The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

One day in early spring [Holmes] had so far relaxed as to go for a walk with me in the Park, where the first faint shoots of green were breaking out upon the elms, and the sticky spear-heads of the chestnuts were just beginning to burst into their five-fold leaves. For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately.

I have a reply for you!

The sequel

Hey fellas, if your girl:

-is nosy af

-is very helpful and supportive

-loves to write

- enjoys adventure

-gets underestimated way too often

- reads a lot of sea stories

I am very sorry to tell you this but that is not your girl, that is Sherlock Holmes' fictional biographer, Dr. John Watson

#yea that’s Holmes’ girl

Accurate tag is accurate

From the introduction of Leslie Klinger’s New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

"their relationship is strictly platonic" "they're so in love" well, more importantly, they are fucking weird and abnormal about each other in an undeniable way

Little thing I did for The Watsonian. Watson during his service in Maiwand. patreon

I can't stop thinking about Mycroft and John's first interaction with each other.

testing out brushes w/ holmes n watson

I'm collecting Holmesian Johns, so far I've got two coachmen, two doctors, a murderer, and a bank robber. I would appreciate the submission of any other men named John from the canon with the story they appear in and ideally their profession, as I plan to put them in a spreadsheet for comparisons.

Oh boy, my database loves questions like this OK. I can't guarantee this is complete, but it's a ton of them. Includes mentions as well as appearances:

John, no last name -- Scandal in Bohemia, occupation: coachman John, no last name -- Twisted Lip, occupation: coachman John, no last name -- Missing Three-Quarter, occupation: butler John Baskerville -- Hound of the Baskervilles, occupation: not given John Clay -- Red-Headed League, occupation: bank robber John Clayton -- Hound of the Baskervilles, occupation: cabbie John Douglas -- Valley of Fear, occupation: secret detective John Ferrier -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: colonist John Hardy -- Empty House, occupation: not given John Vincent Harden -- Solitary Cyclist, occupation: millionaire John Hare -- Scandal in Bohemia, occupation: actor John Hebron -- Yellow Face, occupation: lawyer John Horner -- Blue Carbuncle, occupation: plumber John Hones -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: colonist John Mason -- Shoscombe Old Place, occupation: horse-trainer John Hector Macfarlane -- Norwood Builder, occupation: lawyer John Mitton -- Second Stain, occupation: valet John Hopley Neligan -- Black Peter, occupation: not given John Openshaw -- Five Orange Pips, occupation: not given John Rance -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: police constable John Scott Eccles -- Wisteria Lodge, occupation: not given John Sholto -- Sign of Four, occupation: army major John Straker -- Silver Blaze, occupation: horse-trainer John Swain -- Five Orange Pips, occupation: not given John Turner -- Boscombe Valley, occupation: landowner John Underwood -- Study in Scarlet, occupation: milliner John Warner -- Wisteria Lodge, occupation: gardener John H. Watson -- AKA James, occupation: liar

Sherlock Holmes, for all of the canon: "I'm not sure if it's normal for a guy to move into my apartment and start writing a biography about me, but I don't know enough about having friends to dispute it."

Because of this post.

Let sleeping Watsons lie.

Oh my God!My heart!!

A sketch of the originals “and they were roommates!”

What I imagine in my little brain everytime Holmes asks Watson to bring his revolver with him during a case.