Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue talk Sherlock

[demon_faith]

I went to see Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue talk in Wrexham tonight about "Sherlock".

Here are some comments I scribbled down that I thought would be relevant to our interests:

Comments

[hollsh]

OT, but I love your mood theme.

[demon_faith]

Thank you! I do still love my Ianto.

[selenityshiroi]

Point of mean: "if you lost every rabid SH and DW fan in one day, it wouldn't make a dent in the ratings"

Things like this remind me of why I'm...not fond of Steven Moffat.

I know that, in reality, the ratings have to be important. But there's no need to dismiss fans at the same time.

[randomalia]

Jumping in to say, agreed. He's one of those writers that should write and not give interviews.

[quamquam20]

Totally agree.

[demon_faith]

I'd simply add him to the legion of writers who Do Not Get It.

Mark Gatiss, for example, plays the fandom really well. Rusty just got angry.

[warriorbot]

Oh fantastic - thank you for this. More notes please!

[demon_faith]

I'll try my best to get the rest together. :)

[evewithanapple]

Sherlock starts as a "lone autistic psychopath"

That actually fits with the impression I got (not the psychopath bit, but the autistic one.) A lot of Sherlock's social manners (or lack thereoff) read to me like someone who just didn't grasp why people wouldn't react the way he would. His bafflement at why Molly was upset when he told her Jim was gay, for example- he actually did think telling her was kind, and he didn't get why she'd be upset. Being on the autistic spectrum (though with a milder case) it was all very familiar.

[madrona_8]

I'd agree with that. I have a friend who is very much on the spectrum though highly functional;she can multitask and speak many languages. But even she knows she doesn't "get it" all the time. Plus side, you can tell her stuff and not beat around the bush

[demon_faith]

I did very much get the impression he was on the spectrum.

[silvia_elisa]

Ah, I'd love to hear the writing and production notes, I find them so interesting. Not that what you have here isn't, of course. :) You are a remarkable note-taker! I'd get lost listening to the thing and not write down a single line.

[demon_faith]

After five years of lectures, I learned to listen with my pen! I'm terrible at direct quotations, but I got the gist of most of it.