Awesome! Did you make it?! I should credit you properly. I love that icon.
I'm loving Sherlock but haven't gone looking for fandom because Sherlock/John just does not interest me half as much as SherlockJohn onscreen does.
I'm the same with Sam/Dean, Dean/Cas and Whoever/Whoever, so I understand completely.
I find it interesting that people are harping on her using sex as power when we don't ever actually see her having sex - except for the implied fade to black at the beginning.
And even then, if it's obvious that the people complaining know very little about professional dominatrix business, because there's a good chance that Irene doesn't actually have "sex" with any of her clients.
She uses it and he doesn't blame her - but it's all emotional, not sexual to me.
I agree. I think part of the problem is that the some members of the fandom can't separate nakedness and sentiment from sex. They don't understand that you can be naked without it being sexual, or that you can flirt without being sexually interested in someone.
As for dominatrix rather than schoolteacher - really? I would actually only see the character modernized as dominatrix (which they picked and made me squee), con woman/art thief (a la a female version of the White Collar lead) or some sort of criminal profiler which would put her on the same side of the law as Sherlock. Now THAT would have threatened the OTP.
Agreed. It's why most people put her in the role of a career criminal, because it's the easiest way to have her be an adversary/opponent to Sherlock (as in the RDJ version)...I don't like that option as a rule - so I was thrilled when they turned her into a dominatrix who was just blackmailing this ONE time.
I can squint and wonder if Moriarty didn't set the whole thing up to see if Sherlock was as big a weakness for Mycroft as John is for Sherlock. That it's actually Mycroft that Jim's started a war with and is startled that Sherlock became such a large threat so quickly.
Oooo, this is a very interesting idea. I like it. Mind you, since The Great Game clues were ALL aimed towards Sherlock, I think that Moriarty knew he was starting the war with Sherlock, but that could have just been his first move in a greater war against Mycroft. Like - if you wanted to attack Switzerland, you'd have to go through one of its neighbours first, so your first act of war could actually be an attack on Italy.
Anyway, basically, I'm saying that yes - I think you are brilliant.
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Date: 2012-01-08 09:18 pm (UTC)Awesome! Did you make it?! I should credit you properly. I love that icon.
I'm loving Sherlock but haven't gone looking for fandom because Sherlock/John just does not interest me half as much as SherlockJohn onscreen does.
I'm the same with Sam/Dean, Dean/Cas and Whoever/Whoever, so I understand completely.
I find it interesting that people are harping on her using sex as power when we don't ever actually see her having sex - except for the implied fade to black at the beginning.
And even then, if it's obvious that the people complaining know very little about professional dominatrix business, because there's a good chance that Irene doesn't actually have "sex" with any of her clients.
She uses it and he doesn't blame her - but it's all emotional, not sexual to me.
I agree. I think part of the problem is that the some members of the fandom can't separate nakedness and sentiment from sex. They don't understand that you can be naked without it being sexual, or that you can flirt without being sexually interested in someone.
As for dominatrix rather than schoolteacher - really? I would actually only see the character modernized as dominatrix (which they picked and made me squee), con woman/art thief (a la a female version of the White Collar lead) or some sort of criminal profiler which would put her on the same side of the law as Sherlock. Now THAT would have threatened the OTP.
Agreed. It's why most people put her in the role of a career criminal, because it's the easiest way to have her be an adversary/opponent to Sherlock (as in the RDJ version)...I don't like that option as a rule - so I was thrilled when they turned her into a dominatrix who was just blackmailing this ONE time.
I can squint and wonder if Moriarty didn't set the whole thing up to see if Sherlock was as big a weakness for Mycroft as John is for Sherlock. That it's actually Mycroft that Jim's started a war with and is startled that Sherlock became such a large threat so quickly.
Oooo, this is a very interesting idea. I like it. Mind you, since The Great Game clues were ALL aimed towards Sherlock, I think that Moriarty knew he was starting the war with Sherlock, but that could have just been his first move in a greater war against Mycroft. Like - if you wanted to attack Switzerland, you'd have to go through one of its neighbours first, so your first act of war could actually be an attack on Italy.
Anyway, basically, I'm saying that yes - I think you are brilliant.