In which I suffer from pre-Reichenbach stress disorder
A week ago I begged sister to buy me Sherlock on DVD.
It took one picture too many of a snappily-dressed Sherlock for me to break and declare ENOUGH I MUST WATCH THIS SHOW ALREADY. It took approximately one minute of Dr John Watson being a failtastic blogger for me to decide that this was going to be a quality show. And a mere 12 minutes to determine that I was watching the BEST SHOW OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
By admitting that she “LOVE[s] sherlock”, my poor Wendy unknowingly doomed herself to gushing texts at 4am on how beautiful Sherlock’s bony wrists are. Honestly, I have no clue how she puts up with me, especially since for the first few days of escitalopram I was so manic that it made this obsession an extreme one (worse than my Assassin’s Creed addiction). My little brain was whirring and buzzing and felt so uncomfortable being trapped in my skull. The side effects have eased now, but in this vulnerable time I nonetheless developed pre-Reichenbach disorder, just like rest of Tumblr (OR THE ONLY PART OF TUMBLR THAT MATTERS). It shouldn’t be possible after less than a week of exposure to the fandom, but that’s the sort of wretched show we’re dealing with here.
The new episode came out yesterday and I have banned myself from Tumblr until I see it. In the original story Sherlock takes a dive off the Reichenbach falls with his mortal enemy and uh, SHERLOCK DIES. HOW CAN THEY DO THIS TO ME. I’m not so emotionally invested that I’ll sob for the whole thing ala Return of the King when I was fifteen, but then again, all I know is, if John cries, I’ll be crying along with him. ;__; Even worse are Sherlock‘s creators. Moffat and Gattis? They’ve been enjoying messing with us. They’re going to be responsible for my death, just by building up my stress to unbearable levels.
You see? NO ONE WILL SURVIVE. NO ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE. I’m probably the last Sherlock fan alive, in fact. It’s already aired in the UK, after all.
What’s more pathetic: every few pages on the “sherlock” tags are posts of people who have just discovered Sherlock. Scattered amongst the hysteria of the more seasoned fans. Oh happy fools with no idea what they’ve stumbled onto! Dear reader, listen to me. Listen now. For the love of God, don’t watch this show. Don’t. Even if you have a Sherlockian friend threatening to “make you into shoes” if you refuse. Even if they try tempt you with just the first 12 minutes – it’s all a trap. Especially if you’re new to escitalopram.
…Someone get me a shock blanket.
I’ll have you know, that to this day I still don’t know what this Sherlock phenomenon is and it’s slowly really baffling me. It seems each day I run into some form of hysteria surrounding the subject, and the more I hear from it the more it confuses me.
I am familiar with Sherlock and Watson as characters from books like … way back … But don’t recall the two being romantically involved with each other?! Yet this seems to be what attracts people to them?
This is the first instance where the fandom makes sense to me without making me want to crawl out of my skin (thank you). Based on your post I finally know it is a serie… Now – please for the love of god – what’s being gay got to do with it?
Yup, Sherlock Holmes is a series of stories from a hundred odd years ago by Arthur Conan Doyle. The BBC’s “modernised” Sherlock so it’s as if the old stories took place today. It’s a brilliant show. Well-written, funny, and wonderful characters.
Sherlock and John’s friendship is one of the biggest appeals – just like in the original stories, they come to be best friends to the point where they’re almost like a married couple. Their actors describe them being in love with each other (though not romantically) and being each other’s other half. It’s a really sweet friendship and you don’t tend to find such devotion between friends on TV. Of course, shippers like to interpret their relationship as a romantic one…. no doubt encouraged by the series being filled with references about them dating each other, too.
I can only imagine how crazy Sherlockians appear from outside the fandom! Props on trying to understand it despite how mad everyone is.
It all makes sense now. Well… Most of it anyway.
I might have to look into the series .. As a fan of the era
My only real familiarity with Sherlock Holmes comes from the old Disney film ‘The Great Mouse Detective’, and I really enjoyed that.
Anyways, nudging off topic.
Thank you!