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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Oct 13, 2014 3:52:22 GMT
I don't get it. Why is the MH in trouble? (funny that the shortform begins and ends with his actual name). |
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Post by Hodge on Oct 13, 2014 3:53:59 GMT
Thank you! I really don't understand where any confusion lies about this. The Chief Constable is the head of the police otherwise he wouldn't be called the CHIEF Constable. It's still the same now. Well I think the confusion lies in the fact that there would have to be a chief constable for every major city. One man can't oversee the entire country's police force. So Brax could have been the CC in Ottawa at the same time Giles is the CC in Toronto. Not sure why Giles gets to call the shots though. You'd think there'd be a government/police committee to oversee this sort of thing. Perhaps there is. But there wasn't one police force. Each city had their own force the same as now, except now we do also have a national force since the Northwest Mounted Police became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Actually we do have one man overseeing the entire country's police force, the Chief Constable of the RCMP which is a force that covers ... the entire country. We also now have provincial forces such as the Ontario Provincial Police, however they're all separate entities all with their own Chief Constables. There isn't a 'federal level' chief constable overseeing all the forces. Perhaps this is confusing but the point is, CC Giles is the only CC overseeing the Toronto Constabulary. |
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Post by snacky on Oct 13, 2014 3:56:15 GMT
I don't get it. Why is the MH in trouble? (funny that the shortform begins and ends with his actual name). In this scene I thought William was in trouble because he was put on the spot for dallying, and he had to think about the cause for a minute. I hope he's thinking about the ways he's lost Julia before! |
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Post by Hodge on Oct 13, 2014 3:56:30 GMT
I always note William's look of discomfort after asking how the author of the 'titillating literature' would know which women would be willing and Anna say that women send out signals and men that know how to read them will find them. Hmm I have to take another look at that scene. I remember George asking about the signals and William sort of snapping at him. At the time I couldn't read that as William already having a command of said signals and wanting George to get on with his job, or William having no clue about said signals but wanting to cover that up fast in public. I was kind of hoping to see him sneaking peeks at the "titillating literature" later, but no such luck. From that I derived he was either confident in his level fo knowledge, or he had his own stock of titillating literature under his mattress at the boarding house. It's after George asks about reading the signals, Anna looks up at William and he looks quite uncomfortable. |
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Post by snacky on Oct 13, 2014 3:58:45 GMT
lol, talbotrail reminded me I haven't looked in on tumblr for a while. Lo and behold, what do I find but your gifs of pure gold genius. Why don't you share more here?  I could almost buy William/George slash in that gif, btw.  Because I don't think to most of the time. And I've got a link to my blog in every post so it seems like unnecessary effort.  And I believe anyone can leave feedback through the comments/disqus section of each post. Maybe I'm just overtired but the 'disable smiles' feature is exceedingly funny to me, especially cuz I don't recall ever noticing it before!  Have mercy on folks with low broadband like me!  |
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Post by snacky on Oct 13, 2014 4:04:26 GMT
Hmm I have to take another look at that scene. I remember George asking about the signals and William sort of snapping at him. At the time I couldn't read that as William already having a command of said signals and wanting George to get on with his job, or William having no clue about said signals but wanting to cover that up fast in public. I was kind of hoping to see him sneaking peeks at the "titillating literature" later, but no such luck. From that I derived he was either confident in his level fo knowledge, or he had his own stock of titillating literature under his mattress at the boarding house. It's after George asks about reading the signals, Anna looks up at William and he looks quite uncomfortable. I definitely have to view that scene again. This is the looming question - where did men learn such things, except from "loose" women or the sort of literature that William believes provokes "dark" thoughts in his mind? A month or so ago I actually did a little research on this subject at the library and discovered the very beginnings of "sex ed" for "health reasons" - mostly in the form of medical texts for young men (I suppose for young women, too, but I wasn't looking for that), but also the occasional religious text. In any case, people had come to realize the glaring need for some sort of introduction other than a night with a "floozy". The question is, what does William have under his mattress: the medical text or the "titillating literature"? I would guess both, and I think he was being hypocrite when he was lecturing George about it. |
