[ SECRET POST #2503 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2503 ⌋

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SA

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, just needed to add: this of course doesn't mean he totally absolutely has a mental disorder -- it's possible that he's just a very odd person with no diagnosable or categorizable problem -- but there's definitely enough evidence to make the case that does have one, and your argument that of course he doesn't have a disorder because he is capable of empathy is just as offensive as the idea that he ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY HAS X SPECIFIC DISORDER...which is kind of impossible to determine because he's a fictional character written by a 19th century person who had no idea what most mental disorders were and was not basing Holmes's entire personality on a real person, and not every single aspect of his personality needed for such a diagnosis is available for analysis.

Re: SA

[dreemyweird]

Actually, I agree that borderline issues are a valid interpretation. I don't see the character this way, and I certainly cannot see him having a full-blown personality disorder (...well, maybe a mild bipolar. Maybe.), but it's there.

Another thing, however, is that I don't see much sense in interpreting pre-twentieth century fictional characters as mentally ill, unless they were based on some very specific experiences the author had with real mentally ill folks or on some person who had mental issues. [or unless their problems are blatantly obvious, of course, but that's beside the point]. The point is, the 19th century characters are not 19th century people - they're a secondary product, mostly created by authors who had no clue as to what personality disorders are. Even if it is in the canon, it was not intended as an illness.

IDK, I'm a bit of two minds about it. There was ACD's father, but it was an obvious case, and he was pretty much perfectly dysfunctional in the end. I don't think it had anything to do with Holmes.

But the anon's phrasing was awkward, true. I assumed they only meant Asperger's while talking about empathy.