The initial set-up of the situation is a lot like The Red-Headed League, which I don't remember appreciating but it seems super unlikely I wouldn't have noticed. But now that I'm rereading it, and the way it starts off with a reference all the way back to the very beginning of the canon, I wonder if it's maybe based on an early draft of the idea? It's certainly not as good of a story, although it's infinitely more melodramatic.
It sort of reminds me a bit of the Engineer's Thumb - Holmes figures out what's going on, but it ultimately doesn't matter that he did and everything ends tragically. Unlike that story, though, they have the criminal in hand.
This felt so very clumsy, I wonder if Doyle was just trying to meet a deadline and quickly adapted an old draft.
Anyway, this was very forgettable, but could make a good TV episode of even a movie? I liked the idea of the impersonations lol
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This felt so very clumsy, I wonder if Doyle was just trying to meet a deadline and quickly adapted an old draft.
Anyway, this was very forgettable, but could make a good TV episode of even a movie? I liked the idea of the impersonations lol
Right? It definitely has the feel of "reusing a worse version of earlier stories" to it.
I hadn't thought of it but yeah this is a very TV-friendly story.
Also, now that I'm thinking about it, and how this story in particular has a strongly sensationalist resolution, I'm much better appreciating the repeated instances of Holmes complaining about Watson's choice of stories, now, lol. I wonder if Doyle was making fun of himself with that a bit.
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This felt so very clumsy, I wonder if Doyle was just trying to meet a deadline and quickly adapted an old draft.
Anyway, this was very forgettable, but could make a good TV episode of even a movie? I liked the idea of the impersonations lol
Right? It definitely has the feel of "reusing a worse version of earlier stories" to it.
I hadn't thought of it but yeah this is a very TV-friendly story.
Also, now that I'm thinking about it, and how this story in particular has a strongly sensationalist resolution, I'm much better appreciating the repeated instances of Holmes complaining about Watson's choice of stories, now, lol. I wonder if Doyle was making fun of himself with that a bit.
Lmfao yeah xD
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I like how we get a Sherlock Holmes origin story that is somehow not an origin story at all pff
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Somehow I remember liking this story a lot more, before? I dunno. It's just kind of a thing, now.
It's honestly very good, but then it gets to the confession part and it's just... Yet another long ass confession. I tried really hard to enjoy that part (some of it was kinda fun), but then I just stopped caring, it was SO LONG.
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I like how we get a Sherlock Holmes origin story that is somehow not an origin story at all pff
Right?
Somehow I remember liking this story a lot more, before? I dunno. It's just kind of a thing, now.
It's honestly very good, but then it gets to the confession part and it's just... Yet another long ass confession. I tried really hard to enjoy that part (some of it was kinda fun), but then I just stopped caring, it was SO LONG.
yes! that!!! it's like half the dang story!!!!
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Somehow I remember liking this story a lot more, before? I dunno. It's just kind of a thing, now.
It's honestly very good, but then it gets to the confession part and it's just... Yet another long ass confession. I tried really hard to enjoy that part (some of it was kinda fun), but then I just stopped caring, it was SO LONG.
yes! that!!! it's like half the dang story!!!!
I honestly can't tell what's their supposed appeal?? They don't even work that well as adventure tales tbqh...
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(altho ironically I did this time)