#the sudden whiplash of hating martin then respecting him is apparent

[sherlolo-land]

We’ve already covered this subject in full, so we’ll point what stood out to us and talk about it.

“Anyways, back to the issue at hand. Martin has the right to voice his opinion in the way that he wants to and it’s a bummer if he doesn’t do it in a more respectful manner, but you know what else is a bummer? Fans being dickheads right back."

It’s funny how you guys used to hate Martin, (and hated John even more) and now ever since that interview it’s like you’re all buddies? Why? Because of what he said about fans of the show? Be honest, at what point of the interview did you change your mind and decided Martin was a suddenly good guy? We Johnlockers love Martin regardless, yes, he says some abrasive things, but that’s Martin and we wouldn’t want him to change who he is. No doubt he’s not happy with the way S4 went, and he’s tired. Fucking tired. And another thing, how long did you look in the johnlock tag to find everyone being a dickhead to him? 30 seconds? 5 minutes? Be real, Oswin. We’ve only wished that Martin used better words, but like we said, he’s fucking tired but we’re also sad for you that saying “pick better words” means “being a dickhead” to you.

“Remember the death threats to Amanda back in 2015? i mean she and Martin ended up contacting police because one person started to really freak them out and they were both scared. What about Benedict and Sophie’s stalker back in 2015 too? The one who actually showed up at their home where they lived with their infant son, leaving red ribbons around windows and even his car.”

We all remember that, but what does that have to do with us? Are you seriously pinning those two horrible things on Johnlockers? That’s sad, and a little sick that you think we would go after our favorite stars and their families.

“....where “fans” insult creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. “Fans” will even insult each other just because of the characters they ship together."

Again, Oswin, maybe if you did some more research and looked into the actual complaints some of us sent to BBC, you’d discover it was done professionally and nicely. Also, hahaha, wow, we’re sure Moffat and Gatiss are big boys and can handle some criticism, like being asked why created so much Johnlock subtext and then went in a complete 180 direction. Why they lied to us. Why they ruined their own show. It’s baffling that you think complaining about the quality of a show gone wrong to its writers is called “insulting” and “attacking.” You know what attacking is? Look above. It’s sending death threats to Amanda and scaring the daylights out of Ben and Sophie - that of which we never did. That’s an attack. Not telling Mofftiss that they “gave up” on Sherlock. Give us a break.

Sherlock was not the first show to lead its fans into the direction of a gay relationship, and definitely was not the first to screw it up, so forgive us for being disappointed in being fucked over and queerbaited. Again.

“Give me a chance and please do NOT stop reading due to my next sentence. I ship Sherlolly with my life. I’ve always loved Sherlolly. You know, Molly is the first person Sherlock ever apologized to. He has given her many kisses on the cheek and has wished her true happiness and don’t even get me started on Sherlock’s second “I love you” (I swear to every deity it was an epiphany) and him smashing her coffin to bits.”

Sherlock has done a lot of things for John that he’s never done for Molly. He’s called her John many times because John is ALWAYS in his head. He’s saved John’s life many times, and vice versa. He vowed to protect John and Mary. He’s risked his life to save John, Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson. He’s --- oh wait, we forgot, you just said you ship Sherlolly, so you don’t care about what happened between Sherlock and John because you didn’t observe.

“Sherlolly is my OTP because I agree with Martin. John can’t be gay. There’s no evidence in the series that he is and if he isn’t gay than JohnLock isn’t possible.”

He ain’t straight either, honey.

“[Martin] is exasperated and tired of being disrespected by his so called fans. I’m a stage actress and I’ve been in shows where it’s been criticized and my character has been criticized and it is exhausting and it honestly really hurts.”

Like we said earlier, we have said that we wished Martin had chosen better words, but he’s always been critically honest and we like that about him. There’s always going to be this handful of fans that are going to be extremely critical on you and disagree with something, but that’s life in showbiz. We’re sorry that you have had experience with harsh criticism but you probably already know that it’s going to happen when you’re out there in the real world. Everybody gets criticized. But the majority of Johnlock fans are just amused with Martin’s choice of words because we know he’s not happy with S4 and he doesn’t know that the rest of us exist. You get a handful of asshole fans clawing at you, you’re certainly going to believe everyone else is an asshole, as well.

But Ben has said pretty harsh things himself, and subtly threw Martin under the bus, so we’re wondering when you’re going to make a post about what HE said.

“Again, as an actress I know how this thing works.” 

You don’t have to be an actress to know how criticism works. Sorry.

“And to Martin Freeman, I still love you and respect you, but I do agree that you could have been kinder. But at the same time I understand exactly why you weren’t kinder and I didn’t really expect you to be.” 

Yes, he could have been kinder. But we’re just still confused why you and your friends suddenly respect him. It’s not like you always have.

“#JohnLock,  #Martin Freeman,  #Sherlolly,  #Sherlock,  #BBC Sherlock,  #Sherlock BBC,  #MyStrade,  #Mollstrade,  #Warstan,  #Mollock,  #Sheriarty,  #Molliarty,  #any tag that gets every Sherlock fan on Tumblr to see this post,  #this is important,”

We don’t have a problem with being tagged, but if one of us had written about Loo Brealey and said that we weren’t too happy with something she said, and we tagged your ship, no doubt you would all be bitching about the whole tagging business. We understand you weren’t causing any trouble in your post, but you were wrong on a lot of points.

We weren’t being dickheads by wishing Martin hadn’t been so severe.

We’ve never gone after Amanda, and we’ve never gone after Ben and his family.

We’ve never ATTACKED Moffat and Gatiss.

John is bisexual.

Martin doesn’t realize that a lot of his fans are not all like this, but he’s tired and we cut him some slack.

We don’t see anything being talked about what Ben said....?

Think it through next time.