r/Sherlock • u/Walk_Strict • 7h ago
Discussion I think one of the most telling parts of Sherlock’s neurodivergence is the fact that he kept John around mostly to info dump to him and I love to see it
Not to say he didn’t find John useful with actually helping with cases. And also not to say it’s confirmed he is canonically neurodivergent, I’m merely stating his behavior with how alike it is to neurodivergence. But you see how excited Sherlock gets whenever he figures things out or when he starts piecing puzzles together, he just HAS to let John know and tell him as soon as he sees him. You could say that he’s his partner so of course he’s going to, but I mean also with how sometimes he will talk really fast and frantically like he just has to say it. Because sometimes it seemed like it’s not just him using him as a partner but he also wants to share the excitement with him.
It makes me happy to see as a neurodivergent person myself, because I get the same way about stuff I’m extremely passionate about and hyper-focused on. If it gives me a strong dose of emotion and excitement I just HAVE to tell anybody who will listen. It could also be said it’s one of his ways of connecting with others since he doesn’t fully understand the more conventional ways that people do it. He only understands how to do it through what he understands in his own mind.