flittingthroughfandoms:
Incase you didn’t know, Amanda Abbington (Martin Freeman’s amazing partner) has been threaten and treated to a lot of hurtful, hateful messages over the past couple of days, to due to the fact she is playing Mary in the Sherlock series. This, my fellow Sherlock fandom, is not okay AT ALL.
Do not hate her for playing Mary because you believe that it threatens the existence of Johnlock. If you had read the books, you would know this is false. At the end, Mary dies and John goes to live with Sherlock on a bee farm.
No matter what, treating Amanda Abbington this way about her role in Sherlock, is not okay at all. So, Sherlock fandom, I believe that we need to come together and show Amanda some support. I urge you all to take photos of yourselves holding the “I support Amanda Abbington playing Mary in Sherlock!” like I have done above. (Even if you are a Johnlock shipper, like me.) Let’s show Amanda, along with the rest of the Sherlock cast and crew, what fandom really means. Family.
If you can’t take a photo, please pass along the word, like and reblog. Thank you!
See: http://lonely-mountain.tumblr.com/post/48793515196/not-okay-never-okay-it-doesnt-matter-what
It’s absurd people are getting so defensive over a pairing that isn’t even canon, in neither the original stories or the show. If you’re a Johnlock shipper, that’s all good and well and there’s nothing wrong with that, but a story doesn’t have to bend itself to legitimize your fandom niche. Especially if it’s an adaptation trying to remain faithful to the canonical writing in its own way/style.
I don’t want to even elaborate how ridiculous it is to harass the actor of the character you’re adverse to. They are an actor, it’s their job to portray that person, if they didn’t someone else would have instead, and they have little if any input on what happens story-wise.
(PS- Additionally, while appreciating the sentiment of the OP, it seems pretty debasing to John’s character for you to be okay with Mary’s appearance in the show because, “it’s okay, she dies in the end and he goes back to Sherlock.” If John falls in love with a woman in the show, as he did in the stories, it doesn’t mean you have to nix your preferred pairing, it only means it’s not canon.)
(PSS- I question why I even bother to add/respond to these sorta of fandom tensions anymore, though in the end it boils down to how I love this show despite all its (many) faults, but a large portion of this fandom alienates me by their behaviour, both within the community and the offensive things that have happened to me personally.)
(via inchells)
