Oh, nice catch! Even I didn't catch that "both end up in a cell" bit - it's just how the story wanted to come out. And a soldier's mindset is very much like being locked in a cell, yes.
I just can't imagine John Watson, who loves and respects women and lives with the most unconventional of men, marrying a dull or stupid person. The kind of woman who can happily blow off a lost treasure to marry a poor doctor has got to have more to her than "Yes dear go have fun with Mr. Holmes, I'll sit here and knit." ...Which of course makes her loss all the more poignant than if she was just a convenient plot device to prove the heroes' heterosexuality and little else (*cough*ACD*cough*).
Lestrade may have helped keep Watson alive in those ghastly 3 years, especially after Mary's death - by providing possibly cases, forensic work at the police station, or just companionship at his club. Which might explain why Lestrade becomes part of their small circle of intimate friends by SIXN.
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Date: 2019-03-17 09:27 pm (UTC)I just can't imagine John Watson, who loves and respects women and lives with the most unconventional of men, marrying a dull or stupid person. The kind of woman who can happily blow off a lost treasure to marry a poor doctor has got to have more to her than "Yes dear go have fun with Mr. Holmes, I'll sit here and knit." ...Which of course makes her loss all the more poignant than if she was just a convenient plot device to prove the heroes' heterosexuality and little else (*cough*ACD*cough*).
Lestrade may have helped keep Watson alive in those ghastly 3 years, especially after Mary's death - by providing possibly cases, forensic work at the police station, or just companionship at his club. Which might explain why Lestrade becomes part of their small circle of intimate friends by SIXN.