Benoit Blanc's similarities to other fictional detectives
Specifically Holmes, Poirot and Columbo because I'm most familiar with them and saw many of their characteristics in Blanc.
Impeccable clothes - Poirot
Cigar - Columbo
Post-case slump - Holmes
Eccentric - Holmes, Poirot, Columbo
Detection as a means of helping people, not just for the sake of solving crimes - Holmes (and Poirot and Columbo to a slightly lesser extent)
Fun name – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot
Referred to by surname (almost) all of the time, even by close friends/partners – Columbo, Holmes, Poirot
Kindness to and deep respect for vulnerable women – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot
Said to be the best detective in the world – Holmes, Poirot
Fun American accent – Columbo
Hates rich people who abuse their financial influence – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot
Polite – Columbo (of course Holmes and Poirot can also be very polite but I don't feel like it's a defining characteristic for them the way it is for Columbo)
Rude to mean rich people in a way that is so polite the horrible rich people don’t realise they’re being made fun of/talked to rudely – Holmes, Poirot
Politeness and diplomacy that is often pushed too far and they explode into explicit anger – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot
Drama in resolution – all three to varying degrees, but especially Poirot
Understated and affable – Columbo
Involved in self-contained stories – Columbo, Poirot, Holmes (though a couple of Holmes stories do link closely to previous stories)
Uses the word 'afoot' – Holmes
Gay – Holmes, Poirot (I'll let you decide if this applies to Columbo)
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ROUND 2C, MATCH 1 OUT OF 4
Cause of Death & Propaganda Under the Cut:
Jenny Calendar
Cause of Death: Neck snapped
Propaganda:
Jenny is so beloved to me. She was sent to Sunnydale, California to watch over the vampire that killed her family (Angel), told that he was supposed to suffer for all eternity, but after he saved her life + after she spent some time with him and the people who cared about him, she realized that she'd changed her mind and didn't want anything to do with continuing a mission of vengeance -- especially since Angel's girlfriend Buffy was also the mentee/surrogate daughter of Jenny's boyfriend Giles! Messy! Despite this, when Angel lost his soul and it came out that Jenny had been sent there to watch him, Jenny was immediately blamed, even though she'd had no idea that Angel would turn evil and TOLD everyone as much! She decided to try and find a way to resurrect old magic and give Angel his soul back, and Angel killed her in retaliation. Parts of the fandom talk about Jenny's death like it was necessary/a good thing/a good writing choice, but I don't think it was. Jenny's death is talked about by the showrunners as "proving that anyone could die," and her dead body was placed in Giles's bed, surrounded by red roses, subsequently inspiring him to try to go on a suicide mission and kill Angel. When the kids are looking at a drawing of her dead body, one of them says, "Wow. Poor Giles." Her death is very clearly engineered to raise the stakes by emphasizing how sad it is for Giles to lose her, and before her death, nearly all of her scenes centered around being Giles's girlfriend/love interest. She was never given a chance to develop as a character, and the only backstory they gave her was designed to push her towards death.
Irene Adler
Cause of Death: Poisoned
Propaganda:
[No Propaganda Submitted]
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Hello! As late as usual and a bit more frozen than usual! Let's see today's story!
Holmes just wants to do his scrapbooking! He doesn't want a case now! Leave him ALONE!
heyheyhey! This is playing DIRTY!
Holmes being quite a bit vain (and this we already knew) and also very very kind.
Lol, the comment of not being seen for weeks! Mrs Hudson only sees him on an almost daily basis because she's FAMILY and adopted him! And worries if he doesn't eat his dinner.
Well, what's the MATTER with this lodger?
Ah, the landlady is anxious, how to find any fault in it! And who wouldn't be calmed by staring into Holmes' eyes? lol. Bet that Watson speaks also for personal experience (when he has nightmares), for exemple.
Now remember, EVEN THE TINIEST DETAIL!
This smells a lot of Mafia, tbh. And usually there is fire when there's smoke.
mmmhn we'll see. What about the food? Watson stop glaring
W-why printing? (also guess that printing means not writing in cursive?) This is an actually weird way of communication. Well, the idea of concealing the handwriting is good, tbh but again, WHY. Also, short messages and apparently the lodger seems very cautious. How did he look? this lodger, i mean...
Oh this smells SO MUCH of mafia...
Well, you MUST enter the room in the morning? can't do otherwise!
WATSON STOP GLARING! Looks after himself? WEIRD.
AH! Something to observe, finally!
H: He has a beard... but he can't have smoked these! Watson, even with your pretty modest mustache it wouldn't be possible! It would be singed, and it would be such a pity...
W: Holmes, stop staring at my mouth, you'll have your kisses. Later
H: Alright, alright, spoilsport.
The landlady goes away, Holmes gets his kisses and then back to the analysis!
This lodger might not be the bearded man who took the keys! It's an idea. But WHY?
WELL, we can always look in the AGONY COLUMNS! scrapbooking for win! I love how Granada Holmes has his whole little art attack project with the agony columns! He's cute!
AND THEY FIND THE MESSAGES! yahoo! Maybe in the following day's gazette....
THE MANTLEPIECE POSE! YES! only, Holmes should be happier, but it's alright!
Holmes is feeling very satisfied of himself and HEY! CLIENT? What? Hey, they kidnapped her husband... and then let him go? He's shoked? oh damn!
Nice, time to see this guy! Ah you say you can give us a hiding place? NICE! we'll be there!
Uuuuh! Here's the house of the last ad on the paper! Ah, is the hideout ready? yay
W-what? Oke, the substitution, but... WITH A WOMAN? WOW. And such a woman to impress HOLMES!
Stuff to meditate on!
Oh, come on, Watson! I have made a cute deduction! Well, probably she's entangled or well, she and her man are entangled in a matter of life or death! -vibing holmes noises-
-Holmes is vibing HARDER- While he tells Watson that it's of course l'art pour l'art! (This passage sounds soooo early case! later Watson would know already!)
Evening and they're at the landlady's again! -i'll be very italian now-
A CODE A CODE A CODE!
Eh, Holmes! You should practice your italian a bit more! 'Attenta' means a lot of stuff, as you are freaking out she is understanding (Also the proof that us Italian women as so cool that we even manage to impress Sherlock Holmes uwu)
Meanwhile, Holmes sclerandone (sardinian way of speaking) and Watson proposing a cipher and in fact...
AAAAH! You remember your italian at last! HEY! more messages!
Holmes going 'WTF's happening now?', freaking out a bit more but no Watson, stay with me! (Yes, Holmes 'pericolo' means 'danger', glad you remember your lessons)
We're going to investigate now!
And we'll see their discoveries in the next story!
Vibing a lot with the last part in italian! yes!
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