[ SECRET POST #2525 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2525 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[fscom]

03. http://i.imgur.com/VFt7OAl.jpg

[writerserenyty]

It's popular? Idk, large fandoms tend to get progressively strange.

[quantumreality]

I have to agree. The Harry Potter fandom, as has been noted, is rife with people who can argue about anything at the drop of a hat (or wand, as the case may be :P )

[kaijinscendre]

I don't find it any more crazy than any other large fandom. And it is certainly less horrible and assholish than the Supernatural fandom.

[spacebabie]

I was about to ask and I'm part of both in the sense that I write fic and do fanart and reblog images. I stay far away from discussion groups.

[littlestbirds]

Fandom's boner for british guys + ho yay + long hiatus? So all the more cracky slash tropes just gained momentum indefinitely. Most tv fandoms get their fanon bubble burst by canon ever 6 months or so, right?

[(Anonymous)]

This one will, too. Hello, Mary!

6 episodes?

[(Anonymous)]

That's it? I feel like the crazy has been around longer than that.

Re: 6 episodes?

[badass_tiger]

Isn't it like 3 episodes per year? So it'd have been around almost 3 years now maybe?

[mekkio]

My theory? I think you've hit the nail on the head. It has only been six episodes. And they haven't been exact canon. Meaning there is a ton of room for fandom to fill in the blanks. It's Sherlock Mad Libs. And Mad Libs is fun. So, filling out the blanks in Sherlock is fun. Just about anything goes. However, the problem is when people fall in love with their own theories and headcanon that they refuse to budge for anything else. Not everyone is like this in the Sherlock fandom. But enough are to give the idea that everyone is crazy in the fandom.

[dreemyweird]

IA. The 'hiatus' definitely plays a role.

[dreemyweird]

I. It's really big (because of white handsome dudes+crime procedural+quality work+based on a classic combo).

II. It is a modern work set in modern times, which allows a wide range of people to associate themselves with the characters and give the characters the kind of quirks they themselves are familiar with. Today (in comparison to, say, the nineteenth century), there are certain Nonconformist trends dominating a major part of the young Western generation; it is considered very cool to be eccentric, unusual, even slightly "mentally unstable". Sure, it is something that has been familiar to the mankind for many centuries (see Byronism, romanticism, et c.), but it is usually harder for teenagers in any given time period to identify or strongly like characters from other time periods (because this requires knowledge of history and literary traditions, and a lot of mental adjustments); so, the more modern a particular work of fiction, the better the current "quirky" generation can relate to the characters. Add here Sherlock's "sociopathy" (hell knows where this idea came from, he's not a sociopath) and other eccentricities, his uniqueness, his genius, the unusual environment, all the action-adventure stuff (makes the series easier and more fun to watch), and the effects of the media globalization (which give millions the opportunity to watch and discuss the show), and voila. Tons of Byronesque teens fetishizing a Byronesque character.

III. Good shipping potential. Two BFFs with (possible) strong romantic subtext, badass, attractive; hence, good shipping potential; hence, strong feelings on the part of the fans. Strong feelings tend to make people inadequate.

IV. As I already wrote in II, this show is really good for teenagers. And you know the way teenagers are.

[erinptah]

Re: II: This Sherlock refers to himself as "a high-functioning sociopath" in the first episode. From there you get some viewers taking it at face value (and not as, say, Sherlock being snarky or confused about how psychology works), and others going "hmm, probably not true in canon...but wouldn't it be interesting to write about?"

[sootyowl]

Sometimes shows just click and Sherlock clicked with a wide audience. The bigger the audience, the more people join fandom, which means wackadoodle fans start emerging.

[intrigueing]

Hiatus with a emotionally wrenching and baffling cliffhanger plus what mekkio so excellently termed "fandom mad-libs."

Also, being based on Doyle doesn't make it less likely to have crazy fans, but more -- it gives fans so much ready-made material to speculate "hm, how are they going to adapt THIS piece of canon for a modern audience?"

[(Anonymous)]

Like most Sherlock fans know or care a jot about the canon.

[(Anonymous)]

LOL @ you thinking BBC Sherlock is anywhere close to what ACD originally wrote.

It doesn't "defy" Doyle; it takes a massive shit and then uses that shit to make a sculpture that looks sort of like Doyle (or at least looks enough like Doyle to fool the idiots on tumblr).

[lex_antonia]

I haven't since Sherlock fanfiction that was even remotely in character for anyone in years. I'm genuinely not sure if the fandom even remembers what the show looks like, what it's about, and what the characters are like.

[blueonblue]

The fandom isn't that crazy, especially when you compare it to other big fandoms. Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings were bad enough, can you imagine how crazy they would have been if everyone back then had been on tumblr all the time? I do think Sherlock fandom will become smaller after series 3.

[saturnofthemoon]

It's probably not the entire fandom. It's just that that larger fandoms have proportionately more whackjobs and the crazies are always louder. See Harry Potter fandom.

[kaleidoscope]

I have nothing to contribute to the comments on Sherlock.

But whackadoodle is a great word and I need to use it more often!

Slightlyyyy off-topic, but...

[funyarinpainahat]

I just want to remind everyone that in the original canon, Sherlock coos at, tickles, and plays with a baby. He's not a cold, cruel, sociopath who doesn't understand human emotion.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I think Holmes fandom has always been a bit whackadoodle. When Doyle killed him off, a bunch of young men and women wearing black marched on The Strand in protest. Just imagine if they had had access to tumblr.

[badass_tiger]

Can't really say anything to that OP, but I do know that this fandom is the winner for reading into subtext and explaining away tiny plot holes. I just saw a full length essay on why it's realistic for John to ask for money from Sherlock. And there was that post about Sherlock having Asperger's where the writer consulted several psychologists ... do these people really not have anything better to do with their time and resources? The Asperger's one I can kind of understand, but the minor stuff ... eh.

Secret 3 - Sherlock (BBC TV series)

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is Sherlock Holmes and John Watson from the BBC TV series "Sherlock" looking dramatic and action-y.]

I can't for the life of me understand why THIS fandom is so whackadoodle. I don't have a problem with whackadoodle fandoms, but what about THIS show brings out crazies? It's a crime procedural with six episodes! And it's an adaptation that isn't going to outright defy anything from Doyle!