this is frightening

Holy shit, Sherlock does look like Merlin.

This is so creepy. Why am I watching this show? Yes, yes, I gave in to fannish pressure, dammit.

ETA: He smiles like he knows exactly how I will die!



Things That Are Scaring Me:

1.) WHEN HE GETS EXCITED IT MAKES ME AFRAID. IT FEELS WRONG.
2.)

SHERLOCK: WANT TO SEE SOME MORE?
WATSON: GOD YES.

WATSON SOCIOPATHY SHOULD NOT BE CONTAGIOUS AND THAT WAS THE CREEPIST MOMENT OF CONNECTION EVER AND I'M INCLUDING ANY MOMENT THAT HAD ZOD IN IT.

3.) WHY DO I FIND SHERLOCK ATTRACTIVE? HELP.

4.) Sherlock: Dear God what is it like in your funny little brains; it must be so boring.

Guh. I am losing more respect for myself by the moment.

5.) Sherlock's double take every time Watson says he's smart is kinda adorable, like, IDK, a rattlesnake showing uncertainty on whether or not to watch you die.

6.) London cameras terrify me.

7.) So that was theatrical. That is the most boring archenemy ever. He's like a cut-rate Sherlock, and not as scary. And boring.

8.) Yes, Watson misses stress. Kinda figured.

9.) Watson is packing. I would hit that like end times are coming tomorrow, is what I'm saying. Let's not pretend I'm healthy.

10.) WTF HE JUST JUMPED UP ALL CUTE IN THAT CHAIR I FIND THE RATTLESNAKE ADORABLE THIS IS NOT GOOD REPEAT THIS IS NOT GOOD.

11.) So Watson is pretty much doomed to be Sherlock's wife, I see. This is the strangest sexuality conversation ever in its mundanity. It's not even awkward; it's surreal.

12.) Okay, for the record at most of one episode, Sherlock would never be a serial killer. There's no mystery to solve if you're doing it yourself.

13.) Of course he's a high functioning sociopath. I have a type. Christ.

14.) Lestrade: Because Sherlock Holmes is a great man. And one day, if we're very luck, he may even be a good one. <--now that is fascinating.

15.) That's fucking genius.

16.) That was hilarious. So that's what it looks like when like recognizes like. I wonder if that's what Lestrade meant.

17.) I love this show. Oh God, I'm so fucked.





1.) Lestrade and Holmes stripping off their sleeves to show their nicotine patches is perhaps the hottest thing I have ever seen and I hate myself for saying that.

2.) I can't see Sherlock in rehab, so every time he goes clean, his withdrawal periods must be epic.

3.) Okay, I buy Sherlock is working on being a high functioning sociopath. I'm not sure he's there yet. Even the loose clinical definition works only if I squint.

4.) Lestrade is utterly fascinating. He's not lying when he says he doesn't know Sherlock even after five years, but he thinks he could know who Sherlock could be.

5.) For a pilot, this was excellent.

6.) Watson shooting things should be in every episode.

7.) Sherlock's reaction to Watson's lack of reaction--the fascination with that--is fascinating.



So that was amazing. How many eps have there been?

Comments

[scrollgirl]

At first I thought he looked like Peter Wingfield, but yeah, Sherlock does look quite a bit like Merlin too. It's those gorgeous cheekbones!

[scy]

*pats your shoulder*

I KNOW, I KNOW.

[revolutionaryjo]

Yes! Benedict Cumberbatch is totally Colin Morgan in 10 years or so. It's weird and fascinating. It was also pointed out to me that he would make an excellent Dream if they ever film Sandman and now I can't get that idea out of my head either.

Sherlock should be a little offputting and scary. Otherwise he wouldn't be a proper genius. :)

Join usssssss~ The fic is amazing. The vids are amazing. The podfic is amazing. There is nothing not amazing happening in this fandom right now.

[emef]

hi, who are you, clearly we should be friends

[emef]

WHY DO I FIND SHERLOCK ATTRACTIVE? HELP.

dfkjnafljknvd I don't know, I JUST DON'T KNOW, IT IS DRIVING ME NUTS. I don't know about you, but I have enough functional sociopaths in my life without adding a fictional one. Why am I obsessed with him, Jenn? WHY?

[seperis]

I KNOW OH MY GOD WTF IS WRONG WITH ME?

*sits with you* I feel doomed.

[minim_calibre]

I want someone to mail me my very own Watson. But I've wanted my very own Watson for most of my life, as I *need* one, drat it.

Benedict Cumberbatch is, out of Sherlock costume and with his natural hair color (a perfectly lovely auburn shade), a very attractive man, but of the sort where I want to *pinch his little cheeks* or something. Darken the hair, do some tricks with makeup and lighting to make his already pale-ish complexion unearthly, and he's suddenly like some inhuman creature and I cannot take my eyes off him.

[blueraccoon]

There have been three 90 min eps. Audience and critics alike absolutely adored it (It beat Top Gear! In Britain!) so now there wil be three more 90 min eps net summer. For those without interweb access, they'll also be shown on PBS (Masterpiece Theater) in October.

I loe this show so very, very much.

[jeeps]

oh god, a whole year? D:

[basingstoke]

GOOBA GABBA GOOBA GABBA WE ACCEPT YOU, ONE OF US.

I wrote ten thousand words of Sherlock in one week. It's like goddamn heroin.

