Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.
-Robertson Davies, Tempest-Tost
Just the usual fangirl geekery, with quite a high level of ridiculousness. You know, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Cabin Pressure, Frankenstein, science stuff, about a million books, a slightly high level of curiosity, and a Cheshire cat for good measure. I have no control over my enthusiasm. Oh, and sometimes I inflict my art on you. Sorry.
In the words of Neil Gaiman in Sandman: The weirdness has been getting worse.
Oh, and anyone who guesses who the writing lady in the sidebar image gets nothing in particular, but tell me if you know...
Currently sojourning in England, questing after the wild hedgehog. (Not really but sort of.)
Previously grinningcheshire
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Dear female Sherlockians of the internet,
First of all, thank you. This observation has been lurking on the edges of my mind for a while, but I never found a way to put it into words, so thank you so very much for doing so.
And secondly, I think I have to attribute my love of and admiration for Holmes and Watson to the intelligence of it all. It is a smart series. It expects you to have a brain to understand what’s going on. That’s why I love it so much. It helps that I identify so much with both Holmes and Watson, with Holmes’ brain and his struggle against boredom and Watson’s loyalty and overall jolliness.
But that’s just me.
No, thank you! I really appreciate you sharing this with me, and for being nice about what I’ve written. Putting thoughts like this out onto the internet can be a little scary…
But I totally agree, I love that so many different versions of Sherlock Holmes “expect you to have a brain.” It is nice to be engaged in stories that expect a lot of you as a reader/viewer.
Anyway. Thanks.
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This. I really love the intelligence of the stories, the way that you have to keep thinking if you want to really...
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Quite honestly for me, gender makes no difference to me in these sorts of cases. When I read about, watch, talk to,...
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Hmm, I think I’ve definitely got the nostalgia and the nerd factor (I got a chance to go to my mystery genre book shop...
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I think it’s also become a lot more accepted to take pride in your geeky obsessions with the stories. I’ve been a fan...
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really appreciate...sharing this with me, and...being nice...
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all, thank you. This observation...never found a way...so...
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thatjessjohnson said:
I don’t understand it at all, but I’m so damn thankful to have found it. There’s something about it that feels like home in a way nothing else does. In my case, not even my ACTUAL HOME. I’ve never seen a fandom like this. It’s staggering sometimes.
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