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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Replying to @arthur_affect
That is sincerely one of my favorite parts of the cannon Holmes stories. That one, and the one where he gets a man to admit to catfishing his stepdaughter for her inheritance income, and then canes the shitstain all the way out the front door.
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Yup and he says he doesn't have any legal recourse against the guy that wouldn't cause the daughter to suffer further pain and humiliation but he's pretty certain the guy's gonna pull something else that sends him to the gallows someday
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Yep. I just always felt so ANGRY for the girl. And then really glad I was not born when 100 pounds (IIRC?) a year was worth destroying someone's life over.
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Replying to @CWGaither @arthur_affect
It's been over a decade since I've read them. I remember enjoying them but not much else! And now I've watched Sherlock, House, The Mentalist, parts of Elementary (barf), the movies, and The Great Mouse Detective. I should revisit the stories
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I almost want to say, abysmal personality flaws aside, House did Holmes pretty well. I'd say the thing it gets right the best is that the urge to investigate is part of an addictive personality that Holmes doesn't manage very well.
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That said, Holmes is obviously MUCH more of a functional human than House, and House needed to be punched about three times per episode, not to mention fired.
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Monk is also an interesting Holmes pastiche with a completely different kind of neurodiversity. But seriously, the best one besides Elementary is Zero Effect.
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Adrian Monk's older brother, Ambrose Monk, is one of the truest-to-the-text versions of Mycroft Holmes I've ever seen
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YES. It's a show i find hard to watch for Reasons, but i think it's generally very compassionate to its characters.
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I really need to finish Monk. I just tend to get uncomfortable watching it. I think because of how often the humor is based in embarrassment and...I don't know, maybe I'm too empathetic or something. I just don't enjoy it. It's a big reason why I can't do sitcoms.
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