2: Argh fandom. Ok, you know I was quite into the Star Trek fanfiction thing (particularly slash) in the day, but I just CAN NOT get into any type of shipping or fanning that involves the fans saying that the AUTHOR or SERIES is going wrong by not putting their people together! For me it was never like "These two people should REALLY be romantically involved in the canon of the show," but rather "In my weird but personally enjoyable fantasy life about the show, these two people explore their sexual chemistry, and probably their hidden emotional issues and past traumas too because that's the kind of weird I am." I am madly fanny about this webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court, in which relationships do happen, and shippers abound who continually post in the comments about how the creator of the series is getting it wrong by having or not having any two characters get together. I'm like, Dude! It's THEIR SERIES. Sorry you would rather see some other characters get together besides the ones who are getting together, but that doesn't mean it's WRONG! The JK Rowling thing reminded me of that.
Re Sherlock -- also I delight in the chemistry (sexual-ish?) between John and Sherlock and between Moriarty and Sherlock. And I delight in knowing that there are people out there writing slash fiction about it. But to me it is more in the territory of Mulder and Scully: it built up SO MUCH that now it could never be resolved in a realistic seeming way, so it just has to ... can't think of the right word here ... sublimate? Still so delightful and a big part of why I like the show.
I'm not in love with Watson but I always love the doctors on every show. So I still love him even though I'm not "in love" with him. LOL (btw inferiority complex -- I totally get that.)
I agree, Sherlock's personal growth is lovely and heartwrenching! Oh man, that scene in the tower with chained-up Moriarty was SO GOOD. WOW. So believable and such an interesting window into Sherlock's, shall we say, heart! I loved it! (It's been like a week since I watched the show so I probably won't remember most of the things that I thought were super awesome at the time, but I will try.)
I don't have a need for any of the characters in this story to be "normal." John is weird in his way -- adrenaline addicted and not exactly fitting in with regular society; just because he doesn't have a superpower doesn't mean, to me, that he's not who he is because of his special extraordinariness. In fact I kind of like that pretty much every character is slightly-to-extremely ill-suited to regular society, either because of bizarre talent, criminal past, or whathaveyou. I guess I take the created world of Sherlock on these terms, so Mary's revelation just seemed perfectly in line with this. But what I REALLY loved about that situation, and what I thought was rather deep, was the claim about John choosing her because he is drawn to danger -- he loves it, in fact. That she didn't betray him -- he purposely chose her even though he didn't really realize what he was doing; and now they can go on to have a life that makes much more sense to me than him just getting together with a nice, quirky, regular sort of gal. It seems much more in character for someone like THIS to manage to become his love post-Sherlock, than an "ordinary" person. What I REALLY love about it is how much it resonates with real human relationships. I didn't find it nearly as believable before this revelation; in fact I found it rather annoying. (He left SH for this chick??? Why??? Or like in Arrested Development: "Her?") Now I'm happy. ;-)
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Date: 2014-02-15 07:02 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)2: Argh fandom. Ok, you know I was quite into the Star Trek fanfiction thing (particularly slash) in the day, but I just CAN NOT get into any type of shipping or fanning that involves the fans saying that the AUTHOR or SERIES is going wrong by not putting their people together! For me it was never like "These two people should REALLY be romantically involved in the canon of the show," but rather "In my weird but personally enjoyable fantasy life about the show, these two people explore their sexual chemistry, and probably their hidden emotional issues and past traumas too because that's the kind of weird I am." I am madly fanny about this webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court, in which relationships do happen, and shippers abound who continually post in the comments about how the creator of the series is getting it wrong by having or not having any two characters get together. I'm like, Dude! It's THEIR SERIES. Sorry you would rather see some other characters get together besides the ones who are getting together, but that doesn't mean it's WRONG! The JK Rowling thing reminded me of that.
Re Sherlock -- also I delight in the chemistry (sexual-ish?) between John and Sherlock and between Moriarty and Sherlock. And I delight in knowing that there are people out there writing slash fiction about it. But to me it is more in the territory of Mulder and Scully: it built up SO MUCH that now it could never be resolved in a realistic seeming way, so it just has to ... can't think of the right word here ... sublimate? Still so delightful and a big part of why I like the show.
I'm not in love with Watson but I always love the doctors on every show. So I still love him even though I'm not "in love" with him. LOL (btw inferiority complex -- I totally get that.)
I agree, Sherlock's personal growth is lovely and heartwrenching! Oh man, that scene in the tower with chained-up Moriarty was SO GOOD. WOW. So believable and such an interesting window into Sherlock's, shall we say, heart! I loved it! (It's been like a week since I watched the show so I probably won't remember most of the things that I thought were super awesome at the time, but I will try.)
I don't have a need for any of the characters in this story to be "normal." John is weird in his way -- adrenaline addicted and not exactly fitting in with regular society; just because he doesn't have a superpower doesn't mean, to me, that he's not who he is because of his special extraordinariness. In fact I kind of like that pretty much every character is slightly-to-extremely ill-suited to regular society, either because of bizarre talent, criminal past, or whathaveyou. I guess I take the created world of Sherlock on these terms, so Mary's revelation just seemed perfectly in line with this. But what I REALLY loved about that situation, and what I thought was rather deep, was the claim about John choosing her because he is drawn to danger -- he loves it, in fact. That she didn't betray him -- he purposely chose her even though he didn't really realize what he was doing; and now they can go on to have a life that makes much more sense to me than him just getting together with a nice, quirky, regular sort of gal. It seems much more in character for someone like THIS to manage to become his love post-Sherlock, than an "ordinary" person. What I REALLY love about it is how much it resonates with real human relationships. I didn't find it nearly as believable before this revelation; in fact I found it rather annoying. (He left SH for this chick??? Why??? Or like in Arrested Development: "Her?") Now I'm happy. ;-)
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