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fandomsecrets2014-04-30 07:04 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-04-30 07:04 pm
[ SECRET POST #2675 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2675 ⌋
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Re: Episodes you wish were more popular
I also love it from a Game perspective -- this isn't a case, or a mystery, or an adventure. It has nothing about Holmes' intellect or fancy badass skills. Watson wrote that whole story just because he wanted to tell everyone about how Holmes is a wonderful person and how he loves and admires him so much.
Re: Episodes you wish were more popular
Your comment just reminded me of a conversation I had with a Holmesian friend of mine when we discussed humour in Doyle's stories. She remarked that Watson's first-person witticisms aren't the only type of humour to be found in the canon - in fact, Watson's descriptions of Holmes's jokes, smiles, twinkles etc. are also there to amuse. If Watson didn't find all that funny and/or heartwarming he wouldn't have included it in his works. For example, the BLUE scene where Holmes laughs is used to create this sweet Christmassy atmosphere and is in fact Watson's narrative analogue of warm laughter.
And it is sort of fascinating that these feelings probably belong to Doyle as much as they belong to Watson, seeing as Doyle didn't put much thought into his characters and mostly relied on his own emotional intuition.
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Anyway, I feel like the fact that Watson used bits of his life with Holmes to give his stories emotional appeal, to make the reader smile or laugh, or, hell, even show the audience the friendship that existed between Holmes and him, though a well-established part of the Game, hadn't until recently been properly appreciated by me.
Re: Episodes you wish were more popular