Who Is Your Favourite Main Character?

[John Watson]

Ignoring the temptation to correct others' grammer and spelling...

 

*cough* grammAr *cough cough*

 

Sorry, Sherlock. I'll behave now, I don't know what came over me.

 

[CSIBakerStreet]

*cough* grammAr *cough cough*

 

Sorry, Sherlock. I'll behave now, I don't know what came over me.

 

 

*laughs* I believe I know. It's because you know you don't have to apologize. You're behaving, all right. And exactly the way you're supposed to in accordance to a man who was a complete git. You correct me all you like, it's your turn now. I've done enough. For now. Can't make any promises, though.

 

But seriously, John. I was a git. Every insult you could hurl at me, I was that and I did that. And I am more sorry than you can ever imagine. Seriously, read my posts and my profile feed, I mention it several times. I'm glad you responded, though. I was surprised that you did, I about had a heart attack when I saw you had. As you know, that's quite an accomplishment for me.

 

[SherLOCKED221]

Stop complaining.

You never anwser my texts.

Do you do realize;

 

I'm not dead.

 

Lets have dinner.

[Mister Owl]

Sherlock.

Though my vote is very predicable, Sherlock is my favorite character of the show, with Watson as a close second.

 

Trying to understand Sherlock Hoklmes is always a treat, and whenever we have a new snippet of his character, personality, or past, it helps us see a larger image of this eccentric individual.

[Undead Medic]

Sherlock.

Though my vote is very predicable, Sherlock is my favorite character of the show, with Watson as a close second.

 

Trying to understand Sherlock Hoklmes is always a treat, and whenever we have a new snippet of his character, personality, or past, it helps us see a larger image of this eccentric individual.

 

I think we can agree on this one!

 

to Sherlock Forum!

 

[Jane Holmes]

I love Sherlock, but I chose Mycroft.   Sherlock is just charming genius. But Mycroft is so nice in his care about all Britain and about Sherlock. I think that Sherlock gives him more trouble, than the whole Britain

[JessieBlackwood]

You have it right, Jane. Mycroft is an old softy at heart (just don't tell him I told you) and his care of his brother, if a little intrusive, shows how much he feels that he just doesn't let anybody see. He likes the power his 'minor' position gives him, but it is one hell of a responsibility considering who he rubs shoulders with. Bloody Royalty, for goodness' sake. So, I applaud your choice and think it's justly deserved (and if he's listening, he can take me to dinner anytime...).

[Mary L]

Naturally Jim Moriarty! My favorite antagonist

Of course, Sherlock, John, Iren and Mycroft are wonderful too, but Jim...

I adore this character but only in a BBC. Other versions aren't so good

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Agreed -- Andrew Scott's Moriarty definitely has "that special something." 

 

(Though I will clarify that he's not actually my favorite character.  If I must pick only one out of this delightful lot, it's definitely John Watson.)

 

[Janie]

I chose Sherlock but this is the only TV show where I love almost all the characters (except Donovan). It was really hard to choose only one of them. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

I know what you mean, all of them are at least interesting, if not necessarily lovable.  In fact, I suspect that in S3 we'll get a better understanding of even Sally Donovan.  She's one of the few characters that we've seen so far in a strictly professional capacity, and if we see more of her as a person, we may find her more understandable, and therefore more likable.

 

[Undead Medic]

I suspect it would take a lot of character development for me to actually like Anderson though!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Poor fellow, it's his job to be unlikable!  

 

Added:  Would love to read some interviews with Jonathan Aris, regarding what it's like to play the character that everybody loves to hate.  (I think it's safe to say that everybody likes Moriarty better than they like Anderson!)  But alas, Aris doesn't much seem to do interviews.

 

[Caya]

I tried to dig up an interview for you, Carol, but Aris sure seems to be a reclusive fellow - perhaps not surprising in a man once wanting to become a painter. This short statement about his role in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard was all I could turn up, so at least he doesn't mind playing somewhat difficult to like roles.

 

For what it's worth, I dislike Anderson a lot less than Donovan. He's got plenty of reason to dislike Sherlock, after all, given how Sherlock treats him, while he's comparatively civil to Donovan, and she still calls him freak to his face.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Actually, I think she calls him Freak.    (That's one difference between Vinette Robinson's Donovan and the one in the pilot.)

