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thewhitelily) wrote2017-01-17 12:38 am
thewhitelily) wrote2017-01-17 12:38 am
Sherlock Fandom: The Final Problem
I don't even know what to say, but I'll try. Spoilers Ahoy for Sherlock S04E03.
I didn't enjoy the episode. The first words I spoke when the credits rolled was "Oh my god, that was so BAD!" I went online, and now I wish I had enjoyed it, because I don't want to be on the same team as most of the other people who didn't enjoy the episode.
i thought the whole bad-bond-villain-death-trap choose-who-to-shoot-for-science-bwa-hahaha, let-me-force-you-all-to-make-emotional-ooc-confessions-and-dying-speeches-to-one-another was lame. Not just the scene with Molly, but Mycroft and Sherlock and John and uuuurgh, and all the overblown ending stuff. GOD, guys. Remember subtlety? Remember it? It was so, so lame that it cut the whole heart out of the episode for me, and I just know they can write better than that. It wasn't bad in a series-wrecking way, it was just a bad episode because it felt so forced, such a lazy way to bring about character moments that made them feel false to me. Oh well. Everyone's allowed a bad story every now and then. I write them myself. Just a shame that it finished on a flat note like that, because if it was going to finish, it deserved a big finish--and, I understand that's what they tried to give us, but... for me, they pushed too hard, and it didn't work. *shrug* Oh well.
The rest, I liked. I loved seeing the boys back together, a thoroughly united team again. There was some amazing banter. I loved Eurus. And the lack of glass! The inmate being in charge of the asylum! I loved Moriarty. I loved Eurus and Moriarty, LOL! I loved the solution to the mystery--the change to the ritual, the fact that Eurus just wanted Sherlock to play with her all along, that the solution was not in his brain but to open his big heart and bring her in, make her part of saving John, and the violin duets at the end, oh my heart.
I liked the way they left it open to all ships, threw most of the big ships a bone and left asexuality as the default too. That was nice, and I think it was fantastic fan service. I hate to see them being villified like this for being INCLUSIVE.
Yeah, there could have been more on a number of issues, but seriously, guys, you don't get to throw a tantrum about things you wanted not being in a story for which you are not the author. Not cool. I do wish there had been any scene in this series where Molly wasn't either a. baby-minder, or b. crying, or c. both, but hey she got to be bad-ass in prior seasons, and Mrs Hudson basically did all the badassing that was required for this season. I understand there's a queerbaiting issue which a lot of people are upset about. I don't personally understand that because asexuals are queer too, and the implied unconfirmed/platonic relationship is and always has been my jam--personally, leaving it open like this is my perfect ending--but... I can understand that it means something to a lot of vulnerable people, and that a lot of people built their hopes on that. I still don't think there's any good reason for hate speech to be directed against anyone, particularly not over the storyline choices for a creative endeavour. What the fuck, entitlement. Seriously.
Most of all, I liked the way that the characters were left back closer to the people I loved in the end. Futurefic is now officially back to being the s1&2 dynamic with added character development and optional (given Rosie seems to spend a LOT of time in childcare) kidlock as well. We're officially past the arcs with the storylines I didn't like, with John projecting his hurt by being an entitled tool and Sherlock projecting his guilt by being a martyred doormat. No more need to include specified or unspecified angst-fixing to get things to a place where I like how the characters relate to one another. But plenty of remembered angst to hook into, to add colour whenever I need it. And if I want them to be a little more emotionally constipated, well, I can always go back in time. Sherlock's emotional development is ambiguous enough that I can still write him taking a rather circuitous unaware path to emotional revelations, as I so love to do.
I see a good amount of casefic coming on, and 221B domesticity fic coming on, and creepy Eurus fic coming on, maybe something to resolve Molly's arc, and a couple of metas... I dunno. I feel hopeful, if a bit flat right now. I hope fandom feels better soon. *pets it* *from a safe distance*
I didn't enjoy the episode. The first words I spoke when the credits rolled was "Oh my god, that was so BAD!" I went online, and now I wish I had enjoyed it, because I don't want to be on the same team as most of the other people who didn't enjoy the episode.
