and lo, fandom delivered

[selenak]

Considering I finished The Reichenbach Fall with my immediate reaction neither being "aw, John" (I did feel sorry for him, but that wasn't the first thing I thought of), nor "aw, Sherlock" (though this season finally made me care for him, and thus I felt for him, too - but again, not the first consideration), but "ZOMG MOLLY HOOPER I LOVE YOU", I

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[airie_fairy]

I mean, I do have a lot of thoughts and feelings on the episode, but mostly I kept yelling MOLLY all day after watching it, so yeah. And I really did love the way she was developed. Standing up for herself while still being vulnerable in the first episode, which turned her lovelorn attitude of the previous season into a more serious, layered matter and revealed that she wasn't just sweetly hopeless but that there is a backbone in there that has enabled her to put up with all the treatment she gets in return, and then in this episode, going further and showing just how aware she is of the treatment she's received and it's that that makes her sad more than any lack of reciprocated romantic feelings, and that that sadness and those feelings both come with wisdom. ON TOP OF WHICH is the promise, potentially, of an even more growing role next series, based on Sherlock letting her in and her involvement in his plan. I read "ten teasers" for the episode before watching it, and one of them was "there's more to Molly Hooper than meets the eye," and at first I was like HELL YES, and then, since it's been the problem with Moff stuff lately, I got a little scared the "more" would be something that would wreck everything I'd loved about her. And then it WASN'T, YAY. Shorthand: thank you so much for the links! =D