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I love Sherlock Holmes. I know it's implied he is just a normal human but I find it more entertaining to realize its impossible for someone like that to exist.

by robswc 4y ago

I love Sherlock Holmes. I know it's implied he is just a normal human but I find it more entertaining to realize its impossible for someone like that to exist. It falls apart due to the sheer probability of the events involved. However, the stories are almost always entertaining, despite that. i.e. This story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red-Headed_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red-Headed_League Summary; Man hired to copy books for a large pay. Lots of things don't add up at all. Turns out, it was a long con to use his shop space (he was gone while copying books) to tunnel into a bank across the street. How Sherlock Holmes found this out is completely improbable. For some reason though, I just love watching all the clues fall together. They're also relatively short stories. I really like stories like the one you describe too though. I think I just like mystery genre in general and I'm not super picky, haha.

Aerroon 4y ago
>For some reason though, I just love watching all the clues fall together. They're also relatively short stories. I think almost all stories work like this due to the nature of how you structure a story: - Introduction - characters and concepts are introduced - Middle - anything can happen and usually some important new characters and concepts are added - Build-up - all the pieces are assembled and are being being put together, tension increases - Climax - the puzzle is completed and shown to the reader/viewer - Conclusion - payoff for the characters, they lived happily ever after Detective novels often try to give the reader the opportunity to put the pieces together before the characters do. Other stories can give you a similar pay off though.
- bombcar 4y ago
  It was an Agatha Christie novel (I think) and that literally stopped the reader and told you you had all the clues necessary for resolution.
bena 4y ago
It might seem like I'm criticizing things, but I don't think it's a failure per se. A work can be engaging regardless of whether or not the character is accurately portrayed as intelligent or observant or whatever. Bones is fine television. Sherlock Holmes is a fine read. I have the collected works in two volumes. But I do notice a tendency among people to use fiction as evidence of reality. So it's good to remind myself that characters are reflections of the author, not of reality.
- robswc 4y ago
  Oh no for sure. I thought your comment was really insightful (as is this one!). Just wanted to be sociable while the topic was on something I enjoyed! I think a healthy blend of "fiction for reality" is best. Too little makes life boring, too much makes it unrealistic.

by robswc 4y ago

Aerroon 4y ago

>For some reason though, I just love watching all the clues fall together. They're also relatively short stories. I think almost all stories work like this due to the nature of how you structure a story: - Introduction - characters and concepts are introduced - Middle - anything can happen and usually some important new characters and concepts are added - Build-up - all the pieces are assembled and are being being put together, tension increases - Climax - the puzzle is completed and shown to the reader/viewer - Conclusion - payoff for the characters, they lived happily ever after Detective novels often try to give the reader the opportunity to put the pieces together before the characters do. Other stories can give you a similar pay off though.

bombcar 4y ago
It was an Agatha Christie novel (I think) and that literally stopped the reader and told you you had all the clues necessary for resolution.

bena 4y ago

It might seem like I'm criticizing things, but I don't think it's a failure per se. A work can be engaging regardless of whether or not the character is accurately portrayed as intelligent or observant or whatever. Bones is fine television. Sherlock Holmes is a fine read. I have the collected works in two volumes. But I do notice a tendency among people to use fiction as evidence of reality. So it's good to remind myself that characters are reflections of the author, not of reality.

robswc 4y ago
Oh no for sure. I thought your comment was really insightful (as is this one!). Just wanted to be sociable while the topic was on something I enjoyed! I think a healthy blend of "fiction for reality" is best. Too little makes life boring, too much makes it unrealistic.