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.
So actually getting tangled up with Sherlock seems like it'd be WORSE than staying entangled with the King It'd be the worst possible thing she could do
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Sherlock doesn't seem like the type in canon to actually get all messed up over love and turn his superpowers against someone for personal reasons, something Watson praises him for, and something that honestly is praiseworthy But Irene is too smart to just go taking that risk
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You're right. And I think that's the other bit that bothered me, and I didn't think of it until you articulated it: Irene has no interest in Holmes beyond figuring out who's screwing with her this time. She has her own self-contained life and he is the intruder.
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Exactly One of the iconic things about old school Holmes stories is the "But Now I Must Go" trope, that Holmes barges in on someone's deeply personal family drama and then leaves again He's able to do what he does because he sees himself as a disinterested third party
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