And thank you for this comment too!! I wrote most of this fic horrendously quickly, so the close-proofing stage didn't really happen; thanks for taking the time to note the typos you noticed. I will get on them ASAP.
Also, thanks for the idiom notes! The 'meant to/supposed to' thing not one I've ever noticed/come across before, and I didn't know about the 'moving house' thing. When I started the previous fic with this close-to-Buffy's-POV style (and doomed myself to continue), I knew it was a risk because my American idiom is never going to be perfect, though I've tried to fudge as much as I can. I will try to remember these!
On Sherlock Holmes, I thought that might be pushing it, but I think I rationalisation was that it was a reflection of how Buffy spent her childhood re the TV, rather than a reference to her not having read the books. I see her as being a very active child who didn't spend much time at home, since she was either at skating/cheerleader practice or maybe at a friend's house with MTV on in the background. The thing about the dog was supposed to imply that she'd seen one TV version of Hound of the Baskervilles once, but the memory was very hazy. I think she'd still be able to make reference to him as some sort of investigator (hence why she eventually gets who Spike's referring to, in her own way), but didn't at this point immediately catch on with the consulting part/Sherlock's particular relationship with the police. She is very up on her pop culture, but I suppose I didn't want her to come across as too bookish, since I do worry people think I'm making her too intellectual (obviously not a problem with you!). I imagine she'd be able to use the name like she uses Willy Loman in Band Candy - someone says magnifying glass, she knows to say 'Elementary, my dear Giles' or whatever - but she can be blindsided all the same when other people try and make jokes about aspects she hasn't thought of.
Or maybe I was trying to argue that she had a mental blank. Erm... That's probably far too much hedging. It was probably more like I thought it was funnier and fitted the rhythm of the scene not to have her know and am now paying the price. :/
Anyway, yay for favourite lines!!! It made me smile to see what you picked out, and I'm very glad you picked up on my not so subtle hinting about Buffy's feelings in your last selection... (She'll work it out one day, I promise!)
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2012-02-16 19:12 (UTC)Also, thanks for the idiom notes! The 'meant to/supposed to' thing not one I've ever noticed/come across before, and I didn't know about the 'moving house' thing. When I started the previous fic with this close-to-Buffy's-POV style (and doomed myself to continue), I knew it was a risk because my American idiom is never going to be perfect, though I've tried to fudge as much as I can. I will try to remember these!
On Sherlock Holmes, I thought that might be pushing it, but I think I rationalisation was that it was a reflection of how Buffy spent her childhood re the TV, rather than a reference to her not having read the books. I see her as being a very active child who didn't spend much time at home, since she was either at skating/cheerleader practice or maybe at a friend's house with MTV on in the background. The thing about the dog was supposed to imply that she'd seen one TV version of Hound of the Baskervilles once, but the memory was very hazy. I think she'd still be able to make reference to him as some sort of investigator (hence why she eventually gets who Spike's referring to, in her own way), but didn't at this point immediately catch on with the consulting part/Sherlock's particular relationship with the police. She is very up on her pop culture, but I suppose I didn't want her to come across as too bookish, since I do worry people think I'm making her too intellectual (obviously not a problem with you!). I imagine she'd be able to use the name like she uses Willy Loman in Band Candy - someone says magnifying glass, she knows to say 'Elementary, my dear Giles' or whatever - but she can be blindsided all the same when other people try and make jokes about aspects she hasn't thought of.
Or maybe I was trying to argue that she had a mental blank. Erm... That's probably far too much hedging. It was probably more like I thought it was funnier and fitted the rhythm of the scene not to have her know and am now paying the price. :/
Anyway, yay for favourite lines!!! It made me smile to see what you picked out, and I'm very glad you picked up on my not so subtle hinting about Buffy's feelings in your last selection... (She'll work it out one day, I promise!)