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[Shadow Dweller]

 

 

Looking back, those who use Irene Adler as profile picture tends to be like fireworks; rocketing high to the sky, flare brilliantly for a short moment then disappeared. Too bad, they seems like fun people to be around

Perhaps one or two will be back after the special? (Keeping my fingers crossed...)

 

I saw you accidentally made the same post in another thread and that you'd have liked to hide it there. I went ahead and did so (seems you need to be a mod to hide posts, which is odd, I always thought everybody could hide their own, but oh well). If you don't want it hidden after all, let me know and I'll unhide it again.

Thanks, I meant to hide the first post but failed. That kind of incidents happened several times already and always when I am on mobile.

 

Yups, hope some of them come back later. More the merrier.

[J.P.]

Disappearing is normal. I have seen this for last... 15 years. Some people won't fit, some think they won't fit, or don't get their expectations fulfilled, some think they should be treated with special care because they are new, and feel ignored if they don't get enough attention.

 

It's still the lesser evil. I have seen fora that fell apart after a ravage caused by a new member.

 

People have lives, move on, find other interesting things to discuss elsewhere.

 

I see myself as an exception rather than an average user. I am made for message boards, I'm glad that I have this kind of interaction - contrary to the popular theory that internet kills social contacts, I think I would still have none without www.

 

Other people might prefer contacts in RL to writing at message boards, they get bored and go.

 

 

What happened, I wonder. This is one of the most busy exclusively SHERLOCK forums available.

 

I don't know about many other SH fora, I was actually quite surprised I haven't found more.

We might be a big one among Sherlock themed boards, but we are neither big nor especially busy. We are small and cosy like 221B.

[Shadow Dweller]

This forum is the first result if you Google 'Sherlock forum'. Good SEO and pleasant in the eye even when accessed via mobile. Compare the second point with other Sherlock forums (which mostly comatose) and see what I mean.

 

 

Sherlock fandom seems to be relatively peaceful and its forums were not targeted by automated advertising bots. It was quite a shock to my system at first. Also, this forum have atmosphere that clearly say, "female," with so many talk about feelings, relationships and the various ways of dealing with things. An observation from someone who was used to war gaming forum where 98% users are male.

[Shadow Dweller]

Not sure where to put this one. Sherlock Holmes & Empathy: http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/maria-konnikova-empathy-sherlock-holmes/

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Sherlock fandom seems to be relatively peaceful and its forums were not targeted by automated advertising bots. It was quite a shock to my system at first. Also, this forum have atmosphere that clearly say, "female," with so many talk about feelings, relationships and the various ways of dealing with things. An observation from someone who was used to war gaming forum where 98% users are male.

 

Yeah, there's definitely a clear difference content-wise depending on the ratio of male-to-female users. I've noticed that too, especially when I was younger and dabbled in Club Penguin and Webkinz -- Webkinz was mostly girls and was relatively peaceful, while Club Penguin was a surprisingly volatile raging ball of power plays (especially when four male players battled for dominance in the sled minigame!). :lol:

[J.P.]

Female = peaceful? Not necessarily. Maybe the art of conflicts are different.

BTW, I really wish more male input about Sherlock. So that you could leave the "cute actors" factor out of the equation. There were surprisingly many men at the con. Maybe the male fans are just less likely to chat online?

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Female = peaceful? Not necessarily. Maybe the art of conflicts are different.

 

Well, relatively more peaceful than Club Penguin. Probably because Webkinz offers less chances for player-to-player interaction.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Shadow Dweller]

Female = peaceful? Not necessarily. Maybe the art of conflicts are different.

BTW, I really wish more male input about Sherlock. So that you could leave the "cute actors" factor out of the equation. There were surprisingly many men at the con. Maybe the male fans are just less likely to chat online?

 

No, males likes to chat online too but the content is very different from what exist in the most Sherlockian forum. What I write here is based from a war gaming community I mentioned earlier. Achievement, survival of the fittest, sharks in every corners, alliances are temporary, need firm and no nonsense hand to manage, not seeking for harmony, ruthlessness is rewarded with admiration, weaklings are made for snacking, powerplays happen every minute, etc. They are not searching for understanding as the main goal, it is about how to influence others and gain power over people. Intriques are rife and in general, being pointed as user of passive-aggressive which hold stereotype as females' and cowards' main weapon equals with shame. It is a glorious world of cutthroats competition, no holds barred. Wikipedia had summed it correctly with, "Brutally refreshing."

 

Should SHERLOCK become more like James Bond world with fast-paced action-packed sequence then the ratio of fans will shift. From what I gathered, most of its current fans are female.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Should SHERLOCK become more like James Bond world with fast-paced action-packed sequence then the ratio of fans will shift. From what I gathered, most of its current fans are female.

 

While I believe you're right about most of the active fans -- i.e., the ones engaged in forums and on Tumblr and the like -- I would hesitate to make a similar statement about people who really, really like the show.  Where would we get the statistics?

