Fill: Ourselves as Others See us - 1grassleNovember 7 2010, 18:10:52 UTC
O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! Robert Burns
(It’s tropetastic!)
“Come on, John! We’re losing them!”
But John slowed a little, not so much due to their customary knee-weakening, lung-tightening back-alley, pan-rooftop flight, but because his new-found literary leanings were making him not only mentally narrate but editorialise events as they unfolded.
What’s the collective noun for fangirls? Flock? Too…ecclesiastical. Fuckload? Too…rude. Gaggle? Doesn’t illiterate.“Meep
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Re: Fill: Ourselves as Others See us - 2chainsaw_poet97November 7 2010, 22:06:15 UTC
This is beautifully poised and funny. You have a really great turn of phrase when it comes to both characters, and I absolutely love that it is both absurd and utterly plausible in equally measure. I very much hope for more...
This is fantastic! I was grinning the entire time I was reading! Those fangirls have already got them on the run--a force to be reckoned with, to be sure. Extra kudos for throwing in fanfic clichés. I can't wait to see what happens at the crime scene(s)!
What has emerged (it's none of my doing) is not only have S and J influenced their fans to dress like them, etc. (as we see at the crime scene), but there's also a sort of observer-expectancy effect happening, with the observers/fans exerting an influence on the (unwilling) participants/S and J. It's all getting a bit meta!
True, well, not literally. I'll stop throwing around science-y like terms now. >_>;;
And no worries. I should be heading off to bed in a bit myself; I've got a midterm in 24 hrs. And I know better than to check here in the mornings...I'd wind up skipping all my classes, and I really can't afford that. lol.
(Or Shoot Up Cocaine or Shoot Smiley Faces Into Walls, Because Not Everyone Has An Awesome Landlady Like Mrs. Hudson, or Cavort With Psycopathic Consulting Criminals)
A choosey-choosey? I'm afraid I have to admit that I've never heard the term before. But a Sherlock-anything, by virtue itself, is destined to be awesome. So go for it!
It's a children's toy, made of a square folded again and again in diamond shapes. It's got character names written on the outside squares (lousy at Maths; sorry) so when you chose one (Sherlock, John, Mycroft, Lestrade) that's the number of times you move the paper thing in and out. Then you chose a number from the inside, and that's the phrase you've chosen/your fortune. (This makes more sense in my head.)
The inside phrases are, "Don't talk out loud; you lower the IQ of the whole street" "There's another bedroom upstairs if you'll be needing it" "Daddy's had enough now!" "So far, so obvious" and so on. (It's been making me giggle all day.)
Oh wow. I just got and image of Lestrade, Donovan, and Anderson playing Lingo Bingo instead of discussing important things during their department meetings. XD
The best is stealth playing, when whoever's leading the meeting (the Yard's Commissioner, for instance) has no idea what's going on. Then the officers could try to steer the talk into a direction likely to elicit word squares still to be crossed off their Lingo Bingo sheets!
Re: Fill: Ourselves as Others See us - 3grassleNovember 8 2010, 20:50:01 UTC
Despite Sherlock and John having been given Freedom of Black Cabs in the City of London (basically, free cab rides) as their adventures had made cabs popular, they found it difficult to ride in them as fans tended to run after cabs containing a tall, dark-haired man and a shorter blond one
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(It’s tropetastic!)
“Come on, John! We’re losing them!”
But John slowed a little, not so much due to their customary knee-weakening, lung-tightening back-alley, pan-rooftop flight, but because his new-found literary leanings were making him not only mentally narrate but editorialise events as they unfolded.
What’s the collective noun for fangirls? Flock? Too…ecclesiastical. Fuckload? Too…rude. Gaggle? Doesn’t illiterate.“Meep ( ... )
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Yes, there's more. We have to learn the collective noun for fangirls, after all!
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What has emerged (it's none of my doing) is not only have S and J influenced their fans to dress like them, etc. (as we see at the crime scene), but there's also a sort of observer-expectancy effect happening, with the observers/fans exerting an influence on the (unwilling) participants/S and J. It's all getting a bit meta!
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*jabs F5 repeatedly*
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(I won't be able to post anything else today. I'm late for work as it is. I really shouldn't come on here first thing in the morning!)
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And no worries. I should be heading off to bed in a bit myself; I've got a midterm in 24 hrs. And I know better than to check here in the mornings...I'd wind up skipping all my classes, and I really can't afford that. lol.
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And never stop dropping science terms into the conversation. Just think: What Would Sherlock Do? (Unless it's Don't Talk for Days On End.)
Which has given me a lovely idea to make a Sherlock choosey-choosey! (Do they still call them that?) I'll let you know how it goes.
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A choosey-choosey? I'm afraid I have to admit that I've never heard the term before. But a Sherlock-anything, by virtue itself, is destined to be awesome. So go for it!
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The inside phrases are, "Don't talk out loud; you lower the IQ of the whole street" "There's another bedroom upstairs if you'll be needing it" "Daddy's had enough now!" "So far, so obvious" and so on. (It's been making me giggle all day.)
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Certainly got me through a lousy day at work!
One of the messages on mine says "I would make some sort of threat, but I imagine by now your position is quite obvious to you." !
I'm trying to think what would be on a Scotland Yard Lingo Bingo sheet for boring meetings!
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(In no way based on personal experience)
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