#BBC Shitlock

[renthebarbarian]

Not to be 2017 about this but I’m just thinking about how BBC Shitlock adapted The Five Orange Pips and made the secret society a group of serial killing women’s rights activists when in the original story it was the KKK. They compared feminism to the fucking Klan.

Fuck Steven Moffat. Fuck Mark Gatiss.

[hrshl-hlms]

It's interesting to see that most of the base of Miss Sherlock coming from Sherlock makes the series less interesting.

They wanted to surf on the Sherlock vibe and success, but while a modern adaptation isn't the problem (Elementary managed just fine), the way it's driven is... meh.

I don't really mind overall plots going through the season while each episodes still have their own plot. What I do mind is the way it's played, notably with the fucking show of information on the screen that the spectator can't follow either way, but also (and mostly) the rudeness of Sherlock.

As an autistic person myself, I know that we can appear rude an insensitive to others. But also in Miss Sherlock they dug too deep into Benedicta Cucumberdip's performance of Sherlock Holmes, which was just an asshole.

It's not as bad, but each time it was badly played, it was just a mimickery of what the dude did.

They want to show Sherlock Holmes as rude, but they also forget that he's logical. If he really was logical and therefore would want to get the information rapidly and factually, then what is the point in pressing someone who just lost their loved ones? That's utterly illogical.

And sorry not sorry but the only reason why BBC Sherlock is so loved BY NON SHERLOCK HOLMES FANS is because, like the writers, those people are ableist and can't read further than the raw story itself. They bathe and bask into Cucumberdipping's charisma without giving a second thought to the representation of the character, partially because they're busy trying to find which parts of which stories the writers used to make the episode, and partially because they wholeheartedly agree with the ableist view they have and display in the writing room and on screen.

And I say that because it's true. My own mother told me that she loved it and found it great and when I told her that it wasn't a good representation of the character she had the fucking galls to ask me if I've read the books.

At the end, the only reason I like Miss Sherlock despite the copy of BBC Shitlock is because they still detach themselves from it. Sherlock is played as rude and insensitive, yes, but I also saw the autism behind it with the sensitivity to sound or the dislike for unwanted touch.

(I still saw that fucking trial at emotional impact in that one episode with the lab gal and the inspector suddenly showing interest into a woman for absolutely no reason like fhaksjdfs please no stop that's not how it works)(still nice to see a character showing interest in one that would be considered as weird and unlovable by most though)

[themoonking]

back in my hating bbc sherlock era, did the fandom ever like. generally acknowledge sherlock’s sexual harassment of donovan or did everyone just ignore that.

[akajustmerry]

curious.......has anyone ever seen a call out post about me.......

[shesnake]

stupid of me to ask this on the house md website where the house md fandom is recently full of recovering bbc shitlock fans

[gaytobymeres]

Bbc shitlock did irreparable damage to the general public’s understanding of Sherlock Holmes

[dearbisexual]

what fucking year is it that bbc shitlock fan stuff is on the radar

[sunfudge]

This just scared the shit out of me I thought another series of BBC Shitlock was coming out but it's just some event in London. Holy fuck. Thank GOD

[twocandles]

ok so I guess one of my j0hnl0ck posts of the old days got reblogged? guys, i’m pretty anti-bbc-shitlock these days so you don’t need to follow me because of it

also basically not blogging about that shitshow anymore so 

[bondsmagii]

From watching Sherlock I never got the vibe that it was queerbaiting. Homophobic jokes aren't queerbaiting. I don't believe they implied that John and Sherlock would get together or that they courted gay fans by leading them on, they just made homophobic jokes about the characters' friendship and people tried to justify it to themselves that it was actually leading to something because the alternative is that it's just a homophobic show. But then again, that's just what I got from watching the show, I haven't seen any video essays about it.

