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high points of rotk parody by mollyringwraith ( include.... )

in other news, last night mom and dad got, respectively, the pride and prejudice with colin firth and the original bedazzled with peter cook and dudley moore. tonight daddy got a sherlock holmes dvd that includes 'a scandal in bohemia,' which is essential background for plaidder's excellent stories absurdly simple and an ideal husband; and 'the solitary cyclist,' one of my personal favorites. it has some emotional moments for watson.

and then they made me their chief

the little girls are watching pirates.

it's a lot different completely smothered in giggles and drowned out by lillian and her friend sara speaking along with it in poor accents and getting most of the non-essential words wrong.

::commits fratricide*::

*what's the word for sister-cide? is that it?

twelve icons new in the last two days... whoa.

just try and stop me!

royd tolkien socute. link gacked from mirabellawotr.

sherlock holmes episodes 'a scandal in bohemia' and 'the dancing men'

these are the jeremy brett versions from the 1980s, and he's by far my favorite holmes.

a scandal in bohemia: watson gives anxious and adoring looks to holmes all through the beginning of this episode, because holmes is acting funny and watson thinks he's high. holmes flirts with him for a while, offering him a try of seven percent with an obscure glittery look, then declaring he has misdiagnosed the high. his stimulant of choice is in fact a letter.

( the king. )

he distantly resembles viggo. (!, you say. not as hot though, says i.) holmes knows he's royalty but doesn't stand up for him and won't shake his hand; he also flat refuses to send watson from the room, which readers will know happens a bunch of times throughout the series. ( irene adler )

the funkiness begins when they start to imply holmes is interested in miss adler's physical appearance. 'a face that a man might die for,' he says, a voiceover. we cut to him at his desk, watson standing by. watson sounds dumbfounded, laughing a little. he says something like 'those are strange words for you.' but holmes is irritated by the implication, busily moving around and doing things. 'a metaphor only,' he says. at the end they try the implication again, dwelling with music and lengthy looks on the photograph of irene. (dad and i agree, although he's not into the slash so much, that holmes's consideration of irene is in fact because of her sneakiness, not her face.)

the dancing men: most holmes stories actually do begin with a little flirting. this one is great cuteness. brett plays holmes with shocking vigor. he starts out with a deduction, teasing watson that once he explains his reasoning it will be called 'absurdly simple,' which watson denies. of course holmes is proved right, but first he dances around and gradually reveals himself. his grin prompts watson to ask why he's in such a good mood. then there's a great shot where he's vibrating with enthusiasm, looking out from behind the slip of paper covered with a row of ciphers with this little ":>" face. even the way his ears stick out seems charming.

the ep's holmes/watson action is interspersed with a lot of flashbacks/scene shifts to the case itself and the action between the client and his wife, elsie. the guest stars for these two characters are good. there are several moving moments along with one really silly one.

the climax scenes are charming, with the abject admiration of the country constable, the nervousness of the servants (and their costumes). brett's holmes's mysterious/cunning face looks a lot like some people's seductive faces might.