters is, for some peculiar reason, really happy at the news that Holmes is sick and dying. And it would fall on Watson to figure out why.

I love descriptions like this. You couldn't make a building look smug and demure in real life, but in writing the imagination is all you need to make it so.

I'm all for pretending you're not home when you have unwanted visitors, but it'd probably work better if said visitors couldn't hear your voice. Does he not know that Watson can hear him?

So Mr. Smith does know that Watson could hear him, otherwise why else would he say this line. I guess he's just rude enough to not care.

Watson, you have to start trusting your own senses more. Sometimes it's not the angle of the light, or a nervous tick, sometimes people just let the mask slip.

You know, this line makes me think that a good way to make a villain for Holmes is to take one of his many skills and build a whole character around them. The same way Holmes is to the detective profession, or Moriarty is to crime and Culverton Smith here is to disease. It could be a chemist, or actor, or boxer on Holmes' level.

Is this the closest either Holmes or Watson will get to an outright "I love you"? Although it is a pretty roundabout way of saying so.

Oh my, Holmes is a method actor. I do question his efforts for this specific role however. There must be easier ways to play a dehydrated and starving man on the brink of death than to dehydrate and starve yourself to the brink of death.

I would be offended, quite honestly. And I think Mrs. Hudson and Watson should be too. Surely Holmes could have just told Watson the plan from the beginning. It's not like he and Culverton Smith were talking to each other for a long time anyways. In fact, Smith even forgot Watson's name!

Yeah, I feel like the makeup and the acting would have been enough to fool Culverton. Especially with the room being dark. I don't think the starvation and dehydration was necessary.

Also, today's letter taught me a new word. "Malingering" is the act of exaggerating or feigning illness in order to escape duty or work. I'm surprised it's not used more.

I like that at least Holmes acknowledges that he does indeed recognize and respect Watson's medical expertise, especially with how hurt Watson was by his earlier words.

And on to the next case. I will try to summon as much festive spirit for it as I can muster.

Part 1 - Part 2

#letters from watson #the dying detective #sherlock holmes #john h watson #culverton smith #inspector morton #arthur conan doyle #liveblogging sherlock holmes

[consult-sherlockholmes]

their -cs makes it look like it's consult-sherlock just like venting LMFAOOOOOO

Time to torture john on anon too............. poor little sherlock. Flinchies. Move too fast. Hands come up, protect his face or stomach after all those gut kicks. <M3 <3 <3

That seems to be Culverton Smith. Or someone impersonating him, which could be possible, given the fact he should be in prison with no internet access. You don't know anything so shut up.

#rp #roleplay #sherlock roleplay #sherlock rp #culverton smith

[inevitably-johnlocked]

When people talk about S4 they tend to talk about Culverton being a John mirrror and every time I am like ???

Could you please explain? I don't see any resemblance?

Thanks in advance!

Hey Lovely!

Ah, have they? Aside from them looking similar in the episode, I haven't really seen much meta about them being narrative mirrors, really. Just meta regarding Culverton being part of John's Alibi or being drugged by Culverton.

You can check out my Culverton Smith tag here on my blog for more meta, but yeah, I'd be interested myself for some of those meta to add to my tag, if anyone's got them!

#steph replies #sherlock meta #help steph find meta #culverton smith #tld meta #s4 meta #sherlock mirrors #sherlock parallels

[criminalisticonsultant]

Uhhh it’s getting hot in here; perfect time to come back and watch Mr. Holmes BURN. I’d love to turn him into a thing myself but you can go for it. Just let me watch would you?

-CS

#Hey~ #Yoooou sound familiar... #jim moriarty #jm #sherlock roleplay #Culverton Smith

[consultjohnwatson]

Doctor Watson! Do you remember me? You saved me from your furious, high friend back then. I really loved that. You beating up Sherlock Holmes. Excellent. I’d really like turning people into things again. Starting with Sherlock Holmes would be just perfect. Seeing him slowly losing conciseness, eyes turning into empty glassballs… AMAZING

-CS

And I intend to fix that by assuring you that I won’t make that mistake again if you ever decide to resurface.

