The Literary and Celluloid Fighting Arts of Sherlock Holmes, Part 1

[thevigilante]

I know the movie has been out for about a month now, but I thought some of you might enjoy this article that I decided to write. This first part focuses on the books and on the history of the fighting styles. Part 2, hopefully coming later this weekend, will look at scenes from various TV and screen adaptations.

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Comments

[gingervere]

This is a really fantastic article. I think you should publish it somewhere, if only online.

[thevigilante]

Thanks, that means a lot coming from you as I know you have a keen eye for writing and such.

I would definitely like to widen my audience, I'll have a word with the guys who run bartitsu.org, I'm sure they'd love it.

[ari_enchanted]

See, I'm not the only one who thinks you should publish it somewhere. Two against one.

[thevigilante]

Well maybe you all have AWFUL TASTE :P

[ari_enchanted]

Maybe the ENTIRE CONCEPT of taste is flawed at a fundamental LEVEL and is inherently CLASSIST you imperialist swine.

<3

[trishtrash]

Three! That was really thorough and interesting (this from someone who could usually not care about the science of how people hurt each other).

[thevigilante]

Thank you for your vote of confidence, I'm always absolutely convinced that I can't write for shit so it's nice to get feedback that doesn't confirm this!