The ILY scene is still not a setback for Molly's character

 (Sherlock meta by mizjoely)

Q: Honestly, even if the second ILY wasn't real (dont perry, I believe wholeheartedly that it was), that scene is still in no way a setback for Molly's character. Who on earth thinks that S1!Molly would have demanded he say it first? Plus, my personal interpretation of that demand has always been that Molly was putting them on equal footing, that she took a little moment to be selfish and decided that he had to experience for himself just how difficult what he was asking of her would be.

A: That right there, my friends, is a grown ass woman who is over her silly S1 crush and is capable of working around her feelings, capable of putting the man she loves in his place, capable of not just giving into his every demand. So really, all the people who pretend to feel sympathy for Molly can just eff right off because the rest of us can see just how wrong, misplaced, and fake it is. [...]