An assortment of miscellany

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He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it anymore obvious?

Clint/Natasha | high school AU

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You know you’re my best friend, right?

um this is perfection

So no-literally just wrote about her Irene Adler feels after I asked her, and she got me thinking about how I interpret the character and her relationship with Sherlock, so here are some thoughts:

I have loved Irene Adler from the very start. I will say, at that point I hadn’t quite settled on Sherlock/John as being something I thought should happen. It really wasn’t until the Reichenbach Fall that I was like, in addition to being bffs, they should also make out.

(Actually, this moment below is the exact time where I was like KISS HIM!!!)

(True story: in the beginning of the series, I wanted Molly to get with Sherlock, because I kind of identified with her.)

Also, I didn’t start watching until after the second series was out, so I watched all of the show and then waded out into the fannish waters, because before that I was afraid of spoilers. I probably would have been influenced by all of that before that point, had I watched series 1 earlier.

But as for Irene, as a character I really like her. Recently I’ve been realizing that I really enjoy morally ambiguous, sexually aggressive, dangerous, smart ladies (here’s looking at you, Catwoman and Black Widow (well, Natasha hasn’t really gotten too much characterization in the movies yet, but I’m gonna assume she would be aggressive in every way)). Perhaps this is because I am one of them? HAHAHAHAHA. But anyway, I enjoy a lady who does not give a fuck and isn’t the stereotypical weak, submissive, generally useless female character (although the whole Strong Female Character thing is a problem too, but I like them better than the alternative). 

In addition to being predisposed to like the woman who doesn’t care about being liked, I find the relationship she has with Sherlock to be interesting. I’ve never really thought Irene was in LOVE with Sherlock. I’ve always thought she was infatuated and fascinated with Sherlock. She finds him interesting and impressive and very bangable (I agree on all counts), while Sherlock also finds her interesting and impressive (but does not want to have sex with her). They want to figure out each other, and they’re both very clever, and in that way, they’re equals. The relationship is exciting, but it’s not love. When Sherlock thinks Irene’s dead, he’s sad, but he’s not mourning the loss of a crush, but rather the loss of a worthy adversary.

While Sherlock and Irene are very similar, Sherlock and John are very different, which is what makes them two halves of a whole. Sherlock is the mind, John is the heart, and together they’re more than the sum of their parts. There’s a reason they’re always together, why each is willing to do whatever it takes to protect the other, and that reason is love (and it doesn’t even have to be non-platonic!).

When Irene wants to have dinner with Sherlock, it’s part of a battle. She wants to seduce him, which for her would be a victory (she wants to beat him in two ways!). When John wants have dinner with Sherlock, he wants to spend time with his best friend. Sherlock doesn’t think he knows why he’d want to have dinner if he’s not hungry, but he does because he’s done it, and that reason is love.

Now, from the writing perspective, I do agree that it’s problematic that Irene doesn’t save herself in the end (but I have tried to do some mental gymnastics whereby since Irene managed to so intrigue Sherlock that he wanted to ensure she was still around, it’s kind of like she saved herself? but that is ridiculous). This is part of why I want her to come back and save herself some more.

So in conclusion: Irene doesn’t love Sherlock, she just finds him interesting and sexually appealing. John does love Sherlock (and is in denial about how sexy he actually thinks he is).  Sherlock finds Irene and John interesting in different ways, loves John, and doesn’t love Irene.

And the pulse-taking scene was surprisingly hot.

If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be?

• Well, I feel like the best thing I ever did with my hair was dye it purple, which I did on and off for a couple years. Now I just wanna go really intensely red, which I blame on Black Widow, Emma Stone, and Amy Pond. I don’t know how it’ll look, but I’m gonna give it a whirl.

Who is your favorite character from your current fandoms?

• Oh jeez. I guess right now, at this moment, I have to say Sherlock.

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• Question: what are your batman vs. ironman theories? - no-literally
• Answer:

  I’M GLAD YOU ASKED. Unfortunately I don’t have my notes with me (my notes are a post-it I scribbled stuff down on when I was sleep-deprived at work after the Batman premiere) but I’ll make do. (I should note that all of my thoughts are based on the movies.)

