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_refugee_ · 3556 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why "Seinfeld" Is The Most Villainous Sitcom In Human History
What bothered me about Sherlock Holmes is the fact that Holmes' skill is essentially "looking very hard" and/or "noticing the details and putting them together." In addition, a lot of the stories rely on there being little tells for Holmes to pick up on - when in real life that isn't always the case - although I suppose the point was the tells were so small "ordinary" people wouldn't notice them. Idk.
Cut Conan Doyle a little slack, though - it was over a hundred years ago, there was no Internet, he had an opium habit to feed and he even tried to kill Sherlock Holmes off in a satisfying way and the fans dragged it back. You'd probably invent a snake every now and then, too.