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June 21, 2016
John and Mary’s marriage
Okay, so consider this:
If we take John’s halfhearted forgiveness scene at face value (and that’s a BIG if, but let’s just say we do), and if we take his burning of the thumb drive at face value (again, a huge if!), this is what that entire scene actually said:
John told Mary that the only thing that mattered was that she keep lying to him. She told him that if he read the thumb drive, he wouldn’t love her any more, and this is him agreeing. In burning it, he is literally saying, “you’re right: I don’t think I’ll love the real you. Our marriage can only work if we both pretend you’re someone else.” That’s the meaning of “is Mary Watson good enough for you?”. It means that it doesn’t matter what her real names are, first or last, because he doesn’t want to know. He tells her in this scene, with these actions, that he believes her that he wouldn’t like who she really is. She started out by lying about absolutely everything to him, and he tells her that the only way their marriage can work at all is if they both go on ignoring her real identity.
Mary gave John the thumb drive because Sherlock had already found out for him that she wasn’t anything like what she’d told him she was. She had no option. Yet she “bravely” handed over this information, which she conveniently just happened to have on her, as though in an act of courageous self-sacrifice. It was nothing of the sort; she’d been found out and backed into a corner. They could have taken it from her at will at any point. But John had already bracketed her with the criminals he and Sherlock usually dealt with, put himself in a group with Sherlock and Mary in a group with the scum and told her they would decide whether they wanted her or not. So she tried to spin the gesture of giving him the thumb drive as some sort of bravado on her part, because gaslighting and mind-fuckery is Mary’s entire game.
And even given all of that, John rejected it. He took her “brave gesture” and put it in the fire and said he didn’t want it.
People usually choose to lower their barriers and reveal themselves to the people that they love and it’s meant to be taken as a gift, an act of trust. John clearly established, by rejecting the “gift” of her information, that no trust can exist between them. It’s too late to start over and try to establish something genuine, something that he can believe in. “Is Mary Watson good enough?” he asked, the “no, don’t tell me who you really are; I don’t want to know” openly implied. He put Mary’s brave gift into the flames and told her to stick to her deceptions because he would rather stomach a mountain of lies than one shred of truth about the real her.
That’s a pretty powerful rejection.
Laundry day, or as I like to call it, thong week.
Laundry day, or as I like to call it, thong week.
June 20, 2016
221bsweetheart:
skinnyscottish:
Sherlock’s facial expressions...
Sherlock’s facial expressions in His Last Vow (Part - 1)
This gifset is heartbreaking
June 19, 2016
londonphile:
Further to the last post… *dead...
Further to the last post… *dead :D*
http://www.sean-gleason.com/newwork/#1566
I’ll take the one on the right.
botanycameos:
Whenever I thought of Anton Yelchin, this was...
Whenever I thought of Anton Yelchin, this was the image that came to mind first. He was such a gentle and sweet soul.
Rest in peace Anton, we’ll never forget you. ;__;
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