Given that they played a few bars of 'watching the dectectives' at the end of the fist episode,they are definitely thinking subtext.
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Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2012 3:44:03 pm PDT #9267 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Connie Neil - Oct 06, 2012 4:01:46 pm PDT #9268 of 11831
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the only experience I have of "Watching the Detectives" is the show History Detectives on PBS.
§ ita § - Oct 06, 2012 4:02:55 pm PDT #9269 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they are definitely thinking subtext
What subtext?
-t - Oct 06, 2012 4:32:33 pm PDT #9270 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am on the same page as Jesse, both with House and Inara.
Ginger - Oct 06, 2012 4:42:34 pm PDT #9271 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm finding myself increasingly nostalgic for police procedurals that care whether the case will hold up in court.
Pix - Oct 06, 2012 4:43:34 pm PDT #9272 of 11831
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I, too, am Jesse.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2012 11:10:45 pm PDT #9273 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
>they are definitely thinking subtext
>What subtext?
I'd say the choice of music indicates they are thinking of adding some. Does not mean they will, but if the though had not crossed their mind I can't see them using just the following lyrics:
"Watching the Detectives - cute! Cute! cute!
"Watching the Detectives - shoot! shoot! shoot!
Doesn't that look like a hint they are thinking add subtext somewhere along the line?
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2012 1:13:21 am PDT #9274 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm asking what subtext--subtext of what? I'm completely lost here. I don't get the code.
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2012 5:45:29 am PDT #9275 of 11831
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I'm asking what subtext--subtext of what? I'm completely lost here. I don't get the code.
I don't, either. But I miss subtext a lot. I thought it was just the show thinking it was clever. Look! They're detectives! And the audience is watching them! Let's use this song!
Which is fine, because I loves me some Elvis.
Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2012 6:41:22 am PDT #9276 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well there is not subtext and the moment, but they are implying sexual attraction between Watson and Holmes. (Only in the song, though Holmes acting dickish over the ex could be take that way. Also as him just being a pain.)