#john watson replies #culverton smith #sherlock rp #sherlock roleplay

[ioweu-sherlock]

names my girlfriend has given sherlock villains:

- mccarty

- augussen

- trump and his daughter

#bbc sherlock #moriarty #charles augustus magnussen #culverton smith

[ogsherlockholmes]

29th October

I have been so excited to write about Culverton Smith because he is so different from all the other antagonists, and so is the story, The Dying Detective. 

The story begins with Sherlock being close to dying from a tropical disease and he orders Watson to get Dr Culverton Smith, who apparently is an expert. Smith is not happy to see Watson. 

‘My humble name and title did not appear to impress Mr. Culverton Smith. Through the half-open door I heard a high, petulant, penetrating voice. “Who is this person? What does he want? Dear me, Staples, how often have I said that I am not to be disturbed in my hours of study?... Well, I won’t see him, Staples. I can’t have my work interrupted like this. I am not at home. Say so. Tell him to come in the morning if he really must see me...Well, well, give him that message. He can come in the morning, or he can stay away. My work must not be hindered.”

Diva doctor much. Quite similar to modern day British healthcare really. 

And when Watson enters, he’s even worse. 

‘With a shrill cry of anger a man rose from a reclining chair beside the fire. I saw a great yellow face, coarse-grained and greasy, with heavy, doublechin, and two sullen, menacing gray eyes which glared at me from under tufted and sandy brows. A high bald head had a small velvet smoking-cap poised coquettishly upon one side of its pink curve. The skull was of enormous capacity, and yet as I looked down I saw to my amazement that the figure of the man was small and frail, twisted in the shoulders and back like one who has suffered from rickets in his childhood. “What’s this?” he cried in a high, screaming voice. “What is the meaning of this intrusion? Didn’t I send you word that I would see you tomorrow morning?”’

However, this changes when Watson mentions Sherlock, and Smith decides he’s okay with his ‘studies’ being disturbed. But, he’s not upset to hear that Sherlock’s ill, and puts on an act. 

‘I [Watson] caught a glimpse of his face in the mirror over the mantelpiece. I could have sworn that it was set in a malicious and abominable smile. Yet... he turned to me an instant later with genuine concern upon his features. “I am sorry to hear this,” said he. “I only know Mr. Holmes through some business dealings which we have had, but I have every respect for his talents and his character. He is an amateur of crime, as I am of disease. For him the villain, for me the microbe. There are my prisons,” he continued, pointing to a row of bottles and jars which stood upon a side table. ”Among those gelatine cultivations some of the very worst offenders in the world are now doing time.”’

It’s not suspicious at all to be an ‘expert of diseases’ and have a collection of poison in your house. 

Smith visits Sherlock whilst Watson is hiding in the closet (pun intended). He shakes Sherlock awake, an example of excellent bedside manner, and discusses how Sherlock’s disease killed his nephew. But, Sherlock knows Smith killed his nephew, and Smith doesn’t even try to defend himself.

“Well, you [Sherlock] couldn’t prove it, anyhow. But what do you think of yourself spreading reports about me [Smith] like that, and then crawling to me for help the moment you are in trouble? What sort of a game is that—eh?...You’re precious near your end, my friend, but I don’t want you to go till I have had a word with you. That’s why I give you water. There, don’t slop it about! That’s right. Can you understand what I say?”

This is followed by some very creepy dialogue of Smith admitting to giving Sherlock the disease through the post (death next day delivery I suppose). 

