One of Holmes' most memorable traits from canon, being a "master of disguise", has been almost completely discarded by modern adaptations, because it doesn't fit at all with the idea of a Sherlock who's a total basket case with no social skills who hates dealing with peoplehttps://twitter.com/loudpenitent/status/1298782000908603392 …
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There's also the fact that -- as often remarked upon by moral guardians -- Holmes frequently let criminals go "Commuting a felony", as he called it (which irl is a use of the pardon power only available to the Queen and her government)
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Unlike the BBC characterization of Sherlock as someone who cares only about the glory of "solving the puzzle" and doesn't give a shit about consequences, canon Sherlock cares a LOT about consequences
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It's not even just when the criminal is a sympathetic person, or their crime was justified The dude in The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle was a huge piece of shit who almost fucked up a lot of people's lives But he decided sending him to jail would do more harm than good
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It's a great scene too The guy is just shamelessly begging and whining and he just silently walks over and flings the door open "Get out" And the guy tries to thank him and he's all "Not one more word. Out!"
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And afterwards he just sighs to Watson that this guy is an ass and always will be but he's clearly been so freaked out by this experience he's not gonna try anything at this scale again and turning him into a hardened criminal will just make the world a worse place
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Also, what the hell, it's Christmas (That story is in fact one of the most fun and least sappy "Christmas episodes" in history)
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Holmes once became engaged while in disguise. That’s how good he was at it.
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I think Elementary got the helping part down and the RDJ films captured his disguises.
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ALSO! There was a kids book series called The Baker Street Irregulars about a modern set of detective kids and i think they were written by a Doctor Who writer! Terrence Dicks?
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