New Sherlock Holmes adaptation idea: Watsondoes a voiceover narration of the story and it frequently contradicts what’s happening onscreen. Sometimes it’s literally just blatant lies. Watson also frequently looks into the camera like he’s on the office. It’s set in the original Victorian era so this should not be possible. He’s the only character who does this.
You know what I would love to see? A little role reversal in the Yard's reactions to Holmes and Watson.
No one at Scotland Yard is put off by Sherlock Holmes. Sure, they all know he's a little weird, but in their field who's not a bit strange? And he's damn good at what he does too, and he's really very nice when you get to know him.
You know who they are terrified of? Watson.
Because Holmes had found himself a flatmate, and everyone was prepared for the certain level of strangeness that must accompany anyone rooming with one Sherlock Holmes. But Watson is deceptively ordinary, and that's where the fear starts.
Because this man is a civilian, a doctor, he wears knit jumpers for god's sake, and he should be the everyman presence at the Yard. But any officer can tell you that Watson is the one you need to watch out for, because Watson will shoot a man at point blank range for looking at Holmes wrong, and then have a cup of tea about it afterwards and look at you like you're the crazy one. Watson once tackled a serial killer for no reason other than the fact that he could and no one had told him not to. Watson, early on in his whatever-he-has with Holmes, had arrived at an absolutely gruesome double murder and not batted an eye.
So yeah. The officers at Scotland Yard are absolutely terrified of Dr. John H. Watson.
the angel of death
my day one contribution to thanzag week, with the prompt kisses/devotion!!
the angel of death
my day one contribution to thanzag week, with the prompt kisses/devotion!!