“You are proud of your brains, Holmes, are you not? Think yourself smart, don’t you? You came across someone who was smarter this time. Now cast your mind back, Holmes. Can you think of no other way you could have got this thing [diseease]?” “I can’t think. My mind is gone. For heaven’s sake help me!” “Yes, I will help you. I’ll help you to understand just where you are and how you got there. I’d like you to know before you die...Painful, is it?...Well, you can hear what I say, anyhow. Listen now! Can you remember any unusual incident in your life just about the time your symptoms began?” “No, no; nothing.” “Think again.” “I’m too ill to think.” “Well, then, I’ll help you. Did anything come by post?” “By post?” “A box by chance?...You must hear me. You shall hear me. Do you remember a box—an ivory box? It came on Wednesday. You opened it—do you remember?” “Yes, yes, I opened it. There was a sharp spring inside it. Some joke—” “It was no joke, as you will find to your cost. You fool, you would have it and you have got it. Who asked you to cross my path? If you had left me alone I would not have hurt you...But you have the truth now, Holmes, and you can die with the knowledge that I killed you. You knew too much of the fate of Victor Savage, so I have sent you to share it. You are very near your end, Holmes. I will sit here and I will watch you die.”

Fortunately, Sherlock doesn’t die just yet, and he asks Smith to turn the gas lamp on and to give him a cigarette. Sherlock recovers, since he was never ill in the first place, and Smith just gave the signal for the police to come in when he turned the gas lamp on. Smith still refuses to back down. 

‘“A nice trap!” cried the high, snarling voice. “It will bring you into the dock, Holmes, not me. He asked me to come here to cure him. I was sorry for him and I came. Now he will pretend, no doubt, that I have said anything which he may invent which will corroborate his insane suspicions. You can lie as you like, Holmes. My word is always as good as yours.”’ 

Remember Watson in the closet? He comes out -pun also intended- and saves the day since he heard the entire conversation. 

Too bad Culverton Smith. 

#love how watson spends nearly the whole story in the closet #culverton smith #the dying detective #sherlockholmes #Sherlock Holmes #ACD #acd books #acd canon

[itsalways2017]

#tjlc #culverton smith #tld #john watson

[47gaslamps]

People who nearly succeeded in killing Sherlock Holmes, ranked in descending order of seriousness

Sebastian Moran (The Empty House). The man had enough vendetta to single-handedly keep Holmes out of London for three years, and didn't wait a day past Holmes' return to Baker Street to make good on the threat. Even after all Holmes' elaborate preparation against it, he still would have killed him if Watson weren't in the same room.

Professor Moriarty (The Final Problem). Extremely serious, as we all know. Very nearly did come off a few times over. But... well, there's no doubt it would have come off, had he acted sooner- at any point before Holmes was on Permanent Red Alert and the whole criminal empire was collapsing about his ears. Put him in the ranks of those who tragically overestimated their opponents. If he were not a challenge and a treat but a part of the ordinary course of business, Holmes would certainly be dead.

Culverton Smith (The Dying Detective). Horrid man. Evil design. The plunging feeling in my stomach would vault him to the top of the list if left to its own devices. But he put all his hopes in sending Holmes a prank jewel-box. As there is no reason one would anonymously send Holmes a real jewel-box, that makes the effort a bit less serious.

Tonga (The Sign of Four). This stood a better chance of working. All he lacks is the ability to shoot accurately while on a riverboat, and it's an ugly way to die. But you can't take Tonga seriously. He is a walking extract from the pages of the Encyclopedia of Obscure Racism, and you can't get past that.

Baron Gruner (The Illustrious Client). Responsible for the greatest actual bodily harm Holmes incurs during the series, but not a full-throated murder attempt. He seems to regard a killing, a maiming and a roughing-up as basically interchangeable ideas.

Alec Cunningham (The Reigate Squires). What do you expect to happen after you've strangled Holmes in the next room from an active police inspector, guy? You think you're getting off that murder charge now? Should've used that energy to run like a bunny.

Sherlock Holmes (The Devil's Foot). What. Were. You. Thinking.

Count Sylvius (The Mazarin Stone). The grade of villainous plot I expect from a literal cartoon.

#sherlock holmes #acd canon #letters from watson spoilers #the devil's foot