Tyger Tyger

(I did try to read to original stories when I was in the midst of the hyperfixation, but I was 13ish, and to be honest I’ve never liked that era of British literature. So I gave up and don’t remember much.)

For example, it genuinely caught me off guard that Mary also died in the podcast. I thought that was just Moffat hating women. Does she die in the original canon? I’m tempted to say yes, but then John had that 4th-wall-tapping monologue about “another universe” where they were happy together with kids, so hey, I can’t be sure.

Then there’s the fact that in both, John goes to a drug den to get an acquaintance back home to a worried family member, and finds Sherlock instead. A sequence of events so specific I have to conclude that’s original canon.

And in both, Moriarty uses bombs to hold people hostage and compel Sherlock to act, but in such different ways I have no idea how that originally went down.

Do you want spoilers here for the canon? If not then don't read after this but

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Hmm. I definitely have to question that with the last few stories especially. Not sure what exactly is "cosy" about a lot of it over the past several stories and most of their 'comedy' now just seems to involve talking about Archie's farts (or well of course there was the incredibly badly thought out """humour"""" of having your 2 main characters disguised as a nazi and a fascist).

"It's fast paced" Hmm. Not when they're dragging out stories which have about 2 or 3 episodes worth of actual story in for 5-10 episodes with huge quantities of waffling and padding it's not

"curious, warm and of course dark and mysterious when the cases really get going." Hmm. Yeah unfortunately it's become way too heavy on the "dark" and not exactly very "warm".

-yes, multiple

-yes, but it was the one time

-maybe, it's unknown whether the kid(s) died

-no but they tried

-no but they have accidentally

-not a *human* child

-no they would never

-they are the child that got killed

-other/nuance