The way Holmes textually canonically frequently regularly and often without hesitation commits crimes and/or protects criminals because he likes them, he thinks it’s a silly thing to be criminalised for, he’s bored, the police annoy him, he’s gay, he’s been drinking his respect women juice, or it was a really funny crime is just… Perfect of him actually
Literally canonically in his eyes basically the worst thing you can do is be a rich guy using your power to hurt people especially if you’re hurting women or warmongering but if women commit treason he thinks it’s hilarious and they end up besties who send each other Christmas cards every year its so fucking good
He’s 100% right about all of this by the way
Rich man: *harasses a woman and acts like a creep*
Holmes: You fucking asshole. I’m going to make sure you go to jail.
A woman: *murders her husband*
Holmes: I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING ALSO GOOD FOR HER
The Solitary Cyclist and The Abbey Grange, respectively
Importantly, many of the “murdered husband” stories feature Doyle, via Watson or Holmes, looking directly at the reader and going “And this could have been avoided IF DIVORCE WAS LEGAL”