#or i might just keep arsene at this point tbh. using irene adler just feels wrong even if the backstories fit

[afterthelambs]

While doing research for female equivalents of Arsene, I discovered that the wikipedia page for fictional female thieves lists all of the phantom thieves girls except for Makoto and Futaba? Who made this lmao

And Irene Adler is there for some reason. I know that Arsene is supposed to be the rival of Sherlock Holmes so logically I would have to pick Irene Adler but she's not a thief or a criminal at all, it's just that so many versions of Sherlock Holmes tricked people into thinking she's a catwoman-like figure. In the original novel she's literally just an innocent opera singer who was being harassed by a king that she used to date. She did nothing wrong, stop slandering her.

Actually now that I'm typing this out, "woman accused of doing something she did not by a scummy politician who abuses his power and hires a detective to sell her out but she manages to outsmart said detective and escape" is basically joker's actual story... dammit. why does it fit. hang on.........