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#Elementary did this well fwiw iirc
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I feel like the reason a lot of holmes adaptations miss the mark (aside from characterisation) is the fact that a lot of them have a fundamental misunderstanding of what deductive reasoning actually is
#wastepaper basket
#Like. It's not enough to notice someone has cat hair on their clothes and conclude they have a cat
#The whole point of deduction is that you're removing options from the pool
#So instead you have to ask what is every possible circumstance that could have led to this person having cat hair on their clothes
#And then Rule Each One Out One By One. Which takes so much more time and energy bc you're not assuming literally anything
#Which is why everyone thinks he's so fucking weird and why he does shit like collect ash samples of 50 different types of cigar
#Like what these adaptations miss is the amount of WORK it takes to fully commit to that operating method. Holmes isn't (just) smart
#He puts in hours of research so that when someone points at a swan and claims it's a swan
#He can say 'ah but we can't know that until we've ruled out EVERYTHING IT ISN'T' and have the evidence to get that done
#Which is ridiculous but also means he can consider the batshit options without bias bc well. They haven't ruled it out yet
#I got more heated abt this than I expected.
#I just think holmes adaptations would be better & more interesting if they rly committed to the mantra of
#'When you've eliminated the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth'
#Rather than just jumping to the most improbable option bc he's just so smart! Which misses the whole point
#Elementary did this well fwiw iirc
#Anyway. Sorry I poked an old hyperfixation and this came out
#Also sorry I forgot the more important thing: make it gay
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