We've been told explicitly that Sherlock thinks he has no friends except John, and he didn't show any inclination to go and see Mrs Hudson when he was told she was dying. And he shows little regard for Lestrade. So why should he destroy himself for them?
The reason why he didn't go with John to see mrs. Hudson was that he wanted John out of the way and only something very serious would make John leave. It reminded me off the original story where Holmes and Watson go up to the Reichenbach fall and Watson is called back by a local because a woman is in need of a doctor. Watson goes back to the hotel while Holmes continues his journey, and he discovers that Holmes was behind it.
The reason why Holmes would destroy himself for the others is, I think, deep down he really does care about them and if there's anything he can do to prevent them from harm he will do it. And there wasn't really an alternative: there was no way he could prevent all three assassins from killing their targets.
To me, it showed the major difference between Moriarty and Holmes: Holmes appears to not care about people as it's only a distraction to him solving a problem whereas Moriarty really doesn't care about people's lives.
on a sidenote: is this the alysscarlet who used to run a website for Ray Winstone?
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Date: 2012-01-17 07:28 pm (UTC)The reason why he didn't go with John to see mrs. Hudson was that he wanted John out of the way and only something very serious would make John leave. It reminded me off the original story where Holmes and Watson go up to the Reichenbach fall and Watson is called back by a local because a woman is in need of a doctor. Watson goes back to the hotel while Holmes continues his journey, and he discovers that Holmes was behind it.
The reason why Holmes would destroy himself for the others is, I think, deep down he really does care about them and if there's anything he can do to prevent them from harm he will do it. And there wasn't really an alternative: there was no way he could prevent all three assassins from killing their targets.
To me, it showed the major difference between Moriarty and Holmes: Holmes appears to not care about people as it's only a distraction to him solving a problem whereas Moriarty really doesn't care about people's lives.
on a sidenote: is this the alysscarlet who used to run a website for Ray Winstone?