Ha! Sherlock Holmes from his own perspective could be very amusing if done right. The TV show Sherlock of course does some fascinating things with showing us Sherlock's mind in action, but if he were the actual narrator, I think it could be brilliant for a story or two (though no, likely unsustainable over the breadth of the Sherlock Holmes corpus, and I agree that he wouldn't have achieved such lasting popularity - reading the extended adventures of a man very much in love with his own genius who chooses to share with us in a cool, rational, and logically-organised way his litany of successes would not be terribly riveting without clear narrative irony or a robust foil).
But for a jaunt - I'd love to see him casually assess Watson's afternoon as he walks in of an evening, answer his correspondence as well as read it, maintain his files and perhaps give us a window into his filing scheme - I wonder how much he would actually make us privy to. I wonder if it would be Sherlock Holmes's narration to the world, or if it would play better as Holmes's narration of his thought processes to himself. Do you think Holmes narrates in his head? I'm inclined against it, but I've heard that very intelligent people often talk to themselves.
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Date: 12/19/14 07:01 pm (UTC)But for a jaunt - I'd love to see him casually assess Watson's afternoon as he walks in of an evening, answer his correspondence as well as read it, maintain his files and perhaps give us a window into his filing scheme - I wonder how much he would actually make us privy to. I wonder if it would be Sherlock Holmes's narration to the world, or if it would play better as Holmes's narration of his thought processes to himself. Do you think Holmes narrates in his head? I'm inclined against it, but I've heard that very intelligent people often talk to themselves.