He's not fundamentally evil, but he's not good. And I love the way you explain how Sherlock sees that and relates it to the world around him, and how he doesn't appreciate Mycroft's cool exterior and interior.
Thanks! Yes, that's exactly how I feel about Mycroft - not evil, not not good either. And yeah, if I was going to diagnose anyone on this show with Antisocial Personality Disorder, it'd be Mycroft...I think because I read somewhere that it caused someone to "casually disregard the rights of others" or something like that...and that's sort of how I think Mycroft operates. A puppet-master sees everyone as puppets, not people.
I know I'm special, and I hate being called normal. I prefer to be differentiated from others, because in a totally unhumble way, I know I'm special. But that doesn't stop me from wanting people who'll accept my abnormalities as normal.
Yes, exactly. The goal is to be allowed to be yourself, but not have people treat you like a freak when you ARE yourself...and that's exactly the friendship that John gives to Sherlock.
Sweet baby jesus, this is an entry in its own right. Sorry! I have too many thoughts.
Never apologize for having many thoughts! ;)
I think most people are used to progressions that don't resemble RL, where people have smooth transitions from episode to episode, and if they don't then it's bad.
I think you are right. It didn't occur to me that people have gotten used to unrealistic progressions.
I agree about Gwen/Morgana. It seems to have happened in the year between S2 and S3 or something...I don't know...there was also a very large chunk of time between S3 and S4 (sorry, my timelining heart can't help but notice that something like 6 years has passed on Merlin over 4 seasons).
I was actually talking about Merlin though...I was reading someone critique that was insisting that because Merlin was still just Arthur's servant (and his magic still a secret) that he hadn't had any character growth. I'm going to write a Merlin meta eventually about how much the Arthur-Merlin friendship progresses over the seasons...but Merlin definitely has had character growth just in himself too. We've actually SEEN him become more and more wise through experience. It's why he's moved into an adviser roll.
Re: Part 3
Thanks! Yes, that's exactly how I feel about Mycroft - not evil, not not good either. And yeah, if I was going to diagnose anyone on this show with Antisocial Personality Disorder, it'd be Mycroft...I think because I read somewhere that it caused someone to "casually disregard the rights of others" or something like that...and that's sort of how I think Mycroft operates. A puppet-master sees everyone as puppets, not people.
I know I'm special, and I hate being called normal. I prefer to be differentiated from others, because in a totally unhumble way, I know I'm special. But that doesn't stop me from wanting people who'll accept my abnormalities as normal.
Yes, exactly. The goal is to be allowed to be yourself, but not have people treat you like a freak when you ARE yourself...and that's exactly the friendship that John gives to Sherlock.
Sweet baby jesus, this is an entry in its own right. Sorry! I have too many thoughts.
Never apologize for having many thoughts! ;)
I think most people are used to progressions that don't resemble RL, where people have smooth transitions from episode to episode, and if they don't then it's bad.
I think you are right. It didn't occur to me that people have gotten used to unrealistic progressions.
I agree about Gwen/Morgana. It seems to have happened in the year between S2 and S3 or something...I don't know...there was also a very large chunk of time between S3 and S4 (sorry, my timelining heart can't help but notice that something like 6 years has passed on Merlin over 4 seasons).
I was actually talking about Merlin though...I was reading someone critique that was insisting that because Merlin was still just Arthur's servant (and his magic still a secret) that he hadn't had any character growth. I'm going to write a Merlin meta eventually about how much the Arthur-Merlin friendship progresses over the seasons...but Merlin definitely has had character growth just in himself too. We've actually SEEN him become more and more wise through experience. It's why he's moved into an adviser roll.