(Hi, sorry to come bursting in, here from your comment on ontd_f)
I read the thing with Jim/Moriarty a little differently -- the show points out after the reveal that Sherlock's deductions are not always reasonable and that his preconceptions can lead him astray. It still made me really uncomfortable to watch, though, especially because of the LOL NO HOMO running joke.
The WE AREN'T GAY thing also felt super shoehorned-in; I can see how Mrs. Hudson might have mistaken them for boyfriends, soooort of, but everyone else? Straight dudes who are friends go out and do stuff together all the time without being questioned about their sexuality, so what's the deal with every person they meet immediately being all "so, you guys doin' it or what?"
tbh I was desperately hoping Molly would turn out to be Moriarty, partially because I hated how the crush was handled, because it would have been an equally good lesson in the fallibility of Sherlock's powers, and because then we could call her Mollyarty and I love ridiculous nicknames. (Also, I really hated how they portrayed Moriarty; he wasn't scary or intimidating in the slightest.)
And yeah, all the women were handled really poorly. I was really disappointed because for a bit in the Orientalism episode I thought they were leading up to Sarah doing something clever and getting them onto the right track, but that never happened, alas. I don't think Donovan will ever grow an actual personality besides meanie-face persecuting bitch, either.
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Date: 2010-09-21 12:33 am (UTC)I read the thing with Jim/Moriarty a little differently -- the show points out after the reveal that Sherlock's deductions are not always reasonable and that his preconceptions can lead him astray. It still made me really uncomfortable to watch, though, especially because of the LOL NO HOMO running joke.
The WE AREN'T GAY thing also felt super shoehorned-in; I can see how Mrs. Hudson might have mistaken them for boyfriends, soooort of, but everyone else? Straight dudes who are friends go out and do stuff together all the time without being questioned about their sexuality, so what's the deal with every person they meet immediately being all "so, you guys doin' it or what?"
tbh I was desperately hoping Molly would turn out to be Moriarty, partially because I hated how the crush was handled, because it would have been an equally good lesson in the fallibility of Sherlock's powers, and because then we could call her Mollyarty and I love ridiculous nicknames. (Also, I really hated how they portrayed Moriarty; he wasn't scary or intimidating in the slightest.)
And yeah, all the women were handled really poorly. I was really disappointed because for a bit in the Orientalism episode I thought they were leading up to Sarah doing something clever and getting them onto the right track, but that never happened, alas. I don't think Donovan will ever grow an actual personality besides meanie-face persecuting bitch, either.