#I just think holmes adaptations would be better & more interesting if they rly committed to the mantra of

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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