I put a non-male non-white Watson as the default Watson in this story partly to mess with people's notions of POV. When I was a kid, I'd get so tired of cartoons where no matter how racially mixed and coed the Kid's Gang was, a white boy was always front and center. Watsons can still kick ass and take names even when the main Watson is an American woman of Chinese ancestry, who will not hesitate to rip off a moustache or two if she has to.
The differing timelines also help separate all the Watsons and alter their personalities just a bit from each other. It helps that Edward Hardwicke pretty much played Watson as a sadder, older, greyer, shorter David Burke - but once reunited with Brett's Holmes they have one of the best old-married-couple chemistries of all time.
Victorians prided themselves on being thoroughly modern and embracing futuristic innovations - science fiction was pretty much invented in its current form during this time. The male Watsons would probably be scared as hell of Joan's modern city but would put a brave face on it and enjoy the wonders as well (washing machines, NYC pizza, whiteboards, women commanders).
“Everyone” is Elementary’s version of Anonymous, and they tend to ask Sherlock to humiliate himself visually for their information (in one episode he was to put on a prom gown and sing “Let It Go” – sadly the show didn’t show that). But I can see them requesting My Little Pony fanfic as part of their deal.
I’ve written in so many different versions of Sherlock Holmes that I’ve had a lot of practice using all the different voices of the different interpretations of those two – it sure came in handy for this story!
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I put a non-male non-white Watson as the default Watson in this story partly to mess with people's notions of POV. When I was a kid, I'd get so tired of cartoons where no matter how racially mixed and coed the Kid's Gang was, a white boy was always front and center. Watsons can still kick ass and take names even when the main Watson is an American woman of Chinese ancestry, who will not hesitate to rip off a moustache or two if she has to.
The differing timelines also help separate all the Watsons and alter their personalities just a bit from each other. It helps that Edward Hardwicke pretty much played Watson as a sadder, older, greyer, shorter David Burke - but once reunited with Brett's Holmes they have one of the best old-married-couple chemistries of all time.
Victorians prided themselves on being thoroughly modern and embracing futuristic innovations - science fiction was pretty much invented in its current form during this time. The male Watsons would probably be scared as hell of Joan's modern city but would put a brave face on it and enjoy the wonders as well (washing machines, NYC pizza, whiteboards, women commanders).
“Everyone” is Elementary’s version of Anonymous, and they tend to ask Sherlock to humiliate himself visually for their information (in one episode he was to put on a prom gown and sing “Let It Go” – sadly the show didn’t show that). But I can see them requesting My Little Pony fanfic as part of their deal.
I’ve written in so many different versions of Sherlock Holmes that I’ve had a lot of practice using all the different voices of the different interpretations of those two – it sure came in handy for this story!