#sherlock musing

[otometrashqueen]

So in keeping with my Doctor Strange, Batch obsession, I decided to start watching Sherlock

Aaaaaaaannnd, I have many thoughts, I just finished season 2, sorry this will be a long one, be warned there are probably some unpopular opinions below 👇

I really WANT to like this show, it’s super popular, and maybe Batch in all his British voice glory really makes the whole thing, but I find that what I dislike about the show outweighs what I like thus far…

I just can’t get over the fact that thus far in the show there isn’t a single likable female character, except for Mrs. Hudson and even she is characterized as the ‘crazy little old land lady’ ( but I do love her to pieces don’t get me wrong)

It seems the show goes out of its way to make the females the villains or weak, Sherlock has an antagonistic relationship with every single female that he comes across

Molly for example, she deserves so much better, Sherlock constantly steam rolls her and berates her, he apologizes sometimes, but it doesn’t ever really feel genuine bc he continues to do it, her uses her for her access to the morgue and the lab! She had to make him say thank you for it but that wasn’t genuine either, he like didn’t understand

Molly really should have slapped him that one time he embarrassed her at Christmas and then Kissed her cheek! The nerve of the man, like that made everything ok

Molly and Sherlock had a little moment at the season two finale that I thought was promising but she essentially said ‘ I know you don’t love me and you love John but I would still do anything for you,’ gag, but I also understand that sentiment, having experienced unrequited love a few times myself and then he ended up asking for her help! which still seemed like manipulation more than genuine interest in her friendship :/

Also it broke my heart that after that whole exchange with Molly and asking for her help, she wasn’t listed as one of his friends to Moriarty, only John, Lestrade, and Mrs. Hudson :/

Irene Adler, who I loved the idea of , still ended up having to get saved by Sherlock, she sold him out to Moriarty, and then he ignored her texts bc he likes her or something?! I didn’t get that

You can also talk about the female Sargent Donovan, has had it out for Sherlock day 1 and she was the one to suggest that Sherlock was a fraud to Lestrade

In the season 2 finale they focus on the female jury member when Jim explains how he threatened all the jurors

Then when they were tracking the kidnapped kids it was the BOY that loved spy novels and painted his shoes in black light paint, the BoY was the clever one, not the girl

The girl screamed at Sherlock making Donovan think Sherlock had something to do with it when that was probably Moriartys set up 🙄

That female reporter from that crooked newspaper in the finale also antagonized Sherlock and stupidly bought Moriartys story 🙄

Sherlock even berates all of John’s girlfriends and dates whether out of jealousy or just shit writing it was kind of funny at first and by now to me is a tired cycle, yes we get you want his d and your jealous as shit

I’m sure there are probably more examples, but its TIRING to me, all the negativity toward women and it makes me not want to continue watching

And it’s disappointing bc I saw Moffat was a cocreator and I really liked some of the women that he created in Doctor Who, it’s just really surprises me that THIS is what he helped make?!

I know it was back in 2010 and I’m not mad about the gay subtext, I love it! I’m a bisexual person, bring on all the gay drama. Actually I find it frustrating that Sherlock and John just don’t accept their feelings and get it on already! You can do a slow burn gay love story and not women hate or shit on women in the process :/

Honestly if they had kept Sherlock asexual I think that would have made it more interesting and hilarious, but he is obviously in love with John and even has his flirtation with Moriarty all good stuff but again I flinch when a new female comes on screen bc it’s like ‘ what bad thing is she going to do now’ 🙄 what nasty thing is Sherlock going to say to her or ‘deduce’ about her, it makes me cringe

I’ve heard season 3 and 4 aren’t much better and I’d really like to finish the series and I probably will but I’ll probably be ranting about it on here again 😆

Honestly, it other people’s fanfics on here that are saving this show for me, so thank you fan creators 🥺🙏🏻

I’m really only in it for HIM 👀

[bunnyryuz]

he burns like the sun, and i can’t look away

[thinwhitedoc]

SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson

[b4kuch1n]

simulated earth (it does not matter)

transcript

[eardefenders]

Ok so I listened to SHOS pts 1 and 2 and I just have thoughts about the whole meta around mentioning Moriarty.

Because the podcast plays John and Sherlock as real. As if all of this is actually happening now in our world. It puts any listener with even a passing knowledge of Canon in the very intense position of knowing what's going to happen in a broad sense. We can see how John and Sherlock are doomed by the narrative.

We hold our breath as Sherlock talks about bodies of water though especially waterfalls.

We wonder how John will feel in the future about singing "don't go chasing waterfalls"

We scream as we hear James Moriarty get a shoutout.

But we can't warn either of them what lies ahead. If we try, they won't see it. It will be ignored or dismissed. There's also a sense that we cannot cross that line because it would also change the narrative and we can't because it's already literally been written.

Every listener has been forced into the role of Cassandra with this podcast and it is fascinating.

[malevolent-muse]

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[saucy-mesothelioma]

[poxsonmenace]

Honestly nothing is more beautiful to me than Sherlock (or any muse taller than 6ft) just towering over Jim. So smol, so feisty ☺️

[themuseinthewoods]

Imagine spending Christmas with your older brother John and his friend Sherlock.....

Gn!teen!reader, platonic! Sherlock and platonic! John. Reader is homeschooled by Sherlock. Use of y/n

You had spent the day helping your brother put up the Christmas tree in the corner of the small flat you, John, and Sherlock shared. As well as distracting Sherlock so your brother and Mrs. Hudson could get things done.

Sherlock personally oversaw your education and through Mycroft got you two diplomas, which you never quite understood. Thankfully he had decided to take a break over the holidays and you were more then grateful.

Now you were curled up in a corner of the couch, sipping tea, wearing a cozy Christmas sweater your brother had gotten you, and listening to Sherlock play as you admired the holiday festivities.

"Sherlock? I don't think I heard this before." Mrs. Hudson calls from the kitchen where she and John are preparing the meal. "That is because it is a new piece, Mrs. Hudson." Sherlock pauses for a moment in her playing, you can't describe it but his shoulders look annoyed.

"Entitled 'the wise young friend'." He turns and winks at you and your eyes widened in surprise.

"Merry Christmas Y/n."

"Merry Christmas Sherlock. Thank you." And with that, once more, the fair melody of violin drifted through the flat.

[kholkate]

I don't smoke and would never advocate for smoking but I do love to watch Holmes and Watson smoke. It's hot. Idk why but it is to me.

[strangelockd]

His eyes & smile are just magical

[kaitlinamberxo]

“I don't need friends. I have my own company.”

kaitlin's 100 favorite female muses — 72/100: Enola Holmes

[paverage-blog]

I sat down with great intentions to do something else yesterday and wrote a Victorian strip tease instead. Trigger warning for references to past drug use.

[malevolent-muse]

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[bimuselee]

Another new passage from Aristos Draft 6! In my retelling, I wanted to peer into the in-between time, when Patroclus had already committed to fighting in the war, but Achilles had not yet made the fateful decision to join him.