Mary Me wrote:

Do we judge a character now by their hair.

No, of course not. But I believe we are allowed to have opinions about hair and clothing. Look at the johnstache controversy. No reflection on the character, simply a style choice.

Ok, it certainly looks like footsie to me, as I can't see the other person. Is that from SOT? (I've not seen that, and am bloody lucky to have seen TEH.)

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Mouse wrote:

anjaH_alias wrote:

And, btw., that Sherlock is laughing about John´s fear and pain is to me not more cruel than his Baskerville lab experiment. The only new thing is the laughter itself.

The Baskerville scene left a bad taste in my mouth, too. I mean, come on, John has PTSD. But I felt the train scene was much worse because:

1. Sherlock was testing a theory in Baskerville (this is in-canon - Stamford tells Watson in "A Study in Scarlet" that he wouldn't put it past Holmes to drug a friend for an experiment, though he adds he'd be just as likley to try it on himself). Sherlock was painfully relaxed while watching John's fear, but he didn't seem to enjoy it...he was more coldly clinical and detached. In the train, he was genuinely amused, laughed harder than we'd ever seen him.
2. Sherlock knew damn well how broken up John was over his "death." He admitted to overhearing him at the gravesite (I sort of wish he hadn't; it makes it more heinous to me that he lied to him for so long and expected an easygoing response when he got back after hearing that heartbreaking soliloquy). Plus, the way John read him the riot act during the reuion, and then Mary added her two cents. Sherlock knew John took it hard and was upset about the deception. To mock him for his feelings and negate everything he'd shared just seems supremely cruel.
3. He let John think he was about to die AGAIN, right after the thing with the bonfire. I know John's an adrenaline junkie, but that's overkill.

Man...the more I think about it, the more disappointed I am. I know Sherlock is not a warm and fuzzy guy (and in truth I don't really want him to be), but this is the first time I out-and-out disliked him. John is my favorite character and this episode made me not like him so much, either...I mean, c'mon, guy, why do you put up with this crap? You're an army officer and a doctor! His other friends must be horrible if he calls Sherlock his "best" friend. As the saying goes, "with frie

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