a facet of Holmes’s character that is just the sweetest little thought to me is the fact that he seems to care so much about his information/methods being available, accessible, known.
He never seems to have shirked from explaining his processes, and was perfectly happy to do so for clients - in the ‘red headed league’, if i remember right (at least in the Granada show) he jokes he’ll have to stop talking through his deductions because once people do have it explained to them they consider it ‘absurdly simple’. which, at least to me, implies Holmes must do that often. and it also gives the impression imo that if you would like to know, all you have to do is ask him.
Add to that all of his articles and monographs and books; the fact he’ll openly admit to referring to past cases and cite the ones he did use to help piece this new mystery together. And he actively recommends it as a method! he doesn’t allow people to think that his abilities exist in some kind of vacuum, or that they’re some kind of unobtainable gift he just happens to be born with - I mean he has a talent for it ofc, and it takes a lot of work, time, and patience, but it’s still reasonably attainable for the dedicated.
Like he really said ‘hey! I can do this thing! It’s really cool!! And so can you!’
More selfish people would have hoarded that information like a gold mine, I’m sure, if only for the notoriety (and therefore wealth) it would bring, never explaining anything so they can leave others to attempt desperately to figure it out. They’d try and probably succeed in staying on a pedestal.
But Holmes went, no, this knowledge can help people. It can improve methods, it can save lives. so I’ll share it. Because that matters more to me.
(Which as an aside the fact he will so willingly do things for free, reduce his fee, or allow clients plenty of time and leeway to pay him ties into this quite nicely, because it’s the same kind of idea. He wants to help people - from all backgrounds - and again rather than put barriers around himself to become hideously rich, he’s kind, considerate, and patient. he would rather do good, his morality and compassion far, far outshining any sense of greed. the only time (to my memory) we see him prioritise money, rather than stepping back to consider who the real victim might be, is in ‘A scandal in Bohemia’, which interestingly seems to be the first time Holmes had come into contact with such a ridiculous amount of money. And, well, it cost him. Maybe he learnt more than one lesson from Irene Adler).
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