loveallthesherlocks:Dear Mr. Holmes,It may be true that the World’s only Consulting Detective may no
loveallthesherlocks:Dear Mr. Holmes,It may be true that the World’s only Consulting Detective may not exist in a real form, but you are a beloved character that will stay true in my heart. For over the past decade I have learned to love every single form you take, Victorian classic to English Modern, young and old. There are many different sides to you, and that is a wonderful thing in itself. We aren’t supposed to know all of you. I am grateful for that; because I can keep reading and learning even more.You are (sadly admitting) one of the reasons I think I exist still. You make me want to be clever, you make me want to be posh. I want to be a better person, I want to notice more things around me. The great Sherlock Holmes is a never-ending story with a never-ending character development, and the day he stops being relvant is a day I’d never wish to know. Today is your birthday, Mr. Holmes, and while you probably would have never thrown a party in your own honor (but you might have basked in the attention), I will always remember this day to be yours. You exist enough for me, and the world you have created not only for yourself but for millions of people like me-all ages, any gender, any location- has broadened people’s visions of wonderful literature alone. I thank you for giving me something to love, something to base my opinions on and something to write about-something to read when I’m lonely, something to laugh at when I am sad, seomthing to connect myself to other people and the world. I forever owe you (and of course, Arthur Conan Doyle) for that.And to all of the wonderful men who portrayed him, to the writers who made new stories, the directors who made new works of art, I thank you too. Attempting to recreate a great work is a great work itself, to me.Happy Birthday, Sherlock Holmes.“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” - Sherlock Holmes, A Case of Identity -- source link