the carstairs are the superior family

the law of Sherlock: if there’s a moriarty, there’s a way (to ship them)

i know that apparently the change of edwina’s personality and her relationship with kate was because the showrunners thought she just acted like a tool in the book for kanthony’s romance. that sounds like complete bullshit because now she’s still just a tool in the show for their romance — except now she just an opposition to their love instead of a supporter. what would’ve have actually expanded her character was just having a side-plot where she meets bagwell and they fall in love but she feels compelled to marry a man with a title. that would have kept her observant and mature nature in the books while expanding on her story without making her completely annoying and bratty.

i can safely state that i can't see how allison hargreeves can be redeemed at least for me. pushing aside her easy dismissal of viktor's bond with harlen (despite the fact that her entire breakdown surrounded having to leave her family from the 60's but i guess that doesn't matter for SHIT when it's other people), and the fact that she acts like harlan's actions led to claire not existing (despite the abysmal chance of her being born even with allison's mom not dying), and that she has this mentality that she suffered worse than her siblings (don't even get me started 🙄), but honestly it was her sexual assault on luther and how the fandom has just easily dismissed it. what's even worse is that she sexually assaulted him by making him believe he wanted it, so there was literally no way it could actually fight back in anyway, physically or mentally. there's something inherently more disgusting about that. in the other seasons, the show balanced having the hargreaves act morally wrong and at times unlikable but still not entirely irredeemable (such as my annoyance towards s1 luther and viktor) and they did get more likable. but i can barely stand the scenes she's in because that gross ass scene keeps flashing in my mind, and her behavior is just so obnoxious ESPECIALLY TOWARDS HARLAN. HARLAN IS LITERALLY THE ONLY AUTISTIC REPRESENTATION I'VE SEEN IN TV AND SHE ACTS SO GROSS AND BITTER TOWARDS HIM FOR HIS "UNPLEASANT" PERSONALITY.