February Activity Post
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Continuing on with our violet theme, for this activity we’d like you to have a go at putting together conversations for the canon characters using only flowers and their associated meanings.
For example:
Mrs. Hudson:
Fleur-de-Luce (Fire).
Birdsfoot Trefoil (Revenge).
Wild Tansy (I declare war against you).
Holmes:
Raspberry (Remorse).
Red Columbine (Anxious and trembling).
Mrs. Hudson:
Jacob's Ladder (Come down).
Coltsfoot (Justice shall be done).
Holmes:
Major Convolvulus (Extinguished hopes).
For your convenience, I will add a link to Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers here. But do feel free to use any sources you like.
As always, you needn’t take part in this activity if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.
Please see the profile for the full posting guidelines!
For example:
Mrs. Hudson:
Fleur-de-Luce (Fire).
Birdsfoot Trefoil (Revenge).
Wild Tansy (I declare war against you).
Holmes:
Raspberry (Remorse).
Red Columbine (Anxious and trembling).
Mrs. Hudson:
Jacob's Ladder (Come down).
Coltsfoot (Justice shall be done).
Holmes:
Major Convolvulus (Extinguished hopes).
For your convenience, I will add a link to Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers here. But do feel free to use any sources you like.
As always, you needn’t take part in this activity if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.
Please see the profile for the full posting guidelines!
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Date: 2018-02-11 04:02 pm (UTC)Golden rod precaution
Fleur-de-lis flame
Mrs Hudson
Pomegranate foolishness
Lobelia malevolence
Holmes
Camomile energy in adversity
Chinese chrysanthemum cheerfulness under adversity
Mrs Hudson
Sadly the message has been rendered into ash
Holmes
Wormwood absence
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Date: 2018-02-11 07:30 pm (UTC)Mrs. Hudson:
Pennyroyal (Flee away),
Creeping Cereus (Modest genius).
Mistletoe (I surmount [all] difficulties).
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Date: 2018-02-13 01:09 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2018-02-14 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-14 01:21 am (UTC)It wasn't one of my best ideas - shall we all skip this one and I'll concentrate on coming up with an interesting post for Mrs. Hudson?
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Date: 2018-02-14 08:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-14 08:48 am (UTC)You could always begin a conversation for someone else to reply.
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Date: 2018-02-14 08:01 pm (UTC)Very true. That's another possibility.
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Date: 2018-02-16 04:39 pm (UTC)Weeping Willow - Mourning
Mourning Bride - I have lost all
Asphodel - My regrets follow you to the grave
Holmes
Truffle - Surprise
Watson
Deep Red Carnation - Alas! for my poor heart
White Catchfly - Betrayed
Holmes
Carolina Jasmine - Separation
Goat's Rue - Reason
Rhododendron - Danger
Bearded Crepis - Protection
Watson
Flos Adonis. - Painful recollections
Helenium - Tears
Holmes
Raspberry - Remorse
Holmes
Chickweed - Rendezvous
Hazel -Reconciliation
Persicaria - Restoration
Lily of the Valley - Return of happiness
Watson
Jacob's Ladder. - Come down
Milkvetch - Your presence softens my pains
Holmes
Christmas Rose - Relieve my anxiety
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Date: 2018-02-16 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-18 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-16 10:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-18 12:21 am (UTC)It was certainly a challenge, but fun. Thanks for providing the link to the Language of the Flowers book, it’s a neat resource.
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Date: 2018-02-18 09:11 pm (UTC)And it's actually more Okapi you have to thank for the Kate Greenaway book - I only found out it existed because she mentioned using it for fics ^_^
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Date: 2018-02-17 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-18 12:17 am (UTC)Oh! Did you see the spleen one? Why the frick would victorians want to send spleen? Is there some British joke I’m totally missing? Spleen must be used because it’s so random!
BBC Sherlock
Persimon - Bury me amid Nature's beauties
Fumitory – Spleen[s]
That’s about as far as I’ve gotten with using it. It reminds me more of BBC Sherlock though…
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Date: 2018-02-18 02:09 am (UTC)Spleen in this case means irritation or bad temper. Like spite. Which is a lot like BBC Sherlock. But just a reminder that this is an ACD comm...
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Date: 2018-02-19 02:37 am (UTC)Lol, oh goodness, I am so off! Thought of the organ and had no idea there was another meaning to it. Neat! I wonder if other organs have other meanings like spleen...
Buuuuutttt... What if I'm doing a body swap crossover and BBC Sherlock interacts with ACD Watson? 0:-) OK, ok, I'll be good. :)
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Date: 2018-02-19 11:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-18 02:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-19 02:57 am (UTC)Lol, it makes even less sense the more I think about it. Why are spleens angry? Might need to turn off logic now.
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Date: 2018-02-19 11:03 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2018-02-19 11:13 am (UTC)First meeting at Barts
Date: 2018-02-21 05:27 am (UTC)WATSON: Truffle! [Surprise!] & Fern! [Fascination!]
STAMFORD: Whole Straw? [Union?]
HOLMES: Sage? [Domestic Virtue?] Osier [Frankness]
WATSON [frowning]: Sainfoin [Agitation] & Fig [Argument] & Anemone [Sickness] & Mesembryanthemum [Idleness]
HOLMES: Buckbean [Calm repose] & Iceland Moss [Heath]
WATSON: Straw [Agreement]. Sage? [Domestic Virtue?] Osier [Frankness]
HOLMES [frowning]: Rye Grass [Changeable disposition] & Dark Geranium [Melancholy]
HOLMES: Bundles of Red with their panicles? [Music?]
WATSON: Oats [The witching soul of music]
HOLMES: Double China Aster [I partake of your sentiments].
Chickweed? [Rendezvous?]
WATSON: Straw [Agreement].
HOLMES & WATSON: Zephyr flower [Expectation]
Re: First meeting at Barts
Date: 2018-02-21 12:03 pm (UTC)Re: First meeting at Barts
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Date: 2018-02-22 11:30 pm (UTC)Re: First meeting at Barts
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