[seperis]

Oh, so now I know where to go as soon as I finish the next eps.

IDEK Sherlock, he's all--something.

[apatheia_jane]

He can't be sure how you'll die, but he definitely knows what you were up to on Tuesday.

Something about Lestrade reminds me of Commissioner Gordon in Dark Knight. I think its the resignation.

You've seen the vids, right? Lim's especially? Or are you waiting to watch the next two eps? Oh, & the fic? Like the one where Watson becomes a Baroness and all the other ones where they make the marriage official?

[rose_gialle]

Hi there. Vids? Baronessness? Would there possibly be links to same?

Thanks! ♥

[glittertine]

There were three eps at ~90 minutes, and they're renewed for another three, which will air next autumn.

I know just what you mean by "losing more respect for myself by the moment", that's exactly how I felt. And more with every rewatch. >_>

[brownbetty]

It's bizarre! Like, the actual show I'm a bit meh on, but the characters HELLO PLEASE LIVE IN MY BRAIN.

[kickair8p]

And you've got two more eps to watch! ::giggles insanely:: BTW, the first ep wasn't the pilot -- it's a longer/better reshoot of the pilot (which is still worth watching, since it has some stuff that didn't make it into the ep).

~

[out_there]

Sherlock has eaten my brain, too. Despite the fact that I don't need a new fandom and 3 x 90 minutes of a show should not be enough on a per annum basis (damn you, Mr Moffat), and despite the whole sociopath thing... Mostly, I just want to write them snuggling.

This is the strangest sexuality conversation ever in its mundanity. It's not even awkward; it's surreal.

It is, and fic keeps giving me so many strange variations on it. *hearts fandom* So far, my utter favourite gave me the phrase "sexual cactus" which I am loving to death.

Aha.

"...And while I understand that many people, you included, seem to require sex as plants require water, I do not share that impulse. Sex doesn't hold the same interest for me as intellectual pursuits, or even chocolate digestives, for that matter."

John had perhaps had one beer too many, because he pointed at Sherlock and declared, "I understand. You are a sexual cactus."

Watson is packing. I would hit that like end times are coming tomorrow, is what I'm saying.

It's amazing that I agree with you. I mean, Sherlock is insanely, unearthly pretty and all kinds of drama-queen-esque theatrics with the long coat and utterly brilliant, but John Watson? I'd hit that so hard.

[ravyn-09.livejournal.com]

You're terrified but you still love it! ....you're kind of sick that way ;D

[preromantics.livejournal.com]

I find Sherlock to be -- randomly charming and also mildly terrifying! I'm not sure what that says about me at all, but I enjoyed the show, so. *hands*

[andnightsgrow.livejournal.com]

SOCIOPATHS GETTING EXCITED SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL AFRAID. but if they also make you squirm slightly in reluctant enjoyment, at least you know you're not alone

[eponymousanon.livejournal.com]

Man, I really need to find this on the interwebs. Several people have recommended it to me.

[lurkerlynne.livejournal.com]

Eztv.it has it.

[nataliadarimini.livejournal.com]

The doubletakes are, admittedly, awesome. Especially when Watson offers to stop doing it and Sherlock very quickly says that won't be necessary.

[cabayuki.livejournal.com]

7. Mycroft or Moriarty?

[greensilver.livejournal.com]

I do love that rattlesnake.

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the crack that is Auntie Beeb's Sherlock. *evil grin* (no they are not healthy, and they are obsession inducing and i love EVERY minute of it!)

I've always liked characters that are assholes, and Sherlock fits that bit besides being scarily smart. John fits it in the other way, by being unassumingly badass. You don't expect it from him, especially since he's never in Royal Army dress. When the claws come out? You start freaking DROOLING.

Sherlock and John are what they meant when they coined the phrase "Magnificent Bastards". Because GUH, on several levels. (Thank you Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!)I can imagine how the Victorian fangirls and fanboys of the time reacted.

[stripedpetunia.livejournal.com]

It's like crack, filmed, three times. And the dealers promise us more. *twitch*

[kernezelda]

Yes! :D :D :D First episode rocks. Lestrade's comment is memorable and intriguing, yes! Watson's awe is fun. Benedict Cumberbatch has a lovely deep voice, mmmm.

[hellpenguin.livejournal.com]

HE SHOULD SAY MORE WORDS ALL THE TIME.

[lurkerlynne.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my newest fandom! ::hugs:: Have you seen the other two eps yet?

I adore the fact that this particular John Watson is no buffoon, even though he should not be allowed to dress himself, and is, in fact, the most adorable badass on TV. Benedict Cumberbatch? Right up there with Jeremy Brett for Holmes. And they have chemistry together, so the slash community is in hog heaven. Especially with Rupert Graves in the cast. :p~~

Have found the sherlockbbc comm yet? Fic, arts, discussions abound! http://community.livejournal.com/sherlockbbc/ The fandom is moving fast, so there's lots to see. :D

AO3 has a section for this too http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20%28TV%29/works

[lurkmuch.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, Sherlock does look like Merlin.

My reaction EXACTLY.

...I fear the BBC has infiltrated fandom, learned our tastes and has begun growing them in vats somewhere underground. You heard it here first.

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

A parallel breeding program?

[tricksterquinn.livejournal.com]

*DIES LAUGHING AT YOU*

[seperis.livejournal.com]

DIAF YOU MEANIE.