A Holmes-related, but Largely Uninformative Post

[awanderingbard]

You may know of my love of BBC radio programmes, and my love of Sherlock Holmes. So when I heard an ad for 'The Beekeeper's Apprentice', I thought I'd give it a go.

I'd read about the 'Mary Russell' pastiches, and how very divisive they were, but I have a high tolerence for less-than-ideal entertainment, so I thought it couldn't be as bad as they said.

Five minutes in and Mary had already perfectly deduced Holmes, and he'd failed to realize she was a girl dressed as a boy.

Nope.

In other news, Mum is going to give Sherlock a try tonight. She likes Elementary a lot, so hopefully she'll enjoy Sherlock as well. Though it's okay if she doesn't.

I've also reached point where my characters are starting to be versions of my versions of the characters, so I think it's a good time to revisit the source material.

Comments

[twelve-pastels.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh mannnnnnn, Mary Russell. The ultimate published Mary Sue. I tried with those books, really I did, but...eugh.

[dustlines.livejournal.com]

Evy!! From The Mummy!! Man, I don't know what it says about me that I can recognize her from her jawline, but I love your icon. She's one of my absolute favorite movie characters. :D

[twelve-pastels.livejournal.com]

Yo, us librarians gotta stick together.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had heard about the Mary Sueness, but I thought it had been exaggerated. I at least thought Holmes trained her to make deductions, not that she magically knew how. And anytime a historical heroine dresses like a boy, it's time to get nervous.

It didn't help that the lady voicing her was clearly grown woman trying to sound like a girl, and had the most RP accent I have heard short of the Queen herself.

I will not be going near the books.

[dustlines.livejournal.com]

Five minutes in and Mary had already perfectly deduced Holmes, and he'd failed to realize she was a girl dressed as a boy.

Um...wow. That's so bad I don't know how anyone could find the strength to take it seriously. Fairly amusing, though, that such a thing could slip by.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Well, I should have known really. She's a fifteen year old girl, who somehow manages to end up marrying Holmes by the end of the series. How much more of a red-light could you ask for?

[twelve-pastels.livejournal.com]

The face in your icon is completely appropriate.

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I love this book series! I'm on the sixth one at the moment, and the series has provided me with endless entertainment. I agree that that one moment was unrealistic, but it really does improve (at least in the books), and I now ship Russell/Holmes so hard, and I almost never ship het pairings.

And I had no idea it was being adapted into a radio series by the BBC, so thank you for the link! :)

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

No worries! I'm happy to provide entertainment.

Can't judge a book by it's radio adapation, I guess? :D