shakespearean crit will be the death of me

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I'm back!

Okay, to be fair, I've been back for a while now, but I've barely been around on tumblr; I have a Master's thesis to edit before my study director sends it into the inferno of Elizabethan Academia, and I've been preparing to leave for London in less than - oh god, a little less than a month now. Remember two months ago when I said I was

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[tartancravat]

Pushing Daisies AU! Not that I don't think anything else you write would also be awesome.

HOW IS THIS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF POND LIFE. I HAD TO GOOGLE IT JUST NOW. WHAT.

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I'M REALLY REALLY TEMPTED TO DO A PUSHING DAISIES AU scrap everything I've done so far and start afresh yeaaaaah

Pretty cool explanation for Sherlock's mysterious return from the dead, too.

ISN'T THE MERE CONCEPT OF POND LIFE AMAZING THOUGH. :D Between that, the new season, and Gatiss writing a biopic about the origins of DW, I don't even know what to look forward to more.

[tartancravat]

Write them all! Oh man, I didn't even think of the whole dead thing. Who would have the undeadifying powers, then? If John, then angst.

Honestly I'm fighting against last series' residual irritation, because ugh, Moffat, being a troll in your writing doesn't make you clever, it makes for bad writing. But POND LIFE. YEAH. And Gatiss and DW origins sounds amazing.

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Mm, right now I've two scenarios jockeying for first place: either John is the one who undeads the dead, and brings Sherlock back to life after TRF, or Sherlock is, and he brings John back to life after John was shipped back from Afghanistan in a body bag. Either way, it's one of them, so angst is inevitable. :D

I firmly choose to ignore S6's story arc. It had some lovely filler episodes, and the opener wasn't half-bad, and Amy and Rory were adorable; that's it. I tend to stop listening to Moffat when he's being a sexist dick or going LOOK AT THIS LOOK HOW CLEVER IT IS THIS IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND and then it's only moderately clever, and, agh.

[tartancravat]

Woooo, angst. I feel like you could get something really interesting out of Sherlock and John being unable to touch each other, especially if you had an asexual Sherlock. Not sure what, but there could be things to explore in there.

I think I actually blocked out a lot of S6. I mean, I keep forgetting we've had that many seasons. I wish it was easier to keep loving Doctor Who as a whole in spite of it.

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It would be interesting, yeah. Touch-starved lovers who have a difficult time dealing with their sexuality? IDK, I think Sherlock being either gay or asexual, and John being either bicurious or straight as an arrow - in such a setting - would have an interesting dynamic. They'd have to rely on very specific things to elaborate on a romantic relationship.

Stop making me want to write this, tartan.

I wish it was easier to keep loving Doctor Who as a whole in spite of it.

Strangely, that's pretty much my relationship with Who in the first place? Some episodes and arcs are really quite terrible, but I adore the characters and some passages hit me right in the gut, and I tend to forget that there is some more questionable material in between.

[tartancravat]

Yeah, I like the idea of them needing to find what works both in terms of their somewhat mismatched sexualities and their inability to touch. Relationship negotiation and figuring out what works are like my favorite things, okay. Plus undeadified angst!

I have a vested interest in making you want to write this. Except I also want you to write your other things (casefic?! genderswap?! YES). Just WRITE ALL THE THINGS. :D Enabling powers: ACTIVATE.

I never had an issue loving Who until the end of the RTD era when it became ALL ANGST ALL THE TIME. Before that Who was just fun, and it was never stressful the way Moffat-era Who frequently is. My problem is not even the seriously problematic stuff; I think I would actually have an easier time reconciling my love of the show with my criticism of it without the fact that I find watching the show stressful because I don't trust Moffat not to be a troll.

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Relationship negotiation and figuring out what works are like my favorite things, okay.

Oh hi, me too. Tends to result in character studies and no resolution to the UST whatsoever. Mostly I'd love to write what didn't really get tackled in Pushing Daisies - daily accidents, nearly knocking into one another in doorways, one or two really big scares where they're practically breathing into each other's mouths by accident but, but, but. John telling Sherlock how to stitch up his own hand because he can't do it himself, perhaps?

I need all the enabling I can get at this point ♥

No, I see what you mean. Pre-emo!Ten RDT era was all fun and games with a few serious passages, Moffat era is all seriousness and suspense with a few funny passages. (Also, Moffat's plots are a lot less clever than he thinks they are, but that's another problem.)

[tartancravat]

Oh wow, that is all the things I would want of a Pushing Daisies fic. I actually realized the other day that I have seen all of Pushing Daisies, but I thought I hadn't, so I've never read any fic for it. But that all sounds excellent. Especially John telling Sherlock how to stitch himself up, because yes. I will enable you right into this fic, because this fic is getting increasingly amazing. :D :D :D If you want a brainstorming buddy! I am here waving my enabling flags.

Fun and games also reminds me more of Classic Who, which I like. But then, after 50 years of this show, it can and has been pretty much all things, there maybe isn't really any definitive style or mood it should have.