I have absolutely got to disagree. listen, anyone who knows me knows that I am very strict about using terms that have Actual Concrete Meaning. I hate the way terms like "abuse", "gaslighting", "manipulation", "queerbaiting" etc have been co-opted to mean literally fucking everything that somebody doesn't like, and I only use the terms when I feel that this is literally hands-down what's going on. I went into all of the Sherlock video essays genuinely thinking that I was going to run across more "queerbaiting", i.e., the fandom being pissed that their OTP didn't get together, and taking a writing decision personally. essentially I assumed it would be the same deal as a majority of the "queerbaiting" dramas I see: the fandom mad because the show didn't pander to their every whim.

I was so fucking wrong. this is the dictionary definition of queerbaiting. the creators were 100% aware of the fandom and what was going on within it, and time after time they strung them along and then ridiculed them over everything from their theories, their enjoyment, and even for being invested in the show that you know, had a job to make viewers invested in. this was not just homophobic jokes. the homophobic jokes came during the time where the showrunners were actively ridiculing the fandom. before this, there were a lot of hints and teases and set-ups, where it looked like something might happen, and then it was turned into a joke -- not even a homophobic one, necessarily. for example, the scene where Sherlock is confessing something to John, and it's all intimate, and Sherlock looks so troubled, and the music swells, and Sherlock is like "I have something to tell you...", and every single part of the cinematography is coded as a personal, romantic confession... and then Sherlock is like "Sherlock is actually a girl's name lol" and that's it. you're mad if you think the showrunners weren't doing that deliberately, because they enjoyed stringing the fandom along and making fun of them for... everything, really.

finally, if you need any proof that this shit was malicious, please remember the entire episode that they dedicated to making fun of fan theories. literally the whole episode centered around this theme, to the extent that the episode featured a group of people dedicated to finding out how Sherlock survived. they were the same ages as the Sherlock fandom online, and repeated many of the same theories that could be found online. one of the group members even suggested that Sherlock and Moriarty had faked their deaths to run off together, and she was openly ridiculed on the show by the other group members. the episode even included Sherlock and Moriarty going in for a kiss, and the scene cutting off before they did it. it also featured a man coded as a crazy conspiracy theorist going mad and ripping down his It's Always Sunny-style wall of speculation and newspaper clippings and notes. the show was literally ridiculing the fandom for being too invested in the show that they had been told to get invested in. the showrunners had strung them along and promised them more, which they never delivered -- the queerbaiting was only part of it, but given the show's history with everything else, you cannot convince me that the queerbaiting was not intentional and malicious.

the homophobic jokes weren't the "queerbaiting". the homophobic jokes came after the queerbaiting, to really hammer home to the fans that they were stupid for ever hoping. this was genuinely some of the absolute worst creator treatment of fans I've ever seen, and if you're still unsure whether or not this was legit queerbaiting, I beg you to take an hour and watch some video essays on it. the general mistreatment of the fandom (and how terribly the show was put together to begin with) is covered very well in Sherlock Is Garbage, and Here’s Why, and the depth of the queerbaiting is covered in intense detail in Tumblr’s Greatest Conspiracy: The Story of TJLC.

[nineliars]

maureen is being so cagey about the next TD book that I fully expect it to be a crossover with BBC Sherlock where Stevie and David take turns beating the shit out of benedict cumberbatch while "Country House" by blur plays in the background and there's a sideplot about Vi attempting to assassinate donald trump

[renthebarbarian]

Killing Eve fans on Twitter: worst finale EVER >:(

Me: My guy, your finale was just about perfect until the last minute and a half. You don't about know about TRULY bad finales. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Portraits of seventeenth century philosopher John Locke crying tears of blood. I watched a man sit in his dead brother's car wearing a Party City wig. All those moments will be lost in time...like tears in rain. Time to die.

No but for real I am sorry you guys, I really thought this one was gonna end well for the gays for once. I never learn.

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[obiwansucks]

where is Benedict cumberbacjt (sorry I sneezed) but I haven't seen him around these parts lately

[stopthefeeling]

I hate bbc sh*rlock with the fire of a thousand suns but I'm having one of those moments where I miss it so much it feels like I can't breathe

[shesnake]

I'm not saying it's as bad as bbc shitlock days but if some of you don't learn how to recognise homophobic writing in your "gay" "representation" it just fucking might be

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