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🐝 The Beekeeper's Picnic 🐝
Explore a seaside town in the 1920s and solve cosy mysteries as the (retired) Great Detective in this point and click adventure!
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The game will be available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
🌸 Features!
Visit and explore a seaside town It's the day of the village fete, a suspicious new neighbour has taken a lease on a long-abandoned cottage and something strange is happening down on the beach...
Interrogate and befriend a cast of eccentric characters
Make deductions and decisions. Puzzles often have multiple solutions, some of which may please your neighbours more than others. What path will you choose? Who will you enlist to help you?
Shape one of the most beloved literary partnerships of all time by choosing the form which the relationship between Holmes and Watson will take: are they dear friends, platonic partners, found family or a romantic couple?
Phone for help of you get stuck! Your older brother Mycroft is always ready to act as your consultant, just give him a call at his club if you need a hint.
🌸 Dates for your Diary!
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From Tuesday 19th September - A 30 day crowdfunding campaign for the project is underway with a chance to get lots of exciting rewards! There will also be a brand new demo released for you to play!
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Steam NextFest!
The Beekeeper's Picnic is taking part in Steam's Next Fest from the 9th to the 16th of October! Keep an eye out for livesteams and other fun!
The lovely new cover artwork is by @gooolabatooo Music by @sandygarnelle
me and my malewife boyfailure lurking
me: okay time to go to slee-
my brain: in the sign of the four, holmes professes decisively that he will never marry, lest it clouds his judgment, nor will he ever love. in later stories, however, we see him saying things like "should i ever marry" or "should i ever have a son". he seems to have become quietly more open to the possibility of love ever since his relationship with watson flourished because watson makes holmes believe in love
me, crying: fuck you
“‘You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake, say that you are not hurt!’ It was worth a wound -- it was worth many wounds -- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.”
Narrative of John Watson
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, Arthur Conan Doyle
“Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.” - Sherlock Holmes (Adventure of the Creeping Man, Arthur Conan Doyle)
i don't know why but this quote just hits me in the feels. "if inconvenient, come all the same."
maybe love is about finding your way to each other even when it's inconvenient.
After our heart, singular. Awwww so precious 🥰. See, as an American, I would have said "after our own hearts"--plural, two people with two separate hearts. I don't know if it's a British thing, his using heart in the singular or if it's a wonderful way for Arthur Conan Doyle to emphasize the intimate closeness of Holmes and his Watson, but either way I love it 🩷🩷🩷
Sherlock, babykins, don't be so jealous of John's patients. He loves you more than them, don't worry. 🩷🩷🩷
Ah, nothing like a lovely evening stroll with the love of your life while he has you hanging on to his every word 🥰.
Bonus--
Doesn't that just conjure up images of domestic bliss and harmony? 😊
Sherlock showing up at Watson and Mary's unannounced at almost midnight, asking Watson if he can spend the night in the bachelor room (you know they stayed up together 😉), and inviting Watson to spend the next day with him, and Watson agreeing enthusiastically is so them 😂😂🥰
Reading Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories in order is exactly like watching two people fall in love in real time.
In other words, "Thanks, babe! You know me so well. 🥰"
Sherlock being all flirty and cute with Watson because he doesn't want to clean up the tons of paper he's got scattered everywhere is....sigh...kinda relatable ☺️😂
I'm re-reading Sherlock Holmes and re-watching Good Omens for all the teeny tiny bits of goodness so I can know everything possible about my precious little OTPs 💕💕💕
(They're so precious! ☺️)
You know if Sherlock ever wanted to adopt and raise a kid that John would be supporting him every step of the way 🥹😁
A simple art quote I made inspired by one of the sweetest and most romantic scenes I've ever read. ☺️
Two years ago I binge read every Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle. Before I started the only things I knew was that Holmes was the detective, Watson was the doctor who worked for him, they were colleagues who solved cases when Sherlock was too baffled on his own, then they went their separate ways until Sherlock needed help again. I wasn't prepared for both of them living at 221B Baker Street, or the fact they spent nearly the entirety of their time together even after the last clue was discovered and the culprit apprehended, or how when John would vaguely try to settle down with a wife he'd return to Sherlock at any given moment. In short, I never expected it to be a love story, and I never would have guessed those two men would move into my heart to stay. 🥰
Top 10 (Johnlock) ships
So, @msholmes02 tagged me on this (Thank you ❤️). I decided to break this blog’s dynamic a little and do this Top 10.
To not get too far from the theme of the blog, I will tag a top 10 Johnlock ships
1) Granada Holmes (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
I think this is one of the best Sherlock Holmes adaptions and the relationship between (Both) Watson(s) and Holmes is a marvel. They so soft and tender to each other. (And it’s the closest to the canon)
2) ACD Canon
I would put this on first too, but there is something to Brett’s, Burke’s and Hardwicke’s acting and forces me to put this on second position. But still, their relationship in canon is so beautiful and pure and makes my heart melt.
3) BBC Sherlock
Besides everything that happened in the series, this is still one of my favourites. I won’t criticise everything that I think is wrong with the series, because this is not the place for me to do so. But oh! If they had taken advantage of the things they had…
4) The Great Mouse Detective
The movie is awesome! Like, if you didn’t watched it, do it like immediately. And their relationship between Basil and Dawson is so funny and wonderful.
5) Richie Holmes
Despite the distancing from the book, their relationship in this saga does not lose to the other adaptations, in my opinion. They love (and hate) each other. And their dynamic is hilarious.
6) Russian Holmes
They are married, this is all I have to say.
7) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The movie is really great. It shows a perspective from their relationship that few dared to show. But, it shows a Holmes visibly pining, and a Watson that is (purposely) obtuse to it.
8) Rathbone’s Holmes
It’s a classic and their relationship has its moments. It’s not something that you can smell the romance. But the films are quite good.
9) Miss Sherlock
The newest of Holmes adaptations have interesting perspectives on Wato and Sherlock’s relationship (They are similar to BBC Sherlock and somehow totally different). And in my opinion it promises more in the others series.
10) House and Wilson
For those who doesn’t know, the House and Wilson characters are based on Holmes and Watson. Whoever watches the series falls in love with their relationship. Wilson is the most important person on House’s life and the contrary is also truth.
It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask (…) For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.
Hey May 31 anon!! Here is your third picture! I can’t believe that another year has passed already. I hope that it was a good one for you and everybody else! (۶* ‘ꆚ’)۶”