TJLC Explained Behind The Scenes #4 A Chat About Thematic Analysis

The final of four behind the scenes videos I released to Patreon in 2016. Never did end up making that Q&A. Maybe I'll do one after the rewrite is out.
Anyway... I think a lot can be said about the approach I had to literary analysis at the time. Probably most obviously that I was wrong at the very least about the motivations of the writers in this show. And perhaps that I was turning analysis into something way too personal.
I think I've relaxed quite a bit on this in the years since (in no small part to this approach going so badly for me here). I do still enjoy analysis as a way to try to figure out the author, but almost all of the time I approach it with the assumption that I'm probably wrong.
I don't know, I guess this shows that if the approach I had to TJLC Explained was a mistake, it was an earnest one. I still do think it would have been very cool if the writers HAD intended M Theory as a commentary on the history of Holmes adaptations and Sherlockians. And hey, some people still think that's what they're doing, But More.
But in general I wish I had framed things more as "hey here's an interesting way to view these parts of the text which I think are intentional" and less as "this is what is DEFINITELY happening."
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[@devni428]

Welcome back Rebekah! I was a wee teenager when TJLC/ TJLCE was conceptualised mid-S3, and the way you wrote and presented TJLC analyses was a formative experience for how I’d engage with (queer) media forever. I’m pretty sure TJLCE was my first experience watching (and enjoying) longform video essays! Thank you for all the love you put into this channel, and I hope the new projects are helping you heal just like they’re helping all of us ❤️

[@mrs_hyde6243]

Glad you‘re back. Loved your videos back then and would have rewatched some of them despite the „real“ ending we got. I found your analysis sensible and it would have been the better ending. Anyway, welcome back.

[@TheLadyLilyth]

I'm super glad you're back, I loved your videos when they were out - and what happened didn't make me love them any less. I still believe in Sherlock Holmes and John Watson and don't see that ever changing. I'm waiting for a fifth series (highly wishful thinking, I know.) to set things right (and Lord knows there are an infinite number of things to set right...!) and I wondered what your position on a fifth series was (regardless of when). Thanks again for coming back!

[@TJLCExplained]

Thank you! My thoughts on a potential series 5 are a bit complicated. I will be talking about that in the retrospective video though

[@SunnyGirl310796]

I'm so happy you're back ❤

[@setsunameiou257]

In all my Life i never was SO Happy to see someone on video 😍😍😍😍 love from Italy you are number One!!!!

[@margplsr3120]

I wonder what are you doing in 2021? How was for you last 5 years?

[@TJLCExplained]

Haha, well for right now I'm back to spending most of my free time on Sherlock related projects to meet the deadlines I set for myself. But before that I've been fine! Mostly keeping my head down and focusing on work and some other, less emotionally fraught hobbies.

[@margplsr3120]

@@TJLCExplained Greetings from Tricity in Poland :-) I don't know if you realise how amazing job you have made and how many lives you have improuved on many levels. I am not lgbt but it was fascinating journey and I have learned a lot regarding to symbolism in films. THX! It seems to me that the creators of SH after everything was decrypted by your genius channel changed the formula of that show and completely turn around everything. It was complety diffrent show from 4 season. Maybe mind palace ;-) I ve watched such a theory on youtube one day. Anyway you are born to make youtube videos!