  In short, my theory is that Iron Man rules and Batman drools. In medium, my theory is that Iron Man is for people who are fun and Batman is for people who take themselves too seriously. In long, I find Tony Stark/Iron Man to be a more interesting and relatable character, at least for me personally. While they’re both genius billionaire playboy philanthropists, I don’t really buy that Bruce Wayne is a genius. While Tony Stark makes all of his armor and stuff himself, Bruce Wayne gets God to build his for him. (And honestly, as an engineer, that is a large part of why I love Tony Stark.) And while Tony and Bruce both have parental issues, I find Tony’s more…realistic? Fortunately, most people’s parents don’t get murdered, but unfortunately, a lot of people have kind of crappy, distant, uninvolved parents.

  Okay, so that was going to be pretty much the extent of it, but then I had to go rescue my dad from his broken-down car and I had half an hour in the car to think about this issue some more.

  First of all, from a sort of meta standpoint, I think the way people interpret the question “Batman or Iron Man?” is interesting in its variations. It can mean, who’s a better guy, who’s a better character, who could beat up whom, who has better movies, etc. Personally, I have a hard time answering the better guy question separately from the better character question. I suppose it’s Batman, because he’s so goddamn noble all the time, but that’s why I find him generally uninteresting as a character. His parents were killed and he wants to protect Gotham. Whereas Iron Man is clearly and admittedly flawed, which makes him seem so much realer. Tony Stark’s decision to become Iron Man is a decision he has to keep making. Batman is ridiculously selfless, whereas Iron Man, like most actual human beings, is generally inclined to be selfish, which makes his decisions to do selfless things that much more meaningful.

  As to who has better movies, I just crunched some Rotten Tomatoes number and the critical consensus is Batman, by a hair. Personally, I like some levity in my superhero movies, as opposed to super-serious Chris Nolan Batman flicks. I didn’t hate any of the Batmen, but the only one I loved was The Dark Knight, and that was not because of Batman, it was because of Heath Ledger’s astonishing portrayal of the Joker. (I don’t remember which podcast I listened to this week that pointed out that Batman is always the least interesting character in his movies, but they were right.) Whereas The Avengers is a great time, one that I can happily relive, unlike the punishing Dark Knight Rises.

  And when it comes to who would win in a fight? Batman does have the upper hand when it comes to fighting without the suit, but Iron Man can fly. So that makes him more awesome. Honestly, the only way they’re truly evenly matched is in their awesome butlers.

  So those were my thoughts, of which I have a surprising number. (I like my job okay but it does not challenge me creatively.)

• Question: I would want to look like Amy Pond/I know EXACTLY what you mean. (Also I hadn't really noticed her nail polish? So now I will check it out!) I'm glad you're liking it! And yeah, Doctor Who has changed lots. I really enjoyed 9 and 10, but the show is less intense, especially at first. It's super-goofy. And 11 seasons are driven by mysteries, whereas the earlier seasons are (imo) driven by the character development. Which gives them a different feel. Anyway I <3 hearing your thoughts about it! - no-literally
• Answer:

  Oh man, let me point you toward this tumblr . And I’m glad to have someone with whom to talk about it! Now I just have to have some real thoughts, which has been hard for me lately what with work and trying to be an adult.

-redux:

you know what it’s like to be unmade. 

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• Question: i am excited you are liking doctor who! what season are you on/tell me all of your thoughts? - no-literally
• Answer:

  I’ve been watching it in kind of a weird order, because I tried to start at the beginning of the new stuff (9th doctor) and couldn’t get into it, so Gary suggested I watch the first weeping angel episode and then the library episodes and if I liked them, watch the 11th doctor seasons, so that’s what I’ve been doing. For the most part I was enjoying it, but I wasn’t like OMG MUST WATCH MORE, probably because the episodes are generally pretty self-contained and I was also stuck on some I didn’t like (the giant hole in the ground?). But then I got to the van Gogh episode and The Lodger, and I just got to a point where I’m like, this show is ridiculous and also really good and oddly touching when I’m not expecting it to be (van Gogh was fighting invisible chicken aliens and yet I was really sad at the end?!). So now I care about these characters and want to keep watching. Also, thinking about this has made me realize that the kinds of shows I watch in the obsessive marathon fashion are usually comedies or stuff with more long-term plot, so I understand why it took me so long to get into it/it’s nice that I have variety now. And I’m probably gonna go back to the beginning once I finish the Matt Smith episodes.

  Hmm…I feel like I should have some deep thoughts, but all I can think is that I want Amy Pond’s hair and nail polish collection (actually, I would look exactly like her if such a thing were possible/didn’t sound super creepy).