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⌈ Secret Post #2580 ⌋

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Re: First Time Sherlock Holmes Readthrough III (ignore if you're uninterested, etc)

[(Anonymous)]

First thing: I like Lestrade. I knew he's a supporting character but I only saw him once or twice in the Adventures. Poor guy, going through all that worry in The Noble Bachelor and Holmes is like "oh that? haha you lose I solved offscreen it wanna see?" and Watson is like "lol".

Yessss. Lestrade is the best and so long-suffering. If you like him, you'll probably enjoy 'The Adventure of the Six Napoleons', when you get up to it. (Not for a while, unfortunately, if you're reading in order. It's in the 'Return' collection post-hiatus. But. Worth waiting for).

Also, is it me, or does Watson spend way too much time in this story wink-wink-nudge-nudge-ing at how much of a snob Lord St. Simon was?

Holmes and Watson being completely unimpressed by St. Simon's status was one of my favourite parts of that story. Between this and 'Scandal', you get the sense that they were not very impressed with Victorian classism at all, at least to a certain extent. Rather subversive of them, really.

Also, while Holmes was a dick to Watson about the stories, he was really very sweet about Violet. He trusts her to do a lot of pretty difficult stuff, and worries about her in between meetings and even mutters about it and acts all jittery.

I know! It's one of my favourite things. This and Violet herself are the reasons that Copper Beeches is probably my favourite of the early stories. That whole first interview where she basically tells him 'I have to do this, but I hoped you could back me up' and Holmes just goes 'Absolutely, summon me whenever you need'. It's wonderful. He doesn't tell her she can't go and take the job, doesn't tell her she can't handle it, he just tells her that he's got her back. I love that so much.

Why is it that when you do something badass, you only get once sentence, whereas Holmes gets all these adjective-filled paragraphs? Watson is such a peach.

Because boasting on your own behalf is crass, and not gentlemanly ;) Yes, Watson is an absolutely peach.