YES YES AND YES. This is so exactly how I feel about this episode that I couldn't help but make relieved THANK YOU noises while reading.
I had such trouble trying to elaborate why I didn't like it and why I didn't like Irene especially when usually I'm all over characters like her (and I love the original Irene). Her portrayal was just so wrong on so many levels. It wasn't even the oversexualisation but the fact that they made her act so STUPID and then she loses to Sherlock because of her UNCONTROLLABLE FEELINGS for gods sake. She was humiliated for the rest of the episode AND THEN HE SAVES HER LIFE. WHAAAT. The whole point of the original is that she totally OWNS Sherlock and doesn't even break a sweat. I really was expecting something better.
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I had such trouble trying to elaborate why I didn't like it and why I didn't like Irene especially when usually I'm all over characters like her (and I love the original Irene). Her portrayal was just so wrong on so many levels. It wasn't even the oversexualisation but the fact that they made her act so STUPID and then she loses to Sherlock because of her UNCONTROLLABLE FEELINGS for gods sake. She was humiliated for the rest of the episode AND THEN HE SAVES HER LIFE. WHAAAT. The whole point of the original is that she totally OWNS Sherlock and doesn't even break a sweat. I really was expecting something better.