I think Sherlock Holmes is a drug addict in the books.
So yeah. You’re right: he just looks like someone not falling apart
Columbo is just like me frfr
Columbo is all four corners at once. He always looks like he’s doing rough, but he never quite looks like he’s falling apart. He’s just happy where he is. And he does use vibes in addition to algorithmic logic. He usually knows who the murderer is after his first time meeting them. He just has to prove it using the proper rigour
Holmes was a mess.
He was unpopular at school; hung out with the lower classes; used cocaine; once shot the letters ‘V R’ into his living room wall; was a member of a club where no member was supposed to speak to another; only survived as long as he did because his brother was a major government official.
Sherlock was not a club member, that was Mycroft (I vaguely remember him being one of the founders, too).
The rest is true though. With the addition of Sherlock having major bouts of depression where he would not leave him rooms for days.
It’s true that Doyle never mentioned it, but it’s logical that Holmes would want a place he could duck into for a quick meal; or a nap; or to put on a new disguise. Watson does say that Holmes had bolt holes around London, so it would have been foolish for him not to have a membership.
I remember reading about his membership in a non canon work.
If you’re a fan look up ‘The 7% Solution.’ It’s available as a novel and a movie; Holmes meets the only doctor capable of curing his cocaine addiction, Sigmund Freud.
I’ll never forget my first playthrough of Disco.
Spent an hour attempting to build a character I thought would make a good detective.
Wake up… oh god this is really bad hrm…
Well ok… lets get my tie.
Heart Attack. Dead. Game Over.
Possibly the greatest single player rpg ever.
Ah yes, this was my exact experience as well. Then I restarted and leaned into being a drug-fueled maniac superstar detective who may have dabbled lightly in communism and completely crushed solving the case.
