Some things never change, no matter what version of the story you are in:

http://cupidford.tumblr.com/post/131004196145/trundle1-proof-that-hound-is-gay-notice-who
 

I love the lyrics, they are just so...so...true!
Thank you for sharing it!

Very good meta comparing the love of Sherlock to the love of Mary and their visual representation on-screen:

http://archipelagoarchaea.tumblr.com/post/95690063758/the-case-against-john-and-mary
 

SusiGo wrote:

Wonderful meta. I really have no idea how one can read this and still think this is not a romance. 

 
At times it does seem that many of us are watchign different programs.

Something a bit different today, that is no lovely pics and gifs but just some thoughts. 

I am currently watching the Southbank Show interview with Melvyn Bragg and I am once again completely fascinated listening to Benedict. He has such a thoughtful, funny, and compassionate way of talking about his characters, and Hamlet of course is one of the most complex characters in literature. He mentions aspects I never thought about before and it is obvious how deeply he delved into the character to make him come alive. On Twitter someone wrote about overhearing a visitor who said: "I once saw a great actor play Hamlet, Laurence Olivier. But this is Hamlet."

The same has been said about his Alan Turing. He talked exhaustively about the man, his take on the part, Turing's life and work, the research he did, etc. And here as with Hamlet you can really feel how much he loves those difficult, lonely, and sometimes tragic characters. 

So why all this in this thread? 
Because we have been talking in-depth about Sherlock for years, how the character has been conceived and how he keeps developing throughout the show and how Benedict makes him come to life and gives him a completely new momentum compared to other adaptations.
But the funny thing is, he does not talk about it. Not the way he talks about Turing and Hamlet although there is so much to be said. When he talks about Sherlock, I often catch myself thinking "Oh, Benedict, this is not you. Not at all." Always the same sweeping remarks about being a "sociopath" or "having regressed" in series 3 which is completely untrue if you ask me, or being interested in having sex with Irene which is more than improbable. (Honestly, he even took more pains in discussing the dragon than Sherlock)

In short: I feel once again confirmed in that there is something the team is not talking about. And IMO there is only one answer to this. 
 

Last edited by SusiGo (October 20, 2015 5:23 pm)

Thank you, I had to get if off my chest. 

*blushing furiously* 

An interesting thought, Susi. And it sounds somehow convincing.

Lovely, Susi *applauds frantically* 

This will never be not great:

http://seasonsofjohnlock.tumblr.com/post/131566195916/ivyblossom-johnthreecontinents-ive-been