It is great to see Sally Donovan take centre stage as the heroine of her own story ^_^ She's a character I have a lot of affection for.
Must admit though it did take me a long time to get there - it took me a while to take a step back and understand her point of view. And I think it was actually fandom that helped me - reading fics which gave a more rounded view of her character.
Btw, can I just slip in an argument here...? ^^ Because I was reading your comment on AO3 about Sherlock's initial behaviour being slut-shaming and misogynistic and I have never read that scene that way myself. When John and Sherlock arrive, Donovan addresses Sherlock with an irritated 'Freak'. I always see the later deduction as an immature young man trying to get his own back over that humiliation - and getting his own back by uncovering something he knows Donovan wants to keep private and hidden. I honestly don't think he cares about her sexual behaviour one way or the other - he might have gone with an obsession with One Direction if he could have deduced that instead.
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Must admit though it did take me a long time to get there - it took me a while to take a step back and understand her point of view. And I think it was actually fandom that helped me - reading fics which gave a more rounded view of her character.
Btw, can I just slip in an argument here...? ^^ Because I was reading your comment on AO3 about Sherlock's initial behaviour being slut-shaming and misogynistic and I have never read that scene that way myself. When John and Sherlock arrive, Donovan addresses Sherlock with an irritated 'Freak'. I always see the later deduction as an immature young man trying to get his own back over that humiliation - and getting his own back by uncovering something he knows Donovan wants to keep private and hidden. I honestly don't think he cares about her sexual behaviour one way or the other - he might have gone with an obsession with One Direction if he could have deduced that instead.