[ SECRET POST #2797 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2797 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Er, Mary's 14 when they meet, and "the dance", as it were, doesn't really start until Mary's at Oxford. And last I knew, they weren't accepting children into Oxford.

The books have their massive flaws, but Holmes being a pedophile isn't one of them.

[(Anonymous)]

Except that later in the series, Holmes admit he had feelings from the first time he saw her, when she was very much underage. You're right though, pedophile is inaccurate. I guess "ephebophile" is more appropriate, though the power imbalance would be dodgy even if Mary had been legal. Not only is there a 30+ year age gap, but she's extremely vulnerable and completely lacking in the support of family (her aunt is hostile to her situation) or friends.

[(Anonymous)]

He also mistook her for a BOY. So how accurate that admission was, and how much of it was Holmes trying to be romantic is up for debate.

[(Anonymous)]

Holmes 'trying to be romantic'? That's your problem, right there.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't understand your reasoning. Why would it be romantic for Holmes to say, "I thought you were a 15 year old boy and I loved you from the first time we met"?

And yeah, like the other anon said, Holmes being romantic and Holmes falling in love with a teenage boy OR girl is wildly OOC.

[(Anonymous)]

Context. If I recall the scene in question, he'd just been pulled from the Thames after an explosion and was in the process of proposing marriage, it's less strange than it sounds. Also, they shook hands to seal the deal.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay. I'm still not sure how Holmes falling in love with a teenager (boy or girl) is romantic. If you're saying we shouldn't take what he says at face value, that still prompts us to ask why he'd say that. "Romantic" doesn't really make sense.