The Ghostly Rejection

Fans online frequently mock the irony of Conan Doyle's life. He grew so deeply resentful of Sherlock Holmes eclipsing his "serious" historical fiction that he killed him off. When public outrage forced him to bring Holmes back, he famously charged extortionate prices hoping publishers would refuse. They paid it immediately. Furthermore, while Holmes was a strict rationalist, Conan Doyle famously believed in spiritualism and fairies, prompting fans to joke that Holmes would have absolutely hated his own creator.