Holmes, Sherlock Holmes

[katikat]

I've started reading Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" - I had it up there with urban fantasy books, I really had to take a step back and read something else, and I have planned to read it for a long while now. And, you know, reading it, I can literally see Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Holmes and Watson, they were cast perfectly!

So, I wanted to ask - when you read stories about Holmes, and I mean books by Doyle or his followers, what do you imagine Holmes and Watson like? I mean their appearance. Do you imagine them as the actors from Sherlock (UK) or Sherlock Holmes (2009)? Or from some other movie/series? Or do you imagine them looking completely different?

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[pennyplainknits.livejournal.com]

I'm maybe odd as I hear people, rather than see them, when reading books. But I read the Holmes canon before I saw any adaptations at all, so I don't have a set look for them in my head.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I usually try to imagine them as... someone. And I have seen the movies/shows first, so I guess I'll always associate the characters with their actors.