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February 11, 2016
arete20:
There’s something so powerful about the end of this...
There’s something so powerful about the end of this episode. We learn that Sherlock can be surprised, that he does learn about a human being as he goes-that his first deductions about John covered where he was and his situation and family but not WHO he was; that there is something more to John Watson-there will always be more to John Watson. The most fascinating aspect of a case, forget about the perfect locked room mystery. And that whatever this feeling-this bond-between them is, even if it does strangely ring of sentiment-this, this is worth keeping. Better than the skull, in any case.
The moment when Sherlock realizes his Prince is real and has finally shown up in his life.
XA
arete20:
There’s something so powerful about the end of this...
There’s something so powerful about the end of this episode. We learn that Sherlock can be surprised, that he does learn about a human being as he goes-that his first deductions about John covered where he was and his situation and family but not WHO he was; that there is something more to John Watson-there will always be more to John Watson. The most fascinating aspect of a case, forget about the perfect locked room mystery. And that whatever this feeling-this bond-between them is, even if it does strangely ring of sentiment-this, this is worth keeping. Better than the skull, in any case.
The moment when Sherlock realizes his Prince is real and has finally shown up in his life.
Undo this hurt that you caused when you walked out the door
Many people have noted that the stairs in Sherlock’s mind palace in HLV bear a striking resemblance to the stairs in ASiP, from Sherlock & John’s first case/night together.
However there’s an added symbolism that I haven’t seen anybody comment on before. (Though of course I may have missed it! But this meta was the only thing I could find that covers similar ground.)
One of the biggest obstacles to John and Sherlock’s relationship is John’s disbelief in the strength of Sherlock’s feelings for him. And why wouldn’t he disbelieve? Sherlock has been pushing John away for a long time, has been careless with his time and his belongings and his emotions, has lied and experimented on him and called him an idiot. He’s encouraged John’s mistaken belief that “he doesn’t feel things that way”.
These doubts are so deep seated that even as late as His Last Vow, after Sherlock has risked his life multiple times, spent two years in a dangerous undercover mission, and folded goddamn serviettes for him, John still asks, “But why would he care? He’s Sherlock. Who would he bother protecting?”
But Sherlock doesn’t do this from the very beginning. Until they go view Jennifer Wilson’s body together, Sherlock has been on his best behavior. He smiles, he flirts, he offers to clean, he shows off his skills, he invites John on an adventure, he asks his opinion, and he defends John’s presence to Donovan and Lestrade.
The winds shift with this line: “What is it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring!“ And then, a few moments later, Sherlock rushes out to find the pink suitcase… leaving John behind.
The music changes, back to John’s slow, sad theme. We see John slowly walking down the stairs, struggling with his limp, in a shot that takes nearly twenty seconds.
This moment, I’d argue, is the first time Sherlock hurts John. It’s also the first time Sherlock leaves John behind, but it won’t be the last.
It is therefore tremendously symbolic that this staircase is the one Sherlock struggles up as he struggles to survive the shooting. It works on multiple levels: he’s trying to get back to John, he doesn’t want to hurt or abandon John by dying, and in order to keep John safe and truly make him happy, he needs to address the pain and the distance he’s created - that he’s been creating since this moment, the day after they met.
Nice catch! Yeah, I can see it. Also, symbolically, in order to return to life Sherlock has to climb back out of the hole he dug himself with John – one he began digging at this moment in ASiP.
February 10, 2016
ladymacphisto:
This morning I was thinking over cosplay ideas...
This morning I was thinking over cosplay ideas for 221b con, and I started thinking about Tarmac Mary…and a random thought hit me…
She is quite literally his Red. Beard.
lol.
yohnlock:
i was trying to find some like info on it and all i...
i was trying to find some like info on it and all i can find is sherlock fics im crying
lol. Oh the impact of fandom.
February 9, 2016
57circlesofhell:
like i don’t even do mary wank to be mean like i don’t even like to call...
like i don’t even do mary wank to be mean like i don’t even like to call people “mary stans” b/c i’m sure some people hate my readings of sherlock and john’s character and that’s fair, but at the same time I’m baffled by the idea of mary being characterized as “uwu pregnant and scared and in love” when she has literally done more morally reprehensible things than CAM, the most gross and unlikable character in the whole damn universe, with no remorse. She is the only character thus far to nearly kill the main character, she is the biggest threat Sherlock has ever faced, so no she’s not going to just be hanging out with them all buddy buddy next series like nothing happened.
