Elementary 2x1

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Discussion post for Elementary 2x1 'Step Nine'

Spoilers in the comments.

What did you think?

Comments

[flippet.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the fat remarks as 'fat-shaming', exactly, although I fully understand how it sounds that way.

And Sherlock *is* being an asshole with the remarks, I won't absolve him for that.


But what it is, for him, in context, is - he is going back to London. He left London in utter disgrace. He's not sure what he's going to find there, and how the people he used to know will treat him. And most importantly for these remarks - he knows that Mycroft is in London, and he is deeply dreading the thought of accidentally running into him. Those subconscious fears are exiting his mouth in the 'fat' comments. It's not exactly that Sherlock has an aversion to fat people. It's that he has an aversion to Mycroft, and he's projecting one of Mycroft's salient traits (one that has always been a sore spot between brothers) onto potential random strangers.



Remember too, that Sherlock has an aversion to flying, because he 'sees too much', and can't turn off his brain. They didn't address this directly in Step Nine, but it stands to reason that Sherlock is also rather nervous about having to get on a plane to go back to London, which includes sitting next to strangers, and so he is bundling all of his current fears up into one handy scapegoat.