I learn to observed not only just see, hardworking, confidence, and acceptance...

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

Be honest & tell the truth

Still in an upbeat happy way here so continue smiling all - but how did you get that one from Sherlock?

-m0r

To be more accepting of people who are different, especially those who are socially different.

Through this forum, which let's face it wouldn't exist we're it not for Sherlock, that people from many different cultures and countries can have a lot in common, more than we might initially think.

That persistence often pays off.

Not actually a complete revelation this but that we should all be wary of being manipulated by the press.

Again not a complete revelation but how quickly the public can turn (or be turned) from idolising someone to vilifying them.

That knowledge is never wasted. W may think that something is a waste of time (yes Sherlock, like the Solar System) but you can never be sure when it will come in useful.

That true friends are very, very important and that quality and not quantity of friends is the key.

'Honesty': this is dealt with in two very different ways in the series. Sherlock can be completely dishonest when it suits him (such as pretending to be an old friend of someone who has disappeared, turning on the tears and wobbly voice, just to get information) but can also be so bluntly honest in a social situation that it is positively cringing (e.g. Jim being gay or Xmas in the flat). Basically he does  what suits him. John, on the other hand reminds me a bit of Jimminy Cricket in Pinocchio (not that Sherlock equates to Pinocchio because the puppet lied continually). He gives Sherlock all the social cues he is missing. He understands the value of 'white lies' whereas Sherlock is, frankly, clueless. Sherlock would want someone to tell him the blunt truth and not namby-pamby (love that word) around afraid of hurting his 'feelings'. So although Sherlock 'cries' and does the wobbly voice at the end of Reichenbach Fall, he also lies to John, massively as it happens, so this actually fits in with his normal behaviour.

I don't really think I have learned any 'life lessons' from the show actually. I don't see it as that kind of show.

Yeah, if anything I have learned more about the technical side of making something so brilliant. It helps that we seem to have a running commentary of every move made, every camera angle, why this line was here and that twitch was there etc.

And I think that has been one of my 'problems' with this show. I hate myself at times for 'dissecting' something so beautiful. For that reason, I take 'time away' from the clinical observations & simply try to 'stand back & take in the beauty'.

I agree about 'just' watching productions like Sherlock initially. It's the same with books, I prefer to 'just' read them at first before analysing them.

My lovely sister, along with just about every person I've ever admired has been a leftie. Artists, mathematical geniuses, etc. Except Sherlock Holmes. Now, I'm proud of my right-handedness.

And so's John.

Davina wrote:

And Moriarty is a leftie!

That's what I especially love about it: Martin and Andrew (and, by extension, John and Jim) are both lefties, so as far as main characters go, Sherlock is actually in the minority as a rightie!

Sentimental Pulse wrote:

I have strived to create scenes and dialogue that "show" rather than "tell" a story.

Hear, hear! Indeed, a fantastic learning and writing experience!