A Doyle-thing to think about...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

There's something I've been wondering for a while, off and on, every time I read a fic that reminds me of it, and I'd love to hear what other people think about this. Can anyone tell me:

What is it about canon Doyle that has made fanfic writers portray him as:

a) incredibly selfish

b) incredibly tight with money

I'm really really curious - anyone got any ideas? Are there particular moments that stand out, where he behaves like that? Why do they stand out? Or is it some more general thing? How many people would agree with that portrayal?

It's not that I can't see what might make an author write Doyle like this, it's just that I can't see why he's so often portrayed that way. Whatcha think?

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I think that -- as evidenced by this discussion -- REALLY means "Ah, she sees them as I do -- correctly!"
Well, no... or at least that's not what I meant! By "generic tv cops" I meant characters that are interchangable between fandoms - as in the CI5hq discussion about that fic of Jane's, where the blokes she called "Bodie and Doyle" could actually have been any action heroes, there didn't seem to me to be any part of their characterisation that matched what was in the eps - but I don't think it would have matched any particular fandom, it was really an original story into which the lads had been inserted (the sort of thing I think squeeful mentioned above).

And again that was kind of the point of my original question - it's interesting to me to hear about the different ways that people do think of the lads, whether I agree with them or not, and to hear about where that view comes from, what interpretation of what moments...