#is one of the tastiest aspects of this show introducing a parenting dynamic would have been SO GOOD

[brittlebutch]

i knowww that a child would have changed the landscape of the show too much for it to have ever actually happened but oughhhhhh i want to see Joan and Sherlock platonically co-parent a kid so bad

#N posts stuff #you can Remove or Replace characters in long running shows but adding in a whole new character + dynamic is often too much #to pull off without causing problems re: the ability to rewatch / jump in anywhere in the seasons via cable reruns #(not to mention the trouble with trying to figure out where to place the child when the show is about Cases a child could not attend BUT #it would have been so good it would have been so good 'for you watson i would make adjustments' and how he redesigns a doll house #just to make the brownstone look a little more impressive for the social worker #and how much effort joan put into the process too and how excited she was like oahg it's such a bummer #i'm also like. deeply interested in autistic parenting - not to pull too much focus Off of Joan when it's Her hypothetical kid but lol #platonic co-parenting is also such a fascinating dynamic; joan & sherlock's deepset undeniable love that is never anything But platonic #is one of the tastiest aspects of this show introducing a parenting dynamic would have been SO GOOD #imagine what could have been (they are considering writing a fic)