I like that their relationship is continuing to develop and that the show is sowing the seeds of what could at some point become a major conflict between them.
That pleased me much. It was uncomfortable but interesting and the conflict felt organic, not manufactured. I liked that Joan did not take the "I find you exceptional" comment as a complement -- in a lesser show, she could have, and this is the type of stuff fandom gobbles up -- but she knows better than to take that myopic view of their partnership.
Sleepy Hollow's cast is what we usually have to racebend to get.
I KNOW! And to see it in a cracky genre show -- that's unheard of. Remember how I was like "ahahaha NO" about Sleepy Hollow at the beginning? Talk about eating crow! I turned to TV and was a total sad panda to find out it was a repeat today.
Exactly! Part of what I liked about it is that it wasn't a fight; they weren't mad; neither of them was delivering an ultimatum. They were simply feeling out the edges of a fundamental difference in their ways of viewing the world and thinking about their relationship works. For now, it's not a problem. But Joan is aware that it could be -- eventually will be -- a problem. And Sherlock, interestingly, is refusing to acknowledge that. Which is interesting in an episode that's about Sherlock missing things.
Remember how I was like "ahahaha NO" about Sleepy Hollow at the beginning? Talk about eating crow!I do remember, because your reaction is what made me cross it off my list! And then SDW liked it, and you came around to liking it, and OH FINE I'LL WATCH, and now it's one of the shows I most look forward to each week. It has ended up being awesome in a whole bunch of ways that I did not see coming from the pilot, including but not limited to the racial makeup of the cast. For one thing
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That pleased me much. It was uncomfortable but interesting and the conflict felt organic, not manufactured. I liked that Joan did not take the "I find you exceptional" comment as a complement -- in a lesser show, she could have, and this is the type of stuff fandom gobbles up -- but she knows better than to take that myopic view of their partnership.
Sleepy Hollow's cast is what we usually have to racebend to get.
I KNOW! And to see it in a cracky genre show -- that's unheard of. Remember how I was like "ahahaha NO" about Sleepy Hollow at the beginning? Talk about eating crow! I turned to TV and was a total sad panda to find out it was a repeat today.
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Exactly! Part of what I liked about it is that it wasn't a fight; they weren't mad; neither of them was delivering an ultimatum. They were simply feeling out the edges of a fundamental difference in their ways of viewing the world and thinking about their relationship works. For now, it's not a problem. But Joan is aware that it could be -- eventually will be -- a problem. And Sherlock, interestingly, is refusing to acknowledge that. Which is interesting in an episode that's about Sherlock missing things.
Remember how I was like "ahahaha NO" about Sleepy Hollow at the beginning? Talk about eating crow!I do remember, because your reaction is what made me cross it off my list! And then SDW liked it, and you came around to liking it, and OH FINE I'LL WATCH, and now it's one of the shows I most look forward to each week. It has ended up being awesome in a whole bunch of ways that I did not see coming from the pilot, including but not limited to the racial makeup of the cast. For one thing ( ... )
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