The GPS was in Sherlock's head. *nods* And I think those letters in Magnusson's pocket were fake. He said he sometimes sends out for something if he needs it, but those letters would have been thirty years old, and we know he's Danish minimalist and nothing is stored on-site, lol, so therefore, I think he just used props to keep up the fiction of his vaults. Sharing excitement with Mary is a good way to show what she's made of. She's no trembling violet, so that would have helped Sherlock like her as much as Mary likes him.
Appledore - I love that name. Who is the Potter fan? I'd say Gatiss. Dore as in Dumbledore, as in bumblebee, to represent a hive, cells full of treasure, and to continue the bee theme (as when Janine said she was buying, essentially, Sherlock's retirement cottage in Sussex Downs, complete with hives). And apple for the forbidden knowledge. I adored when Sherlock said he hates Magnusson because he preys on people who are different. Right there I felt like Sherlock finally identified with The Different, perhaps as asexual. He certainly had touched a nerve.
For the first time in the shows, I had a few moments when Martin and Ben seemed like they were acting and not channeling the characters. Mostly it was Martin, surprisingly, as he is usually so effortlessly excellent. It must have been the writing. When he was warning Mycroft, who was pressed up against the door jamb, to shut up because his brother might break him, that felt off, forced. In the bomb scene Martin also seemed false here and there. Benedict managed to stay inside the lines, even if he made some weird choices, but it must have been the writing stretching their ability to find the characters they'd known all along. The bomb scene was quite a stretch with Sherlock compressing time for his own expediency and forcing feelings out of John so they could just get back to working together, already. It was still very touching, if giddy. Overall, I don't care. It was awesome, in that I was literally awed at times, so I'm just happy to be here in their presence again. There were a million ways the writers could have played it, this was just one way, and that's what fanfic is for.
Yes, my absolute favorite ten minutes of the entire series is the stag night. I could cry with happiness for that. Mostly, it was the repeated message that Sherlock was getting that relationships change everything and he is screwed that hurt so much. Mrs. Hudson's chief bridesmaid left, John is leaving, men don't call. When Tessa tells a drunken Sherlock how her ghost never called and Sherlock was so upset and empathetic for her (that FACE), my heart broke for him. And I laughed very hard. With what someone dubbed 'Silence is not My Division' Lestrade yelling in the cell wrapping up the perfect night of OOC-ness, I could have died happy right then. "Am I the current King of England?" will reign as my favorite all-time line, I think. Ben delivered that perfectly. The Knee Touch - that had to have been improvised by Martin to save the take after he fell a little too far forward. That is the only time they ever stepped on each other's dialog, when Benedict starts to improvise with him, but then quickly reverts to script. Was that wonderfully intuitive of Martin to go there, or what? He came up with the perfect gay-questioning thing for John to say. "I don't mind." GUH. I can practically feel his bony hand on Sherlock's knee. Actually, that kind of happened to me on the subway once - I got knocked over and braced myself by grabbing the knee/thigh of a very handsome man, and bracing myself against it. Very nice, if embarrassing. ;) So I know how awkward that feels, and how sensuous.
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Date: 22 Jan 2014 08:21 am (UTC)Sharing excitement with Mary is a good way to show what she's made of. She's no trembling violet, so that would have helped Sherlock like her as much as Mary likes him.
Appledore - I love that name. Who is the Potter fan? I'd say Gatiss. Dore as in Dumbledore, as in bumblebee, to represent a hive, cells full of treasure, and to continue the bee theme (as when Janine said she was buying, essentially, Sherlock's retirement cottage in Sussex Downs, complete with hives). And apple for the forbidden knowledge.
I adored when Sherlock said he hates Magnusson because he preys on people who are different. Right there I felt like Sherlock finally identified with The Different, perhaps as asexual. He certainly had touched a nerve.
For the first time in the shows, I had a few moments when Martin and Ben seemed like they were acting and not channeling the characters. Mostly it was Martin, surprisingly, as he is usually so effortlessly excellent. It must have been the writing. When he was warning Mycroft, who was pressed up against the door jamb, to shut up because his brother might break him, that felt off, forced. In the bomb scene Martin also seemed false here and there. Benedict managed to stay inside the lines, even if he made some weird choices, but it must have been the writing stretching their ability to find the characters they'd known all along. The bomb scene was quite a stretch with Sherlock compressing time for his own expediency and forcing feelings out of John so they could just get back to working together, already. It was still very touching, if giddy.
Overall, I don't care. It was awesome, in that I was literally awed at times, so I'm just happy to be here in their presence again. There were a million ways the writers could have played it, this was just one way, and that's what fanfic is for.
Yes, my absolute favorite ten minutes of the entire series is the stag night. I could cry with happiness for that. Mostly, it was the repeated message that Sherlock was getting that relationships change everything and he is screwed that hurt so much. Mrs. Hudson's chief bridesmaid left, John is leaving, men don't call. When Tessa tells a drunken Sherlock how her ghost never called and Sherlock was so upset and empathetic for her (that FACE), my heart broke for him. And I laughed very hard. With what someone dubbed 'Silence is not My Division' Lestrade yelling in the cell wrapping up the perfect night of OOC-ness, I could have died happy right then.
"Am I the current King of England?" will reign as my favorite all-time line, I think. Ben delivered that perfectly.
The Knee Touch - that had to have been improvised by Martin to save the take after he fell a little too far forward. That is the only time they ever stepped on each other's dialog, when Benedict starts to improvise with him, but then quickly reverts to script. Was that wonderfully intuitive of Martin to go there, or what? He came up with the perfect gay-questioning thing for John to say. "I don't mind." GUH. I can practically feel his bony hand on Sherlock's knee. Actually, that kind of happened to me on the subway once - I got knocked over and braced myself by grabbing the knee/thigh of a very handsome man, and bracing myself against it. Very nice, if embarrassing. ;) So I know how awkward that feels, and how sensuous.