Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1894786-20150317091057/@comment-25701646-20150318200256

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: ROSSELLA1 wrote: I'd have to add Shere Khan and Ratigan to that list. Ooh, yes! Shere Khan could somehow relate to Sabor (from Tarzan) or Raja (from Aladdin). Even if they don't bring in talking animals, they could still do evil animals and good animals (both Sabor and Raja are silent). And Ratigan could be humanized and put in Victorian England, probably as a foe of Sherlock. We've yet to see him, and we know he was originally meant to be in the show (played by our dearly departed Huntsman...) I was originally against the idea of humanizing animal characters (and still am for Shere Khan), but the thought of it for Ratigan just made me think of something. Ratigan was based off Moriarty and, since there's magic in the show and more than one character has been known to transform/be transformed into an animal, why not have Ratigan start off as Moriarty and Basil as Sherlock (yes they do have a cameo of the Great Detective in the movie, but who cares?)? Because of the bizarre natures of some of Holmes' cases, it wouldn't be far-fetched for him to eventually land on one that involved magic. This could lead to them being transformed into animals. As for Ratigan's name change, maybe an unfortunate nickname created by Sherlock when Moriarty became a rat? Could also explain why he hates being called a rat, as well, as I don't imagine either of the two would enjoy being transformed.