i thought the whole bad-bond-villain-death-trap choose-who-to-shoot-for-science-bwa-hahaha, let-me-force-you-all-to-make-emotional-ooc-confessions-and-dying-speeches-to-one-another was lame. Not just the scene with Molly, but Mycroft and Sherlock and John and uuuurgh, and all the overblown ending stuff. GOD, guys. Remember subtlety? Remember it? It was so, so lame that it cut the whole heart out of the episode for me, and I just know they can write better than that. It wasn't bad in a series-wrecking way, it was just a bad episode because it felt so forced, such a lazy way to bring about character moments that made them feel false to me. Oh well. Everyone's allowed a bad story every now and then. I write them myself. Just a shame that it finished on a flat note like that, because if it was going to finish, it deserved a big finish--and, I understand that's what they tried to give us, but... for me, they pushed too hard, and it didn't work. *shrug* Oh well.
The rest, I liked. I loved seeing the boys back together, a thoroughly united team again. There was some amazing banter. I loved Eurus. And the lack of glass! The inmate being in charge of the asylum! I loved Moriarty. I loved Eurus and Moriarty, LOL! I loved the solution to the mystery--the change to the ritual, the fact that Eurus just wanted Sherlock to play with her all along, that the solution was not in his brain but to open his big heart and bring her in, make her part of saving John, and the violin duets at the end, oh my heart.
I liked the way they left it open to all ships, threw most of the big ships a bone and left asexuality as the default too. That was nice, and I think it was fantastic fan service. I hate to see them being villified like this for being INCLUSIVE.
Yeah, there could have been more on a number of issues, but seriously, guys, you don't get to throw a tantrum about things you wanted not being in a story for which you are not the author. Not cool. I do wish there had been any scene in this series where Molly wasn't either a. baby-minder, or b. crying, or c. both, but hey she got to be bad-ass in prior seasons, and Mrs Hudson basically did all the badassing that was required for this season. I understand there's a queerbaiting issue which a lot of people are upset about. I don't personally understand that because asexuals are queer too, and the implied unconfirmed/platonic relationship is and always has been my jam--personally, leaving it open like this is my perfect ending--but... I can understand that it means something to a lot of vulnerable people, and that a lot of people built their hopes on that. I still don't think there's any good reason for hate speech to be directed against anyone, particularly not over the storyline choices for a creative endeavour. What the fuck, entitlement. Seriously.
Most of all, I liked the way that the characters were left back closer to the people I loved in the end. Futurefic is now officially back to being the s1&2 dynamic with added character development and optional (given Rosie seems to spend a LOT of time in childcare) kidlock as well. We're officially past the arcs with the storylines I didn't like, with John projecting his hurt by being an entitled tool and Sherlock projecting his guilt by being a martyred doormat. No more need to include specified or unspecified angst-fixing to get things to a place where I like how the characters relate to one another. But plenty of remembered angst to hook into, to add colour whenever I need it. And if I want them to be a little more emotionally constipated, well, I can always go back in time. Sherlock's emotional development is ambiguous enough that I can still write him taking a rather circuitous unaware path to emotional revelations, as I so love to do.
I see a good amount of casefic coming on, and 221B domesticity fic coming on, and creepy Eurus fic coming on, maybe something to resolve Molly's arc, and a couple of metas... I dunno. I feel hopeful, if a bit flat right now. I hope fandom feels better soon. *pets it* *from a safe distance*
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Mmm, yes, it's something I have to remind myself of too, particularly in things I'm fannish about. I develop my own theories and ideas about things and I get attached to them but I still expect the direction the original writers take to be better--but of course I mostly feel it's the other way around because my theories were what felt right to my brain. So in that sense I can sympathise with the JLCers who lost their nuts. It's always a hard shock when the resolution is less satisfying to you than the one you devised--but at a certain depth of fandom it is inevitable.
And yeah, I've had someone hanging around in the comments on my stories over the past few weeks who apparently never liked Sherlock, or John, or the plotlines, or the real-world detail, right from ASiP, in a way that meant they couldn't enjoy it ever, and I'm just like... okay. I'm not entering this conversation anymore. Go find a fandom where you're going to have fun.
PS: Have just realised there was a typo in my previous comment which I assume you picked up from the context, but I meant "Yes, I knew you WOULDN'T be the Johnlock tantrum kind" Way to miss the negation. *facepalm*
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