Your username and avatar and the current AV Club lockout are perfect for the situation we're in. I was just commenting on a different thread that I feel like I'm in some kind of mirror universe/darkest timeline/alternate "what if the South won the Civil War" situation.

"I was in the pool! I was in the pool!"

You think canceling your gym membership is an overreaction?

I wish I shared your confidence, but my faith in the American people died last night.

Comedic spin? No.

"It can't happen here" is a dangerous mindset. Take it from me.

I am just utterly ashamed of my country right now. I've spent the morning texting with my brother in law, who is Latino and devastated because "they don't want me here," and one of my best friends who is black, and is now (even more) afraid to walk down the street, and I just don't even know what to say. "Hang in…

I'll ask my Trump-supporting co-workers about that today.

Terrified, disgusted, and embarrassed for my country.

And end with "I'm a rappin' surfer. You're the fool I pity!"

Dr. Joseph Bell (who Arthur Conan Doyle knew personally) was clearly an inspiration, as were some other real-life doctors. And of course you can't dismiss the obvious literary influences, such as the detectives from The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Crime and Punishment.