I haven't read Bending the Willow (or even heard of it ^^"). Something to look into ^^
I suppose I can sort of understand Mr Brett's point. Before I read the stories for the first time, I had the Holmes and Watson from all the films and TV series in my head. I thought of them always living together and solving each case side by side. But in the original stories both men are more self-contained. They don't immediately become friends when they start living together. They drift apart when Watson gets married. Holmes does a lot of the work for his cases on his own, or with other people. They don't need each other in the way Sherlock and John in Sherlock do, for instance.
However, there is plenty of evidence in the stories to show that the two men are fond of each other. And that Holmes considers Watson vital for his work. I certainly think of them as close friends.
I suppose I do find Mr Brett's opinions a little surprising when I think of the Granada adaptations as a whole. I always thought Holmes was fairly obviously in love with Watson in this version. (And the second Watson at least, returns his feelings. But they Don't Talk About It.) I'm not talking about slash goggles even - I thought that was the producers' intention.
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I suppose I can sort of understand Mr Brett's point. Before I read the stories for the first time, I had the Holmes and Watson from all the films and TV series in my head. I thought of them always living together and solving each case side by side. But in the original stories both men are more self-contained. They don't immediately become friends when they start living together. They drift apart when Watson gets married. Holmes does a lot of the work for his cases on his own, or with other people. They don't need each other in the way Sherlock and John in Sherlock do, for instance.
However, there is plenty of evidence in the stories to show that the two men are fond of each other. And that Holmes considers Watson vital for his work. I certainly think of them as close friends.
I suppose I do find Mr Brett's opinions a little surprising when I think of the Granada adaptations as a whole. I always thought Holmes was fairly obviously in love with Watson in this version. (And the second Watson at least, returns his feelings. But they Don't Talk About It.) I'm not talking about slash goggles even - I thought that was the producers' intention.