Oh boy. I just had a really cool idea: with Portia Adams the consulting detective now operating from 221B Baker St, how cool would it be if her cousin, another grandchild of Dr. John Watson, was a criminal psychologist?
I like that idea. I’m trying to work out if this new addition to Portia’s life should be a man or a woman. Regardless, there are all kinds of opportunities here for conflict, tension, competition, emotion… the list goes on and on.
This is a story after all, and I personally LOVE it when a character links to another character from canon, it’s like an inside joke between the author and I.
I have to think about it some more, but I had to write it down cause I haven’t stopped smiling since I thought of it.
NB: Just a quick edit, I wanted to make sure it was feasible that a woman at this time could be a practicing psychologist, and yes, it seems the first woman to earn a Phd in Psychology was Margaret Washburn, and that was way back in 1894, a good 30 years earlier. Margaret Lowenfield could serve as a good model for such a character.
It’s your choice, Angela. However, I’d go with a woman if I were you. After all, this is a man’s time in a man’s world. These two women could compete with each other to begin with, but by the end of the novel could be allies and friends. How does that sound?
I agree Rami, I really like that idea too. Thank you!
Anytime.