Because a woman clearly can't be smarter than Sherlock, but she can surely make him act stupid if she flirts hard enough.
Seriously. One of my complaints about Moffat is how he will trash other people's characters as being Mary Sue-ish, when he CONSTANTLY writes special snowflakes (especially male Special Snowflakes), and NO ONE can be better than them. Irene cannot outsmart Sherlock in the end, and he is so special, she turns against her own sexual orientation. ARGGHHHH.
There are some forms of it I am more easily able to ignore than others, but unfortunately, what he did to Irene fell into the category of stuff I just can't let slide.
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Seriously. One of my complaints about Moffat is how he will trash other people's characters as being Mary Sue-ish, when he CONSTANTLY writes special snowflakes (especially male Special Snowflakes), and NO ONE can be better than them. Irene cannot outsmart Sherlock in the end, and he is so special, she turns against her own sexual orientation. ARGGHHHH.
There are some forms of it I am more easily able to ignore than others, but unfortunately, what he did to Irene fell into the category of stuff I just can't let slide.