{"id":110586,"date":"2016-03-09T22:13:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T22:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/09\/benpaddon-superwholock-and-superwhoavengerlock\/"},"modified":"2016-03-09T22:13:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T22:13:24","slug":"benpaddon-superwholock-and-superwhoavengerlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/09\/benpaddon-superwholock-and-superwhoavengerlock\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

benpaddon<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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SuperWhoLock and SuperWhoAvengerLock baffle me.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing: I think Supernatural<\/i>\u00a0and Doctor Who<\/i>\u00a0are a good fit. If you throw The Avengers<\/i>\u00a0in there it\u2019s a bit of a stretch but, alright, it works.<\/p>\n

The minute you involve Sherlock<\/i>, though, the entire premise falls apart. Holmes does not exist within a scifi\/fantasy context. The moment you introduce aliens, ghosts, demons, monsters, time travel and improbable technology into Sherlock\u2019s world you essentially doom the character.<\/p>\n

Locked-door mysteries lose their\u2026 well, their mystique when the solution could literally be\u00a0\u201cA trickster god from another realm appeared, killed the man, then vanished.\u201d Or\u00a0\u201cA Time Agent from the 51st century used his Vortex Manipulator to travel back to this point in time, killed the man, then vanished.\u201d Or\u00a0\u201cA man in a suit that allows him to control his size snuck in through the crack in the door, grew to full size, killed the man, then vanished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherlock would not be able to function under those conditions. He would, in point of fact, begin to dismiss every case out of hand because the available solutions are so wide in scope – and thus boring<\/i>\u00a0– that he\u2019d fall into a malaise. The Holmes that would exist within a SuperWhoLock\/SuperWhoAvengerLock setting would be unusable and, quite possibly, suicidal.<\/p>\n

Now, if you want to involve a detective into these scenarios, your best bet – your better<\/i>\u00a0bet, I\u2019d wager – is Dirk Gently. He\u2019s\u00a0<\/i>a perfect<\/i>\u00a0fit for the supernatural scifi hodge-podge world SuperWhoLock represent. In addition to which, \u201cGently WhoPernatural\u201d is much more fun to type.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

May I suggest @superwholockthecomic<\/a>? Also when I superwholock it\u2019s 90% because I\u2019m sure that Mycroft knows about Torchwood. (and I may have written a couple smutfics)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

benpaddon: SuperWhoLock and SuperWhoAvengerLock baffle me. Here\u2019s the thing: I think Supernatural\u00a0and Doctor Who\u00a0are a good fit. If you throw The Avengers\u00a0in there it\u2019s a bit of a stretch but, alright, it works. The minute you involve Sherlock, though, the entire premise falls apart. Holmes does not exist within a scifi\/fantasy context. The moment you … <\/p>\n

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