I didn't recognise his name, but looking at imdb he has been in so many things - that's maybe why he looks familiar!   Sounds like an interesting guest.  It seems like it's a lovely atmosphere there, with the guests mingling with the attendees. 

Just like on the internet, reactions to S4 were very mixed.  There were people who hated it, people who loved it and people like me who were somewhere in the middle. 

There are still people who think we'll eventually get another episode that will clear everything up.  I didn't talk to a lot of them, but they are still out there.

There were plenty of people who felt they could be ok if the series had to end here.

Of the three episodes I found that The Lying Detective was by far the favorite.

There were people who enjoyed The Final Problem, but even a lot of those feel that the overall style and tone wasn't "our" Sherlock.

Now, keep in mind that I was not privy to every conversation at the con and who knows what was said in private.  However, what made me the happiest was that everyone was still polite and respecting of everyone else's opinions.  There wasn't a lot of hate thrown about.  I didn't see any rudeness, which was something that honestly concerned me after the rage I saw on tumblr.

ewige wrote:

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I'll have some more pictures and comments later.
 

Once again I attended a taping of the Three Patch Podcast.  The topic was "How do you relate to the characters of Sherlock and who do you relate to."

Had several people who are eldest children talk about relating to Mycroft and dealing with wilder younger siblings.   There were also a couple who talked about relating to Molly because of having been in a place where they were hopelessly attracted to someone who did not reciprocate.  People who mentioned John mostly said they related to him because people constantly underestimate him.  That he seems rather plain on the outside but is actually very complicated.

Me, I said that I related strongly to one particular aspect of Sherlock and John's relationship.  I love the fact that John lets Sherlock be Sherlock.  He accepts him whole heartedly and doesn't try to change him.  As someone who spent years trying to change myself in order to "fit in" this always touched me deeply.  In both friendships and romantic relationships I would constantly try to be whatever other people wanted me to be.  Luckily I finally found my John and my husband take me just the way I am, faults and all.  At this point in my life I feel like I am more ME, than I have ever been before.

Of course I also grabbed the microphone at one point and said "I'd like to be the first to say that I really relate to Rosie Watson because I wouldn't mind calling John "daddy."   *evil grin*

This is very interesting, tonnaree. Personally I never related to any of the characters because I felt similar to them but this never kept me from loving or hating or pitying them or being angry at them, i.e. of being emotional about them. It is just that I do not find myself in any of them. I think it is not necessary for loving the show but if people can relate to characters that way, it shows that Mofftiss have not gone so terribly wrong in writing them. 

I don't think I can relate to anyone in Sherlock, actually. 

ewige wrote:

So you are meaning to say that not ALL attendees related to Sherlock per default?

ewige (who's been happily relating to Sherlock since day one)

Forgot to mention there were some who identified with Sherlock. 

One of the main reasons people gave was his overactive mind.  Not being able to shut their brain up even when they wanted to.

Sounds like it was a good convention! Looking forward to seeing more pictures and hearing more about it.

The talk topics sound very interesting. I think I've always related to some aspects of Sherlock's character.

It's funny about the siblings thing, I'm six years older than my sister and whilst I often find myself relating to Sherlock my sister is definitely more of a Mycroft (she's the smarter one haha).