EMP Theory, or The Extended Mind Palace Theory

the-7-percent-solution:

monikakrasnorada:

gosherlocked:

gosherlocked:

So @monikakrasnorada, @the-7-percent-solution and me toyed with this little idea which somehow exploded to a crazy HLV/TAB theory ( http://gosherlocked.tumblr.com/post/137612764721/monikakrasnorada-gosherlocked).

And I have found something else. There has been some discussion about Mary’s odd gesture, interlacing her fingers while twisting her arms. Please correct me but I think the first time we see it is here:

HLV, Sherlock drugged to his eyeballs, going into his mind palace after Janine’s visit. This is how Sherlock he sees her at this very moment, the object of his deductions, the woman who recently shot him. This is Mind Palace Mary.

In TAB there is this:

Again, MP! Mary. Not real. Just in his head. And look at her hands.

But there is another instance when we see her just like this, in front of the 221B fireplace, next to Sherlock’s chair, in a scene which for many fans is still hard to accept. Sherlock’s behaviour regarding Mary seems completely wrong. And some have commented on the way John seems to blame Sherlock as much as he does blame. Which reminds me of how John is shown in some TAB scenes. Or think of TEH’s sarcastic Mind John who keeps nagging Sherlock.

We know that scene 1 and 2 are images of Sherlock’s mind. So I would like to argue that scene 3 might be in his mind as well. Thoughts?

And here is another extra, a list of all the OOC things and logical gaps in HLV that might be explained by one and a half episodes taking place in Sherlock’s mind:

Sherlock becoming a murderer (completely non-Canon compliant)

the whole surgery business
Mary’s whole professional career on a flashdrive
the missing months between the shooting and Christmas
Mycroft never reacting to Sherlock being shot
the potatoes on the super secret laptop
Billy Wiggins drugging the Christmas punch chez Holmes
Magnussen having a mind palace so similar to Sherlock’s
the bizarre rendezvous between Sherlock and Magnussen at the restaurant/hospital cafeteria
Sherlock smuggling a gun into Appledore without being searched
half the British government knowing about The Other One
and I could go on and on and on. What do you think, @monikakrasnorada and @the-7-percent-solution and all others here?

First posted 11 months ago and bringing it back in the light of the new promo pic.

Very much relevant in light of everything we’re seeing in promos. It’s hard to believe we’ve been in EMP hell for nearly a year, @gosherlocked.

I’m so ready for this, guys.

God, me too, @the-7-percent-solution. These next two weeks are going to feel like forever.