I think think it's surprising how much is similar and how well the adaptation works, on its own terms. It's as if the welfare state and the great social revolutions of the 20c (incomplete though they may be) never happened. M.
This is all true! And it makes me realize that on some level, I've been watching this show with the hope (virtually unthinkable in ACD) that Sherlock will, at some point, fail.
Writing for TV sounds damn stressful, though. Very little of it actually seems to involve writing, per se. It sounds like being in a really wanky RPG. :)
I haven't been watching the show, but I love this meta, insightful and slightly bitter. (I mean that in a good way.) And you know, I don't think I need to watch the show to understand it. I'm already familiar with those tropes.
It's as if the welfare state and the great social revolutions of the 20c (incomplete though they may be) never happened.
absolutely. and it's a betrayal of everything i'm invested in to find him charming, and watch for his little flickers of vulnerability like that's what really matters.
on the other hand, isn't there something awesome about a tv programme that can knowingly make you compromise yourself to such an extent?
absolutely. and it's a betrayal of everything i'm invested in to find him charming, and watch for his little flickers of vulnerability like that's what really matters.
Ah, see, tarte, I flail and foam and write and write, and you get it in fewer than thirty words. *smooch* Thanks for reading. M.
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(excellent meta. really excellent)
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As I was just saying to someone on DW, there's something almost diabolically clever about the way this series is constructed. M.
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D'you suppose they're looking for writers for the next season? *nudges*
One of my English professors in college had a friend who quit academia to write the X-files. That story's stuck with me for years. M.
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Writing for TV sounds damn stressful, though. Very little of it actually seems to involve writing, per se. It sounds like being in a really wanky RPG. :)
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Ah, you're a flister after my own heart, RP.
Thanks for giving this a read, especially if you're not invested in the show! M.
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It's as if the welfare state and the great social revolutions of the 20c (incomplete though they may be) never happened.
absolutely. and it's a betrayal of everything i'm invested in to find him charming, and watch for his little flickers of vulnerability like that's what really matters.
on the other hand, isn't there something awesome about a tv programme that can knowingly make you compromise yourself to such an extent?
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Ah, see, tarte, I flail and foam and write and write, and you get it in fewer than thirty words. *smooch* Thanks for reading. M.
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