Okay, so, I'm not quite certain I'm the best possible squeeing partner for this ep, because I am mostly intensely ambivalent.
Things I LOVED:
- Sherlock himself. Every moment of Sherlock. He's - growing up, oh my god. Character-developing. Apologising. Showing emotion. Being influenced by the people around him. Clinging to his self-image of heartlessness with increasing desperation. Swiping a royal ashtray for giggles.
- The Christmas party. Rather, Sherlock at the Christmas party: relaxed and mellow and showing off, basically being nasty as a party trick, because he was Among His People and this is acceptable - I mean, it isn't really, but it explains a lot about his 'sociopathy'.
- Joooohn. "I always hear 'punch me' when you speak, but usually it's subtext." John. Jooohn.
- Mrs Hudson. How awesome to have canon confirmation of her badassery. I think Sherlock and her interaction was my favourite in the show ever. She's basically my hero. (Also, heh, why so disturbed at the female orgasm sounds, Mrs Hudson? I need fic about that.)
- Mycroft!! I never cared much for him, but he was amazing here. His despairing sitting about when the Coventry plan failed. Oh, god, Holmesboyz, why so attached to seeing yourself as emotionless when you clearly aren't?
- the Sherlock-Irene "donning battle armour" sequence, and Irene's fabulous "damaged, deluded and you believe in a higher power - in this case, yourself". Actually, nearly all of Irene's dialogue.
- Staying Alive! Staying Alive! I have issues with camp!Moriarty, but that shit was just funny, yo.
The rest of it was SUPPOSED to be a technicolor dream come true - fluid sexuality! rampant kink! - and then it spectacularly wasn't my cup of tea, but, eh, can't have everything.
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Okay, so, I'm not quite certain I'm the best possible squeeing partner for this ep, because I am mostly intensely ambivalent.
Things I LOVED:
- Sherlock himself. Every moment of Sherlock. He's - growing up, oh my god. Character-developing. Apologising. Showing emotion. Being influenced by the people around him. Clinging to his self-image of heartlessness with increasing desperation. Swiping a royal ashtray for giggles.
- The Christmas party. Rather, Sherlock at the Christmas party: relaxed and mellow and showing off, basically being nasty as a party trick, because he was Among His People and this is acceptable - I mean, it isn't really, but it explains a lot about his 'sociopathy'.
- Joooohn. "I always hear 'punch me' when you speak, but usually it's subtext." John. Jooohn.
- Mrs Hudson. How awesome to have canon confirmation of her badassery. I think Sherlock and her interaction was my favourite in the show ever. She's basically my hero. (Also, heh, why so disturbed at the female orgasm sounds, Mrs Hudson? I need fic about that.)
- Mycroft!! I never cared much for him, but he was amazing here. His despairing sitting about when the Coventry plan failed. Oh, god, Holmesboyz, why so attached to seeing yourself as emotionless when you clearly aren't?
- the Sherlock-Irene "donning battle armour" sequence, and Irene's fabulous "damaged, deluded and you believe in a higher power - in this case, yourself". Actually, nearly all of Irene's dialogue.
- Staying Alive! Staying Alive! I have issues with camp!Moriarty, but that shit was just funny, yo.
The rest of it was SUPPOSED to be a technicolor dream come true - fluid sexuality! rampant kink! - and then it spectacularly wasn't my cup of tea, but, eh, can't have everything.