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In picking Doctor Who back up (like 6 months after I watched "Let's Kill Hitler") it was really hard - as it always is - to readjust to Matt Smith. It didn't help that while "Night Terrors" was a Mark Gatiss episode, and super creepy, it wasn't the best for Eleven and the Ponds.
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In short: Ok, Mr. Moffat, it took you two years, but you may perhaps have won me over. Perhaps.

I watched "A Scandal in Belgravia" again last night.
1) I had forgotten what a profoundly wonderful episode it is, and what it feels like when an episode is so very very Sherlock-centric. Even Reichenbach had very strong John Watson point-of-view. Belgravia is really all Sherlock all the time... with John reacting rather than acting.
2) I now want slightly bondagey Irene/Sherlock after /he/ is "dead" too... hiding in Europe from the remainder of Moriarty's gang. He's seen that John and the others are safe and he's left London (as canon Holmes did) to protect them all. And he's wandering Europe, doing what he can to scrape by. She has already had many more months to settle into a life of sorts, and the power imbalance of her being settled and probably still wealthy while he is now little better than a vagrant (albeit one with the mind of a god).
[ETA - I did find this one. Which is set right at the end of Belgravia, and is pretty good. It gets a tone and an image across that I like, though I now have a powerful desire to remix is a bit. >.>]

Anyway. What a productive weekend I'm having. Not. We did move all the major bits of our lives on friday, and had a great night at Karaoke last night for Neko's birthday, but unpacking and whittling down the fabric collection are both going very slowly.

Well, after a scary jaunt over to the SOPA/PIPA page to send a composed angry letter to my representatives, I'm here to actually post something. About Sherlock of course, what else is there in my life these days?

This is a bit long, but I can't find a good place to cut it, so forgive me and skip it if you like.

This post about Irene Adler in Sherlock is really eloquent and lovely. I wasn't involved in any of the apparent fandom debacle going down over her character and such, and I actually thought she was amazing. So yeah... if you're angry about it, consider reading this.

Secondly, I found the Baker Street Babes podcast and listened to one episode yesterday. They are brilliant, amazing, and everything I want in a Podcast. I wish I could have these conversations in my house. And I wish something like this existed for every fandom.

Thirdly, from another link that Carol sent me, I found the Sherlock Wear list. Where I can learn just how terribly expensive all the details that I love about the show really are. Mycroft's $400 umbrella for one, though I'm sure the BBC gets it at a discounted rate. XD

Last night, Cally and I went out to see Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. She'd not seen it yet, and I am always game for more Holmes exposure these days. It was quite as lovely the second time around. I still quite like Sim, and adore the rather suggestive bits on various trains, in camps, at dances, etc. Mary stood out to me even more this time. She's a great character, and I'm glad to see that they let her take action and be involved in the resolution of the story.

I finished Black Books tonight, and started up Stephen Fry in America. I'm noting this mostly because there was a lovely quote from a Harvard professor in Episode 1 about how very much America likes to have things simple. Even when the more complex answer is clearly correct, most American's would rather have a simple one. It's a sentiment that I've been trying to articulate and understand for a great many years, probably since about 8th grade, and it was remarkable to come across it stated so clearly and honestly when I least expected it.
I also notice Stephen Fry's speech style effecting my own rather a lot, especially in terms of phrasing and word choice. I had this same issue when I was watching a lot of bits of Fry and Laurie, or way back when I was reading a lot of Tolkien. At least no one will be accusing me of plagiarism for my journal writing style, I should hope.

On a totally unrelated note, I'm starting to think that I might want to give one of my hypothetical future offspring Sherlock as a middle name. I think it would be sweet. Maybe.

I need to start ranting about this right now, and it's not even over yet.
Nothing has gone as I expected. I mean, of course it wasn't going to be Dealt Hand or the other right-after fics, but it was ... entertaining at least.
All the little references to other cases, and the flash forward through time as Watson so often does.
Stream-of-conciousness ranting and then some final thoughts after the cut. God /damn/ this was a good one.
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Ok, sleep now, more ranting later.

I called Sony Customer support the other day, and I just gave them the only completely negative customer service survey I've ever given anyone (besides UBS)...

I was calling because it was utterly incomprehensible to me that the information I found online about being unable to upgrade or change a "sub" account into a master account could be correct. I made a sub account for my brother when he was 15 because he was a minor and could not legally agree to the terms and conditions of the master account. It has been three years, he is now eighteen and lives with me in an apartment. My entire household games primarily on the Playstation. I am a strong Sony supporter and always have been. What I found out is that there is NO WAY to update my brother's account to make his own purchases. He cannot even redeem a gift card to add money to his PSN wallet (which seems like the most highly controlled, least harmless way for a sub account to purchase things). I cannot always afford to buy the games or DLC that he wants for the games he is paying. He is an adult with his own income, in the prime of your user demographic. To tell him that in order to purchase his own games or DLC he must sacrifice all his trophies, make a new email address, and create a new PSN account is not only undermining your business, but that of your allies and developers.

AND THEY HAD THE GAUL TO CHARACTER LIMIT MY RAGE! Seriously pissed off.

I worked my way into Sequence 3 today, and into a whole pile of side missions. Here's the rant:
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Bit of a babbling review here, probably nothing very spoilerific, but under a cut just for safety.
Short Opinion: The whole American accents thing is very odd.
The idea is very interesting. And disturbing. In a way I don't entirely want to process at the moment.
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Also also, my computer made it through the whole episode without freezing up on the video, so that is /very/ exciting. ^_^

After finishing Freeter yesterday, I pokes at a few of the other series I had on my hard drive. ( Random Babble Commences )

And now, a meme:
Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like (or think will actually do this) and tag me. Try not to repeat a song title. It's harder than you think.

Your Artist: Maaya Sakamoto (I chose her to give myself lots of titles to choose from, and I wonder if I should have chosen someone less prolific. XD)

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