[ SECRET POST #2539 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2539 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

03. http://i.imgur.com/Uglg1t3.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Lestrade was my favourite character in any Sherlock Holmes story I ever read.

[dreemyweird]

'course he was <333 That's why I love Duncan!Lestrade. He simultaneously screws up everything he does and manages to be a sympathetic character.

This picture though. Holmes and Watson are all like "ffs, did you seriously do that, Lestrade", and Lestrade goes "weeeellll yeah sorry dudes I fucked up royally". God, Paget was born for creating meme pics.

However, IDK about canon Lestrade. Though I do not remember him being an outstanding intellectual in the canon, he did do decent police work (that is to say, Holmes often relied upon him to do this or that, and he never let Holmes down). Besides, the focus of the stories is on Holmes; of course Holmes solves all the cases before Lestrade does. It is quite plausible to think that with less complicated mysteries, Lestrade manages perfectly fine.

Although it is also true that on a number of occasions Lestrade has been plain wrong. So, yeah. Bungling is there.

[(Anonymous)]

God, Paget was born for creating meme pics.

Yes! I loved that series that was circulating a while back.

Secret 3 - Sherlock Holmes

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is an illustration of Inspector Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson from the "Sherlock Holmes" books.]

I always thought Lestrade was adorable. Especially his bungling.

[(Anonymous)]

The first actor I ever saw play Lestrade was Colin Jeavons in the Granada series. Lestrade has never been anything but adorable to me ever since.

[intrigueing]

Colin Jeavons is a total cutie pie :)

[intrigueing]

He was sort of a prick in A Study in Scarlet, but other than that I adored him. And...wait, this pic is from the Noble Bachelor, right? Where he hauls the wedding dress out of the pond and runs to Baker Street so he can say "LOOK LOOK I KNOW HOW TO DO THEES" and Holmes and Watson are like *double facepalm*? Because that was adorb. :)

Also, I get annoyed that so many people assume that Holmes was hostile to Lestrade or actively disliked or resented him. Holmes mostly had a "lol Lestrade u dumb shit" attitude early on, and then gradually came to respect his good qualities apart from his crappy investigative skills, and then eventually started to actually like him. It seemed more that Watson had more of a beef with Lestrade than Holmes early on, because he was all offended on Holmes's behalf over the police taking all the credit, hence probably why he was so harsh on him in A Study In Scarlet (though of course he started to like Lestrade quickly enough as well.)

By the way, I'll say it now: Lestrade totally knew what was going on at the end of Charles Augustus Milverton. You cannot convince me otherwise. ;)

[blueonblue]

I've always thought it was funny that Lestrade's physical description changes from story to story, "bulldog" vs "ferret".

Granada Lestrade is adorable and it's a great performance, he can portray the character's feelings of frustration/admiration and suspicion/respect without saying a word. Colin Jeavons is also amazing in the BBC House of Cards.

DI Greg Lestrade is my Lawful Good Silver Fox and all the capslock in the world can't describe how I feel about S/L in Sherlock, but he isn't really a Lestrade. Lestrade is supposed to be energetic and proud and always kind of wrong. He's not supposed to be his "handler".

[(Anonymous)]

His personality is described as "bulldog," but IIRC I don't think he's physically ever described as such.

Also, WHAT JEAVONS IS IN HOUSE OF CARDS? This information is relevant to my interests.

BBC!Lestrade is awesome but yeah, he's some OC who happens to be named Lestrade but otherwise has no antecedent in either canon or previous adaptations who got plopped into the show. Not that that makes him a worse character, it just means it's very hard to compare to any previous Lestrade because he bears little resemblance to any of them.

[blueonblue]

He plays Francis Urquhart's right hand man, he's kind of an evil puppy with delusions of grandeur. It's really good.

I think Lestrade is described as a bulldog in Hound of the Baskervilles, but that might have been ACD continuing the canine theme.

[dreemyweird]

Yes, and Urquhart is played by Ian Richardson, who played both Holmes and Dr. Joe Bell. It's a cinematographic combo

[(Anonymous)]

Lestrade is adorbz.

Even in Elementary, where he's a douche, I liked him (mostly coz he was played by Jon Pertwee's son).