#i'm not here to defend moftiss or anything btw i just want people to let john be flawed and doing fucked up things and taking bad decisions

[foolishforyou]

You get me.

I think one of my favourite things about John Watson is he's so deceptively complicated and contradictory.

He's a doctor, he's a soldier, he'd kill for you, he'd heal for you, he's the best of men, he's the worst of men, he's so brave, he's such a coward, he's just a bloke, he's like no one you've ever seen, he's got trust issues, he'd trust you in a heartbeat, he's got everything, he's lost so much, he's so violent, he's so gentle, he doesn't know how to care, he doesn't know how to stop, he just wants an ordinary life, he'll run headfirst into fire just to feel the burn

He's a healer, he's a killer, he's a lover, he's a fighter, he's an adrenaline addict, he's a brother, he's a friend, he's a husband, he's a dad, he's a sidekick, he's a narrator, he's a headcase, he's John fucking Watson and he is not an open book.

[actually-a-girls-name]

Yes yes yes yes and yes!! ☝️☝️ louder!!

And that's why i love him so much: we could fill pages and pages of writing trying to take him apart and dissect him and it would never be enough!

That's also why the talks about him acting completly out of character in s4 bother me a little

I'm not saying s4 isn't weird (and i'm on board with the entire "tfp is not reality anymore") but John beating up Sherlock? Totally believable for me. John cheating? Well yeah he wasn't really happy with Mary was he?

My man is COMPLEX

and grieving

and experiencing COMPLICATED emotions ok?

and he's just a little fucked up too

My point is: a character you love doing something you don't like doesn't automatically mean it's bad writing, and I think John Watson is written (and played) really wonderfully

I think one of my favourite things about John Watson is he's so deceptively complicated and contradictory.

He's a doctor, he's a soldier, he'd kill for you, he'd heal for you, he's the best of men, he's the worst of men, he's so brave, he's such a coward, he's just a bloke, he's like no one you've ever seen, he's got trust issues, he'd trust you in a heartbeat, he's got everything, he's lost so much, he's so violent, he's so gentle, he doesn't know how to care, he doesn't know how to stop, he just wants an ordinary life, he'll run headfirst into fire just to feel the burn

He's a healer, he's a killer, he's a lover, he's a fighter, he's an adrenaline addict, he's a brother, he's a friend, he's a husband, he's a dad, he's a sidekick, he's a narrator, he's a headcase, he's John fucking Watson and he is not an open book.