amango-tea replied to your post:My reaction to The Empty Hearse

…Oh dear. I have a couple of friends who are pretty heavily invested in this series. I wonder if there’s a way of warning them without spoiling them, because this sounds kind of awful.

For those who wish to remain totally unaware, discussion under the cut–

I don’t know that it is, necessarily? I just…

I don’t know. I’m a bit funny with people myself; I find them hard to read, therefore I try _extra_ hard to get things right and make sure they don’t feel bad or sad.

Sometimes a sad person is funny. But I try not to laugh.

So perhaps Sherlock’s laughter hits a bit close to home?

I’m not sure. Husband saw the problem with Sherlock and John’s interactions too, and he’s much more neurotypical than I am.

The whole thing made me feel odd.

I’m not nearly as invested in the show as I could be. I enjoy it, I enjoy how it’s shot, I enjoy John Watson enormously… but I think I’m glad the ship isn’t My Ship, you know?

Even the friendShip, really.

I don’t know, is what I’m saying. It might be fine. But I don’t seem to be the only one having this reaction.