Aww, thanks for more thinky thoughts. As usual we are of much the same mind on this one. I still loved the series and enjoyed watching, but I have frustrations that I wish I didn't have to have. Your comments on the genre-confusion are especially apt, I think. I'm watching for one thing, so when the show gives me another I get confused. But I love the characters so much that I forgive the show and try to make sense of it, and that's why I end up reading massive amounts of fic to try and sort of the confusion! It's funny that the two fandoms pulling on me outside of HP right now (Sherlock and Torchwood) are both shows with really serious genre-confusion. (Torchwood's even worse! Is it a satire? A soap opera? A goofy sci-fi romp? A bleak harsh existential drama? etc.) But I think you are right- the super-hero elements really pull me out of the story when I'm watching for the characters and the mysteries. I realize now this feeling goes all the way back to that run over the rooftops in A Study in Pink. I guess I want my heroes human in this case, not super-human. In regards the Sherlock/John relationship, I agree that we were not given the chance to see yet how this new dynamic will play out, especially once there is a baby (you can see above in my response to bk7 for my frustrations on that score- and I'll add, as a tired parent in RL, the idea that I have to think about a kid while watching one of my favorite escapist shows makes me very grumpy). One of the writing cheats I did not appreciate in ep3 was the indication that John did not speak to Mary for a month after learning about her past. Well, what happened during that month? Did Sherlock try to fill back in as his partner? Where was John living? How did this all fall out amongst this fragile triangle of humans? Seems pretty important. But the show skipped all that. Again, as you say, probably a boon for fandom because of these flaws, but still... *hug*
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Date: 30 Jan 2014 06:15 am (UTC)Your comments on the genre-confusion are especially apt, I think. I'm watching for one thing, so when the show gives me another I get confused. But I love the characters so much that I forgive the show and try to make sense of it, and that's why I end up reading massive amounts of fic to try and sort of the confusion! It's funny that the two fandoms pulling on me outside of HP right now (Sherlock and Torchwood) are both shows with really serious genre-confusion. (Torchwood's even worse! Is it a satire? A soap opera? A goofy sci-fi romp? A bleak harsh existential drama? etc.) But I think you are right- the super-hero elements really pull me out of the story when I'm watching for the characters and the mysteries. I realize now this feeling goes all the way back to that run over the rooftops in A Study in Pink. I guess I want my heroes human in this case, not super-human.
In regards the Sherlock/John relationship, I agree that we were not given the chance to see yet how this new dynamic will play out, especially once there is a baby (you can see above in my response to bk7 for my frustrations on that score- and I'll add, as a tired parent in RL, the idea that I have to think about a kid while watching one of my favorite escapist shows makes me very grumpy). One of the writing cheats I did not appreciate in ep3 was the indication that John did not speak to Mary for a month after learning about her past. Well, what happened during that month? Did Sherlock try to fill back in as his partner? Where was John living? How did this all fall out amongst this fragile triangle of humans? Seems pretty important. But the show skipped all that. Again, as you say, probably a boon for fandom because of these flaws, but still...
*hug*