From your description, I definitely wouldn't have an issue with Lin Chuang and Phryne's relationship. As long as everything is above board and negotiated openly, I don't really consider it adultery. And, knowing me, I'll end up shipping them as an OT3 anyway haha.
I'll try to get hold of a copy of Cocaine Blues from the library and see what I think. Phryne being a bit Mary Sue-ish may bother me, but if she's as likable as I'm finding her in the series, it shouldn't be a problem. And, uh, yeah, I would be offended by that too, tbh. I love Elementary and Lucy Liu's Watson! I'm not sure I see her as being incredibly accurate to the original, but she's such an interesting interpretation of him that I don't mind. And I don't see how a female Watson is worse than the string of incompetent Watsons of past retellings. Either way, an author's note at the end of your latest novel is a weird, terrible place to be airing potentially controversial opinions! (I'd say she should get a blog, but if she hates LJ maybe she hates blogging too.) I think I'll try to avoid Kerry Greenwood's personal opinions on things though; I don't think it will do anything but put me off a series that I could quite like.
Hmm, I suppose that's alright then haha. I still would've preferred their relationship to be platonic, but if it's not straying into adultery territory, I'm definitely more ok with it.
I'm glad the Dot/Hugh relationship has less focus in the novels. I don't think I would've had such a strong negative response to it if they weren't pushing it so aggressively in the show and neglecting the rest of Dot's character in service of carrying on her romantic storyline. The pilot episode made her seem like a really lovely character and I was looking forward to both her developing friendship with Phryne and her slowly getting over her technophobia. Instead they just seemed to abandon both entirely for ~romance~.
Ooh, yeah, maybe. I'm a bit terrible about keeping up with series lately, but if I do like the Fisher novels, I might give that one a try too. :)
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Date: 6 May 2015 01:30 am (UTC)From your description, I definitely wouldn't have an issue with Lin Chuang and Phryne's relationship. As long as everything is above board and negotiated openly, I don't really consider it adultery. And, knowing me, I'll end up shipping them as an OT3 anyway haha.
I'll try to get hold of a copy of Cocaine Blues from the library and see what I think. Phryne being a bit Mary Sue-ish may bother me, but if she's as likable as I'm finding her in the series, it shouldn't be a problem. And, uh, yeah, I would be offended by that too, tbh. I love Elementary and Lucy Liu's Watson! I'm not sure I see her as being incredibly accurate to the original, but she's such an interesting interpretation of him that I don't mind. And I don't see how a female Watson is worse than the string of incompetent Watsons of past retellings. Either way, an author's note at the end of your latest novel is a weird, terrible place to be airing potentially controversial opinions! (I'd say she should get a blog, but if she hates LJ maybe she hates blogging too.) I think I'll try to avoid Kerry Greenwood's personal opinions on things though; I don't think it will do anything but put me off a series that I could quite like.
Hmm, I suppose that's alright then haha. I still would've preferred their relationship to be platonic, but if it's not straying into adultery territory, I'm definitely more ok with it.
I'm glad the Dot/Hugh relationship has less focus in the novels. I don't think I would've had such a strong negative response to it if they weren't pushing it so aggressively in the show and neglecting the rest of Dot's character in service of carrying on her romantic storyline. The pilot episode made her seem like a really lovely character and I was looking forward to both her developing friendship with Phryne and her slowly getting over her technophobia. Instead they just seemed to abandon both entirely for ~romance~.
Ooh, yeah, maybe. I'm a bit terrible about keeping up with series lately, but if I do like the Fisher novels, I might give that one a try too. :)