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How they met themselves
Feb. 14th, 2010 12:19 amThose of you who have seen the new Sherlock Holmes film may have noticed this, but then again you may not have done. I have been a portraitist and illustrator in the past so I'm used to looking at people's faces very carefully, but I frequently see things that other people don't, things that make folks say "HUH?" when I mention them.
However, if you're of a mind, take a good look at Holmes and Irene whenever they're in the same scene and note the following: They are the same height and have similar compact builds. Both have triangular faces with high foreheads. Both have hair that is not only dark, but about the same shade. They both have large, dark hazel eyes and brows that are straight across and then dip down at the outer edges. And they have almost the same nose. I'm not kidding here, almost exactly the same nose. Only their mouths are different. They could not only be brother and sister but could almost be fraternal twins. Now I'd have said this might well be a coincidence until I started looking at Watson and Mary. Both tall and slender, both with reddish-blond(e) hair, though his is darker, both with strikingly pale eyes, and again, very similar noses.
What does this mean? I have no idea, but given both the physical resemblances and the similarities of character -- again, most particularly between Holmes and Irene, but still discernible between the good doctor and Miss Morstan -- I'm inclined to think it has to mean something. Any notions?
However, if you're of a mind, take a good look at Holmes and Irene whenever they're in the same scene and note the following: They are the same height and have similar compact builds. Both have triangular faces with high foreheads. Both have hair that is not only dark, but about the same shade. They both have large, dark hazel eyes and brows that are straight across and then dip down at the outer edges. And they have almost the same nose. I'm not kidding here, almost exactly the same nose. Only their mouths are different. They could not only be brother and sister but could almost be fraternal twins. Now I'd have said this might well be a coincidence until I started looking at Watson and Mary. Both tall and slender, both with reddish-blond(e) hair, though his is darker, both with strikingly pale eyes, and again, very similar noses.
What does this mean? I have no idea, but given both the physical resemblances and the similarities of character -- again, most particularly between Holmes and Irene, but still discernible between the good doctor and Miss Morstan -- I'm inclined to think it has to mean something. Any notions?
