: Wake Your Watsons Up 16/30: Mid-case Brainstorming doodle by ireallyshouldbedrawing
:Wake Your Watsons Up 16/30: Mid-case Brainstormingdoodle by ireallyshouldbedrawing • ficlet by ColebaltBluealso on AO3—-When Sherlock Holmes found his mind occupied by one of his little “brain puzzles” as he referred to them (I thought of them as “armchair cases” since he rarely left his armchair to solve them) there was often room for little else - sleeping, eating, etc.Early in our association I would attempt to engage and respond to him, but I soon realized that he did not actually need me to respond, but rather would just as soon address his comments to his bedpost. Which suited me just fine - I was happy to serve as his bedpost.I had eaten my dinner, read the evening paper, responded to my correspondence, and spent some time organizing our case notes all while he muttered, sulked, scratched at his violin, tossed papers about, and otherwise thought aloud with his whole body. The answer was absurdly simple.Although Holmes was certainly the Great Deductionist - he also could be remarkably dense at times when it came to the simplest affairs. Especially those involving jilted lovers, jealous brothers, or thieving maids. He shook me awake last night after sitting beside me for hours, rambling all the while, still fully dressed, as I slumbered the night away and finally said, “it’s the footman.”I simply responded, “no, it was the maid,” and promptly fell back asleep. -- source link
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