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fandomsecrets2013-12-19 07:03 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-12-19 07:03 pm
[ SECRET POST #2543 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2543 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Fangirl]
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02.
[Anne Neville, The White Queen]
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03.
[Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan]
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04.
[Merlin]
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05.
[Elementary]
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06.
[Whitechapel]
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07.
[Grey's Anatomy]
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08.
(Legend of Korra)
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09.
[Papa Pear Saga + Doctor Who]
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10.
[Godfrey Gao as Magnus Bane in "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones"]
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11.
[Kwon Yuri, Tiffany Hwang and Jessica Jung of Girls' Generation]
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12.
[Les Miserables/Anton Zetterholm/Rob Houchen]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 01pages, 015 secrets from Secret Submission Post #363.
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.
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First of all, Mycroft as a character makes no sense and is there for no reason. He is wasted potential. He's supposed to be smarter than Sherlock, but nowhere is he shown this way; instead, he is just your average guy next door, albeit with a strange passion for gastronomy and weirdly well-connected (otherwise he would have never got away with the explosion thing).
Second, I'm immensely irritated that all TV shows ever seem to introduce random romantic storylines that come out of nowhere, develop in the stupidest manner possible and, to top it all, are quite often OOC. I cannot imagine a reason why Joan would sleep with Mycroft other than "theeR MSUT BE RMOANEC and SEXE". Just, oh my god. To forgive this show for yet another random love story is so hard, especially after Irene (Moriarty)/Sherlock. This was some seriously awful writing - it could never be good, not when they settled for following the cliche Irene-the-love-interest trope with the additional bonus of all the canon!cheesiness multiplied by the factor of 100. The only reason I let it slide then was because the ending was so perfect.
And of course there is the third argument against their being paired (in-universe, that is) - the relationship dynamics in Step Nine. The episode worked perfectly well with Joan and Mycroft feeling some mutual sympathy of platonic kind but mostly trying to go about bringing some closure to Mycroft's conflict with Sherlock. Then it was suddenly revealed that LOL THEY BANGED, and it is no longer clear if Joan was even interested in what was going on between the Holmes brothers.
Plus, Sherlock's reaction. What is he, five years old? Three? The fuck was that speech about Joan projecting her repressed sexual desire for him onto Mycroft?
/I'm so, so bitter.
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(Anonymous) 2013-12-20 04:13 am (UTC)(link)As for being smarter than Holmes... Mycroft is a successful businessman and owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant and there have been fairly strong hints that there's more under the surface we're not being shown yet. Holmes is newly out of rehab and crashing at a building owned by his father. Mycroft may not have Holmes' talent for crimesolving, but "average guy next door" doesn't really describe him too well.
Like the OP, I'm cool with waiting to see what will happen before I gnash my teeth and wail about wasted potential and everything being ruined.
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