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sostrangechild

Take a guess...

Oct 26, 2010 18:08

Which is Watson and which is Holmes?
( No, seriously, take a guess... )

character: sherlock, rating: pg, warning: what the hell?, art: sherlock holmes, character: john

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miss_variety October 26 2010, 09:53:04 UTC

I can't get over that they seem to have the same hair colour... freaky. :)

Sorry, no idea where to find it though. Good luck. :)

sostrangechild October 26 2010, 10:44:46 UTC

Freaky? Would it be rude of me to ask why it's freaky? Just the long-established head!canon that Watson's blonde and Holmes is raven-haired?

Thanks! It seems to be out of print, but you never know...:)

miss_variety October 26 2010, 12:43:20 UTC

Its not rude to ask. :) Its just that I'm so used to Watson being blonde and Holmes dark brownish. Its a physical aspect that reflects how different they are (apart from the obvious such as Watson's limp and 'tache.)

I've just gotten used to a blonde Watson and a darker haired Holmes, to be honest. With the same hair colour, they look more like brothers than flatmates/friends. Which just doesn't fit my head canon. :)

sostrangechild October 26 2010, 14:27:17 UTC

I thought so. :) It really threw me off as well and I had to do a triple take, piece my head!canon back together, and look at it again. The tanned one should be Watson! He should have rocking mo'! What were you thinking JET (artist/author)?! Ironically enough, she/he apparently did another adaption that was much more faithful to the original - from the tiny pictures of the covers of the second adaption, it was pretty much a Brett!Holmes in manga form...weird, isn't it?

miss_variety October 26 2010, 15:23:59 UTC

Hmm, yes I'd say it was Brett!Holmes in manga form, definately weird though.

Have to admit, when you said the tanned one was Holmes I did a double take. Not only in canon is Watson physically described as 'brown as a nut', in my head I've always had Holmes as pale, very very pale.

sostrangechild October 26 2010, 22:53:21 UTC

"Sherlock Holmes no Bouken" - definitely more faithful from looks alone. It's still doing my head in that it's the same artist as the one above.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz288/sostrangechild/brettholmesmanga.png

See? (Hopefully that's clickable for you - I didn't want to embed the thing and mess with the journal format.)

Yeah, I've always imagined Watson to be olive-skinned and tanned, while Holmes...Holmes give me the impression of a classical vampire. Pale, widow's peak, aquiline nose, silver eyes...

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