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Okay first off, I had to delay fandomtrees reveals because not everyone had two gifts, if you could take a look at the needy list I'd appreciate it, the minimum is only a drabble (100 words) for fic and a sketch for art. And now onto the Snowflake challenge!

Challenge #5

Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom.

I don't know what to put here other than joy. Fandom has really given me joy in my life when other stuff is going badly.


Challenge #6

Share your favourite piece of original canon.

I could share so many things here, but since Sherlock Holmes has been taking over my brain, lets talk the Granada adaptation. I have mentioned before that this adaptation follows the books very closely, they make some changes, but the changes they do make I think work well. I'd say the biggest change is that Watson does not marry Mary Morstan after the Sign of Four, there is some hint that he is attracted to her in that episode, however nothing ever comes of it. I think this probably made sense for the TV series production wise, plus it is great for the viewer, because Holmes and Watson remain together at Baker St. for the entire series.

They are so married in this adaptation! I don't mean that literally, it was shot in the late 1980s and early 1990s, so they are nothing but best friends in canon, but they do very much act like they are the most important people in each other's lives. Plus they bicker like an old married couple much of the time.

There are two different actors who play Watson during the series, which sounds bad, but they really made it work. I talk more about the two Watsons in this meta post if you're interested. Another thing is that both actors are in their late middle ages (50s) when the show starts, and you get to see them growing older together, and there is something wonderful in that. I don't know if it is just me, but I find it hard to imagine Holmes and Watson as young, when I read the books when I was young I always pictured them as older men.

I'm pretty sure the whole series is on YouTube, the Youtube channel Your Daily Brew has I think all the episodes uploaded, and they are in the original TV format, so they don't look stretched like others do. Unfortunately, they are not in a playlist, so you will have to check Wikipedia first to get the viewing order.

Anyways, if my blabbering hasn't sold you on the show, enjoy some shippy gifs instead:

Them walking arm in arm:



Watson tending Holmes' wounds:



Holmes' caressing Watson's face after fainting:



Holmes and Watson trying not to laugh at Lestrade:



Lingering in doorways: