XistentialAngst's Blog, page 152
May 7, 2016
otp221b:
sussexbound:
mollydobby:
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#watchthefob
That watch fob is very interesting. It’s reminiscent of Victorian mourning jewellery. Black glass or onyx watch fobs were common when a man was in mourning. Here are some other examples:
Reblogging this again because now I’m wondering: Is it black? Or is it the blue carbuncle?
Is Block 1 the same as Episode #1? So excited to see what they’ve been filming!
57circlesofhell:
welovethebeekeeper:
1895itsallfine:
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Jesus Christ this episode is going to be fantastic.
They fucked.
Given where they are in filming S4 (end of episode #1?), I’d guess it was a big climactic/confrontation scene with Mary. Just a wild guess!
Thoughts on setlock week 5.
Week 5. Episode 1 is running long, especially as we don’t seem to be finished yet, as Claire tweeted last night, May 6th:
So what did this week on setlock reveal? Not that much to be honest, but lets look.
A lucky girl spotted Benedict in all his Sherlock glory at the Welsh Senedd on Sunday. We had a distant photo, but it was indeed the man himself. Later in the week Rachel tweeted a photo of Arwel sitting in the Senedd building, which appears to be from the same time BC was there. Therefore we have Sherlock visiting the halls of government, those halls were Lady Smallwood and Sir Edwin meet with Mycroft. This ties in nicely to the scenes from last week of Sherlock on Vauxhall Bridge and outside/inside MI6. We are getting international case vibes here. He is also alone, with a hint of John within MI6, so is John being protected within the walls of Vauxhall Cross? Is Sherlock trying to save his damsel yet again? Does Sherlock have to go to meet with the government in their offices in Whitehall [Welsh Senedd] to discuss the dangers/plans? Does any of this tie in to Moran and the threat in TEH to blow up Parliament?It all feels very ‘ongoing theme’ to me. It’s as if we are completing a thread of the story started in TEH. Which is all leading back to Mary being AGRA.
The more time goes by with this first episode the more I believe our three words are adventure, romance and terror. This first episode is packed with adventure.
Arwel tweeted a ‘reflective’ photo of what appeared to be Mary on the day they filmed the SoT ‘horns’ scene in 221B. Close to end of filming episode 1 series 4, we get a call back of sorts to that thumbs up, devilish smile pose with the horns coming out of her head. Almost prophetic, bringing things full circle? Arwel was triggered into thinking about that photo from setlock3, there is certainly something to this.
Filming appears to have been in the studios all week. Pinewood Wales and Roath Lock, which means they kept everything behind closed doors and we had very few hints. We know AA was working, as was BC, but it was crickets when it came to MF. Not one mention in Cardiff or even sighting of him in London. Wonder if he was gone on that other filming project? Dominique Arthur hinted next week that the costume dept may have a weeks’s break so that may tie in to some hiatus in filming? If Martin was MIA then we have scenes with just Sherlock and Mary filmed this week, final confrontation?
Mark stayed in a hotel over the weekend last week, didn’t have time to go home [as Sue did on Friday evening] Mark was unwell apparently, but he appears to have recovered. Was he filming in the Senedd on Sunday? Makes sense as Mycroft works in Whitehall. Wondering if Lady S and Sir E are back?
Beach Baby! Yes, we are seeing recce shots of the beach, I think Southerndown Beach in Bridgend. Of course our minds run, full steam, to Devil’s Foot, arguably the most romantic of all the canon stories. Our men are off to the coast, quiet cottage on the cliffs, Watson in full nurturing mode, so concerned over a weak and recovering Holmes. Long walks on the cliffs and the beach, just the two of them, content, a preview of how retirement could be. Add in the image of Jeremy Brett’s Holmes finally quitting drugs and symbolically burying the needle in the sand, and we have a beautiful story of love and ROMANCE. There it is our second word. If I were Mark or Steven, after I tackled STUD, SCAN, HOUN, SIGN, CHAS and FINA plus nods to various other canon stories in my show, I would do DEVI and 3GAR. Especially at this stage in my AU. Following TAB they have to produce the pay off, and the build up to the relationship needs to be over and the goods delivered. You do that with DEVI and 3GAR. Produce the goods I say!
