February 2014

Ivy, with all these efforts in trying to get into the characters’ heads are you not itsy bitsy tiny annoyed by John’s character development? Apart from all the beautiful meta analysis, I guess deep inside we are all disappointed. Yes he shot someone for S. or sacrificed himself at the poolside, but apart from danger situations did he make choices to step out of his comfort zone? On the other side, we see huge “progress” in Sherlock. I really find it disheartening.

ivyblossom: Actually…no. I’m not annoyed by John’s character development, nor am I disappointed. I take…

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I’m the anon with the manslaughter. First of all, thank you for your long reply. I used the term because I’m from Germany where you distinguish between “Mord” (kill s.o. with malicious intent, requires planning beforehand/trying to hide the deed afterwards) and “Totschlag” (intentional homicide usually in the heat of the moment) which resulted in “manslaughter” according to wikipedia.

Ahhhhhhh, that explains it! In the US, Mord translates to 1st degree murder, and Totschlag…

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