The adventures of a modern-day sleuth cracking mysteries are the same as a dread pirate avenging his childhood sweetheart? Inconceivable! you might cry. But Tumblr user Jadzia says, Elementary, my dear fan. And she’s got the GIFs to prove it.
No surprise, a lot of the comparisons that Jadzia makes cast Sherlock/John as Westley/Buttercup—faking your death, approaching your beloved under a false identity, outwitting villains to save the one you love. And even saving your sweetheart from a fiery death:
But it’s not just Sherlock and Westley who are kindred spirits. Jadzia also pointed out how Buttercup and John grieve fiercely and similarly:
The parallels extend to battles of wits revolving around the highest of high stakes—which one is the poison?
And while pirates play a more significant role in one property than the other, this comparison couldn’t be ignored:
Back to the feels: Once Westley and Sherlock both come back from the dead, they’re staying put. They promise.
Check out Jadzia’s full list of parallels (part 1; part 2) for the full GIF effect.
[via The Daily Dot]
No, no, no, no, no…. this needs to stop. Show A and Show B, or Movie A and Movie B are not the same story. Universal themes, universal plots extend through everything. That’s the nature of creativity. You might as well start at the Epic of Gilgamesh and rightly claim that everything else is a knock off.
Kpdawes – True. Look at the first Thor movie. A god sends his son to Earth where he dies trying to save mankind. He comes back to life, and then leaves Earth, promising to return someday. Sound familiar?