lorelei76

So...am I the only one who thinks Season 2 has been a pretty big letdown?  I mean, there have been some really great bits, and supremely hilarious parts, but on the whole, this season feels flat to me.  The characters feel stagnant. I'm not a fan of the character interpretations. And - I'm gonna say it - I'm bored with Sherlock's manic, overstimulated, flaily sociopathy.  

It didn't help that I just finished reading ACD's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.  Canon SH is a fucking gentleman, and even if he didn't indulge in sentiment and excessive emotionalism, he was not unsympathetic to the human condition and how emotions ruled the people involved in his cases.  Sure, the game was what's important to him, but I never got the feeling that he was outright contemptuous of human feeling.  And man, the bromance between canon SH and JW was epic: they were brothers and comrade in arms and best of friends.  I just didn't get that from Sherlock BBC Season 2.  Watching the interaction between BBC John and Sherlock was like watching a really awful, emotionally and physically abusive relationship that neither could break away from. It's a goddamned trainwreck.  I never felt like BBC Sherlock respected John; and I got the feeling that BBC John was deeply tired of BBC Sherlock's shenanigans.

Thing is, I've read some truly excellent fic, and I guess I was looking for a better exploration of their partnership. Instead, I got really flashy camera work, jacked up reinterpretations of awesome stories, gratuitous skin, and massive amounts of flailing masquerading as acting/character development.

In short: BORED. Also, disappointed.  

 Nearly every fanfic I've read describes John Watson (Sherlock BBC version) as soft around the edges, or a little chubby around the belly.  I'm sitting here rewatching Sherlock (for the gajillionth time), and John is a tiny, skinny dude.  He wears layers of sweaters that makes him look 15 pounds heavier, but then, in the Blind Banker, there's a scene where he's eating cereal and wearing that adorable stripey sweater.  You can see John from the side and he's SKINNY.  No potbelly, arms a little thin, no spare tire around the waist.  Honestly, he's about as big as Mrs. Hudson!