As clear as the nose on your face. Well to me it is.
Two middle age Holmesians, male, one gay, the other straight, writers, fanboys, who share a sense of humour, board a train for Cardiff. They discuss a favourite film; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Both agree that Billy Wilder was genius, and lament on the fact that Wilder did not go the distance in making Holmes obviously gay in the film. They know that the era politics and the big studio finance machine precluded that occurring, as did the culture in Conan Doyle’s day. They discus updating Holmes, they think of the current atmosphere concerning the LGB community from the BBC, they play with the idea that they could do it; finally make a gay Sherlock Holmes. They take it further, a happy ending with Watson reciprocating the love from Holmes. The two men know they a have a chance here to make history. They have a production company that backs a pilot. The pilot sets the tone for the gay version of events, it’s so gay it’s palpable. The BBC look at it and say yes, but do it bigger and better, take your time, keep the secret till you are ready. Make it a huge water cooler, landmark event.
That is TJLC. What about this genesis is difficult to believe? I am the same generation as Moffat and Gatiss, from a similar cultural background, I too have been in the Holmesian world since a teenager, I felt the same anguish watching TPLOSH, I want a final happy resolution. So of course Steven and Mark would want that. For me it is obvious, Mark and Steven want to fix the past transgressions against Holmes and Watson. ‘Sherlock’ is a fix it fic.
We have hard evidence now of a BBC agenda, thanks to skully, and we have the game mapped out, in my mind to perfection, by LSIT. Plus we have S3 and the start of the writers showing their hand as we close in on the end game. TJLC is just two fanboys wet dream of the emancipation of their heroes from the closet. What is difficult to comprehend here? It’s what I would do if I were in their position. And as far as ‘lies’ are concerned; they are just secrets being kept. Which is as it should be.
Maybe the world ‘consiracy’ is the root of the problem, I think it should have been ‘conclusion’ or ‘plan’, even ‘agenda’. Maybe people would have been more open to the evidence. But that is a moot point now. At the end of the day I can totally empathise with Mark and Steven as a mature, worn out, seen all the pastiche and adaptations, fan that longs for a happy resolution. A demi-homosexual man and a bisexual man can now have that epic love story they have been denied for over a century. The fact that it was planned since inception? I say ‘of course it bloody was!’
Hear hear!
May 6, 2016
sherlock-series:
Sherlock IV, Episode I filming on 28/04/2016,...
Sherlock IV, Episode I filming on 28/04/2016, London. Part IV.
And that’s it for the 1st London setlock from me! As you might’ve noticed, the pictures from the actual scene they were shooting that day are suspiciously absent from these sets of pic. This is because there is only so much of John Watson’s married bliss
an average Sherlock fanone can endure :)
Martin Freeman and a baby, on the other hand… this is an entirely different story :)
Martin with the bb!
mofftiss: this season will delve into darker waters than ever before
setlock: *puppies and beaches*
constancecream:
deducingbbcsherlock:
thememacat:
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Is this Mary sitting in Sherlock’s chair?!
Just an idea, but this is a comparison of the two pictures. On the left Arwel’s new tweet with a blond short haired figure sitting in front of a window. On the right the picture he tweeted of Rachel Talalay on April 18th. Clearly sitting in Sherlock’s chair.
Is this the edge of this table?
Yes. But what is the substance on the mirror?
I don’t think that is a mirror. I think it’s a magnifying lens. With dust and/or moisture all over it. IMHO
I mean…
it even looks like the same shirt? with a cardigan over it or something?
and if Arwel is REALLY trolling, couldn’t “reflective” also mean “looking back” in this case?
And look at the selfie Amanda Abbington tweeted today:
Hmmm. Veeery interesting.
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