bronzeblues

Oh believe me, I am with you on Sherlock and romantic relationships. He would never ever EVER be in a standard romantic relationship that's for sure. I imagine the relation between him and Irene to be more like a mix of wits, adventure and passionate sex. Let's face it, that's the sort of relationship that would be perfect for Irene as well. She practically INVENTED that game. Molly on the other hand is a text book example of girl being all flowers, candles and romantic walks and let's face it Sherlock would be THE WORST POSSIBLE CHOICE for that.

"Look at Molly not being a doormat anymore!" sums up every reason why I find this scene to be way too on the nose and lousy. Its sole purpose is too push this new agenda of a badass Molly down our throats. I also want to mention in Sherlolly fanfiction even people who are writing it seem to know deep down that a notion of these two together is a FAR FAR stretch so it seems to me Molly very often gets pregnant after one sole(often drunk) hook-up. Truly a deus-ex-machina way of Sherlock suddenly realising he's in looooveee. And making Irene some kind of conplete evil who is drugging Sherlock and quasi-raping him every time she sees him. Yeeesh...

I agree, if we are talking about this specific interview. In that other interview I was talking about he didn't use the phrase "I". He was very specifically talking about Sherlock and Irene.

Honestly, I don't see it having anything to do with Molly bring "human" or whatever (how I hate that phrase btw) IMO it was just widely OOC. I wouldn't slap Sherlock in that situation and I am much more Janine and less Molly. For me it just struck as lazy ass writing, the same way Mary "the super assassin" did. It's the worst case of unimaginitive writing when under all the pressure to make "strong female characters" (another phrase I hate) they either turn them into face slapping hardasses or some super spies/assassins. Mary wouldn't be any less of a woman if she were "just" a nurse. If anything, I find that job to be admirable.

Honestly, that's just one of many moments where I rolled my eyes so far into my head I could actually see myself think. A lazy atempt to suddenly make Molly such a badass she actually has courage to slap the man she is hopelessly in love with. I'll pass, thanks.

Ah, the famous "violinist fingers" interview. Couldn't help but notice the use of "I". More interesting is the interview where BC talks about how he is "absolutely certain" Sherlock and Irene got it on in Karachi after he saved her. That's a bit weird if you are talking about fictional characters. It would be more in tune if he said "I think" or "I would like to believe" but "absolutely certain"? As well as his "deal with me" comment right after that Also, the tone in which he said it and the sudden change in his posture. The Woman is right about the diguise-no matter how hard you try it's always a self-portrait. Take from that what you will.

Maybe my comments come off as a little too harsh. I don't dislike her but you could say I don't really love her either. It mostly really is about my preference for completely different types of characters, I always loved those somewhat ambigously moral personas. I was completely mesmerized by the way Lara Pulver interpreted Irene and her chemistry with BC is truly magnificent(one of the reasons why I completely believe they got it on behind the camera but that's for some other thread) but I could objectively see why some people possibly felt dissapointed with this interpretation. Still, I do believe they went far too into the "shy, akward, nice girl next door" type with Molly. I just feel like BC's Sherlock would never spare her a second glance, let alone all that friendzoning with kisses on cheek and "hoping you'll be very happy" stuff. Personally, I would've rather seen more of Anthea because I get major awesomeness vibes from her. Always wondered what her thoughts on Mycroft are.

Wanted to add my two cents on this thread since I am new on board. The sheer fact this thread is the longest out of any other character thread just shows how much are people ready to sympathise with a character like Molly. I believe one part does because they feel like they need to. People love to cheer for the underdogs. The other part does it since I agree wholeheartedly that Molly is basically a fangirl substitute in the show. All those Sherlock(or BC) fangirls just see themselves in Molly to whom Sherlock is just so far out of reach. The third part is really the one that identifies with Molly because they truly share characteristics with her. That introvert akwardness, shyness. That perhaps overtly familiar feeling of pinning after someone you can't possibly have. As much as I understand all that, characters like that don't really get a lot of my love. I feel like they should. Like I say said, everyone feels like they should cheer for the underdog. But sorry, there's a reason why Molly is not "The Woman". All that being said there's a certain likeable sweetness with which the actress plays Molly and I truly respect that. But that highschool crush on Sherlock is simply... urgh. Molly is supposed to be a grown woman yet she behaves as a smitten 12 year old. For the end, Sherlolly fanfiction is also widely OOC, granted, I don't have much experience with it but it just is.