I'd been trying to think my way through the whole dilation/pulse thing (I put it down to adrenaline) on Irene's part but couldn't make head or tails of Sherlock's taking that for sentiment -- but your explanation makes so much sense! Or at least it makes more sense than Moffat. >(
And YES, to Irene! So terribly disappointed with the disservice they did to the character; she was so much more awesome in ACD's original, and that was written over a century ago. Though I did think that she'd got hold of some information Moriarty wanted, to keep him off her back, and then she had to get one over Mycroft (and Sherlock) to ensure protection for herself from Moriarty. But that would still imply her getting in too deep over her head, which Irene Adler most assuredly doesn't do in the book. Admittedly there isn't the greater threat of Moriarty as integral to the plot in the book, but still.
On a different but equally important note: BUT MINCE PIES ARE AMAZING.
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Date: 2012-01-04 04:22 pm (UTC)And YES, to Irene! So terribly disappointed with the disservice they did to the character; she was so much more awesome in ACD's original, and that was written over a century ago. Though I did think that she'd got hold of some information Moriarty wanted, to keep him off her back, and then she had to get one over Mycroft (and Sherlock) to ensure protection for herself from Moriarty. But that would still imply her getting in too deep over her head, which Irene Adler most assuredly doesn't do in the book. Admittedly there isn't the greater threat of Moriarty as integral to the plot in the book, but still.
On a different but equally important note: BUT MINCE PIES ARE AMAZING.