“It’s all a matter of perspective.”
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My sister keeps asking me if I want to go see The Great Cosby with her and I don’t have it in my heart to correct her.
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But there is one big problem that I haven’t seen anyone touch on. One major change from the canon that leads to all of the smaller problems with Irene. One major change that is at the core of what pulls the rug out from under those of us who loved the original Scandal in Bohemia story. One major change that betrays a complete misunderstanding of the point of A Scandal in Bohemia and the real reason Irene Adler could win against Sherlock Holmes and walk away from him scott free holding everything she ever wanted.
Stephen Moffat and Guy Ritchie made the exact same mistake that a million fanfic and pastiche writers have before them. They looked at the Rogues Gallery of Sherlock Holmes for a formidable female villain, someone with potential for romance and intrigue, and picked out the perfect-seeming Irene Adler. This is understandable. She’s popular among fans, particularly female ones. She’s one of his best known opponents, possibly the best known after Moriarty. She looks good in a suit. Her story involves political and sexual intrigue. She’s cunning and resourceful. She won.
There’s just one small problem.
Irene Adler isn’t actually in the Rogues Gallery of Sherlock Holmes.
Look back at A Scandal in Bohemia. She’s not the bad guy. She’s the good guy. Sherlock’s client is the bad guy, wrongly pestering his ex-girlfriend and painting her as a extortionist when all she wants to do is live her life. He lied to Sherlock Holmes. Her explanation for trying to keep a little insurance against future bad behavior from this man is perfectly understandable. The entire story is a misunderstanding.
And that, more than anything else, is why she got to win. Because in addition to being his equal, beating him fair and square, she was also on the side of right and he was the manipulated one.
Listing her among his “villains” is like listing Spider-man as a Daredevil villain.
"Ragnell, “How do you solve a problem like Irene?”
This was originally written in response to A Scandal in Belgravia and A Game of Shadows, but I think it applies equally to Elementary’s interpretation of the character.
One other thing not touched on in this section but also pointed out in the article is particularly germain to Elementary’s choices: Irene is memorable because she beats Sherlock. Elementary did a good job of trying to preserve that, but when they turned her into Moriarty, they guaranteed she wouldn’t win, not in the end, not really. She would never be allowed to waltz off into the sunset and live happily ever after, which is her great victory in Scandal. Irene Adler, average citizen, is allowed to show up the great detective. Irene Adler, average citizen, is the person we should feel good rooting for, and the person who deserves to come out on top. But Moriarty?
Moriarty is a villain, and villains have to lose.
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Play Mass Effect, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.
soundingsea, ofdonut, I am officially unfriending you.
…. ofdonut asked me to letsplay mass effect…. *LeoSquinting so hard*
coming soon to Cosfest 2013 booth Hero*MIX! (this is the earliest i have ever posted merchandise news lol). Will update as and when the merchandise are printed yosh! Also, what other characters might you guys be interested to see? XD
| OFDonut: | man, the early 90s just had this slew of awesome movies that I always keep on when they come on tv! |
| Meggie: | Yeah, that’s because they all have the same formula: everything is wrong and then someone special comes along and makes it wacky and happy! And then there’s the OH NO, MAYBE THIS WON’T HAPPEN. AND THEN IT DOES. THE END! ADD A MEMORABLE SCORE! |
I was trying to convince one of my friends to play mass effect
This is Meghan trying to get me to play every game.
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