I don't Sherlock, but please tell me the secret of getting CC tickets =( I only live 30 minutes by train from central London, but none of my friends can get tickets for the life of us...
Putting Mary in the fridge was a predictable solution and it was done because John needs to stay at Sherlock's. With the marriage, Watson wasn't anymore in the apartment and that was revolutionary in terms of the format itself (Which is ---> Watson and Holmes, together, solve murder cases
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You know I'm unconvinced John will move back in with Sherlock? Although I suppose Baker Street provides a built-in babysitter for when they go out on cases.
Couldn't she just be a regular woman? Did she need to be a "psychopath" to be attractive?
I don't understand that. I don't get the sort of thinking that connects "strong female character" to "extraordinary abilities", because you can totally have a regular woman who is complex and interesting and strong.
You know I'll actually defend this one, although I get why it bothers you. Sherlock does provide normal women who're strong and interesting in Molly and Mrs Hudson. More to the point for me, although yeah, women shouldn't be required to be superlative to be interesting - what usually happens is that men have superpowers and women support them. And much as being normal and yet interesting and strong is valuable, it also ends up feeding into our discourse of power in some worrying ways. Having a Mary and a Sherlock sister still doesn't match Sherlock and Mycroft for narrative
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While do you think John won't move back? I honestly thought that the fridging of Mary was done because of this reason.
You know I'll actually defend this one, although I get why it bothers you. Sherlock does provide normal women who're strong and interesting in Molly and Mrs Hudson. More to the point for me, although yeah, women shouldn't be required to be superlative to be interesting - what usually happens is that men have superpowers and women support them. And much as being normal and yet interesting and strong is valuable, it also ends up feeding into our discourse of power in some worrying ways. Having a Mary and a Sherlock sister still doesn't match Sherlock and Mycroft for narrative power and screentime, and they are ALL ABOUT being a league of extraordinary gentlemen.That's true. I just liked Mary in the first two episodes of S3, just for who she seemed to be, and the shocking reveal bored me
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Yeah, I totally get the frustration when you liked her already.
Mary and River have a lot in common for SURE. I mean, I don't find it too much basically because most of Mary's life is unaffected by John Watson, and there's gravitational force between her and this whole other dude plotwise (Sherlock) which shifts her central relationships. But yeah as a character absolutely (even if Mary's not half the wisecracker River is): tough, violent, adventurous, somewhat ruthless and perhaps even sociopathic; central role/plot is about all of that versus being a wife, and sacrificing herself for her dudes with never a regret.
I wish I could post photos of CC too!! Will have to settle for talking about it forever.
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Lol the secret for me was buying them in July of 2015 and waiting forever
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Couldn't she just be a regular woman? Did she need to be a "psychopath" to be attractive?
I don't understand that. I don't get the sort of thinking that connects "strong female character" to "extraordinary abilities", because you can totally have a regular woman who is complex and interesting and strong.
You know I'll actually defend this one, although I get why it bothers you. Sherlock does provide normal women who're strong and interesting in Molly and Mrs Hudson. More to the point for me, although yeah, women shouldn't be required to be superlative to be interesting - what usually happens is that men have superpowers and women support them. And much as being normal and yet interesting and strong is valuable, it also ends up feeding into our discourse of power in some worrying ways. Having a Mary and a Sherlock sister still doesn't match Sherlock and Mycroft for narrative ( ... )
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You know I'll actually defend this one, although I get why it bothers you. Sherlock does provide normal women who're strong and interesting in Molly and Mrs Hudson. More to the point for me, although yeah, women shouldn't be required to be superlative to be interesting - what usually happens is that men have superpowers and women support them. And much as being normal and yet interesting and strong is valuable, it also ends up feeding into our discourse of power in some worrying ways. Having a Mary and a Sherlock sister still doesn't match Sherlock and Mycroft for narrative power and screentime, and they are ALL ABOUT being a league of extraordinary gentlemen.That's true. I just liked Mary in the first two episodes of S3, just for who she seemed to be, and the shocking reveal bored me ( ... )
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Mary and River have a lot in common for SURE. I mean, I don't find it too much basically because most of Mary's life is unaffected by John Watson, and there's gravitational force between her and this whole other dude plotwise (Sherlock) which shifts her central relationships. But yeah as a character absolutely (even if Mary's not half the wisecracker River is): tough, violent, adventurous, somewhat ruthless and perhaps even sociopathic; central role/plot is about all of that versus being a wife, and sacrificing herself for her dudes with never a regret.
I wish I could post photos of CC too!! Will have to settle for talking about it forever.
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Such a great show! Thanks for coming along Lokifan!
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