Post by snacky on Jul 12, 2014 18:36:48 GMT
I've heard the term "adorkable" tossed around fandom before, and I think it is a good "entry drug" term to invite serial fandom types to come check MM out. After seeing Song of Ages Tumblr invoke "adorkability", I thought I should post something about this TV Tropes generation terms. In fact, here's the definition from TV Tropes:
CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE TV TROPES ENTRY ON ADORKABLE CHARACTERS
If you scroll down to the examples, some Omniscient Being did add Murdoch Mysteries to the list of TV shows with Adorkable protagonists. Good call, Omniscient Being!
There was some cognitive dissonance in seeing some celebration of MM on a Sherlock-centric Tumblr. I've never quite understood the uber popularity of Sherlock vs. the obscurity of MM. I do like the premise that Sherlock really is a sociopath with friends trying to help him: and I like the way his thought processes are graphically presented. I often find it hard to understand what people are saying: perhaps because the English Sherlock uses is more natural than the staged "International" English of most BBC mystery shows. The plot construction of the episodes are hit and miss, and there are only 3 episodes per season - how to get obsessed over that?
And, sorry, I just don't find Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock nearly as appealing as Yannick Bisson's William Murdoch as a character. Sherlock is angsty and misunderstood, but so is William. And while Sherlock is going about being unapologetic about his sociopathy (perhaps symbolic of a generation raised in the struggle to try to get society to accept their neurodiversity), William is unapologetic about trying to be a good man, and taking all the hits involved with that.
Anti-heroes are cool, but in a post-religious world we, as a society, also need the arts and media to encourage conversations about how to be good people: how to shore up and protect that instinct. I love how MM does that without being sappy or folding itself back into "touched by an angel" religion: in other words, it speaks to the Sherlock generation with an anti-anti hero. Sadly, few people noticed.
I'm posting CC's latest vid again just for the heck of it! It's just brimming with adorkable!
The word "Adorkable" is a portmanteau of "Adorable" and "Dork." That neatly encapsulates this trope. Adorkable characters are "dorky" in some fashion. Maybe they're socially inept or shy. Maybe they're really clumsy. Maybe they have some really, really conspicuous character tic that tends to earn them weird looks. Maybe they're just so darn sweet, that it borders on embarrassing. Heck, maybe they're just an out-and-out Nerd. However, rather than making them an outcast, these quirks give the character an endearing vulnerability.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE TV TROPES ENTRY ON ADORKABLE CHARACTERS
If you scroll down to the examples, some Omniscient Being did add Murdoch Mysteries to the list of TV shows with Adorkable protagonists. Good call, Omniscient Being!
There was some cognitive dissonance in seeing some celebration of MM on a Sherlock-centric Tumblr. I've never quite understood the uber popularity of Sherlock vs. the obscurity of MM. I do like the premise that Sherlock really is a sociopath with friends trying to help him: and I like the way his thought processes are graphically presented. I often find it hard to understand what people are saying: perhaps because the English Sherlock uses is more natural than the staged "International" English of most BBC mystery shows. The plot construction of the episodes are hit and miss, and there are only 3 episodes per season - how to get obsessed over that?
And, sorry, I just don't find Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock nearly as appealing as Yannick Bisson's William Murdoch as a character. Sherlock is angsty and misunderstood, but so is William. And while Sherlock is going about being unapologetic about his sociopathy (perhaps symbolic of a generation raised in the struggle to try to get society to accept their neurodiversity), William is unapologetic about trying to be a good man, and taking all the hits involved with that.
Anti-heroes are cool, but in a post-religious world we, as a society, also need the arts and media to encourage conversations about how to be good people: how to shore up and protect that instinct. I love how MM does that without being sappy or folding itself back into "touched by an angel" religion: in other words, it speaks to the Sherlock generation with an anti-anti hero. Sadly, few people noticed.
I'm posting CC's latest vid again just for the heck of it! It's just brimming with adorkable!
