[ SECRET POST #3921 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3921 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: Transcript by OP

[deird1]

The distinction is between Watson and Doyle.

Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes novels. John Watson wrote the Sherlock Holmes novels. Both of these are facts - but the first is a fact from outside the novels, and the second is a fact from inside the novels.

If a character suddenly decides to leave their job as a member of the Elite Crimefighters R Us, and moves to Boston on a whim never to be seen again, there will be two explanations for their behaviour. The "Watsonian" explanation is that the character has always wanted to live in Boston, and has just been given their dream job there. The "Doylist" explanation is that the actor needed to be fired because of their drug use and harrassment of the makeup artist.

Everything that happens in a TV show or movie will have the Watsonian explanation (in-universe), and the Doylist explanation (real life).

Re: Transcript by OP

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT and I understand the Watsonian/Doylist dichotomy but I don't understand what is meant by a "Watsonian canon decision". It seems contradictory - having a conversation about the decisions that the creative staff of a show make is intrinsically pretty Doylist. I'm not sure what a Watsonian decision about canon would even look like.

Re: Transcript by OP

[(Anonymous)]

and ultimately, isn't everything "Watson" does (the in-universe explanation) controlled by Doyle anyhow?

The trick is crafting the in-universe explanation for a change in such a way that the reader/viewer's immersion in the world isn't broken; that we take Reichenbach Falls as a natural outcome of Holmes' struggle with Moriarty, and not immediately as "oh Doyle is sick of writing this characer so he's killed him off" ?