[ SECRET POST #3217 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3217 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I like Canon!Irene, but I have to point out that all she did to defeat Holmes was get the hell out of Dodge before he could act. He even says "We'll go over there at 8:00 am and she won't be up yet and we can take the photo when we're left to wait in the parlour" and then she's already gone when they get there. Morning people: Sherlock Holmes' Achilles heel.

She fell for the fake fire trick and for Holmes' disguise very cleanly. She got a little of her own back by dressing in disguise and him not recognizing her, but while it proves she's as good as Holmes in that regard it wasn't part of a crafty escape plan. She literally just got on a boat and left town.

Canon!Irene was in love with another dude, married him during the course of the story, and then they left London together and got the hell on with their lives. If the story had been told from Irene's perspective, Holmes would be merely a minor bump in the road. To the extent that I have issues with Sherlock!Irene, it's not that Sherlock outwits her, but that Sherlock is such a big deal for her - someone she has to brood over as much as he does over her, even though canonically we only see him being broody about the whole thing while she's just like "LOL whatever bye." Plus, I wanted to see her slip past him by cross-dressing.

[(Anonymous)]

She couldn't have left town without seeing through Holmes' deception, even if took her a while. Not only does she leave town, but she does it with style, neatly punctures the Grand Duke's bullshit story about her being a blackmailer, fools the master of disguise with a disguise practically on his own doorstep and proves herself to be far more honorable than Holmes' client. It might not seem like much, but it's more than most of Holmes' adversaries ever manage to do, which is why she ranks so high in his opinion... and ACD fandom's.