XistentialAngst's Blog, page 179
March 29, 2016
Wedding rings and intermittent tremors
Thanks to bartimaeu2s for pointing out the way John is rubbing his left hand here. So what might we deduce about this?
Well, the first thought that comes to mind is that it’s John’s ring hand. He’s only been wearing his wedding band for a few hours now, so he’s highly aware of it.
But this is also John’s “intermittent tremor” hand. Click on that link and you’ll see just how often Martin incorporates this particular character tic into his performance. You see it when John is feeling vulnerable. And here, seated next to his new wife, near the end of Sherlock’s speech, John seems to be really feeling it. So much so that it’s not an unconscious twitch, but something he’s so aware of, he’s trying to massage it out.
Interesting.
This directly follows Sherlock dropping his champagne glass, so it’s hard not to get sucked into his POV, particularly since he spends an extended period of time in his MP. But for everyone else, this all passes by in a few seconds. Let’s back up and take a look at what’s going on from John’s POV.
“Today begin the adventures of Mary Elizabeth Watson and John Hamish Watson.”
Does anyone see joy or excitement there? I see a man bracing himself, eyes full of uncertainty. And let’s not forget his discomfort with his middle name (just one of a few secrets John would prefer to stay secret, sexy. *wink*).
“The two reasons why every one of us is…here today.“
*glass breaks*
(Can’t overlook the symbolism here – raising a glass to toast a marriage only to have the glass shatter. Slipping this into my increasingly large “proof the Watsons are doomed” file.)
Sherlock is visibly flustered as he accepts a new glass and tries to get back on track while Mycroft is still in his mind, telling him something is going to happen. Here’s the next time we see John, who (like everyone else in the room) is wondering what the hell is going on with Sherlock right now.
Hang on, look closer…
Either John’s playing table spider, or the tremor’s already bothering him. So in the last 10ish seconds, Sherlock has announced Mr. and Mrs. Watson for the first time, John visibly displayed signs of uncertainty and fear, Sherlock became so unhinged he dropped his champagne glass, and now John’s so-called “post traumatic stress” tremor is back.
(Is anyone really still on Team Platonic? I just…anyway.)
Remember, no one in the room knows that Sherlock is trying to figure out the Mayfly Man mystery right now, including John. To them, Sherlock’s just acting kinda batshit. Well, more so than usual. Next, he tells the room he’s just asked to stand, to sit back down.
“And down again…”
This is beautiful. Mary and Janine both stare out at the crowd with similar WTF expressions, and Janine hesitates before starting to sit.
John literally bows his head with Sherlock’s hands like a goddamn puppet. Doesn’t matter what the reason, doesn’t matter how bizarre the order, John just does what Sherlock says. For fuck’s sake, John wasn’t even standing to begin with, and he still “obeyed,” bowing his head and lowering his eyes as if in prayer.
“Ladies and gentlemen, people tell you not to milk a good speech.”
Can’t see John’s hand…but Sherlock clenches his.
“Get off early, leave ‘em laughing…”
John glances at Mary, insert joke about getting off here, still can’t see John’s hand but it must be bothering him because—
“Wise advice I’ll certainly try to bear in mind, but for now…Part Two!”
—he starts to massage the tremor out.
“Part Two’s a bit more action-based. I’m gonna walk around, shake things up a bit.”
Part two. The next chapter. A bigger adventure, a new, unbroken glass, massaging the tremor out, facing fears and uncertainties, shaking things up – that’s where we’re heading now.
Could be all over-analyzation, all coincidence. But we all know what Mycroft would say to that. ;)
what-left-unspoken:
look how happy our doctor is when he...
look how happy our doctor is when he thought it was Sherlock came to his clinic in order to see him.
He’s fucking delighted.
March 28, 2016
Kiss Kiss Bang
read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/1RnF0il
by Gem_Gem
Sherlock randomly starts kissing John. A lot. And things escalate.
Words: 4006, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Additional Tags: Kissing, men kissing, Surprise Kissing, Neck Kissing, Dubcon Kissing, Touching, Nipple Play, Nipple Licking, slight body worship, Frottage, Dry Humping, Orgasm, Love Bites, One Shot
read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/1RnF0il
New from Gem_Gem. Must read!
XA
March 26, 2016
The Making of Sherlock Series 4 (Part 1) (with images, tweets) · Ruther2
Ruther’s storify for S4 Sherlock is live, definitely THE recommended site to follow and reference for all things #setlock!
March 25, 2016
Sherlock: I play the violin when I am thinking and sometimes I don't talk for days on end. Would that bother you? Potential flatmates should know the worst about each other. Sorry I got to dash. We 'll meet there tomorrow evening: seven o' clock.
John: Wait, you didn't ask about my worst habits though
Sherlock: No need for that, cute little soldier. I accept them all
girljohn:
no no no no no mary mustn’t die at least not now
i don’t want john to go back to sherlock...
no no no no no mary mustn’t die at least not now
i don’t want john to go back to sherlock and baker st because mary died
i don’t want sherlock to think even for 0.1 seconds that he’s a fill in (bc he would, the tiny son)
i want john to leave from mary before she dies (or before she is discovered to be very bad indeed)
i want john to gently cradle sherlock’s face in his hands and say “i didn’t choose her sherlock; i chose you, and i always would and always will.”
i want sherlock to look at john and see how much that beautiful man loves him
Yes, John must CHOOSE Sherlock. He can’t return to 221B by default. But if John was the one to shoot/kill Mary, that would be choosing in a very dramatic way.
"…it was only after we talked about what it would be developed into, and the relationship of Watson..."
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Collider interview October 2010
(via a-candle-for-sherlock)
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