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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

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    1. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      Something happens between them and Irene leaves, taking some embarrassing pictures with her as insurance. Insurance of what? She wants the king to leave her alone. She doesn't want money, she doesn't want jewels. She wants him gone.

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    2. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      The king is getting married, so he hires Holmes to go get those photos so he doesn't have to worry about Irene (he says). He basically gives Holmes a blank check, and Holmes jumps on the case like white on racism.

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    3. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      Irene turns out to be his level smart, Reverse Uno's him on a stake out (notably saying "Good Night, Mr. Holmes" once she's confirmed his identity) and then Irene gets married, takes her photo insurance and books it the fuck for America before Holmes and the King know she's gone.

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    4. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      She leaves a taunting photo for the King to remember her by, he reveals that he's very much Not Over It, and then Holmes, in a move that everyone assumes is romantic, asks for the photograph in lieu of payment.

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    5. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      It's not romantic. This is the Yellow Face all over again. Only it's much, much worse. The one thing that Holmes always did was protect the vulnerable, and this case had "Bad Idea" written all over it. Not the least of which is that Irene only wanted to be left alone.

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    6. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      Why bother taking photos from someone who just wants you to go away if the answer is anything honest? But Holmes allowed himself to be blinded by a paycheck. He didn't allow himself to see that he was violating his own principles.

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    7. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      Even worse was what would have happened if Irene had been anything less than who and what she was. If she had been less quick on the uptake, or even a little less quick on her feet, she would have been left facing a KING without any protection at all.

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    8. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      The only thing that saved Irene from Holmes's mistake was Irene. And he knew it. He knew the moment they opened the safe that he was on the wrong side, and that Irene had saved herself from him as much as from the King of Bohemia.

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    9. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020

      It wasn't romantic. It was evidence that Holmes had a conscience, and that he was aware of how catastrophic things could be if he wound up on the wrong side of justice. I really wish somebody would do THAT take in one of these adaptations.

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    10. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 26 Aug 2020
      Replying to @CWGaither

      Watson's protesting too much that Holmes didn't have any hint of prurient interest in Adler was inviting readers to close that gap in their imaginations and Holmes was right to be pissed at Watson for even bringing it up

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 26 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @CWGaither

      And the whole character tic of Holmes never referring to Adler by name but as "The Woman" probably wasn't the romantic love Doyle implied it could be (by having Watson stridently deny it) It's much more in character as a way for Holmes to remind himself of his failure

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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 26 Aug 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @CWGaither

          Holmes failed intellectually and professionally by allowing himself to be outsmarted by a woman, because he underestimated her for being a woman Holmes failed *morally* by allowing himself to be roped into siding against a woman by default, because he's a man burdened by sexism

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        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 26 Aug 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @CWGaither

          Just taking it for granted that the King's claim he needs protection in case Irene should decide to "act against him" makes any sense -- as though the risk to him is the important thing, as though news of their affair breaking out at all wouldn't be way more harmful to her

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        2. Chelsea Gaither has books!‏ @CWGaither 26 Aug 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          EXACTLY. And framed by Watson's unreliable narration, you tend to miss it. I mean any discussion of Holmes' romantic life and lackthereof is academic. But the romance with Adler, specifically, has never seemed to fit well. Every take has to change her too much to make it work.

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        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 27 Aug 2020
          Replying to @CWGaither

          Yeah -- resurrecting this for a sec, what info we manage to get about canon Irene Norton (née Adler) is that she's TIRED of whatever femme fatale shenanigans she may or may not have been involved with All of her actions in the actual story are to AVOID tangling with powerful men

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