I have a lot of Sherlock Holmes feelings. I hadn't watched any adaptations* until the RDJ movies came out, but I'd read the stories and I'd read meta about the stories
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I’ve been tracking #Elementary on Tumblr and it’s gotten such a wide range. I think the love is fairly consistent-Joan Watson, Sherlock Holmes, depiction of mental illness. And the meh reactions too are consistent-hope it’s not a romance, okay for an american procedural and the many variations of “not Sherlock characters” but still fun. The hate is consistent too-it’s not Sherlock, Watson is a woman, Sherlock has tattoos.
There was pre-fandom wank for Lois ’n’ Clark and Smallville as there is wank for any new adaptation, especially comics. But I dunno, maybe because the internet had fewer fannish outlets those wanks were relatively contained? But still, there’s something besides that going on. It seems to be coming mostly from Sherlock fans. Most Ritchie!Holmes fans I’ve known/seen on Tumblr are fairly enthusiastic.
I wonder if it’s because the Elementary and Sherlock have similar premises-modern 21st century-yet differ so much from that common start. Also, Moffat and et al were never kind to Elementary-damaging the [Sherlock Holmes] brand; we’ll sue them if it’s too similar; Watson is a nonsense gimmick; prefer Jonny Lee Miller not take the role; etc.-and that fueled Sherlock fans into hating it. But I like that fans are giving Elementary a go despite all that.
I’ve been tracking #Elementary on Tumblr and it’s gotten such a wide range.
The way of Tumblr remain something of a mystery to me (though it's possible that tracking Teen Wolf and other newer fandoms may finally get me to take the plunge; most the activity in TW fandom seems to happen on tumblr). Sounds like you can track larger numbers of individual opinions there, which is neat.
I wonder if it’s because the Elementary and Sherlock have similar premises-modern 21st century-yet differ so much from that common start. Also, Moffat and et al were never kind to Elementary-damaging the [Sherlock Holmes] brand; we’ll sue them if it’s too similar; Watson is a nonsense gimmick; prefer Jonny Lee Miller not take the role; etc.-and that fueled Sherlock fans into hating it. But I like that fans are giving Elementary a go despite all that.
Yeah, I've been seeing a bit about how the people behind Sherlock are negative on Elementary, so I can see how that probably would have an influence on people who are invested are invested enough in the show that they follow what the people behind-the-scenes say.
There was pre-fandom wank for Lois ’n’ Clark and Smallville as there is wank for any new adaptation, especially comics. But I dunno, maybe because the internet had fewer fannish outlets those wanks were relatively contained? But still, there’s something besides that going on. It seems to be coming mostly from Sherlock fans. Most Ritchie!Holmes fans I’ve known/seen on Tumblr are fairly enthusiastic.
I wonder if it’s because the Elementary and Sherlock have similar premises-modern 21st century-yet differ so much from that common start. Also, Moffat and et al were never kind to Elementary-damaging the [Sherlock Holmes] brand; we’ll sue them if it’s too similar; Watson is a nonsense gimmick; prefer Jonny Lee Miller not take the role; etc.-and that fueled Sherlock fans into hating it. But I like that fans are giving Elementary a go despite all that.
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The way of Tumblr remain something of a mystery to me (though it's possible that tracking Teen Wolf and other newer fandoms may finally get me to take the plunge; most the activity in TW fandom seems to happen on tumblr). Sounds like you can track larger numbers of individual opinions there, which is neat.
I wonder if it’s because the Elementary and Sherlock have similar premises-modern 21st century-yet differ so much from that common start. Also, Moffat and et al were never kind to Elementary-damaging the [Sherlock Holmes] brand; we’ll sue them if it’s too similar; Watson is a nonsense gimmick; prefer Jonny Lee Miller not take the role; etc.-and that fueled Sherlock fans into hating it. But I like that fans are giving Elementary a go despite all that.
Yeah, I've been seeing a bit about how the people behind Sherlock are negative on Elementary, so I can see how that probably would have an influence on people who are invested are invested enough in the show that they follow what the people behind-the-scenes say.
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