Real life Sherlock was basically a Mary Sue (except for in ACD's last works), an impeccable genius, master of disguise, a sharp shooter with the pistol and strong enough to bend iron with his own hands.

Honestly, I actually liked that about him, I feel like it's a more fun version of an extraordinary person who's also a little broken, he has his vices but he's still also hyper-competent at what he does (whereas in modern media it's always someone has one talent but they're a fuck up in everything else, or are a genius but act like a sassy high schooler than an intelligent mature, highly experienced adult). It's not always about being uber relatable or over-humanising characters, sometimes you want a character who maybe you can relate to and who maybe isn't perfect but definitely one you can admire.

It was weird because I'm a bit of a nerd myself and a lot of my friends recommended the BBC's Sherlock saying it was awesome but I watched one episode and thought "what in the mother-lovingcoked up scrawny white boy sunflower spectrum neurodivergent savant magic guessing non plot retaining bullshit was that? Cos it ain't sherlock!". Felt the same vibe when a friend suggested I try watch Kaos (on Netflix) recently.