MothmanRed

EVERYONE LOOK AT OUR OCS ITS MY SON

There are plenty of reasons why the insistence of adaptations and reviews on making the relationship between Holmes and Adler romantic is deeply frustrating, but the one that sticks out to me has always been this implication that a man can't respect and pay attention to a woman in a way that isn't centred around desire. She is the woman because she bested him, because she saw exactly what he planned and slipped away, even leaving a letter to tell him how she did. He's shown the exact same respect and excitement for multiple criminals since, because by nature he's delighted to find people who can challenge or match him intellectually. I don't generally take issue with the societal obssesion with romance, I get it, but the idea that a man can't regard a woman as remarkable or have any focus on her without implying romantic love and desire has just always rubbed me the wrong way

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