Taken from my meme dealer, the lovely joonscribble.

Give me two fandoms I'm a fan of and/or have written for and I'll describe to you how the crossover could happen.

Continuing with my geekiness and watching Sherlock in French. This week: Les chiens de Baskerville. There was some trouble getting it to load, so I also watched a bit of Le Grand Jeu (The Great Game) while I was waiting, which was taken down last year before I had a chance to watch it but has been reuploaded.

Last week, I mentioned in the comments to donutsweeper about the use of 'vous' vs. 'tu' on the show. Basically, the use of a formal or informal 'you'. John and Sherlock start off using the more formal 'vous' with each other, then switch to the friendlier 'tu' one they get to know each other better. Sherlock continues to use 'vous' with pretty much everyone else, though, implying he doesn't feel he's close enough to them to be informal. I took note of that this time and the only other person he uses 'tu' with is Mycroft. Mrs Hudson, Lestrade and Molly are all 'vous'. Interestingly, Molly uses 'vous' with him as well, which is a great touch to show how nervous she is around him.

Translation notes:
- I learned a new word! 'Molosse', meaning 'huge dog'. A very cool thing was done with the whole HOUND thing.
- Mrs Hudson says 'coucou!' whenever she comes up to the flat. Which is sort of a friendly, 'hey there!' that I find very cute. It's also what you say to babies when you play peekaboo in French.
- They had to add another syllable to the 'I don't have friends' line to make it work, so Sherlock says 'I don't have friends, John'. Which is even more insulting, because he's not only saying he doesn't have friends, but that John most certainly isn't one of them.
- Another translation I liked: instead of John's 'IT'S NOT OKAY!', Sherlock says 'it's over now' and John says "NO, IT'S NOT OVER!'. Like 'we will be discussing this further, Sherlock!'.
- Also, re: The Great Game. According to French!Sherlock, the solar system does round and round a carousel like wooden horses, as opposed to round and round the garden like a teddy bear.

Rewatching notes:

Title: The Parting of Ways
Characters: Mycroft, Sherlock, Molly
Rating PG
Warnings: angst, a sad Sherlock
Spoilers: Major The Reichenbach Fall spoilers
Pairings: Suggestion of one-sided Molly/Sherlock
Word count: Approx. 2800
Summary: Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes say goodbye.
Author's notes: La, la, la, finishing things that have been sitting around forever. Apparently my brain is on a Holmes Family Dynamics kick right now. I'm going to post this now so I can stop fiddling with it. Angst ahoy!



( There is very little about our family that could be considered normal. )

Because joonscribble is an enabler:

Ask me for any character I write or have written (OCs included) and I will tell you, if they existed in the Harry Potter universe:

1. Sorting Hat: what house would they be sorted into?
2. Expecto Patronum: what form would their patronus take?
3. Riddikulus:: what form would their boggart (read: their deepest fear) take?
4. The Mirror of Erised: what would it show of their heart's desires when they looked in it?

My mum asked me to "pass [her] the Internet" tonight. She meant the iPad, which does indeed have an internet on it, but for a moment I went 'um, I don't think the internet will fit in my arms?' in my head before I figured out what she meant.

Also: Bandersnatch Cummerbund. This is totally the name of the Benedict Cumberbatch tribute band. That I just started. Right now. Anyone want to join?

Radio Canada has begun showing Series Two of Sherlock in French. I watched Une Scandale à Buckingham on their streaming service, for purely geek purposes. I always like to see how things are handled in other languages.

The voices are really good. Sherlock's voice actor has a great baritone and his rant about the airplane near the end was perfect, which couldn't have been easy given the number of words and speed he had to match. He doesn't play the sarcasm as well, though, and tends to put more emotion into things than Cumberbatch originally did. But it makes his interactions with Mrs. Hudson a little sweeter. John's voice has great comedic timing, I liked him last series too. Moriarty's voice is just...he sounds like a ten-year old boy and that sort of works for the character and Andrew Scott's interpretation of it, but when you get to Moriarty's more serious, quiet moments, it doesn't work as well. Though the glee with which he delivered the 'I'll make you into shoes' line made me laugh. Irene's voice was spot on - really sexy and well delivered. Mrs. Hudson sounds a little silly, Lestrade sounds like Rupert Graves speaking French and Mycroft sounds a little young.

Some translation notes:
-Instead of Mrs. Hudson calling John and Sherlock 'boys', she calls them 'les enfants' (children). I think that's sweet.
-John's line about baby names is changed to - 'if you're looking for names for the baby', as though it had already been conceived and was inevitable.
-The punny titles of John's blog didn't really work, but they did a good job with the
-I like how they say Irene in French (Ee-ren), but I don't understand why Mycroft is not then Meecroft. Hamish becomes 'ameesh'. And they've finally decided on a universal pronunciation of 'Holmes'. It was all over the map last series.

One thing I realized while watching this again:

In my next life, I'd like to be a Scottish Terrier who lives at my house:



Apologize for the noise, iPads take crappy photos.

For those who missed the PBS Sherlock Q&A stream last night, it's up in low-rez on youtube starting here. Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Moffatt and Sue Vertue answer fan questions. The sound is a bit dodgy, but you can mostly hear what's going on. A word to the wise: turn down your sound at the beginning and especially when Benedict comes onstage (around 14 seconds). The fangirl screams will deafen you.

ETA: Better version uploaded starting here. Still lower your sound for the beginning, though.

There is a better sound quality version here, that's fanshot, but you can hear the comments and whisperings of the audience as well and the camera is a bit shakey.

I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but so far the questions have been interesting and well thought out, no silly 'omg yr so hot!' sort of things. Be warned that there are many spoilers for Series 2.

Title: Sick Day
Characters: John, Sherlock, Sarah
Rating: G
Spoilers: Mentions to a character introduced in The Blind Banker, no plot spoilers.
Pairings: Written with John/Sarah in mind, but no actual references to a relationship
Word count: Approx. 2150
Summary: Sherlock is sick. The staff at the surgery are excited. John is annoyed.
Author's notes: Took a few liberties with some of the staff members at the surgery where John works. I'm loosely placing this after The Great Game and near the beginning of A Scandal in Belgravia, before John's blog takes off. There are no plot references to either episode.

( I am not prescribing you antibiotics, Sherlock. )

I was reading a Sharpe novel today and, through a series of random thoughts, eventually decided I could move Sherlock characters into the Napoleonic Wars and have it mostly work. Which then reminded me of this meme.

The Hypothetical AU Meme:
Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc.) or a time period (Ancient Rome, Feudal Japan, Victorian England, etc). I will then explain what story from that fandom I would write for that AU.

I'm going to extend this to say any fandom you know I like, not necessarily write for.