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fandomsecrets2011-03-17 04:58 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2011-03-17 04:58 pm
[ SECRET POST #1535 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1535 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 058 secrets from Secret Submission Post #219.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: OT
Uggghh, that! I ended up so confused at that point because I couldn't figure out why the cab driver was a tourist until it clicked that Sherlock was just a bloody idiot and was talking to the passenger. It doesn't help that I'm Canadian and, despite watching tons of British tv recently, I still haven't figured out that drivers sit on the opposite side of the car than I'm used to.
I didn't catch stereotypes with the yellow paint, but I've never been able to catch stuff like that. Yellow meaning anything negative in that context just doesn't occur to me.
I thought that being able to solve mysteries out of thin air was the point of Sherlock Holmes? XD Perversely, I actually prefer it when I don't get any clues as to what the detective type is noticing - there's little point in reading/watching a mystery novel/show for me when there are clues. I always, always figure out what's going on ages in advance. Too many years of teaching myself to notice those things and extrapolate the likely conclusion(s) as a kid, I guess.
Re: OT
It was the yellow paint coupled with the Asian love story where they were surrounded by ~Ancient China~ and subsequent death where he immediately knew what the paint meant. I was hoping that they were just trying to bring in a minority character, but I was surprised at my lack of faith of that.
By thin air, I mean it always felt like a writing cop-out. Like Doyle didn't know how to solve his mysteries logically from the way he presented them, so he made up clues that Sherlock notices afterward. That's why I like the really good Agatha Christie Poirot novels, since you might be able to figure it out, but it's a logical mystery. (I'm not even that observant in RL, but I learned movie/tv/book tropes very very early).