“Data, data, data! I can’t make bricks without clay!” the iconic literary sleuth Sherlock Holmes once declared. Over a hundred years after his debut, Adam Frost and Jim Kynvin went back through Conan-Doyle’s stories to in search of data to explain Sherlock’s enduring appeal. Above are some of the fun tidbits they uncovered.
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In the original Sherlock, he and Mary get on very well. Where she’s turned up in movie versions, it is always a spiky relationship. But why would they not get on? We really liked the idea that Sherlock immediately takes to Mary and she takes to him. There was lots of stuff we never used, like she would go around for violin lessons and John would not know. They’re just great friends.
Steven Moffat at Sherlocked ‘How do you describe the relationship between Sherlock and Mary?‘ – (x)
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1. Holmes smiled in that infuriating, though affectionate, way of his. “Ah, Watson, You need to polish up on your French. Grantaire – or grand R; capital R. An approprate moniker. And a clever man to adopt it. I do not think drink dulled his wits much, Léa.”
2. “Well, you were the one who shot me,” said the Master, in the manner of a petulant child. “You were a very very NAUGHTY girl, Lucy.” She said ‘naughty’ as if she was spitting out a tasty sweet.
3. “All my thoughts of war and glory, and I never considered the grief of my brother, or my uncle, or any of those who may have loved me,” Eowyn said. “It feels almost like a punishment now, that I feel what they might have felt, had I fallen. Alas for my uncle! And alas for the uncle my children will not know.”
I googled world funniest joke and this was it
Of course the Sherlock fandom is the only fandom with its shit together enough to have a joke
This predates the BBC Sherlock show but okay
Hey, there was a Sherlock fandom before the show…!
Hey, did you know there was a real Charles Augustus Milverton/Magnussen? I didn’t.
one of the defining character moments of elementary’s version of holmes comes pretty early in the show, imo
he’s at an expensive restaurant with watson on the company dime of a wall street firm, which he hates on principle
he notices a young couple nearby, and deduces that (A) the man is about to propose to the woman and (B) they can’t normally afford to eat at a place like this
cumberbatch-sherlock would just be a dick and rattle off a bunch of deductions about them to impress watson
downey-sherlock would be an even bigger dick, march up to the couple, and tell them everything about each other that might destroy their relationship
but miller-sherlock goes and buys them the most expensive wine on the list, and charges it to the wall street firm because man, fuck wall street
underappreciated characters meme > A character you love who is often villainized for their relationships
Mary Morstan – after YEARS of being knocked down for…reasons I am honestly unclear on…I’m hoping her time has come.
(Yes, I’m worried about tonight.)