sunday post of fun!

[garamsythe]

Two orders of business today! First: I've been thinking of doing a contest in the near future. It could be the first of a series of contests, and I thought of a few categories like macros, graphics, fics, fanvids, or anything else that might showcase your love for our dear Holmes. Would ya'll be interested in participating? I'm still trying to

Comments

[e_colberto]

Dude, it was ACD's birthday yesterday...we should have a party.

[canadian_plant]

I remember first learning about this story from the children's program Arthur. One of the characters wrote her party invitations up in the dancing men code. Hee :-)

[e_colberto]

I love this story; Holmes is really at the top of his game. And the Granada episode is very very good.

Also, in this set photo from the 2009 movie, you can see the dancing men on the mantle. A very nice touch:

[garamsythe]

Whoa, that's awesome! Too bad they're too blurry to read. I bet it spells "buttsex" or something, haha.

I didn't know yesterday was ACD's birthday! Does it warrant a party post?

[e_colberto]

I'm down to party but it's up to you.

[garamsythe]

This was actually listed as one of ACD's favorite Holmes stories, and I can see why. He really takes his clients cases seriously and you can tell he's devastated when Hilton Cubitt is dead and his wife injured. This isn't the first time he's been emotionally affected by something like this, which I found interesting because Dr. House on the tv series House M.D. (who, of course, is based on Sherlock Holmes) is quite the opposite and cares mostly about solving the mystery more than his patients. The balance of empathy and efficiency of solving cases is what makes Holmes such a likeable character. (:

[souperbassi26]

I just finished reading this a few days ago. It might be one of my favorites so far. I dunno why, it was just great.

(Sorry I don't have more right now, I'm still a big ball of emotion after the Lost finale.)