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bethan_b_bad

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Aug 16, 2010 17:48

Dear Sherlock fandom,

Can we please please PLEASE stop trying to diagnose Sherlock now? It was interesting at first, but the back-and-forth squabbling and anecdata are getting very wearing. HIS DISORDER IS HE'S SHERLOCK HOLMES, OKAY.

Kisses,
Bethan

deal with my spam, why yes i do rant a lot, sherlock is actually literally on crack, don't call me shirley

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apiphile August 16 2010, 16:59:16 UTC

Reason #9483 why I stay the fuck away from fandom...

bethan_b_bad August 16 2010, 17:00:50 UTC

I'd mind less, but this is the discussion we have EVERY TIME there is a new version of Sherlock Holmes, and it just rumbles on and on and on and on... In fact, I'm pretty sure the original canon's fandom is still having debates about this.

remindmeofthe August 16 2010, 17:02:49 UTC

He has a canon diagnosis! "High functioning sociopath" = layperson term for Antisocial Personality Disorder. THERE I SOLVED IT THE END.

lienne August 16 2010, 17:07:36 UTC

I think that's part of the problem, though. He claims a diagnosis that actually doesn't exist. So now we all get to interpret it as a layperson term for whatever the hell we want.

Which I actually like, because I am fond of leeway.

remindmeofthe August 16 2010, 17:12:29 UTC

You mean the fact that "sociopath" doesn't mean a damn thing clinically? Because that is very true. I have kind of come to dislike the word for that very reason. I'll use it as shorthand so people know what I'm talking about, but I won't like it. XD

lienne August 16 2010, 17:17:06 UTC

Exactly!

alas_a_llama August 16 2010, 17:10:42 UTC

That actually sounds like a fascinating discussion, in moderation and when all parties involve accept that there's not ever going to be an actual clear answer.

lienne August 16 2010, 17:16:15 UTC

+1

I love talking about interpreting Holmes through the lenses of various disorders! But not in an exclusionary "I'm right you're wrong I'm smart you're dumb I'm big you're little and there's nothing you can do about it" context.

Yes I just quoted the Matilda movie. Yes I am now desperately trying to chase all thought of a crossover out of my head. (IT WOULD BE GOLD THOUGH.)

bethan_b_bad August 16 2010, 17:18:15 UTC

...You have to write me Matilda meeting Sherlock.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

lienne August 16 2010, 17:35:00 UTC

I HAVE THIS FEELING IT WOULD END IN A JOINT EP OF SH AND TILDA TO M_M

I'M NOT SURE I'M READY FOR THAT

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synekdokee August 16 2010, 17:29:42 UTC

Ugh, this.