I think that, for me, once a story or a show is properly established as being in the (conceptual) faerie realm, then everything about the story - plot and emotion - is acceptable.
As long as the immediate emotion presented to me by a character rings true (just as John's depth of feeling by the graveside rang true to me despite my concern about the real-life logic of it), which they did when Matt, Alex, Karen and Arthur were front and center ... why, then I can believe in love at first sight, and lovers who wait 2,000 years guarding their sweetheart, and who are turned back into real boys by love. In the same way I believe it in Snow White, I believe it in Rapunzel and Thumbelina and Sleeping Beauty, if you see what I mean.
And the emotions rang true in S6 for me, probably because of the strength of the actors - something shared with Sherlock. (I confess, I go into things generally looking for good acting - which is what allows me to look forward to the next series of Sherlock despite my considerable problems with construction - and so the faerie paradigm plus good acting allowed me to accept everything about S6, including the emotional story I was being told.)
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Date: Friday, 3 February 2012 02:24 am (UTC)I think that, for me, once a story or a show is properly established as being in the (conceptual) faerie realm, then everything about the story - plot and emotion - is acceptable.
As long as the immediate emotion presented to me by a character rings true (just as John's depth of feeling by the graveside rang true to me despite my concern about the real-life logic of it), which they did when Matt, Alex, Karen and Arthur were front and center ... why, then I can believe in love at first sight, and lovers who wait 2,000 years guarding their sweetheart, and who are turned back into real boys by love. In the same way I believe it in Snow White, I believe it in Rapunzel and Thumbelina and Sleeping Beauty, if you see what I mean.
And the emotions rang true in S6 for me, probably because of the strength of the actors - something shared with Sherlock. (I confess, I go into things generally looking for good acting - which is what allows me to look forward to the next series of Sherlock despite my considerable problems with construction - and so the faerie paradigm plus good acting allowed me to accept everything about S6, including the emotional story I was being told.)