Doyle is a chaos gremlin for the timeline issues alone continuity what continuity
Then you get to just where was Watson wounded DOCTOR DOYLE
The names John James Jim jingleheimer Schmidt
The queerness THE QUEERNESS what do you mean they had to leave London in 1895, what do you mean you can't say why
The marriage THE MARRIAGE that Holmes "could not congratulate" Watson on the one he called "his only selfish action" Doyle what
The final problem: which was actually supposed to be the permanent death of Holmes where HE FIRST INTRODUCES MORIARTY you know Holmes' famous nemesis the maths professor
Turned out be a hiatus of 10 YEARS only brought back because people legit mourned for this character the author gave no shits about
The empty house which is joy incarnate but what do you mean Holmes bought Watson's practice what do you mean "my sad bereavement" what do you mean "I had no idea you would be so affected"
The three garridebs good lord "you would not leave this room alive" is the hardest line in history why did you do this Doyle if you didn't care
The devils foot wtf Doyle WTF
The dying detective is horrible but worse if it's after the hiatus like Doyle you asshole
The blanched solider is the gayest thing I have ever read and the saddest but also is low key genius characterization and you get the feeling it was, like, a throwaway story
Man really made, almost by accident, the wildest set of stories ever produced, with the two most iconic characters ever created, all of which somehow spawned
Almost an entire genre unto itself of pastiches
Two disciplines of thought on text interpretation one named after him, the other after HIS SELF INSERT CHARACTER
A whole society dedicated to scholarship resolving inconsistencies and performing apologetics for his mistakes conducted in universe
The most popular and well known character in the west if not the world
The most endearing and enduring example of partnership in literature
