I think where a lot of shows fall down (and I'm not just talking about Sherlock adaptations) but all shows...is that they forget to show the audience why two people love each other so much...but to actually just have the two main characters trading childish jokes and both laughing at them...it's just, refreshing to see.
this! Like I also watch Merlin and my main problem with the canon couple is that they always talk about their Epic Love (tm), but I can never see them just enjoying each others presence. With John and Sherlock you see how much they like each other (not only here also the reaction to the blog entries the way Sherlock wants to seem not interested and John is just so adorably amused by it all)
oh my god the Mycroft - Sherlock interactions so much gold. Mycroft is always so collected, but they truly bring out the worst in each other. I mean Sherlock is normally not that bratty and Mycroft not so much a nag, but together? that shows so much interesting stuff happened in their childhood. Because they do love each other in their way. The scene in the morgue was beautiful and the way that Mycroft was sort of slumming it (meeting John in the dingy cafe) just so they could talk about Sherlock.
which leads me to: John - Mycroft friendship! this made me so happy on so many levels. I just love the idea that those very different people get together regulary, because they just love this one person so much and have no-one else to really rely on in this topic.
oh god, I didn't think I had such strong feelings for Molly, but I honest to god squealed when she came on screen. I love her to itty bits. I felt so bad for her and I really liked that Moffat didn't play her humilation for laughs, but actually had Sherlock apologize and show empathy, wow (also I now ship Molly/Lestrad like burning)
I loved Irene, I loved their relationship. I think Benedict did such a good job showing Sherlocks fascination with her, but also that he just couldn't respond on the same level.
I loved Irene being badass and confident and beautiful, but also human enough, enough of a real person. I know some people don't like that at the end her "love" for Sherlock was her downfall and she had to beg, but I actually liked the way they did it. I'm the first to cry foul at bad gender representations, but that's not what this is. In a way, if Irene wouldn't have been like that she would have been the gender fiction stereotype of perfect action girl. I like that she can't resist this man, who must be so interesting and new for her. Just as Sherlock has never met someone like Irene she hasn't met anyone like Sherlock.
I do believe Sherlock that at the beginning the password was like a bit of a joke for her, something to secretly smile at. But she kept it out of sentimentality for this weird relationship they managed to build. And just like Sherlock made a mistake because of it, she made one too. And thats neither male or female that's just human. Sherlock making her beg at the end is also human. It's mean and spiteful, but he was hurt, in a way his tentative tries at real human relationship building was thrown in his face there and he doesn't know how to healthily deal with that hurt.
So tl;dr I enjoyed everything about Irene.
and last but not least John and Sherlock were perfect and poignant and funny and depressing and everything a relationship (be it romantic or platonic) should be
basically I loved every second of it, all the jokes were perfect, Moriarty was super creepy, my heart broke for devastated Mycroft and I now need ALL THE FIC! ALL OF IT!(but especially the pirate!AU with marine officer John being Sherlocks part of the booty...because)
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this! Like I also watch Merlin and my main problem with the canon couple is that they always talk about their Epic Love (tm), but I can never see them just enjoying each others presence. With John and Sherlock you see how much they like each other (not only here also the reaction to the blog entries the way Sherlock wants to seem not interested and John is just so adorably amused by it all)
oh my god the Mycroft - Sherlock interactions so much gold. Mycroft is always so collected, but they truly bring out the worst in each other. I mean Sherlock is normally not that bratty and Mycroft not so much a nag, but together? that shows so much interesting stuff happened in their childhood. Because they do love each other in their way. The scene in the morgue was beautiful and the way that Mycroft was sort of slumming it (meeting John in the dingy cafe) just so they could talk about Sherlock.
which leads me to: John - Mycroft friendship! this made me so happy on so many levels. I just love the idea that those very different people get together regulary, because they just love this one person so much and have no-one else to really rely on in this topic.
oh god, I didn't think I had such strong feelings for Molly, but I honest to god squealed when she came on screen. I love her to itty bits. I felt so bad for her and I really liked that Moffat didn't play her humilation for laughs, but actually had Sherlock apologize and show empathy, wow (also I now ship Molly/Lestrad like burning)
I loved Irene, I loved their relationship. I think Benedict did such a good job showing Sherlocks fascination with her, but also that he just couldn't respond on the same level.
I loved Irene being badass and confident and beautiful, but also human enough, enough of a real person. I know some people don't like that at the end her "love" for Sherlock was her downfall and she had to beg, but I actually liked the way they did it. I'm the first to cry foul at bad gender representations, but that's not what this is. In a way, if Irene wouldn't have been like that she would have been the gender fiction stereotype of perfect action girl. I like that she can't resist this man, who must be so interesting and new for her. Just as Sherlock has never met someone like Irene she hasn't met anyone like Sherlock.
I do believe Sherlock that at the beginning the password was like a bit of a joke for her, something to secretly smile at. But she kept it out of sentimentality for this weird relationship they managed to build. And just like Sherlock made a mistake because of it, she made one too. And thats neither male or female that's just human. Sherlock making her beg at the end is also human. It's mean and spiteful, but he was hurt, in a way his tentative tries at real human relationship building was thrown in his face there and he doesn't know how to healthily deal with that hurt.
So tl;dr I enjoyed everything about Irene.
and last but not least John and Sherlock were perfect and poignant and funny and depressing and everything a relationship (be it romantic or platonic) should be
basically I loved every second of it, all the jokes were perfect, Moriarty was super creepy, my heart broke for devastated Mycroft and I now need ALL THE FIC! ALL OF IT!(but especially the pirate!AU with marine officer John being Sherlocks part of the booty...because)