I wish the Elementary fans on Tumblr could get it into their thick heads that just because a character says questionable things/has questionable opinions, the show doesn't automatically condone it.
ZOMG Sherlock said he didn't want to sit next to an obese person or a child (or an obese child) on a transatlantic flight! The Elementary writers hate overweight people!1!
ZOMG Sherlock called a dog that barked at all men a feminazi! The Elementary writers are misogynist!1!
... Just... Look at the character who said those things. It's Sherlock. He's not nearly as vile as BBC!Sherlock, but that doesn't mean he's a perfect angel. He's flawed. He
tries, that's what makes him a compelling character.
If Tumblr had their way, no one except the genuinely evil characters (unless that character is Moriarity, because then they will make excuses for her because she's just so
fab and
amazing) would ever say or do anything that isn't 100% inclusive and socially concious.
And, that would make for a really boring TV show.
(posted here rather than on Tumblr, because I would just get dogpiled by a bunch of rage-aholic SJWs there.
Just the fact that I like John Lennon makes me as bad as someone who casually throws the "n-word" around, apparently!)
Also, it's kind of struck me that the perfect formula for making a show that will never get questioned for its social justice cred on Tumblr is to make a show that doesn't even try. People will squee endlessly over
Sherlock and cheerfully ignore the way it treats its female characters, but every fucking thing
Elementary does is nitpicked to death.
To quote Homer Simpson, "the lesson is, never try".
ETA: *groans* And now here's the weekly post by someone bitching about the show using female murderers. Last year, these people were bitching about the high percentage of male murderers.
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