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He totally deserved it IMO. Romantic or platonic, Holmes was taking Watson for granted, and Watson wasn't pursuing his own desires and being an independent person enough.

Also, I think the space suited them at the time, showed that they were real, genuine friends, not just friends-because-they-were-roommates-who-would-drift-apart-otherwise. It also made Holmes admit that he needed friends and forced him to actually take initiative and seek out Watson and ask him to come on investigations with him rather than just assuming he'd come following after Holmes.

And it made their reunion after the hiatus more believable because it was a completely independent choice, not a matter of convenience or habit. And from a shipping perspective, it gave them the opportunity to re-fall in love properly after the hiatus/showed Holmes he couldn't just push Watson around and neglect him if he wanted to keep him.

+1 to the last two paragraphs.

Agree with your last two paragraphs, but not your first. The idea of Mary as some kind of revenge against Holmes doesn't fit either the story or the idea of Mary as a Good Thing, which she was.

Eh, my first paragraph was kind of facetious -- I meant it more as a reaction to everyone who goes "oh poor Holmes why is Watson so ~cruel~ to him" or views the whole marriage as one big obstacle that should never have happened.

Fair enough. People think Watson is cruel to Holmes? In what alternative universe, lol?