How much would we all love to find out exactly how Lestrade and Sherlock met?   That's a backstory I would pay to get.

The tumblr post is really interesting, and once more I am amazed at the subtleties of the show.

I love Greg, he's fantastic! 

I think we don't know much about him, compared to other supporting characters. Molly has got her own stories, Anderson has... Lestrade is always connected to his work, he hasn't got a proper background story that's not about his work (I think, did I miss sth?). And I would like to know more. How he met Sherlock would be cool to know.
I just think they keep him neutral for a reason. Maybe they don't want to many supporting characters to have their own big developing stories. But I sometimes felt that although he is always in the picture, I don't know that much about him...
But he's a very likeable character!! :-)
 

Davina wrote:

likes donuts, puts his feet up on the table.

:-D that says it all

What I like most above Lestrade is the fact that he is the only one of Sherlock´s friends who likes and accepts Sherlock exactly how he is and doesn´t want him to change, nor gives him sing-and-dance about his "vices". He stoically takes Sherlock´s tantrums and dramatic behaviour and even Sherlock´s digs about his name (I too think it´s quite deliberate), because he knows that Sherlock needs this drama with himself in the main role to do his detecting well. He is also the only member of Scotland Yard who is unfased by the fact that a haughty amateur consultant gets entangled into his cases - he is rational and level-headed enough to value the result (the restoring of an order and to remove the danger of criminals from society) over his pride as a policeman.

And of course, he is the friend who invites Sherlock with a hug instead of a kick-in-the-head upon Sherlock´s "revival".

Very lovely character, indeed.