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December 5, 2015
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Christmas Spirit - SilentAuror - Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
(Just in case you feel like reading my Christmas story again, here it is. But you don’t have to!!!!)
December 4, 2015
constancecream:
[Johnlock Intensifies]
The Empty Hearse - A...
[Johnlock Intensifies]
The Empty Hearse - A summary by BBC Three
Holy crap, @bbcthree officially doesn’t care any more, lol!
bugsie80
reblogged your photoset and added:I love that you say it’s pornographic -...
bugsie80
reblogged your photoset and added:
I love that you say it’s pornographic - that…
Excellent choice!! :) My background is one of Ben from the Hay Festival with the white rose, but my lock screen is Sherlock sitting in his chair with his violin, from TGG. :)
queerdraco:
[muffled crying in the distance]
I’ve been...
[muffled crying in the distance]
I’ve been sitting on this post for days because I’ve been
too busy to write it. Here goes…
Here’s my issue: we don’t know what happened in that six
(ish?) months between the night that Sherlock’s heart stopped and he had to be
rushed back to the hospital and Christmas Day. We’re given absolutely nothing
of all that time. All we know is from Mary’s words to John that there have been
“months of silence” between them. I frankly don’t see how it would even be
possible for two people to share living space for six months without ever
communicating, so I find it highly likely that John was not, in fact, living
with Mary during that time. Where I’m going is that we don’t know what Moffat
actually thinks about this. He just never bothered telling us. Will it be
revealed in the future? Possibly. Possibly not. As Gatiss has stated, they
prefer not telling us everything and like to leave some mystery. Who even
knows.
What I’m saying is that this is a plot hole that may be
resolved in the future, and since I’m open to that happening, I’m not going to criticise
it until I know for sure that it hasn’t been and won’t be resolved. So: fine.
Here’s what I can’t handle:
This scene. My big question has always been this: Did John
know that Sherlock wasn’t coming back from Serbia? DID HE? This is so
important! It all rides on whether or not John heard Sherlock say to Mycroft
that it would be his LAST conversation with John. Did he hear it or didn’t he?
If he didn’t hear it, then maybe he didn’t know that Sherlock was going off to
his death. But if he did hear it, then… This entire scene bothers me and has
from my very first viewing. I felt so flat and let down by this that the “big
Moriarty reveal” had literally no impact on me. I was just completely unmoved
by it because I was so disgruntled by John’s seeming coldness in this scene. I
don’t get it, and I feel like it’s out of character. Why?
If John didn’t know that Sherlock was going off to die: why
is he not more bothered that Sherlock is leaving for six months? I get that he
probably thinks he can’t leave with a baby on the way, but why doesn’t there
seem to be any conflict at all? Why hasn’t he even said, “I wish I could go
with you, but you know – got a baby coming and all that”? Why is he so
outwardly cold toward Sherlock, refusing to even entertain the notion of naming
his child after the man who saved his wife from prison or exposure to her
(surely many!) enemies? Yes yes – I hear some of you already saying that John
has to keep it all bottled up or else it would be too emotional for him and he
does the British stiff upper lip thing plus emotional repression, blah blah
blah. It still doesn’t cut it for me. It’s cold. Not even a “good luck out
there, stay safe”? Come on!
BUT. Look at the second gif here. JOHN HEARD IT. This gif
set is the first one I’ve seen that finally convinced me of this. John knew
that Sherlock wasn’t coming back. Maybe he thought that Sherlock and Mycroft
were being overly dramatic. Maybe he just assumed that Sherlock is so clever
that he would weasel his way out of it. Maybe. I don’t know. But not saying
thank you is one thing. Not expressing any sort of regret about not being able
to go along (or even asking if it was possible) is another thing. Not even
pretending to consider the option of naming his kid after his best friend (as
if Mary would let John name the baby! She already said “not a chance” in the taking-back
scene!) – that’s harsh, but okay, fine. But not even saying goodbye?? That’s
stone cold. Maybe John is so emotionally overwhelmed that he just can’t process
any of it here. He literally looks away from Sherlock and can’t make eye
contact with him in places. Maybe it’s only so stilted because Mary and Mycroft
are there. Maybe he’s trying to guard against Sherlock saying something overly emotional in front of Mary and Mycroft, or he knows it’s not the moment and that there would never be time to properly deal with hit, etc. Maybe he can’t acknowledge the fact of Sherlock’s actual impending
death this time at all or else he would go to pieces. But God, my heart aches
for Sherlock here!! At least he gets a prolonged handshake. Maybe that was Ben
and Martin’s choice, to do that. Maybe it was directed. Maybe it was in the
script. I don’t know, and I want to know, and God only knows how long it will
be until we get series 4 and some answers, but tonight it’s driving me around the
bloody bend!
This is my only worry, that they don’t get that “Moriarty
isn’t dead!” doesn’t matter if things aren’t right between Sherlock and John. That
nothing else will ever be shocking or amazing or even interesting without that
central piece of the show in place. I think that they probably do know this,
but I also think that they prioritise it slightly differently than we do. I don’t
know, though, and I think it’s dangerous to assume that we do know what they’re
up to. I certainly know what some things look like, but then certain scenes don’t
add up and this is one of them for me. If you knew that your best friend was
going off to die on some suicide mission in Eastern Europe after having saved
your life as you know it, spared your murderous wife (who SHOT said friend and
arguably tried to kill him), why wouldn’t you let your friend know that it
mattered to you? That he mattered to you? This scene breaks me.
beejohnlocked:
silentauroriamthereal:
incurablylazydevil:
forg...
forgiveness: Sherlock vs Mary
Perfect post is perfect.
One thing I find so TELLING about this scene is John. It is so difficult for him to show his feelings and emotions. To express himself in an emotional way or on a subject that makes him vulnerable. With Sherlock, he makes it through, but it’s hard for him to say, and he admits that he finds it difficult. Because this is real for John and he’s pants at expressing himself. With Mary, he is completely stoic, uses prepared words, and has absolutely no difficulty expressing himself. Is this not meant to be an emotional moment between man and wife? So why the complete lack of emotion on John’s part? Why the complete lack of difficulty expressing himself? Because this isn’t real for him. This isn’t emotional. It’s him reciting a speech, one that doesn’t resonate in his heart, one with ambiguous wording and complete lack of explicit love OR forgiveness.
Pfff. Like I can handle this. *dies*
Pfff. Like I can handle this.
*dies*
jumpingjacktrash:
ayellowbirds:
glampersand:
fozmeadows:
I...
I think that might be code for “punched him in the balls with devastating accuracy”.
it is absolutely code for “punched him in the balls with devastating accuracy”
As is the case with boxing, it most likely means that she was precise and methodical. So, yes. She punched him in the balls with devastating accuracy.
“to the delight of several colliers who were passing” just imagining these coal miner bros standing around all WHOO YOU GO GURL
I GOT UR HUGE FLOWER HAT BB KICK HIS ASS
I love the bystanders’ delight!
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