johnlockheartor:

sussexbound:

ravenmorganleigh:

friskykatt:

I didn’t realize people would be so salty about my brief convo with Steven about Mary. I prefer Mary to be evil cuz I think it’s more logical and hella more interesting, but to me it’s their show, they do what they want. Anyways, here’s the whole exchange while I remember it.

Me: do you think Mary was redeemed in the end, or was she still morally dubious?

Steven, surprised: well I don’t think she was morally dubious at all!

Me: uhh she did shoot Sherlock…

S: but she did it nicely, it was surgical. She was stuck in a difficult situation. If Sherlock didn’t mind it, why should we?

Me: so you think she was redeemed by her ending?

S, slightly frustrated with me: she didn’t need redemption, it’s not a scorecard. She had such a tougher background, so her movement towards humanity means more than …Sherlock is also, but he’s getting there, and John is solidly (for humanity, something like that I forget the wording, he rambled a bit, Mary took a bullet for Sherlock etc. )But she’s dead now, and there’s not a scorecard for that. It’s not black and white.

Me: ok, thanks for your time.

Sigh. 

Moff’s emotional intelligence, understanding of relationships, of the natural consequences of one’s actions, and knowledge of the way to influence and impact your audience with your writing seems to be really low…

I mean even Amanda was tweeting stuff like, “Mary is a fucking psychopath”. Granted Amanda says a lot of stuff on Twitter for strokes, but like I think it’s fair to say that even she thought Mary’s arch was either going to turn out a little differently than it did, and/or felt that some of Mary’s actions in TST qualified her for ‘fucking psychopath’ status.

Also, if you set a character up to a) come between the protag and his love interest, and b) have them shoot the protag, and c) have that protag claw his way back to life just to save his love interest, and then d) have that character threaten to murder him again if he causes her to lose the man they both love, it’s only logical that an audience will assume that that character is meant to be viewed as villainous, or at the very least a clear danger and obstacle to your protag’s happiness and wellbeing.

And yet Moffat seems incapable of comprehending this? The mind boggles…

So if you have a tough background and are in a tight spot, it is ok to shoot someone?  I’m sure law enforcement will be happy to let you go once you explain the circumstances.  I really feel sorry and maybe even a little worried for Sue to be married to a man who thinks these things.  In what universe would Sherlock be ok with being shot, going through months of pain, suffering and rehab.  What if Mary had shot John because she was in a tight spot.  Would that have been fine?  Truly, this is a man who has absolutely no understanding of consequences of actions.