Regarding his use of 'psychopath' I basically gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he used 'psychopath' because it was easier than explaining the difference to the reporter; or he was just using the wrong word because he was tired and made a mistake, or the writer changed the word he used because he thought it would make it clearer to the audience. In canon, in the real script he said 'sociopath' and 'asberger's' and that's what I would go with as canon and what Mofatt's characterisation is, not something written in the Guardian.
That being said, it's his bloody character, and Sherlock is fictional. He's only Asberger's if the writers decide that he's Asberger's. If the writer wants to call him a psycopath, that's his right because he wrote the character. We can be free to never watch the show again or, yes, bitch about it on forums, but it's still his character to do with has he pleases.
Also...Irene Adler in the original story saw through Holme's disguise, just as the new one did. Any objection I might have about New Irene is her association with Moriarity and the fact she was actually using the information to extort money, whereas the real Irene was making sure she didn't get hurt by people more powerful than she.
Sherlock would totally have gotten the photo back from Original Irene except for the fact she got married, he knew she got married, and he basically deduced that she wasn't going to be an issue. (And she told him as much).
As for the rescue thing - I'll wait until you see it, and then we can discuss it. I didn't mind that, but I'd be interested to see what you thought.
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on 2012-01-23 03:16 pm (UTC)That being said, it's his bloody character, and Sherlock is fictional. He's only Asberger's if the writers decide that he's Asberger's. If the writer wants to call him a psycopath, that's his right because he wrote the character. We can be free to never watch the show again or, yes, bitch about it on forums, but it's still his character to do with has he pleases.
Also...Irene Adler in the original story saw through Holme's disguise, just as the new one did. Any objection I might have about New Irene is her association with Moriarity and the fact she was actually using the information to extort money, whereas the real Irene was making sure she didn't get hurt by people more powerful than she.
Sherlock would totally have gotten the photo back from Original Irene except for the fact she got married, he knew she got married, and he basically deduced that she wasn't going to be an issue. (And she told him as much).
As for the rescue thing - I'll wait until you see it, and then we can discuss it. I didn't mind that, but I'd be interested to see what you thought.