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But I'm re-reading Whose Body?, and man, Wimsey's really annoying early in the series. I am surprised Parker doesn't whap him.
Relatedly, I watched the first episode of Sherlock with Mom. The world seems to revolve around Holmes; everyone keeps looking at him and talking about him and going to great lengths to get his attention. It's generally the negative kind of attention, but it's still all abot him.
This sort of narcissism within a narrative isn't something I usually associate the mystery genre. Traditionally, I think it's more common for the detective to be someone who either tends to be overlooked or underestimated (Peter Wimsey, Miss Marple, Brother Cadfael, Hilary Tamar, (early) Anita Blake, Mito Koumon, Detective Conan, Judge Dee) or shuns ordinary social contact in some way (original!Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Poirot, L *).
The movie last year did the same thing. Has someone decided that this sort of stuff's required to make mysteries palatable now?
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* Hey, are there any female examples of this one? The closest I can think of is Yuuko from xxxHolic.
Relatedly, I watched the first episode of Sherlock with Mom. The world seems to revolve around Holmes; everyone keeps looking at him and talking about him and going to great lengths to get his attention. It's generally the negative kind of attention, but it's still all abot him.
This sort of narcissism within a narrative isn't something I usually associate the mystery genre. Traditionally, I think it's more common for the detective to be someone who either tends to be overlooked or underestimated (Peter Wimsey, Miss Marple, Brother Cadfael, Hilary Tamar, (early) Anita Blake, Mito Koumon, Detective Conan, Judge Dee) or shuns ordinary social contact in some way (original!Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Poirot, L *).
The movie last year did the same thing. Has someone decided that this sort of stuff's required to make mysteries palatable now?
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* Hey, are there any female examples of this one? The closest I can think of is Yuuko from xxxHolic.
