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So I was re-watching Scandal in Belgravia last night. I was amused that while Hubby figured Sherlock had the hots for Irene, I was sitting there thinking that John was getting more and more jealous.

random other thoughts

  • I love that Greg called the other cop in charge of the hiker case. And that he listened to him, because it shows that Greg is respected. “Listen to everything he says, and as far as possible, try not to punch him.”
  • Mycroft, John and Mrs. Hudson coordinating to try to take care of Sherlock, even if he won’t appreciate it.
  • Why was Sherlock so out of focus after Battersea? Was he just thinking about the conversation he’d overhead, or had he taken something? He sharpens right up once he realizes 221B was broken into.
  • John really does close the door by pulling on the knocker.
  • The entire Buckingham palace scene is gold.
  • Mycroft and John sharing a look when Mycroft says "Naturally not. They all spy on people for money.”
  • Mycroft doesn’t hesitate to apologize to Mrs. Hudson when he realizes he crossed a line.
  • John really is a terrible liar.
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Some thoughts about @linmanuel and Hamilton: Lin-Manuel is a year younger than me. He and I are part of that ‘bubble generation’ of kids born in the late 70s-early 80s. We’re not really Gen X and we’re not quite Millennial. 

Given that, we kind of have a unique view of the world. We’re the last generation to mostly grow up without computers. The Internet came when we were in Junior High and High School. We listened to music on the radio, taping our favorite songs off it, and if we bought music it was on cassette. I know I got my first CD player as a senior in High School. 

So we’re adaptable. The way I’ve put it is we’re old enough to appreciate technology but young enough to get it. This applies to music too. We grew up with rap and didn’t have autotune. 

So this goes back to Hamilton. It’s a hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton. On its surface it sounds ridiculous. But people of my generation have learned to be adaptable. We straddle a divide and so we’ve learned to synthesize. We take our experiences and relate it to the world as it is now. A lot of us (including Lin-Manuel) are steeped in Internet culture but we learned it in our 20s and 30s. 

So it’s not so crazy an idea. He’s taking the music he grew up with and synthesizing and creating with a story that touched him. And because he straddles that line, Hamilton does too, hence its appeal to young people. And the #ham4ham videos show that he’s connected in a way that someone older wouldn’t understand. It doesn’t come across as pandering because it isn’t. 

Anyway, just some thoughts from my point of view. My generation are kinda misfits, but that’s not a bad thing.

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So, thanks to ageofzero I actually looked up and watched the first episode of “Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century” because I’ve never seen it (it’s on youtube).

Thoughts so far:

  • I appreciate that Lestrade is a chick (standard badass hot lady cop of course)
  • Why the hell isn’t her first name a G? Who decided it should be Beth?
  • The opening Reichenbach scene was cheesetastic
  • The cyborg’s name is Watson but it’s not yet looking like him, but I know it’s coming, bowler hat and all.
  • Reading John Watson’s secret diaries (which have been apparently passed down by the Lestrades) is what turned the robot into Watson. Oh dear.
  • I’m amused that both Holmes and Moriarty are running around in their Victorian garb and that for the most part Holmes is taking everything in stride.
  • Sherlock Holmes was apparently preserved in honey.
  • Sherlock Holmes looks like a weird, blonde, animated version of David Tennant and it’s throwing me off.
  • I kinda want to know more about this society. Brainwashing crime away? Everyone’s DNA is on file? There’s still a Sherlock Holmes museum?
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Okay first off, I’m straight. I was born in 1979. I’m American.

Today I was looking at/reading/watching some things about Pride and the movement, I just want to say, we’ve come SO far, even in my lifetime.

I remember the aids crisis and how people were treated.

I remember when couples sued in Hawaii for same-sex marriage in 1991.

I remember when DOMA was passed.

I graduated high school in 1997. There were NO out people in my entire school.

I remember a friend when I was in Navy being surprised I knew he was gay and being worried that other people knew. I assured him nobody cared, but of course this was 1998 and he still could have got kicked out for it. (Because of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell)

We’ve still got a long ways to go, but I’m glad for how far we’ve come. Two folks I knew in high school that have since come out of the closet are happily married and I’m so glad for them. Marriage equality is spreading. I think more and more young people just don’t care about anyone’s orientation and treat everyone the same.

I’m very glad that I’ve lived through this time and look forward to seeing what else comes our way.

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Is it bad that while watching that early scene in Dark Water with the lava I was over here saying “Well, good thing Jack still has a key and there’s a phone on the outside of the Tardis.”

Could you imagine the awkwardness of that phone call though? “Uh, hi Jack, it’s been a while…manipulator still working? Good. I need a favor…”

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So I was listening to John Barrowman’s cover of  "A thousand years" (which is such an OTP song anyway) and I was suddenly hit with massive mystrade feels. Like I could totally see this from Mycroft’s POV.

I mean really: 

Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave?
How can I love when I’m afraid to fall?
But watching you stand alone,
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.

And then it just goes from there….

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Does anyone else think Janine might have been in on things with Mary? Yeah she was knocked out when they got up there, but Sherlock’s held a gun to John’s head to make it look like he was a hostage. She was the maid of honor at the wedding, and it was shown she’s pretty clever. Why couldn’t she have tipped off Mary about Sherlock and John being there?

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Since Moffat often uses dancing as a metaphor for sex in Doctor Who (empty child/doctor dances, Girl in the Fireplace) I wonder what was really meant by Sherlock loving dancing when everyone thinks he doesn’t.

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I was thinking about the sign of three. “I will solve your murder, but it will take John Watson to save your life.”

Major Scholto was the victim. Sherlock told him he was the one murdered (and nabbed the photographer).

John Watson was prepared to kick down the door.

But it was Sherlock that talked him down. Of course John would have done the actual doctoring, but this time, Sherlock did save the life.

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So I was thinking…

You know how we’ve shown that Ten quotes Marry Poppins, and he’s quoted the Lion King and he read book seven of Harry Potter before it came out?

What if Ten isn’t really that sassy, he just makes pop culture references we haven’t heard of yet?