This is war

[starrylizard]

Hi fellow Sherlock fans,

I am attempting to make a short Sherlock vid for a challenge and I need to cast the roles that appear in the song "This is War" by 30 Seconds to Mars.

My thoughts so far go like this:

The Good: John
The Evil: Moriarty
The Soldier: John or a soldier from 202
The Civillian: Sarah or Mrs Hudson
The Martyr: Soo Lin
The victim: Lots of those, no problem
The Prophet: Mycroft
The Liar: Irene Adler
The Honest: Molly Hooper
The Leader: Lestrade
The Pariah: Taxi driver/serial killer
The Victor: Sherlock and John? or maybe Moriarty
The Messiah: Sherlock

I assume there isn't a problem with casting a character twice, but I'd prefer not to. Not sure where to place Irene Adler in here. I think I need to shuffle the deck a bit... hmm

Any thoughts? Anyone? Please... *wibbly lip*

Comments

[leoraine.livejournal.com]

The Good - I would've put John there but you already have him as a soldier, so my next choice would be... Sherlock and John. They present the good when they're together, don't they? So the scenes where they laugh together or really do anything.

The Liar - I'm not sure. Maybe Irene Adler? After all she is kinda lying about stuff, keeping secrets at least. Or exchange Mycroft for the liar and Irene for Prophet? Though I'm not sure how that would work. Or putting Moran as a Liar? The scene from the bank, him in a suit?

The Victor - absolutely no idea. Moriarty probably?

Edited to add: Maybe put Moran to Liar and Irene Adler to Victor. After all, she survives everything:-D

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

True! Thanks! Yeah, I was tossing up putting John as good and chucking the sniper in as soldier or just casting John twice, since he is both.

Thinky thinky!

Thanks!

[caffienekitty]

Irene is totally the Liar. John is Good, I can see you wanting him for soldier, but what about using one of te fellows from the base in Series 2? For Martyr...Soo Lin would suit better than Mrs. Hudson I think. The Victor I don't know, maybe define John-and-Sherlock as a single role?

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Oh Soo Lin is a good one! Thanks!

Yeah, I've gone and put John as good now. I'll find a soldier as you say. :)

Maybe I can put Mrs Hudson as the civillian, though both she and Sarah get beaten up because of their association with Sherlock and John.

I think this will work. Thanks!

Edit: Or maybe Moriarty blowing his head in could be "the victor"? He seemed to think so, anyway.

[gorengal.livejournal.com]

*tries to get brain to unsee details apparently from the new series which hasn't aired in the US yet*

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

sorry. :(
I'm generally careful with spoilers. I was just updating as I chatted. Bad Lizzie. Hopefully they were out of context.

[gorengal.livejournal.com]

(Sorry for the delayed response.)

No worries...I've already forgotten it. :)

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh! I don't know why, exactly, but when I saw "soldier" I immediately thought of Henry from Baskerville. And don't forget there's also Anderson and what's-her-name (augh! Brain freeze!) the police detective to play with!

I wouldn't put Mrs. Hudson as a civilian, Sarah's more appropriately dragged in the middle of it all ( and Mrs. Hudson is too badass ;-P)

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Hmm, Henry could be the soldier I guess. I can see it.

Sarah is currently in the vid as the civillian. I'll throw Mrs Hudson in the vid somewhere else. Donovan? Yeah I thought of those two, but they didn't seem to fit any category.

The only one I'm really struggling with now is "victor". Most people seem to say John and Sherlock together and "The victor". o maybe I'll do that.

Thanks!

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

What if you do something really meta and put Moffat as the Victor? You can crib him from any number of interviews he's done, though of course image quality might pose a problem... mmmh...

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Nice idea, but they have to be TV characters for the challenge, so I don't think that'd be allowed. Thanks though.