Can you tell me why you didn't like it/your issues with the episode? Was it just flat about it because of all the drama/change of direction like me, or was there anything specific? I need some validation from someone who's not throwing a Johnlock tantrum. :P

Yeah, I think they got so caught up with making Sherlock a better person that they forgot we loved the restraint and ambiguity of who he was. Although that said, a lot of people have said they liked Sherlock's direction over the past two seasons even if not John's, and I've been like... did we love the same show? As you said, I guess we look for different things. I was never, ever here for the drama--and I will always take the freeze-frame flashes of character development almost drowned out by plot over being forcefed Now He's A Good Man, Look!

Still. I love these characters, and I always will. I will always adore what they did with them, and the fanfiction that arose out of the first couple of hiatuses. I hope there's still some great stuff to come, because I would be really sad if the fandom just fizzled at this point.

Glad that the ending leaves it open for the kind of fic you like to write, too.