 

(And I'm tempted to interpret the front half of your first sentence as a question, and reply, "No, it should not!")

 

[T.o.b.y]

Well, I've always been a girl's girl, so I can't say I miss the men very much... Though they'd be welcome if they came, of course (as long as they behaved themselves).

 

Can I just say apropos of nothing that I am totally utterly very much in love? With a man... My man... I am all gooey and lovey-dovey and sentimental tonight. Time to go to bed, I think if I go on posting around here it will be cringe-worthy and pink and Sherlock would have a fit of vomiting if he was real and somehow came across my content.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Awww!!!    Go right ahead -- we could probably use some of that!

 

[Shadow Dweller]

 

Should SHERLOCK become more like James Bond world with fast-paced action-packed sequence then the ratio of fans will shift. From what I gathered, most of its current fans are female.

While I believe you're right about most of the active fans -- i.e., the ones engaged in forums and on Tumblr and the like -- I would hesitate to make a similar statement about people who really, really like the show. Where would we get the statistics?

 

(And I'm tempted to interpret the front half of your first sentence as a question, and reply, "No, it should not!")

I read the statement about fans several months ago. If my memory serve right, it is one of the producers'. He also said that SHERLOCK's audience also tend to be those who like Doctor Who.

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

 

I read the statement about fans several months ago. If my memory serve right, it is one of the producers'. He also said that SHERLOCK's audience also tend to be those who like Doctor Who.

 

   I suppose that really does make sense. I mean both shows share the same artistic writers and....there have been a few nods to the Dr. on Sherlock and there have been nods to Sherlock Holmes on Doctor Who for years.

[Carol the Dabbler]

But how do the producers know who's actually watching their shows, other than by observing the active fandom (which no one disputes is mostly female) or reading the BBC's statistics (which may provide a gender breakdown, but surely do not indicate which viewers consider themselves "fans").

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Would fan mail help as an indicator?  They do a lot of conventions.....the cosplayers who do crossover costuming?

[Carol the Dabbler]

But all that stuff is indicative of an active fan.  For example, Alex is just as enthusiastic about the program as I am, possibly more so, but he's far less active on the forum than I am (and presumably wouldn't even have known about it if I hadn't told him).  So, while Moftiss might be counting me, they might not even know about him.

 

[Shadow Dweller]

But how do the producers know who's actually watching their shows, other than by observing the active fandom (which no one disputes is mostly female) or reading the BBC's statistics (which may provide a gender breakdown, but surely do not indicate which viewers consider themselves "fans").

Probably the entertainment industry's equivalent of the Gallup Poll, lol.

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

There! That was the phrase I was looking for! Thank you Shadow Dweller!

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Two nights ago, I took half a sleeping pill (the other half broke off and fell somewhere) and ended up having an incredibly gory nightmare that my friends and I have dubbed, "Chicken Story" or "Chicken Dream". Anyone want to hear?

[SherlockedCAMPer]

That could be interesting. Do share & check the favorite fanfic thread for my 1st one done Sherlock fanfic. We get to see what happens in Sherlock's funny little brain.

[Arcadia]

By all means, Bendy, bring it on. We can take it.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Just please do yourself and us a favor and don't ever take a whole sleeping pill! 

 

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Alrighty then, here's the Chicken Story. Please note that this was a dream I had, not an actual real-life happening. :lol:

 

I warned you guys, there's a lot of *GORE*

 

 

 

At school, we learned how to genetically modify things to develop faster. (You can see that this is already starting off kinda wild -- I'm only in junior high!) So of course we tweaked some chicken DNA and injected it into a baby chick. The chick grew into an adult chicken within 10-15 minutes. We all oohed and ahhed at it. :D

 

But then something went wrong.

 

The chicken gave an alarmed squawk and its beak fell off. We could all see its ribs jut out before the bones popped out altogether. Blood gushed out of the hole in the chicken's chest. I swore I saw two lungs and a heart floating out as well.

 

After the chicken died, this kid (dunno who he is, let's call him Jack) shouted, "Maybe it works better in people!" He snatched the injector off of a desk and injected the chicken DNA into a girl to my left.

 

She went very quiet and we all backed away as she grew to adult size. Somehow her clothes didn't tear, only stretched, but when a hole in her chest opened up her shirt tore open and blood and organs fell out. She died.

 

Then that same kid dropped the injector.

 

The chicken DNA went airborne, like a virus, and soon everybody was growing into adults, even me. I screamed, the kid screamed, everybody screamed. The second kid to go down, well, went down, and it all escalated to a panic. Newly-grown adults died in a pool of their own blood, until only Jack and I were left.

 

I looked at Jack and punched him in the face, just as his body opened up and his organs tumbled out. Then I felt my abdomen open up. My intestines, carried by a hot stream of blood, fell into my hands.

 

I was dead before I hit the ground.

 

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

So glad it was a dream. If it were real & happened to you, we likely wouldn't know about it.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Most likely not! xD