Current mood:

Gobsmacked

Multiple interpretations of canon? In MY fandom?
Warnings for homophobia with a side of sexism and probably various other -isms that I'm not entirely sure I have a name for! Also, massive amounts of jaw-droppingly over-the-top condescension.

Alexds1 is a fan of original recipe Sherlock Holmes, which is the only version that matters! Alexds1 has a problem with adaptations of literary works. And people who enjoy those adaptations. And people who view those adaptations as legitimate works in their own right. And people whose interpretations of creative works differ from Alexds1's. But Alexds1 especially has a problem with anyone who dares to speculate about Sherlock Holmes's sexuality, which is spelled out totally unambiguously in the original source material!

It doesn't take long for the pwnage to begin.

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	napalmnacey 2012-01-25 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	You mean they miss it? I mean, it's a pretty heavy subtext in all the Sherlock Holmes adaptations I've ever seen, particularly Gatiss and Moffat's incarnation. I mean, the entire series screams, "THIS MAN IS ROYALLY FUCKED UP, LOOK HOW WATSON GIVES HIS LIFE MEANING!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2012-01-26 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Pretty much every actor who plays Holmes says something along the lines of, "Jesus, are you kidding me? If he didn't have Watson he'd work himself to death/OD on coke/become a serial killer/eat bug powder and die." Not in those exact words, obviously. SAFETY TIP: Do not eat bug powder. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tehrin 2012-01-26 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Keating's chief ingredient was pyrenthrum. Another common disinfectant involved chloride of lime (bleach) mixed with water. Don't ingest that either. And this is random mostly useless information. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	full_metal_ox 2012-01-26 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	SAFETY TIP: Do not eat bug powder. Another: huffing deadly hallucinogenic neurotoxins just to find out what it's like is the express route to a Darwin Award (and somebody's lucky to have a physician as his long-suffering best bud.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	theninth 2012-01-27 03:37 am UTC (link)
	SAFETY TIP: Do not eat bug powder. This is also the message behind "Naked Lunch". (Reply to this)(Parent)

sandyclaws68
2012-01-26 02:18 am UTC (link)

You mean they miss it?
Some do, yeah. Usually the ones who like to think of themselves as "pure intellect" and therefore make everything about Holmes into something to be admired. They totally disregard the things that should be at the least regarded with a sideways hairy-eyeball glance.

For my part I think the best for portraying that tragic side of Holmes was Brett.

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	tehrin 2012-01-26 05:28 am UTC (link)
	It's like they think that by proving how right they are, they're smarter than the rabble and more like Holmes than everyone else. (Reply to this)(Parent)

cmdr_zoom
2012-01-26 07:39 pm UTC (link)

In my personal experience, those who aspire to/imagine themselves as "pure intellect" don't know how to deal with their emotions and need for social contact, have bad experiences as a result, and so try to pretend those things don't exist... which works about as well, long-term, as throwing a tarp over the elephant in the living room.

(I got better. Then I found new things to be stupid about.)

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