Elementary 6.04
Finished both of the Agent Carter stories I wanted to write for 
ssrconfidential, the assignment and the treat. They're very different from each other but, I fear, rather blatantly by yours truly. More post reveal, as I had great fun writing one and the other distills years of feelings and thoughts on Peggy Carter.
Elementary: No news on the "Does Michael exist or is he a product of Sherlock's mind?" front (and in fact no Michael this week), though Joan mentions she hasn't met him yet. Otoh, the missing girl (whom the audience knows Michael has buried) definitely is real, so there's that. (Again: do not want Jekyll/Hyde plot, so here's hoping it's not that.)
Lin seems to be a more regular guest star this season, and I like that they show us Joan's sisterly relationship with her developing. Otoh I am a bit doubtful about Joan deciding she wants to adopt (or at least consider adopting) after guiltily reading her former therapists notes on herself. That the writers lampshade the clumsiness of the narrative device by letting Lin comment it doesn't help. Now I'm not as dead-set as some vocal fans in many a fandom against children for main characters, nor do I think that becoming a mother automatically robs a female character of interest. And it's refreshing Joan's mind goes to adoption rather than the biological variety of parenthood. But still: she hasn't expressed an interest in having a child for five and a half seasons, so this is really out of nowhere. (Unless you count her sort of adopting Kitty, who was an adult, together with Sherlock.) I suppose you can fanwank it as the next step in that we've always seen Joan as the daughter struggling with her responsibilities/emotions towards her parents - her mother, her biological father, her adoptive father, and also as a sister, so her becoming a parent as the show nears its end (not literally, I heard we'll get a seventh season, but we're definitely in the closing stretch) is a next stage. Well, I'll wait to see the execution.
Case of the week: is "Jane Austen on Ice" really a thing?
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ssrconfidential, the assignment and the treat. They're very different from each other but, I fear, rather blatantly by yours truly. More post reveal, as I had great fun writing one and the other distills years of feelings and thoughts on Peggy Carter.
Elementary: No news on the "Does Michael exist or is he a product of Sherlock's mind?" front (and in fact no Michael this week), though Joan mentions she hasn't met him yet. Otoh, the missing girl (whom the audience knows Michael has buried) definitely is real, so there's that. (Again: do not want Jekyll/Hyde plot, so here's hoping it's not that.)
Lin seems to be a more regular guest star this season, and I like that they show us Joan's sisterly relationship with her developing. Otoh I am a bit doubtful about Joan deciding she wants to adopt (or at least consider adopting) after guiltily reading her former therapists notes on herself. That the writers lampshade the clumsiness of the narrative device by letting Lin comment it doesn't help. Now I'm not as dead-set as some vocal fans in many a fandom against children for main characters, nor do I think that becoming a mother automatically robs a female character of interest. And it's refreshing Joan's mind goes to adoption rather than the biological variety of parenthood. But still: she hasn't expressed an interest in having a child for five and a half seasons, so this is really out of nowhere. (Unless you count her sort of adopting Kitty, who was an adult, together with Sherlock.) I suppose you can fanwank it as the next step in that we've always seen Joan as the daughter struggling with her responsibilities/emotions towards her parents - her mother, her biological father, her adoptive father, and also as a sister, so her becoming a parent as the show nears its end (not literally, I heard we'll get a seventh season, but we're definitely in the closing stretch) is a next stage. Well, I'll wait to see the execution.
Case of the week: is "Jane Austen on Ice" really a thing?
This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1284728.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.