Dual purpose post

[rose_of_pollux]

Well, today is a day of mixed emotions. While today marks the anniversary of The Monkees hitting the airwaves, today is also 17 years to the day that we lost Jeremy Brett. I know now for certain I'm fangirl crushing on him. And I miss him and wish he was here as much as I do for Davy, Richard, Simon, Darren, and Steve

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[marie1964]

Which Steve is this? Jeremy does have the most adorable chuckle, and his voice carries a very strong presence. I think that definitely helped to seal him as the definitive Holmes in many people's minds.

I hadn't heard he had written a book about Holmes. What's the name of it and where can I find it?

I didn't know that about Jeremy's background--very cool! And yes, you do see him using drugs during the show--those parts can be very heart-wrenching. :( The BBC Sherlock mirrors that a bit--Sherlock can be seen smoking, but he also uses a patch to try to get off it.

[rose_of_pollux]

Steve Barton, who played Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera--I used to have an icon of him, actually, but I replaced it after I sorta left the fandom out of disgust of the shipping wars. But I still love and adore Steve.

It's not a book--it's his own (unpublished) personal character/fandom analysis, like the (much) smaller ones I post here and on tumblr. XD A labor of love.

*nodnod*

[marie1964]

If it's unpublished, how do you know about it? About how long it is and what some of the context is?

[rose_of_pollux]

He'd mentioned it in interviews, and would sometimes talk about his headcanon in said interviews.

As I mentioned in the entry, it was 70 pages long. I don't know the entire contents, obviously, but among the many elements in his headcanon are that Sherlock had very little contact with his mother as a child and that, when he was in college, Sherlock was spurned by a girl he was crushing on--which was to explain both Sherlock's cold, aloof nature and his low opinion of women.

[insaneladybug]

Oooh. I knew about Jeremy's devotion to the role in spite of his bad health, but I don't think I was aware of this analysis. Is it available anywhere to be read in full?

The whole sub-plot about the drugs does sound so intense and heart-breaking indeed. It's very tempting to watch The Devil's Foot next, even though I really should go with The Empty House next.

And a Davy parallel! Very interesting indeed.

A strange, mixed-emotion day for you to be sure. Rest in peace, Mr. Brett.

[rose_of_pollux]

Unfortunately, I don't think so, but there are quotes about him talking about his headcanon in various interviews, so there's that...

Yesssss, very (and yeah, you probably should go with Empty House next... there's so much friendship squee throughout, including the climax, though I don't want to spoil that for you...)

Yep!

Indeed.

[insaneladybug]

That's definitely something, at least!

Oooh. I'll probably be seeing if I can get to that one today.