#five and klaus hargreeves - nathan young - sherlock holmes - and patrick jane aren't sociopaths. canonically. | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

merrilark · 11 months

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i am quietly begging people to stop throwing around the term "sociopath" for any character who holds others at an arm's length or appears emotionally closed off.

nine outta ten times it's trauma and self-preservation, not sociopathy.

#if i had a nickel...#people can have their own headcanons but like.#five and klaus hargreeves - nathan young - sherlock holmes - and patrick jane aren't sociopaths. canonically.#and i know i know bbc sherlock is a self-proclaimed sociopath but he is *not* a sociopath. he's wrong or lying.#as... unfortunate as some of the writing is one of the big recurring points of the show is that sherlock IS very attached to people.#same with all the other characters i listed tbh. most don't want to be attached to people bc they don't want to be hurt but they *are*.#anyway this is a pet peeve of mine skdfls please feel free to ignore me.#merri mumbles #should i make a tag specifically for fandom-related rants and complaints?#i could tag it 'fandom wank' but i'm not. particularly fond of that term lol

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