{"id":309,"date":"2013-10-04T00:37:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/?p=309"},"modified":"2013-10-04T00:37:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:37:35","slug":"love-is-the-most-dangerous-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/2013\/10\/04\/love-is-the-most-dangerous-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Love is the most dangerous weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this show, what interests me most is the scene when Sherlock Holmes decoded Irene Adler\u2019s camera phone. I think this is the climax of the whole episode because Sherlock successfully made a twist when Irene was so close to make Mycroft fulfill her requirement. Also, it indicates that Sherlock can truly set aside his personal feelings while Irene lost the game exactly for failure to do so.<\/p>\n

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When Irene bragged about using Sherlock to compile the e-mail from terrorist, Sherlock stayed muted all the time. But when Irene continued to mock \u201cHolmes boys\u201d, Sherlock stepped ahead and pointed out that he knew what the password is. Despite Irene\u2019s shock, Sherlock began to analyze her motive. It is Irene\u2019s sentiment that exposes herself. Although she tried to deny her feelings, Sherlock did not let her justify herself by telling her he had taken her pulse. For Irene Adler, her biggest security loophole is Sherlock Holmes because \u201clove is a dangerous advantage\u201d, said by Sherlock. He knew this theory well so he pulled himself back before the situation went uncontrollable \u2013 yes apparently he has some feelings to Irene too. For both of them, they cannot help being led by the sentiment yet Sherlock is far more rational. Even though Irene shed tears and begged him to help her after Sherlock successfully decoded her phone, he just turned around and left, acting nonchalant.<\/p>\n

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I think here we can draw a parallel to the ending of Maltese Falcon, where Spade also turned Brigid in without showing any mercy. Just like Spade, Sherlock also made the right choice at the key point \u2013 to punish the criminal.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, Irene and Brigid also have something in common. They both use their feminine advantage to get what they want. In Irene\u2019s case, she first showed up naked just to shock Sherlock and obviously she did it. \"\"<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more important, they both fell in love with their antagonists. To be more specific, even Irene Adler, a dominating lesbian, also has strong attachment to Sherlock because she is willing to make him an exception. It is the very attachment that makes her lose the whole game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this show, what interests me most is the scene when Sherlock Holmes decoded Irene Adler\u2019s camera phone. I think this is the climax of the whole episode because Sherlock successfully made a twist when Irene was so close to make Mycroft fulfill her requirement. Also, it indicates that Sherlock can truly set aside his … Continue reading Love is the most dangerous weapon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1774,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1774"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}