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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
My husband & I were talking the other day about possibly the original anti-hero: Sherlock Holmes. Anti-social, drug-using, rude and arrogant man, with friendships with various lowlife & criminal types, who solved crimes as a hobby.
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Is that how you saw him? I always saw him as a brilliant man who solved crimes.
Most truly brilliant people are anti-social. Must be terrible to be continually surrounded by those dumber than you. Not that I would know.
The rudeness and arrogance was simply his inablility to connect with those who didn't keep up with his lines of thought.
The lowlifes and criminal types weren't social friends...they were used to gain information about the crimes that needed to be solved. Certainly an upstanding citizen wouldn't know anthing useful.
The drug using was normal for that period of time.......if I'm not mistaken, they were still prescribing opium for women with 'the vapors' and for babies who couldn't sleep.
Interesting article here
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/...es/cu/cu1.html