Even if they both “love” her at this point (i doubt it but bear with me), she betrayed them, manipulated them to keep them from knowing the truth about her, and put them all in harms way without their knowledge so she can maintain her stolen identity and avoid ever having to own up to whatever it is she’s done (which could’ve been anything from cool vigilante justice to murdering innocent people for hit money).
And the fact is, none of the characters know who she is. John knows more about Billy Wiggins’s past than he does Mary’s. That’s not a great foundation for a marriage tbh, to be married to someone who likely fabricated every story they told you about their childhood (i.e. mary probably claimed to have been native to England when it’s possible English isn’t even her first language), who may not have the personality you think they have, who may have hurt and killed various important people for who knows what reasons, and so on and so on. No one knows what’s real with her, and you can’t easily be friends with someone who’s never let you see their truth.
And literally the only reason I ever feel the need to wank like this to mary is that people are robbing her of some of her more interesting character traits to make her out to be a benign character when she appears to be incredibly dangerous and single minded. If I saw a lot of people insisting that Moriarty put John in semtex and blew up old women b/c he was just scared and a bit emotional or w/e, i’d be wanking at him too, but no, people do that with Mary b/c she’s not as established as a villain and apparently it’s unfeminist to call a character who has murdered people without remorse a villain responsible for her actions and in control of what she’s doing.
Absolutely.
Also, and this will not make me popular, so let me just go sit in the corner in advance, BUT –
There’s this disturbing trend in any fiction–TV, books, etc–where you can’t have a female character be unlikeable without getting cries of “misogyny!” on par with the broo ha ha over BC in the Zoolander 2 trailer. As a writer who writes lots of published books, I can tell you, it is so frustrating and limiting. Literally, you can have a bitchy or mean or slutty or evil character–AS LONG AS THEY ARE WHITE MALE. But God help you if they are female, a POC, queer, or whatever. Because that’s not PC.
Not to rant about what may seem to be an unrelated issue but… it’s not unrelated. I feel like if Mary were a male character, *everyone* would be all into the ‘secretly a villain, snake-in-the-grass, danger-at-the-hearth’ thing. But because she’s female it’s somehow misogynistic to think of her as a villain. No. In fact, it’s way cooler, and to me more empowering of women, for her to be a super villain (bigger than CAM or Moriarty) than for her to be the nice little wifey that John and Sherlock adore. Hello! I honestly don’t get it.
XA
February 8, 2016
lickedlipssinkships:
sad-girl-who-lost-her-rocket:
If there’s...
If there’s a prize for rotten judgement
I guess I’ve already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That’s ancient history, been there, done that!
Who’d’ya think you’re kiddin’
He’s the Earth and heaven to you
Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you
Girl, ya can’t conceal it
We know how ya feel and
Who you’re thinking of
No chance, no way
I won’t say it, no, no
You swoon, you sigh
why deny it, uh-oh
It’s too cliche
I won’t say I’m in love
I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming get a grip, girl
Unless you’re dying to cry
your
heart out. Ohhhhh.
You keep on denying
Who you are and how you’re feeling
Baby, we’re not buying
Hon, we saw ya hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown-up
When ya gonna own up
That ya got,
got,
got it bad
Whoa: No chance, no way
I won’t say it, no, no
Give up, give in
Check the grin you’re in love
This scene won’t play,
I won’t say I’m in love
You’re doin flips
Read our lips, you’re in love
You’re way off base I won’t say it
Get off my case I won’t say it
Girl, don’t be proud
It’s O.K. you’re in love
Oh
At least out loud,
I won’t say I’m in love
——
OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING I’M LAUGHING SO HARD I’M CRYING
IT’S LIKE THE ENTIRE JOHNLOCK FANDOM IS SINGING TO THEM
also can i just say
that normal fans would have just made a fanvid to this song
but nope, on tumblr, you just gif every verse
So much work!
February 7, 2016
white-dress-purple-shirt:
“Sometimes a deception is so...
“Sometimes a deception is so audacious, so outrageous that you can’t see it even when it’s staring you in the face.” Sherlock Holmes, The Empty Hearse (x)
Love these gifs. I really do think we’re in for a Mary=Moriarty twist in S4.
XA
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