growing increasingly uncomfortable with fandom’s over-the-top reaction to it.
Yes, this is a large chunk of my discomfort. That post could be applied to so many of the shows fandom eats up with a spoon and ultimately, it all makes me a bit queasy.
I have enjoyed and been fannish about plenty of problematic sources - even now I'm in Merlin fandom - but in order for me to compartmentalize (and I don't think there's anything wrong with compartmentalizing, our choices would be slim if we didn't), I need something in the source that is wholly unique, or that I can relate to even if it's underused or underwritten. With Sherlock, there's nothing unique. I can get subtextual teasing and pretty camera work anywhere. Hell, I can even get HOLMES elsewhere. And anything on the show I might be able to relate to is either dead or looked at with derision by everything from the narrative to the leads.
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Yes, this is a large chunk of my discomfort. That post could be applied to so many of the shows fandom eats up with a spoon and ultimately, it all makes me a bit queasy.
I have enjoyed and been fannish about plenty of problematic sources - even now I'm in Merlin fandom - but in order for me to compartmentalize (and I don't think there's anything wrong with compartmentalizing, our choices would be slim if we didn't), I need something in the source that is wholly unique, or that I can relate to even if it's underused or underwritten. With Sherlock, there's nothing unique. I can get subtextual teasing and pretty camera work anywhere. Hell, I can even get HOLMES elsewhere. And anything on the show I might be able to relate to is either dead or looked at with derision by everything from the narrative to the leads.
It's just not for me.