A spoilery-question about Merlin? Also, other TV shows.

[osaraba]

Clearly I've been on a TV-watching kick recently. Aside from the 4 eps of Supernatural I mentioned in a previous post, I've also caught up on:

1. The last 9 eps of The Mentalist (season 3). Which I really watch for Simon Baker's shamelessly impertinent Holmesian character, Patrick Jane... and Cho's SUPER EXTRA DRY delivery of every single line ever. I'd have dropped this show long, long ago if it weren't for these two characters. There's no episode in which they do not make me happy (and no, I don't ship them) so I just couldn't stop watching.
   
   
2. All 3 eps of BBC Sherlock. The first episode was perfect, or as near to it as I think we'll get! Cumberbatch is amazing as Holmes; Holmes and Watson's relationship is. just. perfect. Their give-and-take is simply a delight. Eps 2 and 3 were not as good as 1, but (at least in my mind) a lot can be forgiven, plot-wise, when the characters are just so dead on.
   
   I find it hard to ship Holmes and Watson in my own head... but that's what awesome fic writers are for, y/y?! Do yourself a favor and read wordstrings's EPICALLY FUCKING AMAZING Paradox Series. It features sociopathically-fucked-up!Holmes and there-to-keep-him-on-the-right-track!Watson. I can't thank pixie_darling enough for bringing this to my attention. NGL, I think I may be spoiled for anything else in this fandom after having read this one.
   
   
3. Series 1 of Merlin. Plus the first 2 eps of season 2. I enjoyed what I've seen and, oddly enough (because I often like the main character best) I like Arthur more than Merlin? This makes my brow furrow to think on because by all rights I really thought I'd like Merlin more. My frustration with the fact that Merlin hasn't told Arthur about his abilities is kind of peaking. I don't normally like spoilers but I think a teeny tiny one in this case would help me to persevere...
   
   So. Does Arthur, at any point up to the current series 3 episode, find out about Merlin's abilities? I'M BEGGING FOR SOMEONE TO TELL ME HE DOES. Don't tell me how or when or why, but if the answer is yes, I'm going to dive back in and continue watching and push through to the end. But if the answer is no.... I'll probably stop watching now... unless someone can give me a really good reason to keep going.

I watched the first two episodes of Shattered a month or so ago, but I dunno... it was good but... I think I'm just not quite in the mood for it just yet. I'm downloading all the episodes for when I want some hardboiled cop stuff. I hope it's soon because I'm actually missing all my CKR-squeeing buddies from C6D fandom. =(

ION, Inception fandom has slowed down quite a bit AND IT MAKES ME EXTREMELY SAD. Especially since I'm so impatiently awaiting updates on a multitude of WIPs. This is probably why I'm dipping into other fandoms for a fix. Jesus. THEN AGAIN, IT'S ONLY SIXTEEN DAYS UNTIL INCEPTION IS RELEASED ON DVD/BLURAY SO I'M HOPING THERE WILL BE AN UPSURGE IN FIC AGAIN.

/junkie

Comments

[firefox1490.livejournal.com]

Goddamnit I had a rec for you and now I've forgotten.

PS. Im totally stalking both the Inception Big Bang and the Sherlock Big Bang. Can it be January already???

ETA: Hahaha now I remember, two seconds later. Have you read His Dark Material? Because somewhere I saved an awesome WIP Sherlock/HDM crossover.

[osaraba]

Yessss, definitely can't wait for big bang fics to be posted! I wonder if that's why fandom has slowed down a bit... also, the holidays, I suppose, LOL.

I haven't read HDM (yet) but I may have already read the Inception/HDM crossover 'cause that sounds familiar and I remember wondering at the time if I was going to read any big spoilers. But clearly I've forgotten (it's better to not know if what you've read is actually a spoiler or not). I just dl'd the HDM trilogy, though, so thanks for reminding me!

[firefox1490.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think thats part of it. My usual fandoms are a whole lot bigger so this is never an issue.

I read them and adore them for the most part. It got hard to finish book 3 but that was just me. So far the HDM crossover I've seen (2 inception, 1 sherlock) haven't been spoilerly. They've just been set in the same world.

[antumbral.livejournal.com]

Spoilers for Merlin Season 2&3
Merlin hasn't told Arthur yet, and spoilers for the rest of the season seem to indicate that he won't by the end of Season 3. The writing has gotten lazy in the last season, so I don't really have anything to entice you to keep watching.

[osaraba]

Sigh.

That's kind of what I expected even though I was hoping it would not be the case. I really do hate dropping a series after watching a good portion of it, but I'm not sure I can actually screw up the interest in it now... =(

Thanks for letting me know!

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[badmomma64.livejournal.com]

i am, perhaps, an id*yot b/c i don't know how to reply to your card request w/o unscreening and therefore cannot provide mine in return. will monitor your posts for further instructions... and it don't look like i can screen my response to a post of yours. perhaps a post and delete will work. shall think on it a bit.
*smooches*

Re: DRIVE BY COMMENTING! (unrelated to post)

[osaraba]

I am dumb! I created a post JUST FOR YOU! =D

[windbourne.livejournal.com]

Today I am in the mood for some fic-reading, so I am hitting up all your recent Inception and NOW THIS SHERLOCK OMG WOW. Excuse me, I fell into CAPSLAND. BECAUSE OF THE AWESOME. :D YAY THANK YOU.

:}

[osaraba]

YESSS OMG I'm so happy someone else is actually looking at some of my recs LOL. BUT YES, THAT SHERLOCK FIC IS OMFG. CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT BEING CAPSLOCKY. IT IS SO, SO, SOOOOOO FULL OF LOVE AND WIN AND SQUEE~~~~!!!!

[idreamedmusic.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed Sherlock! It's so well made and I really like Freeman. And Cumbermuffin however he's called.

Agree that ep 1 was the best, but I liked ep 3 a lot as well, though the cliffhanger is mean. Ep 2 was kinda... different. Somehow. Some way...