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fannishliss

Awesome Things

Nov 15, 2013 09:44

OMG FLAIL THE NEW DOCTOR WHO MINI EP BEST THING EVER FLAIL FLAIL.
Moffat has surpassed himself by SO MUCH in this mini-ep. I tear up just thinking about it!!!!!
I have tickets for the anniversary show in just over one week. WOW. Am looking forward to it!!!!

also have you seen this mouse try to get a big cracker over the ledgeI passed 25,000 ( Read more... )

internet wins, joan watson, who, nano13, who@50, jonny lee miller, elementary

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bleodswean November 15 2013, 16:31:42 UTC

I want to buy a zillion copies of the Brosh!!!

Yay for nano!!! Sounds like you've really created the just-right discipline for yourself! It's so exciting when you carve out this piece of time and the muse actually shows up to share it with you!

I love that Penny Arcade piece. Have you read Pamela Dean's "Tam Lin" version? Not sure how I feel about that - fun but weak on style.

fannishliss November 16 2013, 23:34:12 UTC

Haven't read Pamela Dean's book, but at least it looks like my novel is not the thing she did. Nor is the Penny Arcade piece. So my own little thing is still its own thing.

I'm really looking forward to the Hyperbole book. New material! She is awesome.

caranfindel November 15 2013, 20:05:08 UTC

My 14 year old saw Allie's book and said "why does that book have a meme on the cover" and I was all, SHE INVENTED THAT MEME!

fannishliss November 16 2013, 23:34:52 UTC

:) Allie Brosh is the best! I'm so happy her book is doing so well. :)

desertport November 16 2013, 05:55:29 UTC

Wow, congrats on your NaNo! I think when the story you most want to read is your own, it's a good thing. That kind of excitement for a project is what we all want but it can be hard to come by.

And I just caught up on Elementary! I am so intrigued by Mycroft's scheming. What is he up to and whom is working with? Do you know if he is like that in the ACD canon? He's fairly ambiguous in Sherlock too, but in the Ritchie movie he seemed fine. Also, I find it kind of hilarious that Watson/Mycroft is now canon. :D

fannishliss November 16 2013, 23:44:52 UTC

Last summer I read through the entire ACD canon just because I could put it on my kindle and carry it around with me. (I still do have print versions, for the illustrations.) Mycroft in the books is a very different figure-- very indolent and enormous. He is part of the inspiration for Nero Wolfe, who was supposedly the offspring of Sherlock and Irene. :P So whenever Sherlock wanted to interact with Mycroft he had to go to the Diogenes Club, because Mycroft was only ever at the Club, work, home-- all of which were in a one-block radius. The antagonistic atmosphere between them I think is all new. There's a very good precis of canon!Mycroft at wikipedia, including a Paget illustration! All Sherlock's digs about Mycroft being fat come from the canon ( ... )

desertport November 17 2013, 04:34:55 UTC

One day I should read the ACD canon, if only I can tear myself away from its slashy counterparts on AO3.... Thanks for the rundown on Mycroft, and I liked the profile on Wikipedia too. It's fun to see what details get included in new adaptations and what gets added, isn't it? I'm pretty sure there's a lot going over my head in Sherlock and Elementary.

Joan/Mycroft would be kind of a train wreck, I'm sure, but Sherlock's response was too funny, so I'm glad they went that way if only for that. Kind of hoping it's not Moriarty he's working for, if only because I'd like to see the list of Sherlock and Joan's enemies expanded a bit. Though Sherlock did get that letter from Moriarty, so it seems she's still in play!