“There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.”
[x] REDOX : REDUX – the Science of Deduction | meta cover: A Study in Scarlet
Throughout queer
history and queer fiction, there is a well-developed motif of the “chosen
family”. This concept grew up as an
act of resistance against the traditional notion that we should feel closest
and most loyal to our biological relatives.
Historically, many queer people were disowned, cast out, or otherwise
poorly treated by their relations, so understandably enough, they took refuge
in non-familial bonds. Some of these
bonds grew strong enough to replace the broken biological ones, and these
became the so-called “chosen family”.
The premise was that the family you choose could be more important to
you than the people randomly assigned to you by nature.
In many ways, BBC Sherlock participates
in this queer tradition. As any number
of gifsets have demonstrated, Sherlock has surrounded himself with people who
care deeply about him, despite having no genetic connection to him: John,
Molly, Mrs Hudson, Lestrade, etc. The
show itself seems to canonically cement this point in TFP, when Sherlock
insists that John be recognized as part of his “family”.
MYCROFT: This is
family. SHERLOCK: That’s why he stays.
Chosen family is clearly very
important to Sherlock—both the character and the show. I’d argue, however, that there is a counter-motif
woven into the narrative: the idea that the biological family can be queered as
well.
I’m not sure who else is really openly salty. I know my old pal @lediona25 is prone to some saltiness. And @lament4sherlock. @lawyermargo has been known to salt some.
If you’re salty and know it maybe add yourself to this post? Help a Nonny out!
S4 wasn’t clever. It was bad. A super-secret sister wasn’t a huge plot twist, people guessed it ages ago.
And listen, I don’t give two fucks about how they’re “the lying liars that lie” and they’re supposedly hiding big plot secrets. If your show doesn’t make sense & is no fun to watch, then all the subtext in the world doesn’t mean shit.
If I’m gunna compare it to a show like Hannibal, clever, full of twists (some over the top) but still so well written & entertaining up until the end. And the whole cast & crew are such a delight to their fans. That’s how you do it.
To blame the fans for your half-assed writting & saying people just wanted to bring it down because it got big is such cry-baby bullshit. Someone get Mark his bottle & blankie.
I was rooting so hard for BBC Sherlock & Mofftiss’ heads got too big & they let a whole fandom down. It’s very telling that fandom & casuals alike hated S4.
So don’t tell me I’m not entitled to my salt. I gave this mess my heart & TPTB can kiss my salty ass for returning my loyalty & fandom with the steaming pile of S4. And YES they do owe us, the fans, decent TV. We’re the ones paying for their crap to keep it on the air.
I bow to your genius and eloquence, @yorkiepug! “To blame the fans for your half-assed writting & saying people just wanted to bring it down because it got big is such cry-baby bullshit. Someone get Mark his bottle & blankie.” This is so perfect! I nominate you for fandom salt leader!
You’re really too kind. I’m just saying what I think/feel and whomever can either agree or disagree.
I’m not going to hide or pretend I’m not pissed. Seriously if folks wanna keep on believing and loving Mofftiss, that’s fine by me. But I’m mad as hell and I’m not quiet about it.
“I wrote it in two hours.” – Mark Gatiss
The best part is where he didn’t believe that the ratings for TFP were low. 😂 that’s some real deep “fake news” type bullshit justifying.
@yorkiepug I *try* not to personally post too much salt here (it’s hard) but fuck yeah did I agree with everything you wrote.
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