Asakiyume mita

*Nodding* re: the heartlessness. I think that particular episode tried to show a buried-beneath-the-surface incipient caring, but it was pretty understated, and even so, what is it that makes heartlessness so appealing (apparently) to so many?

Maybe--just thinking aloud here--it's from being moralized at from a young age about the virtues of kindness? Or maybe it's seeing things labeled kindness, when really, under the surface, there are so many barbs and strings attached that in the end it isn't experienced as kindness? Maybe, with enough of that, people want to escape from the notion altogether--and yet, I can't believe people really want to escape from kindness.

Or, then again, maybe it's nothing more than a manifestation of the bad-boy phenomenon, someone who is dangerous in some way (in this case, emotionally), and is therefore attractive.

I am very interested to see Elementary as I've heard hugely good things about it from many different people. Can't wait to read your BVC post!