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My younger sister was here the other day, and she desired a google image search for "Doctor Watson." Uh, because. No idea. I humoured her.

Anyway, we got some Sidney Paget illustrations, approximately a thousand picture of Jude Law, one picture of Jeremy Brett and Edward Harwicke (honestly, that's it?), and someone's pictures of their wargaming miniatures, themed around the exploration of Africa.

Which I thought was kind of cool.

Here are some spear-wielding natives, here are some lions, here are some pith-helmeted explorers. That sort of thing.

And then there is Dr. Watson.



I can tell you, I'm honestly not entirely sure what Watson's doing exploring Africa, or why he's a part of this set. I could get into this whole canon-debate about the likelihood that he's even been to Africa, except a lot of the argument comes down to 'does Australia count as a continent,' and I admit it's likely he would have been, if at least just en route to India. That's hardly 'exploration.'

But look at him. He's here to kick ass and take names. And his gun is bigger than his head.

I love it.