XistentialAngst's Blog, page 74
September 20, 2016
"John: “So he was lying then?”
Mary: “Lying?”
John: “He said he didn’t know who shot him, but he..."
Mary: “Lying?”
John: “He said he didn’t know who shot him, but he does.”
Mary: “Why?”
John: “Because Sherlock Holmes only ever goes out for one reason. He’s hunting.”
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On Mary’s face. So Chilled. He’s after her.
Actual Sherlock Deleted Scene from ‘His Last vow’ - Sherlock season 3 - (x)
September 19, 2016
monikakrasnorada:
tjlcisthenewsexy:
deducingbbcsherlock:
tjlcisthenewsexy:
sherlock-little-weed:
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You can hear a heart rate monitor if you watch from here…
…until the hospital. I couldn’t hear it at the hospital itself, just an ambulance (not sure who noticed this first, but it wasn’t me).
Holy wow! You really can hear it!!! I believe it was @sherlock-little-weed that mentioned it earlier?
ETA: Watching it now, I stg, sometimes you can hear it during the grave scene.
Why are those sounds there if he’s just on a plane? I’m not absolutely convinced by EMP but why did Mark say… “This is the only time we can do this” (possibly paraphrased)
Soo…..yeah I’m gonna rewatch the whole thing and listen for more :) Just also thinking about the heart beat sounds throughout ASiB, and how you don’t notice them right away because it blends in so well. I read a meta once where someone had counted them, there was like 170 or something.
Isn’t this right before Sherlock enters the “present day” part of his mind palace? When he wakes up in bed somewhere, not on a plane, but with Mycroft/Mary/John around him? I don’t recall if there’s a heart monitor near him but the setting was very clinical, so maybe the sound is to indicate that he’s about to slip into that level of his MP.
OKAY TIME OUT
MORIARTY SNORES. It’s not a snort, it’s a snore! Listen!
Okay back to what you asked…Yeah, we hear the first blip as we get a fuzzy shot of a flashlight being shone in his eyes
then another blip right here
then another. That’s it, three. Once we get to the hospital there’s no machines or cords or anything hooked up to Sherlock
so where would the noise be coming from? Someone next to him? Hmm. But OMG that snore. @monikakrasnorada @isitandwonder @stillgosherlocked
Yeah, it’s so weird to hear the beep but to have him hooked up to nothing, show no monitor, to place him clearly in a clinical setting but not continue the sound? Why?
That’s really interesting! Once in the hospital setting, does the sound vanish? I suppose even if he’s not on a heart monitor it would be from one nearby?
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The Johnlock...
The Johnlock Conspiracy: Your Guide to Romance and Holmesian Deduction in the Sherlock FandomEven within the world of geekdom, few fans are more controversial than the slash shipper (someone who perceives and/or hopes for romance between two characters of the same gender). Often stereotyped as unrealistic and immature for “reading between the lines,” there always seems to be a significant discord between their musings and the more socially-acceptable form of rabid obsession from fans who accept the universe as-written. Johnlock (aka John/Sherlock) fans are well aware of this fact, and often complain that at conventions and other Sherlock-related press events, questions about Sherlock Holmes’ relationship with female characters are given thoughtful answers, but those regarding his potential relationship best friend/life partner John Watson are met with annoyance and dismissed. Frustrating perhaps, but if anything this has made shippers even more determined to prove their point.
Following the show’s incredibly successful third season earlier this year, #tjlc became a trending hashtag on tumblr, signifying The Johnlock Conspiracy: the belief that the frankly astounding amount of homoerotic subtext on the show is intentional, and that the writers have been setting up the detective and his blogger as a couple from the start. Not as absurd as it sounds, considering that creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat have a history of lying to protect plot lines (they previously rolled their eyes and made fun of fans who speculated that Moriarty was still alive). The mischief and trickery of the show runners is by now well established, so the question becomes: if we can’t trust what they tell us, what exactly do we have to go on? Johnlock shippers have taken a tip from their favorite detective and turned to their own powers of observation.
Since its conception the #tjlc tag has been filled with filmography breakdowns, literary analyses, historical parallels, character studies, and allegorical interpretations that all point to one thing: Johnlock as endgame. And these are not your stereotypical teenage slash shippers; he tag’s contributors consist of graphic designers, professional cinematographers, English professors, gender studies majors, psychologists, actors and writers of varying ages and sexual orientations. Are they reading too much into the show? Perhaps. But whether or not they overestimate the writers, one thing is clear: the writers should not underestimate them.
The following observations are only a few of the many deductions fans have made to support The Johnlock Conspiracy - some stretching and some truly brilliant - all of it a fascinating venture into what fuels the mind palaces of one of televisions biggest and most diverse fandoms today.
1. Platonic staring
This is probably the most obvious. If there’s one way to upgrade the ever-popular “bromance,” into something more, it’s with eyesex. In a Zimbio article examining the romantic tropes used on the show, Hayley Igarashi asked, “Does anyone on television gaze into each other’s eyes as much as Watson and Holmes?” They gaze into each others’ eyes. They glance at each others’ lips. Each also spends a lot of time watching the other when they’re not looking, something Jim and Pam spent years doing on The Office; it’s the tried and true way to imply longing.
On a related note, check out these promo pictures (yup, these are the pictures they chose to publicize their show with). More intense looks.
Heteronormative relationship standards have come under fire recently from both feminists and LGBT advocates, with many making the point that while it is embarrassingly easy to make an audience accept a straight couple, it is difficult to get mainstream viewers to even consider a gay couple.
One Sherlock fan pointed out that, “People do not question men and women meeting, having an argument, and immediately falling into bed together, sometimes all in the same scene. It doesn’t even have to have anything to do with the story […] But if it’s two men, suddenly they can spend years dancing around each other and batting their eyelashes at each other and missing signals and pining over each other, and the relationship can’t even be considered slightly plausible without a 200-page dissertation on why it’s absolutely integral to the plot.”
Some have said the same thing about pictures like the one above; if one of them was a woman no one would question the romantic/sexual undertones present.
What’s unclear is whether or not the show’s creators have realized that this actually puts them at a significant advantage in an industry where you can usually see the romantic arc coming a mile away - that is if they ever decide to follow through with the subtext.
2. “I’m not his date!”
If the writers didn’t want people to ship John and Sherlock, this scene was their first mistake. Simply having John say, “I’m not his date,” doesn’t dissuade people from perceiving an attraction; in fact, it does just the opposite (see the entry on the common TV trope “She’s not my girlfriend!“ for more). It doesn’t help that the ensuing conversation goes as follows:
JOHN: You don’t have a girlfriend, then?
SHERLOCK: Girlfriend? No, not really my area.
JOHN: Oh. Oh? Right. [pause] Do you have boyfriend? Which is fine by the way.
SHERLOCK: I know it’s fine.
JOHN: So you’ve got a boyfriend?
SHERLOCK: No.
JOHN: Right. Okay. [licks lips] So you’re unattached. Like me. Fine. Good.
It’s okay, Angelo - it’s an easy mistake. This is the first of many times that people assume the two are romantically involved/attracted to each other; it has been perceived by Angelo (the restaurant owner), Mrs. Hudson, Mycroft, Moriarty, Irene Adler, Sally Donovan, John’s girlfriend, the Baskerville Innkeeper, Kitty Riley, most of the general public, and Sherlock himself after the interaction above.
According to the creators, this is purely comic relief that fans shouldn’t take seriously. In reality, it shouldn’t surprise people that this encourages shipping since this is a strategy that has been around since the greek chorus: the ensemble sets the tone and helps the audience form opinions about characters and situations. If the writers truly didn’t want audiences to ship the two characters, they made a mistake here… and continued making it in subsequent seasons.
3. Jealousy
For two people who aren’t romantically interested in each other, Sherlock and John do not react exceptionally well to the other being in a relationship. Sherlock crashes John’s dates and is rude to his girlfriends, leading to John’s inability throughout the first two seasons to be involved with anyone. But when Irene Adler actively, and mildly successfully, starts flirting with Sherlock in A Scandal in Belgravia, John is not even subtle about his jealousy: interrupting their conversations, making passive aggressive comments, and counting the number of times she texts him (57 times), just by listening for the text alert noise. What would cause ladies’ man John Watson to become hostile and dismissive of the most attractive woman in the show? (besides her unsettling ability to read him like a book - see #11)
4. Sonnet 57 is the one that made everyone think Shakespeare was gayDoctor Who, which Steven Moffat writes for/acts as show runner for, also referenced this in The Shakespearian Code:
THE DOCTOR: Come on! We can have a good flirt later!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Is that a promise, Doctor?
THE DOCTOR: Oh, 57 academics just punched the air. Come on.
5. An abnormal attraction
In His Last Vow, everyone’s favorite super sleuth tells us flat out that John Watson has a type. “You are abnormally attracted to dangerous situations and people, so is it truly such a surprise that the woman you fall in love with conforms to that pattern?” No, but it is surprising that Sherlock is comparing John’s attraction to his wife to the same drives that made the two flatmates compatible. And it’s not just Mary; the women Joh has shown interest over the course of the show have grown subtly more… Sherlockian.
Sarah Sawyer, whom John met in The Blind Banker, is basically his female equivalent: light hair, steady, gentle personality, etc. But Sarah is soon followed by Jeanette: tall, dark and sarcastic; Louise Mortimer: tall, dark and intelligent; and Kate (who was sent to Sherlock by Irene “I know what he likes” Adler): cool, mysterious, and dressed in flowing black clothing. When we meet Mary Morstan John seems to have broken his pattern, but of course we eventually learn that she is a stronger dose of psychopath than even Sherlock.
6. People might talk
It would be difficult to make a list of every gay comment Sherlock and John have made toward/about each other. But they include:
“I prefer my doctors clean-shaven”
“I don’t shave for Sherlock Holmes”
“I’m glad no one saw that. You ripping my clothes off in a darkened swimming pool. People might talk.”
“Oh god yes”
“Only a fool argues with his doctor”
“Am I… pretty?”
“You being all mysterious with your… cheekbones, and turning your coat collar up so you look cool”
“All the nice girls like a soldier”
“(A date) is where two people who like each other go out and have fun” “That’s what I was suggesting”
“Am I a pretty lady”
“Whatever shakes your… boat… I’ll shut up now”
“The thrill of the chase, the blood piping through your veins - just the two of us against the rest of the world”
(There are more, but we’ll get to them later)
7. The melancholy wedding
By the third season it seems that Sherlock has gotten over driving off John’s girlfriends and just wants him to be happy, but he doesn’t look particularly happy about it. He goes above and beyond being the best best man he can be, and seems genuinely happy when he and John are smiling at each other at the reception, but his smile fades as John turns away to dance with Mary, and he leaves alone looking heartbroken.
In the next episode we learn that after not seeing each other for a month, Sherlock is back on drugs and John is not so happy in married life; appearing bored and agitated and even dreaming about Sherlock while his newlywed wife sleeps next to him.
*Source*
8. Sherlock Teaching John to danceHey look at that fan art! Oh no, wait, that’s something that actually happened on the show. They wisely decided that actually depicting it would lead to far to much sexual tension, and when they did reference it, it was so referenced casually so casually it was like they hoped no one would notice.
SHERLOCK: Don’t worry, Mary… I have been tutoring him.
JOHN: He did, you know. Bakers Street behind closed curtains. Mrs. Hudson walked in on us once - don’t know how those rumors got started!
This little exchange did go unnoticed by many when it first aired, which is understandable as it was happened very quickly and was masked my loud music. Still, the show runners must have felt it was necessary to include it. The reason why is not particularly clear, but it has inspired some really lovely fan art.
9. The wedding dress imagery
This is Sherlock’s reimagining of an event: they could have dressed her in anything, but they dressed her in something with romantic implications. Mary, in a wedding dress, shooting Sherlock. Symbolism perhaps?
10. The Show’s Origins
Mark Gatiss has admitted that this particular adaptation of Sherlock is based on his favorite film, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, of which he says:
“The relationship between Sherlock and Watson is treated beautifully; Sherlock effectively falls in love with him in the film, but it’s so desperately unspoken.”
It’s important to remember that Gatiss interpreted that incarnation of Sherlock Holmes as gay, and that he and Steven Moffat used it as the template for their version. Of course this doesn’t mean it will end happily…
11. The “Battersea Scene”
Named for its location (Battersea Power Station), this interaction between John and Irene has been analyzed like no other. Among all the “Johnlocky scenes,” that could pass as merely gay jokes, sexual orientation is not played for laughs in this scene. Irene Adler, who has already told us a million times she knows what people like, accuses John of being jealous, to which he responds defensively “We’re not a couple” (“Yes you are”) The key moment goes as follows:
JOHN: Who the hell knows about Sherlock Holmes, but if anyone out there still cares, I’m not actually gay.
IRENE: Well, I am. Look at us both.
John looks a little taken aback, and gives a rueful laugh, but does not deny her implication. This isn’t even subtext; the message is clear, “We both like women, but we’ve also both fallen for Sherlock.” Quite possibly the most blunt the show has ever been regarding the matter.
John is even compared to Irene through the soundtrack - their respective “themes” are audibly similar, and in the third series are even used interchangeably.
(Full filmic breakdown of the scene here)
12. “I’m not gay!”It’s worth noting that this is all John ever says on the subject. It says absolutely nothing about whether or not he has feelings for Sherlock, as you technically don’t have to be gay to fall in love with someone of the same gender, according to most modern theories on sexual orientation.
13. Dr. John Hamish Watson
John is very secretive about his middle name - he refuses to tell anyone about it, leaving Sherlock to figure it out on his own. He only brings in a moment of jealousy while Sherlock and Irene are flirting. “Hamish.”
“Dr. Hamish Scott Henderson was a well-known Scottish writer, poet, and former soldier.
He lived for a time in London with another man, loved storytelling, and wrote poetry about his experiences in WWII’s Desert War.
He was openly bisexual and hated the word ‘gay.’
In 1993, he performed at an event with Nelson Mandela at the University of Glasgow, alma mater of writer/co-creator Steven Moffat.” (source)
14. This entire scene is lit like the bisexual pride flag
An exact match, actually (albeit upside-down). This could be a joke played by the lighting designer, or maybe they honestly aren’t aware. Or maybe they know exactly what they’re doing.
They also cut a “lengthy” gay club scene from the stag night, presumably because they thought that would be too obvious.
15. Music cues (part one)This is the end of the John/Sherlock era. The music playing at the end of this scene is, “We Found Love in a Hopeless Place,” by Rihanna. The beginning goes:
It’s like you’re screaming, and no one can hear
You almost feel ashamed
That someone could be that important
That without them, you feel like nothing
No one will ever understand how much it hurts
You feel hopeless; like nothing can save you
And when it’s over, and it’s gone
You almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back
So that you could have the good
16. “I don’t mind”
Here we have the opposite of John’s usual “not gay” catchphrase, accompanied by what has been christened the Knee Touch Heard ‘Round The World. The sequence goes as follows:
JOHN: [touches Sherlock’s knee, looks at Sherlock, looks at hand, shrugs] I don’t mind.
SHERLOCK: (quietly) Me too.
Again, this one’s not really open to interpretation; it’s pretty blunt, and one writer or another made the conscious decision to write that line into the show. The entire scene is pretty flirtatious, actually (full analysis of framing + body language here), with one reviewer writing of its resolution: “Faced with either confronting the sexual tension in the room or drunken investigation, we’re treated to Sherlock’s somewhat dulled deductive skills…” A sign that it’s no longer just the shippers that are taking notice.
17. Hidden hearts
There are two hearts “hidden” in the scene where John is climbing the stairs to (unbeknownst to him) meet Sherlock for the first time since his wedding. One is formed by the lighting and the two columns in the background, and the other is on the staircase.
There was also a heart wreath directly between them in The Hounds of Baskerville which went unnoticed until a fan digitally enhanced a screenshot of the scene. But yes, someone put (or chose to not remove) a heart between them during the sitting-in-front-of-the-fireplace dialogue.
18. Speaking of Hearts, Sherlock literally restarted his and came back to life for John Watson after he flatlined in the hospital…
Just sayin’
19. The Mind Palace
The architecture in both these shots, taken during the mind palace sequence in His Last Vow, is based on locations from A Study In Pink, the first case he ever solved with John. So John Watson basically restructured Sherlock’s whole (imaginary) world.
20. John + Sherlock = Mr. + Mrs. Holmes
Again, we’re not sure if the Johnlock-denying writers are aware of this or if it was the wardrobe people having a laugh, but either way, it’s in the show. When we first meet Sherlock’s mum and dad, they are dressed in the exact same clothes as Sherlock and John, respectively. The comparison continues in His Last Vow, with Mr. Holmes describing his wife as the genius and himself as the “sane” one.
You know, they say you look for one of your parents in the person you fall in love with…
21. Music cues (part 2)
They chose a romantic, and very applicable, song for John and Sherlock’s reunion: “Dónde Estás, Yolanda.” The lyrics in English are:
Where are you, where are you, Yolanda?
What happened, What happened, Yolanda?
I looked for you, I looked for you, Yolanda,
And you’re not there, you’re not there, Yolanda.The sparkle in your eye
the fire of your lips
conquered my heart and I fell in love with you.If someday I was to find you
I wouldn’t know what to do
and I think I will go crazy
if I never see you again.
22. Drunk Reactions
Let’s be honest: the only point of the nurse telling the story of her date with the Mayfly Man was to show Sherlock and John’s drunk reactions to it. Those reactions are pretty interesting; they include John smiling at Sherlock when she says, “We had one night. Dinner, such interesting conversation, it was lovely,” And Sherlock awkwardly removing his hand from behind John’s back when she says, “To be honest, I’d love to have gone further.”
Important to remember: John had called Sherlock “nurse” earlier in the episode, and the Mayfly Man’s real name is Jon.
23. Whatever He Is
JANINE: I wish you weren’t…
[John Watson walks into frame]
…whatever you are.
SHERLOCK: I know.
24. The revelation
Earlier in that scene Sherlock was happily dancing around the room and confided to Janine, “I love dancing… I was waiting for the right case.”
Well, Sherlock had solved a case that afternoon that began with him pointing at women in a courtroom and saying, “Not you, not you, not you not you…” and ended with him pointing at John and saying, “You. It’s always you. John Watson, you keep me right.“ Hmm.
Many fans have interpreted the case in The Sign Of Three, as a metaphor for Sherlock consciously realizing his feelings for John, making the melancholic end of the wedding all the more tragic (“Why’d it take so long to see the light?” taunts Franky Valli in the background)
25. The ideal man
But heartbreaking love triangles aside, what you’re really wondering is: Did Sherlock paste John’s head onto a drawing of the Vitruvian Man? Why, yes. Yes he did.
Leonardo daVinci’s famous Vitruvian man was drawn to have perfect proportions and is widely accepted as an example of “the ideal man.” Well now we know who Sherlock’s is… *wink wink*
26. John’s PIN
Just to remind y’all that the feeling is mutual (but still a dang secret), we get a pretty good shot of John’s entering his PIN number in one scene, which is 7437.
7437 is the keypad equivalent of SHER, Irene Adler’s passcode that we are given as proof of her feelings for Sherlock.
27. Hey look, it’s Cupid…
In His Last Vow, we get a nice shot of Sherlock and John walking past a statue of Cupid. (As tumblr user skulls-and-tea said upon noticing it, “Fancy meeting you in a show about a totally platonic blokeship.”)
Yes L’Enfant Guerrier, Warrior of Love, is depicted riding an ostrich, an animal famous for sticking its head in the sand. Sherlock too is going into battle, as we see during the ensuing showdown with Magnussen, motivated by a love that dare not speak its name. A love that sticks its head in the sand and leaves millions of viewers crying and yelling at the television and writing in-depth analyses of it online.
This may seem like a good example of fans reading too much into something, but it is indeed worth considering what many call the “Arwel Wyn Jones” Law: If it’s on the screen, it’s meant to be looked at meaningfully. (Arwel Wyn Jones, Sherlock’s production designer, is famous for his excruciating attention to details that subconsciously support the plot; next to the cupid-ostrich sculpture, there was a magnifying glass advertised online as the “Smith and Watson Desktop Magnifying Glass” and he earlier tweeted that the background artwork in the reunion scene was of a phoenix rising from the ashes).
28. The Sacrifice
His Last Vow culminates in Sherlock shooting Charles Augustus Magnussen, a move that shocked audiences around the world. It made Sherlock Holmes a murderer and stripped him of his career, his reputation, his liberty, and quite possibly, his life. Why the hell would he choose that? Was he just pissed he had been outwitted?
No: we are given the answer in A Study in Pink, when Sherlock himself explains, “Bitterness is a paralytic. Love is a much more vicious motivator.”
Love. The episode is called His Last Vow for a reason; in it Sherlock fulfills his last vow, to ensure John and Mary’s safety, giving up everything in the process. This is driven home by a beautiful shot (above), which makes use of several romantic tropes: the wind in their faces, the hero’s steady gaze, the tears in his eyes. The moment he decides.
29. The Casablanca Allegory
The writers proceed to (accidentally?) compare Johnlock to the most famous romance in cinema: Casablanca, creating visual parallels between the two goodbye scenes. Funnily enough, it turns out that the rest of the two stories match up pretty well too! For those that haven’t seen the movie:
Rick Blaine (Sherlock) and Ilsa Lund (John) were once in love but they get separated for a long time and in each other’s absence Ilsa falls in love with somebody else. They reconnect after a long while, and Rick discovers he is still madly in love with her though she is with another man. Ilsa’s new man (Mary) has gotten himself into trouble with the Third Reich and needs to escape, and Rick does a bunch of illegal stuff for them. In the final scene, he sends the the love of his life and her new lover on the plane to fly off to freedom and be together, sacrificing his own love and freedom for hers. (Paraphrased from tumblr user martinfreeman, not to be confused with actor Martin Freeman)
Okay, so it was Sherlock that was flying off in this case, but other than that, you’ve gotta admit this is either a really weird coincidence, or some strong ammunition for the supposedly “deluded” shippers. Unfortunately, it may also mean that this is all they’re ever gonna get, as Rick and Ilsa do not end up together in the end. Still, Casablanca is given an ending; Sherlock is given a cliffhanger. In the final moments of the season Sherlock tells Dr. Watson that, “The game is never over,” and it’s pretty safe to say that as long as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are on the hunt for clues, the Johnlock fans will be as well.
By V. Lyn, 7.3.2014.
The people of Sherlock put so much detail and effort into the show, nothing is a coincidence, nothing is said or done for no reason, everything has point!
Amazing!
Reblogging because there were a few things in here I didn’t know – like John’s pin being “SHER”. Cool!
Amanda at the Emmys
So… anyone have a great theory as to why Amanda is showing up at all these Sherlock things this year and basically no one else? First SDCC and now the Emmys. (Yes, Ben as at SDCC but that was mostly due to Dr. Strange.) I didn’t watch the Emmys, but it looks like both Ben and Martin were not there this year. Instead we have Amanda again.
I guess my feeling is… why her? The cast is Ben/Martin, Mark/Mycroft, the primary villains, the primary friends/family, and then “everyone else”. I don’t recall them parading around Andrew, Lars, or Lara Pulver around to this extent when they were featured as villains. Alternatively, on the “goodies” front we have Loo, Rupert, and Una. Yet they keep dragging out Amanda as being the one cast rep. To me, her presence so far on the show doesn’t justify this. Does this mean she’ll be MORE prominent in S4? Is she the only cast member ever available to do anything? If she’d been nominated for an Emmy it would make sense that she was there. But since she wasn’t…. I don’t really get it. Thoughts?
I’m not even tagging this because I’m not trying to start Mary wank. I like Amanda find as the wife/Moran-Moriarty villain figure, but I just don’t see her as that significant in the overall scheme of things.
Lara actually did go to several awards shows despite her even more limited role. I think they just needed someone else to support and she was free to go (to both) and I assume thinks it’s fun. I don’t interpret it as meaning anything beyond her willingness to do it.
The Emmy actually went to these five people:
Mark Gatiss, Executive Producer
Steven Moffat, Executive Producer
Beryl Vertue, Executive Producer
Sue Vertue, Executive Producer
Rebecca Eaton, Executive Producer
Obviously Mark was busy with his play and couldn’t go, and Beryl was absent too. I assume Amanda was invited as she was free and they had 2 spare invitations. As @1895itsallfine says, Lara Pulver did several appearances with the team for series 2, a BFI screening and awards shows. In a way I wonder if it’s because Mary is not in series 5 and thus they are allowing Amanda her time in the spotlight for recognition.
Also, when she’s on, Amanda’s a very fun and outgoing award show/convention panelist sort of person. She’s quite vital and brings energy (usually good) to the grouping. She’s good PR.
Several people have mentioned altruism, that possibly they’re trying to help Amanda get exposure since she might not be in S5?
However, another thought occurred to me – possibly it’s a red herring? The equivilant of waving “Baby Watson” around (which they can’t do). Ben and Martin are no where to be seen, especially not together, but we get here - HAVE JOHN’S WIFE. REMEMBER JOHN’S WIFE? Is it, in part, another ploy to put the media and casuals off the johnlock scent?
<shrug> I have absolutely zero factual basis for thinking that, but hope springs eternal.
byebyefrost:
consultingeastwind:
totheverybestoftimes:
The scene of Sherlock getting shot and his...
