Author's Note:
I love Moriarty's gallows humor in MAZA2 regarding Star Trek, and then his retort to Fenwick: "I was kidding. Idiot. You obviously haven't watched the classics." ROFL! Stuff like that makes me love even this cartoon clone!
To my reviewers:
Shizuku Tsukishima749: Sorry about the mix-up, dear! Thanks for the love! =)
Elerrina Star: Thanks so much for pointing out the mix-up! *blushes* Some detective I turned out to be… Chivalrous!Holmes makes me all warm inside. ;D And I love the way Holmes and Moriarty are constantly out to get each other verbally as well as physically throughout the series… so, yeah, I guess a fairly quiet conversation between them is amazing, lol. The whole bit with Watson's chair was one of my favorite moments—so glad that, well, was one of the parts that jumped out at you! (And also glad I could get you to not loath Moriarty for a moment! I actually like him a lot, so… victory! =D) Anyway, thanks very much!
bemj11: Thanks for both reviews! It's absolutely lovely when somebody, especially a young man (because that's rarer still), holds the door open. And glad you enjoyed the Moriarty scene. =)
Disclaimer: Not only do I not own SH22 and its characters, but I also do not own Star Trek, Star Wars, The Matrix, Stargate, Babylon 5, Ghost in the Shell, Final Fantasy, the Bourne trilogy, and the Jack Ryan series. Nor have I even watched all of the above.
==7. A Case of Fan Identity==
Rating: K+
Summary: Moriarty's a Trekkie. This amuses Lestrade.
Pairing(s): none
Warnings: none
Word Count: 495
Okay, I can't believe this. It's, well—it's hilarious. Now we know what Moriarty does with his off-time.
Moriarty is a Trekkie.
We got our hands on one of his handhelds, and Tennyson hacked into it. Come to find out, the handheld was just for recreational purposes… and there was one gigantic folder labeled Star Trek. Seriously, this folder took up more than half of the hard drive's memory!
Of course, Moriarty got it back, so we didn't see much more than that one folder (which was actually subdivided into lots of progressively smaller folders). But the man's a Trekkie! For all his villainy, he's an honest-to-goodness Trekkie!
I'm tempted to act like Spock the next time we cross paths. On second thought, maybe Holmes should be Spock, and I'll be Kirk. Without his dramatic way of talking. Or I could do Dr. McCoy—he's my favorite.
I wonder if Moriarty's seen more than just The Original Series, like Deep Space 9 or Voyager. I wonder if he's seen those episodes in which Data roleplays Holmes, and the computer creates a virtual Moriarty. I wonder what he thinks about TOS's corniness. Is Spock his favorite character?
Probably.
As a Trekkie myself, this bit of information also holds some disturbing implications. I saw a lot of saved links to different Trekkie sites, including some that I'm registered on. Has he ever seen anything from me (opinions, fanfic, etc.) and recognized who I am? Have I ever read anything from him?
Ick, not a pleasant thought.
Obviously, I'm going to have to be careful. Veeery careful.
I should get Holmes and Watson into watching the show. Maybe start with DS9 (one of my favorites), and work my way back to TOS so that Holmes isn't put off by the corny stuff.
The man is already a Star Wars fan, big-time: he loves the dialogue of the Original Trilogy, the eye candy of the Prequel Trilogy, and the whole redemption arc. And the man goes nuts over the music. Watson and I had to collaborate to get him the Complete Score for the films for Christmas—he pretty much went through the roof. (He certainly deserved it after putting up with that zedding little toy.)
Now Holmes hums the music a lot, and, though I didn't mind at first, he's about to drive me crazy. His favorite tunes? The Force theme, "The Imperial March," "Duel of Fates," "Across the Stars," and "Battle of Heroes".
Anyway, if I want to make him a Trekkie, I probably have my work cut out for me. But, zed, the man has got to watch more sci-fi and action than just Star Wars and The Matrix! There's Stargate, Babylon 5, Ghost in the Shell, Final Fantasy, the Bourne trilogy, the Jack Ryan series…
And that's just from the 1990s through to the 2010s.
This could take a few years.
Hmm. I think it's time to start visiting 221B more than twice a week…
Author's Note:
I'm not the first to have Holmes go to Cloud 9 over Star Wars music, but, hey, it's elementary, right? =) I mean, can't you just see that? Oh, and the Complete Score (which I have for the Original Trilogy, and it is utterly lovely) is meant to be the gift Watson presented to Holmes in BLUE2.
Anyway, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Lestrade did go in for all those sci-fi/action/suspense films and TV shows. I've never seen any of TOS myself, but I do vaguely remember DS9 and maybe Voyager… but I was much younger, then, and only caught glimpses of it. I remember Data, though. Oh, and if anybody here is both a Sherlockian and a Trekkie, they might well enjoy a truly epic crossover between the two fandoms by KCS: However Improbable. The original Moriarty survives Reichenbach by accidentally ending up in, heh, the 22nd century as seen in TOS; and Kirk and Spock enlist the help of Holmes and Watson to defeat the former-Professor/now-Captain of the U.S.S. Dracone. Go read it—it's fantastic!
Back to the topic at hand, however… seriously, I bet McCoy would be Lestrade's favorite. Very American, very snarky… ^_^ Can't imagine that they would get along very well, though… *snickers*
Next Wednesday, an event predating FALL by a few months: Lestrade is assigned a compudroid.
Stay tuned!
