Oh man, it has been too long since I read the short stories!
Irene Adler: Of course Irene Adler has to be up here (story-canon, specifically, though movie-canon Irene is cool too.) She's the only person, let alone woman, who ever turned the tables on Holmes! And moreover, she does it with such good humor, and such class. (And cross-dressing! You know my feelings about cross-dressing, and they are a+++ at all times. :D)
Mary Morstan: I love both movieverse and short story-verse Mary; she is a cool, classy, sensible lady, who totally gets that occasionally her husband has to run around having ADVENTURES. (And once had an ADVENTURE of her own! And I hope if there are movie sequels that we will get to see Mary being clever and active and full of agency. It is my dearest wish!)
Mrs. Hudson: She puts up with SO MUCH from her tenants. You have to sympathize. D: How she has not yet kicked them out is an EXCELLENT question. And yet nonetheless (in book-canon at least) she is unfailingly polite and very sweet! I am awfully fond of her.
Hmmmm, give me . . . Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals!
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Irene Adler: Of course Irene Adler has to be up here (story-canon, specifically, though movie-canon Irene is cool too.) She's the only person, let alone woman, who ever turned the tables on Holmes! And moreover, she does it with such good humor, and such class. (And cross-dressing! You know my feelings about cross-dressing, and they are a+++ at all times. :D)
Mary Morstan: I love both movieverse and short story-verse Mary; she is a cool, classy, sensible lady, who totally gets that occasionally her husband has to run around having ADVENTURES. (And once had an ADVENTURE of her own! And I hope if there are movie sequels that we will get to see Mary being clever and active and full of agency. It is my dearest wish!)
Mrs. Hudson: She puts up with SO MUCH from her tenants. You have to sympathize. D: How she has not yet kicked them out is an EXCELLENT question. And yet nonetheless (in book-canon at least) she is unfailingly polite and very sweet! I am awfully fond of her.
Hmmmm, give me . . . Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals!