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martainducreff:writers of the world: please stop using epithets in your writing, trust me “the...

martainducreff:

writers of the world: please stop using epithets in your writing, trust me “the blonde army doctor”, “the curly haired detective”, “the blue-eyed man” etc. do not sound as good in writing as they may sound in your head

instead, use the characters’ names, they’re there for a reason and it’ll make your writing much more crisp, tight, to the point, and still entertaining

Yes, I see this a lot in fan fiction, and when you work with a real editor, that’s the first thing they’d strike. This is not acceptable in nearly any real editing style guide (which I didn’t knew until a few years ago!). Even though it may seem to you that use are using the word ‘John’ or ‘Sherlock’ a lot, to the reader’s mind it is less confusing and becomes nearly invisible.

You were told, but you didn’t listen.

You were told, but you didn’t listen.

johnlockedness:mallamun:I’m sorry, but he is literally...

johnlockedness:

mallamun:

I’m sorry, but he is literally sitting behind a pile of green carnations with a swallow flying over his head.

Victorian men would often pin a green carnation on their lapel as popularized by author Oscar Wilde, who often wore one on his lapel.

The green carnation indicated homosexual affiliations.

According to the rumours, gay sailors first started getting a swallow tattoo on the hand as a sign to other gay sailors that they were fair play.

I’m reblogging this again just to add this….

Green carnations are not common. I can’t imagine they ended up in the reception’s flower arrangement BY ACCIDENT. And they do have a very specific meaning and association with homosexuality. So either Gatiss/Moffet were like “hey, I love green carnations. Let’s put them into the wedding arrangements and drive the fans bonkers. ha ha.” (in other words, a red herring), or they are there specifically in reference to John and Sherlock’s homoerotic/potentially homosexual relationship.  I’m guessing the creators are too enamoured of their own sub text to put a bogus message in there, so there you go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Carnation

johnlockedness:mallamun:I’m sorry, but he is literally...

johnlockedness:

mallamun:

I’m sorry, but he is literally sitting behind a pile of green carnations with a swallow flying over his head.

Victorian men would often pin a green carnation on their lapel as popularized by author Oscar Wilde, who often wore one on his lapel.

The green carnation indicated homosexual affiliations.

According to the rumours, gay sailors first started getting a swallow tattoo on the hand as a sign to other gay sailors that they were fair play.

notmydate:If you watch this show carefully there is a subtext...

notmydate:

If you watch this show carefully there is a subtext about John drinking | Steven Moffat.

Inspired by thekneegrope’s fabulous post:  [X]

bonus gif:

Can someone send me a link to a good meta about this?

XA

Photo

A thought occured to me.

silentauroriamthereal:

batlock:

Remember when Mary shot Sherlock?

As he was dying, he brought up a few familiar faces. Molly, Anderson, Mycroft, RedBeard, Jim.

Now, they each represented different facets of his mind, all part of how his ‘mind palace’ organizes things. It’s very cool. And I would love to get into what they all are, but this isn’t about that.

Let’s focus on Mycroft for a minute. Now, it’s technically not Mycroft. It’s a part of Sherlock’s mind. This is key. Everything you see him say is actually Sherlock thinking, not anyone else.

He’s brought up Mycroft more than once.

Exhibit A:

And Exhibit B:

Both times

Both times, he was being used to focus on facts, logic. Mycroft is smarter than Sherlock (“Don’t be smart, Sherlock. I’m the smart one.”) and so, Sherlock uses Mycroft to help him organize thoughts when he needs help.

This is important to realize because it means that anything ‘mind palace’ Mycroft says is going to come from the purely logical part of Sherlock’s mind.

So, back to Sherlock being shot.

He brings up Mycroft to help him work through what to do. And what are Mycroft’s exact words?

(Full Credit to JohnFuckingWatson for the fancy moving picture. Lovely person.)

What was directly behind you when you were murdered?

Murdered.

Now, later on, Sherlock refers to what Mary did as ‘Surgery’ and says that she never intended to kill him.

What is important to keep in mind though, is that there are two people in the room with him when he says this and, therefore, he’d have at least twenty reasons to lie.

However, when he’s all alone in his own mind, what does he say?

MURDERED.

When no one is around, when it’s just Sherlock talking to himself, he calls it murder.

And murder is not just killing, murder is killing with intent.Despite what Sherlock told John, he truly believes Mary intended to kill him.

/mic drop

Exactly what I’ve been saying since the beginning. Excellent post. :)

Good catch. I agree.

thescienceofjohnlock:cherrybatched:deathfrizb:john is so...

thescienceofjohnlock:

cherrybatched:

deathfrizb:

john is so done

This is brilliant!

hahahahahahaha

Too. Much. Fun.

queerdraco:Just casual conversationsCute

queerdraco:

Just casual conversations

Cute

staff:It is so ordered.

staff:

It is so ordered.