Because it's true...what kind of result does Sherlock care about? Curiosity killed the cat...and an intellectual pursuit killed Marie Curie too. That's just...so excellent. It's a great soundbite type thing, because it sums up the entire last act(and the show as a whole). Sherlock's only reason for living is the pursuit, and one day the pursuit will kill him, because they're so tied to each other. In fact, as we so excellently see in The Richenbach Fall, his pursuit, his unrelenting, unwavering pursuit, killed him. Of course, we know that the only thing that can save him from death-by-pursuit is his friends and the people he cares about. John being most prominent.
-FYI: That's why I don't like talking to people when I'm depressed. I'm afraid of an accidental manslaughter charge. :P I always worry I'm gonna rub off on people and they're gonna run away and never come back, since friendships are so rare and valuable to me. Hence why I tend to leave LJ when I get depressed.
It's healthier not to build people up into impossible caricatures of themselves. You have to imagine people complexly, as a book that I've actually never read argues. (ie: Paper Towns by John Green.) And isn't that what we're doing? Isn't that what meta is? We take these people who don't even exist and we analyze the hell out of them, for what? I like to think it's so we have a better grasp of people in real life.
Just a note here: I do like the fact that John spent the entire drugs bust with an illegal firearm tucked into the back of his pants underneath his cuddly jumper. I guess Sherlock serves as a great distraction from anyone noticing John's lumpy back. IDK if police are supposed to be way more detail oriented(though, honestly, I'm sure Sherlock and his flat drew all of the attention), but even I have had trouble IRL when people put guns and similarly-shaped objects in the back of their pants, if they're wearing anything more than a t-shirt.
Also, um, a big deal was made about how Sherlock isn't a GOOD man, because he's torturing someone who is dying of a gunshot wound...but, um...I'd do the same. I mean, the guys a bastard and he has information and there's not much time to get it out of him! Maybe that makes me a bad person too...maybe I AM a sociopath. I do tend to identify with Sherlock more than John...but, you know, I just attribute that to the fact that deep down I'm an arrogant asshole. Agreed. I mean, it's not unreasonable(to me) at all. Come, let us enjoy our sociopathy.
But, I also love this new description of John, no longer just "Army doctor recently invalided home from Afghanistan," but "A crack shot and a fighter who is acclimatized to violence has a strong moral principal and nerves of steel." As many of you may know (if you've been paying attention) I love characters that have a duality to them. And Intellectual/Fighter is one of my favourites...and John is a sort of blend of that. YES. THAT is probably why I like John so much. If I'm more like Sherlock, John is what I wish I was, what I think I COULD have the potential to be. And I can't help but wonder if the each see parts of each other that they wish they could be.
He points out when Sherlock is bullshitting him...he doesn't handle Sherlock like Sherlock is a child, or like Sherlock is a sociopath, or like Sherlock is some sort of freak. He treats Sherlock like Sherlock is just a person - as complex and as ordinary as any other person, albeit with extraordinary gifts. Once again, it all makes perfect sense. It's nice to have people who won't put up with stuff just because you're ~special. It's the mark of a good friend/partner when someone treats you exactly how you SHOULD be treated.
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Date: 2012-06-22 11:01 pm (UTC)That's just...so excellent. It's a great soundbite type thing, because it sums up the entire last act(and the show as a whole). Sherlock's only reason for living is the pursuit, and one day the pursuit will kill him, because they're so tied to each other. In fact, as we so excellently see in The Richenbach Fall, his pursuit, his unrelenting, unwavering pursuit, killed him. Of course, we know that the only thing that can save him from death-by-pursuit is his friends and the people he cares about. John being most prominent.
-FYI: That's why I don't like talking to people when I'm depressed. I'm afraid of an accidental manslaughter charge. :P
I always worry I'm gonna rub off on people and they're gonna run away and never come back, since friendships are so rare and valuable to me. Hence why I tend to leave LJ when I get depressed.
It's healthier not to build people up into impossible caricatures of themselves. You have to imagine people complexly, as a book that I've actually never read argues. (ie: Paper Towns by John Green.)
And isn't that what we're doing? Isn't that what meta is? We take these people who don't even exist and we analyze the hell out of them, for what? I like to think it's so we have a better grasp of people in real life.
Just a note here: I do like the fact that John spent the entire drugs bust with an illegal firearm tucked into the back of his pants underneath his cuddly jumper. I guess Sherlock serves as a great distraction from anyone noticing John's lumpy back.
IDK if police are supposed to be way more detail oriented(though, honestly, I'm sure Sherlock and his flat drew all of the attention), but even I have had trouble IRL when people put guns and similarly-shaped objects in the back of their pants, if they're wearing anything more than a t-shirt.
Also, um, a big deal was made about how Sherlock isn't a GOOD man, because he's torturing someone who is dying of a gunshot wound...but, um...I'd do the same. I mean, the guys a bastard and he has information and there's not much time to get it out of him! Maybe that makes me a bad person too...maybe I AM a sociopath. I do tend to identify with Sherlock more than John...but, you know, I just attribute that to the fact that deep down I'm an arrogant asshole.
Agreed. I mean, it's not unreasonable(to me) at all. Come, let us enjoy our sociopathy.
But, I also love this new description of John, no longer just "Army doctor recently invalided home from Afghanistan," but "A crack shot and a fighter who is acclimatized to violence has a strong moral principal and nerves of steel." As many of you may know (if you've been paying attention) I love characters that have a duality to them. And Intellectual/Fighter is one of my favourites...and John is a sort of blend of that.
YES. THAT is probably why I like John so much. If I'm more like Sherlock, John is what I wish I was, what I think I COULD have the potential to be. And I can't help but wonder if the each see parts of each other that they wish they could be.
He points out when Sherlock is bullshitting him...he doesn't handle Sherlock like Sherlock is a child, or like Sherlock is a sociopath, or like Sherlock is some sort of freak. He treats Sherlock like Sherlock is just a person - as complex and as ordinary as any other person, albeit with extraordinary gifts.
Once again, it all makes perfect sense. It's nice to have people who won't put up with stuff just because you're ~special. It's the mark of a good friend/partner when someone treats you exactly how you SHOULD be treated.