Sherlock the Special Snowflake

[frayadjacent]

I mostly enjoyed Elementary 2x12, but damn I hated when Sherlock said, "I'm not sure I'm one of them" to Moriarty.  I mean, one of the things I enjoy about Elementary is how it takes down this notion of this Special White Man who's different from all the sheeple.  It totally works for me that Moriarty thinks that about the two of them, but I want Sherlock to reject it! 

And even more so, I want the narrative to reject it. 

I just see some conflict brewing between Joan and Sherlock and it is not making me happy.

Aside: I was severely annoyed by how thoughtless and careless Moriarty's "guards" were.  She gets glass? Really?

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[king_touchy]

Which he already acknowledged himself in this episode!

In his admission, Sherlock reminds me of someone I know, a young man who struggled so hard against accepting a difficult truth. I was so frustrated with him, the young man, because the exact realizations he needed to accept came out of his own mouth and he didn't get it, didn't hear himself. That's my own projection onto the show. :-)

Yeah, you're right. So many shows do pander to the genius white dude I just take it for granted; I like how you pointed that out. Elementary is dismantling the mythos. Slowly, perhaps? Too slowly? It is certainly light years ahead of BBC Sherlock!

[frayadjacent]

Oh I agree, which is part of what I love about it.

It's true, when people learn things about themselves or the world, it can be easy to unlearn them too. It can be easy to forget hard life lessons when some new hardship arises. It can be easy to fall back on old habits and ways of thinking.

Clearly there are lots of interpretations of that line!