Recently seen some fans are running with the "abuser John" theme they perceive in the ghastly TFP, writing memes and fan-fic based on this. I can't say how angry this makes me with Moftiss, supposedly great upholders of ACD's Holmes & Watson as historical

Moffat and Gatiss did ghastly things with the canon they supposedly adored (remember Garridebs?), but the worst thing was the total destruction of John Watson in s4. They were so focused on keeping the two friends apart, so intent on telling another story except the one that matters, which is the immortal partnership of those two men, they just turned John into another man to justify the fact that he’s no longer by Sherlock’s side. John Watson can be violent, yes, he sure has anger management issues and is shit at verbal communication. Probably he still suffers from PTSD, like many army vets. I personally think he comes from an abusive home. But John Watson is the most loyal and faithful man in the world. He’s a good man. He has done bad things, but he’s inherently good and loyal and loving. And if Mofftiss can forget big parts of their narrative and do a 180 turn, so can I, thus I choose to forget what they did to John in s4. They don’t owe Sherlock and John, they’re ours, and it’s obvious we love them more than they do.