Yes, I knew you would be the Johnlock tantrum kind for more than one reason. ;) I like the romantic partnership, on a narrative completion level, but I like their friendship even more and dislike the idea that their friendship is not as valuable if it's *not* a romantic partnership, like, they're so close they've got to have sex! Well, no. That's not actually what everything's about. (Have possibly just written a fic to this effect. :P) I really like the idea that anyone can write it whichever way they want now rather than anyone 'winning' the shipping war. It means something to me that they never ruled it out, either. So many shows would have arbitrarily paired them up to have that happy ending, and that's at least one thing I'm glad the ending didn't attempt.
The everything is wonderful again ending was incredibly overblown and rushed--but although it was difficult to watch, I didn't mind on a series-level that it erased the last two seasons, because I wanted those seasons gone. :P And yes, I didn't want them to kill Molly or Mycroft, because I think that would have made it all angstier and I didn't want that, but the build up of false danger and then invincibility fell flat for me, too. Particularly since Eurus had previously been killing everyone involved in each experiment, even the ones who were implied to stay safe. Perhaps if they'd skipped the scene with Molly (which was a very random scene) and only done Mycroft (which fit into the themes a bit more) it would have worked better for me, but by the time I got to Mycroft's scene it was just a disappointment. And absolutely agree on the inward/outward episode, too. I had never thought of it precisely like that, but that's a very good way of putting my difficulty with most of S3&4. I prefer to do my inward facing in fic, where every theory is as good as every other, and keep the show facing outward where what lies beneath remains mysterious. :)
Anyway, as you say. Watching to criticise is not the best way, but hopefully if I can put my finger on a few of the things that bothered me I can deliberately put them aside on my rewatch and enjoy the rest of it as a whole. Thanks, I appreciate it: you're a wonderful fandom friend. :)
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Yes, I knew you would be the Johnlock tantrum kind for more than one reason. ;) I like the romantic partnership, on a narrative completion level, but I like their friendship even more and dislike the idea that their friendship is not as valuable if it's *not* a romantic partnership, like, they're so close they've got to have sex! Well, no. That's not actually what everything's about. (Have possibly just written a fic to this effect. :P) I really like the idea that anyone can write it whichever way they want now rather than anyone 'winning' the shipping war. It means something to me that they never ruled it out, either. So many shows would have arbitrarily paired them up to have that happy ending, and that's at least one thing I'm glad the ending didn't attempt.
The everything is wonderful again ending was incredibly overblown and rushed--but although it was difficult to watch, I didn't mind on a series-level that it erased the last two seasons, because I wanted those seasons gone. :P And yes, I didn't want them to kill Molly or Mycroft, because I think that would have made it all angstier and I didn't want that, but the build up of false danger and then invincibility fell flat for me, too. Particularly since Eurus had previously been killing everyone involved in each experiment, even the ones who were implied to stay safe. Perhaps if they'd skipped the scene with Molly (which was a very random scene) and only done Mycroft (which fit into the themes a bit more) it would have worked better for me, but by the time I got to Mycroft's scene it was just a disappointment. And absolutely agree on the inward/outward episode, too. I had never thought of it precisely like that, but that's a very good way of putting my difficulty with most of S3&4. I prefer to do my inward facing in fic, where every theory is as good as every other, and keep the show facing outward where what lies beneath remains mysterious. :)
Anyway, as you say. Watching to criticise is not the best way, but hopefully if I can put my finger on a few of the things that bothered me I can deliberately put them aside on my rewatch and enjoy the rest of it as a whole. Thanks, I appreciate it: you're a wonderful fandom friend. :)