28.01.12
To mark the anniversary of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting, brave souls ventured out into the winter winds of London. Full of laughs, smiles, and an enduring love, they gathered outside the famous door and proclaimed their support for The Great Consulting Detective
The Sherlock Holmes Anniversary Meetup 2012 in London had over 50 people who Believed in Sherlock Holmes. They also want you to Save Undershaw, the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
You can find out more about this meet up and others at sherlock-meetup.livejournal.com
Help to save Undershaw by visiting The Undershaw Preservation Trust at www.saveundershaw.com
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Post Reichenbach Playlist
Jim Moriarty. Hi-i. Okay, so I’m being wacked tonight. Anywho, hi fellow broken Sherlockians. Below is my Post Reichenbach Playlist. Maybe something below will help you in your grief… aka make it worse, but yeah. Note that some are sort of slashy, I suppose. I’m of the opinion that a few things can cross over between friendship and romance (after all, any strong friendship includes friendship-love). I reference my rambly post on John and Sherlock from way back when (see here) for my personal John/Sherlock philosophy. Best bromance ever, in short.
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A Drop in the Ocean, Ron Pope
Full of Grace, Sarah McLachan (and a shout-out to fellow Buffy lovers.)
The Lonely, Christina Perri
Running Up That Hill, Placebo
Skinny Love, Birdy
A Thousand Years, Christina Perri (As if you didn’t feel bad enough already, here is a fantastic (and painful) video based on Alone on the Water, the masterpiece by Madlori.)
I believe in Sherlock Holmes…
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So… I guess you all have heard/read/seen the news. It’s been pretty hard to miss it - the death of Sherlock Holmes. I’m gutted but I’m doing my best to keep it together. I don’t know about you guys, but I refuse to believe it. That he was a fraud. He just can’t have been, can’t have! I saw him at a crime scene once, I had followed the sound of sirens in hope it’d be one of his cases, and there is NO WAY he was a fake. You can’t make that sort of shit up, he was too good! He was an inspiration for all of us to be more observant in our every day lives, and I won’t accept the so called truth about Sherlock that is all over the media. I know you feel like I do, and now it’s our turn to show that we haven’t lost faith in him. Sherlock might be gone, but I won’t sit silent!
#BELIEVEINSHERLOCK
Imagine being a Sherlock fan in the show universe. You’ve been following John’s blog, stalking Sherlock a bit at crime scenes, try to be within earshot so you can hear him do his deductions. You’ve got cutouts from the papers. Then the news reach you. What do you do? Some would believe the papers, but not everyone would buy it. And they would do what they could to clear his name.
This is my take on what I would like to propose as a tribute campaign, to show our love and support. Yes, in real life. We put ourselves in the mindset of the in-show fans, and we take a Bad Wolf/Who Killed Amanda Palmer twist on it. Guerilla art/campaigning. (Not sure if everyone is familiar with WKAP. Palmer is an american artist who in order to promote her album told her fans to spread rumours about her death through street art. I can’t seem find any of it documented online though I’m afraid)
Let’s scribble on cubicle doors, back of bus seats, lamp posts. I won’t tell anyone to do anything illegal, but graffiti like in the pictures would be amazing. Paint on t-shirts, make buttons, go to the beach and write in the sand. Take photos of what you’ve done, put on twitter or tumblr and tag it!
suggestions of things to write:
- I believe in Sherlock Holmes
- Moriarty was real
- Richard Brook = FRAUD
- No doubt, Sherlock! (instead of no shit)
And feel free to come up with your own stuff!
Using digital media and spray paint is relevant to this chapter of the fandom. Why repeat what the original fandom did, when we can do something that is unique to us?
(I suggest you just grab an old t-shirt and slap some paint on it, but in case you’re not able to do that, I took the text from the two examples here and put them on a couple of shirts)
PLEASE SPREAD AND REBLOG!
Aaaah yes! I love this kind of stuff. Not sure many people in a little town in Sweden are gonna get it, but it’ll be fun nevertheless. Totes doing a Moriarty shirt tomorrow!
Won’t graffiti, but I will TOTALLY make some flyers and stuff. Hell yes. Totally doing this!
Hey, Hey, everyone, make stickers, make flyers, mare shirts and buttons, let’s do this, let’s make “No Doubt Sherlock” the equivalent of the “Frodo LIVES” statements of the 1950s.
In the 1950s, my Dad lived in New York for a few years, and he remembers seeing “Frodo Lives!” scrawled on trams, buses, sidewalks, walls, on sign poles and even on flyers in shop windows.
Let’s do the same. Work for a coffee shop? work it into the signs.
Work for a chain restaurant or a mom and pop store of any kind? Totally post it somewhere!
Make a statement, and maybe meet new fans, we number over 20 million strong… LET’S PROVE THAT.
Those are some amazing suggestions!
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If we’re very, very lucky.
Don’t be dead. Would you do that, just for me.
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He was my best friend and I’ll always believe in him.
The latest video from John’s blog for everybody who isn’t lucky enough to live in the UK.
- Prime Minister Travels To Geneva For Sustainable Energy Summit
- Hundreds Of School Closed In Scotland As Country Experiences Strong Wind
- Footballer Ian Farrington Announces Retirement
- Internet Detective Sherlock Holmes Falls To His Death From Roof Of London Hospital
- Killer of TV Star Connie Prince Launches Appeal
- Economic Slump Continues As Unemployment Figures Rise
- Further Protests At Dartmoor Research Facility Over Animal
The text from the scroll at the bottom, for anyone who, like me, is twerpy enough to want to know.
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This was the most moving part of the entire episode if you ask me. I think this is where Sherlock realizes how strongly John believes in him. Remember when he was surprised that John didn’t suggest he was the murderer when he had the pink suitcase? He probably took it as naivety. Then he tried to convince him that he’s not someone to look up to as a hero in TGG. And even in Reichenbach he didn’t understand why John didn’t believe the theory that he may be a fraud. He said he just didn’t want to admit that he was misled. But here, look at him here.. He seems so touched. He’s so happy he breaks character. Sherlock. The master of disguise, in a situation where it’s so important to convince John that he’s telling the truth.
Just imagine spending your whole life alone and misunderstood, hated and envied by everyone around you, and then someone turns up who shows this kind of admiration and respect for you.
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