As An Invested Sherlock Holmes Fan, I Feel That It Is Very Rare To Find A Modern Adaptation That Really

As an invested Sherlock Holmes fan, I feel that it is very rare to find a modern adaptation that really does Holmes justice. The only ones I truly, deeply enjoy and appreciate these days for being so true to his original character and quirks is the Granada version with Jeremy Brett and the Sherlock & Co podcast. Both allow Holmes to be the delightful little weirdo he is, and rightfully so.

Currently reading the OG Sherlock Holmes' books, and who was going to tell me that every moderns iterations of that man that make him a somber asshole without heart was not only wrong as a deep reading of the character but also just at face value ????

That man is clapping his hands in excitement, humming songs, bowing to an imaginary crowd, telling himself encouragements under his breath, preening everytimes Watson tells him he is smart, and generally being silly. Hell he compliments Watson, Lestrade and Gregson, and I'm only at A Study in Scarlet ??? Which is the first fucking book ??? Who read that and though that we needed to make him a mysterious bastard without heart ???

Give me more silly little Holmes being both the most accomplishes detective out there and being a weird little gremlins. Please.

I cannot stress how much I agree, and love this man.

So much to love, but red-headed league highlights:

- Holmes calls Watson “my dear ___” at least 3 times—twice within like the first 15 minutes of Watson showing up

- The boys are giddy to be together working this weird case, which is extremely clear because:

- Holmes WIGGLES IN EXCITEMENT

- The two of them look at each other and burst out laughing

- Holmes sees Watson trying to deduce the client and smiles fondly

- They go on a date to hear music and Watson apparently spends the entire time watching Holmes and thinking about his poetic side vs his rational side (and clearly loves and respects both). He throws in heaps of praise for his violin playing and composing while he’s at it

- they finish their date and Holmes is like “You have to go? :(“ and Watson is like “Yeah, I guess I should :(“ but then Holmes is like “but come back late tonight for danger adventure?” And Watson is like “literally my life is so boring, what time do you need me? :)”

- They finish their danger date with a nightcap at Baker St

trying to oppose holmes and watson as 'unfeeling' and 'human' respectively does not work because that theory operates on the assumption that watson is the normal one when he is, in fact, the romantic one, which is not a state of normality but instead one of heightened, performative emotion and an attachment to narrative- he is ridiculous actually, they're both freaks <3

If I may also add to the hair one, I've always headcanoned Sherlock to have a prominent widow's peak hairline. This is partially inspired by Jeremy Brett's portrayal of him in later episodes, but I haven't stopped imagining Sherlock with it since. As for Watson, when reading the original stories when I was younger, I always imagined him having strawberry blonde hair that got increasingly white overtime.

My list of Sherlock headcannons:

- Sherlock is definitely the little spoon

- Sherlock sneezes those shy, high pitched sneezes and Watson is in absolute awe the first time he sees it (everyone is startled when they first hear it)

- Watson sneeze is abrupt and loud (just like mine lol)

- Watson cuts Sherlock's hair (this one came from @contact-guy ) so whenever they go long without seeing each other his hair goes out of shape

- Idk I think Sherlock is a big ear guy?? No explanations for this one just ✨vibes✨

Watson spending decades trying to define the limitations of the unknowable Sherlock Holmes, versus Holmes being fascinated by the undefinable limitations of the seemingly ordinary Dr. Watson, is a concept I can be trusted with

Oh, Sherlock Holmes, the sassy bitch you are...