Sherlock was such whiplash for me as a fan (clearly like you) of the Jeremy Brett. I read all the books in high school. I loved it initially, loved the fic, but the fandom started tearing itself apart early on. I kept watching the show but stopped reading the meta after the Irene Adler episode. (Irene Adler--the third rail of any Sherlock fandom. Everyone has An Opinion, and everyone is deeply invested in it, because for the love of god, Irene is all we got for women in that canon.) I watched the fan culture evolve from afar in a o.O way. And continuing to watch, my opinion of the show itself got lower and lower. (I have never felt so personally hated on as a fan as I did in 3x01.) hbomberguy's essay was deeply cathartic, even if I don't agree on all points.
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Re: D:
Date: 2020-12-14 09:41 pm (UTC)