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Post by snacky on Oct 13, 2014 4:06:29 GMT
Hmm I have to take another look at that scene. I remember George asking about the signals and William sort of snapping at him. At the time I couldn't read that as William already having a command of said signals and wanting George to get on with his job, or William having no clue about said signals but wanting to cover that up fast in public. I was kind of hoping to see him sneaking peeks at the "titillating literature" later, but no such luck. From that I derived he was either confident in his level fo knowledge, or he had his own stock of titillating literature under his mattress at the boarding house. It's after George asks about reading the signals, Anna looks up at William and he looks quite uncomfortable. Though during his "out of William experience", William did read some of Anna's blatant signals... |
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Post by Hodge on Oct 13, 2014 4:12:02 GMT
It's after George asks about reading the signals, Anna looks up at William and he looks quite uncomfortable. Though during his "out of William experience", William did read some of Anna's blatant signals... But he wasn't wearing his tie.... |
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Post by snacky on Oct 13, 2014 4:21:59 GMT
Though during his "out of William experience", William did read some of Anna's blatant signals... But he wasn't wearing his tie.... Ooh the tie neurologically inhibits him from reading female signals. Interesting... |
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Post by Hodge on Oct 13, 2014 4:28:05 GMT
But he wasn't wearing his tie.... Ooh the tie neurologically inhibits him from reading female signals. Interesting... As it keeps everything in and buttoned (tied) up it obviously restricts the blood-flow to the part of his brain responsible for reading signals. |
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Post by snacky on Oct 13, 2014 4:40:23 GMT
Ooh the tie neurologically inhibits him from reading female signals. Interesting... As it keeps everything in and buttoned (tied) up it obviously restricts the blood-flow to the part of his brain responsible for reading signals. Maybe those signals are traveling via the vagus nerve - that's the long one that travels down your spine. Yep, the tie is cutting something off. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Oct 13, 2014 7:29:26 GMT
Though during his "out of William experience", William did read some of Anna's blatant signals... But he wasn't wearing his tie.... Ding ding ding! The tie is key! |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Oct 13, 2014 7:32:44 GMT
It's after George asks about reading the signals, Anna looks up at William and he looks quite uncomfortable. I definitely have to view that scene again. This is the looming question - where did men learn such things, except from "loose" women or the sort of literature that William believes provokes "dark" thoughts in his mind? A month or so ago I actually did a little research on this subject at the library and discovered the very beginnings of "sex ed" for "health reasons" - mostly in the form of medical texts for young men (I suppose for young women, too, but I wasn't looking for that), but also the occasional religious text. In any case, people had come to realize the glaring need for some sort of introduction other than a night with a "floozy". The question is, what does William have under his mattress: the medical text or the "titillating literature"? I would guess both, and I think he was being hypocrite when he was lecturing George about it. I know this is the wrong thread, but since you mentioned it here, I think my duality theory may be dead. I've gotten halfway through season 5 with my husband and he says no way William's a virgin. So, if not with floozies, then who? But yes, I suspect that William has both-and he feels guilty about it afterwards, but continues to do it anyway. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Oct 13, 2014 7:35:16 GMT
Ooh the tie neurologically inhibits him from reading female signals. Interesting... As it keeps everything in and buttoned (tied) up it obviously restricts the blood-flow to the part of his brain responsible for reading signals. Or maybe when he's in "uniform", he's in character and assumes his role as the very proper gentleman. Which leads us back to the "clothes make the man" argument? |
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Post by snacky on Oct 13, 2014 7:42:41 GMT
I know this is the wrong thread, but since you mentioned it here, I think my duality theory may be dead. I've gotten halfway through season 5 with my husband and he says no way William's a virgin. So, if not with floozies, then who? But yes, I suspect that William has both-and he feels guilty about it afterwards, but continues to do it anyway. How does your husband feel about my current working theory: not a virgin, but hasn't slept with anyone since dating Julia. Possibly not since dating Liza. |
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I could almost buy William/George slash in that gif, btw. 
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