My reaction to River Song is forever colored by the fact that I watched that actress on ER.
And yes, I am worried about the recurring Irene Adler. I almost feel like I can't react to this episode yet--as is, I liked it a lot. If it's the tip of an Irene iceberg, I will retroactively hate it.
I'm not sure if there's ever been a character so consistently Mary Sued in fandom. The fact that the fandom has been around for a century and is public domain, making many Irene Sues published novels just aggravates. Consequently, I'm hyper aware of Mary Sue tendencies in Irene. It's like if you have a character with purple eyes and wings--you have to work really, really hard to keep that character from sprouting psychic powers left and right and being everybody and their mother's love interest.
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And yes, I am worried about the recurring Irene Adler. I almost feel like I can't react to this episode yet--as is, I liked it a lot. If it's the tip of an Irene iceberg, I will retroactively hate it.
I'm not sure if there's ever been a character so consistently Mary Sued in fandom. The fact that the fandom has been around for a century and is public domain, making many Irene Sues published novels just aggravates. Consequently, I'm hyper aware of Mary Sue tendencies in Irene. It's like if you have a character with purple eyes and wings--you have to work really, really hard to keep that character from sprouting psychic powers left and right and being everybody and their mother's love interest.