narrativedilettante wrote:RotavatoR wrote:It may be a bad idea to put Holmes on that case, since last time I checked, he didn't know he was fictional yet. Has Poirot reacted to those comments at all, by the way?
Holmes was the
first to understand that he's fictional, or rather, that he's in a reality where he is regarded as fictional. And the comments have already been made, no good trying to take them back now. As far as I know the detectives haven't paid any attention.
That was me. Both of them understand that in this reality they are fictional, or regarded as such. It didn't seem to bother Holmes at all, really. I guess he just thinks like me and figured that even if he was 'fictional' it didn't really matter because within his own world he has free will. Poirot seemed a little upset about it, but I explained the implications and how they weren't really that bad and since then he hasn't had much trouble with it.
There should be nothing wrong with asking them to keep an eye out for fictional characters in their vicinity since both know of all of our actions. NY city is huge, so it's not like there was much chance of them seeing Cindy anyhow. I said as much when I gave them the information. It didn't really require a response from them at all, so they probably just read it and then went back to what they were doing.
In any case, I believe I shall warn Holmes that we might have a lead on his former employer's current location and that he is very dangerous, just so Holmes knows not to trust him if he shows up again. Perhaps I will say that when he next blogs.
Normal people are the easiest to manipulate. Too smart and they have an annoying tendency to catch wind of your plans, too dumb and, in the words of a certain pirate, "You can never tell when they are about to do something incredibly...stupid."