Oh, Mister.

Yeah, god damn those feminists, hating a really misogynistically-written caricature of a character! How fucking dare they, right? I mean, they should all just bow down to Moffat’s second rendition of “I’m going to try to make this character look like a Strong Female Character so you’ll all ignore the heaping, blatant tons of sexism I’m piling on.” They should never feel uncomfortable or conflicted about a character whose entire being is defined by their sexuality.

I mean, feminism is all about loving every single female character in anything ever, uncritically, and especially so if the straight white dude who wrote her says she’s a feminist portrayal, right? No one should ever have strong feelings about why that character might, in fact, be a really freaking sexist portrayal, or just plain not like a character because they think she’s obnoxious, or… I mean, what is the world coming to when those uppity women think they’re allowed to have opinions and feelings about things, especially when they sort of relate directly to feminism and how women are portrayed in media?

In case you couldn’t tell, that was all sarcastic. And I couldn’t give less of a fuck if you hate me, secret OP, for daring to hate a character whom I find obnoxious and whose screen presence makes me uncomfortable (hi, I’m asexual, excessive sexuality on my TV makes me uneasy), and who is an incredibly sexist, homophobic and frankly gross depiction of a character whom I have liked very much in the past (in ACD canon and other intepretations), among having other reasons to hate her.

Oh, and I don’t “call myself a feminist” — I am one. Not liking Moffat’s sexist, homophobic portrayal of Irene Adler doesn’t make me any less of a feminist, so thanks for that implication.

Sincerely,

A Sherlock fan who does not get on with Moff’s Adler

(Source: bakerstreetconfessions)