[ SECRET POST #2583 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2583 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, no? I could believe that if Watson wrote A Study In Scarlet very early on, but Watson wouldn't have written that in his book six whole years later in 1887, and Holmes wouldn't have affirmed it around the same time in The Five Orange Pips. There's absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Holmes was twitting Watson. Whereas there is plenty of evidence that he genuinely didn't know then, but learned it later, either willingly or by accident.

I mean, it's a cool (and sort of hilarious) theory for a fanfic or something (like, maybe Watson intentionally put his totally mistaken list, which he knew was mistaken, in his book and implied that his list was true and that Holmes seriously didn't know what the solar system was for shits and giggles), but it sure as hell ain't a remotely logical evidence-based interpretation of canon.

I've never seen any classic Sherlockians claim unilaterally that Holmes was having Watson on with the sun remark. I've heard a couple people speculate that he could have been having Watson on, but no "yeah, that's wrong." Although classic Sherlockians are utterly ridiculous people who think it's logical to assume that Watson was a coward who self-inflicted his wound to get out of the army, and that it's more logical that he was concealing the fact that he was married to Lucy Ferrier than that he mixed up a date or two or lied about it to protect a client's privacy. So I don't really care what they say.

On the other hand, people can't just "forget" things at will, no matter what Holmes claims, so I always did side-eye his solar system remark, though more for what the fuck his family life and education was like, rather than assuming he was lying.