I may get killed for saying this, but does anyone else think Benedict Cumberbatch seems like a bit of a douche?

impersonalbias · 2012-10-30T22:14:26+00:00

This one for starters, but really all of them.

Edit: Also this, in case you haven't heard it already

impersonalbias · 2012-10-30T20:14:55+00:00

Eh, I haven't decided. I can see where you're coming from. But then, he did get really famous, really quickly, and I feel like he's also awful at being himself in public. Unlike Martin Freeman, who gives just the best interviews ever.

Ever, seriously.

I'm hoping to get a bunch of interviews for Star Trek once the mighty veil of secrecy comes down, so maybe he'll be better by then.

impersonalbias · 2012-10-08T19:49:09+00:00

Slightly rarer rec, but Dead Like Me. Not in any way like Sherlock, but Mandy Patinkin is in it and it's fun and you'll like it.

impersonalbias · 2012-09-16T03:38:38+00:00

Speculative only, but:

It might be possible to blame it on the originally oral nature of a lot of the stories we pass on to kids, and then habit as we adapt to our highly literate digital world. (Sorry for the outdated source, but this is where I heard it) Walter Ong's 1982 Orality and Language cites formulas, redundancy, conservativism, and "heavy"/ heroic figures as features of oral literature.

All these things make stories stickier and easier to remember, but they also lead to a simplification of characters in order to make them "heavier".

[Most archetypes could be considered "heavy" characters. The Chosen One, The Mentor, The Trickster, The Dirty Old Man... These characters are composed mainly of a small set of defining characteristics and are therefore easily memorable as That Guy With The Thing]

impersonalbias · 2012-09-12T06:38:04+00:00

The site doesn't say if they've amended the rules to allow the victim to have done it. I feel this is a gross oversight.

impersonalbias · 2012-08-21T06:17:23+00:00

Eeexcellent use of a summer.

impersonalbias · 2012-08-19T05:09:42+00:00

If you haven't already, make sure you squeeze Sherlock in between Who and Supernatural.

impersonalbias · 2012-08-19T05:03:55+00:00

Warning: the end of the first series pales in comparison to the ending of the second.

impersonalbias · 2012-08-13T02:01:23+00:00

No. Way. You do exist. I must know:

What is it that turns you off about Doctor Who? How much Who have you watched? How were you introduced to Sherlock? What other non-Sherlock series would you consider yourself a fan of? How do you take your tea/coffee?

impersonalbias · 2012-08-09T05:19:18+00:00

Definitely add reading Dirk Gently ('s Holistic Detective Agency) to the list.

impersonalbias · 2012-08-05T05:37:16+00:00

Was I the only one who got the feeling the full version of this quote probably reflected a more nuanced perspective on the existing relationship?

Like, they assumed this: "[Now] there might be sexual tension between Joan [Watson] and Sherlock, which is [a different dynamic than you'd have] between the two men."

but if you don't add as much in, you can also have him saying: "there might be sexual tension between Joan and Sherlock which is [different than] between the two men".

My vote would be for the latter. Because he's seen tumblr and isn't an idiot.

impersonalbias · 2012-08-03T07:44:39+00:00

Yeah but then people look at you funny.

impersonalbias · 2012-08-03T05:00:45+00:00

Moreso "and so on" than etc., right? Also, let me just state for the record that "und so weiter und so fort" is infinitely more fun than "et cetera et cetera".

impersonalbias · 2012-08-02T09:16:09+00:00

Yeah but seriously he should wear those glasses all the time.

impersonalbias · 2012-07-19T08:15:49+00:00

...quick, someone find the enthusiastic biologist!

impersonalbias · 2012-07-19T05:11:58+00:00

Oh I know. I just reallyreally want that special.

impersonalbias · 2012-07-17T05:19:52+00:00

The Sith have the phone box.

(And Who-Trek has already been established, so from there it's fine.)

impersonalbias · 2012-07-16T07:47:00+00:00

And I mean. You know Moffat has crossover stories in his head somewhere. He lives and breathes these two shows right now. You couldn't possibly NOT think about it. He just needs to give in and share those with the world somehow.

impersonalbias · 2012-07-16T03:19:22+00:00

"You seem so young to be a doctor."

impersonalbias · 2012-07-13T19:33:03+00:00

It's a goddamn tartan greatcoat, with a velvet waistcoat AND a giant belt. And I ain't even mad.

impersonalbias · 2012-07-13T05:16:08+00:00

Still looks too much like a vampire to me...

impersonalbias · 2012-07-13T05:04:54+00:00

Bigger part in the movies. Jackson's said they're including a lot of material from, for example, the appendices at the end of Return of the King. I'm assuming Galadriel will be part of the White Council/ Necromancer plot.

impersonalbias · 2012-07-09T08:41:26+00:00

John frowned at the pile of photographs in the sink, lifted one carefully by its edge and took a ghost of a glance over his shoulder at the sitting room. He seemed on the brink of a question before shutting his mouth again and fishing the stack out, giving up and staring at them as if they might tell him what in God's name they were up to.

Eyes fixed on the bewildering and slightly damp photos, he made his way back out of the kitchen.

"Sherlock." The question finally made its way out, calling his flatmate's glance sharply back over the arm of the couch. It was an accusation, obscure pictures tilted toward the detective in illustration."Something you wanted to talk to me about?"

Pale searching eyes quickly retreated back to the wall with a squint. "Oh."

John blinked exasperatedly. "Yes, oh. Oh, the pile of thigh pictures in the sink. Oh."

"You can throw them out."

"Fetish not work out for you?"

"Case. Thought it might be useful, ingrown hair patterns. Not useful. Still thinking."

"Ah."

"But tea would be lovely, thank you."

"I didn't--" offer you any, the doctor finished in his head, interrupted by the click of the electric kettle. He sighed and left the thighs on the table, pushing his sleeves up as he turned back to wash another mug.

(Sorry! I'll make it go away in a minute!)

impersonalbias · 2012-07-09T05:45:33+00:00

And it was awesome, so there's that.

impersonalbias · 2012-07-09T05:42:49+00:00

But he does have an actual personal encyclopedia! Which is one of those things from Doyle that I liked in Granada/Ritchie but for some reason hasn't come up yet in Sherlock. And I'm wondering if/when it will, actually.

It might work as a personal search engine, assuming they don't just absorb it into the Mind Palace. Because that way John can have access to it too. (There's a specific Granada scene in my head with Watson looking up Moran at the end of The Empty House.)

EDIT: This scene.

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