 

And thanks for the Aris quote -- that's more than I was able to find!

 

[ToniLianne]

I opted for Watson, purely for his fashion choices, I do love a good jumper! I also do harbour a bit of a soft spot for John Watson and Martin Freeman too.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I don't know whether to think that Martin Freeman would be pleased (because you admire the wardrobe that he helped choose for John) or disappointed (because you chose John for the wardrobe rather than for the acting). 

 

Be that as it may, I think you and I can agree that there are a lot of reasons to like John Watson!

 

[ToniLianne]

Haha

[Carol the Dabbler]

Sorry, didn't mean to imply otherwise.

 

It's just that I do suspect he'd appreciate your appreciation of John's fashion choices.

 

[ToniLianne]

No need to apologise, I had guessed you weren't being serious

[T.o.b.y]

Favorite character? What a difficult question! Sherlock, if I have to decide. Because... well, because he's Sherlock. But I agree with all those people who have pointed out that he only works so well as a character because of Watson with his down-to-earth manner and dry humor.

 

This is the first TV show I've ever seen where

A: I like every single character, even very minor ones (the casting is GREAT!)

and

B: I like the hero better than the villain, even though the villain is awesome

 

It's also the first literary adaption I've come across that actually improves on the source material and manages to tell it's own story without being unfaithful to the original.

 

No wonder I got a little obsessed...

[T.o.b.y]

Given the number of John-Watson-lovers here, I am kind of surprised you don't have a thread for singing his praises (or have I missed it?). So this will just have to go here:

 

I have just come across an introduction to a collection of the Doyle stories by Loren D. Estleman titled "On the significance of Boswells". It is a defense in writing of the original Dr Watson and his importance to the Holmes stories, an answer to those critics (and later film directors) who did not know what to make of him.

 

His main points are that Watson, far from being merely a claqueur or sidekick, is a hero in his own right, a well-rounded character, a womanizer and nonetheless perfect gentleman and loyal husband, indispensable for grounding Holmes and often "saved the day for the often impetuous Holmes with his courage and propensity toward action at the precise moment it is needed". He even states that "a modern-day police officer could do far worse in a partner and often does". Doesn't all this sound as if he was speaking about "our" John?

 

When it comes to weaknesses, Estleman interestingly points out that there is a lot of evidence that Watson had a gambling problem and Holmes helped him keep that in check much like Watson in his turn managed to get his friend off the cocaine. One example he uses to illustrate this, is that Watson's check book was kept locked in Holmes' desk and he had to ask his friend for the key if he wanted to get at it (see "The Dancing Men").

 

I hope the author does not mind my quoting his last paragraph, but I really feel like bleating it out to some kind of an audience, because it sums up so well the kind of affection I as a reader (and now viewer) feel for the Baker Street team:

 

"If there is a Valhalla for superhuman sleuths and their all-too-human compatriots, it will allow them freedom at night to catch the racing hansom cab in the mustard fog and provide them a cozy cluttered place by day to feast upon cold pheasant and tales from the tin box. If the detective should suffer overmuch from the artistic temperament, and his fellow lodger should dwell overlong upon the fairness of a wrist or the timber of a feminine voice, so much the better, for us and them. Literature never produced a relationship more symbiotic nor a warmer and more timeless friendship".

[sherlockandjohn]

Hard to choose, but I picked Sherlock. He is utterly fascinating and complex, and a believable character, because even in his ruthlessness he is mostly logical. Occasionally he is simply being a jerk, no excuse for it, but then again, no one is perfect... and if he was, he would be highly uninteresting   As John said about him: "The best man and the most human human being".

 

Though, I will also always love the faithful-best-friend character that John represents.

 

Besides those obvious two choices, my favorite character is Lestrade. If I wasn't generally against the idea of a spin-off of 'Sherlock', I'd say he should have his own show :-)

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

 

Besides those obvious two choices, my favorite character is Lestrade. If I wasn't generally against the idea of a spin-off of 'Sherlock', I'd say he should have his own show :-)

 

  It would be fun to see just how good a detective Lestrade really is when he doesn't have to call on Sherlock.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Moftiss have said very much the same thing in one of the commentaries -- something like when Lestrade isn't guest-starring on Sherlock, they imagine he's starring in Lestrade.