Discussion Post: The Solitary Cyclist
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sherlock60Welcome back, everyone! How did you all find The Solitary Cyclist? As always, I have some of my own random thoughts and questions to help get you started. Please add your own!
- "I shall, however, preserve my former rule, and give the preference to those cases which derive their interest not so much from the brutality of the crime as from the ingenuity and dramatic quality of the solution." Actually, I would enjoy seeing the more mundane cases too. Holmes chooses his cases for interest, but especially early on he just needed to work for rent. We only get to see the most dramatic or bizarre incidents from Watson. I wish we could see more into the everyday working life of a consulting detective and his partner.
- I fell down a Wikipedia hole looking into a thought I had from SOLI. I started with wondering about Victorian women and how they bicycled in their dresses. My path: cycling → history of cycling → history of the bicycle → Victorian dress reform → corset controversy → tightlacing. By that point I was hopelessly sucked into Wikipedia's vortex again, learning all about a new random subject for no real reason. Ah, Wikipedia, I love you. (Please forgive my random internet musing. It's been a long week.)
- My hat's off to Holmes for being a perfect gentleman here with Violet Smith. He is kind to her, taking her case while he is busy with another, and protecting her when no one else does. Even Watson thinks her case is not a dangerous one, dismissing the threat posed by Woodley. "..But, except on one occasion, he had not molested our client." Ah, yes, but on that one occasion, he absolutely did molest her! I was surprised Watson was so casual about that.
-- Miss Smith, like Miss Hunter before her, is a bold lady. They're definitely not shrinking... er, Violets. (I'm sorry, you can kill me.)
- "No, she's your widow." Nice Arnold Schwarzenegger kill line, Carruthers!
- Do you think that Carruthers deserved so much credit from Holmes for attempting make amends? His actions to protect her later are fine and good, but he bargained her away as a slave for his own con game!
- "I shall, however, preserve my former rule, and give the preference to those cases which derive their interest not so much from the brutality of the crime as from the ingenuity and dramatic quality of the solution." Actually, I would enjoy seeing the more mundane cases too. Holmes chooses his cases for interest, but especially early on he just needed to work for rent. We only get to see the most dramatic or bizarre incidents from Watson. I wish we could see more into the everyday working life of a consulting detective and his partner.
- I fell down a Wikipedia hole looking into a thought I had from SOLI. I started with wondering about Victorian women and how they bicycled in their dresses. My path: cycling → history of cycling → history of the bicycle → Victorian dress reform → corset controversy → tightlacing. By that point I was hopelessly sucked into Wikipedia's vortex again, learning all about a new random subject for no real reason. Ah, Wikipedia, I love you. (Please forgive my random internet musing. It's been a long week.)
- My hat's off to Holmes for being a perfect gentleman here with Violet Smith. He is kind to her, taking her case while he is busy with another, and protecting her when no one else does. Even Watson thinks her case is not a dangerous one, dismissing the threat posed by Woodley. "..But, except on one occasion, he had not molested our client." Ah, yes, but on that one occasion, he absolutely did molest her! I was surprised Watson was so casual about that.
-- Miss Smith, like Miss Hunter before her, is a bold lady. They're definitely not shrinking... er, Violets. (I'm sorry, you can kill me.)
- "No, she's your widow." Nice Arnold Schwarzenegger kill line, Carruthers!
- Do you think that Carruthers deserved so much credit from Holmes for attempting make amends? His actions to protect her later are fine and good, but he bargained her away as a slave for his own con game!
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