The scene of Sherlock getting shot and his subsequent POV as he fights to stay alive is the most excruciatingly painful ten minutes I have ever seen on television in my life, and you’re telling me that the writers are setting Mary up to be forgiven for that? No.
Just a few more months until we get to see John Watson make Mary Morstan pay for her multiple crimes against him alone. Mycroft will make her pay for her crimes against humanity. And Moriarty will make her pay for being obsessed with John. AGRA is going to be in very deep shit very soon.
Amen!
From your mouth to God’s ears.
Amanda at the Emmys
So… anyone have a great theory as to why Amanda is showing up at all these Sherlock things this year and basically no one else? First SDCC and now the Emmys. (Yes, Ben was at SDCC but that was mostly due to Dr. Strange.) I didn’t watch the Emmys, but it looks like both Ben and Martin were not there this year. Instead we have Amanda again.
I guess my feeling is… why her? The cast is Ben/Martin, Mark/Mycroft, the primary villains, the primary friends/family, and then “everyone else”. I don’t recall them parading around Andrew, Lars, or Lara Pulver around to this extent when they were featured as villains. Alternatively, on the “goodies” front we have Loo, Rupert, and Una. Yet they keep dragging out Amanda as being the one cast rep. To me, her presence so far on the show doesn’t justify this. Does this mean she’ll be MORE prominent in S4? Is she the only cast member ever available to do anything? If she’d been nominated for an Emmy, or was accompanying Martin, it would make sense that she was there. But since she wasn’t…. I don’t really get why she specifically was flown over for it. Thoughts?
I’m not even tagging this because I’m not trying to start Mary wank. I like Amanda fine as the wife/Moran-Moriarty villain figure, but I just don’t see her as that significant in the overall scheme of things. Unless she IS more of a large figure in S4 and turns out to be Moriarty all along?
fleurdelisandbees:
A Study in Pink sets the stage for all of our future expectations. Nothing in...
A Study in Pink sets the stage for all of our future expectations. Nothing in this show is done by accident, and the way it is all handled is masterful. Seeds are sewn in this first episode that will never cease to matter throughout the duration of the show.
Take the first meal Sherlock and John share together at Angelo’s, where Angelo insists that the pair must have a candle for their table:
It seems like sort of a “joke” in a way–something that could easily be brushed off if we didn’t all know that TJLC is real. And the candle thing continues to be a theme. Illumination itself is a subtle theme throughout the show, with all the color-coded lights and the fact that Sherlock dubs John his “conductor of light” in “The Hounds of Baskerville.”
I noticed something recently when watching what is surely one of the favorite scenes of all Johnlockers: the reunion of Sherlock and John at The Landmark in the episode “The Empty Hearse.” This is the night Sherlock returns, supposedly from the dead, and interrupts John’s (rather lackluster) attempt to propose to his girlfriend Mary in a rather half-hearted effort to, in his own words, “move on” from Sherlock.
Notice anything missing from John and Mary’s table?
There’s a lamp, sure, but no candle. Maybe that isn’t terribly unusual. But look at the other tables in the restaurant:
Most have candles.
It doesn’t stop there. When Sherlock catches his first (heart-stopping; you can clearly see that in his face, just as it has been pointed out that if you isolate certain audio tracks in this part here you can hear Sherlock’s thudding pulse) glimpse of John after two years away…
how does he see him?
There is a candle placed strategically between them, clearly visible from Sherlock’s vantage point.
This isn’t the only throwback to Angelo’s on this night. If more is needed, I’m including this little bonus below. The writers have done this *so many times,* where certain words and phrases come back again. It isn’t an accident and it isn’t lazy writing. We’re talking about the combined efforts of two very good writers here, and though John’s nerves on this night aren’t exactly hard to pick up on, we get this cherry strategically placed on top:
I SUGGEST YOU DON’T MARRY MARY.
How could you do that? Hmm? ;)
Love the candle thing!
I'd like to request that moment in ASIP when Sherlock is going on about the probable profile of the person who's just killed the cabbie and stops dead in his tracks when he spots John asldjhaskdhsjdhsakjd (we need all the love)
That awkward moment when Sherlock starts describing his dream man to Lestrade…That’s a crackshot we’re looking for. But not just a marksman, a fighter. His hands couldn’t have shaken at all, so clearly he’s acclimatized to violence. He didn’t fire until I was in immediate danger though, so strong moral principle.
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