It is not 1895 anymore

the-7-percent-solution:

If you need to make a concise, quick argument to someone regarding the probability of Johnlock becoming canon contrary to the original books, tell them “The writers have told us over and over again, from the beginning, that it isn’t 1895 for these characters anymore”. LGBT people couldn’t be open then, therefore the original stories need to be allowed some room for movement and interpretation.

*Irene’s passcode was not “I AM 1895 LOCKED”, lending a clue to the idea that the writers have already been thinking of this as a possibility. Keep in mind Sherlock calls the line “I AM 1895 LOCKED” a hacked message - as if someone was trying to send him a message and communicate an idea. However, it’s not a message for him after all. It isn’t locked in 1895. But it is a message. For us, not him. It isn’t 1895 anymore.

*John’s blog is no different. It’s stuck on 1895 hits. Do you know what Sherlock says about it? “It’s faulty.” John’s blog being stuck on 1895 is wrong, broken. Eventually, it fixes itself, though, because it isn’t meant to be stuck on 1895.

*On a billboard behind John in the beginning of HLV, it says “information / is / the power to change” followed by the number “18.95”.

*The Abominable Bride takes place in 1895 but at the end we see history giving way to the modern day. Sherlock Holmes knows he’s a man out of his time. Sherlock even spends his last moments in 1895 talking to John about what a future world might look like and how they would fit inside it. Because it’s not actually 1895 anymore and they’re allowed to be a bit different in this future world.

It is not 1895 anymore. Sherlock is free to be who he is. This is the story they’ve been telling from the beginning.