Since I am in control of this universe, I suppose I could, yes, make Oliver immortal. ;-)
From the (brief) research I did into Dolly the sheep, Dolly lived about a third as long as a regular sheep, and the Internet tells me that's typical for clones, that their lifespan is much shorter than the average. There's some debate that that has to do with the fact that they're clones of creatures who have already lived half of their lives, so they start life middle-aged in some weird way, or something. I figured that Sherlock would surely have stumbled upon the same research as I did in the course of looking into cloning. And you're right, that Sherlock took at least thirty years to figure out even the most basic things about his life, so he's horrified at how short a period of time that is for Oliver to have. It might be driving his insistence that they give Oliver exactly what he needs immediately, so he won't waste time being confused about himself.
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Date: 2013-04-25 12:46 pm (UTC)From the (brief) research I did into Dolly the sheep, Dolly lived about a third as long as a regular sheep, and the Internet tells me that's typical for clones, that their lifespan is much shorter than the average. There's some debate that that has to do with the fact that they're clones of creatures who have already lived half of their lives, so they start life middle-aged in some weird way, or something. I figured that Sherlock would surely have stumbled upon the same research as I did in the course of looking into cloning. And you're right, that Sherlock took at least thirty years to figure out even the most basic things about his life, so he's horrified at how short a period of time that is for Oliver to have. It might be driving his insistence that they give Oliver exactly what he needs immediately, so he won't waste time being confused about himself.