I actually think Sherlock plays polite quite well throughout most of the series. In fact, even though TBB is definitely my least favorite episode, it's very interesting to see how he is quite polite to Seb, even though you can see that he's had his own feelings hurt, and how he offers to be polite to Dimmock, but it VERY rudely rebuffed. You sort of see how some of Sherlock's rudeness is a defense mechanism.
The moments I find most interesting are the ones when Sherlock seems nice, but I can't decide what he's thinking. The moment when he tells Molly that Jim is gay, and John chides him, but he says "what? wasn't it nicer." I think he really honestly meant that. He wasn't just being snarky. I also think that when he asks John to make deductions, he is genuinely trying to smooth ruffled feathers. He can't help saying "you got everything wrong." But I think he was trying...
I wouldn't want to see Sherlock morph into a good man quickly. But I want to see progress. (In my headcanon, actually, Sherlock makes strides, but when John gets married, he cuts him completely for a while because he doesn't like to share his toys...)
I agree with what happens in fanfic completely, actually. It's like a self-feeding monster. And if you try to do something different, you just don't get much attention. I am selfish enough to just write a completely unfluffy Holmes (and Sherlock), and just commiserate about the lack of attention with people who feel as I do on the issue. :-P (I have a friend in LotR fiction who goes against the grain of fluffiness, and she's a REALLY good, interesting writer...but as a result she doesn't get many reviews at all...)
(Of course...my Sherlock keeps getting un-fluffy-er because I'm a bit of a rebel. But I think I'm going in the right direction, because I still have so much girly, hurt/comfort-y influence that I need to throw off. Hehe.)
Re: And again Continued...
Date: 2011-03-24 09:39 pm (UTC)The moments I find most interesting are the ones when Sherlock seems nice, but I can't decide what he's thinking. The moment when he tells Molly that Jim is gay, and John chides him, but he says "what? wasn't it nicer." I think he really honestly meant that. He wasn't just being snarky. I also think that when he asks John to make deductions, he is genuinely trying to smooth ruffled feathers. He can't help saying "you got everything wrong." But I think he was trying...
I wouldn't want to see Sherlock morph into a good man quickly. But I want to see progress. (In my headcanon, actually, Sherlock makes strides, but when John gets married, he cuts him completely for a while because he doesn't like to share his toys...)
I agree with what happens in fanfic completely, actually. It's like a self-feeding monster. And if you try to do something different, you just don't get much attention. I am selfish enough to just write a completely unfluffy Holmes (and Sherlock), and just commiserate about the lack of attention with people who feel as I do on the issue. :-P (I have a friend in LotR fiction who goes against the grain of fluffiness, and she's a REALLY good, interesting writer...but as a result she doesn't get many reviews at all...)
(Of course...my Sherlock keeps getting un-fluffy-er because I'm a bit of a rebel. But I think I'm going in the right direction, because I still have so much girly, hurt/comfort-y influence that I need to throw off. Hehe.)