my big problem is bbc sherlock kinda suggests that he /is/ equipped to understand other people’s emotions & how his actions will affect them, even if it’s from a detached pov rather than from personal experience. he just doesn’t seem to care.
Oddly enough, I’ll kind of give him a pass on that. He isn’t equipped to care. His emotions are weird things to him. He kind of stands outside them, I think. Understanding something is easy; caring about it is not at all in his nature.
And, like, if your own emotions are a puzzle, then why take other people’s seriously? None of it matters.
Now turn it around and put yourself in John’s head, and suddenly there is a Problem.