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April 14, 2016
I love Sherlock’s face in the last frame. He’s so...
I love Sherlock’s face in the last frame. He’s so frustrated that John won’t just relax and discuss his pee already, lol
John & Sherlock vs. John & Mary
With Mary, John is forced to become a bottom. With Sherlock, he is allowed to be whatever he feels like being, because they’re partners.
This applies to every aspect of the comparison. When Mary and John “banter”, it’s one-sided. Mary “playfully” says what she wants to John and John receives it until he gets seriously angry. With Sherlock, there’s give and take, and in the heat of the moment, whichever of them is more qualified to take the lead in a situation takes it. If it’s a dead body, Sherlock is in charge. If it’s a live body, John is in charge. There is space in their relationship for that, for each of them to fully live in their own skin and be who they are. Mary limits John. She chips away at his confidence (or tries to) and belittles him. Compare this:
Sherlock: Nice touch.
John: Haven’t pulled rank in ages.
Sherlock: Enjoy it?
John: Oh, yeah.
To:
Mary: Seriously??
John: Why not? She’s not going to the police. Someone’s got to get him.
Mary: Why you?
John: I’m being neighbourly.
Mary: Since when?!
John: Since now. Since this exact minute.
Mary: Why are you being so …?
John: What?
Mary: I dunno. What’s the matter with you?
John: There is nothing the matter with me!
Call that “banter”, if you want, but that’s not what it sounds like. And that’s just one tiny section of an entire scene of this, of Mary questioning John’s abilities and motives, ridiculing his choice to take a tyre lever with him and correcting him in front of their neighbour. Why NOT Captain John Watson of the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers? Who better to effect the rescue of the neighbour’s kid?
Sherlock, on the other hand, gives John everything he needs to be who he really is. Mary wants John to fit into some little box that only she had a say in designing and she calls John out whenever he steps out of it (”I’m taking Mary home.” / *Mary clears her throat pointedly* / “Mary’s taking me home” - MP, yes, but this is clearly Sherlock’s observation of how their relationship works.) Sherlock, within twenty-four hours of having met John, restored his ability to walk, gave him the adrenaline he craved and cured the tremor in his left hand, allowing him to return to medical practise and take whatever part he wanted in Sherlock’s casework at the same time.
One of these relationships gives John freedom and affirmation of who he is, what he wants, and the means to be and do all of it, and the other gives him a cage and a role to play with someone else who is also playing a role. These relationships are very, very different.
57circlesofhell:
tfw your shady homicidal past is coming back to haunt you so you grab your...
tfw your shady homicidal past is coming back to haunt you so you grab your bullet-proof vest and scale a building to kill a blackmailer in cold blood in exchange for the records of your crimes but your friend offers to help you so you shoot him in the chest and run. #justredemptionarcthings
I’m in love with his eye crinkles
I’m in love with his eye crinkles
granada-brett-crumbs:
gaykerstreet:
WATSON BEING WATSON
sassy...
WATSON BEING WATSON
sassy very sassy
Ours look like they were only very recently surprised in the act of John snogging Sherlock up against that wall
April 13, 2016
fkngerlocked:
WHY DID I MAKE THIS SCREENSHOT?!
WHY DOES IT LOOK AS IF JOHN IS KISSING HIS NECK
IS...
WHY DID I MAKE THIS SCREENSHOT?!
WHY DOES IT LOOK AS IF JOHN IS KISSING HIS NECK
IS HIS NOSE BRUSHING SHERLOCK’S SKIN?!
WHY IS HE SMILING
WHY IS THE EARTH ROUND
WHAT IS THE UNIVERSE
They’re already so intimate with each other. God, I love them. And hate them. But mostly love them.
thejohntent:
tfw you have no choice but to shoot him but youre sorry, you truly are
She looks...
tfw you have no choice but to shoot him but youre sorry, you truly are
She looks really, really sorry.
Wow, what a cool day!! The Unfinished Letters has been up for 24 hours now and is sitting at just...
Wow, what a cool day!! The Unfinished Letters has been up for 24 hours now and is sitting at just under 2,700 hits, 114 comments (half of which are my responses), 314 kudos, and 90 bookmarks (67 public). In 24 hours!!! Holy CRAP, you guys!!! Thank you!!!!!! And the comments have been dizzyingly nice, too - you guys are drowning me in the love and I love you all for it! Thank you!!!!!
Fic Rec
I mean, I would rec pretty much anything by @silentauroriamthereal, but The Unfinished Letters just killed me and then put me back together again.
Holy crap! Thank you for this!! And thanks to everyone who commented on this post, too!! <333333
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